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draft-chen-pce-pcc-ted-02
PCE Working Group                                                H. Chen
Internet-Draft                                       Huawei Technologies
Intended status: Standards Track                                  M. Toy
Expires: September 14, 2017                                      Verizon
                                                                  X. Liu
                                                                   Jabil
                                                                  L. Liu
                                                                 Fujitsu
                                                                   Z. Li
                                                            China Mobile
                                                          March 13, 2017

                         Static PCEP Link State
                       draft-chen-pce-pcc-ted-02

Abstract

   This document presents extensions to the Path Computation Element
   Communication Protocol (PCEP) for a PCC to advertise the information
   about the links without running IGP and for a PCE to build a TED
   based on the information received.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  Conventions Used in This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   4.  Link Information  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   5.  Extensions to PCEP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     5.1.  Extension to Existing Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
       5.1.1.  TLVs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
       5.1.2.  Sub-TLVs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     5.2.  Procedures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
       5.2.1.  PCC Procedures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
       5.2.2.  PCE Procedures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   7.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   8.  Acknowledgement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   9.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     9.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     9.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   Appendix A.  New Message  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11

1.  Introduction

   A PCE architecture is described in RFC 4655, in which a Traffic
   Engineering Database (TED) for a PCE is constructed based on the link
   information from IGP (OSPF or IS-IS) running in the domain for which
   the PCE is responsible.

   For a domain without running IGP, the PCE responsible for the domain
   may obtain the link information from a PCC running on each node in
   the domain.

   This document presents extensions to the Path Computation Element
   Communication Protocol (PCEP) for a PCC to advertise the information
   about the links attached to the node running the PCC and for a PCE to
   build the TED based on the information received from the PCC.

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2.  Terminology

   ABR:  Area Border Router.  Router used to connect two IGP areas
      (Areas in OSPF or levels in IS-IS).

   ASBR:  Autonomous System (AS) Border Router.  Router used to connect
      together ASes via inter-AS links.

   This document uses terminology defined in [RFC5440].

3.  Conventions Used in This Document

   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 [RFC2119].

4.  Link Information

   Since no IGP runs over any link, we may not obtain any link
   information via IGP.  But links are configured.

   For a point-to-point (P2P) link between nodes A and B, from A's point
   of view, we have the following link information:

     1)  Link Type: P2P
     2)  Local IP address
     3)  Remote IP address
     4)  Traffic engineering metric
     5)  Maximum bandwidth
     6)  Maximum reservable bandwidth
     7)  Unreserved bandwidth
     8)  Administrative group
     9)  SRLG

   A link ID for the link is obtained if a user configures it;
   otherwise, no link ID (i.e., the Router ID of A's neighbor) may be
   obtained since no IGP adjacency over the link is formed.

   For a broadcast link connecting multiple nodes, on each of the nodes
   X, we have the same link information as above except for:

     a)  Link Type: Multi-access,
     b)  Local IP address with mask length, and
     c)  No Remote IP address.

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   In other words, the information about the broadcast link obtained by
   node X comprises a), b), 4) to 9), but does not include any remote IP
   address or link ID.  A link ID for the link is obtained if a user
   configures it; otherwise, no link ID (i.e., the interface address of
   the designated router for the link) may be obtained since no IGP
   selects it.

   A PCE constructs a TED for its responsible domain after receiving the
   link information from the PCC running on every node in the domain.

5.  Extensions to PCEP

5.1.  Extension to Existing Message

   An existing Notification message may be extended to advertise the
   information about links.  Alternatively, a new message can be used
   (refer to Appendix A).

   The following new Notification-type (NT) and Notification-value (NV)
   of a NOTIFICATION object in a Notification message are defined:

   o  NT=8 (TBD): Links

      *  NV=1: Update Links.  NT=8 and NV=1 indicates that the PCC
         requests the PCE to update the link information based on the
         TLVs in the object, which are described below.

      *  NV=2: Withdraw Links.  NT=8 and NV=2 indicates that the PCC
         asks the PCE to remove the Links indicated by the TLVs in the
         object.

5.1.1.  TLVs

   A link TLV and a Router-ID TLV are defined.  The format of the link
   TLV is illustrated below.  The Type=tTBD1 indicates a link TLV Type.
   The Length indicates the size of the Link Sub-TLVs.

      0                   1                   2                   3
      0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |         Type (tTBD1)          |             Length            |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                         Link Sub-TLVs                         |
     ~                                                               ~
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

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   A link TLV describes a single link.  It comprises a number of link
   sub-TLVs for the information described in section 4, which are the
   sub-TLVs defined in RFC 3630 or their equivalents except for the
   local IP address with mask length defined below.

   The format of the Router-ID TLV is shown below.  The Type=tTBD2
   indicates a Router-ID TLV Type.  The Length indicates the size of the
   ID and flags field.

      0                   1                   2                   3
      0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |         Type (tTBD2)          |             Length            |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |B|E|I|      Flags              |                               |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               +
     |                          32-bit/48-bit ID                     ~
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     Flag B:     Set to 1 indicating ABR (B is for Border)
     Flag E:     Set to 1 indicating ASBR (E is for External)
     Flag I:     Set to 1 indicating ID of local router (I is for ID)

   Undefined flags MUST be set to zero.  The ID indicates the ID of a
   router.  For a router not running IGP, the ID may be the 32-bit or
   48-bit ID of the router configured.

5.1.2.  Sub-TLVs

   The format of the Sub-TLV for a local IPv4 address with mask length
   is shown below.  The Type=stTBD1 indicates a local IPv4 Address with
   mask length.  The Length indicates the size of the IPv4 address and
   Mask Length.  The IPv4 Address indicates the local IPv4 address of a
   link.  The Mask Length indicates the length of the IPv4 address mask.

      0                   1                   2                   3
      0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |         Type (stTBD1)         |             Length            |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                          IPv4 Address                         |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |  Mask Length  |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   The format of the Sub-TLV for a local IPv6 address with mask length
   is illustrated below.  The Type=stTBD2 indicates a local IPv6 Address

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   with mask length.  The Length indicates the size of the IPv6 address
   and Mask Length.  The IPv6 Address indicates the local IPv6 address
   of a link.  The Mask Length indicates the length of the IPv6 address
   mask.

      0                   1                   2                   3
      0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |         Type (stTBD2)         |             Length            |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                        IPv6 Address (16 bytes)                |
     ~                                                               ~
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |  Mask Length  |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

5.2.  Procedures

5.2.1.  PCC Procedures

   1.  New or Changed Links

   After the session between a PCC and a PCE is established, the PCC
   sends the PCE a message containing the information about the links
   attached to the node running the PCC.

   For any new or changed links, the PCC sends the PCE a message
   containing the information about these links with indication of
   Update Links.

   For example, for a new P2P link from node A, the PCC running on A
   sends the PCE a Notification message having a NOTIFICATION object
   with NT=8 and NV=1 (indicating Update Links), which contains a
   Router-ID TLV, followed by a link TLV.  The former comprises A's ID
   and flag I set to 1.  The latter comprises the Sub-TLVs for the
   information described in section 4.

   For multiple new or changed links from node A, the PCC running on A
   sends the PCE a Notification message having a NOTIFICATION object
   with NT=8 and NV=1, which contains a Router-ID TLV for A's ID,
   followed by multiple link TLVs for the links.

   2.  Links Down

   For links down, the PCC sends the PCE a message containing the
   information about these links with indication of Withdraw Links.

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   For example, for multiple links from node A down, the PCC running on
   A sends the PCE a Notification message having a NOTIFICATION object
   with NT=8 and NV=2 (indicating Withdraw Links), which contains a
   Router-ID TLV for A's ID, followed by multiple link TLVs for the
   links.  The TLV for a P2P link comprises the Sub-TLVs for the
   information on 1), 2) and 3) described in section 4.  The TLV for a
   broadcast link comprises the Sub-TLVs for the information on a) and
   b) described in section 4.

   3.  Simplified Message

   Alternatively, the messages may be simplified.  For each node, the
   source IP address of the PCC running on the node may be used as the
   ID of the node.  The PCE knows the address after the session between
   the PCE and the PCC is up.  Thus, a message containing the
   information about links does not need include any router-ID TLV.

   For example, for a new P2P link attached to node A, the PCC running
   on A sends the PCE a Notification message having a NOTIFICATION
   object with NT=8 and NV=1 (indicating Update Links), which contains a
   link TLV comprising the Sub-TLVs for the information on 1) to 9)
   described in section 4.  The object does not contain any Router-ID
   TLV for node A.

5.2.2.  PCE Procedures

   A PCE stores into its TED the links for each node according to the
   messages for the links received from the PCC running on the node.
   For a message containing Update Links, it updates the links
   accordingly.  For a message containing Withdraw Links, it removes the
   links.  When a node is down, the PCE removes the links attached to
   the node.

   For a new P2P link between node A and B with no link ID configured,
   when receiving a message containing the link from the PCC running on
   A, the PCE stores the link for A (i.e., the link from A) into its
   TED.  It will find the link's remote end B using the remote IP
   address of the link.  After finding B, it associates the link for A
   with B and the link for B with A.  This creates a bidirectional
   connection between A and B.

   For a new broadcast link connecting multiple nodes with no link ID
   configured, when receiving a message containing the link from the PCC
   running on each of the nodes X, the PCE stores the link for X (i.e.,
   the link from X) into its TED.  It will find the link's remote end P
   using the link's local IP address with network mask.  P is a Pseudo
   node identified by the local IP address of the designated node
   selected from the nodes connected to the link.  After finding P, it

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   associates the link for X with P and the link for P with X.  This
   creates a bidirectional connection between X and P.

   The first node and second node from which the PCE receives a message
   containing the link is selected as the designed node and backup
   designed node respectively.  After the designed node is down, the
   backup designed node becomes the designed node and the node other
   than the designed node with the largest local IP address connecting
   to the link is selected as the backup designed node.

   When the old designed node is down and the backup designed node
   becomes the new designed node, the PCE updates its TED through
   removing the link between each of nodes X and old P (the Pseudo node
   corresponding to the old designed node) and adding a link between
   each of nodes X (still connecting to the broadcast link) and new P
   (the Pseudo node corresponding to the new designed node).

6.  Security Considerations

   The mechanism described in this document does not raise any new
   security issues for the PCEP protocols.

7.  IANA Considerations

   This section specifies requests for IANA allocation.

8.  Acknowledgement

   The authors would like to thank Jescia Chen, and Eric Wu for their
   valuable comments on this draft.

9.  References

9.1.  Normative References

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC4655]  Farrel, A., Vasseur, J., and J. Ash, "A Path Computation
              Element (PCE)-Based Architecture", RFC 4655,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC4655, August 2006,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4655>.

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   [RFC5440]  Vasseur, JP., Ed. and JL. Le Roux, Ed., "Path Computation
              Element (PCE) Communication Protocol (PCEP)", RFC 5440,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC5440, March 2009,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5440>.

   [RFC3630]  Katz, D., Kompella, K., and D. Yeung, "Traffic Engineering
              (TE) Extensions to OSPF Version 2", RFC 3630,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC3630, September 2003,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3630>.

9.2.  Informative References

   [RFC7752]  Gredler, H., Ed., Medved, J., Previdi, S., Farrel, A., and
              S. Ray, "North-Bound Distribution of Link-State and
              Traffic Engineering (TE) Information Using BGP", RFC 7752,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7752, March 2016,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7752>.

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Appendix A.  New Message

   A new message may be defined to advertise the information on links.
   The format of the message for the information on Links (IL for short)
   is as follows:

     <IL Message> ::= <Common Header> <NRP> <Link-List>
     where:
       <Link-List> ::= <LINK> [<Link-List>]

   Where the value of the Message-Type in the Common Header indicates
   the new message type.  The exact value is to be assigned by IANA.  A
   new RP (NRP) object will be defined, which follows the Common Header.

   A new flag W (Withdraw) in the NRP object is defined to indicate
   whether the links are withdrawn.  When flag W is set to one, the PCE
   removes the links in the message after receiving it from the PCC.
   When flag W is set to zero, the PCE adds/updates the links in the
   message.

   An alternative to flag W in the NRP object is a similar flag W in
   each LINK object.  For example, when the flag is set to one in the
   LINK object, the PCE removes the links in the object.  When the flag
   is set to zero, the PCE adds/updates the links in the object.

   The format of a LINK object body is as follows:

        Object-Class = ocTBD1 (LINK)   Object-Type = 1 (Link)
      0                   1                   2                   3
      0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |W|    Flags    |             (Router-ID TLV)                   |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                                               +
     ~                                                               ~
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                            Link TLVs                          |
     ~                                                               ~
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   Flag W=1 indicates Withdraw links.  W=0 indicates Updated links.
   Router-ID TLV is optional.  Link TLVs are mandatory.  They are the
   same as described in section 5.

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Authors' Addresses

   Huaimo Chen
   Huawei Technologies
   Boston, MA
   USA

   EMail: Huaimo.chen@huawei.com

   Mehmet Toy
   Verizon
   USA

   EMail: mehmet.toy@verizon.com

   Xufeng Liu
   Jabil
   McLean, VA
   USA

   EMail: Xufeng_Liu@jabil.com

   Lei Liu
   Fujitsu
   USA

   EMail: lliu@us.fujitsu.com

   Zhenqiang Li
   China Mobile
   No.32 Xuanwumenxi Ave., Xicheng District
   Beijing  100032
   P.R. China

   EMail: li_zhenqiang@hotmail.com

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