C.3 Registration of MIME type "application/simpleSymbolContainer"

26.3463GPPMultimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS)Protocols and codecsRelease 17TS

The MIME Type "application/simpleSymbolContainer" denotes that the message body is a simple container of encoding symbols for the file repair procedure (clause 9.3.5.2 – File Repair Response Message Format for HTTP Carriage of Repair Data).

Type name: application

Subtype name: simpleSymbolContainer

Required parameters:

None

Optional parameters:

None

Encoding considerations:

The content is binary and if transported in a protocol not capable of handling binary content then the object must be encoded, for example using base64 [82].

Security considerations:

The content of this media type are either source or repair symbols part of a binary file object. Thus it security considerations depends on the security requirements on the file object. As modification of the response message may corrupt the complete file object due to the FEC repair operations, integrity protection is recommended. Source authentication is also recommended to prevent man in the middle or spoofing attacks resulting in erroneous repair symbols.

Interoperability considerations:

None

Published specification:

3GPP TS 26.346

Applications which use this media type:

3GPP MBMS based applications

Additional information:

Magic number(s): None

File extension(s):

Macintosh file type code(s):

Person & email address to contact for further information:

Magnus Westerlund (magnus.westerlund@ericsson.com)
3GPP TSG SA WG4

Intended usage: COMMON

Restrictions on usage:

None

Author:

3GPP TSG SA WG4

Change controller:

3GPP TSG SA WG4