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Explicit Tracking with Wild Card Routes in Multicast VPN
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Authors Andrew Dolganow , Jayant Kotalwar , Eric C. Rosen , Zhaohui (Jeffrey) Zhang
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BESS WG                                                      A. Dolganow
Internet-Draft                                               J. Kotalwar
Updates: 6514 6625 7524 (if approved)                              Nokia
Intended status: Standards Track                           E. Rosen, Ed.
Expires: March 29, 2019                                         Z. Zhang
                                                  Juniper Networks, Inc.
                                                      September 25, 2018

        Explicit Tracking with Wild Card Routes in Multicast VPN
                   draft-ietf-bess-mvpn-expl-track-10

Abstract

   The MVPN specifications provide procedures to allow a multicast
   ingress node to invoke "explicit tracking" for a multicast flow or
   set of flows, thus learning the egress nodes for that flow or set of
   flows.  However, the specifications are not completely clear about
   how the explicit tracking procedures work in certain scenarios.  This
   document provides the necessary clarifications.  It also specifies a
   new, optimized explicit tracking procedure.  This new procedure
   allows an ingress node, by sending a single message, to request
   explicit tracking of each of a set of flows, where the set of flows
   is specified using a wildcard mechanism.  This document updates RFCs
   6514, 6625, and 7524.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  The Explicit Tracking Flags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   3.  Match for Tracking vs. Match for Reception  . . . . . . . . .   6
   4.  Ingress Node Initiation of Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   5.  Egress Node Response to the Match for Tracking  . . . . . . .  10
     5.1.  General Egress Node Procedures  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     5.2.  Responding to the LIR-pF Flag . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     5.3.  When the Egress Node is an ABR or ASBR  . . . . . . . . .  14
   6.  Ingress Node Handling of Received Leaf A-D Routes with
       LIR-pF Set  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
   7.  Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
   8.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
   9.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
   10. References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
     10.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
     10.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17

1.  Introduction

   [RFC6513] and [RFC6514] define the "Selective Provider Multicast
   Service Interface Auto-Discovery route" (S-PMSI A-D route).

   Per those RFCs, the S-PMSI A-D route contains a Network Layer
   Reachability Information (NLRI) field that identifies a particular
   multicast flow.  In the terminology of those RFCs, each flow is
   denoted by (C-S,C-G), where C-S is an IP source address and C-G is an
   IP multicast address, both in the address space of a VPN customer.
   The (C-S,C-G) of the multicast flow is encoded into the NLRI field.

   An S-PMSI A-D route also carries a PMSI Tunnel attribute (PTA).
   Typically, the PTA is used to identify a tunnel through the provider
   backbone network (a "P-tunnel").

   By originating an S-PMSI A-D route identifying a particular multicast
   flow and a particular P-tunnel, a node is advertising the following:

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      if the node has to transmit packets of the identified flow over
      the backbone, it will transmit them through the identified tunnel.

   [RFC6513] and [RFC6514] also define a procedure that allows an
   ingress node of particular multicast flow to determine the set of
   egress nodes that have requested to receive that flow from that
   ingress node.  The ability of an ingress node to identify the egress
   nodes for a particular flow is known as "explicit tracking".  An
   ingress node requests explicit tracking by setting a flag (the "Leaf
   Information Required" flag, or LIR) in the PTA.  When an egress node
   receives an S-PMSI A-D route with LIR set, the egress node originates
   a Leaf A-D route whose NLRI field contains the NLRI from the
   corresponding S-PMSI A-D route.  In this way, the egress node
   advertises that it has requested to receive the particular flow
   identified in the NLRI of that S-PMSI A-D route.

   [RFC6513] and [RFC6514] also allow an ingress node to originate an
   S-PMSI A-D route whose PTA has LIR set, but which does not identify
   any P-tunnel.  This mechanism can be used when it is desired to do
   explicit tracking of a flow without at the same time binding that
   flow to a particular P-tunnel.

   [RFC6625] (and other RFCs that update it) extends the specification
   of S-PMSI A-D routes, and allows an S-PMSI A-D route to encode a
   wildcard in its NLRI.  Either the C-S or the C-G or both can be
   replaced by wildcards.  These routes are known as (C-*,C-S) S-PMSI
   A-D routes, or as (C-S,C-*) S-PMSI A-D routes, or as (C-*,C-*) S-PMSI
   A-D routes, depending on whether the C-S or C-G or both have been
   replaced by wildcards.  These routes are known jointly as "wildcard
   S-PMSI A-D routes".

   One purpose of this document is to clarify the way that the explicit
   tracking procedures of [RFC6513] and [RFC6514] are applied when
   wildcard S-PMSI A-D routes are used.

   In addition, this document addresses the following scenario, which is
   not addressed in [RFC6513], [RFC6514], or [RFC6625].  Suppose an
   ingress node originates an S-PMSI A-D route whose NLRI specifies, for
   example, (C-*,C-*) (i.e., both C-S and C-G are replaced by
   wildcards), and whose PTA identifies a particular P-tunnel.  Now
   suppose that the ingress node wants explicit tracking for each
   individual flow that it transmits (following the procedures of
   [RFC6625]) on that P-tunnel.

   In this example, if the ingress node sets LIR in the PTA of the
   wildcard S-PMSI A-D route, each egress node that needs to receive a
   flow from the ingress node will respond with a Leaf A-D route whose
   NLRI specifies contains the (C-*,C-*) wildcard.  This allows the

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   ingress node to determine the set of egress nodes that are interested
   in receiving flows from the ingress node.  However, it does not allow
   the ingress node to determine exactly which flows are of interest to
   which egress nodes.

   If the ingress node needs to determine which egress nodes are
   interested in receiving which flows, it needs to originate an S-PMSI
   A-D route for each individual (C-S,C-G) flow that it is transmitting,
   and it needs to set LIR in the PTA of each such route.  However,
   since all the flows are being sent through the tunnel identified in
   the (C-*,C-*) S-PMSI A-D route, there is no need to identify a tunnel
   in the PTA of each (C-S,C-G) S-PMSI A-D route.  Per Section 5 of
   [RFC6514], the PTA of the (C-S,C-G) S-PMSI A-D routes can specify "no
   tunnel information present".  This procedure allows explicit tracking
   of individual flows, even though all those flows are assigned to
   tunnels in wildcard S-PMSI A-D routes.

   However, this procedure requires several clarifications:

   o  The procedures of [RFC6625] do not address the case of an S-PMSI
      A-D route whose NLRI contains wild cards, but whose PTA specifies
      "no tunnel information present".

   o  If it is desired to send a set of flows through the same tunnel
      (where that tunnel is advertised in a wildcard S-PMSI A-D route),
      but it is also desired to explicitly track each individual flow
      transmitted over that tunnel, one has to send an S-PMSI A-D route
      (with LIR set in the PTA) for each individual flow.  It would be
      more optimal if the ingress node could just send a single wildcard
      S-PMSI A-D route binding the set of flows to a particular tunnel,
      and have the egress nodes respond with Leaf A-D routes for each
      individual flow.

   o  [RFC6513] and [RFC6514] support the notion of "segmented
      P-tunnels", where "segmentation" occurs at Autonomous System
      Border Routers (ASBRs); [RFC7524] extends the notion of segmented
      P-tunnels so that segmentation can occur at Area Border Routers
      (ABRs).  One can think of a segmented P-tunnel as passing through
      a number of "segmentation domains".  In each segmentation domain,
      a given P-tunnel has an ingress node and a set of egress nodes.
      The explicit tracking procedures allow an ingress node of a
      particular segmentation domain to determine, for a particular flow
      or set of flows, the egress nodes of that segmentation domain.
      This has given rise to two further problems:

      *  The explicit tracking procedures do not allow an ingress node
         to "see" past the boundaries of the segmentation domain.

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      *  The prior specifications do not make it very clear whether a
         segmented tunnel egress node, upon receiving an S-PMSI A-D
         route whose PTA specifies "no tunnel information present", is
         expected to forward the S-PMSI A-D route, with the same PTA, to
         the next segmentation domain.

      These problems are addressed in Section 5.3.

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
   "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
   14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
   capitals, as shown here.

2.  The Explicit Tracking Flags

   [RFC6514] defines one flag in the PTA, the "Leaf Information
   Required" (LIR) flag, that is used for explicit tracking.

   This document defines a new flag in the flags field of the PMSI
   Tunnel attribute.  This new flag is known as the "Leaf Information
   Required per Flow" bit (LIR-pF).  This flag may be set in the PTA of
   a (C-*,C-*), (C-*,C-G), or (C-S,C-*) S-PMSI A-D route.  The
   conditions under which it should be set by the originator of the
   route are discussed in Section 4.  The significance of the flag in a
   received S-PMSI A-D route is discussed in Sections 5 and 5.2.

   If the LIR-pF flag is set in the PTA of an S-PMSI A-D route, the LIR
   flag of that PTA MUST also be set.

   Note that support for the LIR-pF flag is OPTIONAL.  This flag SHOULD
   NOT be set unless it is known that all the PEs that are to receive
   the route carrying the PTA support the flag.  How this is known is
   outside the scope of this document.

   The LIR-pF flag may also be set in the PTA of a Leaf A-D route.  The
   conditions under which it should be set by the originator of the
   route are discussed in Section 5.2.  The significance of the flag in
   a received Leaf A-D route is discussed in Section 6.

   Use of this flag in the PTA carried by other route types is outside
   the scope of this document.  Use of this flag in the PTA carried by
   an S-PMSI A-D routes whose NLRI does not contain a wildcard is
   outside the scope of this document.

   It is worth noting what will happen if the LIR-pF flag is set in the
   PTA of, for example, a (C-*,C-*) S-PMSI A-D route originated by an

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   ingress node, but one or more of the egress nodes do not support the
   LIR-pF flag:

   1.  The ingress node will not be able to determine the complete set
       of egress node that are expecting a particular multicast flow
       from that ingress node.

   2.  Depending upon the tunnel type, the ingress node may send a
       particular multicast flow only to the egress nodes that do
       support the LIR-pF flag.  From the perspective of egress nodes
       that do not support LIR-pF, certain flows may appear to be
       "blackholed".

   It is also worth noting that it is possible for an ingress node that
   sets the LIR-pF flag in an S-PMSI A-D route to detect the presence of
   egress nodes that do not support this flag.

   Since an ingress node that sets the LIR-pF flag is also REQUIRED to
   set the LIR flag, egress nodes that do not support the LIR-pF flag
   will respond, as specified in [RFC6514], to the ingress node's
   (C-*,C-*) S-PMSI A-D route with a Leaf A-D route operator.

   As will be discussed in Section 5.2, any Leaf A-D route originated in
   response to an S-PMSI A-D route that has LIR-pF set will carry a PTA
   whose LIR-pF flag is set.  If an ingress node receives a Leaf A-D
   route whose "route key" field corresponds to the NLRI of an S-PMSI
   A-D route whose PTA has LIR-pF set, but the Leaf A-D route lacks a
   PTA or has a PTA where LIR-pF is clear, the ingress node can conclude
   that the egress node originating that Leaf A-D route does not support
   the LIR-pF flag.

   The software at the ingress node SHOULD detect this, and should have
   a way of alerting the operator that the deployment is not properly
   configured.

3.  Match for Tracking vs. Match for Reception

   Section 3.2 of [RFC6625] specifies a set of rules for finding the
   S-PMSI A-D route that is the "match for data reception" (or more
   simply, the "match for reception") of a given (C-S,C-G) or (C-*,C-G)
   state.  These rules do not take into account the fact that some
   S-PMSI A-D routes may not be carrying PTAs at all, or may be carrying
   PTAs that do not identify any P-tunnel.  (A PTA that does not
   identify any P-tunnel is one whose "tunnel type" field has been set
   to "no tunnel information present", as specified in Section 5 of
   [RFC6514].)

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   The rules for finding a "match for reception" in [RFC6625] are hereby
   modified as follows:

      When applying the rules of Section 3.2.1 or 3.2.2 of [RFC6625], it
      is REQUIRED to ignore any S-PMSI A-D route that has no PTA, or
      whose PTA specifies "no tunnel information present".

   There are other RFCs that update [RFC6625] and that modify the rules
   for finding a "match for reception".  See, e.g., [RFC7582] and
   [RFC7900].  When applying those modified rules, it is REQUIRED to
   ignore any S-PMSI A-D route that has no PTA, or whose PTA specifies
   "no tunnel information present".

   We also introduce a new notion, the "match for tracking":

      For a given C-flow ((C-S,C-G) or (C-*,C-G)) the "match for
      tracking" is chosen as follows.  Ignore any S-PMSI A-D route that
      has no PTA.  Also ignore any S-PMSI A-D route whose PTA specifies
      "no tunnel information present", but does not have either LIR or
      LIR-pF set.  (That is, DO NOT ignore an S-PMSI A-D route that has
      a PTA specifying "no tunnel information present" unless its LIR
      and LIR-pF bits are both clear).  Then apply the rules (from
      [RFC6625] and other documents that update [RFC6625]) for finding
      the "match for reception".  The result (if any) is the match for
      tracking".

      Note that the procedure for finding the match for tracking takes
      into account S-PMSI A-D routes whose PTAs specify "no tunnel
      information present" and that have either LIR or LIR-pf set.  The
      procedure for finding the match for reception ignores such routes.

   We will clarify this with a few examples.  In these examples, we
   assume that there is only one segmentation domain.  In this case, the
   ingress and egress nodes are Provider Edge (PE) routers.

   Suppose a given PE router, PE1, has chosen PE2 as the "upstream PE"
   ([RFC6513]) for a given flow (C-S1,C-G1).  And suppose PE1 has
   installed the following two routes that were originated by PE2:

   o  Route1: A (C-*,C-*) S-PMSI A-D route, whose PTA specifies a
      tunnel.

   o  Route2: A (C-S1,C-G1) S-PMSI A-D route, whose PTA specifies "no
      tunnel information present" and has LIR set.

   Route1 is (C-S1,C-G1)'s match for reception, and Route2 is
   (C-S1,C-G1)'s match for tracking.

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   Continuing this example, suppose:

   o  PE1 has chosen PE2 as the upstream PE for a different flow,
      (C-S2,C-G2).

   o  PE2 has not originated an S-PMSI A-D route for (C-S2,C-G2).

   In this case, PE1 would consider Route1 to be (C-S2,C-G2)'s match for
   tracking as well as its match for reception.

   Also note that if a match for tracking does not have the LIR flag or
   the LIR-pF flag set, no explicit tracking information will be
   generated.  See Section 5.

   As another example, suppose PE1 has installed the following two
   routes that were originated by PE2:

   o  Route1: A (C-*,C-*) S-PMSI A-D route (irrespective of whether the
      PTA specifies a tunnel)

   o  Route2: A (C-S1,C-G1) S-PMSI A-D route whose PTA specifies a
      tunnel.

   Then Route2 is both the "match for reception" and the "match for
   tracking" for (C-S1,C-G1).

   Note that for a particular C-flow, PE1's match for reception might be
   the same route as its match for tracking, or its match for reception
   might be a "less specific" route than its match for tracking.  But
   its match for reception can never be a "more specific" route than its
   match for tracking.

4.  Ingress Node Initiation of Tracking

   An ingress node that needs to initiate explicit tracking for a
   particular flow or set of flows can do so by performing one of the
   following procedures:

   1.  An ingress node can initiate explicit tracking for (C-S1,C-G1) by
       originating an S-PMSI A-D route that identifies (C-S1,C-G1) in
       its NLRI, including a PTA in that route, and setting the LIR flag
       in that PTA.  The PTA may specify a particular tunnel, or may
       specify "no tunnel information present".

       However, the PTA of the (C-S1,C-G1) S-PMSI A-D route SHOULD NOT
       specify "no tunnel information present" unless the ingress node
       also originates an A-D route carrying a PTA that specifies the
       tunnel to be used for carrying (C-S1,C-G1) traffic.  Such a route

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       could be an I-PMSI A-D route, a (C-*,C-G1) S-PMSI A-D route, a
       (C-S1,C-*) S-PMSI A-D route, or a (C-*,C-*) S-PMSI A-D route.
       (There is no point in requesting explicit tracking for a given
       flow if there is no tunnel on which the flow is being carried.)

       Note that if the ingress node originates a wildcard S-PMSI A-D
       route carrying a PTA specifying the tunnel to be used for
       carrying (C-S1,C-G1) traffic, and if that PTA has the LIR-pF bit
       set, then explicit tracking for (C-S1,C-G1) is requested by that
       S-PMSI A-D route.  In that case, the ingress node SHOULD NOT
       originate a (C-S1,C-G1) S-PMSI A-D route whose PTA specifies "no
       tunnel information present"; such a route would not provide any
       additional functionality.

       To terminate explicit tracking that has been initiated by an
       S-PMSI A-D route whose PTA specifies "no tunnel information
       present", the ingress node withdraws the route.

       To terminate explicit tracking that has been initiated by an
       S-PMSI A-D route whose PTA specifies a tunnel, the ingress node
       re-originates the route without the LIR flag set.

   2.  The following procedure can be used if and only if it is known
       that the egress nodes support the optional LIR-pF flag.  If the
       ingress node originates a wildcard S-PMSI A-D route, it can
       initiate explicit tracking for the individual flows that match
       the wildcard route by setting the LIR-pF flag in the PTA of the
       wildcard route.  If an egress node needs to receive one or more
       flows for which that wildcard route is a match for tracking, the
       egress node will originate a Leaf A-D route for each such flow,
       as specified in Section 5.2).

       When following this procedure, the PTA of the S-PMSI A-D route
       may specify a tunnel, or may specify "no tunnel information
       present".  The choice between these two options is determined by
       considerations that are outside the scope of this document.

       To terminate explicit tracking that has been initiated by an
       S-PMSI A-D route whose PTA specifies "no tunnel information
       present", the ingress node withdraws the route.

       To terminate explicit tracking that has been initiated by an
       S-PMSI A-D route whose PTA specifies a tunnel, the ingress node
       re-originates the route without either the LIR or LIR-pF flags
       set.

       Note that this procedure (procedure 2 of Section 4) may not yield
       the expected results if there are egress nodes that do not

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       support the LIR-pF flag, and hence SHOULD NOT be used in that
       case.

5.  Egress Node Response to the Match for Tracking

5.1.  General Egress Node Procedures

   There are four cases to consider:

   1.  With regard to a particular (C-S,C-G) or (C-*,C-G) multicast
       state, the egress node's match for tracking is same as its match
       for reception, and neither LIR nor LIR-pF flags are on.

       In this case, the egress node does not originate a Leaf A-D route
       in response to the match for reception/tracking, and there is no
       explicit tracking of the flow.  This document specifies no new
       procedures for this case.

   2.  With regard to a particular (C-S,C-G) or (C-*,C-G) multicast
       state, the egress node's match for tracking is the same as its
       match for reception, LIR is set, but LIR-pF is not set.

       In this case, a Leaf A-D route is originated by the egress node,
       corresponding to the S-PMSI A-D route that is the match for
       reception/tracking.  Construction of the Leaf A-D route is as
       specified in [RFC6514]; this document specifies no new procedures
       for this case.

   3.  With regard to a particular (C-S,C-G) or (C-*,C-G) multicast
       state, the egress node's match for tracking is the same as its
       match for reception, and LIR-pF is set.  The egress node MUST
       follow whatever procedures are required by other specifications,
       based on the match for reception.  If the egress node supports
       the LIR-pF flag, it MUST also follow the procedures of
       Section 5.2.

   4.  With regard to a particular (C-S,C-G) or (C-*,C-G) multicast
       state, the egress node's match for tracking is not the same as
       its match for reception.  This can only happen if the match for
       tracking has a PTA specifying "no tunnel information present",
       with either LIR or LIR-pF set.  In this case, the egress node
       MUST respond, separately, BOTH to the match for tracking and to
       the match for reception.

       When responding to the match for reception, the egress node MUST
       ignore the LIR-pF flag.  However, the LIR flag is processed
       normally per the procedures for the match for reception.

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       If the match for tracking has LIR set and if either (a) the
       egress node does not support LIR-pF, or (b) LIR-pF is not set,
       then the behavior of the egress node is not affected by the
       procedures of this document.

       If the match for tracking has LIR-pF set, and the egress node
       supports the LIR-pF flag, the egress node must originate one or
       more Leaf A-D routes, as specified in Section 5.2.

       Note that if LIR is set in the PTA of the match for reception,
       the egress node may need to originate one or more Leaf A-D routes
       corresponding to the match for tracking, as well as originating a
       Leaf A-D route corresponding to the match for reception.

5.2.  Responding to the LIR-pF Flag

   To respond to a match for tracking that has LIR-pF set, an egress
   node originates one or more Leaf A-D routes.

   Suppose the egress node has multicast state for a (C-S,C-G) or a
   (C-*,C-G) flow, and has determined a particular S-PMSI A-D route,
   which has the LIR-pF flag set, to be the match for tracking for that
   flow.  Then if the egress node supports the LIR-pF flag, it MUST
   originate a Leaf A-D route whose NLRI identifies that particular
   flow.  Note that if a single S-PMSI A-D route (with wild cards) is
   the match for tracking for multiple flows, the egress node may need
   to originate multiple Leaf A-D routes, one for each such flow.  We
   say that, from the perspective of a given egress node, a given S-PMSI
   A-D route tracks the set of flows for which it is the match for
   tracking.  Each of the Leaf A-D routes originated in response to that
   S-PMSI A-D route tracks a single such flow.

   The NLRI of each the Leaf A-D route that tracks a particular flow is
   constructed as follows.  The "route key" field of the NLRI will have
   the following format:

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                   +-----------------------------------+
                   |      RD   (8 octets)              |
                   +-----------------------------------+
                   | Multicast Source Length (1 octet) |
                   +-----------------------------------+
                   |  Multicast Source (Variable)      |
                   +-----------------------------------+
                   |  Multicast Group Length (1 octet) |
                   +-----------------------------------+
                   |  Multicast Group   (Variable)     |
                   +-----------------------------------+
                   |  Ingress PE's IP address          |
                   +-----------------------------------+

                    Figure 1: NLRI of S-PMSI A-D Route

   o  The "ingress PE" address is taken from the "originating router"
      field of the NLRI of the S-PMSI A-D route that is the match for
      tracking.

   o  The multicast source and group fields specify the S and G of one
      of the flow being tracked by this Leaf A-D route.  If a (C-*,C-G)
      is being tracked by this Leaf A-D route, the source field is
      omitted, and its length is set to 0.

   o  The Route Distinguisher (RD) field is set to the value of the RD
      field from the NLRI of the S-PMSI A-D route.

   The encoding of these Leaf A-D routes is similar to the encoding of
   the Leaf A-D routes described in section 6.2.2 of [RFC7524], which
   were designed for the support of "global table multicast".  However,
   [RFC7524] sets the RD to either 0 or -1; following the procedures of
   the present document, the RD will never be 0 or -1.  Therefore Leaf
   A-D routes constructed according to the procedures of this section
   can always be distinguished from the Leaf A-D routes constructed
   according to the procedures of section 6.2.2 of [RFC7524].  Also,
   Leaf A-D routes constructed according to the procedures of this
   section are VPN-specific routes, and will always carry an IP-address-
   specific Route Target, as specified in [RFC6514].

   If a Leaf A-D route is originated as a response to a match for
   tracking whose PTA specifies "no tunnel information present", the
   Leaf A-D route MUST carry a PTA that specifies "no tunnel information
   present".  The LIR-pF flag in this PTA MUST be set.

   In the case where the match for tracking and the match for reception
   are the same, the PTA of the match may have both the LIR and the

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   LIR-pF flags set.  This may cause the egress node to originate one
   Leaf A-D route in response to the LIR bit, and one or more Leaf A-D
   routes in response to the LIR-pF bit.  Each such Leaf A-D route MUST
   have a PTA, and the LIR-pF flag of that PTA MUST be set.  Note that
   when the match for tracking is the same as the match for reception,
   the PTA of the match for tracking/reception will have specified a
   tunnel type.  The following rules specify how the PTA of the Leaf A-D
   route is to be constructed:

   o  If the tunnel type of the PTA attached to the match for tracking/
      reception is Ingress Replication, the Leaf A-D route's PTA MAY
      specify Ingress Replication.  In this case, the MPLS Label field
      of the PTA MAY be a non-zero value.  If so, this label value will
      be used by the ingress PE when it transmits, to the egress PE,
      packets of the flow identified in the Leaf A-D route's NLRI.

      Alternatively, the egress PE MAY specify an MPLS label value of
      zero, or it MAY specify a tunnel type of "no tunnel information
      present".  In either of these cases, when the ingress PE transmits
      packets of the identified flow to the egress PE, it will use the
      label that the egress PE specified in the PTA of the Leaf A-D
      route that it originated in response to the LIR bit of the match
      for reception.

   o  If the tunnel type of the PTA attached to the match for tracking/
      reception is any of the other tunnel types listed in [RFC6514]
      Section 5, the PTA attached to the Leaf A-D route MUST specify a
      tunnel type of "no tunnel information present".

   o  When additional tunnel types are defined, the specification for
      how MVPN is to use those tunnel types must also specify how to
      construct the PTA of a Leaf A-D route that is originated in
      response to the LIR-pF flag.  As an example, see [BIER-MVPN].

   Of course, an egress node that originates such Leaf A-D routes needs
   to remember which S-PMSI A-D route caused these Leaf A-D routes to be
   originated; if that S-PMSI A-D route is withdrawn, those Leaf A-D
   routes MUST be withdrawn.

   Similarly, a Leaf A-D route needs to be withdrawn (either implicitly
   or explicitly) if the egress node changes its Upstream Multicast Hop
   (UMH) ([RFC6513]) for the flow that is identified in the Leaf A-D
   route's NLRI, or if the egress node that originated the route no
   longer needs to receive the flow identified in the NLRI of the route.

   Note that an egress node may acquire (C-S,C-G) state or (C-*,C-G)
   state after it has already received the S-PMSI A-D that is the match
   for tracking for that state.  In this case, a Leaf A-D route needs to

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   be originated at that time, and the egress node must remember that
   the new Leaf A-D route corresponds to that match for tracking.

   Note that if a particular S-PMSI A-D route is a match for tracking
   but not a match for reception, the LIR bit in its PTA is ignored if
   the LIR-pF bit is set.

5.3.  When the Egress Node is an ABR or ASBR

   When segmented P-tunnels are used, the ingress and egress nodes may
   be ABRs or ASBRs.  An egress ABR/ASBR that receives and installs an
   S-PMSI A-D route also forwards that route.  If the PTA of an
   installed S-PMSI A-D route specifies a tunnel, the egress ABR/ASBR
   MAY change the PTA to specify a different tunnel type (as discussed
   in [RFC6514] and/or [RFC7524]).  The egress ABR/ASBR may also need to
   originate a Leaf A-D route, as specified in [RFC6514] and/or
   [RFC7524].

   Suppose the forwarded S-PMSI A-D route has a PTA specifying a tunnel,
   and also has LIR-pF set.  The egress ABR/ASBR originates a
   corresponding Leaf A-D route for a given (C-S,C-G) only if it knows
   that it needs to receive that flow.  It will know this by virtue of
   receiving a corresponding Leaf A-D route from downstream.  (In the
   case where the PTA specifies a tunnel but LIR-pF is not set, this
   document does not specify any new procedures.)

   The procedures in the remainder of this section apply only when an
   egress ABR/ASBR has installed an S-PMSI A-D route whose PTA specifies
   "no tunnel information present" but has LIR or LIR-pF set.

   If the PTA of the installed S-PMSI A-D route specifies "no tunnel
   information present", the egress ABR/ASBR MUST pass the PTA along
   unchanged when it forwards the S-PMSI A-D route.  (That is, a PTA
   specifying "no tunnel information present" MUST NOT be changed into a
   PTA specifying a tunnel.)  Furthermore, if the PTA specifies "no
   tunnel information present", the LIR and LIR-pF flags in the PTA MUST
   be passed along unchanged.

   As a result of propagating such an S-PMSI A-D route, the egress ABR/
   ASBR may receive one or more Leaf A-D routes that correspond to that
   S-PMSI A-D route.  These routes will be received carrying an IP-
   address-specific Route Target (RT) Extended Community that specifies
   the address of the egress ABR/ASBR.  The egress ABR/ASBR will
   propagate these Leaf A-D routes, after changing the RT as follows.
   The "global administrator" field of the modified RT will be set to
   the IP address taken either from the S-PMSI A-D route's next hop
   field ([RFC6514]), or from its Segmented P2MP Next Hop Extended
   Community ([RFC7524]).

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   This procedure enables the ingress PE to explicitly track the egress
   PEs for a given flow, even if segmented tunnels are being used.
   However, cross-domain explicit tracking utilizes S-PMSI A-D routes
   that do not specify tunnel information; therefore it can only be done
   when the S-PMSI A-D route which is a flow's match for tracking is
   different than the S-PMSI A-D route which is that flow's match for
   reception.

6.  Ingress Node Handling of Received Leaf A-D Routes with LIR-pF Set

   Consider the following situation:

   o  An ingress node, call it N, receives a Leaf A-D route, call it L.

   o  L carries an IP-address-specific RT identifying N.

   o  The route key field of L's NLRI is not identical to the NLRI of
      any current I-PMSI or S-PMSI A-D route originated by N.

   Per the procedures of [RFC6514] and [RFC7524], such a Leaf A-D route
   does not cause any MVPN-specific action to be taken by N.

   This document modifies those procedures in the case where there is a
   current S-PMSI A-D route with a wildcard NLRI, originated by N, to
   which L is a valid response according to the procedures of
   Section 5.2.  In this case, L MUST be processed by N.

   Suppose that L's PTA specifies a tunnel type of Ingress Replication,
   and that it also specifies a non-zero MPLS label.  Then if N needs to
   send to L a packet belonging to the multicast flow or flows
   identified in L's NLRI, N MUST use the specified label.

   If L's PTA meets any of the following conditions:

   o  It specifies a tunnel type of "no tunnel information present", or

   o  It specifies a tunnel type of Ingress Replication, but specifies
      an MPLS label of zero, or

   o  It specifies another of the tunnel types listed in Section 5 of
      [RFC6514],

   then the action taken by N when it receives L is a local matter.  In
   this case, the Leaf A-D route L provides N with explicit tracking
   information for the flow identified by L's NLRI.  However, that
   information is for management/monitoring purposes and does not have
   an effect on the flow of multicast traffic.

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   If L's PTA specifies a tunnel type not mentioned above, the
   specification for how MVPN uses that tunnel type must specify the
   actions that N is to take upon receiving L.  As an example, see
   [BIER-MVPN].

7.  Acknowledgments

   The authors wish to thank Robert Kebler for his ideas and comments.
   We also thank Stephane Litkowski for his thorough review and useful
   suggestions.

8.  IANA Considerations

   The LIR-pF flag needs to be added to the "P-Multicast Service
   Interface Tunnel (PMSI Tunnel) Attribute Flags" in the "Border
   Gateway Protocol (BGP) Parameters" registry.  This registry is
   defined in [RFC7902].  The requested value is Bit Position 2.  This
   document should be the reference.

9.  Security Considerations

   The Security Considerations of [RFC6513] and [RFC6514] apply.

   By setting the LIR-pF flag in a single wildcard S-PMSI A-D route, a
   large number of Leaf A-D routes can be elicited.  If this flag is set
   when not desired (through either error or malfeasance), a significant
   increase in control plane overhead can result.  The specification of
   counter-measures for this problem is outside the scope of this
   document.

10.  References

10.1.  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,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC6513]  Rosen, E., Ed. and R. Aggarwal, Ed., "Multicast in MPLS/
              BGP IP VPNs", RFC 6513, DOI 10.17487/RFC6513, February
              2012, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6513>.

   [RFC6514]  Aggarwal, R., Rosen, E., Morin, T., and Y. Rekhter, "BGP
              Encodings and Procedures for Multicast in MPLS/BGP IP
              VPNs", RFC 6514, DOI 10.17487/RFC6514, February 2012,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6514>.

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   [RFC6625]  Rosen, E., Ed., Rekhter, Y., Ed., Hendrickx, W., and R.
              Qiu, "Wildcards in Multicast VPN Auto-Discovery Routes",
              RFC 6625, DOI 10.17487/RFC6625, May 2012,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6625>.

   [RFC7524]  Rekhter, Y., Rosen, E., Aggarwal, R., Morin, T.,
              Grosclaude, I., Leymann, N., and S. Saad, "Inter-Area
              Point-to-Multipoint (P2MP) Segmented Label Switched Paths
              (LSPs)", RFC 7524, DOI 10.17487/RFC7524, May 2015,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7524>.

   [RFC7902]  Rosen, E. and T. Morin, "Registry and Extensions for
              P-Multicast Service Interface Tunnel Attribute Flags",
              RFC 7902, DOI 10.17487/RFC7902, June 2016,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7902>.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
              May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.

10.2.  Informative References

   [BIER-MVPN]
              Rosen, E., Sivakumar, M., Aldrin, S., Dolganow, A., and T.
              Przygienda, "Multicast VPN Using BIER", internet-draft
              draft-ietf-bier-mvpn-11, March 2018.

   [RFC7582]  Rosen, E., Wijnands, IJ., Cai, Y., and A. Boers,
              "Multicast Virtual Private Network (MVPN): Using
              Bidirectional P-Tunnels", RFC 7582, DOI 10.17487/RFC7582,
              July 2015, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7582>.

   [RFC7900]  Rekhter, Y., Ed., Rosen, E., Ed., Aggarwal, R., Cai, Y.,
              and T. Morin, "Extranet Multicast in BGP/IP MPLS VPNs",
              RFC 7900, DOI 10.17487/RFC7900, June 2016,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7900>.

Authors' Addresses

   Andrew Dolganow
   Nokia
   438B Alexandra Rd #08-07/10
   Alexandra Technopark
   Singapore  119968
   Singapore

   Email: andrew.dolganow@nokia.com

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   Jayant Kotalwar
   Nokia
   701 East Middlefield Rd
   Mountain View, California  94043
   United States of America

   Email: jayant.kotalwar@nokia.com

   Eric C. Rosen (editor)
   Juniper Networks, Inc.
   10 Technology Park Drive
   Westford, Massachusetts  01886
   United States of America

   Email: erosen@juniper.net

   Zhaohui Zhang
   Juniper Networks, Inc.
   10 Technology Park Drive
   Westford, Massachusetts  01886
   United States of America

   Email: zzhang@juniper.net

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