





Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                    F. Le Faucheur
Request for Comments: 7256                                   R. Maglione
Updates: 6320                                                      Cisco
Category: Standards Track                                      T. Taylor
ISSN: 2070-1721                                                   Huawei
                                                               July 2014


Multicast Control Extensions for the Access Node Control Protocol (ANCP)

Abstract

   This document specifies the extensions to the Access Node Control
   Protocol (ANCP) (RFC 6320) required for support of the multicast use
   cases defined in the Access Node Control Protocol framework document
   (RFC 5851) and one additional use case described in this document.
   These use cases are organized into the following ANCP capabilities:

   o  multicast replication initiated by the Network Access Server
      (NAS);

   o  conditional access and admission control with white and black
      lists;

   o  conditional access and admission control with grey lists;

   o  bandwidth delegation; and

   o  committed bandwidth reporting.

   These capabilities may be combined according to the rules given in
   this specification.

   This document updates RFC 6320 by assigning capability type 3 to a
   capability specified in this document and by changing the starting
   point for IANA allocation of result codes determined by IETF
   Consensus from 0x100 to 0x64.














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Table of Contents

   1. Introduction ....................................................5
      1.1. A Note on Scope ............................................7
   2. Terminology .....................................................7
   3. Multicast Use Cases .............................................7
      3.1. NAS-Initiated Multicast Replication Control Use Case .......8
           3.1.1. Goals ...............................................8
           3.1.2. Message Flow ........................................9
      3.2. Conditional Access and Admission Control Use Case ..........9
           3.2.1. Goals ...............................................9
           3.2.2. Message Flow .......................................10
      3.3. Multicast Flow Reporting Use Case .........................11
           3.3.1. Goals ..............................................11
           3.3.2. Message Flow .......................................11
      3.4. Committed Bandwidth Reporting Use Case ....................11
           3.4.1. Goals ..............................................11
           3.4.2. Message Flow .......................................12
   4. ANCP Messages ..................................................13
      4.1. Provisioning Message ......................................13



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           4.1.1. Sender Behavior ....................................14
           4.1.2. Receiver Behavior ..................................14
      4.2. Port Management Message ...................................15
           4.2.1. Sender Behavior ....................................16
           4.2.2. Receiver Behavior ..................................16
      4.3. Multicast Replication Control Message .....................17
           4.3.1. Sender Behavior ....................................21
           4.3.2. Receiver Behavior ..................................21
      4.4. Multicast Admission Control Message .......................24
           4.4.1. Sender Behavior ....................................25
           4.4.2. Receiver Behavior ..................................26
      4.5. Bandwidth Reallocation Request Message ....................27
           4.5.1. Sender Behavior ....................................28
           4.5.2. Receiver Behavior ..................................28
      4.6. Bandwidth Transfer Message ................................31
           4.6.1. Sender Behavior ....................................32
           4.6.2. Receiver Behavior ..................................32
      4.7. Delegated Bandwidth Query Request Message .................34
           4.7.1. Sender Behavior ....................................34
           4.7.2. Receiver Behavior ..................................34
      4.8. Delegated Bandwidth Query Response Message ................34
           4.8.1. Sender Behavior ....................................35
           4.8.2. Receiver Behavior ..................................35
      4.9. Multicast Flow Query Request and Response Messages ........36
           4.9.1. Sender Behavior ....................................36
           4.9.2. Receiver Behavior ..................................37
      4.10. Committed Bandwidth Report Message .......................38
           4.10.1. Sender Behavior ...................................38
           4.10.2. Receiver Behavior .................................39
   5. ANCP TLVs For Multicast ........................................39
      5.1. Multicast-Service-Profile TLV .............................39
      5.2. Multicast-Service-Profile-Name TLV ........................41
      5.3. List-Action TLV ...........................................41
      5.4. Sequence-Number TLV .......................................44
      5.5. Bandwidth-Allocation TLV ..................................45
      5.6. White-List-CAC TLV ........................................45
      5.7. MRepCtl-CAC TLV ...........................................46
      5.8. Bandwidth-Request TLV .....................................46
      5.9. Request-Source-IP TLV .....................................47
      5.10. Request-Source-MAC TLV ...................................48
      5.11. Request-Source-Device-Id TLV .............................48
      5.12. Multicast-Flow TLV .......................................49
      5.13. Report-Buffering-Time TLV ................................50
      5.14. Committed-Bandwidth TLV ..................................51
   6. Multicast Capabilities .........................................51
      6.1. Required Protocol Support .................................52
           6.1.1. Protocol Requirements for NAS-Initiated
                  Multicast Replication ..............................52



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           6.1.2. Protocol Requirements for Committed
                  Multicast Bandwidth Reporting ......................54
           6.1.3. Protocol Requirements for Conditional
                  Access and Admission Control with White
                  and Black Lists ....................................55
           6.1.4. Protocol Requirements for Conditional
                  Access and Admission Control with Grey Lists .......56
           6.1.5. Protocol Requirements for Bandwidth Delegation .....57
      6.2. Capability-Specific Procedures for Providing
           Multicast Service .........................................57
           6.2.1. Procedures for NAS-Initiated Multicast
                  Replication ........................................58
           6.2.2. Procedures for Committed Bandwidth Reporting .......58
           6.2.3. Procedures for Conditional Access and
                  Admission Control with Black and White Lists .......59
           6.2.4. Procedures for Conditional Access and
                  Admission Control with Grey Lists ..................61
           6.2.5. Procedures for Bandwidth Delegation ................63
      6.3. Combinations of Multicast Capabilities ....................64
           6.3.1. Combination of Conditional Access and
                  Admission Control with White and Black Lists
                  and Conditional Access and Admission Control
                  with Grey Lists ....................................64
           6.3.2. Combination of Conditional Access and
                  Admission Control with Bandwidth Delegation ........65
           6.3.3. Combination of NAS-Initiated Replication
                  with Other Capabilities ............................65
           6.3.4. Combinations of Committed Bandwidth
                  Reporting with Other Multicast Capabilities ........66
   7. Miscellaneous Considerations ...................................66
      7.1. Report Buffering Considerations ...........................66
      7.2. Congestion Considerations .................................67
   8. Security Considerations ........................................67
   9. IANA Considerations ............................................69
   10. Acknowledgements ..............................................72
   11. References ....................................................73
      11.1. Normative References .....................................73
      11.2. Informative References ...................................73
   Appendix A.  Example of Messages and Message Flows ................75
     A.1.  Provisioning Phase ........................................75
     A.2.  Handling Grey-Listed Flows ................................81
     A.3.  Handling White-Listed Flows ...............................87
     A.4.  Handling of Black-Listed Join Requests ....................92
     A.5.  Handling of Requests to Join and Leave the On-Line Game ...92
     A.6.  Example Flow for Multicast Flow Reporting .................95






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1.  Introduction

   [RFC5851] defines a framework and requirements for an Access Node
   (AN) control mechanism between a Network Access Server (NAS) and an
   Access Node (e.g., a Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
   (DSLAM)) in a multi-service reference architecture in order to
   perform QoS-related, service-related, and subscriber-related
   operations.  [RFC6320] specifies a protocol for Access Node Control
   in broadband networks in line with this framework.

   [RFC6320] supports, specifically for DSL access, three use cases
   defined in [RFC5851]: the Topology Discovery use case, the Line
   Configuration use case, and the Remote Connectivity Test use case.
   However, it does not support the multicast use cases defined in
   [RFC5851].  The present document specifies the extensions to the
   Access Node Control Protocol required for support of these multicast
   use cases.  In addition, it supports the Committed Bandwidth
   Reporting use case, described below.  In terms of ANCP, these use
   cases are organized into five capabilities:

   o  NAS-initiated multicast replication;

   o  conditional access and admission control with white and black
      lists;

   o  conditional access and admission control with grey lists;

   o  bandwidth delegation; and

   o  committed bandwidth reporting.

   NAS-initiated multicast replication assumes that multicast join and
   leave requests are terminated on the NAS or that the NAS receives
   requests to establish multicast sessions through other means (e.g.,
   application-level signaling).  The NAS sends commands to the AN to
   start or stop replication of specific multicast flows on specific
   subscriber ports.  This use case is described briefly in the next-to-
   last paragraph of Section 3.4 of [RFC5851].

   Conditional access is described in Section 3.4.1 of [RFC5851].
   Section 3.4.2.2 of [RFC5851] mentions a way in which conditional
   access can be combined with admission control to allow best-effort
   multicast flows, and Section 3.4.2.3 points out the necessary
   conditions for using both conditional access and admission control.

   In the case of "conditional access and admission control with white
   and black lists", multicast join and leave requests are terminated at
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   provided by white and black lists, respectively.  The white and black
   lists are provisioned per port at startup time and may be modified
   thereafter.  The NAS may combine conditional access with admission
   control of white-listed flows by appropriate provisioning.

   Conditional access and admission control with grey lists is similar
   to conditional access and admission control with white lists, except
   that before accepting any request matching a grey list entry, the AN
   sends a request to the NAS for permission to replicate the flow.
   Again, the NAS can enable admission control of grey-listed flows at
   the AN.

   Bandwidth delegation is described in Section 3.4.2.1 of [RFC5851].
   It allows flexible sharing of total video bandwidth on an access line
   between the AN and the NAS.  One application of such bandwidth
   sharing is where the AN does multicast admission control, while the
   NAS or Policy Server does unicast admission control.  In that case,
   bandwidth delegation allows dynamic sharing of bandwidth between
   unicast and multicast video traffic on each access line.

   Committed bandwidth reporting is described in Section 3.4.  The AN
   reports the amount of multicast bandwidth it has granted to a given
   access line each time that value changes.  These reports may be
   buffered for a NAS-provisionable interval so that reports for
   multiple access lines can be bundled into the same message.

   The formal specification of the behaviors associated with each of
   these capabilities, singly and in combination, is given in Section 6.

   In addition to the multicast service processing behavior just
   sketched, the definition of each capability includes support for the
   multicast accounting and reporting services described in
   Section 3.4.3 of [RFC5851].  Because of this common content and
   because of other protocol overlaps between the different
   capabilities, the protocol descriptions for the multicast extensions
   specified in this document are merged into a single non-redundant
   narrative.  Tables in Section 6 then indicate the specific sub-
   sections of the protocol description that have to be implemented to
   support each capability.

   This document updates RFC 6320 by assigning capability type 3 to the
   NAS-initiated multicast replication capability and by changing the
   starting point for IANA allocation of result codes determined by IETF
   Consensus from 0x100 to 0x64.







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1.1.  A Note on Scope

   The requirements in [RFC5851] were formulated with the IPTV
   application in mind.  Two basic assumptions underlie the use case
   descriptions:

   o  that the Home Gateway operates in bridged mode, and

   o  that multicast signaling uses IGMP ([RFC2236] [RFC3376]) or
      Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) [RFC3810] rather than PIM
      [RFC4601].

   Without the first assumption the AN may lose sight of individual
   subscriber devices making requests for multicast service.  This has a
   very minor effect on the capabilities described below but prevents
   the application of per-device policies at the NAS.  Changing the
   second assumption would require that, in applications where the AN is
   responsible for snooping IGMP and MLD, it now also monitors for PIM
   signaling.  The capabilities described in the present document do not
   depend explicitly on what type of multicast signaling is used, but
   the multiple phases of PIM setup could add complexity to their
   implementation.

2.  Terminology

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].

   This document uses the terms "connection admission control" ("CAC" or
   simply "admission control") and "conditional access" as they are used
   in [RFC5851].

   The expression "delegated bandwidth" is used as a shorter way of
   saying: "the total amount of video bandwidth delegated to the AN for
   multicast admission control".

3.  Multicast Use Cases

   Quoting from [RFC5851]:

      ... the Access Node, aggregation node(s), and the NAS must all be
      involved in the multicast replication process.  This prevents
      several copies of the same stream from being sent within the
      access/aggregation network.  In case of an Ethernet-based access/
      aggregation network, this may, for example, be achieved by means
      of IGMP snooping or IGMP proxy in the Access Node and aggregation
      node(s).



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      By introducing IGMP processing in the access/aggregation nodes,
      the multicast replication process is now divided between the NAS,
      the aggregation node(s), and Access Nodes.  In order to ensure
      backward compatibility with the ATM-based model, the NAS,
      aggregation node, and Access Node need to behave as a single
      logical device.  This logical device must have exactly the same
      functionality as the NAS in the ATM access/aggregation network.
      The Access Node Control Mechanism can be used to make sure that
      this logical/functional equivalence is achieved by exchanging the
      necessary information between the Access Node and the NAS.

   [RFC5851] describes the use cases for ANCP associated with such
   multicast operations and identifies the associated ANCP requirements.
   This section describes a subset of these use cases as background to
   facilitate reading of this document, but the reader is referred to
   [RFC5851] for a more exhaustive description of the ANCP multicast use
   cases.  Detailed example message flows can also be found in
   Appendix A.

   In the diagrams below, participation of the Home Gateway is optional,
   depending on whether it is operating in bridged or routed mode.  Note
   that devices behind the Home Gateway may require the Home Gateway to
   operate in routed mode to ensure that they can obtain access to non-
   IPTV multicast services.

3.1.  NAS-Initiated Multicast Replication Control Use Case

3.1.1.  Goals

   One option for multicast handling is for the subscriber to
   communicate the join/leave information to the NAS.  This can be done,
   for instance, by terminating all subscriber IGMP ([RFC3376]) or MLD
   ([RFC2710] [RFC3810]) signaling on the NAS.  Another example could be
   a subscriber using some form of application-level signaling, which is
   redirected to the NAS.  In any case, this option is transparent to
   the access and aggregation network.  In this scenario, the NAS uses
   ANCP to create and remove replication state in the AN for efficient
   multicast replication.  Thus, the NAS only sends a single copy of the
   multicast stream towards the AN, which, in turn, performs replication
   to multiple subscribers as instructed by the NAS via ANCP.  The NAS
   performs conditional access and admission control when processing
   multicast join requests and only creates replication state in the AN
   if admission succeeds.








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3.1.2.  Message Flow

   With the NAS-initiated use case, a Multicast Replication Control
   message is sent by the NAS to the AN with a directive to either join
   or leave one (or more) multicast flow(s).  In the example message
   flow, the AN uses a Generic Response message to convey the outcome of
   the directive.  Figure 1 illustrates such an ANCP message exchange as
   well as the associated AN behavior.

   +----------+    +-------+     +-----+        ANCP          +-----+
   |Subscriber|    | Home  |     | AN  |<-------------------->| NAS |
   +----------+    |Gateway|     +-----+                      +-----+
         |         +-------+         |                           |
         |            |              |                          (*)
         |            |              | Multicast-Replication-Ctl |
         |            |              |   (Target, add, Flow 1)   |
         |            |              |<--------------------------|
         |       Mcast Flow 1        |                           |
         |<===========+==============+                           |
         |            |              |     Generic Response      |
         |            |              |-------------------------->|
         |            |              |                           |
         |            |              |                           |
         ~            ~              ~                           ~
         |            |              |                           |
         |            |              | Multicast-Replication-Ctl |
         |            |              |   (Target,delete, Flow 1) |
         |            |              |<--------------------------|
         |            |              |                           |
         |  <Stop Replication of     X                           |
         |            Mcast Flow 1>  |     Generic Response      |
         |            |              |-------------------------->|

        (*) The NAS may optionally seek direction from an external
       Authorization/Policy Server before admitting the flow.

           Figure 1: NAS-Initiated Multicast Replication Control

3.2.  Conditional Access and Admission Control Use Case

3.2.1.  Goals

   One option for multicast handling is for the access/aggregation nodes
   to participate in IGMP/MLD processing (e.g., via IGMP/MLD snooping).
   In this scenario, on detecting a join/leave request from an end user
   for a multicast flow (in the grey list), the AN uses ANCP to request
   a conditional access and admission control decision from the NAS.  In
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   uses ANCP to instruct the AN to change the replication states
   accordingly.

3.2.2.  Message Flow

   For support of the conditional access and admission control use case,
   on detection of an IGMP/MLD join request, the AN sends a Multicast
   Admission Control message to the NAS to request a conditional access
   and admission control check.  In the case of a positive outcome, the
   NAS sends a Multicast Replication Control message to the AN with a
   directive to replicate the multicast flow to the corresponding user.
   Similarly, on detection of an IGMP/MLD leave, a Multicast Admission
   Control message is sent by the AN to the NAS to keep the NAS aware of
   user departure for the flow.  This message flow is illustrated in
   Figure 2.

   +----------+    +-------+   +-----+      ANCP           +-----+
   |Subscriber|    | Home  |   | AN  |<------------------->| NAS |
   +----------+    |Gateway|   +-----+                     +-----+
         |         +-------+      |                           |
         |            |           |                           |
         |       Join(Gr-Flow1)   |  Multicast-Admission-Crl  |
         |------------+---------->|   (Target,add,Gr-Flow1)   |
         |            |           |-------------------------->|
         |            |           |                          (*)
         |            |           | Multicast-Replication-Crl |
         |            |           |   (Target,add,Gr-Flow1)   |
         |            |           |<--------------------------|
         |     Mcast Gr-Flow1     |                           |
         |<===========+===========+                           |
         |            |           |                           |
         ~            ~           ~                           ~
         |            |           |                           |
         |      Leave(Gr-Flow1)   |  Multicast-Admission-Crl  |
         |------------+---------->| (Target,delete,Gr-Flow1)  |
         |            |           |-------------------------->|
         | <Stop Replication of   X                           |
         |       Mcast Gr-Flow1>  |                           |
         |            |           |                           |

   Gr-Flow1: a multicast flow matching the grey list for that port

   (*) The NAS may optionally seek direction from an external
       Authorization/Policy Server before admitting the flow.

       Figure 2: Multicast Conditional Access and Admission Control





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3.3.  Multicast Flow Reporting Use Case

3.3.1.  Goals

   The multicast flow reporting use case allows the NAS to
   asynchronously query the AN to obtain an instantaneous status report
   related to multicast flows currently replicated by the AN.

3.3.2.  Message Flow

   The NAS sends a Multicast Flow Query Request message to the AN in
   order to query the AN about information such as which multicast flows
   are currently active on a given AN port or which ports are currently
   replicating a given multicast flow.  The AN conveys the requested
   information to the NAS in a Multicast Flow Query Response message.
   This message flow is illustrated in Figure 3.

   +----------+    +-------+   +-----+    ANCP    +-----+
   |Subscriber|    | Home  |   | AN  |<---------->| NAS |
   +----------+    |Gateway|   +-----+            +-----+
         |         +-------+     |                   |
         |           |           |  Multicast Flow   |
         |           |           |  Query Request    |
         |           |           |<------------------|
         |           |           |                   |
         |           |           | Multicast Flow    |
         |           |           | Query Response    |
         |           |           |------------------>|
         |           |           |                   |
         |           |           |                   |


                    Figure 3: Multicast Flow Reporting

3.4.  Committed Bandwidth Reporting Use Case

3.4.1.  Goals

   The committed bandwidth reporting use case allows the NAS to maintain
   current awareness of how much multicast bandwidth the AN has
   committed to a given access line, so that the NAS can adjust its
   forwarding scheduler to ensure the associated QoS.  Note that this
   involves a finer level of detail than provided by bandwidth
   delegation, since the amount of delegated bandwidth is an upper limit
   on the amount of bandwidth committed rather than an actual value.  To
   reduce the volume of messaging, reports from the AN may be buffered
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3.4.2.  Message Flow

   The message flow associated with this use case is shown in Figure 4.
   The figure assumes that a non-zero buffering interval was previously
   provisioned on the AN.

   +-----+    +-------+       +-----+    ANCP    +-----+
   |Subs |+   | Home  |+      | AN  |<---------->| NAS |
   |1,2  ||   |GW 1,2 ||      +-----+            +-----+
   +-----+|   +-------+|         |                   |
    +|----+    +|------+         |                   |
     | |        | |              |                   |
     | |Join(Subs1, Ch1)         |                   |
     |----------+--------------->|  Start buffering  |
     | |        | Multicast flow |  timer. Create    |
     |<=========+================|  message with     |
     | |        | |              |  initial contents |
     | |        | |              |  reporting new    |
     | |        | |              |  Subs1 bandwidth. |
     | | Join(Subs2, Ch2)        |                   |
     | |----------+------------->|  Add report for   |
     | |        | Multicast flow |  new Subs2 b/w.   |
     | |<=========+==============|                   |
     | |        | |              |                   |
     | |Leave(Subs1, Ch1)        |                   |
     |----------+--------------->|  Replace report   |
     | |        | |              |  for Subs1 with   |
     | |      Stop replication   X  new value (which |
     | |        | |              |  happens to be    |
     | |        | |              |  the same as the  |
     | |        | |              |  starting value). |
     | |        | |              |                   |
     | |        | |             >|< TIMER expires    |
     | |        | |              |                   |
     | |        | |              |Committed          |
     | |        | |              |  Bandwidth Report |
     | |        | |              |------------------>|
     | |        | |              |   (for latest     |
     | |        | |              |   Subs1 and Subs2 |
     | |        | |              |   bandwidth)      |
     | |        | |              |                   |

         Figure 4: Message Flow for Committed Bandwidth Reporting








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4.  ANCP Messages

   This section defines new ANCP messages and new usage of existing ANCP
   messages as well as procedures associated with the use of these
   messages.

   Unless stated otherwise, receivers MUST ignore message contents that
   are not supported by the set of capabilities negotiated between the
   NAS and the Access Node.

4.1.  Provisioning Message

   Section 4.1 of [RFC6320] defines the Provisioning message that is
   sent by the NAS to the AN to provision information in the AN.

   The present document specifies that the Provisioning message MAY be
   used by the NAS to provision multicast-related information (e.g.,
   multicast service profiles).  The ANCP Provisioning message payload
   MAY contain:

   o  one or more instances of the Multicast-Service-Profile TLV.  The
      Multicast-Service-Profile TLV is defined in the present document
      in Section 5.1.  Each instance of the Multicast-Service-Profile
      TLV contains a multicast service profile name and one or more list
      actions.  A list action consists of an action (add, delete,
      replace), a list type (white, black, or grey), and list content
      (multicast source and group addresses).

   o  an instance of the White-List-CAC TLV.  The White-List-CAC TLV is
      defined in Section 5.6.  If present, this TLV indicates that the
      AN is required to do admission control before replicating white-
      listed flows.

   o  an instance of the MRepCtl-CAC TLV.  The MRepCtl-CAC TLV is
      defined in Section 5.7.  If present, this TLV indicates that the
      AN is required to do admission control before replicating flows
      specified in Multicast Replication Control messages.

   o  an instance of the Report-Buffering-Time TLV.  The Report-
      Buffering-Time TLV is defined in Section 5.13.  If present, this
      TLV indicates Committed Bandwidth Report messages should be
      buffered for the amount of time given by the TLV before being
      transmitted to the NAS.

   See Section 6 for information on which multicast capabilities require
   support of these TLVs in the Provisioning message.





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4.1.1.  Sender Behavior

   When directed by the Policy Server or by management action, the NAS
   sends the Provisioning message to initially provision or to update
   the white, black, and/or grey multicast channel lists associated with
   a set of named multicast service profiles or to direct the AN to
   perform admission control for specific classes of flows.

   To provision or update a multicast service profile, the NAS MUST
   include within the message one or more instances of the Multicast-
   Service-Profile TLV specifying the content to be provisioned or
   updated.  The NAS MUST NOT include any list type (white, black, or
   grey) that is not supported by the set of multicast capabilities
   negotiated between the NAS and the AN.  The NAS MUST NOT use the
   Provisioning message to send instances of the Multicast-Service-
   Profile TLV to the AN unless the Multicast-Service-Profile TLV is
   supported by the set of multicast capabilities negotiated between the
   NAS and the AN.

   To require admission control to be performed at the AN on white-
   listed flows, the NAS MUST include a copy of the White-List-CAC TLV
   in the Provisioning message.  The White-List-CAC TLV MUST NOT be
   provided unless the negotiated set of capabilities includes
   conditional access and admission control with white and black lists.

   To require admission control to be performed at the AN on grey-listed
   flows or on NAS-initiated flows, the NAS MUST include a copy of the
   MRepCtl-CAC TLV in the Provisioning message.  The MRepCtl-CAC TLV
   MUST NOT be provided unless the negotiated set of capabilities
   includes NAS-initiated multicast replication or conditional access
   and admission control with grey lists.

   To require buffering of Committed Bandwidth Report messages so that
   reports for multiple access lines can be included in the same
   message, the NAS MUST include a copy of the Report-Buffering-Time TLV
   containing a non-zero time value in a Provisioning message sent to
   the AN.  The Report-Buffering-Time TLV MUST NOT be provided unless
   the negotiated set of capabilities includes committed bandwidth
   reporting.

4.1.2.  Receiver Behavior

   The receiving AN provisions/updates the white, black, and/or grey
   lists associated with the multicast service profile names contained
   in the Multicast-Service-Profile TLV instances within the message
   according to the contents of the associated List-Action TLVs.  The AN
   MUST process List-Action TLVs in the order in which they appear
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   Section 4, the AN MUST ignore instances of the List-Action TLV
   referring to any list type (white, black, or grey) that is not
   supported by the set of multicast capabilities negotiated between the
   NAS and the AN.

   When a new multicast service profile is identified by a Multicast-
   Service-Profile TLV, the initial state of all lists associated with
   that profile according to the negotiated set of multicast
   capabilities is empty until changed by the contents of Multicast-
   Service-Profile TLVs.

   The receipt of a Provisioning message containing updates to an
   existing multicast service profile subsequent to startup will cause
   the AN to review the status of active flows on all ports to which
   that profile has been assigned.  For further details, see Section 6.

   If the White-List-CAC and/or MRepCtl-CAC TLV is present in the
   Provisioning message and the respective associated capabilities have
   been negotiated, the AN prepares (or continues) to do admission
   control on the indicated class(es) of flow.  If one or both of these
   TLVs was present in an earlier Provisioning message but is absent in
   the latest message received, the AN ceases to do admission control on
   the indicated class(es) of flow.

   The buffering time specified in an instance of the Report-Buffering-
   Time TLV will not be applied until the current accumulation process
   of Committed Bandwidth Report messages finishes.

   As indicated in [RFC6320], the AN MUST NOT reply to the Provisioning
   message if it processed it successfully.  If an error prevents
   successful processing of the message content, the AN MUST return a
   Generic Response message as defined in [RFC6320], containing a
   Status-Info TLV with the appropriate content describing the error.
   For this purpose, the presence of a list type in a Multicast-Service-
   Profile TLV, which was ignored because it was not supported by the
   negotiated set of capabilities, is not considered to be an error.

4.2.  Port Management Message

   As specified in [RFC6320], the NAS may send DSL line configuration
   information to the AN (ANCP-based DSL line configuration use case)
   using ANCP Port Management messages.  See Section 7.3 of [RFC6320]
   for the format of the Port Management message in that usage.

   This document specifies that the Port Management message MAY be used
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   o  Multicast-Service-Profile-Name TLV (defined in Section 5.2).  This
      TLV associates a Multicast Service Profile with the access line
      specified by the extension block and, in the case of white and
      black lists, delegates conditional access to the AN for the
      specified access line and channels.

   o  Bandwidth-Allocation TLV (defined in Section 5.5).  This TLV
      specifies the total multicast bandwidth available to the AN for
      admission control at the access line.

   When the Port Management message is used for this purpose:

   o  the Function field in the Port Management message MUST be set to
      8, "Configure Connection Service Data".

   o  the message MUST include TLV(s) to identify the access line
      concerned.  If the access line is a DSL loop, the line-identifying
      TLV(s) MUST be as specified in Section 5.1.2 of [RFC6320].  For
      non-DSL access lines, the appropriate alternative line-identifying
      TLV(s) MUST be present.  Line configuration data other than the
      two TLVs listed in the previous paragraph MAY be present.

4.2.1.  Sender Behavior

   The NAS sends the Port Management message at startup time to
   initialize parameters associated with the access line specified in
   the message and with the multicast capabilities negotiated between
   the NAS and the AN.  The NAS MAY send additional Port Management
   messages subsequent to startup, to update or, in the case of the
   Bandwidth-Allocation TLV, reset these parameters.  If the NAS
   includes a Multicast-Service-Profile-Name TLV in the Port Management
   message, the name MUST match a profile name provided in a Multicast-
   Service-Profile TLV in a prior Provisioning message.  The NAS MUST
   NOT include a TLV unless it is supported by the set of multicast
   capabilities negotiated between the NAS and the AN.  See Section 6
   for further information.

4.2.2.  Receiver Behavior

   If the Port Management message contains a Multicast-Service-Profile-
   Name TLV, the AN associates the named profile with the specified
   access line.  This association replaces any previous association.
   That is, a given access line is associated with at most one multicast
   service profile.  The replacement of one multicast service profile
   with another will cause the AN to review the status of all active
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   If the Port Management message contains a Bandwidth-Allocation TLV,
   the AN adopts this as the current value of its total multicast
   bandwidth limit for the target port.  If the AN has already committed
   multicast bandwidth exceeding the amount given in the Bandwidth-
   Allocation TLV, the AN SHOULD NOT discontinue any multicast streams
   in order to bring bandwidth down to within the new limit, unless such
   action is required by local policy.  However, the AN MUST NOT admit
   new multicast streams that are subject to admission control until it
   can do so within the limit specified by the Bandwidth-Allocation TLV.

   If the Port Management request cannot be processed due to error and
   the Result field of the request is Nack (0x1) or AckAll (0x2), the AN
   SHOULD add a Status-Info TLV to the Extension Value field in its
   reply if this will provide useful information beyond what is provided
   by the Result Code value returned in the response header.  In
   particular, if the name within the Multicast-Service-Profile-Name TLV
   does not match a profile name given in a prior Provisioning message,
   the AN SHOULD return a reply where the Result Code field in the
   header indicates 0x55, "Invalid TLV contents", the Error Message
   field in the Status-Info TLV contains the text "Multicast profile
   name not provisioned", and the Status-Info TLV contains a copy of the
   Multicast-Service-Profile-Name TLV.

4.3.  Multicast Replication Control Message

   This section defines a new message called the Multicast Replication
   Control message.  The Multicast Replication Control message is sent
   by the NAS to the AN with one or more directives to add (join) or
   delete (leave) a multicast flow on a target object identified in the
   content of the message.

   The Message Type for the Multicast Replication Control message is
   144.

   The ANCP Multicast Replication Control message payload contains the
   following TLVs:

   o  Target TLV: The Target TLV is defined in Section 4.3 of [RFC6320].
      It MUST appear once and only once.  It is encoded as specified in
      [RFC6320] or extensions and identifies the AN port subject to the
      request for admission or release.

   o  Command TLV: The Command TLV is defined in Section 4.4 of
      [RFC6320].  It MUST be present.  It MAY appear multiple times.







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   As [RFC6320] indicates, the contents of the Command Info field within
   the Command TLV are specific to the message in which the TLV occurs.
   For the Multicast Replication Control message, these contents consist
   of:

   o  a Command Code field;

   o  an Accounting field; and

   o  an instance of the Multicast-Flow TLV.

   Figure 5 illustrates the complete Command TLV with the contents
   specific to the Multicast Replication Control message.

                         1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    | TLV Type = Command     0x0011 |       Command TLV Length      |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |Command Code |  Accounting     |         Reserved              |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |                     Multicast-Flow TLV                        |
    |                           ...                                 |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |   Other embedded TLV Type     |   Other embedded TLV Length   |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |                                                               |
    ~                   Other embedded TLV data                     ~
    |                                                               |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

    Figure 5: Contents of the Command TLV in the Multicast Replication
                              Control Message


















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   o  Command Code: One of the following command directives:

         1 "Add"

         2 "Delete"

         3 "Delete All"

         4 "Admission Control Reject"

         5 "Conditional Access Reject"

         6 "Admission Control and Conditional Access Reject"

      Directives 4 through 6 are used as described in Section 4.4.2.

   o  Accounting: Meaningful only when the Command Code is "Add" (1).
      In that case, 0 indicates flow accounting is disabled, and 1
      indicates that octet accounting for the flow is requested.  The
      sender MUST set the Accounting field to 0, and the receiver MUST
      ignore the Accounting field for other Command Code values.

   o  Reserved: Reserved for future use.  MUST be set to zeroes by the
      sender and ignored by the receiver.

   o  Multicast-Flow TLV: An instance of the Multicast-Flow TLV
      (Section 5.12) specifying the flow to be added or deleted.  The
      Multicast-Flow TLV is omitted if the Command Code has value
      "Delete All" (3).

   o  Other embedded TLV data: No other embedded TLVs are currently
      specified within the Multicast Replication Control message and
      Command TLV.  However, see the description of the Multicast
      Admission Control message (Section 4.4).  Unrecognized embedded
      TLVs SHOULD be silently discarded.

   The figure below is an example of a Multicast Replication Control
   message that would result in a swap from multicast Source-Specific
   Multicast (SSM) flows 2001:DB8::1, FF34::2 to 2001:DB8::2, FF34::3 on
   the target identified by the Access Loop Circuit ID:











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                            1                   2                   3
      0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |        Type (0x880C)          |           Length              |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |   Version     |  MsgType=144  | Res=2 |   Result Code = 0     |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     | Partition ID  |            Transaction Identifier = 18        |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |I|      SubMessage Number      |           Length              |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |    TLV Type = Target   0x1000 |        Target TLV Length      |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     | Access-Loop-Circuit-ID 0x0001 |        Circuit-ID Length      |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                                                               |
     ~                    Access Loop Circuit ID                     ~
     |                                                               |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |    TLV Type = Command  0x0011 |     Command TLV Length = 44   |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     | Cmd Code = 2  |   Acctg = 0   |      Reserved = 0x0000        |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     | Type = Multicast-Flow  0x0019 |        TLV Length = 36        |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     | Flow Type = 2 |  AddrFam = 2  |      Reserved = 0x0000        |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                                                               |
     ~                   Multicast Group Address                     ~
     |                          = FF34::2                            |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                                                               |
     ~                         Source Address                        ~
     |                          = 2001:DB8::1                        |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |    TLV Type = Command  0x0011 |     Command-TLV Length = 44   |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     | Cmd Code = 1  |   Acctg = 1   |      Reserved = 0x0000        |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     | Type = Multicast-Flow  0x0019 |        TLV Length = 36        |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     | Flow Type = 2 |  AddrFam = 2  |      Reserved = 0x0000        |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                                                               |
     ~                   Multicast Group Address                     ~
     |                          = FF34::3                            |





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     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                                                               |
     ~                         Source Address                        ~
     |                          = 2001:DB8::2                        |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

    Figure 6: Example Change of Source Flow Using Multicast Replication
                              Control Message

4.3.1.  Sender Behavior

   The NAS MAY issue a Multicast Replication Control message to the AN
   to convey one or more directives to add (join) or delete (leave) one
   or more multicast flows.

   The NAS MAY send this message on its own initiative to support the
   NAS-initiated multicast control use case presented in [RFC5851] and
   summarized in Section 3.1.  In that case, the NAS MUST set the Result
   field to AckAll (0x2) or Nack (0x1) according to its requirements.

   The NAS MAY also send this message in response to a Multicast
   Admission Control message (defined in Section 4.4) received from the
   AN to support the conditional access and admission control use case
   presented in [RFC5851] and summarized in Section 3.2.  In that case,
   the NAS MUST set the Result field to Nack (0x1).

   In either case, the sender MUST populate the Result Code field with
   the value 0 and the ANCP Transaction Identifier field with a unique
   value, as described in Section 3.6.1.6 of [RFC6320].

   Each Multicast Replication Control message MUST contain one or more
   commands, each encapsulated in its own Command TLV.  The sender MUST
   use a separate Command TLV for each distinct multicast flow.

   When the order of processing of two commands does not matter, the
   commands MUST be transmitted in separate Multicast Replication
   Control messages.

4.3.2.  Receiver Behavior

   When successive commands (in the same or different messages) relate
   to the same target and multicast flow, the state of each feature
   controlled or affected by attributes received in the Multicast
   Replication Control message SHALL be as set by the last command or
   message referring to that target and flow and containing the
   controlling attribute.  As an example, successive Multicast
   Replication Control messages containing add commands for a given port
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   of the accounting feature to what is set in the final command
   received, but all other features are unaffected by the second
   message.

   If more than one Command TLV is present in a Multicast Replication
   Control message, the AN MUST act on the commands in the order in
   which they are presented in the message.  The AN SHALL assign a
   sequence number to each command in a given Multicast Replication
   Control message, starting from 1 for the first command.

   If a Command TLV adds one or more flows and the AN is performing
   admission control for Multicast Replication Control messages, then
   the AN MUST perform admission control before replicating the flows.
   If the admission control check fails, the AN MUST treat the failure
   as an error as described below.  The appropriate Result Code value
   for the response is 0x13 "Out of resources".

   If the AN processes the complete Multicast Replication Control
   message successfully and the Result field of the Multicast
   Replication Control message was set to AckAll (0x2), the AN MUST
   respond with a Generic Response message where the Result field is set
   to Success (0x3), the Result Code field is set to 0, and the
   Transaction Identifier field is copied from the Multicast Replication
   Control message.  The body of the response MAY be empty or MAY be
   copied from the Multicast Replication Control message.

   If the AN processes the complete Multicast Replication Control
   message successfully and the Result field of the Multicast
   Replication Control message was set to Nack (0x1), the AN MUST NOT
   respond to the message.

   The processing/execution of multiple commands contained in a single
   Multicast Replication Control message MUST be interrupted at the
   first error encountered and the remaining commands in the Multicast
   Replication Control message discarded.  Similarly, if a given command
   specifies multiple Single-Source Multicast (SSM) flows and an error
   occurs, processing MUST be interrupted at that point, and the
   remainder of the Command TLV discarded.

   If the AN detects an error in a received Multicast Replication
   Control message and the Result field in that message was set to Nack
   (0x1) or AckAll(0x2), the AN MUST generate a Generic Response message
   providing error information to the NAS.  This specification
   identifies the following new Result Code values beyond those
   specified in [RFC6320], which MAY be used in a Generic Response sent
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   0x64  Command error.

         Where detected: ANCP agent at the AN.

         Further description: an invalid command code has been received.

         Required additional information in the message: see below.

         Target: ANCP agent at the NAS.

         Action RECOMMENDED for the receiving ANCP agent: Report the
         error to the control application with an indication of the
         erroneous information associated with the invalid TLV(s).

   0x65  Invalid flow address.

         Where detected: ANCP agent at the AN.

         Further description: either inconsistent flow address
         information has been provided or the address family is
         unsupported.

         Required additional information in the message: see below.

         Target: ANCP agent at the NAS.

         Action RECOMMENDED for the receiving ANCP agent: Report the
         error to the control application with an indication of the
         erroneous information associated with the invalid TLV(s).

   0x66  Multicast flow does not exist.

         Where detected: control application at the AN.

         Further description: the NAS has attempted to delete a flow
         that is not active on the given access line.

         Required additional information in the message: see below.

         Target: control application at the NAS.

         Action RECOMMENDED for the receiving ANCP agent: report the
         error to the control application with an indication of the
         erroneous information associated with the invalid TLV(s).







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   A Generic Response message responding to the Multicast Replication
   Control message and containing one of the above Result Code values
   MUST include a Status-Info TLV, which includes one or two embedded
   TLVs as follows:

   o  a Sequence-Number TLV as described in Section 5.4, giving the
      sequence number of the failed command, MUST be included; and

   o  the failed Command TLV itself SHOULD be included.

      Note: The Error Message field of the Status-Info TLV MAY be used
      to report more details than implied by the Result Code value in
      the message header.  For example, the Result Code value could be
      0x65, and the Error Message field could contain the text: "Source
      address present for ASM flow".

4.4.  Multicast Admission Control Message

   This section defines a new message called the Multicast Admission
   Control message.  The Multicast Admission Control message is sent by
   the AN to the NAS to request admission of a multicast flow, or to
   notify of the removal of a multicast flow, for a given target.

   The Message Type for the Multicast Admission Control message is 145.

   The ANCP Multicast Admission Control message payload contains two
   TLVs:

   o  Target TLV: The Target TLV is defined in [RFC6320].  It MUST
      appear once and only once in the Multicast Admission Control
      message.  It is encoded as specified in [RFC6320] or extensions
      and identifies the AN port subject to the request for admission or
      release.

   o  Command TLV: The Command TLV is defined in [RFC6320].  It MUST be
      present.  If it appears more than once, only the first instance is
      considered meaningful in the present version of this
      specification, and the other instances are ignored.

      Note: In the future, the specification of the Multicast Admission
      Control message may be extended to allow transport of more than a
      single directive (e.g., to carry both a leave from one group and a
      join to another group for the same target).  It is expected that
      this would support a similar notion of strict sequenced processing
      as currently defined for handling multiple directives in the
      Multicast Replication Control message whereby all directives
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      executed either.  When the strict sequenced processing of the
      directives is not required, the directives are distributed across
      separate messages.

   The Command TLV has the same contents as were described above for the
   Multicast Replication Control message, with the following additions:

   o  A Request-Source-IP TLV MAY be appended to the Command TLV as an
      additional embedded TLV.

   o  Similarly, a Request-Source-MAC TLV MAY be appended to the Command
      TLV as an additional embedded TLV.

   o  Finally and preferably, a Request-Source-Device-Id TLV MAY be
      appended to the Command TLV as an additional embedded TLV.

   Note that the Command TLV length includes the length of any embedded
   TLVs, including the embedded TLV headers.

4.4.1.  Sender Behavior

   The AN sending the Multicast Admission Control message MUST set the
   Result field to Ignore (0x0).

   The AN MUST populate the ANCP Transaction Identifier field with a
   unique value, as described in Section 3.6.1.6 of [RFC6320].

   The AN MUST encode the Command TLV as specified in Section 4.3 with
   the following additional rules:

   o  The Accounting field MUST be set to 0.

   o  The Command Code field MUST be set to "Add" (1) when the message
      conveys a join request, to "Delete" (2) when the message conveys a
      leave, and to "Delete All" (3) when the message conveys a leave of
      all channels (on the target).

   o  The Multicast-Flow TLV within the Command TLV identifies the
      multicast flow subject to the request for admission or release.
      When the Command Code is 3, the Multicast-Flow TLV is omitted.

   o  The Request-Source-IP embedded TLV MAY be included by the AN to
      convey the IP address of the sender of the join/leave message
      (e.g., IGMP/MLD join/leave) that triggered the AN to include the
      corresponding Command TLV in the Multicast Admission Control
      message.  If it appears more than once, only the first instance is
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   o  The Request-Source-MAC embedded TLV MAY be included by the AN to
      convey the Media Access Control (MAC) address of the sender of the
      join/leave message (e.g., IGMP/MLD join/leave) that triggered the
      AN to include the corresponding Command TLV in the Multicast
      Admission Control message.  If it appears more than once, only the
      first instance is considered meaningful, and the other instances
      are ignored.

   o  As a third alternative, the Request-Source-Device-Id embedded TLV
      MAY be included by the AN to convey a local identifier of the
      sender of the join/leave message (e.g., IGMP/MLD join/leave) that
      triggered the AN to include the corresponding Command TLV in the
      Multicast Admission Control message.  If it appears more than
      once, only the first instance is considered meaningful, and the
      other instances are ignored.

   The inclusion of Request-Source-IP or Request-Source-MAC in the
   Multicast Admission Control message is typically done to allow the
   application of policies applicable to specific devices within the
   customer's network.  However, transmission of either of these fields
   beyond the AN introduces potential privacy issues.  Instead of
   transmitting either of these identifiers, it is RECOMMENDED that the
   AN map the required identifier to a local value known to the AN and
   Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) but not to the
   NAS, as discussed in Section 8.  The local identifier is transmitted
   using the Request-Source-Device-Id TLV.

4.4.2.  Receiver Behavior

   On receipt of a Multicast Admission Control message:

   o  The NAS MUST ignore the Result field.

   o  If the directive in the Multicast Admission Control message is
      "Delete" (2) or "Delete All" (3) and is processed correctly by the
      NAS, the NAS MUST NOT generate any ANCP message in response to the
      Multicast Admission Control message.

   o  If the directive in the Multicast Admission Control message is
      "Add" (1) and is accepted by the NAS, the NAS MUST generate a
      Multicast Replication Control message in response to the Multicast
      Admission Control message.  The Multicast Replication Control
      message:

      *  MUST contain a Result set to Nack (0x1);

      *  MUST contain a Transaction ID with a unique value, as described
         in Section 3.6.1.6 of [RFC6320]; and



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      *  MUST contain the directive as accepted by the NAS.  The NAS MAY
         modify the Accounting field if flow accounting is required.

   o  If the directive in the Multicast Admission Control message is
      "Add" (1) and is processed correctly but not accepted by the NAS
      (i.e., it does not pass the conditional access and admission
      control check), the NAS MAY generate a Multicast Replication
      Control message in response to the Multicast Admission Control
      message.  This optional message can be used by the AN to maintain
      statistics about admission control rejections.  When used in this
      situation, the Multicast Replication Control message:

      *  MUST contain a Result set to 0x0;

      *  MUST contain a Transaction ID with a unique value, as described
         in Section 3.6.1.6 of [RFC6320]; and

      *  MUST contain the directive rejected by the NAS (i.e., Target
         TLV and Command TLV) but with a Command Code set to "Admission
         Control Reject" (4), "Conditional Access Reject" (5), or
         "Admission Control and Conditional Access Reject" (6) as
         applicable.

   o  If the Multicast Admission Control message cannot be processed
      correctly by the NAS (e.g., the message is malformed, the
      multicast flow does not exist, etc.), the NAS MUST generate a
      Generic Response message (defined in Section 4.2 of [RFC6320])
      with appropriate content indicating the reason for the failure.

4.5.  Bandwidth Reallocation Request Message

   The Bandwidth Reallocation Request message is used when the bandwidth
   delegation capability is included in the negotiated set.  It MAY be
   sent either by the NAS or by the AN to request an adjustment in the
   amount of delegated bandwidth.  It will be sent by the NAS typically
   to reduce the multicast bandwidth allocated to the AN in order for
   the NAS to satisfy a request to add one or more flows.  Conversely,
   the AN will send a Bandwidth Reallocation Request message to obtain
   additional bandwidth to satisfy a request to add a multicast channel.
   In each case, the requestor has a minimum requirement for additional
   bandwidth and MAY ask for additional bandwidth beyond this amount
   (e.g., to handle anticipated future requests).

   The Bandwidth Reallocation Request message contains two TLVs:

   o  the Target TLV (Section 4.3 of [RFC6320] or an extension),
      specifying a single access line; and




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   o  the Bandwidth-Request TLV (Section 5.8), specifying the required
      and preferred amounts of delegated bandwidth.

   The Message Type for the Bandwidth Reallocation Request message is
   146.

4.5.1.  Sender Behavior

   The Result field in the header of the Bandwidth Reallocation Request
   message is not used, and the sender MUST set it to Ignore (0x0).

   The bandwidth values in the Bandwidth-Request TLV are expressed in
   terms of total multicast bandwidth allocated to the AN.

      Note: The choice of "total bandwidth" rather than "incremental
      bandwidth" was made so that it would be easier for the AN and NAS
      to keep their respective views of the current amount of delegated
      bandwidth synchronized.

   Because the values are totals rather than desired increments/
   decrements, the relationship between the required amount and the
   preferred amount will differ depending on whether the Bandwidth
   Reallocation Request message is issued by the NAS or the AN.

   o  If the NAS is making the request, the preferred amount MUST be
      less than or equal to the required amount.  The required amount
      MUST be less than the current amount of delegated bandwidth.

   o  If the AN is making the request, the preferred amount MUST be
      greater than or equal to the required amount.  The required amount
      MUST be greater than the current amount of delegated bandwidth.

4.5.2.  Receiver Behavior

   When the peer receives a valid Bandwidth Reallocation Request
   message, it SHOULD determine whether it can satisfy the request from
   its existing allocation of unused video bandwidth.  If it decides
   that it can reallocate bandwidth to the peer, it MAY choose to return
   any amount between the required and the preferred amounts indicated
   in the Bandwidth Reallocation Request message.

   The peer MUST return a Bandwidth Transfer message (Section 4.6)
   indicating its decision.  If the request is met, the Result field of
   the Bandwidth Transfer message MUST be set to Success (0x3), the
   Result Code field MUST be set to 0x000, and the Bandwidth-Allocation
   TLV (Section 5.5) MUST contain the new value of total multicast
   bandwidth.  This new value MUST lie between the required and
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   request is not met, the Result field of the Bandwidth Transfer
   message MUST be set to Failure (0x4), the Result Code field MUST be
   set to 0, and the Bandwidth-Allocation TLV MUST contain the value of
   the currently allocated amount of delegated bandwidth as the
   responder views it.

   The following cases indicate that the sender holds a different view
   of the amount of delegated bandwidth from the receiver:

   o  The NAS receives a request where the required amount is less than
      its view of the current amount of delegated bandwidth.

   o  The AN receives a request where the required amount is greater
      than its view of the current amount of delegated bandwidth.

   If one of these cases occurs, the receiver, with one exception, MUST
   send a Bandwidth Transfer message indicating Success.

   o  If the NAS received the request, the allocated amount in the NAS's
      response MUST be at least equal to the NAS's view of the current
      amount of delegated bandwidth.

   o  If the AN received the request, the allocated amount in the AN's
      response MUST be no greater than the AN's view of the current
      amount of delegated bandwidth.

   The exception is when the NAS receives a request while it has a
   request of its own outstanding.  Handling of that case is described
   below.

      Note: While the cases just described are an error condition, the
      success response achieves a graceful recovery.

   To avoid deadlock due to race conditions, the following rules MUST be
   applied:

   a.  If the NAS receives a Bandwidth Reallocation Request message
       while it has a Bandwidth Reallocation Request message of its own
       outstanding for the same access line, the NAS MUST provide an
       immediate failure response to the request from the AN, with a
       Result Code value set to 0x68 "Inconsistent views of delegated
       bandwidth amount" or 0x69 "Bandwidth request conflict" as
       applicable.  (See below for more information).

   b.  If the AN receives a Bandwidth Reallocation Request message while
       it has a Bandwidth Reallocation Request message of its own
       outstanding for the same access line, the AN MUST release any
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       while it is awaiting a response from the NAS.  It MUST decide
       upon and send its response to the NAS taking the released
       bandwidth into account.

   If the receiver is unable to process the Bandwidth Reallocation
   Request message due to an error, then the receiver MUST return a
   Bandwidth Transfer message where:

   o  the Result field is set to Failure (0x4),

   o  the Result Code field is set appropriately to indicate the type of
      error that was detected,

   o  the Bandwidth-Allocation TLV contains the value of the current
      amount of delegated bandwidth as the responder views it, and

   o  a Status-Info TLV MAY follow the Bandwidth-Allocation TLV giving
      further information about the error.

   This specification provides three new Result Code values applicable
   specifically to the contents of the Bandwidth-Request TLV.  These
   Result Code values by their nature MUST only be used when the error
   is being reported in a Bandwidth Transfer message rather than a
   Generic Response message.

   0x67  Invalid preferred bandwidth amount.

         Where detected: control application at the receiver of the
         Bandwidth Reallocation Request message.

         Further description: the preferred and required amounts of
         bandwidth in the TLV do not have the numerical relationship
         described above.

         Required additional information in the message: as described
         above.

         Target: control application at the sender of the Bandwidth
         Reallocation Request message.

         Action RECOMMENDED for the receiving ANCP agent: report the
         error to the control application with the returned value of the
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   0x68  Inconsistent views of delegated bandwidth amount.

         Where detected: control application at the NAS.

         Further description: the NAS has an outstanding Bandwidth
         Reallocation Request, so it is rejecting a similar request from
         the AN.  In the AN request, the required amount was less than
         the NAS's view of the current amount of delegated bandwidth.

         Required additional information in the message: as described
         above.

         Target: control application at the AN.

         Action RECOMMENDED for the receiving ANCP agent: report the
         error to the AN control application with the returned value of
         the Bandwidth-Allocation TLV.  See also Section 4.6.2.2.

   0x69  Bandwidth request conflict.

         Where detected: control application at the NAS.

         Further description: the NAS has an outstanding Bandwidth
         Reallocation Request, so it is rejecting a similar, valid
         request from the AN.

         Required additional information in the message: as described
         above.

         Target: control application at the AN.

         Action RECOMMENDED for the receiving ANCP agent: report the
         error to the AN control application with the returned value of
         the Bandwidth-Allocation TLV.  See also Section 4.6.2.2.

4.6.  Bandwidth Transfer Message

   The Bandwidth Transfer message is used to transfer video bandwidth
   from the sender to the peer for a specific access line.  This message
   MAY be sent either from the AN or from the NAS.  As described in the
   previous section, it is the required response to a valid Bandwidth
   Reallocation Request message.

   The Bandwidth Transfer message MAY also be used to transfer bandwidth
   autonomously from one peer to another.  One example of this usage is
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   Reallocation Request message.  When the message is used in this way,
   the Result field in the Bandwidth Transfer message MUST be set to
   Ignore (0x0).

      Note: This allows the receiver to distinguish between an
      autonomous transfer and a response to a previous Bandwidth
      Reallocation Request message, for purposes of validation.

   The Message Type for the Bandwidth Transfer message is 147.  The
   Bandwidth Transfer message contains the following TLVs:

   o  the Target TLV, designating the access line concerned;

   o  an instance of the Bandwidth-Allocation TLV (Section 5.5).  The
      bandwidth value in the Bandwidth-Allocation TLV is the new amount
      of delegated bandwidth allocated to the target.

4.6.1.  Sender Behavior

   When sending a Bandwidth Transfer message where the Result value is
   Ignore (0x0) or Success (0x3), the following relationships MUST hold:

   o  If the message is sent by the NAS, the bandwidth value in the
      Bandwidth-Allocation TLV MUST be greater than or equal to the
      sender's view of the current amount of delegated bandwidth for the
      access line concerned.

   o  If the message is sent by the AN, the bandwidth value in the
      Bandwidth-Allocation TLV MUST be less than or equal to the
      sender's view of the current amount of delegated bandwidth for the
      access line concerned.

   Further sender behavior is specified above, in Section 4.5.2.

4.6.2.  Receiver Behavior

4.6.2.1.  Behavior of the NAS

   If the amount of delegated bandwidth provided in the Bandwidth-
   Allocation TLV is not greater than the NAS's view of the current
   amount of delegated bandwidth, the NAS MUST update its view of the
   current amount of delegated bandwidth to the amount indicated in the
   Bandwidth Transfer message.  This is required regardless of whether
   the Result field of that message indicates Success or Failure.

   If the amount of delegated bandwidth provided in the Bandwidth-
   Allocation TLV is greater than the NAS's view of the current amount
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   value of delegated bandwidth.  Alternatively, the NAS MAY force the
   AN to modify its view of the amount of delegated bandwidth to that
   held by the NAS by sending a Port Management message for the target
   access line concerned that contains a Bandwidth-Allocation TLV with a
   value equal to the amount of delegated bandwidth the NAS wishes to
   enforce.

4.6.2.2.  Behavior of the AN

   If the amount of delegated bandwidth provided in the Bandwidth-
   Allocation TLV of the Bandwidth Transfer message differs from the
   AN's view of the current amount of delegated bandwidth, the AN MUST
   update its view of the current amount of delegated bandwidth to the
   amount indicated in the Bandwidth Transfer message.  This is required
   with the exception of a Bandwidth Transfer message with a Result
   field equal to Failure (0x4) and a Result Code field equal to 0x68
   "Inconsistent views of delegated bandwidth amount" or 0x69 "Bandwidth
   request conflict".  If Result Code value 0x68 is received, the AN
   MUST issue a Delegated Bandwidth Query Request message to determine
   the NAS's current view of the amount of delegated bandwidth.  The AN
   MUST update its own view based on the value returned in the Delegated
   Bandwidth Query Response message.  If Result Code value 0x69 is
   received, the AN SHOULD carry out this procedure unless it can
   account for the discrepancy as a result of a transfer of bandwidth to
   the NAS that was carried out just before the incoming Bandwidth
   Transfer message was processed.

      Note: The two Result Code values indicate a race condition where
      the AN may have just completed a transfer of bandwidth to the NAS.
      As a result, the value given in the Bandwidth Transfer message may
      be outdated, and the AN needs to query the NAS to find its latest
      view.  The procedure assumes that ordering is preserved between
      the Bandwidth Transfer message sent by the AN in response to the
      NAS's request and the subsequent Delegated Bandwidth Query Request
      message.

   If the AN has already committed multicast bandwidth exceeding the
   amount given in the Bandwidth-Allocation TLV, the AN SHOULD NOT
   discontinue any multicast streams in order to bring bandwidth down to
   within the new limit, unless such action is required by local policy.
   However, the AN MUST NOT admit new multicast streams that are subject
   to admission control until it can do so within the limit specified by
   the Bandwidth-Allocation TLV.  As specified in Section 6.2.5.2, the
   AN MAY attempt to correct the situation by sending a request to the
   NAS for an increased allocation of delegated bandwidth using the
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4.7.  Delegated Bandwidth Query Request Message

   The Message Type for the Delegated Bandwidth Query Request (and
   Response) messages is 148.

   The Delegated Bandwidth Query Request message MAY be sent either by
   the NAS or by the AN to retrieve the peer's view of the amount of
   delegated bandwidth.  The request contains one TLV:

   o  a Target TLV designating the access line for which the information
      is requested.

4.7.1.  Sender Behavior

   The sender MUST set the Result field in the header of the Delegated
   Bandwidth Query Request message to AckAll (0x2).  The Result Code
   value MUST be set to 0.  The sender MUST populate the ANCP
   Transaction Identifier field with a unique value, as described in
   Section 3.6.1.6 of [RFC6320].

4.7.2.  Receiver Behavior

   If the AN or NAS receives a valid Delegated Bandwidth Query Request
   message, it MUST respond with a Delegated Bandwidth Query Response
   message.  The Result field in the header of the response MUST be set
   to Success (0x3).  The Result Code field MUST be set to 0.  The
   Transaction Identifier field MUST be copied from the request message.
   The body of the response MUST contain the Target TLV, copied from the
   request message.  Finally, the body of the response MUST contain a
   Bandwidth-Allocation TLV, containing the current amount of delegated
   bandwidth from the point of view of the receiver of the request.

   If the contents of the Delegated Bandwidth Query Request message are
   in error, the receiver MUST return a Delegated Bandwidth Query
   Response message with the Result field in the header set to Failure
   (0x3).  The Result Code field MUST be set to the value that indicates
   the nature of the error (e.g., 0x500 "One or more of the specified
   ports do not exist").  The Transaction Identifier field MUST be
   copied from the request.  The body of the response MUST contain the
   Target TLV copied from the request.  This MAY be followed by a
   Status-Info TLV giving further information about the error.

4.8.  Delegated Bandwidth Query Response Message

   The Delegated Bandwidth Query Response message is sent in reply to a
   Delegated Bandwidth Query Request message.  The response to a valid
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   o  the Target TLV, copied from the request; and

   o  a Bandwidth-Allocation TLV, giving the responder's view of the
      current amount of multicast bandwidth delegated to the AN.

   The Message Type for the Delegated Bandwidth Query Response message
   is 148.

4.8.1.  Sender Behavior

   Sender behavior for the Delegated Bandwidth Query Response message is
   specified in Section 4.7.2.

4.8.2.  Receiver Behavior

   If the Delegated Bandwidth Query Response message indicates Success
   (0x3), the actions described in Sections 4.8.2.1 and 4.8.2.2 apply.

4.8.2.1.  Behavior at the NAS

   If the amount of delegated bandwidth provided in the Bandwidth-
   Allocation TLV is less than the NAS's view of the current amount of
   delegated bandwidth, the NAS MUST update its view of the current
   amount of delegated bandwidth to the amount indicated in the
   Delegated Bandwidth Query Response message.

   If the amount of delegated bandwidth provided in the Bandwidth-
   Allocation TLV is greater than the NAS's view of the current amount
   of delegated bandwidth, the NAS MAY accept the given value as its new
   value of delegated bandwidth.  Alternatively, the NAS MAY force the
   AN to modify its view of the amount of delegated bandwidth to that
   held by the NAS by sending a Port Management message for the target
   access line concerned that contains a Bandwidth-Allocation TLV with a
   value equal to the amount of delegated bandwidth the NAS wishes to
   enforce.

4.8.2.2.  Behavior at the AN

   The AN SHOULD accept the value returned in the Bandwidth-Allocation
   TLV of the Delegated Bandwidth Query Response message as the correct
   value of the current amount of delegated bandwidth.  If the AN has
   already committed multicast bandwidth exceeding the amount given in
   the Bandwidth-Allocation TLV, the AN SHOULD NOT discontinue any
   multicast streams in order to bring bandwidth down to within the new
   limit, unless such action is required by local policy.  However, the
   AN MUST NOT admit new multicast streams that are subject to admission
   control until it can do so within the limit specified by the
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   MAY attempt to correct the situation by sending a request to the NAS
   for an increased allocation of delegated bandwidth using the
   Bandwidth Reallocation Request message.

      Note: A race condition is possible where the AN sends a query, the
      NAS requests more bandwidth, then receives and responds to the
      query, and then receives the Bandwidth Transfer message responding
      to its request.  It is up to the AN to take appropriate action in
      this case.  The best action appears to be not to act on the result
      of the first query but to repeat the query after sending the
      Bandwidth Transfer message.  Similar considerations apply to a
      race between queries from both sides.

4.9.  Multicast Flow Query Request and Response Messages

   This section defines two new messages called the Multicast Flow Query
   Request and Multicast Flow Query Response.  The Multicast Flow Query
   Request message is sent by the NAS to request information about the
   multicast flows that are active on the AN.  The Multicast Flow Query
   Response message is sent in response by the AN to provide the
   requested information to the NAS.

   The Message Type for the Multicast Flow Query Request and Multicast
   Flow Query Response messages is 149.

   The contents of the Multicast Flow Query Request and Multicast Flow
   Query Response messages depend on the nature of the query, as
   described below.

4.9.1.  Sender Behavior

   The sender of a Multicast Flow Query Request message MUST set the
   Result field to AckAll (0x2).  The Result Code field MUST be set to
   0x000.  The sender MUST populate the ANCP Transaction Identifier
   field with a unique value, as described in Section 3.6.1.6 of
   [RFC6320].

   The Multicast Flow Query Request message MAY be used by the NAS to
   retrieve:

   o  the AN's view of which multicast flows are currently active on a
      specified set of access ports; or

   o  the AN's view of the access ports on which a specified set of
      multicast flows are currently active; or

   o  the AN's view of all the multicast flows currently active on each
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   To retrieve the AN's view of which multicast flows are currently
   active on a given port of the AN, the NAS MUST include a Target TLV
   in the Multicast Flow Query Request payload identifying that port.
   The Target TLV is encoded as specified in [RFC6320].

   To retrieve the AN's view of the ports currently receiving a given
   multicast flow, the NAS MUST include a Multicast-Flow TLV in the
   Multicast Flow Query Request payload identifying that flow.  The
   Multicast-Flow TLV is encoded as specified in Section 5.12.

   The NAS MAY include multiple Target TLVs or multiple Multicast-Flow
   TLVs in the Multicast Flow Query Request message but MUST NOT include
   both Target and Multicast-Flow TLVs in the same message.

   To retrieve the AN's view of all of the multicast flows currently
   active on each port of the AN, the NAS MUST send a Multicast Flow
   Query Request message that does not contain any instance of the
   Target TLV or the Multicast-Flow TLV.

4.9.2.  Receiver Behavior

   The AN MUST respond to a Multicast Flow Query Request message that
   has a valid format and a valid content with a Multicast Flow Query
   Response message.  The Result field in the response MUST be set to
   Success (0x3).  The Result Code field MUST be set to 0.  The
   Transaction Identifier field MUST be copied from the request.

   If the Multicast Flow Query Request contains one (or more) Target
   TLVs, the AN MUST include, for each of these Target TLVs, the
   following set of TLVs:

   o  Target TLV.  This MUST be identical to the Target TLV in the
      received Multicast Flow Query Request message.

   o  Multicast-Flow TLV(s).  The Multicast-Flow TLV MUST appear once
      per multicast flow that is currently active on the AN port
      identified in the preceding Target TLV.

   The Target TLVs MUST appear in the response from the AN in the same
   order as in the query from the NAS.

   If the Multicast Flow Query Request message contains one (or more)
   Multicast-Flow TLVs, the AN MUST include, for each of these
   Multicast-Flow TLVs, the following set of TLVs:

   o  Multicast-Flow TLV.  This MUST be identical to the Multicast-Flow
      TLV in the received Multicast Flow Query Request message.




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   o  Target TLV(s).  The Target TLV MUST appear once per AN port on
      which the multicast flow identified in the preceding Multicast-
      Flow TLV is active.

   The Multicast-Flow TLVs MUST appear in the response from the AN in
   the same order as in the query from the NAS.

   If the Multicast Flow Query Request message contains no Target TLV
   and no Multicast Flow TLV, the AN MUST include, for each AN port
   currently receiving multicast flow(s), the following set of TLVs:

   o  Target TLV.  This MUST identify one AN port.

   o  Multicast-Flow TLV(s).  The Multicast-Flow TLV MUST appear once
      per Multicast Flow that is currently active on the AN port
      identified in the preceding Target TLV.

   If the contents of the Multicast Flow Query Request message are in
   error, the AN MUST reply with a Multicast Flow Query Response message
   with the Result field set to Failure (0x4) and the Result Code field
   set to indicate the nature of the error.  If the request contained
   multiple instances of the Target TLV or the Multicast-Flow TLV and
   one of these is in error, the response message MUST contain the
   results for the preceding instances of the TLV as if there had been
   no error.  These successful results MUST be followed by the TLV in
   error, copied from the request.  The AN MUST NOT do further
   processing of the request.  The AN MAY add a Status-Info TLV to
   provide further information on the nature of the error.

4.10.  Committed Bandwidth Report Message

   This section describes the Committed Bandwidth Report message, which
   is sent from the AN to the NAS to report the most recent amount of
   multicast bandwidth usage committed to one or more access lines.

   The Message Type for the Committed Bandwidth Report message is 150.

   The Committed Bandwidth Report message contains one or more instances
   of the Committed-Bandwidth TLV, as described in Section 5.14.

4.10.1.  Sender Behavior

   The sender of a Committed Bandwidth Report message MUST set the
   Result field to Ignore (0x0).  The Result Code field MUST be set to
   0x000.  The sender MUST populate the ANCP Transaction Identifier
   field with a unique value, as described in Section 3.6.1.6 of
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   Each instance of the Committed-Bandwidth TLV included in the message
   MUST identify an access line for which the amount of committed
   multicast bandwidth has changed since the previous Committed
   Bandwidth Report message was sent and MUST report the latest amount
   of multicast bandwidth committed to that line.  There MUST be only
   one instance of the Committed-Bandwidth TLV present in the message
   for any given access line.  The message MUST include an instance of
   the Committed-Bandwidth TLV for every access line for which committed
   multicast bandwidth has changed since the previous Committed
   Bandwidth Report message was sent.

   Further behavior at the AN is specified in Section 6.2.2.

4.10.2.  Receiver Behavior

   The usage of the contents of a Committed Bandwidth Report message
   received by the NAS is implementation-dependent.  One example is that
   the NAS uses the reports of multicast bandwidth commitments to adjust
   its forwarding scheduler operation to provide the intended level of
   QoS.

   The NAS MUST NOT reply to a valid Committed Bandwidth Report message.
   The NAS MAY send a Generic Response message indicating the nature of
   any errors detected in a Committed Bandwidth Report message that it
   has received.

5.  ANCP TLVs For Multicast

   This section defines new ANCP TLVs for the control of multicast
   flows.

5.1.  Multicast-Service-Profile TLV

   This document defines the new Multicast-Service-Profile TLV.

   The Multicast-Service-Profile TLV MAY be included in a Provisioning
   message as specified in Section 4.1.

   The Multicast-Service-Profile TLV is illustrated in Figure 7.  It
   consists of a TLV header encapsulating a single instance of the
   Multicast-Service-Profile-Name TLV and one or more instances of the
   List-Action TLV.









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    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  Mcast-Service-Profile 0x0013 |             TLV Length        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   Multicast-Service-Profile-Name TLV                          |
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   List-Action TLV                                             |
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                          ...                                  |
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   List-Action TLV                                             |
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                  Figure 7: Multicast-Service-Profile TLV

   The Multicast-Service-Profile TLV has the following fields:

   o  TLV Type: 0x0013

   o  TLV Length: determined by the contents following the TLV header.

   o  Multicast-Service-Profile-Name TLV: described in Section 5.2.  The
      Multicast-Service-Profile-Name TLV MUST contain an identifier that
      is unique over all profiles provisioned to the same AN partition.
      This identifier will be used to refer to the profile when
      activating it for a given target within a Port Management message
      (see Section 4.2).

   o  List-Action TLV: described in Section 5.3.  The List-Action TLV(s)
      provide the content of a newly defined multicast service profile
      or modify the existing content.  If more than one List-Action TLV
      is present, the order of the TLVs may be significant, since List-
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5.2.  Multicast-Service-Profile-Name TLV

   The Multicast-Service-Profile-Name TLV carries the identifier of a
   multicast service profile provisioned on the AN.  It is illustrated
   in Figure 8.

                        1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Mcast-Svc-Profile-Name 0x0018 |             TLV Length        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   Multicast service profile identifier                        |
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

               Figure 8: Multicast-Service-Profile-Name TLV

   The Multicast-Service-Profile-Name TLV has the following fields:

   o  TLV Type: 0x0018

   o  TLV Length: up to 255 octets.

   o  Multicast service profile identifier: an opaque sequence of octets
      identifying a specific multicast service profile.

         Note: The identifier could have the form of human-readable text
         or an arbitrary binary value, depending on the operator's
         practices.

5.3.  List-Action TLV

   The List-Action TLV identifies multicast flows to be added to or
   removed from a list of white-, black-, or grey-listed flows.  It is
   meaningful only in association with a Multicast-Service-Profile-Name
   TLV identifying the profile to which the List-Action TLV applies.
   Such an association can be achieved by placing both TLVs in the same
   base message payload or as embedded TLVs of another TLV such as the
   Multicast-Service-Profile TLV.  The List-Action TLV is shown in
   Figure 9.











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                        1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | TLV Type = List-Action 0x0021 |          TLV Length           |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Operation     | List Type     |           Reserved            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Address Family                |     Number of flow fields     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                    Multicast flow fields                      |
                             ......
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Address Family                |     Number of flow fields     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                    Multicast flow fields                      |
                                    ......
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                         Figure 9: List-Action TLV

   The List-Action TLV contains the following fields:

   o  TLV Type: 0x0021

   o  TLV Length: length of the subsequent contents.

   o  Operation: operation to be performed upon the white, black, or
      grey list identified by the List Type field within the profile
      identified by the associated Multicast-Service-Profile-Name
      embedded TLV.  The possible values are:

      *  1 "Add": the multicast flow fields are to be added to the list.

      *  2 "Delete": the multicast flow fields are to be removed from
         the list.  Each multicast flow field in the List-Action MUST
         match exactly an existing entry in the list concerned.  Thus,
         to remove part of the range provided by a wildcarded list
         entry, it is necessary to remove the entire entry and add back
         the remaining partial range(s).

      *  3 "Replace": the multicast flow fields replace the existing
         contents of the list.

   o  List Type: the list type being modified by this List-Action TLV.
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   o  Reserved: a sender MUST set this field to zeroes.  A receiver MUST
      ignore the contents of this field.

   o  Address Family: the IP version of the set of multicast flow fields
      that follow, encoded according to [PIMreg].  Possible values are 1
      "IPv4" or 2 "IPv6".  Either an IPv4 list or an IPv6 list or both
      MAY be present in the List-Action TLV.

   o  Number of flow fields: the number of multicast flow fields of the
      given address family that follows.

   o  Multicast flow field: a field identifying one or more multicast
      flows.  It consists of an 8-bit group address prefix length, an
      8-bit source address prefix length, a group prefix of 0-16 octets,
      and a source prefix of 0-16 octets, as shown in Figure 10.

   Each multicast flow field refers either to a Source-Specific
   Multicast (SSM) channel or to an Any-Source Multicast (ASM) group.
   The scope of the designation may be broadened to multiple channels or
   groups through use of prefix length values smaller than the total
   address length for the given address family.  Multicast flow fields
   MUST be placed consecutively within the embedded TLV without
   intervening padding except to round out individual addresses to the
   nearest octet boundary.

   A multicast flow field consists of two single-octet prefix lengths
   followed by zero to two prefix values as shown in Figure 10:

    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    | Group PrefLen |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    | Source PrefLen|
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    | Group Prefix (multicast)  (0 to 16 octets)                    |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    | Source Prefix (unicast, SSM only) (0 to 16 octets)            |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

         Figure 10: Organization of a Single Multicast Flow Field

   The prefix length has its usual meaning.  It is the number of most-
   significant bits specified within the corresponding prefix.  The
   prefix length MAY vary from 0 to 32 in the IPv4 sub-list and from 0
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   A value of 0 for either the Group PrefLen (prefix length) or the
   Source PrefLen indicates that any value of the corresponding address
   will match (wildcard).  If the value 0 is provided for a particular
   prefix length, the corresponding prefix MUST be omitted from the
   field contents.

   The length of a Source or Group Prefix field is equal to (PrefLen +
   7)/8 octets, truncated to the nearest integer.  Unused bits at the
   end of the prefix MUST be set to zeroes.

5.4.  Sequence-Number TLV

   The Sequence-Number TLV conveys a sequence number of some sort.  The
   specific meaning of the sequence number is message-specific.  Within
   this specification, the Sequence-Number TLV is used as an embedded
   TLV in a Status-Info TLV in a Generic Response message reporting a
   failed command in a Multicast Replication Control or Multicast
   Admission Request message.  It identifies the sequence number within
   the message of the command that failed.

   The Sequence-Number TLV has the format shown in Figure 11.

                        1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Type = Sequence-Number 0x0022 |          TLV Length = 4       |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                       Sequence number                         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                      Figure 11: Sequence-Number TLV

   The Sequence-Number TLV has the following fields:

   o  TLV Type: 0x0022

   o  TLV Length: 4

   o  Sequence number: the sequence number of a specific entity within a
      series, where numbering starts from 1 for the first entity in the
      series.  Represented as a 32-bit binary number, most significant
      bit first.









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5.5.  Bandwidth-Allocation TLV

   The Bandwidth-Allocation TLV is used to indicate the total amount of
   video bandwidth delegated to the AN for multicast admission control
   for a given access line, in kilobits per second.  The TLV has the
   format shown in Figure 12.

                        1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   Bandwidth-Allocation 0x0015 |          TLV Length = 4       |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |          Delegated amount (kbits/s)                           |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                    Figure 12: Bandwidth-Allocation TLV

   The Bandwidth-Allocation TLV has the following fields:

   o  TLV Type: 0x0015

   o  TLV Length: 4

   o  Delegated amount: the bandwidth amount delegated to the AN for
      admission of multicast video on a given port, kilobits per second.
      Represented as a 32-bit binary value, most significant bit first.

5.6.  White-List-CAC TLV

   The White-List-CAC TLV is used to indicate that the NAS wishes the AN
   to do admission control for white-listed flows.  Details on when the
   White-List-CAC TLV may be provisioned are specified in Section 6.
   The White-List-CAC TLV is illustrated in Figure 13.

                        1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  Type = White-List-CAC 0x0024 |          TLV Length = 0       |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                       Figure 13: White-List-CAC TLV

   The White-List-CAC TLV contains the following fields:

   o  TLV Type: 0x0024

   o  TLV Length: 0, since the TLV contains no data other than the TLV
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5.7.  MRepCtl-CAC TLV

   The MRepCtl-CAC TLV is used to indicate that the NAS wishes the AN to
   do admission control for flows added by the Multicast Replication
   Control message.  Details on when the MRepCtl-CAC TLV may be
   provisioned are specified in Section 6.  The MRepCtl-CAC TLV is
   illustrated in Figure 14.

                        1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |TLV Type = MRepCtl-CAC  0x0025 |          TLV Length = 0       |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                        Figure 14: MRepCtl-CAC TLV

   The MRepCtl-CAC TLV contains the following fields:

   o  TLV Type: 0x0025

   o  TLV Length: 0, since the TLV contains no data other than the TLV
      header.

5.8.  Bandwidth-Request TLV

   The Bandwidth-Request TLV is used to request an adjustment of the
   total amount of video bandwidth allocated to the AN for multicast
   admission control for a given line.  The "Required amount" field
   indicates the minimum adjustment required to meet the request.  The
   "Preferred amount" field indicates the adjustment the requestor would
   prefer to have, if possible.  Section 4.5 discusses the required
   relationships between the "Required amount", "Preferred amount", and
   current values of total bandwidth allocated to the AN.

   The Bandwidth-Request TLV has the format shown in Figure 15.

                        1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Type=Bandwidth-Request 0x0016 |          TLV Length = 8       |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |           Required amount  (kbits/s)                          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |           Preferred amount (kbits/s)                          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

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   The Bandwidth-Request TLV has the following fields:

   o  TLV Type: 0x0016

   o  TLV Length: 8 octets

   o  Required amount: the minimum or maximum amount, depending on
      whether the sender is the AN or the NAS respectively, of delegated
      video bandwidth that is being requested, in kilobits per second.
      Represented as a 32-bit binary value, most significant bit first.

   o  Preferred amount: the preferred amount of delegated video
      bandwidth that is being requested, in kilobits per second.
      Represented as a 32-bit binary value, most significant bit first.

5.9.  Request-Source-IP TLV

   The Request-Source-IP TLV provides the IP address of the entity that
   originated a specific request to join or leave a multicast channel.
   The TLV is illustrated in Figure 16.

                         1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  TLV Type = Request-Source-IP |   TLV Length = 4 or 16        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                    Unicast Address                            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                     Figure 16: Request-Source-IP TLV

   The Request-Source-IP TLV contains the following fields:

   o  TLV Type: 0x0092

   o  TLV Length: 4 for an IPv4 address or 16 for an IPv6 address.

   o  Unicast address: IP address of the source of a multicast flow join
      request, in network byte order.












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5.10.  Request-Source-MAC TLV

   The Request-Source-MAC TLV provides the MAC address of the entity
   that originated a specific request to join or leave a multicast
   channel.  The TLV is illustrated in Figure 17.

                        1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |TLV Type=Request-Source-MAC    |     TLV Length = 6 or 8       |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-                      IEEE MAC Address              +-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                     Figure 17: Request-Source-MAC TLV

   The Request-Source-MAC TLV contains the following fields:

   o  TLV Type: 0x0093.

   o  TLV Length: either 6 octets (MAC-48 or EUI-48) or 8 octets (EUI-
      64).

   o  IEEE MAC Address: MAC address of the device originating the
      request to join a multicast flow.  Within the address, bytes and
      bits, respectively, shall be ordered from most to least
      significant, consistent with [IEEE48] for MAC-48 and EUI-48 and
      with [IEEE64] for EUI-64.

         Note: EUI-48 and EUI-64 are registered trademarks of the IEEE.

5.11.  Request-Source-Device-Id TLV

   The Request-Source-Device-Id TLV provides a local identifier of the
   entity that originated a specific request to join or leave a
   multicast channel.  The TLV is illustrated in Figure 18.

                         1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |    Request-Source-Device-Id   |       TLV Length = 4          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                    Identifier value                           |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

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   The Request-Source-Device-Id TLV contains the following fields:

   o  TLV Type: 0x0096.

   o  TLV Length: 4

   o  Identifier value: local device identifier value, known to the AN
      and AAA.  Given that the scope of the identifier is a single
      customer network, 32 bits is a more-than-sufficient numbering
      space.

5.12.  Multicast-Flow TLV

   IGMPv3 [RFC3376] and MLDv2 [RFC3810] allow multicast listeners to
   specify multiple source addresses for the same multicast group.
   Similarly, the Multicast-Flow TLV specifies a multicast flow in terms
   of its multicast group address and, if applicable, one or more
   unicast source addresses.  The Multicast-Flow TLV is illustrated in
   Figure 19.

                        1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Type = Multicast-Flow  0x0019 |      TLV Length               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   Flow Type   |  Addr Family  |   Number of Source Addresses  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |              Multicast Group Address                          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-++-+-+-+-+-+--+
   |           Unicast Source Address (for SSM flows only)         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                       Figure 19: Multicast-Flow TLV

   The Multicast-Flow TLV has the following fields:

   o  TLV Type: 0x0019

   o  TLV Length: ranges from a minimum of 8 (for an ASM IPv4 flow)
      upwards.  Total length is 4 + 4*(Number of Source Addresses +1)
      for IPv4 or 4 + 16*(Number of Source Addresses + 1) for IPv6.

   o  Flow Type: 1 "Any-Source Multicast (ASM)", 2 "Source-Specific
      Multicast (SSM)".

   o  Addr Family: address family of the multicast source and group
      addresses, encoded in accordance with the IANA "PIM Address
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   o  Number of Source Addresses: 0 for ASM, 1 or more for SSM.

   o  Multicast Group Address: a multicast group address within the
      given address family.  The group address MUST always be present.

   o  Unicast Source Address: unicast address within the given address
      family.  If the Flow Type is "ASM" (1), a source address MUST NOT
      be present.  If the Flow Type is "SSM" (2), the number of source
      addresses given by the Number of Source Addresses field MUST be
      present.

   The full versions of IGMPv3 and MLDv2 support both INCLUDE and
   EXCLUDE modes for specifying the desired sources for SSM flows.  The
   Multicast-Flow TLV supports INCLUDE mode only.  [RFC5790]
   (Lightweight IGMPv3 and MLDv2) provides guidance on converting
   EXCLUDE mode IGMP/MLD records to INCLUDE mode for the Multicast-Flow
   TLV.

5.13.  Report-Buffering-Time TLV

   The Report-Buffering-Time TLV provides the time for which a Committed
   Bandwidth Report message must be held with the intention of
   accumulating multiple reports of changed committed multicast
   bandwidth in one report, to reduce the volume of messages sent to the
   NAS.  For further information see Section 6.2.2.  The TLV is
   illustrated in Figure 20.

                        1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Report-Buffering-Time  0x0094 |      TLV Length = 4           |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                       Buffering Time (ms)                     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                   Figure 20: Report-Buffering-Time TLV

   The Report-Buffering-Time TLV contains the following fields:

   o  TLV Type: 0x0094

   o  TLV Length: 4 octets

   o  Buffering Time is a 32-bit unsigned integer containing a time
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5.14.  Committed-Bandwidth TLV

   The Committed-Bandwidth TLV identifies an access line and provides
   the current amount of multicast bandwidth that the AN has committed
   to it.  The TLV is illustrated in Figure 21.

                        1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Committed-Bandwidth    0x0095 |      TLV Length (variable)    |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |             Committed Multicast Bandwidth   (kbits/s)         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                           Target TLV                          ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                    Figure 21: Committed-Bandwidth TLV

   The Committed-Bandwidth TLV contains the following fields:

   o  TLV Type: 0x0095

   o  TLV Length: 4 octets plus the length of the Target TLV, including
      its header and any padding.

   o  Committed Multicast Bandwidth: a 32-bit unsigned integer providing
      a bandwidth amount in kbits/s.

   o  Target TLV: identifies the access line to which this amount of
      multicast bandwidth is currently committed.

6.  Multicast Capabilities

   Section 3.5 of [RFC6320] defines a capability negotiation mechanism
   as well as a number of capabilities.  This section defines five new
   capabilities in support of different modes of multicast operation:

   o  NAS-initiated multicast replication (capability type 3);

   o  committed bandwidth reporting (capability type 5);

   o  conditional access and admission control with white and black
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   o  conditional access and admission control with grey lists
      (capability type 7); and

   o  bandwidth delegation (capability type 8).

   The "Capability Data" field within the Capability TLV for all of
   these capabilities is empty.  All of these capabilities are
   independent of the access technology.

   The remainder of this section consists of three sub-sections.
   Section 6.1 specifies the protocol elements that must be implemented
   in order to support each capability.  Section 6.2 specifies the
   procedures that apply to each capability on its own.  Section 6.3
   specifies how the capabilities interact if more than one multicast
   capability is included in the set of capabilities negotiated between
   the AN and the NAS.

6.1.  Required Protocol Support

   This section specifies the protocol elements that MUST be implemented
   to support each of the five multicast capabilities.  Support of
   multiple multicast capabilities requires implementation of the union
   of the sets of protocol elements applying to each of the individual
   capabilities in the supported set.

   In addition to the elements listed below, implementation of the
   Target TLV (Section 4.3 of [RFC6320]) is REQUIRED for all of the
   capabilities specified in this document.

6.1.1.  Protocol Requirements for NAS-Initiated Multicast Replication

   Table 1 specifies the protocol elements within Section 4 and
   Section 5 that MUST be implemented to support the NAS-initiated
   multicast replication capability.  Additionally, implementation of
   the Multicast Replication Control message requires implementation of
   the Command TLV (Section 4.4 of [RFC6320] with additional details in
   Section 4.3 of this document).














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   +--------------+----------------------------------------------------+
   | Reference    | Protocol Element                                   |
   +--------------+----------------------------------------------------+
   | Section 4.1  | Provisioning message with MRepCtl-CAC TLV          |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 4.2  | Port Management message with Bandwidth-Allocation  |
   |              | TLV                                                |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 4.3  | Multicast Replication Control message              |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 4.9  | Multicast Flow Query Request and Response messages |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 5.4  | Sequence Number TLV                                |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 5.5  | Bandwidth-Allocation TLV                           |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 5.7  | MRepCtl-CAC TLV                                    |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 5.12 | Multicast-Flow TLV                                 |
   +--------------+----------------------------------------------------+

        Table 1: Protocol Requirements for NAS-Initiated Multicast
                                Replication




























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6.1.2.  Protocol Requirements for Committed Multicast Bandwidth
        Reporting

   Table 2 specifies the protocol elements within Section 4 and
   Section 5 that MUST be implemented to support the committed multicast
   bandwidth reporting capability.

   +--------------+----------------------------------------------------+
   | Reference    | Protocol Element                                   |
   +--------------+----------------------------------------------------+
   | Section 4.1  | Provisioning message with Report-Buffering-Time    |
   |              | TLV                                                |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 4.10 | Committed Bandwidth Report message                 |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 4.9  | Multicast Flow Query Request and Response messages |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 5.13 | Report-Buffering-Timer TLV                         |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 5.14 | Committed-Bandwidth TLV                            |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 5.12 | Multicast-Flow TLV                                 |
   +--------------+----------------------------------------------------+

     Table 2: Protocol Requirements for Committed Multicast Bandwidth
                                 Reporting

























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6.1.3.  Protocol Requirements for Conditional Access and Admission
        Control with White and Black Lists

   Table 3 specifies the protocol elements within Section 4 and
   Section 5 that MUST be implemented to support the conditional access
   and admission control with white and black lists multicast
   capability.

   +--------------+----------------------------------------------------+
   | Reference    | Protocol Element                                   |
   +--------------+----------------------------------------------------+
   | Section 4.1  | Provisioning message with Multicast-Service-       |
   |              | Profile TLV, white and black lists only, and       |
   |              | White-List-CAC TLV                                 |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 4.2  | Port Management message with Multicast-Service-    |
   |              | Profile-Name and Bandwidth-Allocation TLVs         |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 4.9  | Multicast Flow Query Request and Response messages |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 5.1  | Multicast-Service-Profile TLV                      |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 5.2  | Multicast-Service-Profile-Name TLV                 |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 5.3  | List-Action TLV, white and black lists only        |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 5.5  | Bandwidth-Allocation TLV                           |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 5.6  | White-List-CAC TLV                                 |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 5.12 | Multicast-Flow TLV                                 |
   +--------------+----------------------------------------------------+

    Table 3: Protocol Requirements for Conditional Access and Admission
                    Control with White and Black Lists
















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6.1.4.  Protocol Requirements for Conditional Access and Admission
        Control with Grey Lists

   Table 4 specifies the protocol elements within Section 4 and
   Section 5 that MUST be implemented to support the conditional access
   and admission control with grey lists multicast capability.
   Additionally, implementation of the Multicast Replication Control
   message requires implementation of the Command TLV (Section 4.4 of
   [RFC6320] with additional details in Section 4.3 of this document).

   +--------------+----------------------------------------------------+
   | Reference    | Protocol Element                                   |
   +--------------+----------------------------------------------------+
   | Section 4.1  | Provisioning message with Multicast-Service-       |
   |              | Profile TLV, grey lists only, and MRepCtl-CAC TLV  |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 4.2  | Port Management message with Multicast-Service-    |
   |              | Profile-Name and Bandwidth-Allocation TLVs         |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 4.3  | Multicast Replication Control message              |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 4.4  | Multicast Admission Control message                |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 4.9  | Multicast Flow Query Request and Response messages |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 5.1  | Multicast-Service-Profile TLV, grey lists only     |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 5.2  | Multicast-Service-Profile-Name TLV                 |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 5.3  | List-Action TLV, grey lists only                   |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 5.4  | Sequence Number TLV                                |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 5.5  | Bandwidth-Allocation TLV                           |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 5.7  | MRepCtl-CAC TLV                                    |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 5.9  | Request-Source-IP TLV                              |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 5.10 | Request-Source-MAC TLV                             |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 5.11 | Request-Source-Device-Id TLV                       |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 5.12 | Multicast-Flow TLV                                 |
   +--------------+----------------------------------------------------+

    Table 4: Protocol Requirements for Conditional Access and Admission
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6.1.5.  Protocol Requirements for Bandwidth Delegation

   Table 5 specifies the protocol elements within Section 4 and
   Section 5 that MUST be implemented to support the bandwidth
   delegation capability.

   +--------------+----------------------------------------------------+
   | Reference    | Protocol Element                                   |
   +--------------+----------------------------------------------------+
   | Section 4.2  | Port Management message with Bandwidth-Allocation  |
   |              | TLV                                                |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 4.5  | Bandwidth Reallocation Request message             |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 4.6  | Bandwidth Transfer message                         |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 4.7  | Delegated Bandwidth Query Request message          |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 4.8  | Delegated Bandwidth Query Response message         |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 4.9  | Multicast Flow Query Request and Response messages |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 5.5  | Bandwidth-Allocation TLV                           |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 5.8  | Bandwidth-Request TLV                              |
   |              |                                                    |
   | Section 5.12 | Multicast-Flow TLV                                 |
   +--------------+----------------------------------------------------+

          Table 5: Protocol Requirements for Bandwidth Delegation

6.2.  Capability-Specific Procedures for Providing Multicast Service

   This section describes multicast service procedures for each
   capability as if it were the only multicast capability within the
   negotiated set.  Procedures involving combinations of multicast
   capabilities are described in Section 6.3.

   The use of the Multicast Flow Query Request and Response messages to
   determine the association between multicast flows and ports is common
   to all multicast capabilities.  No additional text is required here,
   beyond that already given in Section 4.9 to describe the use of those
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6.2.1.  Procedures for NAS-Initiated Multicast Replication

   NAS-initiated multicast replication may be negotiated to support a
   mode of operation where IGMP/MLD requests are terminated on the NAS.
   Alternatively, it may be negotiated to allow the NAS to respond to
   requests sent by other means (e.g., through application signaling)
   that require the replication of multicast channels to a given access
   line.

6.2.1.1.  Provisioning

   The NAS MAY perform admission control for NAS-initiated replication.
   In this case, it MUST NOT include the MRepCtl-CAC TLV in a
   Provisioning message sent to the AN.  Alternatively, the NAS MAY
   enable admission control at the AN for NAS-initiated multicast
   replication.  To do this, it MUST include the MRepCtl-CAC TLV in a
   Provisioning message sent to the AN, and it MUST also include a
   Bandwidth-Allocation TLV in a Port Management message for each access
   line.

6.2.1.2.  Multicast Service Procedures

   The procedures associated with NAS-initiated multicast replication
   are straightforward.  To initiate replication, the NAS MUST send a
   Multicast Replication Control message to the AN, containing one or
   more commands adding flows, as described in Section 4.3.1.  To
   terminate replication, the NAS MUST send a Multicast Replication
   Control message where the commands delete instead of adding the
   flows.  The AN acts upon these messages as specified in
   Section 4.3.2.

6.2.2.  Procedures for Committed Bandwidth Reporting

   Committed bandwidth reporting may be negotiated if the NAS requires
   current knowledge of the amount of multicast bandwidth committed to
   each access line and cannot obtain this information by other means.

6.2.2.1.  Provisioning

   The default buffering time when committed bandwidth reporting is
   enabled is zero (immediate reporting).  To change this, the NAS MAY
   send an instance of the Report-Buffering-Time TLV containing a non-
   zero time value to the AN in a Provisioning message.  If the NAS
   subsequently wishes to change the buffering time again, it MAY do so
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6.2.2.2.  Multicast Service Procedures

   If the buffering time for committed bandwidth reporting is zero, the
   AN MUST send a Committed Bandwidth Report message to the NAS each
   time the amount of multicast bandwidth committed to any access line
   under its control changes.

   If a non-zero value is provided in the Report-Buffering-Time TLV, the
   AN is in one of two states at any given moment: not-buffering or
   buffering.  The AN enters buffering state if it is in not-buffering
   state and the multicast bandwidth amount committed to some access
   line changes.  It leaves buffering state when the AN sends a
   Committed Bandwidth Report message.

   Upon entry to the buffering state, the AN MUST start a buffering
   timer and create a Committed Bandwidth Report message containing a
   Committed-Bandwidth TLV for the triggering access line, but it MUST
   NOT send it.  If a multicast bandwidth change occurs for another
   access line, the AN MUST add a new Committed-Bandwidth TLV to the
   message for that additional line.  If a multicast bandwidth change
   occurs for a line for which a Committed-Bandwidth TLV is already
   present in the buffered report, the AN MUST update the corresponding
   Committed-Bandwidth TLV to contain the new bandwidth value rather
   than adding another Committed-Bandwidth TLV for the same access line.

   The buffering timer expires after the period provided by the Report-
   Buffering-Time TLV.  When it expires, the AN MUST send the Committed
   Bandwidth Report message that it has been accumulating to the NAS.
   Exceptionally, the AN MAY choose to send the message before the timer
   expires, in which case it MUST clear the buffering timer when the
   message is sent.  In either case, the AN enters the not-buffering
   state as a result.

      Note: Report buffering implies that NAS reaction to changes in
      multicast bandwidth usage is delayed by the amount of the
      buffering period.  The choice of buffering period must take this
      into consideration.

6.2.3.  Procedures for Conditional Access and Admission Control with
        Black and White Lists

6.2.3.1.  Provisioning

   The NAS provisions named multicast service profiles containing white
   and black lists on the AN using the Provisioning message containing
   one or more Multicast-Service-Profile TLVs.  The NAS MAY update the
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   additional Provisioning messages with Multicast-Service-Profile TLVs
   containing incremental modifications to the existing white and black
   lists or replacements for them.

   The NAS assigns a specific multicast service profile to an individual
   access line using the Port Management message containing a Multicast-
   Service-Profile-Name TLV.  The NAS MAY change the multicast service
   profile for a given access line at any time by sending a Port
   Management message identifying a new multicast service profile.

   The NAS MAY choose to enable admission control at the AN for white-
   listed flows.  To do this, it MUST send a Provisioning message as
   described in Section 4.1, which includes the White-List-CAC TLV, and
   it MUST provide a multicast bandwidth allocation for each access line
   by including a Bandwidth-Allocation TLV in a Port Management message.

6.2.3.2.  Multicast Service Procedures

   The conditional access and admission control with white and black
   lists capability assumes that IGMP/MLD requests are terminated on the
   AN.  When the AN receives a join request, it MUST check to see
   whether the requested flow is white-listed or black-listed as
   described below.  Requests for black-listed flows MUST be discarded.
   If the NAS has enabled admission control on the AN as described in
   the previous section, but a white-listed flow would cause the amount
   of committed multicast bandwidth to exceed the provisioned limit, the
   request MUST be discarded.  The AN replicates flows passing these
   checks to the access line.

   To determine if a requested flow is white-listed, the AN searches for
   a best match to the flow in the applicable multicast service profile.
   Matching is done on the prefixes specified in the profile, ignoring
   the address bits of lower order than those in the prefix.

   If the requested multicast flow matches multiple lists associated
   with the access line, then the most specific match will be considered
   by the AN.  If the most specific match occurs in multiple lists, the
   black list entry takes precedence over the white list.  In this
   context, the most specific match is defined as:

   o  first, most specific match (longest prefix length) on the
      multicast group address (i.e., on G of <S,G>), and

   o  then, most specific match (longest prefix length) on the unicast
      source address (i.e., on S of <S,G>).






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   If the requested multicast flow is not part of any list, the join
   message SHOULD be discarded by the AN.  This default behavior can
   easily be changed by means of a "catch-all" statement in the white
   list.  For instance, adding (<S=*,G=*>) in the white List would make
   the default behavior to accept join messages for a multicast flow
   that has no other match on any list.

   When the AN receives a leave request, it terminates replication of
   the multicast flow.

   If the AN receives a Provisioning message that updates an existing
   multicast service profile, the AN MUST review the status of active
   flows on all ports to which the updated profile is currently
   assigned.  Similarly, if a Port Management message assigns a new
   multicast service profile to a given port, the AN MUST review all
   active flows on that port.  If the most specific match for any flow
   is a black list entry, the flow MUST be terminated immediately.  If
   any of the remaining flows do not match an entry in the white list,
   they also MUST be terminated immediately.  White-listed flows MUST be
   allowed to continue.

6.2.4.  Procedures for Conditional Access and Admission Control with
        Grey Lists

6.2.4.1.  Provisioning

   The NAS provisions named multicast service profiles containing grey
   lists on the AN using the Provisioning message containing one or more
   Multicast-Service-Profile TLVs.  The NAS MAY update the contents of
   these profiles from time to time as required by sending additional
   Provisioning messages with Multicast-Service-Profile TLVs containing
   incremental modifications to the existing grey lists or replacements
   for them.

   The NAS assigns a specific multicast service profile to an individual
   access line using the Port Management message containing a Multicast-
   Service-Profile-Name TLV.  The NAS MAY change profiles on the line by
   sending a subsequent Port Management message identifying a new
   profile.

   The NAS MAY perform admission control for grey-listed flows.  In that
   case, the NAS MUST NOT include the MRepCtl-CAC TLV in a Provisioning
   message sent to the AN.  Alternatively, the NAS MAY enable admission
   control at the AN for grey-listed flows.  To do this, it MUST include
   the MRepCtl-CAC TLV in a Provisioning message sent to the AN and MUST
   also provide a Bandwidth-Allocation TLV in a Port Management message
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6.2.4.2.  Multicast Service Procedures

   The conditional access and admission control with grey lists
   capability assumes that IGMP/MLD requests are terminated on the AN.
   When the AN receives a join request, it MUST determine whether there
   is a match to the requested flow in the grey list of the multicast
   service profile provisioned against the given access line.  If there
   is no match, the request is discarded.  Otherwise, the AN MUST send a
   Multicast Admission Control message to the NAS with content
   identifying the access line and the multicast flow to be added.  As
   indicated in Section 4.4, the AN MAY add information identifying the
   requesting device.

   If the NAS decides to enable the flow, it MUST send a Multicast
   Replication Control message to the AN to replicate the flow to the
   access line with the Result field set to Nack (0x1), as described in
   Section 4.3.1.

   When the AN receives the Multicast Replication Control message, it
   performs admission control if that has been enabled as described in
   the previous section.  If admitting the flow would cause the
   committed multicast bandwidth at the access line to exceed the
   provisioned limit, the AN reports an error to the NAS as described in
   Section 4.3.2.  Otherwise, it replicates the multicast flow as
   requested.

   If the NAS decides not to permit the flow, it MAY send a Multicast
   Replication Control message in response to the Multicast Admission
   Control message to allow the AN to update its internal records.  The
   content of this message is described in Section 4.4.2.

   When the AN receives a leave request, it MUST terminate replication
   of the flow to the access line.  It MUST then send a Multicast
   Admission Control message to the NAS indicating the deletion.  The
   NAS updates its internal records but MUST NOT respond to the message.

   If the AN receives a Provisioning message that updates an existing
   multicast service profile, the AN MUST review the status of active
   flows on all ports to which the updated profile has been assigned.
   Similarly, if the AN receives a Port Management message that assigns
   a new profile to a given port, the AN MUST review all active flows on
   that port.  In either case, if any flow does not match an entry in
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6.2.5.  Procedures for Bandwidth Delegation

6.2.5.1.  Provisioning

   The NAS SHOULD provision an initial amount of delegated multicast
   bandwidth for each access line using the Port Management message
   containing the Bandwidth-Allocation TLV.

      Note: If it fails to do so and a value has not been provisioned on
      the AN by other means, the AN will be forced to request a
      bandwidth allocation as soon as it receives a join request.

   The NAS MAY, at any time, force an update of the amount of delegated
   bandwidth by the same means.

6.2.5.2.  Multicast Service Procedures

   The bandwidth delegation capability assumes that IGMP/MLD requests
   are terminated on the AN.  When the AN receives a join request, it
   checks whether it has sufficient remaining uncommitted multicast
   bandwidth on the access line to accommodate the new multicast flow.
   If not, it MAY send a request to the NAS for an increased allocation
   of delegated bandwidth using the Bandwidth Reallocation Request
   message.  The NAS MUST return a Bandwidth Transfer message indicating
   whether it has granted the request and, if so, the new amount of
   delegated bandwidth.

   If the AN has sufficient uncommitted multicast capacity to admit the
   request, either originally or as the result of a successful request
   to the NAS, it replicates the requested flow to the access line.
   Otherwise, it discards the request.

   When the AN receives a leave request for an active flow, it ceases
   replication.

   The NAS or AN MAY, at some point, detect that their respective views
   of the amount of delegated bandwidth are inconsistent.  If so, they
   can recover using procedures described in Sections 4.5 and 4.6.  As a
   further aid to synchronization, either the NAS or the AN MAY from
   time to time check the peer's view of the amount of delegated
   bandwidth using the Delegated Bandwidth Query message.

   The NAS or AN MAY, at any time, release bandwidth to the peer using
   an autonomous Bandwidth Transfer message.  The contents of this
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6.3.  Combinations of Multicast Capabilities

6.3.1.  Combination of Conditional Access and Admission Control with
        White and Black Lists and Conditional Access and Admission
        Control with Grey Lists

   If conditional access and admission control with white and black
   lists is combined with conditional access and admission control with
   grey lists, provisioning of the multicast service profiles is as
   described in Section 6.2.3.1 except that multicast service profiles
   will also include grey lists.  Admission control is enabled
   independently on the AN for white lists by including the White-List-
   CAC TLV in the Provisioning message and for grey lists by including
   the MRepCtl-CAC TLV in the Provisioning message.  The Bandwidth-
   Allocation TLV provisions an amount that applies to both white- and
   grey-listed flows if admission control is enabled for both.

   With regard to multicast service procedures, one point of difference
   from the individual capabilities must be noted.  This is an
   interaction during the profile matching procedure.  The AN MUST seek
   the best match among multiple lists as described in Section 6.2.3.2.
   However, if there are multiple matches of equal precision, the order
   of priority is black list first, grey list second, and white list
   last.

   Once profile matching has been completed, processing of a join
   request is as described in Section 6.2.3.2 for white- or black-listed
   flows or Section 6.2.4.2 for grey-listed flows.  Requests that do not
   match any list SHOULD be discarded.

   When the AN receives a leave request, it MUST terminate replication
   of the flow to the access line.  If the flow was grey-listed, the AN
   MUST then send a Multicast Admission Control message to the NAS
   indicating the deletion.

   If the AN receives a Provisioning message that updates an existing
   multicast service profile, the AN MUST review the status of active
   flows on all ports to which the updated profile is currently
   assigned.  Similarly, if a Port Management message assigns a new
   multicast service profile to a given port, the AN MUST review all
   active flows on that port.  If any flow has its most specific match
   in a black list entry, it MUST be terminated immediately.  If any of
   the remaining flows do not match an entry in the white or grey list,
   they MUST also be terminated immediately.  Finally, if any remaining
   flows were originally admitted because they were white-listed but
   after the change they are grey-listed, the AN MUST generate a
   Multicast Flow Query Response message autonomously as if it were
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   such flows.  These flows MUST be allowed to continue until the NAS or
   the subscriber terminates them.  Flows with their most specific match
   in the white list MUST be allowed to continue.

   The autonomously generated Multicast Flow Query Response message MUST
   be formatted as if it were a successful response to a request
   containing no Target and no Multicast-Flow TLV, as described in
   Section 4.9.2, with the exception that the Transaction Identifier
   field MUST be set to all zeroes.

      Note: The procedures in the previous paragraphs imply that the AN
      has to retain a memory of whether an admitted flow was white-
      listed or grey-listed at the time of its admission/readmission.

6.3.2.  Combination of Conditional Access and Admission Control with
        Bandwidth Delegation

   The provisioning and bandwidth management procedures of Section 6.2.5
   apply in addition to the procedures in Sections 6.2.3, 6.2.4, or
   6.3.1 as applicable.  Conditional access follows the rules given in
   those sections in terms of matching flows against white and black
   and/or grey lists.  When admission control is enabled at the AN, the
   amount of bandwidth used by the AN is negotiable as described in
   Section 6.2.5.2.

6.3.3.  Combination of NAS-Initiated Replication with Other Capabilities

   NAS-initiated multicast replication can coexist with the other
   capabilities, but some means must exist to prevent double replication
   of flows.  The simplest way to do this is to terminate all IGMP/MLD
   requests on the AN, so that NAS-initiated multicast replication is
   stimulated only by signaling through other channels.  Other
   arrangements are possible but need not be discussed here.

   Assuming the necessary separation of responsibilities, the only point
   of interaction between NAS-initiated multicast replication and the
   other multicast capabilities is in the area of admission control.
   Specifically, if the AN is to do admission control for flows added by
   Multicast Replication Control messages, regardless of whether they
   are part of NAS-initiated replication or grey list multicast service
   processing, the NAS includes the MRepCtl-CAC TLV in a Provisioning
   message and the Bandwidth-Allocation TLV in a Port Management
   message.  If, instead, the NAS will do admission control for flows
   added by Multicast Replication Control messages, regardless of
   whether they are part of NAS-initiated replication or grey list
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   a Provisioning message to the AN.  The NAS can independently enable
   admission control for white flows on the AN by including the White-
   List-CAC TLV in the Provisioning message.

6.3.4.  Combinations of Committed Bandwidth Reporting with Other
        Multicast Capabilities

   Committed bandwidth reporting can take place independently of other
   multicast capabilities that have been negotiated.  However, some
   combinations do not make sense because of redundancy.  In particular,
   the NAS obtains the same information that committed bandwidth
   reporting gives if the only other capabilities operating are NAS-
   initiated replication and/or conditional access and admission control
   with grey lists.

7.  Miscellaneous Considerations

   This section deals with two sets of considerations.  "Report
   Buffering Considerations" considers requirements for configuration in
   support of some of the committed bandwidth reporting capability.
   "Congestion Considerations" is a warning to implementors about the
   possibility of control-plane congestion, with suggestions for
   mitigation.

7.1.  Report Buffering Considerations

   The committed bandwidth reporting capability allows the provisioning
   of a report buffering period to reduce the number of messages the AN
   passes to the NAS.  An appropriate value for this period, if
   buffering is allowed at all, depends first on the effect of delay in
   reporting bandwidth changes and secondly on the rate at which
   bandwidth changes are expected to occur.

   Let us assume, in the first instance, that a delay in adjusting
   hierarchical scheduling at the NAS causes additional bandwidth demand
   to be served momentarily on a best-effort basis, introducing the
   possibility of jitter and, more crucially, packet loss.  Appendix IV
   of ITU-T Recommendation G.1080 [ITU-T_G.1080] indicates that the
   maximum tolerable duration of a loss episode is less than 16 ms.
   This would more likely apply in the middle of a program rather than
   when it was starting up but at least gives an (extremely
   conservative) order of magnitude for setting the buffering period.

   The next question is whether enough messaging is likely to be
   generated that multiple bandwidth changes would be observed within
   such an interval.  Let us consider a reasonable example in a DSL
   environment, where during the busiest hour of the day subscribers
   start watching at the rate of one program per subscriber per hour.



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   Typically, because of program scheduling, the new channel requests
   might be concentrated within a three-minute period, giving an
   effective request rate of 1/(3 minutes * 60 seconds * 1000 ms/second)
   * 16 ms = 0.00009 requests per buffering interval of 16 ms.  With
   these figures, an AN serving 10,000 subscribers will report an
   average of 0.9 bandwidth changes per 16 ms buffering interval.  It
   appears that buffering is worthwhile only for larger-scale
   deployments.

   Note that simple replacement of one channel with another -- channel
   surfing -- does not require reporting or adjustment at the NAS end.

7.2.  Congestion Considerations

   Implementors must beware of the possibility that a single channel-
   surfing subscriber could generate enough control messaging to
   overload the AN or the messaging channel between the AN and the NAS.
   The implementation problem is to strike the right balance between
   minimizing the processing of requests that have been overtaken by
   subsequent events and meeting requirements for what is termed
   "channel zapping delay".  Nominally, such a requirement is to be
   found in Section 8.1 of [ITU-T_G.1080], but unfortunately no
   quantitative value was available at the time of publication of this
   document.  Implementors will therefore have to base their work on
   discussions with customers until standardized requirements become
   available.  (It is possible that regional bodies or more specialized
   bodies have overtaken the ITU-T in this regard.)

   A typical strategy for minimizing the work associated with request
   processing includes deliberate buffering of join requests for a short
   period in case matching Release requests are detected, followed by
   discard of both requests.  More generally, processing of requests
   from individual subscribers may be rate limited, and the global rate
   of messaging to the NAS can also be limited.  If the AN gets
   overloaded, deliberate dropping of stale requests can be implemented,
   for some definitions of "stale".

8.  Security Considerations

   The security considerations of ANCP are discussed in [RFC6320] and in
   [RFC5713].  Multicast does not, in principle, introduce any new
   security considerations, although it does increase the attractiveness
   of ANCP as a means of denial of service (e.g., through direction of
   multicast streams onto the target) or theft of service.

   As mentioned in Section 4.4, the inclusion of the Request-Source-MAC
   TLV or Request-Source-IP TLV in the Multicast Admission Control
   message presents privacy issues.  An attacker able to get access to



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   the contents of this message would, like the content provider, be
   able to track consumption of multicast content to the individual
   device and potentially to individual persons if they are associated
   with particular devices.  To make the connection between devices and
   individuals, the attacker needs to get information from sources other
   than ANCP, of course, but let us assume that this has happened.

   The protection specified for ANCP in [RFC6320] will apply to the
   transmission of the Multicast Admission Control message across the
   access network to the NAS.  Hence, the attacker's potential points of
   access are between the subscriber and the AN, at the AN and at the
   NAS.  Moreover, if the MAC or IP address are transmitted onwards from
   the NAS to AAA in a request for policy, that whole onward path has to
   be examined for vulnerability.

   The question is how many of these potential points of attack can be
   eliminated through operational practice.  The segment from the
   subscriber through the AN itself seems out of the scope of this
   discussion -- protection of this segment is basic to subscriber
   privacy in any event and likely a business requirement.  The segment
   from the AN to the NAS is covered by the basic ANCP protection
   specified in [RFC6320].  This leaves the NAS and the path between the
   NAS and AAA for consideration.

   The operator can eliminate the path between the NAS and AAA as a
   point where the attacker can access per-device information by
   downloading per-device policy to the NAS for all identified user
   devices for the particular subscriber.  The NAS then selects the
   applicable policy based on the particular device identifier it has
   received.  This is as opposed to the NAS sending the identifier of
   the device in question to AAA and getting policy just for that
   device.

   The alternative is to protect the path between the NAS and AAA.  If
   Diameter is used as the AAA protocol, Section 2.2 of [RFC6733]
   mandates use of IPsec, TLS/TCP, or DTLS/SCTP for that purpose.  If
   RADIUS is used, the operator should deploy TLS transport as specified
   in [RFC6614].

   This leaves the NAS itself as a point of attack.  In theory, the NAS
   could be eliminated if the AN remapped the requesting MAC or IP
   address to an identifier known to itself and AAA but not the NAS.
   This would require local configuration on the AN, which may be
   possible under some circumstances.  The Request-Source-Device-Id TLV
   specified in Section 5.11 is available to transmit such an identifier
   in place of the Request-Source-MAC TLV or Request-Source-IP TLV.





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9.  IANA Considerations

   This document defines the following additional values within the
   "ANCP Message Types" registry:

       +--------------+--------------------------------+-----------+
       | Message Type | Message Name                   | Reference |
       +--------------+--------------------------------+-----------+
       | 144          | Multicast Replication Control  | RFC 7256  |
       |              |                                |           |
       | 145          | Multicast Admission Control    | RFC 7256  |
       |              |                                |           |
       | 146          | Bandwidth Reallocation Request | RFC 7256  |
       |              |                                |           |
       | 147          | Bandwidth Transfer             | RFC 7256  |
       |              |                                |           |
       | 148          | Delegated Bandwidth Query      | RFC 7256  |
       |              |                                |           |
       | 149          | Multicast Flow Query           | RFC 7256  |
       |              |                                |           |
       | 150          | Committed Bandwidth Report     | RFC 7256  |
       +--------------+--------------------------------+-----------+

   This document defines the following additional values for the "ANCP
   Result Codes" registry.  In support of these assignments, IANA has
   changed the lower limit of 0x100 specified by [RFC6320] for
   assignments by IETF Consensus to 0x64.

   +------------+------------------------------------------+-----------+
   | Result     | One-Line Description                     | Reference |
   | Code       |                                          |           |
   +------------+------------------------------------------+-----------+
   | 0x64       | Command error.                           | RFC 7256  |
   |            |                                          |           |
   | 0x65       | Invalid flow address.                    | RFC 7256  |
   |            |                                          |           |
   | 0x66       | Multicast flow does not exist.           | RFC 7256  |
   |            |                                          |           |
   | 0x67       | Invalid preferred bandwidth amount.      | RFC 7256  |
   |            |                                          |           |
   | 0x68       | Inconsistent views of delegated          | RFC 7256  |
   |            | bandwidth amount.                        |           |
   |            |                                          |           |
   | 0x69       | Bandwidth request conflict.              | RFC 7256  |
   +------------+------------------------------------------+-----------+






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   This document defines the following additional values for the "ANCP
   Command Codes" registry:

   +----------------+--------------------------------------+-----------+
   | Command Code   | Command Code Directive Name          | Reference |
   | Value          |                                      |           |
   +----------------+--------------------------------------+-----------+
   | 1              | Add                                  | RFC 7256  |
   |                |                                      |           |
   | 2              | Delete                               | RFC 7256  |
   |                |                                      |           |
   | 3              | Delete All                           | RFC 7256  |
   |                |                                      |           |
   | 4              | Admission Control Reject             | RFC 7256  |
   |                |                                      |           |
   | 5              | Conditional Access Reject            | RFC 7256  |
   |                |                                      |           |
   | 6              | Admission Control and Conditional    | RFC 7256  |
   |                | Access Reject                        |           |
   +----------------+--------------------------------------+-----------+































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   This document defines the following additional values within the
   "ANCP TLV Types" registry:

        +-----------+--------------------------------+-----------+
        | Type Code | TLV Name                       | Reference |
        +-----------+--------------------------------+-----------+
        | 0x0013    | Multicast-Service-Profile      | RFC 7256  |
        |           |                                |           |
        | 0x0015    | Bandwidth-Allocation           | RFC 7256  |
        |           |                                |           |
        | 0x0016    | Bandwidth-Request              | RFC 7256  |
        |           |                                |           |
        | 0x0018    | Multicast-Service-Profile-Name | RFC 7256  |
        |           |                                |           |
        | 0x0019    | Multicast-Flow                 | RFC 7256  |
        |           |                                |           |
        | 0x0021    | List-Action                    | RFC 7256  |
        |           |                                |           |
        | 0x0022    | Sequence-Number                | RFC 7256  |
        |           |                                |           |
        | 0x0024    | White-List-CAC                 | RFC 7256  |
        |           |                                |           |
        | 0x0025    | MRepCtl-CAC                    | RFC 7256  |
        |           |                                |           |
        | 0x0092    | Request-Source-IP              | RFC 7256  |
        |           |                                |           |
        | 0x0093    | Request-Source-MAC             | RFC 7256  |
        |           |                                |           |
        | 0x0094    | Report-Buffering-Time          | RFC 7256  |
        |           |                                |           |
        | 0x0095    | Committed-Bandwidth            | RFC 7256  |
        |           |                                |           |
        | 0x0096    | Request-Source-Device-Id       | RFC 7256  |
        +-----------+--------------------------------+-----------+

















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   This document defines the following additional values for the "ANCP
   Capability Types" registry:

   +-------+-------------------------+--------+------------+-----------+
   | Value | Capability Type Name    | Tech   | Capability | Reference |
   |       |                         | Type   | Data?      |           |
   +-------+-------------------------+--------+------------+-----------+
   | 3     | NAS-Initiated Multicast | 0      | No         | RFC 7256  |
   |       | Replication             |        |            |           |
   |       |                         |        |            |           |
   | 5     | Committed Bandwidth     | 0      | No         | RFC 7256  |
   |       | Reporting               |        |            |           |
   |       |                         |        |            |           |
   | 6     | Conditional Access and  | 0      | No         | RFC 7256  |
   |       | Admission Control with  |        |            |           |
   |       | White and Black Lists   |        |            |           |
   |       |                         |        |            |           |
   | 7     | Conditional Access and  | 0      | No         | RFC 7256  |
   |       | Admission Control with  |        |            |           |
   |       | Grey Lists              |        |            |           |
   |       |                         |        |            |           |
   | 8     | Bandwidth Delegation    | 0      | No         | RFC 7256  |
   +-------+-------------------------+--------+------------+-----------+

10.  Acknowledgements

   The authors would like to acknowledge Wojciech Dec for providing
   useful input to this document, Robert Rennison for his help in
   shaping the definition of the Multicast-Service-Profile TLV, Shridhar
   Rao for his comments and suggestions, and Aniruddha A for his
   proposal that formed the base of the Multicast Flow Reporting
   solution.  Philippe Champagne, Sanjay Wadhwa, and Stefaan De Cnodder
   provided substantial contributions on the solution for the NAS-
   initiated multicast control use case.  Kristian Poscic provided the
   committed bandwidth reporting use case.

   Thanks to the Document Shepherd, Matthew Bocci, and Area Director,
   Ted Lemon, for points raised by their reviews following Working Group
   Last Call.

   Further thanks to Dacheng Zhang, Mehmet Ersue, and Christer Holmberg
   for their reviews on behalf of the Security, Operations, and Gen-Art
   directorates.  Dacheng's comments led to changes at several points in
   the document, while Mehmet's led to creation of the Miscellaneous
   Considerations section.  Finally, thanks to Brian Haberman for
   stimulating a review of the architectural assumptions and their
   relationship to the ability of user devices to obtain access to non-
   IPTV multicast services.  This also led to changes in the document.



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11.  References

11.1.  Normative References

   [PIMreg]   IANA, "Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Parameters",
              <http://www.iana.org/assignments/pim-parameters>.

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

   [RFC2710]  Deering, S., Fenner, W., and B. Haberman, "Multicast
              Listener Discovery (MLD) for IPv6", RFC 2710, October
              1999.

   [RFC3376]  Cain, B., Deering, S., Kouvelas, I., Fenner, B., and A.
              Thyagarajan, "Internet Group Management Protocol, Version
              3", RFC 3376, October 2002.

   [RFC3810]  Vida, R. and L. Costa, "Multicast Listener Discovery
              Version 2 (MLDv2) for IPv6", RFC 3810, June 2004.

   [RFC5790]  Liu, H., Cao, W., and H. Asaeda, "Lightweight Internet
              Group Management Protocol Version 3 (IGMPv3) and Multicast
              Listener Discovery Version 2 (MLDv2) Protocols", RFC 5790,
              February 2010.

   [RFC6320]  Wadhwa, S., Moisand, J., Haag, T., Voigt, N., and T.
              Taylor, "Protocol for Access Node Control Mechanism in
              Broadband Networks", RFC 6320, October 2011.

11.2.  Informative References

   [IEEE48]   IEEE, "Guidelines for 48-Bit Global Identifier",
              <http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/tutorials/
              EUI48.html>.

   [IEEE64]   IEEE, "Guidelines for 64-Bit Global Identifier",
              <http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/tutorials/
              EUI64.html>.

   [ITU-T_G.1080]
              ITU-T, "Quality of experience requirements for IPTV
              services", ITU-T Recommendation G.1080, December 2008.

   [RFC2236]  Fenner, W., "Internet Group Management Protocol, Version
              2", RFC 2236, November 1997.





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   [RFC4601]  Fenner, B., Handley, M., Holbrook, H., and I. Kouvelas,
              "Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM):
              Protocol Specification (Revised)", RFC 4601, August 2006.

   [RFC5713]  Moustafa, H., Tschofenig, H., and S. De Cnodder, "Security
              Threats and Security Requirements for the Access Node
              Control Protocol (ANCP)", RFC 5713, January 2010.

   [RFC5851]  Ooghe, S., Voigt, N., Platnic, M., Haag, T., and S.
              Wadhwa, "Framework and Requirements for an Access Node
              Control Mechanism in Broadband Multi-Service Networks",
              RFC 5851, May 2010.

   [RFC6614]  Winter, S., McCauley, M., Venaas, S., and K. Wierenga,
              "Transport Layer Security (TLS) Encryption for RADIUS",
              RFC 6614, May 2012.

   [RFC6733]  Fajardo, V., Arkko, J., Loughney, J., and G. Zorn,
              "Diameter Base Protocol", RFC 6733, October 2012.
































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Appendix A.  Example of Messages and Message Flows

   This appendix provides an example in which most of the possible
   message flows for multicast control are illustrated.  This appendix
   is for informational purposes only.  In case of discrepancy with text
   in the body of this document, the text in the body of the document is
   to be considered as the normative text.

   Assume the following, for a given access port:

   o  The basic subscribed service is white-listed.  The AN will be
      responsible for admission control for this service.

   o  Some premium services are available, but requests for these
      services must be referred to the Policy Server for proper credit
      processing.  For this reason, they are grey-listed.  The NAS will
      be responsible for admission control for these services.

   o  The subscriber has asked that certain services be blocked so that
      his children cannot view them.  These services are black-listed.

   o  All of the above services are Source-Specific Multicast (SSM).  In
      addition, by means that bypass the AN, the subscriber can signal
      intent to join an on-line game service that is Any-Source
      Multicast (ASM).  The NAS is responsible for admission control for
      this service.

   o  Bandwidth delegation is, in effect, to share video bandwidth
      between the AN and the NAS.

   The stated conditions require the use of four of the five
   capabilities specified in this memo.

A.1.  Provisioning Phase

   Assume that capability negotiation has been completed between the AN
   and NAS and that the set of negotiated capabilities includes the
   following four multicast capabilities: NAS-initiated multicast
   replication, conditional access and admission control with white and
   black lists, conditional access and admission control with grey
   lists, and bandwidth delegation.  At this point, the NAS can
   provision the service profiles on the AN and enable admission control
   at the AN for white-listed flows.  To do this, the NAS sends the AN a
   Provisioning message containing this information.  An example message
   providing the profile for our assumed subscriber is shown in
   Figure 22.  The message has the following contents:





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   o  Message Type is 93.

   o  The Result and Result Code fields in the header are set to zeroes,
      as specified [RFC6320].

   o  A Transaction Identifier is assigned by the NAS.

   o  The Multicast-Service-Profile TLV (of which typically there would
      be multiple instances) contains a Multicast-Service-Profile-Name
      TLV (with a length of 20 octets assumed for the example) and three
      List-Action TLVs, one each for the white, grey, and black lists
      within the profile.  The white list flows come in two sets of
      group addresses: 233.252.0.0/29, coming from a server at
      192.0.2.15, and 233.252.0.32/29, coming from a server at
      192.0.2.16.  The grey-listed flows are in the band
      233.252.0.64/29, coming from a server at 192.0.2.21.  Finally, the
      black list flows are two individual flows that happen to overlap
      with the grey list band: 233.252.0.65 and 233.252.0.69, also with
      source 192.0.2.21.

   o  The White-List-CAC TLV indicates that the AN does admission
      control on white-listed flows.

                        1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        Type (0x880C)          |           Length = 132        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   Version     | Msg Type = 93 | Res=0 |    Result Code = 0    |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Partition ID  |            Transaction Identifier             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |I|      SubMessage Number      |       Length = 132            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Mcast-Service-Profile  0x0013 |       TLV Length = 112        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Mcast-Svc-Profile-Name 0x0018 |  Embedded TLV Length = 20     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                  Multicast service profile name               |
   ~                  = "Cust 0127-53681-0003"                     ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | TLV Type = List-Action 0x0021 |   Embedded TLV Length = 28    |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Operation = 1 | List Type = 1 |        Reserved = 0x0000      |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |    Address Family = 1         |       List Length = 20        |
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   | G PrefLen = 29| S PrefLen = 32| Group prefix =                |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |      233.252.0.0              | Source prefix =               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |      192.0.2.15               | G PrefLen = 29| S PrefLen = 32|
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |         Group prefix = 233.252.0.32                           |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        Source prefix = 192.0.2.16                             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | TLV Type = List-Action 0x0021 |   Embedded TLV Length = 18    |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Operation = 1 | List Type = 3 |        Reserved = 0x0000      |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |    Address Family = 1         |       List Length = 10        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | G PrefLen = 29| S PrefLen = 32| Group prefix =                /
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   /      233.252.0.64             | Source prefix =               /
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   /      192.0.2.21               |   Padding = 0x0000            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | TLV Type = List-Action 0x0021 |   Embedded TLV Length = 28    |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Operation = 1 | List Type = 2 |        Reserved = 0x0000      |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |    Address Family = 1         |       List Length = 20        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | G PrefLen = 32| S PrefLen = 32| Group prefix =                /
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   /      233.252.0.65             | Source prefix =               /
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   /      192.0.2.21               | G PrefLen = 32| S PrefLen = 32|
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |         Group prefix = 233.252.0.69                           |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        Source prefix = 192.0.2.21                             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Type = White-List-CAC  0x0024 |          TLV Length = 0       |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                  Figure 22: Example Provisioning Message

   Note that the padding after the middle List-Action TLV is counted as
   part of the length of the Multicast-Service-Profile TLV but is not
   included in the length of that List-Action TLV.  Note also that the
   Length field in the message header, unlike those in the TLVs,
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   Finally, note that the Provisioning message does not include a
   MRepCtl-CAC TLV since in our example admission control for grey-
   listed flows and for NAS-initiated replication is performed by the
   NAS.

   As soon as the AN port comes up, the AN sends an ANCP PORT_UP message
   to the NAS specifying the Access Loop Circuit ID.  The NAS replies
   with an ANCP Port Management message that, together with the other
   parameters, includes the multicast service profile name to be
   associated to that port along with the initial amount of delegated
   bandwidth.  The corresponding message flow is illustrated in
   Figure 23.

    +----------+      +---------+         +-----+               +-----+
    |Subscriber|      |  Home   |         | AN  |               | NAS |
    +----------+      | Gateway |         +-----+               +-----+
         |            +---------+            |                     |
         |                 |                 |                     |
         |                 |                 |                     |
         |                 |   DSL Synch.    |                     |
         |                 |---------------->|                     |
         |                 |                 |(M1)PORT_UP(Port ID) |
         |                 |                 |-------------------->|
         |                 |                 |                    (*)
         |                 |                 |(M2) PORT_MNGT       |
         |                 |                 |    (Port ID,        |
         |                 |                 |Mcast S Profile Name,|
         |                 |                 |Bandwidth Allocation)|
         |                 |                 |<--------------------|


   (*) The NAS may optionally seek direction from an external
       Authorization/Policy Server

    Figure 23: Configuring an AN Port with Multicast Service Profile ID
                      and Delegated Bandwidth Amount

   The Port Management message will typically contain other TLVs, but
   our example (Figure 24) just shows the Target, Multicast-Service-
   Profile-Name, and Bandwidth-Allocation TLVs.  The Target TLV
   identifies the subscriber line, the Multicast-Service-Profile-Name
   TLV is identical to the one contained in the Provisioning message,
   and the Bandwidth-Allocation TLV provides just enough bandwidth (2000
   kbits/s) for one channel to start with.

   The following fields in the Port Management message header are shown
   with specific values either as directed by the base protocol document
   or for the sake of our example:



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   o  Message Type is 32.

   o  Result is set to Nack (0x1) for this example.

   o  Result Code is 0.

   o  A Transaction Identifier is assigned by the NAS.

   o  Port is set to 0.

   o  Event Sequence Number, the R flag and the other bits marked x,
      Duration, the Event Flags, and the Flow Control Flags are all
      irrelevant for this function and are set to 0.

   o  Function is set to "Configure Connection Service Data" (8).

   o  X-Function is set to 0.

   o  Tech Type is "DSL" (5).

   o  Block lengths are calculated assuming a Circuit-Id length of 4 in
      our example.  Recall that the example Multicast-Service-Profile-
      Name TLV length is 20.




























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                        1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        Type (0x880C)          |           Length = 84         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   Version     | Msg Type = 32 | Res=1 |    Result Code = 0    |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Partition ID  |            Transaction Identifier             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |I|      SubMessage Number      |           Length = 84         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                             Port = 0                          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                      Port Session Number                      |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                     Event Sequence Number = 0                 |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |R|x|x|x|x|x|x|x| Duration = 0  | Function = 0x8| X-Function = 0|
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |           Event Flags         |        Flow Control Flags     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x| Msg Type = 32 |  Tech Type=5  | Blk Len = 56  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |     # of TLVs = 3             | Extension Block length = 44   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | TLV Type = Target      0x1000 |        Target TLV Length = 8  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Access-Loop-Circuit-ID 0x0001 |        Circuit-ID Length = 4  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                    Access Loop Circuit ID                     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Mcast-Svc-Profile-Name 0x0018 |       TLV Length = 20         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                  Multicast service profile name               |
   ~                  = "Cust 0127-53681-0003"                     ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  Bandwidth-Allocation  0x0015 |       TLV Length = 4          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                Bandwidth value = 2000 (kbits/s)               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                Figure 24: Example Port Management Message








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A.2.  Handling Grey-Listed Flows

   Suppose now that the subscriber chooses to watch the premium channel
   characterized by source 192.0.2.21, group 233.252.0.67.  Upon
   receiving the join request, the AN matches it against the multicast
   service profile for the port and determines that it is a grey-listed
   flow.  Figure 25 illustrates the resulting ANCP message flow for the
   case of a simple join and leave, when admission control for grey-
   listed flows is not activated on the AN.

   To start the flow, the AN sends a Multicast Admission Control message
   (M1) to the NAS.  The NAS decides whether the flow can be admitted,
   applying both policy and bandwidth criteria.  It returns its decision
   (positive in this example) in a Multicast Replication Control message
   (M2).  Later, when the subscriber leaves the flow, the AN informs the
   NAS by sending another Multicast Admission Control message.

   +----------+    +-------+   +-----+    ANCP    +-----+
   |Subscriber|    | Home  |   | AN  |<---------->| NAS |
   +----------+    |Gateway|   +-----+            +-----+
         |         +-------+     |                   |
         |           |           |     Multicast     |
         |      Join(Grey-Fl)    |     Admission     |
         |-----------+---------->|      Control (M1) |
         |           |           |------------------>|
         |           |           |                   |  (NAS performs
         |           |           |     Multicast     |   admission
         |           |           |     Replication  (*)  control)
         |           |           |     Control (M2)  |
         |     Mcast Grey Flow   |<------------------|
         |<======================+                   |
         |           |           |                   |
         ~           ~           ~                   ~
         |           |           |     Multicast     |
         |     Leave(Grey-Fl)    |     Admission     |
         |-----------+---------->|      Control (M3) |
         |           |           |------------------>|
         |           |           |                   |

   Grey-Fl: multicast flow matching an entry in grey list

   (*) The NAS may optionally seek direction from an external
   Authorization/Policy Server.

       Figure 25: Successful Join/Leave Operations, Grey-Listed Flow






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   The Multicast Admission Control message M1 contains:

   o  an ANCP Header with:

      *  Message Type is 145;

      *  Result = Ignore (0x0); and

      *  a Transaction Identifier assigned by the AN.

   o  a Target TLV identifying the AN Port

   o  a Command TLV containing:

      *  Command Code = "Add" (1);

      *  Accounting = "No" (0);

      *  a Multicast-Flow embedded TLV indicating the multicast flow for
         which the AN received the IGMP join: flow type "SSM" (2),
         address family "IPv4" (1), Group address = 233.252.0.67, Source
         Address = 192.0.2.21; and

      *  a Request-Source-Device-Id embedded TLV containing the IGMP
         join source local device identifier value 5.


























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   The Multicast Admission Control message M1 is illustrated in
   Figure 26:

                        1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        Type (0x880C)          |           Length = 98         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   Version     | Msg Type=145  | Res=0 |    Result Code = 0    |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Partition ID  |            Transaction Identifier             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |I|      SubMessage Number      |           Length = 98         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | TLV Type = Target      0x1000 |        Target TLV Length = 8  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Access-Loop-Circuit-ID 0x0001 |        Circuit-ID Length = 4  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                    Access Loop Circuit ID                     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | TLV Type = Command     0x0011 |       TLV Length = 28         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  Cmd Code = 1 |   Acctg = 0   |      Reserved = 0x0000        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Type = Multicast-Flow  0x0019 |   Embedded TLV Length = 12    |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Flow Type = 2 |  Addr Fam = 1 |     Reserved = 0x0000         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |             Multicast Group Address = 233.252.0.67            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |               Unicast Source Address =  192.0.2.21            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-++-+-+-+-+-+--+
   |Request-Source-Device-Id 0x0092|   Embedded TLV length = 4     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                         Value = 5                             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   Figure 26: Multicast Admission Control Message Seeking to Add a Flow

   The Multicast Replication Control message M2 contains:

   o  an ANCP Header with:

      *  Message Type = "Multicast Replication Control" (144);

      *  Result= 0x1 (Nack); and

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   o  a Target TLV identifying the AN Port

   o  a Command TLV containing:

      *  Command Code = "Add" (1);

      *  Accounting = "Yes" (1), since in our example the operator wants
         accounting on this flow; and

      *  a Multicast-Flow embedded TLV indicating the multicast flow
         that the NAS is admitting for this access line: flow type "SSM"
         (2), address family "IPv4" (1), Group address = 233.252.0.67,
         Source Address = 192.0.2.21.

   The Multicast Admission Control message M2 is illustrated in
   Figure 27.

                        1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        Type (0x880C)          |           Length = 48         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   Version     | Msg Type=144  | Res=1 |    Result Code =  0   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Partition ID  |            Transaction Identifier             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |I|      SubMessage Number      |           Length = 48         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Target          Type = 0x1000 |        Target TLV Length = 8  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Access-Loop-Circuit-ID 0x0001 |        Circuit-ID Length = 4  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                    Access Loop Circuit ID                     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | TLV Type = Command     0x0011 |       TLV Length = 20         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  Cmd Code = 1 |   Acctg = 1   |      Reserved = 0x0000        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Type = Multicast-Flow  0x0019 |   Embedded TLV Length = 12    |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Flow Type = 2 |  Addr Fam = 1 |     Reserved = 0x0000         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |             Multicast Group Address = 233.252.0.67            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |               Unicast Source Address =  192.0.2.21            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

     Figure 27: Multicast Replication Control Message Admitting a Flow



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   The Multicast Admission Control message M3 advising the NAS that the
   flow has been terminated contains:

   o  an ANCP Header with:

      *  Message Type is 145;

      *  Result = Ignore (0x0); and

      *  a Transaction Identifier assigned by the AN.

   o  a Target TLV identifying the access line

   o  a Command TLV containing:

      *  a Command Code = "Delete" (2);

      *  Accounting = "No" (0);

      *  a Multicast-Flow embedded TLV indicating the multicast flow for
         which the AN received the IGMP leave: flow type "SSM" (2),
         address family "IPv4" (1), Group address = 233.252.0.67, Source
         Address = 192.0.2.21; and

      *  a Request-Source-Device-Id embedded TLV containing the IGMP
         leave request source, the device identified by the local value
         5.
























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   The Multicast Admission Control message M3 is illustrated in
   Figure 28.

                        1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        Type (0x880C)          |           Length              |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   Version     | Msg Type=145  | Res=0 |    Result Code = 0    |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Partition ID  |            Transaction Identifier             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |I|      SubMessage Number      |           Length              |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | TLV Type = Target      0x1000 |        Target TLV Length = 8  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Access-Loop-Circuit-ID 0x0001 |        Circuit-ID Length = 4  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                    Access Loop Circuit ID                     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | TLV Type = Command     0x0011 |       TLV Length = 28         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  Cmd Code = 2 |    Acctg = 0  |      Reserved = 0x0000        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Multicast-Flow  Type = 0x0019 |   Embedded TLV Length = 12    |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Flow Type = 2 |  Addr Fam = 1 |     Reserved = 0x0000         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |             Multicast Group Address = 233.252.0.67            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |               Unicast Source Address =  192.0.2.21            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |Request-Source-Device-Id 0x0092|   Embedded TLV length = 4     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                          Value = 5                            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

       Figure 28: Multicast Admission Control Message Signaling Flow
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A.3.  Handling White-Listed Flows

   The NAS has enabled white list admission control on the AN, and the
   bandwidth delegation capability has been negotiated.  White-listed
   flows in themselves require no messages to the NAS, either upon
   admission or upon termination, but the AN may request an increase in
   the amount of delegated bandwidth if it needs the increase to admit a
   flow.

   Consider an example where the AN has already admitted one white-
   listed flow, thereby using up the initially provisioned amount of
   delegated bandwidth (2000 kbits/s).  A request is received to join a
   new flow in the white list range.  The AN chooses to send a Bandwidth
   Reallocation Request message to the NAS, requesting that the
   delegated bandwidth allocation be increased to 4000 kbits/s at a
   minimum and preferably to 6000 kbits/s.

   In our example, the NAS is managing bandwidth tightly, as witnessed
   by its minimal initial allocation of just enough for one flow.  It is
   willing to provide the minimum additional amount only and therefore
   returns a Bandwidth Transfer message where the delegated bandwidth
   value is given as 4000 kbits/s.  With this amount, the AN is able to
   admit the second white-listed flow.  The AN could send a similar
   Bandwidth Transfer message back to the NAS bringing the delegated
   bandwidth amount back down to 2000 kbits/s when one of the flows is
   terminated, but this shows nothing new and is omitted.

   As one more point of illustration, suppose that the NAS chooses to
   audit the current amount of delegated bandwidth to ensure it is
   synchronized with the AN.  It sends a Delegated Bandwidth Query
   Request message to the AN and receives a Delegated Bandwidth Query
   Response message with the current allocation as the AN sees it.

   The complete message flow is shown in Figure 29.

















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   +----------+    +-------+   +-----+    ANCP    +-----+
   |Subscriber|    | Home  |   | AN  |<---------->| NAS |
   +----------+    |Gateway|   +-----+            +-----+
         |         +-------+     |                   |
         |           |           |                   |
         |      Join(White-F1)   |                   |
         |-----------+---------->|                   |
         |           |           |AN performs        |
         |  Mcast White Flow 1   | admission control |
         |<======================+                   |
         |           |           |                   |
         |      Join(White-F2)   |                   |
         |-----------+---------->|No bandwidth left  |
         |           |           |                   |
         |           |           |Bandwidth          |
         |           |           | Reallocation Req  |
         |           |           |------------------>|(M1)
         |           |           |                   |
         |           |           |                  (*)
         |           |           |Bandwidth Transfer |
         |           AN can now  |<------------------|(M2)
         |           admit flow  |                   |
         |   Mcast White Flow 2  |                   |
         |<======================+                   |
         |           |           |                   |
         ~           ~           ~                   ~
         |           |           |Delegated Bandwidth|
         |           |           | Query request     |
         |           |           |<------------------|(M3)
         |           |           |                   |
         |           |           |Delegated Bandwidth|
         |           |           | Query response    |
         |           |           |------------------>|(M4)
         |           |           |                   |

   (*) The NAS may optionally seek direction from an external
   Authorization/Policy Server.

      Figure 29: Successful Join/Leave Operations, White-Listed Flow












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   The Bandwidth Reallocation Request message (M1) is shown in
   Figure 30.  The contents require little explanation.  The Message
   Type for the Bandwidth Reallocation Request is 146.  The Result field
   is set to Ignore (0x0).  Besides the Target TLV, the message has one
   other TLV, the Bandwidth-Request, with a TLV Type of 0x0016.  The TLV
   contains Required Amount and Preferred Amount fields, set to 4000 and
   6000 kbits/s respectively.

                        1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        Type (0x880C)          |           Length = 36         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   Version     | Msg Type=146  | Res=0 |     Result Code = 0   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Partition ID  |            Transaction Identifier             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |I|      SubMessage Number      |           Length = 36         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | TLV Type = Target      0x1000 |        Target TLV Length = 8  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Access-Loop-Circuit-ID 0x0001 |        Circuit-ID Length = 4  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                    Access Loop Circuit ID                     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   Bandwidth-Request    0x0016 |          TLV Length = 8       |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |               Required Amount = 4000 (kbits/s)                |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |               Preferred Amount = 6000 (kbits/s)               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

             Figure 30: Bandwidth Reallocation Request Message


















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   The Bandwidth Transfer message (M2) is shown in Figure 31.  Again,
   the contents are easily understood.  The Message Type for the
   Bandwidth Transfer message is 147.  The Result field is set to
   Success (0x3).  The message contains the Target TLV and the
   Bandwidth-Allocation TLV.  The latter has a TLV Type of 0x0015 and
   contains a Delegated Amount field, set to 4000 kbits/s.

                        1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        Type (0x880C)          |           Length = 32         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   Version     | Msg Type=147  | Res=3 |     Result Code = 0   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Partition ID  |            Transaction Identifier             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |I|      SubMessage Number      |           Length = 32         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | TLV Type = Target      0x1000 |        Target TLV Length = 8  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Access-Loop-Circuit-ID 0x0001 |        Circuit-ID Length = 4  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                    Access Loop Circuit ID                     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  Bandwidth-Allocation  0x0015 |          TLV Length = 4       |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                Delegated Amount = 4000 (kbits/s)              |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

            Figure 31: NAS Response, Bandwidth Transfer Message





















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   The Delegated Bandwidth Query Request message (M3) is shown in
   Figure 32.  The Message Type for the Delegated Bandwidth Query
   request message is 148.  The Result field is set to AckAll (0x2).
   The message contains the Target TLV only.

                        1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        Type (0x880C)          |           Length = 24         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   Version     | Msg Type=148  | Res=2 |     Result Code = 0   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Partition ID  |            Transaction Identifier             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |I|      SubMessage Number      |           Length = 24         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | TLV Type = Target      0x1000 |        Target TLV Length = 8  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Access-Loop-Circuit-ID 0x0001 |        Circuit-ID Length = 4  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                    Access Loop Circuit ID                     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

           Figure 32: Delegated Bandwidth Query Request Message



























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   Finally, the Delegated Bandwidth Query Response message (M4) is shown
   in Figure 33.  The Message Type for the Delegated Bandwidth Query
   response message is 148.  The Result field is set to Success (0x3).
   The message contains the Target TLV and the Bandwidth-Allocation TLV
   with the Delegated Amount field set to 4000 kbits/s.

                        1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        Type (0x880C)          |           Length = 32         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   Version     | Msg Type=148  | Res=3 |     Result Code = 0   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Partition ID  | Transaction Identifier (copied from request)  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |I|      SubMessage Number      |           Length = 32         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | TLV Type = Target      0x1000 |        Target TLV Length = 8  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Access-Loop-Circuit-ID 0x0001 |        Circuit-ID Length = 4  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                    Access Loop Circuit ID                     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  Bandwidth-Allocation  0x0015 |          TLV Length = 4       |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                Delegated Amount = 4000 (kbits/s)              |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

           Figure 33: Delegated Bandwidth Query Response Message

A.4.  Handling of Black-Listed Join Requests

   This section introduces no new messages, since requests for flows in
   the black list are simply ignored.  The one thing to point out is the
   overlap in our example between the set of flows in the grey list and
   the flows in the black list.  This does not create any ambiguity,
   since not only does the black list have priority for equally good
   matches, but also the black list entries are more specific (group
   prefix lengths of 32 versus 29 in the grey list) than the grey list
   flow prefixes.

A.5.  Handling of Requests to Join and Leave the On-Line Game

   The final class of multicast control actions in our example allows
   the subscriber to enter and leave the on-line game.  As described at
   the beginning of this example, the game uses Any-Source Multicast
   (ASM).  Subscriber signaling bypasses the AN, going directly to the
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   When the subscriber requests to join the game, the NAS (after
   applying policy and bandwidth checks) sends a Multicast Replication
   Control message to the AN to enable the flow on the port concerned.
   The AN knows not to apply admission control, since it has not
   received an MRepCtl-CAC TLV in the Provisioning message.  When the
   subscriber leaves, the NAS sends another Multicast Replication
   Control message to delete the flow.  This message sequence is shown
   in Figure 34.

   It is possible that the NAS finds that there is not enough bandwidth
   available to accommodate the subscriber's request.  In this case, the
   NAS could send a Bandwidth Reallocation Request message to the AN,
   asking it to release some of the bandwidth delegated to it.  This is
   not shown in the present example, since the messages are the same as
   those already presented with the exception that the Preferred Amount
   in the request will be *less than* or equal to the Required amount,
   rather than *greater than* or equal to it.

   +----------+    +-------+   +-----+    ANCP    +-----+
   |Subscriber|    | Home  |   | AN  |<---------->| NAS |
   +----------+    |Gateway|   +-----+            +-----+
         |         +-------+     |                   |
         |           |           |                   |
         |      Join game        |                   |
         |-----------+------------------------------>|
         |           |           |     Multicast     |   NAS performs
         |           |           |     Replication  (*)  admission
         |           |           |     Control (M1)  |   control
         |     Mcast Game Flow   |<------------------|
         |<=====================>+                   |
         |           |           |                   |
         ~           ~           ~                   ~
         |           |           |                   |
         |     Leave game        |                   |
         |-----------+------------------------------>|
         |           |           |     Multicast     |
         |           |           |     Replication   |
         |           |           |     Control (M2)  |
         |     Mcast Game Flow   |<------------------|
         |       discontinued    |                   |
         |           |           |                   |

   (*) The NAS may optionally seek direction from an external
   Authorization/Policy Server.

             Figure 34: NAS-Initiated Flows for On-Line Gaming





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   The Multicast Replication Control message (M1) in Figure 35 looks
   like the message in Figure 27 with two exceptions.  The first is that
   the NAS has the option to set the Result field to AckAll (0x02) if it
   needs positive reassurance that the flow has been enabled.  This was
   not done here to save having to depict a response differing only in
   the Result field.  The larger difference in this example is that the
   flow description in the Multicast-Flow embedded TLV is that of an ASM
   multicast group (Flow Type = 1) with IPv4 (1) group address
   233.252.0.100.

                        1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        Type (0x880C)          |           Length = 44         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   Version     | Msg Type=144  | Res=1 |     Result Code = 0   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Partition ID  |            Transaction Identifier             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |I|      SubMessage Number      |           Length = 44         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | TLV Type = Target      0x1000 |        Target TLV Length = 8  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Access-Loop-Circuit-ID 0x0001 |        Circuit-ID Length = 4  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                    Access Loop Circuit ID                     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | TLV Type = Command     0x0011 |       TLV Length = 16         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  Cmd Code = 1 |   Acctg = 1   |      Reserved = 0x0000        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Type = Multicast-Flow  0x0019 |   Embedded TLV Length = 12    |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Flow Type = 1 |  Addr Fam = 1 |     Reserved = 0x0000         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |            Multicast Group Address =  233.252.0.100           |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-++-+-+-+-+-+--+

        Figure 35: Enabling the Subscriber to Join an On-Line Game

   Message M2 terminating the flow when the subscriber leaves the game
   looks the same as the message in Figure 35 with two exceptions: the
   Command Code becomes "Delete" (2), and Accounting is set to "No" (0)
   to turn off flow accounting.  Of course, the Transaction Identifier
   values will differ between the two messages.






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A.6.  Example Flow for Multicast Flow Reporting

   The example in this section is independent of the example in the
   preceding sections.

   Figure 36 illustrates a message flow in a case where the NAS queries
   the AN about which multicast flows are active on port 10, port 11,
   and port 20 of the AN.

   +----------+    +-------+   +-----+    ANCP    +-----+
   |Subscriber|    | Home  |   | AN  |<---------->| NAS |
   +----------+    |Gateway|   +-----+            +-----+
         |         +-------+     |                   |
         |             |         |  Multicast Flow   |
         |             |         |  Query Request    |
         |             |         |      (M1)         |
         |             |         |<------------------|
         |             |         |                   |
         |             |         | Multicast Flow    |
         |             |         | Query Response    |
         |             |         |      (M2)         |
         |             |         |------------------>|
         |             |         |                   |
         |             |         |                   |



               Figure 36: Per-Port Multicast Flow Reporting























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   The Multicast Flow Query Request message (M1) is illustrated in
   Figure 37.  The Message Type is 149.  The Result field is set to
   AckAll (0x2).  Three Target TLVs are present, identifying port 10,
   port 20, and port 11, respectively.

    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        Type (0x880C)          |           Length              |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   Version     | Msg Type = 149| Res=2 |     Result Code = 0   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Partition ID  |            Transaction Identifier             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |I|      SubMessage Number      |           Length              |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | TLV Type = Target      0x1000 |        Target TLV Length      |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Access-Loop-Circuit-ID 0x0001 |        Circuit-ID Length      |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                    Access Loop Circuit ID (port10)            ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | TLV Type = Target      0x1000 |        Target TLV Length      |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Access-Loop-Circuit-ID 0x0001 |        Circuit-ID Length      |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                    Access Loop Circuit ID (port20)            ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | TLV Type = Target      0x1000 |        Target TLV Length      |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Access-Loop-Circuit-ID 0x0001 |        Circuit-ID Length      |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                    Access Loop Circuit ID (port11)            ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

       Figure 37: Multicast Flow Query Request Message for Per-Port
                         Multicast Flow Reporting








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   The Multicast Flow Query Response message (M2) is illustrated in
   Figure 38.  It indicates that there is one active multicast flow
   [(192.0.2.1, 233.252.0.4)] on port 10, no active multicast flow on
   port 20, and two active multicast flows [(192.0.2.1, 233.252.0.4) and
   (192.0.2.2, 233.252.0.10)] on port 11.

    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        Type (0x880C)          |           Length              |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   Version     | Msg Type = 149|Rslt=3 |    Result Code = 0    |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Partition ID  |            Transaction Identifier             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |I|      SubMessage Number      |           Length              |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | TLV Type = Target      0x1000 |        Target TLV Length      |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Access-Loop-Circuit-ID 0x0001 |        Circuit-ID Length      |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                   Access Loop Circuit ID (port10)             ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Type = Multicast-Flow  0x0019 |    Embedded TLV Length = 12   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Flow Type = 2 |  Addr Fam = 1 |       Reserved = 0x0000       |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |             Multicast Group Address = 233.252.0.4             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                Unicast Source Address = 192.0.2.1             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-++-+-+-+-+-+--+
   | TLV Type = Target      0x1000 |        Target TLV Length      |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Access-Loop-Circuit-ID 0x0001 |        Circuit-ID Length      |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                   Access Loop Circuit ID (port20)             ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | TLV Type = Target      0x1000 |        Target TLV Length      |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Access-Loop-Circuit-ID 0x0001 |        Circuit-ID Length      |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                    Access Loop Circuit ID (port11)            ~
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   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Type = Multicast-Flow  0x0019 |    Embedded TLV Length = 12   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Flow Type = 2 |  Addr Fam = 1 |       Reserved = 0x0000       |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |             Multicast Group Address = 233.252.0.4             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                Unicast Source Address = 192.0.2.1             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-++-+-+-+-+-+--+
   | Type = Multicast-Flow  0x0019 |   Embedded TLV Length = 12    |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Flow Type = 2 |  Addr Fam = 1 |       Reserved = 0x0000       |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |             Multicast Group Address: 233.252.0.10             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                Unicast Source Address = 192.0.2.2             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-++-+-+-+-+-+--+

       Figure 38: Multicast Flow Query Response Message for Per-Port
                         Multicast Flow Reporting































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Authors' Addresses

   Francois Le Faucheur
   Cisco Systems
   45 Allee des Ormes
   Mougins  06250
   France

   Phone: +33 4 97 23 26 19
   EMail: flefauch@cisco.com


   Roberta Maglione
   Cisco Systems
   181 Bay Street
   Toronto, ON  M5J 2T3
   Canada

   EMail: robmgl@cisco.com


   Tom Taylor
   Huawei Technologies
   Ottawa
   Canada

   EMail: tom.taylor.stds@gmail.com
























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