A PolicyDecisionPoint is a type of PolicyApplication. It makes policy decisions for itself or for other entities that request such decisions, such as PolicyEnforcementPoints (PEPs) and PolicyExecutionPoints (PXPs). One or more PolicyDecisionPoints are contained in a PolicyServer.

PDPs use policies to configure or answer queries from policy-capable network elements or from an operator of the PBNM system. An example of a query is an RSVP admission request - a decision must be made to either accept or reject the request by the receiving network element. Since the network element doesn't have any idea about the overall state of the network, it makes a request of the PDP, asking the PDP if the RSVP request should be allowed. Thus, the PDP serves as the interface between the network and higher level processes.

Attributes
ManagedEntity	_managedEntity
PolicyEnforcementPoint	_policyEnforcementPoint
PolicyExecutionPoint	_policyExecutionPoint

Attributes inherited from  SID Models::Common Domain::Policy ABE::Policy Application ABE::PolicyApplication

_policyDomain,  _policyApplicationRole,  _managedEntity2,  _policy,  _policyServer

Attributes inherited from  SID Models::Common Domain::Root Business Entities ABE::Entity

_entityIdentification,  _entityRole,  managedEntity,  characteristicValue

Attributes inherited from  SID Models::Common Domain::Root Business Entities ABE::RootEntity

_rootEntityType,  _revenueAssuranceParmValue,  _characteristicValue,  name,  description,  ID,  metric,  _monitoredMetricInstancesCriteria,  directedEdge,  vertex,  entityCatalogItem,  rootEntityGroupMember,  rootEntityGroup,  rootEntityRelationship,  rootEntityRelationship2,  associationRole,  entitySpecificationAttachment,  interactionUseCase,  interactionResult

 _managedEntity

Public ManagedEntity _managedEntity

Constraints:

Properties:

Aggregation	None
Alias
Association	DecisionRequestedDetails
Association End
Class	PolicyDecisionPoint
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Composite	false
Is Derived	false
Is Derived Union	false
Is Leaf	false
Is Ordered	false
Is Read Only	false
Is Static	false
Is Unique	false
Keywords
Lower	0
Lower Value	(0)
Multiplicity	*
Name	_managedEntity
Name Expression
Namespace	PolicyDecisionPoint
Opposite	_policyDecisionPoint
Owner	PolicyDecisionPoint
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified Name	SID Models::Common Domain::Policy ABE::Policy Application ABE::Policy Server ABE::PolicyDecisionPoint::_managedEntity
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type	ManagedEntity
Upper	*
Upper Value	(*)
Visibility	Public

 _policyEnforcementPoint

Public PolicyEnforcementPoint _policyEnforcementPoint

Constraints:

Properties:

Aggregation	None
Alias
Association	PEPDirectionDetails
Association End
Class	PolicyDecisionPoint
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Composite	false
Is Derived	false
Is Derived Union	false
Is Leaf	false
Is Ordered	false
Is Read Only	false
Is Static	false
Is Unique	false
Keywords
Lower	1
Lower Value	(1)
Multiplicity	1..*
Name	_policyEnforcementPoint
Name Expression
Namespace	PolicyDecisionPoint
Opposite	_policyDecisionPoint
Owner	PolicyDecisionPoint
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified Name	SID Models::Common Domain::Policy ABE::Policy Application ABE::Policy Server ABE::PolicyDecisionPoint::_policyEnforcementPoint
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type	PolicyEnforcementPoint
Upper	*
Upper Value	(*)
Visibility	Public

 _policyExecutionPoint

Public PolicyExecutionPoint _policyExecutionPoint

Constraints:

Properties:

Aggregation	None
Alias
Association	PXPDirectionDetails
Association End
Class	PolicyDecisionPoint
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Composite	false
Is Derived	false
Is Derived Union	false
Is Leaf	false
Is Ordered	false
Is Read Only	false
Is Static	false
Is Unique	false
Keywords
Lower	1
Lower Value	(1)
Multiplicity	1..*
Name	_policyExecutionPoint
Name Expression
Namespace	PolicyDecisionPoint
Opposite	_policyDecisionPoint
Owner	PolicyDecisionPoint
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified Name	SID Models::Common Domain::Policy ABE::Policy Application ABE::Policy Server ABE::PolicyDecisionPoint::_policyExecutionPoint
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type	PolicyExecutionPoint
Upper	*
Upper Value	(*)
Visibility	Public