GS NFV 002

NFV; Architectural Framework

GS NFV-SWA 001

NFV; Virtual Network Functions Architecture

GS NFV-INF 001

NFV; Infrastructure Overview

GS NFV-INF 004

NFV; Infrastructure; Hypervisor Domain

GS NFV-REL 001

NFV; Resiliency Requirements

GS NFV-REL 002

Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV); Reliability; Report on Scalable Architectures for Reliability Management

GS NFV-MAN 001

NFV; Management and Orchestration

MRFP

MRFC+MRFP

E.180/Q.35 (03/1998)

Technical characteristics of tones for the telephone service.

C

NI

E.181 (11/1988)

Customer recognition of foreign tones.

C

NI

E.182 (03/1998)

Application of tones and recorded announcements in telephony services.

C

PC

MRFP:

Some tones of minor importance are not implemented.

MRFC+MRFP:

Announcements can be used instead of tones.

G.100.1

The use of the decibel and of relative levels in speechband telecommunications

PC

PC

Compliant for G.722 codec.

G.664 (03/2003)

Optical safety procedures and requirements for optical transport systems

C

C

For additional information, refer to PICS for PDH and SDH Standards (155 19-CNX 102 08 Uen Rev G).

G.711 (11/1988)

Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) of Voice Frequencies

C

C

G.719 (06/2008)

Low-complexity, full-band audio coding for high-quality, conversational applications.

C

C

Incompatibilities are listed under RFC 5404.

G.722 (09/2012)

7 kHz audio-coding within 64 kbit/s.

C

C

• Annex B not implemented

• Appendix 3 and 5 not implemented

• Amendment 1 not implemented

G.729 (01/2007)

Coding of speech at 8 kbit/s using conjugate-structure algebraic-code-excited linear prediction (CS-ACELP)

C

C

The following functions are not included:

• Annexes C, C+ (Floating-point implementation)

• Annex D (CS-ACELP speech coding algorithm at 6.4 kbit/s)

• Annex E (CS-ACELP speech coding algorithm at 11.8 kbit/s)

• Annex F (DTX functionality for the 6.4 kbit/s)

• Annex G (DTX functionality for the 11.8 kbit/s)

• Annex H (switching operation between 6.4 kbit/s and 11.8 kbit/s)

• Annex I (integration of G.729 main body with Annexes B, D and E).

• Annex J (An interoperable 8-32 kbit/s scalable wideband extension to G.729)

• Appendix I (external synchronous reset capability)

• Appendix II (G.729 Annex B enhancements in voice-over-IP applications – Option 1)

H.248.1 (09/2005)

Gateway Control Protocol: Version 2

PC

NA

H.264 (01/2012)

Advanced video coding for generic audiovisual services

PC

PC

MRFP:

Only the constrained baseline profile supported up to 720p and up to 2 Mbps. Maximum 30 frames per seconds supported.

Q.23 (11/1988)

Technical features of Push button Telephone sets

C

C

MRFP:

Compliant regarding tones

Q.24 (11/1988)

Multifrequency Push button Signal reception

C

C

MRFP:

Compliant regarding tones

MRFP

MRFC+MRFP

ES 283 031 V1.1.2

(Historical)

TISPAN;

IP Multimedia: H.248 Profile for controlling Multimedia Resource Function Processors (MRFP) in the IP Multimedia System (IMS);

Protocol specification

PC

NA

MRFP:

• The profile ETSIprof_MediaServer is used.

• See compliance comments for 3GPP TS 23.333 and 3GPP TS 29.333.

TS 123 333

V10.4.0

Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+);Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS); LTE; Multimedia Resource Function Controller (MRFC) - Multimedia Resource Function Processor (MRFP) Mp interface: Procedures descriptions (3GPP TS 23.333 version 10.4.0)

PC

NA

MRFP:

See compliance comments for 3GPP TS 23.333.

TS 129 333

V10.4.0

Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+);Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS); Multimedia Resource Function Controller (MRFC) - Multimedia Resource Function Processor (MRFP) Mp interface; Stage 3 (3GPP TS 29.333 version 10.4.0 Release 10)

PC

NA

MRFP:

See compliance comments for 3GPP TS 29.333.

MRFP

MRFC+MRFP

22.153(V10.1.0)

Multimedia priority service

PC

PC

All MPS traffic is treated in the same way, independent of priority level.

Priority has not been implemented for all services.

23.218 (V10.0.0)

IP Multimedia (IM) session handling; IM call model; Stage 2

NA

PC

MRFC+MRFP:

• Announcements, audio conferences, and video conferences supported.

• Cr interface not supported

For the supported procedures, refer to the MF NetAnn support for MTAS IWD (/155 19-CRA 119 1440/10 Uen Rev B)

23.228 (V10.7.0)

IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS); Stage 2 (Release 10)

PC

PC

Not included functions in MRFP:

• Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN)

• Transcoding

• Session Based Messaging

MRFC+MRFP:

• Announcements, audio conferences, and video conferences are supported.

• Cr interface not supported

For the supported procedures, refer to the MRF NetAnn support for MTAS IWD (1/155 19-CRA 119 1440/10 Uen Rev B).

23.333 (10.4.0)

Multimedia Resource Function Controller (MRFC) -Multimedia Resource Function Processor (MRFP) Mp interface: Procedures Descriptions

PC

NA

MRFP:

• Interworking is guaranteed only when the MRFP function is controlled through an Ericsson product.

• All procedures are not supported.

• The profile ETSIprof_MediaServer is used, refer to ES 283 031.

24.147 (V10.2.0)

Conferencing using the IP Multimedia (IM) Core Network (CN) subsystem; Stage 3

PC

PC

MRFP:

Only audio conferences supported

MRFC+MRFP:

• Only audio conferences and video conferences supported.

• Participants are never invited.

24.229 (V10.9.0)

IP multimedia call control protocol based on Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and Session Description Protocol (SDP); Stage 3

NA

PC

MRFC+MRFP:

• Announcements, audio conferences, and video conferences supported

• Incompatibilities are listed under RFC 3261.

For the supported procedures, refer to the MRF NetAnn support for MTAS IWD (1/155 19-CRA 119 1440/10 Uen Rev B).

26.071 (V10.0.0)

AMR speech Codec; General description

C

C

AMR interface format 2 not implemented

26.073 (V10.0.0)

AMR speech Codec; C-source code

C

C

26.074 (V10.0.0)

AMR speech Codec; Test sequences

C

C

26.090 (V10.0.0)

AMR speech Codec; Transcoding Functions

C

C

26.091 (V10.0.0)

AMR speech Codec; Error concealment of lost frames

C

C

26.092 (V10.0.0)

AMR speech Codec; comfort noise for AMR Speech Traffic Channels

C

C

26.093 (V10.0.0)

AMR speech Codec; Source Controlled Rate operation

C

C

26.094 (V10.0.0)

AMR Speech Codec; Voice Activity Detector for AMR Speech Traffic Channels

C

C

26.101 (V10.0.0)

AMR speech Codec; Frame Structure

C

C

AMR interface format 2 not supported

26.103 (V10.1.0)

Speech Codec list for GSM and UMTS

C

C

PDC_EFR and are not TDMA_EFR applicable

26.114 (V10.3.0)

IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS);

Multimedia Telephony;

Media handling and interaction

PC

PC

vMRF only supports audio conferences, video conferences, and announcements.

Compliance to Adaptation mechanisms (chapter 10): Reception of RTCP-APP-CMR (Codec Mode Request) is supported, but RTCP_APP_CMR is never sent by vMRF. The CMR is sent only in RTP packets. All other RTCP-APP messages are ignored if received.

Not included functions in MRF and MRFP:

• SDPCapNeg (RFC5939)

• Redundant payload

• RTCP bandwidth modifiers are not supported (RS/RR). RTCP always on by default

• RTP packets are not accepted, if they are not received from same remote port where they are sent.

• RTCP packets are not accepted, if they are not received from same remote port where they are sent

• Up to 12 speech frames per RTP packet not accepted. Max. 40 ms of speech per RTP packet is supported (20 ms for G.719)

• ICM operation for outgoing AMR/AMR-WB traffic not supported

• Linear 16 bit PCM not supported

• Freely chosen UDP port combinations for RTP and RTCP not supported. RTCP must be always RTP+1.

MRFP:

Video frame size attribute is used, even though forbidden

26.171 (V10.0.0)

Adaptive Multi-Rate - Wideband (AMR-WB) speech codec; General description

C

C

AMR-WB interface format 2 is not supported

26.173 (V10.0.0)

ANSI-C code for the Adaptive Multi Rate - Wideband (AMR-WB) speech codec

C

C

26.174 (V10.0.0)

Speech codec speech processing functions; Adaptive Multi-Rate - Wideband (AMR-WB) speech codec test sequences

C

C

26.190 (V10.0.0)

Adaptive Multi-Rate - Wideband (AMR-WB) speech codec; Transcoding functions

C

C

26.191 (V10.0.0)

Adaptive Multi-Rate - Wideband (AMR-WB) speech codec; Error concealment of erroneous or lost frames

C

C

26.192 (V10.0.0)

Adaptive Multi-Rate - Wideband (AMR-WB) speech codec; Comfort noise aspects

C

C

26.193 (V10.0.0)

Adaptive Multi-Rate - Wideband (AMR-WB) speech codec; Source controlled rate operation

C

C

26.194 (V10.0.0)

Adaptive Multi-Rate - Wideband (AMR-WB) speech codec; Voice Activity Detector (VAD)

C

C

26.201 (V10.0.0)

Adaptive Multi-Rate - Wideband (AMR-WB) speech codec; Frame structure

C

C

AMR interface format 2 not implemented

26.235 (V11.0.0)

Packet switched conversational multimedia applications; Default codecs

PC

PC

The video codecs are not supported. Text conversation not supported.

26.441 (V13.0.0)

Codec for Enhanced Voice Services (EVS); General Overview

C

C

26.442

Codec for Enhanced Voice Services (EVS); ANSI C code (fixed-point)

C

C

26.444

Codec for Enhanced Voice Services (EVS); Test Sequences

C

C

26.445

Codec for Enhanced Voice Services (EVS); Detailed Algorithmic Description

C

C

26.446

Codec for Enhanced Voice Services (EVS); AMR-WB Backward Compatible Functions

C

C

26.447

Codec for Enhanced Voice Services (EVS); Error Concealment of Lost Packets

C

C

26.448

Codec for Enhanced Voice Services (EVS); Jitter Buffer Management

PC

PC

Generic jitter buffer management is used instead of EVS JBM.

26.449

Codec for Enhanced Voice Services (EVS); Comfort Noise Generation (CNG) Aspects

C

C

26.450

Codec for Enhanced Voice Services (EVS); Discontinuous Transmission (DTX)

C

C

26.451

Codec for Enhanced Voice Services (EVS); Voice Activity Detection (VAD)

C

C

29.333 (V10.4.0)

Multimedia Resource Function Controller (MRFC) - Multimedia Resource Function Processor (MRFP) Mp Interface; Stage 3

PC

NA

MRFP:

• Interworking guaranteed only when the MRFP function is controlled through an Ericsson product.

• All procedures are not supported

• The profile ETSIprof_MediaServer is used, refer to ES 283 031

32.401 (V10.2.0)

Telecommunication management; Performance Management (PM); Concept and requirements

C

PC

MRFC+MRFP:

SIP signalling traffic measurements not supported

32.409 (V10.4.0)

Telecommunication management; Performance Management (PM); Performance measurements - IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS).

PC

PC

MRFP:

Octet counters not supported

MRFC+MRFP:

• Only announcement service, conference service, and RTP related measurements supported

• SIP signalling traffic measurement not supported

• Octet counters not supported

46.051 (V10.0.0)

Enhanced Full Rate (EFR) speech processing functions; General description

C

C

The alternative Enhanced Full Rate speech service based on the 12.2 kbps mode of the Adaptive Multi Rate is used, as specified in TS46.051 section 11.

46.054 (V10.0.0)

Test sequences for the GSM Enhanced Full Rate (EFR) speech codec

C

C

Only the test sequences for the alternative Enhanced Full Rate implementation using Adaptive Multi Rate 12.2 kbps are used.

46.060 (V10.0.0)

Enhanced Full Rate (EFR) speech transcoding

C

C

46.061 (V10.0.0)

Substitution and muting of lost frames for Enhanced Full Rate (EFR) speech traffic channels

C

C

46.062 (V10.0.0)

Comfort noise aspects for Enhanced Full Rate (EFR) speech traffic channels

C

C

46.081 (V10.0.0)

Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) for Enhanced Full Rate (EFR) speech traffic channels

C

C

46.082 (V10.0.0)

Voice Activity Detector (VAD) for Enhanced Full Rate (EFR) speech traffic channels

C

C

3GPP2 C.S0014-D (V3.0)

Enhanced Variable Rate Codec, Speech Service Options 3, 68, 70, and 73 for Wideband Spread Spectrum Digital Systems

C

C

Only Service Option 3 (EVRC-A), 68 (EVRC-B) and 73 (EVRC-NW) are supported. Dim and burst not supported. Generic audio coding mode not supported.

MRFP

MRFC+MRFP

RFC 768

User Datagram Protocol

C

C

RFC 791

Internet Protocol

PC

PC

IP options are not supported.

Fragmented packets are not supported for media.

RFC 792

Internet Control Message Protocol

C

C

RFC 793

Transmission Control Protocol

C

C

Used for O&M interface.

RFC 826

Ethernet Address Resolution Protocol

C

C

RFC 894

A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams over Ethernet Networks

C

C

RFC 1042

A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams over IEEE 802 Networks

C

C

RFC 1122

Requirements for Internet Hosts – Communication Layers.

C

C

Fragmented packets are not accepted.

ICMP redirect is silently discarded.

RFC 1305

Network Time Protocol (Version 3)

C

C

RFC 1868

ARP Extension - UNARP

C

C

RFC 2131

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

C

C

Compliant as a client.

RFC 2046

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Two: Media Types

NA

PC

Only content types application/sdp, application/mediaservercontrol+xml, and multipart/mixed are supported.

For multipart/mixed, exactly two body parts must be contained, with content types application/sdp, and application/mediaservercontrol+xml.

RFC 2460

Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification

PC

PC

User Plane: Partly Compliant.

Packets containing the following types will be discarded:

• Fragment

• Authentication

• Encapsulating Security Payload

O&M and SCTP signalling: Not implemented.

RFC 2464

Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks

C

C

RFC 2474

Definition of the Differentiated Services Field (DS Field) in the IPv4 and IPv6 Headers

C

C

RFC 2616

Hypertext Transfer Protocol-HTTP/1.1

C

C

RFC 2976

The SIP INFO Method

NA

C

RFC 3261

SIP: Session Initiation Protocol

NA

PC

MRFC+MRFP supports SIP:

• Transport of SIP over UDP/IPv4 or TCP/IPv4

• SIP methods INVITE, re-INVITE, ACK, PRACK, CANCEL, OPTIONS, and BYE

• SIP headers Allow, Call-ID, Contact, Content-Length, Content-Type, CSeq, From, Max-Forwards, Record-Route, Require, To, and Via. However, as MRF does not support resolving of domain names, message routing cannot be performed as defined in the standard, if URIs in related headers use domain names.

• Content-Type application/sdp

MRFC+MRFP does not support:

• Secure SIP (SIPS)

• Resolving of domain names in SIP headers

For the supported procedures, refer to the MRF NetAnn support for MTAS IWD (1/155 19-CRA 119 1440/10 Uen Rev B).

RFC 3311

The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) UPDATE Method

C

C

RFC 3389

Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) Payload for Comfort Noise (CN)

PC

PC

Supported only for EVRC codec.

RFC 3410

Introduction and Applicability Statements for Internet Standard Management Framework

NA

NA

Descriptive Specification

RFC 3411

An Architecture for Describing Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Management Frameworks

NA

NA

Descriptive Specification

RFC 3412

Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

PC

PC

Used only for alarms.

RFC 3413

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Applications

PC

PC

Used only for alarms.

RFC 3414

User-based Security Model (USM) for version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv3)

PC

PC

Used only for alarms.

RFC 3415

View-based Access Control Model (VACM) for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

NI

NI

RFC 3416

Version 2 of the Protocol Operations for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

PC

PC

Used only for alarms.

RFC 3417

Transport Mappings for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

PC

PC

Used only for alarms.

RFC 3418

Management Information Base (MIB) for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

NI

NI

RFC 3550

RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time Applications.

PC

PC

Exceptions:

• RTCP uses 5 s sending interval

• SR, RR, SDES (CNAME) and BYE packets supported

RFC 3551

RTP Profile for Audio and Video Conferences with Minimal Control

PC

PC

Exceptions:

• Only PCM A-law, PCM μ-law, G.722, and G.729 codecs are supported

• Silence suppression is not supported

RFC 3558

RTP Payload Format for Enhanced Variable Rate Codecs (EVRC) and Selectable Mode Vocoders (SMV)

C

C

• SMV and SMV0 MIME types are not supported.

• EVRC Interleaved/Bundled packet format is supported only with Interleave length 0.

RFC 3584

Coexistence between Version 1, Version 2, and Version 3 of the Internet-standard Network Management Framework

PC

PC

RFC 3826

The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Cipher Algorithm in the SNMP User-based Security Model

PC

PC

Not implemented:

• Key Localization

• Password Storage

RFC 3986

Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax

C

C

Only the HTTP scheme is supported in the URI for locating announcements.

RFC 4028

Session Timers in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)

C

C

RFC 4240

Basic Network Media Services with SIP

NA

PC

Functions not supported in MRF:

• Prompt and Collect using vXML

• Secure SIP

• For additional information about the Mr interface, refer to the MRF NetAnn support for MTAS IWD (1/155 19-CRA 119 1440/10 Uen Rev B).

RFC 4291

IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture

C

C

RFC 4443

Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification

C

NA

RFC 4566

SDP: Session Description Protocol

C

C

MRFP:

Refer to the SoC for 3GPP TS 29.333.

RFC 4582

The Binary Floor Control Protocol (BFCP)

PC

NI

MRFP:

The following BFCP primitives supported:

• FloorRequest

• FloorRequestStatus

• FloorStatus

• FloorRelease

• Hello

• HelloAck

• Error

If MRFP receives unsupported primitive, it is responded with Error code Unsupported Primitive.

RFC 4583

Session Description Protocol (SDP) Format for Binary Floor Control Protocol (BFCP) Streams

PC

NI

MRFP:

• MRFP accepts the TCP connection only from the port which was specified in the SDP

• MRFP supports only TCP/BFCP transport

• MRFP acts only as a floor control server role

• MRFP supports only passive role on TCP connection establishment

RFC 4585

Extended RTP Profile for Real-time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP)-Based Feedback (RTP/AVPF)

PC

NI

Only the following functions are supported in MRFP:

• Immediate feedback mode

• Nack mode (PLI)

• Transport layer FB messages (PLI,FIR)

• Payload-specific FB messages (packet resend request via Generic Nack)

RFC 4588

RTP Retransmission Payload Format

PC

NI

MRFP:

Only the Multiplexing Scheme SSRC-multiplexing is supported.

RFC 4733

RTP Payload for DTMF Digits, Telephony Tones and Telephony Signals

PC

PC

• Only DTMF telephone events are supported in DTMF interworking cases.

• Only DTMF telephone events 0–15 are supported

RFC 4788

Enhancements to RTP Payload Formats for EVRC Family Codecs

C

C

RFC 4855

MIME Type Registration of RTP Payload Formats

PC

PC

Only PCM A-law, PCM μ-law, G.722, and G.729 codecs are supported

RFC 4867

RTP Payload Format and File Storage Format for the Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR) and Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband (AMR-WB) Audio Codecs

C

C

RFC 4960

Stream Control Transmission Protocol

C

NI

MRFP;

IPv6 addresses and path MTU discovery mechanism not supported

RFC 5022

Media Server Control Markup Language (MSCML) and Protocol

NA

PC

Only IVR Playing Announcements <play>, Prompt and Collect <playcollect>, Configure Conference <configure_conference>, and Configure Leg <configure_leg> are supported.

RFC 5104

Codec Control Messages in the RTP Audio-Visual Profile with Feedback (AVPF)

PC

NI

MRFP:

Only CCM FIR supported

RFC 5404

RTP Payload Format for G.719

C

C

Exceptions:

• Only bit rates 128 kbps mono and 2×64 kbps stereo supported

• Only Basic mode is supported

• 20 ms of speech per RTP packet (ptime 20 ms) is used

• No interleaving parameters are supported (required in SDP answer if offer has them)

RFC 5952

A Recommendation for IPv6 Address Text Representation

C

C

RFC 6184

RTP Payload Format for H.264 Video

C

NI

MRFP:

• Only the Baseline profile supported

• Only the packetization modes 0 and 1 supported

• Supported optional parameters: max-mbps, max-smbps, max-fs, max-cpb, max-dpb, and max-br.

• Only in-band parameter sets supported

RFC 6241

Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)

PC

PC

• Only <running> data store is supported. Therefore <copy-config> and <delete-config> operations are not supported as they are not applicable for <running> data store.

• XML namespaces in NETCONF request are ignored.

• The <lock> and <unlock> operations are not supported. The MOs are implicitly locked when they are edited in an ongoing operation.

• The remove operation is not supported for <edit-config> operation.

• Filtering on XML attributes, namespace, structure name, and unset MO attribute for NETCONF subtree filter is not supported.

The following capabilities are not supported:

• XPath Capability

• Validate Capability

• Candidate Configuration Capability

• Distinct Startup Capability

• URL Capability

RFC 6386

VP8 Data Format and Decoding Guide

C

C

The RTP for VP8 is handled according to IETF draft-ietf-payload-vp8-09 RTP Payload Format for VP8 Video.

RFC 6716

Definition of the Opus Audio Codec

C

C

Also compliant to the IETF draft-ietf-payload-rtp-opus-01. The encoder supports up to 40 ms packet size. The decoder supports 40 ms and smaller packet sizes.

RFC 6884

RTP Payload Format for the Enhanced Variable Rate Narrowband-Wideband Codec (EVRC-NW)

C

C

https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-secsh-filexfer-02

SSH File Transfer Protocol, version 3

C

C

The Performance management data can be transported to external server according to IETF draft SSH File Transfer Protocol, version 3.

MRFP

MRFC+MRFP

IEEE 802.2 (1998 Edition)

Local and metropolitan area networks.

Specific requirements

Part 2: Logical Link Control

PC

PC

Partly Compliant.

• DIX (Ethernet II) formatted frames are supported

• LLC/SNAP not supported

MRFP

MRFC+MRFP

PRD IR.92, v7.1

IMS Profile for Voice and SMS

PC

PC

For applicable parts, refer to GSMA PRD IR.92 Statement of Compliance (2/174 02-HSC 113 06 Uen).

PRD IR.94, v6.0

IMS Profile for Conversational Video Service

PC

PC

For applicable parts, refer to GSMA PRD IR.94 Statement of Compliance (3/174 02-HSC 113 06 Uen).