RFC 3318 (rfc3318) - Page 2 of 70

Framework Policy Information Base

RFC 3318           Framework Policy Information Base          March 2003


Table of Contents

   Conventions used in this document.................................2
   1. Glossary.......................................................2
   2. General PIB Concepts...........................................3
     2.1. Roles......................................................3
       2.1.1. An Example.............................................5
     2.2. Management of Role-Combinations from the PDP...............6
     2.3. Updating a Request State...................................7
       2.3.1 Full Request State......................................8
       2.3.2 Installing PRIs in a Request............................8
       2.3.3 Updating PRIs in a Request..............................8
       2.3.4 Removing PRIs from a Request............................9
       2.3.5 Removing EXTENDED, AUGMENTED PRIs.......................9
       2.3.6 Error Handling in Request updates.......................9
     2.4. Multiple PIB Instances....................................10
     2.5. Reporting and Configuring of Device Capabilities..........11
     2.6. Reporting of Device Limitations...........................12
   3. The Framework TC PIB module...................................12
   4. Summary of the Framework PIB..................................17
     4.1. Base PIB classes Group....................................17
     4.2. Device Capabilities group.................................19
     4.3. Classifier group..........................................20
     4.4. Marker group..............................................20
   5. The Framework PIB Module......................................21
   6. Security Considerations.......................................66
   7. IANA Considerations...........................................67
   8. References....................................................67
     8.1 Normative References.......................................67
     8.2 Informative References.....................................68
   9. Acknowledgments...............................................68
   10. Authors' Addresses...........................................69
   11. Full Copyright Statement.....................................70

Conventions used in this document

   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 [RFC 2119].

1. Glossary

   PRC    PRovisioning Class.  A type of policy data.  See [POLTERM].
   PRI    PRovisioning Instance.  An instance of a PRC.  See [POLTERM].
   PIB    Policy Information Base.  The database of policy information.
          See [POLTERM]
   PDP    Policy Decision Point.  See [RAP-FRAMEWORK].
   PEP    Policy Enforcement Point.  See [RAP-FRAMEWORK].



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