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[ANCP] Multicast Sub-Capability Definition



I would suggest that the multicast sub-capabilities be defined in terms of independent sets of messages and TLVs supported. Once we have done that, we can describe their relationships.

I suggest the following sub-capabilities:

a) NAS-controlled replication

Implies support of the Multicast Replication Control message

b) NAS-controlled admission

Implies support of the Multicast Admission Control message

c) Bandwidth delegation

Indication of this sub-capability means that the indicating device supports the following messages and TLVs:

Messages:

Bandwidth Reallocation Request
Bandwidth Transfer
Delegated Bandwidth Query

TLVs:

Bandwidth-Delegation-Control
Bandwidth-Allocation
Bandwidth-Request
Bandwidth-Status

d) Shared admission

Implies support of the Multicast-Service-Profile-Name and Multicast-Service-Profile TLVs.

I believe a), b) and c) can be implemented independently of each other. d) requires b) as a prerequisite.

We can discuss whether support of multicast automatically implies support of the Multicast Flow Query message and Multicast-Flow TLV, or whether this is another sub-capability, independent of the other four.