SECMP0062 Northbound Application Traffic Management - Alert Storm Protection

This modification proposes to enable the implementation of a traffic management solution to protect the DCC system and Service Users against alert storms originating from a single device.

The proposed solution is to provide Alert Storm protection through a DCC designed mechanism which will count the number of Alerts originating from a specific Device within a defined time window. If the Device sends the same Alert above a pre-determined threshold value, the mechanism will discard excess Alerts from the Device and only forward one copy of that Alert in a designated period agreed by the DCC on to the intended Users.

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SEC Section H 'DCC Services'
SEC Appendix AB 'Service Request Processing Document'
SEC Appendix AD 'DCC User Interface Specification'