These groupings can contain sub groupings or just parameters. 

Parameter/Parameter Grouping  Description 

SERVICE ID 

Uniquely identifies the service to the customer 

CONTRACT ID 

Uniquely identifies the SLA in conjunction with the 

SERVICE ID 

SERVICE NAME 

Parameter to indicate the name of the Service 

SERVICE AVAILABILITY 

Parameter to indicate required service availability 

SERVICE PERFORMANCE 

Parameter to indicate required service performance 

SLA VIOLATION ACTION 

Grouping of parameters that define the action to take if 

an SLA violation occurs 

SLA REPORTING INFO 

Grouping of parameters concerning SLA reporting 

SERVICE REQUESTS PER 

Parameter to indicate number of requests per second to 

SECOND LIMIT 

the service that the SLA can be applied to 

SERVICE ERROR HEADER 

Identifies the header to be returned by the service 

provider in the case of a backend component failure 

that results in a service failure but which returns a 

valid HTTP reply 

Table 6: Table of General Parameter Groupings 

Grouping 

Description 

REFERED OBJECTS PERFORMANCE 

Grouping of parameters for requests to 

PARAMETERS 

referred URLs  

SERVICE MAPPINGS 

Grouping of service function parameters 

Table 7: QoSParameter Groupings