association CIM_NextServiceAfterMeter


Description:

This association describes a predecessor-successor relationship between a MeterService and one or more ConditioningService objects that process traffic from the meter. For example, for devices that implement preamble marking, the FollowingService reference (after the meter) is a PreambleMarkerService - to record the results of the metering in the preamble. It might be expected that the NextServiceAfterMeter association would subclass from NextService. However, meters are 1:n fan-out elements, and require a mechanism to distinguish between the different results/outputs of the meter. Therefore, this association defines a new key property, MeterResult, which is used to record the result and identify the output through which this traffic left the meter.

Definition:

Feature Type Class Origin Qualifiers
PrecedingService CIM_MeterService CIM_NextServiceAfterMeter
Key TRUE
Description The preceding MeterService, 'earlier' in the processing sequence for a packet.
FollowingService CIM_ConditioningService CIM_NextServiceAfterMeter
Key TRUE
Description The 'next' or following ConditioningService.
MeterResult uint16 CIM_NextServiceAfterMeter
Key TRUE
Description Information on the result of the metering. Traffic is distinguished as being conforming, non-conforming, or partially conforming. More complicated metering can be built either by extending the enumeration or by cascading meters.
ValueMap 0, 1, 2, 3
Values "Unknown" [0]
"Conforming" [1]
"Partially Conforming" [2]
"Non-Conforming" [3]

Typographical Conventions:

  1. Inherited properties are italicized.
  2. Local properties are bolded.
  3. Key properties are highlighted in gold

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