Table of Contents

 1     Scope          
 2     References 
 3     Definitions 
        3.1     Terms defined elsewhere           
        3.2     Terms defined in this Recommendation 
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms
 5     Conventions             
 6     Overview of SCNs   
 7     Configurations for SCN applications 
        7.1     Basic operations for SCN applications   
        7.2     Decentralized configuration for SCN applications             
        7.3     Transitional configurations for SCN applications              
 8     Service requirements of SCN applications       
        8.1     Connectivity   
        8.2     Mobility support           
        8.3     Context awareness       
        8.4     Location awareness      
        8.5     Presence awareness      
        8.6     Traffic and load awareness        
        8.7     Fault awareness            
        8.8     Routing            
        8.9     Load balancing             
       8.10     Scalability     
       8.11     Fault tolerance             
       8.12     Quality of service (QoS)           
       8.13     Management  
       8.14     Pledging of security of decisions            
       8.15     Open service environment (OSE) support           
       8.16     NGN service integration and delivery environment (NGN-SIDE) support 
       8.17     Mass mobile user terminal support        
       8.18     Emergency management applications    
 9     Security considerations         
Appendix I – Use case of SCN for verification    
        I.1     Errors in decisions        
        I.2     Verification     
        I.3     Examples of verification applications     
Appendix II – Use case of SCN for emergency management    
Bibliography