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stds-80220-requirements: Section 4.4.1 Quality of Service and the MAC





Dave et al,

Here is the followup to my last email. The "change" text attributed 
to Samir, Vince, Bill, Arif, and myself that appears in section
4.1.15 actually was meant for section 4.4.1.

Section 4.4.1 Quality of Service and the MAC

Current Text: Please see document rev 7.

Action: Delete all current text

Replace with: (Originally proposed by Arif Ansari, Samir Kapoor, Vince Park, Bill Young, Mike Youssefmir on 7/24/03)

802.20 protocols shall provide mechanisms for quality of service (QOS). 
The 802.20 protocol standards shall define the interfaces and procedures 
that facilitate the configuration and enforcement of QoS policies, which 
operators may choose to implement.

The 802.20 air interface shall support the IETF Differentiated Services (DS) 
Architecture to be compatible with other IP network standards including 
IP mobile standards. To this end, 802.20 shall support the standard 
DiffServ QoS model. Some of the forwarding behaviors that should be 
supported by 802.20 include: Expedited Forwarding (EF), Assured Forwarding 
(AF), and Best Effort (BE) DS Per Hop Behaviors (PHBs) as defined by the 
RFC 2597 and RFC 2598. 802.20 shall also support configuration of the 
PHBs by a DS API that shall be based on a subset of the information 
model defined in RFC 3289.

Service and QoS Mapping

The classes of service and QoS parameters of all services may be translated 
into a common set of parameters defined by 802.20. A QoS based IP network 
may employ the Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) to signal the 
allocation of resources along a routed IP path. 

Rationale:

Since the MBWA system is an integral element of the Internet it makes 
sense to adopt a QoS model, which is used in conventional IP networks.  
The IETF DiffServ model provides a standards-based, scalable mechanism 
appropriate for managing the non-deterministic physical connections 
characteristic of mobile radio systems.  DiffServ provides a framework 
for rate limiting e.g., to permit an operator to offer services tiered by 
data rate  precedence, latency and jitter management.  

Proposal:

Sections 4.4.1.1 through 4.4.1.16 should be deleted.

Rationale:
The level of detail here is reflective of specifications as opposed to 
requirements, which are expressed in higher-level terms.

Mike