Considerations for Assigning DiffServ Codepoints (DCSPs)
draft-custura-tsvwg-dscp-considerations-00
TSVWG A. Custura
Internet-Draft G. Fairhurst
Intended status: Informational R. Secchi
Expires: August 25, 2021 University of Aberdeen
February 21, 2021
Considerations for Assigning DiffServ Codepoints (DCSPs)
draft-custura-tsvwg-dscp-considerations-00
Abstract
This document discusses the considerations for assigning new DiffServ
Code Points (DCSPs). It considers the common remarking behaviours
that the Diffserv field might be subjected to along an Internet path.
It also notes some implications of using a specific DSCP.
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the TSVWG working group.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Current usage of DSCPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.1. IP-Layer Semantics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.2. Network Control Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4. Remarking the DSCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4.1. Bleaching the DSCP Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4.2. IP Type of Service manipulations . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4.2.1. Impact of ToS Precedence Bleaching . . . . . . . . . 5
4.2.2. Impact of ToS Precedence Remarking . . . . . . . . . 6
4.3. Remarking to a Particular DSCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5. Interpretation of the IP DSCP at Lower Layers . . . . . . . . 7
5.1. Mapping Specified for IEEE 802.11 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5.2. Mappings Specified for MPLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5.3. Mapping Specified for Mobile Networks . . . . . . . . . . 9
5.4. Mappings Specified for Carrier Ethernet . . . . . . . . . 9
5.5. Remarking as a Side-effect of Another Policy . . . . . . 9
6. Considerations for DSCP Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6.1. Effect of Bleaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6.2. Where the proposed DSCP > 0x07 (7) . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6.3. Where the proposed DSCP < 0x07 (7) . . . . . . . . . . . 10
7. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
8. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
9. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
10. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
10.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
10.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Appendix A. Revision Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1. Introduction
The Differentiated Services (DiffServ) architecture has been deployed
in many networks; it provides differentiated traffic forwarding based
on the value of the Diffserv field [RFC2474] carried in the IP packet
header.
This document discusses considerations for assigning a new DiffServ
Code Point (DCSP). It considers some commonly observed DSCP
remarking behaviours that might be expected to be experienced along
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