This object describes the packet classification configured on the CM or CMTS. The model is that a packet either received as input from an interface or transmitted for output on an interface may be compared against an ordered list of rules pertaining to the packet contents. Each rule is an instance of this object. A matching rule provides a Service Flow ID to which the packet is classified. All rules need to match for a packet to match a classifier.

The attributes in this row correspond to a set of Classifier Encoding parameters in a DOCSIS MAC management message. The BitMap attribute indicates which particular parameters were present in the classifier as signaled in the DOCSIS message. If the referenced parameter was not present in the signaled Classifier, the corresponding attribute in this instance reports a value as specified by that attribute description.