Specification of 3GPP IM CN Subsystem XML body handling
draft-bakker-sipping-3gpp-ims-xml-body-handling-07

SIPPING Working Group                                     J. Bakker, Ed.
Internet-Draft                                  Research In Motion (RIM)
Intended status: Experimental                           December 2, 2011
Expires: June 4, 2012

        Specification of 3GPP IM CN Subsystem XML body handling
           draft-bakker-sipping-3gpp-ims-xml-body-handling-07

Abstract

   This document registers new disposition-types for the Content-
   Disposition header field that apply to the application/3gpp-ims+xml
   body used by 3GPP.  The applicability of these content-disposition
   values are limited to 3GPP IMS.  The application/3gpp-ims+xml body
   has the following three distinct uses: (1) for redirecting the
   emergency session to use a different domain (e.g. using a Circuit
   Switched call), (2) for delivering user profile specific information
   from the SIP registrar to an Application Server, and (3) for causing
   a UAC to attempt to re-register with the IMS.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Overall Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

   2.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

   3.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

   4.  Background for the new disposition-types for the
       Content-Disposition header field  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
     4.1.  The application/3gpp-ims+xml MIME type with content
           disposition 3gpp-alternative-service  . . . . . . . . . . . 4
     4.2.  Example application/3gpp-ims+xml MIME body with type
           XML element set to emergency  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
     4.3.  The application/3gpp-ims+xml MIME type with content
           disposition 3gpp-service-info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
       4.3.1.  Example application/3gpp-ims+xml body . . . . . . . . . 5

   5.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

   6.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

   7.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

   8.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
     8.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
     8.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

   Appendix A.  Revision Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
     A.1.  version 00  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
     A.2.  version 01  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
     A.3.  version 02  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
     A.4.  version 03  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
     A.5.  version 04  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
     A.6.  version 05  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
     A.7.  version 06  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
     A.8.  version 06  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

   Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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1.  Overall Applicability

   This document makes certain assumptions regarding network topology
   and the existence of transitive trust.  These assumptions are
   generally NOT APPLICABLE in the Internet as a whole.  The mechanism
   specified here was designed to satisfy the requirements specified by
   the 3rd Generation Partnership Project for IP multimedia subsystem
   (IMS) for which either no general-purpose solution was found, where
   insufficient operational experience was available to understand if a
   general solution is needed, or where a more general solution is not
   yet mature.

2.  Introduction

   New disposition-types for the Content-Disposition header field can
   only be registered with IANA according to procedures defined in
   Section 9 of [1].

   The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) (http://www.3gpp.org)
   is specifying the IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) where SIP is the
   protocol used to establish media sessions across different
   participants.

   This document registers new disposition-types for the Content-
   Disposition header field: 3gpp-alternative-service and 3gpp-service-
   info, to address specific requirements of the IMS.  The new
   disposition-types may not be applicable to the general Internet.  The
   new disposition types are applicable to the "application/
   3gpp-ims+xml" MIME type [5].

3.  Terminology

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in [2].

   The term "Application Server" (AS) is introduced in this document.

   An "Application Server" as referred to here is a SIP network server
   that performs network based functions.  The AS can act as a SIP Proxy
   as defined in [3] or a back-to-back UA (B2BUA) as defined in [3]
   based on the functions it needs to perform.  There can be one or more
   ASes involved in a SIP session.

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4.  Background for the new disposition-types for the Content-Disposition
    header field

4.1.  The application/3gpp-ims+xml MIME type with content disposition
      3gpp-alternative-service

   In the IMS it is possible that a UA attempts to place an emergency
   call when the IMS network does not support emergency services.  The
   edge proxy detects the emergency call and can redirect the UE using a
   SIP 380 (Alternative Service) to place the emergency call using
   another domain (e.g. using a Circuit Switched network) or using
   another registration context, if a type XML element in the MIME body
   is set to "emergency".

   Section 21.3.5 of [3] specifies that, for the SIP 380 (Alternative
   Service) response, alternative services are described in the message
   body of the response.  In IMS, for the purpose of indicating
   alternative domains, a SIP 380 (Alternative Service) response will
   include a MIME body and a Content-Type header field set to
   "application/3gpp-ims+xml".

   It is further possible that one or more UASes in the network
   experience service interuptions, e.g. when forwarding a (non-
   emergency) service request from a UAC.  For example, there is no
   response to the service request and its retransmissions, a 3xx
   response or a 480 (Temporarily Unavailable) response is received for
   the request, the UAS does not have a needed user profile (e.g. due to
   restart or the UAS) and the attempt to retrieve the user profile
   fails.  The UAS then responds with a 504 (Server Time-out), including
   a MIME body and a Content-Type header field set to "application/
   3gpp-ims+xml".  Upon receiving the response, the UAC then creates
   another registration context in an attempt to restore the services,
   if a type XML element in the MIME body is set to "restoration".

   Such configurations are generally not applicable to the internet as a
   whole where such trust relationships do not exist.

   In addition security issues have only been considered for networks
   which are trusted and use hop by hop security mechanisms with
   transitive trust and security issues with usage of this mechanism in
   the general internet have not been evaluated.

4.2.  Example application/3gpp-ims+xml MIME body with type XML element
      set to emergency

      <ims-3gpp version="1">

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         <alternative-service>
            <type>emergency</type>
            <reason/>
         </alternative-service>
      </ims-3gpp>

4.3.  The application/3gpp-ims+xml MIME type with content disposition
      3gpp-service-info

   In 3GPP IMS the SIP registrar (S-CSCF) can perform a third party
   registration to an AS.  The SIP registrar downloads User Profile
   information and can transparently transfer User Profile specific
   information to the AS using a body of MIME type "application/
   3gpp-ims+xml" in a SIP REGISTER request.  In the example in Section
   4.2.1, an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) is
   transferred.

4.3.1.  Example application/3gpp-ims+xml body

      <ims-3gpp version="1">
         <service-info>
            262013564857956
         </service-info>
      </ims-3gpp>

5.  Security Considerations

   It is necessary to protect the messages between proxies;
   implementation SHOULD use a transport that provides integrity and
   confidentially between the signaling hops.  The Transport Layer
   Security (TLS) [4] based signaling in SIP can be used to provide this
   protection.

   Security issues have only been considered for networks which are
   trusted and use hop by hop security mechanisms with transitive trust
   and security issues with usage of this mechanism in the general
   internet have not been evaluated.

6.  IANA Considerations

   This document registers new disposition-types for the Content-
   Disposition header field that apply to the "application/3gpp-ims+xml"
   body used by 3GPP and are to be registered in the IANA registry for
   Mail Content Disposition Values and Parameters:

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      o 3gpp-alternative-service: the body contains 3GPP IM CN subsystem
      XML with the 'alternative-service' XML element as described in
      Section 4.1; and

      o 3gpp-service-info: the body contains 3GPP IM CN subsystem XML
      with the 'service-info' XML element as described in Section 4.2.

7.  Acknowledgements

   The author would like to thank Andrew Allen, Dean Willis, Cullen
   Jennings, Victor Pascual Avila, Christopher Wong for their guidance
   and comments that contributed to the progression of this work.

8.  References

8.1.  Normative References

   [1]  Troost, R., Dorner, S., and K. Moore, "Communicating
        Presentation Information in Internet Messages: The Content-
        Disposition Header Field", RFC 2183, August 1997.

   [2]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement
        Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

   [3]  Rosenberg, J., Schulzrinne, H., Camarillo, G., Johnston, A.,
        Peterson, J., Sparks, R., Handley, M., and E. Schooler, "SIP:
        Session Initiation Protocol", RFC 3261, June 2002.

   [4]  Dierks, T. and E. Rescorla, "The Transport Layer Security (TLS)
        Protocol Version 1.1", RFC 4346, April 2006.

8.2.  Informative References

   [5]  3GPP, "IP Multimedia Call Control Protocol based on Session
        Initiation Protocol (SIP) and Session Description Protocol
        (SDP); Stage 3 (Release 8)", 3GPP TS 24.229 V8.8.0, June 2009.

Appendix A.  Revision Information

A.1.  version 00
   1.  2008-02-12, Initial version

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A.2.  version 01
   1.  2008-07-02, Updated reference and further aligned 3GPP TS 24.229
       and this document

A.3.  version 02
   1.  2009-03-01, Corrected "header" into "header field"

A.4.  version 03
   1.  2010-02-23, no changes
   2.  2011-02-09, no changes

A.5.  version 04
   1.  2010-09-28, Introduces the case of addressing the MIME body's use
       for indicating the need to re-register with the IMS
   2.  2010-09-28, Updates the reference to 3GPP TS 24.229
   3.  2010-09-28, Introduces a reference to
       draft-patel-ecrit-sos-parameter-10

A.6.  version 05
   1.  2011-02-09, Editorially correct "registeration context" into
       "registration context"
   2.  2011-02-09, Removed the reference to
       draft-patel-ecrit-sos-parameter-10

A.7.  version 06
   1.  2011-02-21, corrected, and changed, XML element name from "3gpp-
       ims" to "ims-3gpp"
   2.  2011-02-21, Updated address information of author

A.8.  version 06
   1.  2011-12-02, Updated address information of author

Author's Address

   John-Luc Bakker (editor)
   Research In Motion (RIM)
   5000 Riverside Drive, building 6, suite 100
   Irving, Texas  75039
   USA

   Phone: unlisted
   Fax:   unlisted
   Email: jbakker@rim.com

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