Understanding the meaningful of the vanishing data on the boundary of a half space. (Hormander)

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Hi, I am reading about the concept of a characteristic Cauchy problem in Hormander's books, but not understanding the following:

Question. What is the meaningful of vanishing data on the boundary of the half space when this is characteristic with respect to the operator $P(D)$?