AQP

An AQP is an ordered set of entries defining application-aware policy (actions) for IP flows diverted to a specific AA ISA group. The IP flow match criteria are based on application identification (application or application group name) but are expected to use additional match criteria such as ASO characteristic value, IP header information or AA subscriber ID, for example.

When ASO characteristic values are used in application profiles, the characteristics values can be further used to subdivide an AQP into policy subsets applicable only to a subset of AA subscribers with a specific value of an ASO characteristic in their profile. This allows to, for example, subdivide AQP into policies applicable to a specific service option (MOS iVideo Service), specific subscriber class (Broadband service tier, VPN, Customer X), or a combination of both.

A system without AQP defined has statistics generated but does not impact the traffic that is flowing through the system. However, it is recommended that an AQP policy is configured with at least default bandwidth and flow policing entries to ensure a fair access to AA ISA bandwidth/flow resources for all AA subscribers serviced by a specific AA ISA.

AQP rules consist of match and action criteria:

AQP Entry <#> = <Match Criteria> AND <Match Criteria> <action> <action>