CONTENTS

Summary     i
Source     i
FOREWORD     ii
CONTENTS     iii
 1     Scope  1
 2     Normative references  1
        2.1     Identical Recommendations | International Standards  1
 3     Definitions and abbreviations  1
        3.1     Terms defined in the OSI Basic Reference Model1
        3.2     Abbreviations defined in the OSI Basic Reference Model2
        3.3     Abbreviations defined in this Recommendation  2
 4     Notation  2
 5     Description of multi-peer2
        5.1     Definitions  2
        5.2     Description  2
 6     Group descriptions  3
        6.1     Definitions  3
        6.2     Descriptions  3
        6.3     Group characteristics  4
        6.4     Naming and addressing  5
        6.5     Active Group Integrity (AGI)6
        6.6     Ordering  6
        6.7     Synchronization  7
 7     Model of multi-peer communications  8
        7.1     Group Association (GA)8
        7.2     Group Connection  9
        7.3     Relationship among GA, GC and Groups  10
 8     Quality of Service (QoS)11
        8.1     Levels of QoS agreement12
        8.2     QoS negotiation  12
 9     Phases of multi-peer communication  13
        9.1     Multicast-group creation phase  13
        9.2     Registration/de registration phase  13
        9.3     Enrollment/de-enrollment phase  13
        9.4     Activation/deactivation  14
        9.5     Data transfer phase  15