CONTENTS

 1     Scope
 2     Normative references
 3     Definitions
 4     Abbreviations
 5     Conventions
 6     General description
 7     Services provided by the SSCF-CONS
 8     Functions of the SSCF-CONS
 9     Elements for Layer-to-Layer Communication
        9.1     Primitives between SSCF-CONS and SCF
        9.2     Signals between SSCF-CONS and SSCF-CONS Layer Management
        9.3     Signals between SSCF-CONS and SSCOP
        9.4     State transition diagram for sequences of signals at the layer boundaries of SSCF-CONS
10     Protocol elements for Peer-to-Peer Communication
       10.1     SSCF-CONS PDUs
       10.2     SSCF-CONS PDU formats
       10.3     SSCF-CONS PDU fields
       10.4     SSCF-CONS state variables
       10.5     SSCF-CONS timers
       10.6     SSCF-CONS protocol parameter
11     Specification of the SSCF-CONS
       11.1     Overview
       11.2     State Transition Table
       11.3     SDL diagrams
Annex A – Management error indications
Annex B – Default values for SSCOP parameters and timers
Annex C – Expedited Data Transfer Service
        C.1     Protocol elements for peer-to-peer communication
        C.2     Specification of the Expedited Data service procedure
Annex D – Receipt Confirmation service
        D.1     Protocol elements for peer-to-peer communication
        D.2     Specification of the Receipt Confirmation service procedure
Annex E – Quality of Service parameter negotiation
        E.1     Parameters and their negotiation for the “Empty” QOS set
        E.2     Parameters and their negotiation for the “Standard CONS” QOS set
Annex F – Supplementary specification for the SCF (Recommendation Q.923)
        F.1     Selection of predicates
        F.2     Mapping of the C-plane Sub-N-Service
Appendix I – N(u)-primitive sequences at the UNI for connection establishment, reset, and release within the U‑plane and their relationship to AA-signals and SSCOP PDU sequences
Appendix II – Further considerations for the default values for the SSCOP parameters and timers
       II.1     Definitions
       II.2     Goal 
       II.3     Frame size
       II.4     Qualitative analysis
       II.5     Conclusion