1. Requester NSA Provider NSA & NRM Transport plane X = clock skew Y = Prov. delay ProvNSA initiates provisioning at t=A’-X-M-Y Provisioning occurs at t=A-M A Key A reqNSA start time A’ provNSA start time X Clock skew between reqNSA and provNSA Y Provisioning delay M Margin A’ M = margin Automatic Provisioning timing detail: Requester NSA sets start time Provision message Provision confirmation

2. Requester NSA Provider NSA & NRM Transport plane X = clock skew Y = Prov. delay ProvNSA initiates provisioning at t=A’-X-M-Y Provisioning occurs at t=A-M A Key A reqNSA start time A’ provNSA start time X Clock skew between reqNSA and provNSA Y Provisioning delay M Margin A’ M = margin Provision message Provision confirmation ‘User’ Automatic Provisioning timing detail: user sets start time

3. Requester NSA Provider NSA & NRM Transport plane X = clock skew Y = Prov. delay ProvNSA initiates de-provisioning at t=B’+X+M de-provisioning begins at t=B+M B Key B reqNSA end time B’ provNSA end time X Clock skew between reqNSA and provNSA Y Provisioning delay M Margin Note: this assumes connection can no-longer be guaranteed from beginning of de-provisioning B’ M = margin de-provisioning ends at t=B+M+Y De-provision message De-provision confirmation Automatic de-provisioning timing detail: Requester NSA sets start time

4. Requester NSA Provider NSA & NRM Transport plane X = clock skew Y = Prov. delay ProvNSA initiates de-provisioning at t=B’+X+M de-provisioning begins at t=B+M B Key B reqNSA end time B’ provNSA end time X Clock skew between reqNSA and provNSA Y Provisioning delay M Margin Note: this assumes connection can no-longer be guaranteed from beginning of de-provisioning B’ M = margin de-provisioning ends at t=B+M+Y De-provision message De-provision confirmation ‘User’ Automatic de-provisioning timing detail: user sets start time