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Network Capabilities (Network Services) for Content Production & Contribution

Quality of Service

• Ability to request different QoS profiles for individual data flows coming from the same production device node
• Ability to separate media/data flows coming from the same production device node
  • Delivery to endpoint (Application Media Server) may be identified by security/protocol/IP/port
• Ability to configure new or re-configure existing QoS profiles to be selected during runtime
• Ability to select at runtime a QoS profile for a media flow
• Ability to receive ACK (success/fail)

Information monitoring, logging and/or Network assistance

• Ability to receive information from the network
  • real-time for QoS profile re-selection and/or e.g. codec reconfiguration, bitrate reconfiguration
  • during runtime for troubleshooting
  • after the session (logging information) for post-processing

Time Synchronization

• Ability to enable distribution of timing information

Out of scope

• Tag the combination device+stream+flow with a human-readable identifier that can be mapped to an IP address and port number (e.g. applying the NMOS framework).

Considerations on Devices

Device Identification

• Ability to obtain uniquely identify a devices against the network operator

Data flow identifier

• Ability to identify the different data flows within a device