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Updates to ASON Routing for OSPFv2 Protocols (RFC 5787bis)
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                                                          August 8, 2011

       Updates to ASON Routing for OSPFv2 Protocols (RFC 5787bis)
                   draft-ietf-ccamp-rfc5787bis-03.txt

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Abstract

   The ITU-T has defined an architecture and requirements for operating
   an Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON).

   The Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS) protocol suite
   is designed to provide a control plane for a range of network
   technologies including optical networks such as time division
   multiplexing (TDM) networks including SONET/SDH and Optical Transport
   Networks (OTNs), and lambda switching optical networks.

   The requirements for GMPLS routing to satisfy the requirements of
   ASON routing, and an evaluation of existing GMPLS routing protocols
   are provided in other documents.  This document defines extensions to
   the OSPFv2 Link State Routing Protocol to meet the requirements for
   routing in an ASON.

   Note that this work is scoped to the requirements and evaluation
   expressed in RFC 4258 and RFC 4652 and the ITU-T Recommendations
   current when those documents were written.  Future extensions of
   revisions of this work may be necessary if the ITU-T Recommendations
   are revised or if new requirements are introduced into a revision of
   RFC 4258.

Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
     1.1.  Conventions Used in This Document  . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
   2.  Routing Areas, OSPF Areas, and Protocol Instances  . . . . . .  6
   3.  Terminology and Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
   4.  Reachability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
   5.  Link Attribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
     5.1.  Local Adaptation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
     5.2.  Bandwidth Accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
   6.  Routing Information Scope  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
     6.1.  Link Advertisement (Local and Remote TE Router ID 
           Sub-TLV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
     6.2.  Reachability Advertisement (Local TE Router ID sub-TLV)  . 11
   7.  Routing Information Dissemination  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
     7.1  Import/Export Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
     7.2  Loop Prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
       7.2.1  Inter-RA Export Upward/Downward Sub-TLVs  . . . . . . . 13
       7.2.2  Inter-RA Export Upward/Downward Sub-TLV Processing  . . 14
   8.  OSPFv2 Scalability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
   9.  Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
   10.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
     10.1.  Sub-TLVs of the Link TLV  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
 

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     10.2.  Sub-TLVs of the Node Attribute TLV  . . . . . . . . . . . 16
     10.3.  Sub-TLVs of the Router Address TLV  . . . . . . . . . . . 16
   11.   Management Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
     11.1. Routing Area (RA) Isolation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
     11.2 Routing Area (RA) Topology/Configuration Changes  . . . . . 17
   12.  Comparison to Requirements in RFC 4258  . . . . . . . . . . . 17
   13.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
     13.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
     13.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
   14.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
   Appendix A.  ASON Terminology  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
   Appendix B.  ASON Routing Terminology  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
   Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

 

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1.  Introduction

   The Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS) [RFC3945]
   protocol suite is designed to provide a control plane for a range of
   network technologies including optical networks such as time division
   multiplexing (TDM) networks including SONET/SDH and Optical Transport
   Networks (OTNs), and lambda switching optical networks.

   The ITU-T defines the architecture of the Automatically Switched
   Optical Network (ASON) in [G.8080].

   [RFC4258] describes the routing requirements for the GMPLS suite of
   routing protocols to support the capabilities and functionality of
   ASON control planes identified in [G.7715] and in [G.7715.1].

   [RFC4652] evaluates the IETF Link State routing protocols against the
   requirements identified in [RFC4258].  Section 7.1 of [RFC4652]
   summarizes the capabilities to be provided by OSPFv2 [RFC2328] in
   support of ASON routing.  This document describes the OSPFv2
   specifics for ASON routing.

   Multi-layer transport networks are constructed from multiple networks
   of different technologies operating in a client-server relationship.
   The ASON routing model includes the definition of routing levels that
   provide scaling and confidentiality benefits.  In multi-level
   routing, domains called routing areas (RAs) are arranged in a
   hierarchical relationship.  Note that as described in [RFC4652],
   there is no implied relationship between multi-layer transport
   networks and multi-level routing.  The multi-level routing mechanisms
   described in this document work for both single-layer and multi-layer
   networks.

   Implementations may support a hierarchical routing topology (multi-
   level) for multiple transport network layers and/or a hierarchical
   routing topology for a single transport network layer.

   This document describes the processing of the generic (technology-
   independent) link attributes that are defined in [RFC3630],
   [RFC4202], and [RFC4203] and that are extended in this document.  As
   described in Section 5.2, technology-specific traffic engineering
   attributes and their processing may be defined in other documents
   that complement this document.

   Note that this work is scoped to the requirements and evaluation
   expressed in [RFC4258] and [RFC4652] and the ITU-T Recommendations
   current when those documents were written.  Future extensions of
   revisions of this work may be necessary if the ITU-T Recommendations
   are revised or if new requirements are introduced into a revision of
 

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   [RFC4258].

1.1.  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 RFC 2119 [RFC2119].

   The reader is assumed to be familiar with the terminology and
   requirements developed in [RFC4258] and the evaluation outcomes
   described in [RFC4652].

   General ASON terminology is provided in Appendix A.  ASON routing
   terminology is described in Appendix B.

2.  Routing Areas, OSPF Areas, and Protocol Instances

   An ASON routing area (RA) represents a partition of the data plane,
   and its identifier is used within the control plane as the
   representation of this partition.

   RAs are hierarchically contained: a higher-level (parent) RA contains
   lower-level (child) RAs that in turn MAY also contain RAs, etc. 
   Thus, RAs contain RAs that recursively define successive hierarchical
   RA levels.  Routing information may be exchanged between levels of
   the RA hierarchy, i.e., Level N+1 and N, where Level N represents the
   RAs contained by Level N+1.  The links connecting RAs may be viewed
   as external links (inter-RA links), and the links representing
   connectivity within an RA may be viewed as internal links (intra-RA
   links).  The external links to an RA at one level of the hierarchy
   may be internal links in the parent RA.  Intra-RA links of a child RA
   MAY be hidden from the parent RA's view. [RFC4258]

   An ASON RA can be mapped to an OSPF area, but the hierarchy of ASON
   RA levels does not map to the hierarchy of OSPF areas. Instead,
   successive hierarchical levels of RAs MUST be represented by separate
   instances of the protocol.  Thus, inter-level routing information
   exchange (as described in Section 7) involves the export and import
   of routing information between protocol instances.

   An ASON RA may therefore be identified by the combination of its OSPF
   instance identifier and its OSPF area identifier.  With proper and
   careful network-wide configuration, this can be achieved using just
   the OSPF area identifier, and this process is RECOMMENDED in this
   document.  These concepts are discussed in Section 7.

   A key ASON requirement is the support of multiple transport planes or
   layers.  Each transport node has associated topology (links and
 

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   reachability) which is used for ASON routing.

3.  Terminology and Identification

   This section describes the mapping of key ASON entities to OSPF
   entities.  Appendix A contains a complete glossary of ASON routing
   terminology.

   There are three categories of identifiers used for ASON routing
   (G7715.1): transport plane names, control plane identifiers for
   components, and SCN addresses. This section discusses the mapping
   between ASON routing identifiers and corresponding identifiers
   defined for GMPLS routing, and how these support the physical (or
   logical) separation of transport plane entities and control plane
   components.  GMPLS supports this separation of identifiers and
   planes.

   In the context of OSPF Traffic Engineering (TE), an ASON transport
   node corresponds to a unique OSPF TE node.  An OSPF TE node is
   uniquely identified by the TE Router Address TLV [RFC3630]. In this
   document, this TE Router Address is referred to as the TE Router ID,
   which is in the ASON transport plane name space.  The TE Router ID
   should not be confused with the OSPF Router ID which uniquely
   identifies an OSPF router within an OSPF routing domain [RFC2328] and
   is in a name space for control plane components.

   Note: The Router Address top-level TLV definition, processing, and
   usage are unchanged from [RFC3630].  This TLV specifies a stable OSPF
   TE node IP address, i.e., the IP address is always reachable when
   there is IP connectivity to the associated OSPF TE node.

   ASON defines a Routing Controller (RC) as an entity that handles
   (abstract) information needed for routing and the routing information
   exchange with peering RCs by operating on the Routing Database (RDB).
   ASON defines a Protocol Controller (PC) as an entity that handles
   protocol-specific message exchanges according to the reference point
   over which the information is exchanged (e.g., E-NNI, I-NNI), and
   internal exchanges with the Routing Controller (RC) [RFC4258].  In
   this document, an OSPF router advertising ASON TE topology
   information will perform both the functions of the RC and PC.  Each
   OSPF router is uniquely identified by its OSPF Router ID [RFC2328].

4.  Reachability

   Reachability in ASON refers to the set of endpoints reachable in the
   transport plane by a node or the reachable endpoints of a level N. 
   Reachable entities are identified in the transport plane name space
 

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   (ASON SNPP name space).  In order to advertise blocks of reachable
   address prefixes, a summarization mechanism is introduced that is
   based on the techniques described in [RFC5786]. For ASON reachability
   advertisement, blocks of reachable address prefixes are advertised
   together with the associated data plane node. The data plane node is
   identified in the control plane by its TE Router ID, as discussed in
   section 6.

   In order to support ASON reachability advertisement, the Node
   Attribute TLV defined in [RFC5786] is used to advertise the
   combination of a TE Router ID and its set of associated reachable
   address prefixes. The Node Attribute TLV can contain the following
   sub-TLVs:

      - TE Router ID sub-TLV: Length: 4; Defined in Section 6.2
      - Node IPv4 Local Address sub-TLV: Length: variable; [RFC5786]
      - Node IPv6 Local Address sub-TLV: Length: variable; [RFC5786]

   A router may support multiple transport nodes as discussed in section
   6, and, as a result, may be required to advertise reachability (ASON
   SNPPs) separately for each transport node. As a consequence, it MUST
   be possible for the router to originate more than one TE LSA
   containing the Node Attribute TLV when used for ASON reachability
   advertisement.

   Hence, the Node Attribute TLV [RFC5786] advertisement rules must be
   relaxed for ASON. A Node Attribute TLV MAY appear in more than one TE
   LSA originated by the RC when the RC is advertising reachability
   information for a different transport node identified by the Local TE
   Router Sub-TLV (refer to section 6.1).

5.  Link Attribute

   With the exception of local adaptation (described below), the mapping
   of link attributes and characteristics to OSPF TE Link TLV Sub-TLVs
   is unchanged [RFC4652].  OSPF TE Link TLV Sub-TLVs are described in
   [RFC3630] and [RFC4203].  Advertisement of this information SHOULD be
   supported on a per-layer basis, i.e., one TE LSA per unique switching
   capability and bandwidth granularity combination.

5.1.  Local Adaptation

   Local adaptation is defined as a TE link attribute (i.e., sub-TLV)
   that describes the cross/inter-layer relationships.

   The Interface Switching Capability Descriptor (ISCD) TE Attribute
   [RFC4202] identifies the ability of the TE link to support cross-
   connection to another link within the same layer. When advertising
 

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   link adaptation, it also identifies the ability to use a locally
   terminated connection that belongs to one layer as a data link for
   another layer (adaptation capability). However, the information
   associated with the ability to terminate connections within that
   layer (referred to as the termination capability) is advertised with
   the adaptation capability.

   For instance, a link between two optical cross-connects will contain
   at least one ISCD attribute describing the Lambda Switching Capable
   (LSC) switching capability. Conversely, a link between an optical
   cross-connect and an IP/MPLS Label Switching Router (LSR) will
   contain at least two ISCD attributes, one for the description of the
   LSC termination capability and one for the Packet Switching Capable
   (PSC) adaptation capability.

   In OSPFv2, the Interface Switching Capability Descriptor (ISCD) is a
   sub-TLV (type 15) of the top-level Link TLV (type 2) [RFC4203]. The
   adaptation and termination capabilities are advertised using two
   separate ISCD sub-TLVs within the same top-level Link TLV.

   An interface MAY have more than one ISCD sub-TLV, [RFC4202] and
   [RFC4203]. Hence, the corresponding advertisements should not result
   in any compatibility issues.

5.2.  Bandwidth Accounting

   GMPLS routing defines an Interface Switching Capability Descriptor
   (ISCD) that provides, among other things, the available
   (maximum/minimum) bandwidth per priority available for Label Switched
   Path (LSPs). One or more ISCD sub-TLVs can be associated with an
   interface, [RFC4202] and [RFC4203].  This information, combined with
   the Unreserved Bandwidth Link TLV sub-TLV [RFC3630], provides the
   basis for bandwidth accounting.

   In the ASON context, additional information may be included when the
   representation and information in the other advertised fields are not
   sufficient for a specific technology, e.g., SDH.  The definition of
   technology-specific information elements is beyond the scope of this
   document.  Some technologies will not require additional information
   beyond what is already defined in [RFC3630], [RFC4202], and
   [RFC4203].

6.  Routing Information Scope

   For ASON routing, the control plane component routing adjacency
   topology (i.e., the associated Protocol Controller (PC) connectivity)
   and the transport topology are NOT assumed to be congruent [RFC4258].
   Hence, a single OSPF router (i.e., the PC) MUST be able to advertise
 

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   on behalf of multiple transport layer nodes. The OSPF routers are
   identified by OSPF Router ID and the transport nodes are identified
   by TE Router ID. 

   The Router Address TLV [RFC3630] is used to advertise the TE Router
   ID associated with the advertising Routing Controller. TE Router IDs
   for additional transport nodes are advertised through specification
   of the Local TE Router Identifier in the Local and Remote TE Router
   TE sub-TLV and the Local TE Router Identifier sub-TLV described in
   the sections below. These Local TE Router Identifiers are typically
   used as the local endpoints for TE Label Switched Paths (LSPs)
   terminating on the associated transport node.

   It MAY be feasible for multiple OSPF Routers to advertise TE
   information for the same transport node. However, this is not
   considered a required use case and is not discussed further. 

6.1.  Link Advertisement (Local and Remote TE Router ID Sub-TLV)

   An OSPF router advertising on behalf of multiple transport nodes will
   require additional information to distinguish the link endpoints
   amongst the subsumed transport nodes.  In order to unambiguously
   specify the transport topology, the local and remote transport nodes
   MUST be identified by TE router ID. 

   For this purpose, a new sub-TLV of the OSPFv2 TE LSA top-level Link
   TLV is introduced that defines the Local and Remote TE Router ID.

   The Type field of the Local and Remote TE Router ID sub-TLV is
   assigned the value 26 (see Section 10).  The Length field takes the
   value 8.  The Value field of this sub-TLV contains 4 octets of the
   Local TE Router Identifier followed by 4 octets of the Remote TE
   Router Identifier.  The value of the Local and Remote TE Router
   Identifier SHOULD NOT be set to 0.

   The format of the Local and Remote TE Router ID sub-TLV is:

    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 (26)          |          Length (8)           |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                 Local TE Router Identifier                    |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                 Remote TE Router Identifier                   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   This sub-TLV MUST be included as a sub-TLV of the top-level Link TLV
 

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   if the OSPF router is advertising on behalf of one or more transport
   nodes having TE Router IDs different from the TE Router ID advertised
   in the Router Address TLV.  Therefore, it MUST be included if the
   OSPF router is advertising on behalf of multiple transport nodes.

   Note: The Link ID sub-TLV identifies the other end of the link (i.e.,
   Router ID of the neighbor for point-to-point links) [RFC3630]. When
   the Local and Remote TE Router ID Sub-TLV is present, it MUST be used
   to identify local and remote transport node endpoints for the link
   and the Link-ID sub-TLV MUST be ignored. The Local and Remote ID sub-
   TLV, if specified, MUST only be specified once.

6.2.  Reachability Advertisement (Local TE Router ID sub-TLV)

   When an OSPF router is advertising on behalf of multiple transport
   nodes, the routing protocol MUST be able to associate the advertised
   reachability information with the correct transport node.

   For this purpose, a new sub-TLV of the OSPFv2 TE LSA top-level Node
   Attribute TLV is introduced.  This TLV associates the local prefixes
   (see above) to a given transport node identified by TE Router ID.

   The Type field of the Local TE Router ID sub-TLV is assigned the
   value 5 (see Section 10).  The Length field takes the value 4.  The
   Value field of this sub-TLV contains the Local TE Router Identifier
   [RFC3630] encoded over 4 octets.

   The format of the Local TE Router ID sub-TLV is:

    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 (5)          |          Length (4)           |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                 Local TE Router Identifier                    |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   This sub-TLV MUST be included as a sub-TLV of the top-level Node
   Attribute TLV if the OSPF router is advertising on behalf of one or
   more transport nodes having TE Router IDs different from the TE
   Router ID advertised in the Router Address TLV.  Therefore, it MUST
   be included if the OSPF router is advertising on behalf of multiple
   transport nodes.

 

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7.  Routing Information Dissemination

   An ASON routing area (RA) represents a partition of the data plane,
   and its identifier is used within the control plane as the
   representation of this partition.  An RA may contain smaller RAs
   inter-connected by links.  ASON RA levels do not map directly to OSPF
   areas. Rather, hierarchical levels of RAs are represented by separate
   OSPF protocol instances.

   Routing controllers (RCs) supporting multiple RAs disseminate
   information downward and upward in this ASON hierarchy.  The vertical
   routing information dissemination mechanisms described in this
   section do not introduce or imply hierarchical OSPF areas.  RCs
   supporting RAs at multiple levels are structured as separate OSPF
   instances with routing information exchange between levels described
   by import and export rules between these instances. The functionality
   described herein does not pertain to OSPF areas or OSPF Area Border
   Router (ABR) functionality.

7.1  Import/Export Rules

   RCs supporting RAs disseminate information upward and downward in the
   hierarchy by importing/exporting routing information as TE LSAs. TE
   LSAs are area-scoped opaque LSAs with opaque type 1 [RFC3630]. The
   information that MAY be exchanged between adjacent levels includes
   the Router Address, Link, and Node Attribute top-level TLVs.

   The imported/exported routing information content MAY be transformed,
   e.g., filtered or aggregated, as long as the resulting routing
   information is consistent.  In particular, when more than one RC is
   bound to adjacent levels and both are allowed to import/export
   routing information, it is expected that these transformations are
   performed in a consistent manner.  Definition of these policy-based
   mechanisms is outside the scope of this document.

   In practice, and in order to avoid scalability and processing
   overhead, routing information imported/exported downward/upward in
   the hierarchy is expected to include reachability information (see
   Section 4) and, upon strict policy control, link topology
   information.

7.2  Loop Prevention

   When more than one RC is bound to an adjacent level of the ASON
   hierarchy, and is configured to export routing information upward or
   downward, a specific mechanism is required to avoid looping of
   routing information.  Looping is the re-advertisement of routing
   information into an RA that had previously advertised that routing
 

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   information upward or downward into an upper or lower level RA in the
   ASON hierarchy. For example, without loop prevention mechanisms, this
   could happen when the RC advertising routing information downward in
   the hierarchy is not the same one that advertises routing information
   upward in the hierarchy.

7.2.1  Inter-RA Export Upward/Downward Sub-TLVs

   The Inter-RA Export Sub-TLVs can be used to prevent the re-
   advertisement of OSPF TE routing information into an RA which
   previously advertised that information. The type value 28 (see
   Section 10) will indicate that the associated routing information has
   been exported downward. The type value 27 (see Section 10) will
   indicate that the associated routing information has been exported
   upward. While it is not required for routing information exported
   downward, both Sub-TLVs will include the Routing Area (RA) ID from
   the which the routing information was exported.  This RA is not
   necessarily the RA originating the routing information but RA from
   which the information was immediately exported.

   These additional Sub-TLVs MAY be included in TE LSAs that include any
   of the following top-level TLVs:

      - Router Address top-level TLV
      - Link top-level TLV
      - Node Attribute top-level TLV

   The Type field of the Inter-RA Export Upward and Inter-RA Export
   Downward sub-TLVs are respectively assigned the values 27 and 28 (see
   Section 10). The Length field in these Sub-TLVs takes the value 4.
   The Value field in these sub-TLVs contains the associated RA ID. The
   RA ID value must be a unique identifier for the RA within the ASON
   routing domain.

   The format of the Inter-RA Export Upward and Inter-RA Export Downward
   Sub-TLVs is graphically depicted below:

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Upward/Downward Type (27/28)  |           Length (4)          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                       Associated RA ID                        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

 

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7.2.2  Inter-RA Export Upward/Downward Sub-TLV Processing

   TE LSAs MAY be imported or exported downward or upward in the ASON
   routing hierarchy. The direction and advertising RA ID are advertised
   in an Inter-RA Export Upward/Downward Sub-TLV. They MUST be retained
   and advertised in the receiving RA with the associated routing
   information.

   When exporting routing information upward in the ASON routing
   hierarchy, any information received from a level above, i.e., tagged
   with an Inter-RA Export Downward Sub-TLV, MUST NOT be exported
   upward. Since an RA at level N is contained by a single RA at level
   N+1, this is the only checking that is necessary and the associated
   RA ID is used solely for informational purposes.

   When exporting routing information downward in the ASON routing
   hierarchy, any information received from a level below, i.e., tagged
   with an Inter-RA Export Upward Sub-TLV MUST NOT be exported downward
   if the target RA ID matches the RA ID associated with the routing
   information. This additional checking is required for routing
   information exported downward since a single RA at level N+1 may
   contain multiple RAs at level N in the ASON routing hierarchy.  In
   order words, routing information MUST NOT be exported downward into
   the RA from which it was received.

8.  OSPFv2 Scalability

   The extensions described herein are only applicable to ASON routing
   domains and it is not expected that the attendant reachability (see
   Section 4) and link information will ever be mixed with global or
   local IP routing information.  If there were ever a requirement for a
   given RC to participate in both domains, separate OSPFv2 instances
   would be utilized.  However, in a multi-level ASON hierarchy, the
   potential volume of information could be quite large and the
   recommendations in this section SHOULD be followed by RCs
   implementing this specification. 

   - Routing information exchange upward/downward in the hierarchy
     between adjacent RAs SHOULD, by default, be limited to reachability
     information.  In addition, several transformations such as prefix
     aggregation are RECOMMENDED to reduce the amount of information
     imported/exported by a given RC when such transformations will not
     impact consistency.

   - Routing information exchange upward/downward in the ASON hierarchy
     involving TE attributes MUST be under strict policy control. 
     Pacing and min/max thresholds for triggered updates are strongly
     RECOMMENDED.
 

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   - The number of routing levels MUST be maintained under strict policy
     control.

9.  Security Considerations

   This document specifies the contents and processing of OSPFv2 TE LSAs
   [RFC3630] and [RFC4202].  The TE LSA extensions defined in this
   document are not used for SPF computation, and have no direct effect
   on IP routing.  Additionally, ASON routing domains are delimited by
   the usual administrative domain boundaries.

   Any mechanisms used for securing the exchange of normal OSPF LSAs can
   be applied equally to all TE LSAs used in the ASON context. 
   Authentication of OSPFv2 LSA exchanges (such as OSPF cryptographic
   authentication [RFC2328] and [RFC5709]) can be used to secure against
   passive attacks and provide significant protection against active
   attacks.  [RFC5709] defines a mechanism for authenticating OSPFv2
   packets by making use of the HMAC algorithm in conjunction with the
   SHA family of cryptographic hash functions.

   If a stronger authentication were believed to be required, then the
   use of a full digital signature [RFC2154] would be an approach that
   should be seriously considered.  Use of full digital signatures would
   enable precise authentication of the OSPF router originating each
   OSPF link-state advertisement, and thereby provide much stronger
   integrity protection for the OSPF routing domain.

10.  IANA Considerations

   This document is classified as Standards Track.  It defines new sub-
   TLVs for inclusion in OSPF TE LSAs.  According to the assignment
   policies for the registries of code points for these sub-TLVs, values
   must be assigned by IANA [RFC3630].

   This draft requests early allocation of IANA code points in
   accordance with [RFC4020]. [NOTE TO RFC Editor: this paragraph and
   the RFC 4020 reference can be removed during RFC editing].

   The following subsections summarize the required sub-TLVs.

10.1.  Sub-TLVs of the Link TLV

   This document defines the following sub-TLVs of the Link TLV
   advertised in the OSPF TE LSA:

   - Local and Remote TE Router ID sub-TLV (26)
   - Inter-RA Export Upward sub-TLV (27)
   - Inter-RA Export Downward sub-TLV (28)
 

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   Codepoints for these Sub-TLVs should be allocated from the "Types for
   sub-TLVs of TE Link TLV (Value 2)" registry standards action range (0
   - 32767) [RFC3630].

   Note that the same values for the Inter-RA Export Upward sub-TLV and
   the Inter-RA Export Downward Sub-TLV MUST be used when they appear in
   the Link TLV, Node Attribute TLV, and Router Address TLV.

10.2.  Sub-TLVs of the Node Attribute TLV

   This document defines the following sub-TLVs of the Node Attribute
   TLV advertised in the OSPF TE LSA:

      - Local TE Router ID sub-TLV (5)
      - Inter-RA Export Upward sub-TLV (27)
      - Inter-RA Export Downward sub-TLV (28)

   Codepoints for these Sub-TLVs should be assigned from the "Types for
   sub-TLVs of TE Node Attribute TLV (Value 5)" registry standards
   action range (0 - 32767) [RFC5786].

   Note that the same values for the Inter-RA Export Upward sub-TLV and
   the Inter-RA Export Downward Sub-TLV MUST be used when they appear in
   the Link TLV, Node Attribute TLV, and Router Address TLV.

10.3.  Sub-TLVs of the Router Address TLV

   The Router Address TLV is advertised in the OSPF TE LSA [RFC3630]. 
   Since this TLV currently has no Sub-TLVs defined, a "Types for sub-
   TLVs of Router Address TLV (Value 1)" registry must be defined.

   The registry guidelines for the assignment of types for sub-TLVs of
   the Router Address TLV are as follows:

      o  Types in the range 0-32767 are to be assigned via Standards
         Action.

      o  Types in the range 32768-32777 are for experimental use; these
         will not be registered with IANA, and MUST NOT be mentioned by
         RFCs.

      o  Types in the range 32778-65535 are not to be assigned at this
         time.  Before any assignments can be made in this range, there
         MUST be a Standards Track RFC that specifies IANA
         Considerations that covers the range being assigned.

   This document defines the following sub-TLVs for inclusion in the
   Router Address TLV:
 

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      - Inter-RA Export Upward sub-TLV (27)
      - Inter-RA Export Downward sub-TLV (28)

   Codepoints for these Sub-TLVs should be allocated from the "Types for
   sub-TLVs of Router Address TLV (Value 1)" registry standards action
   range (0 - 32767).

   Note that the same values for the Inter-RA Export Upward sub-TLV and
   the Inter-RA Export Downward Sub-TLV MUST be used when they appear in
   the Link TLV, Node Attribute TLV, and Router Address TLV.

11.   Management Considerations

11.1. Routing Area (RA) Isolation

   If the RA Identifier is mapped to the OSPF Area ID as recommended in
   section 2.0, OSPF [RFC2328] implicitly provides isolation. On any
   intra-RA link, packets will only be accepted if the area-id in the
   OSPF packet header matches the area ID for the OSPF interface on
   which the packet was received.  Hence, RCs will only establish
   adjacencies and exchange reachability information (see Section 4.0)
   with RCs in the same RC.  Other mechanisms for RA isolation are
   beyond the scope of this document.

11.2 Routing Area (RA) Topology/Configuration Changes

   The GMPLS Routing for ASON requirements [RFC4258] dictate that the
   routing protocol MUST support reconfiguration and SHOULD support
   architectural evolution.  OSPF [RFC2328] includes support for the
   dynamic introduction or removal of ASON reachability information
   through the flooding and purging of OSPF opaque LSAs [RFC5250]. Also,
   when an RA is partitioned or an RC fails, stale LSAs SHOULD NOT be
   used unless the advertising RC is reachable. The configuration of
   OSPF RAs and the policies governing the redistribution of ASON
   reachability information between RAs are implementation issues
   outside of the OSPF routing protocol and beyond the scope of this
   document.

12.  Comparison to Requirements in RFC 4258

   The following table shows how this draft complies with the
   requirements in [RFC4258]. The first column contains a requirements
   number (1-30) and the relevant section in RFC 4258. The second column
   describes the requirement, the third column discusses the compliance
   to that requirement, and the fourth column lists the relevant section
   in draft, and/or another RFC that already satisfies the requirement.

 

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  +----------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+
  | RFC 4258 |   RFC 4258 Requirement    |  Compliance   |  Reference  |
  | Section  |                           |               |             |
  |  (Req.   |                           |               |             |
  | Number)  |                           |               |             |
  +----------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+
  | 3.0 (1)  | The failure of an RC, or  |  Implied by   |   Not an    |
  |          |      the failure of       | separation of |attribute of |
  |          |communications between RCs,| transport and |   routing   |
  |          |and the subsequent recovery|control plane. |  protocol.  |
  |          |from the failure condition |               |             |
  |          | MUST NOT disrupt call in  |               |             |
  |          |         progress.         |               |             |
  +----------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+
  | 3.1 (2)  |Multiple Hierarchical Level|      Yes      | Sections 2  |
  |          |   of ASON Routing Areas   |               |    and 3    |
  |          |          (RAs).           |               |             |
  +----------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+
  | 3.1 (3)  |   Prior to establishing   |  Yes when RA  |Section 11.1 |
  |          | communications, RCs MUST  | maps to OSPF  |             |
  |          |verify that they are bound |   Area ID.    |             |
  |          |  to the same parent RA.   |               |             |
  +----------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+
  | 3.1 (4)  | The RC ID MUST be unique  |      Yes      |RFC 2328 and |
  |          | within its containing RA. |               | Section 3.  |
  +----------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+
  | 3.1 (5)  |Each RA within a carrier's |Yes - although | Sections 2, |
  |          | network SHALL be uniquely | uniqueness is | 3, and 11.1 |
  |          |identifiable. RA IDs MAY be|the operator's |             |
  |          |associated with a transport|responsibility.|             |
  |          | plane name space, whereas |               |             |
  |          |RC IDs are associated with |               |             |
  |          |a control plane name space.|               |             |
  +----------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+
  | 3.2 (6)  |   Hierarchical Routing    |      Yes      |  Section 7  |
  |          | Information Dissemination |               |             |
  +----------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+
  | 3.2 (7)  |    Routing Information    |      Yes      | Section 7.1 |
  |          |exchanged between levels N |               |             |
  |          |   and N+1 via separate    |               |             |
  |          |       instances and       |               |             |
  |          |      import/export.       |               |             |
  +----------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+

 

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  | 3.2 (8)  |    Routing Information    |   No - Not    |             |
  |          |exchanged between levels N |  described.   |             |
  |          | and N+1 via external link |               |             |
  |          |     (inter-RA links).     |               |             |
  +----------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+
  | 3.2 (9)  |    Routing information    |      Yes      | Sections 4, |
  |          |   exchange MUST include   |               |6, 6.1, 6.2, |
  |          | reachability information  |               |    and 8    |
  |          |   and MAY include, upon   |               |             |
  |          | policy decision, node and |               |             |
  |          |      link topology.       |               |             |
  +----------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+
  | 3.2 (10) |  There SHOULD NOT be any  |Yes - separate | Sections 2  |
  |          |    dependencies on the    |  instances.   |    and 3    |
  |          |different routing protocols|               |             |
  |          |  used within an RA or in  |               |             |
  |          |      different RAs.       |               |             |
  +----------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+
  | 3.2 (11) |The routing protocol SHALL |      Yes      | Section 7.2 |
  |          | differentiate the routing |               |             |
  |          |information originated at a|               |             |
  |          |given-level RA from derived|               |             |
  |          |    routing information    |               |             |
  |          |  (received from external  |               |             |
  |          |   RAs), even when this    |               |             |
  |          |information is forwarded by|               |             |
  |          |  another RC at the same   |               |             |
  |          |          level.           |               |             |
  +----------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+
  | 3.2 (12) | The routing protocol MUST |      Yes      | Section 7.2 |
  |          |  provide a mechanism to   |               |             |
  |          |    prevent information    |               |             |
  |          |propagated from a Level N+1|               |             |
  |          | RA's RC into the Level N  |               |             |
  |          |    RA's RC from being     |               |             |
  |          |  re-introduced into the   |               |             |
  |          |    Level N+1 RA's RC.     |               |             |
  +----------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+
  | 3.2 (13) | The routing protocol MUST |      Yes      | Section 7.2 |
  |          |  provide a mechanism to   |               |             |
  |          |    prevent information    |               |             |
  |          |propagated from a Level N-1|               |             |
  |          | RA's RC into the Level N  |               |             |
  |          |    RA's RC from being     |               |             |
  |          |  re-introduced into the   |               |             |
  |          |    Level N-1 RA's RC.     |               |             |
  +----------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+
 

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  | 3.2 (14) |   Instance of a Level N   |      Yes      | Sections 2, |
  |          |  routing function and an  |               |  3, and 7   |
  |          |  instance of a Level N+1  |               |             |
  |          |  routing function in the  |               |             |
  |          |       same system.        |               |             |
  +----------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+
  | 3.2 (15) |    The Level N routing    | Not described |     N/A     |
  |          | function is on a separate | but possible. |             |
  |          |   system the Level N+1    |               |             |
  |          |     routing function.     |               |             |
  +----------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+
  | 3.3 (16) |The RC MUST support static |     Yes -     | Sections 2  |
  |          | (i.e., operator assisted) |  automation   |and 3. Config|
  |          | and MAY support automated |requirement is | is product  |
  |          |   configuration of the    |  ambiguous.   |  specific.  |
  |          |information describing its |               |             |
  |          |relationship to its parent |               |             |
  |          | and its child within the  |               |             |
  |          |  hierarchical structure   |               |             |
  |          |  (including RA ID and RC  |               |             |
  |          |           ID).            |               |             |
  +----------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+
  | 3.3 (17) |The RC MUST support static |Yes - when OSPF|RFC 2328 and |
  |          | (i.e., operator assisted) |area maps to RA|Section 11.1 |
  |          | and MAY support automated | discovery is  |             |
  |          |   configuration of the    |  automatic.   |             |
  |          |information describing its |               |             |
  |          | associated adjacencies to |               |             |
  |          |  other RCs within an RA.  |               |             |
  +----------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+
  | 3.3 (18) |The routing protocol SHOULD|      Yes      |  RFC 2328   |
  |          |support all the types of RC|               |             |
  |          | adjacencies described in  |               |             |
  |          |Section 9 of [G.7715]. The |               |             |
  |          | latter includes congruent |               |             |
  |          |topology (with distributed |               |             |
  |          |  RC) and hubbed topology  |               |             |
  |          |(e.g., note that the latter|               |             |
  |          |  does not automatically   |               |             |
  |          |  imply a designated RC).  |               |             |
  +----------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+

 

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  +----------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+
  | 3.4 (19) |The routing protocol SHOULD|      Yes      |RFC 2328, RFC|
  |          | be capable of supporting  |               |  5250, and  |
  |          |architectural evolution in |               |Section 11.2.|
  |          |  terms of the number of   |               |             |
  |          |hierarchical levels of RAs,|               |             |
  |          |as well as the aggregation |               |             |
  |          | and segmentation of RAs.  |               |             |
  +----------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+
  |3.5.2 (20)|Advertisements MAY contain |               |             |
  |          |the following common set of|               |             |
  |          | information regardless of |               |             |
  |          | whether they are link or  |               |             |
  |          |       node related:       |               |             |
  |          |   -  RA ID of the RA to   |      Yes      |Section 7.2.1|
  |          |which the advertisement is |               |             |
  |          |          bounded          |               |             |
  |          |    -  RC ID of the entity |      Yes      |  RFC 2328   |
  |          |      generating the       |               |             |
  |          |       advertisement       |               |             |
  |          |      -  Information to    |      Yes      |RFC 2328, RFC|
  |          |     uniquely identify     |               |    5250     |
  |          |      advertisements       |               |             |
  |          |      -  Information to    |   No - Must   |             |
  |          |   determine whether an    |compare to old |             |
  |          |  advertisement has been   |               |             |
  |          |          updated          |               |             |
  |          |      -  Information to    |      Yes      |Section 7.2.1|
  |          |     indicate when an      |               |             |
  |          |  advertisement has been   |               |             |
  |          | derived from a different  |               |             |
  |          |         level RA          |               |             |
  +----------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+
  |3.5.3 (21)|The Node Attributes Node ID|Yes - Prefixes |  RFC 5786,  |
  |          | and Reachability must be  |   only for    |Section 4 and|
  |          |   advertised. It MAY be   | reachability  |      6      |
  |          |  advertised as a set of   |               |             |
  |          |associated external (e.g., |               |             |
  |          |  User Network Interface   |               |             |
  |          |  (UNI)) address/address   |               |             |
  |          |   prefixes or a set of    |               |             |
  |          |   associated SNPP link    |               |             |
  |          | IDs/SNPP ID prefixes, the |               |             |
  |          |selection of which MUST be |               |             |
  |          |   consistent within the   |               |             |
  |          |     applicable scope.     |               |             |
  +----------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+

 

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  |3.5.4 (22)| The Link Attributes Local |      Yes      | Section 6.1 |
  |          | SNPP link ID, Remote SNPP |               |             |
  |          |link ID, and layer specific|               |             |
  |          |  characteristics must be  |               |             |
  |          |        advertised.        |               |             |
  +----------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+
  |3.5.4 (23)| Link Signaling Attributes |      Yes      | Section 5,  |
  |          |other than Local Adaptation|               | RFC 4652 -  |
  |          |(Signal Type, Link Weight, |               |Section 5.3.1|
  |          |   Resource Class, Local   |               |             |
  |          |  Connection Types, Link   |               |             |
  |          |      Capacity, Link       |               |             |
  |          |  Availability, Diversity  |               |             |
  |          |         Support)          |               |             |
  +----------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+
  |3.5.4 (24)|   Link Signaling Local    |      Yes      | Section 5.1 |
  |          |        Adaptation         |               |             |
  +----------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+
  |  5 (25)  |   The routing adjacency   |      Yes      |Section 2, 3,|
  |          |    topology (i.e., the    |               |    and 6    |
  |          |associated PC connectivity |               |             |
  |          |topology) and the transport|               |             |
  |          |network topology SHALL NOT |               |             |
  |          |be assumed to be congruent.|               |             |
  +----------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+
  |  5 (26)  |The routing topology SHALL |      Yes      |RFC 2328, RFC|
  |          |  support multiple links   |               |    3630     |
  |          |  between nodes and RAs.   |               |             |
  +----------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+
  |  5 (27)  |The routing protocol SHALL |      Yes      |RFC 2328, RFC|
  |          |  converge such that the   |               |    5250     |
  |          |  distributed RDBs become  |               |             |
  |          |synchronized after a period|               |             |
  |          |         of time.          |               |             |
  +----------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+
  |  5 (28)  |Self-consistent information|Yes - However, | Section 7.1 |
  |          |  at the receiving level   | this is not a |             |
  |          |    resulting from any     |    routing    |             |
  |          |  transformation (filter,  |   protocol    |             |
  |          |   summarize, etc.) and    |   function.   |             |
  |          | forwarding of information |               |             |
  |          |  from one RC to RC(s) at  |               |             |
  |          |   different levels when   |               |             |
  |          |multiple RCs are bound to a|               |             |
  |          |        single RA.         |               |             |
  +----------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+

 

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  |  5 (29)  |    In order to support    |Partial - OSPF |RFC 2328 and |
  |          | operator-assisted changes | supports the  |  RFC 5250   |
  |          |    in the containment     |  purging of   |             |
  |          | relationships of RAs, the |     stale     |             |
  |          |  routing protocol SHALL   |advertisements |             |
  |          |support evolution in terms |and origination|             |
  |          |     of the number of      |  of new. The  |             |
  |          |hierarchical levels of RAs.|non-disruptive |             |
  |          |  For example: support of  |  behavior is  |             |
  |          | non-disruptive operations |implementation |             |
  |          |such as adding and removing|   specific.   |             |
  |          | RAs at the top/bottom of  |               |             |
  |          | the hierarchy, adding or  |               |             |
  |          |  removing a hierarchical  |               |             |
  |          |level of RAs in or from the|               |             |
  |          |middle of the hierarchy, as|               |             |
  |          |  well as aggregation and  |               |             |
  |          |   segmentation of RAs.    |               |             |
  +----------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+
  |  5 (30)  | A collection of links and |Yes - Within an| Sections 4  |
  |          |nodes such as a subnetwork | RA it must be |    and 6    |
  |          |   or RA MUST be able to   |  consistent.  |             |
  |          |  represent itself to the  |               |             |
  |          | wider network as a single |               |             |
  |          | logical entity with only  |               |             |
  |          |its external links visible |               |             |
  |          | to the topology database. |               |             |
  +----------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+

13.  References

13.1.  Normative References

   [RFC2119]    Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
                Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

   [RFC2328]    Moy, J., "OSPF Version 2", STD 54, RFC 2328, April 1998.

   [RFC3630]    Katz, D., Kompella, K., and D. Yeung, "Traffic
                Engineering (TE) Extensions to OSPF Version 2", RFC
                3630, September 2003.

   [RFC3945]    Mannie, E., Ed., "Generalized Multi-Protocol Label
                Switching (GMPLS) Architecture", RFC 3945, October 2004.

   [RFC4202]    Kompella, K., Ed., and Y. Rekhter, Ed., "Routing
                Extensions in Support of Generalized Multi-Protocol
 

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                Label Switching (GMPLS)", RFC 4202, October 2005.

   [RFC4203]    Kompella, K., Ed., and Y. Rekhter, Ed., "OSPF Extensions
                in Support of Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching
                (GMPLS)", RFC 4203, October 2005.

   [RFC5250]    Berger, L., Bryskin, I., Zinin, A., and R. Coltun, "The
                OSPF Opaque LSA Option", RFC 5250, July 2008.

   [RFC5786]    Aggarwal, R. and K. Kompella, "Advertising a Router's
                Local Addresses in OSPF TE Extensions", RFC 5786, March
                2010.

13.2.  Informative References

   [RFC2154]    Murphy, S., Badger, M., and B. Wellington, "OSPF with
                Digital Signatures", RFC 2154, June 1997.

   [RFC4020]    Kompella, K. and A. Zinin, "Early IANA Allocation of
                Standards Track Code Points", BCP 100, RFC 4020,
                February 2005.

   [RFC4258]    Brungard, D., Ed., "Requirements for Generalized Multi-
                Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Routing for the
                Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON)", RFC
                4258, November 2005.

   [RFC4652]    Papadimitriou, D., Ed., Ong, L., Sadler, J., Shew, S.,
                and D. Ward, "Evaluation of Existing Routing Protocols
                against Automatic Switched Optical Network (ASON)
                Routing Requirements", RFC 4652, October 2006.

   [RFC5709]    Bhatia, M., Manral, V., Fanto, M., White, R., Barnes,
                M., Li, T., and R. Atkinson, "OSPFv2 HMAC-SHA
                Cryptographic Authentication", RFC 5709, October 2009.

   For information on the availability of ITU Documents, please see
   http://www.itu.int.

   [G.7715]     ITU-T Rec. G.7715/Y.1306, "Architecture and Requirements
                for the Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON)",
                June 2002.

   [G.7715.1]   ITU-T Rec. G.7715.1/Y.1706.1, "ASON Routing Architecture
                and Requirements for Link State Protocols", February
                2004.

 

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   [G.805]      ITU-T Rec. G.805, "Generic Functional Architecture of
                Transport Networks)", March 2000.

   [G.8080]     ITU-T Rec. G.8080/Y.1304, "Architecture for the
                Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON)," June
                2006 (and Amendments 1 (March 2008) and 2 (Sept. 2010)).

14.  Acknowledgements

   The editors would like to thank Lyndon Ong, Remi Theillaud, Stephen
   Shew, Jonathan Sadler, Deborah Brungard, and Lou Berger for their
   useful comments and suggestions.

 

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Appendix A.  ASON Terminology

   This document makes use of the following terms:

   Administrative domain: (See Recommendation [G.805].)  For the
      purposes of [G7715.1], an administrative domain represents the
      extent of resources that belong to a single player such as a
      network operator, a service provider, or an end-user. 
      Administrative domains of different players do not overlap amongst
      themselves.

   Control plane: performs the call control and connection control
      functions.  Through signaling, the control plane sets up and
      releases connections, and may restore a connection in case of a
      failure.

   (Control) Domain: represents a collection of (control) entities that
      are grouped for a particular purpose.  The control plane is
      subdivided into domains matching administrative domains.  Within
      an administrative domain, further subdivisions of the control
      plane are recursively applied.  A routing control domain is an
      abstract entity that hides the details of the RC distribution.

   External NNI (E-NNI): interfaces located between protocol controllers
      between control domains.

   Internal NNI (I-NNI): interfaces located between protocol controllers
      within control domains.

   Link: (See Recommendation G.805.)  A "topological component" that
      describes a fixed relationship between a "subnetwork" or "access
      group" and another "subnetwork" or "access group".  Links are not
      limited to being provided by a single server trail.

   Management plane: performs management functions for the transport
      plane, the control plane, and the system as a whole.  It also
      provides coordination between all the planes.  The following
      management functional areas are performed in the management plane:
      performance, fault, configuration, accounting, and security
      management.

   Management domain: (See Recommendation G.805.)  A management domain
      defines a collection of managed objects that are grouped to meet
      organizational requirements according to geography, technology,
      policy, or other structure, and for a number of functional areas
      such as configuration, security, (FCAPS), for the purpose of
      providing control in a consistent manner.  Management domains can
      be disjoint, contained, or overlapping.  As such, the resources
 

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      within an administrative domain can be distributed into several
      possible overlapping management domains.  The same resource can
      therefore
      belong to several management domains simultaneously, but a
      management domain shall not cross the border of an administrative
      domain.

   Subnetwork Point (SNP): The SNP is a control plane abstraction that
      represents an actual or potential transport plane resource.  SNPs
      (in different subnetwork partitions) may represent the same
      transport resource.  A one-to-one correspondence should not be
      assumed.

   Subnetwork Point Pool (SNPP): A set of SNPs that are grouped together
      for the purposes of routing.

   Termination Connection Point (TCP): A TCP represents the output of a
      Trail Termination function or the input to a Trail Termination
      Sink function.

   Transport plane: provides bidirectional or unidirectional transfer of
      user information, from one location to another.  It can also
      provide transfer of some control and network management
      information. The transport plane is layered; it is equivalent to
      the Transport Network defined in Recommendation G.805.

   User Network Interface (UNI): interfaces are located between protocol
      controllers between a user and a control domain.  Note: There is
      no routing function associated with a UNI reference point.

Appendix B.  ASON Routing Terminology

   This document makes use of the following terms:

   Routing Area (RA): an RA represents a partition of the data plane,
      and its identifier is used within the control plane as the
      representation of this partition.  Per [G.8080], an RA is defined
      by a set of sub-networks, the links that interconnect them, and
      the interfaces representing the ends of the links exiting that RA.
       An RA may contain smaller RAs inter-connected by links.  The
      limit of subdivision results in an RA that contains two sub-
      networks interconnected by a single link.

   Routing Database (RDB): a repository for the local topology, network
      topology, reachability, and other routing information that is
      updated as part of the routing information exchange and may
      additionally contain information that is configured.  The RDB may
      contain routing information for more than one routing area (RA).
 

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   Routing Components: ASON routing architecture functions.  These
      functions can be classified as protocol independent (Link Resource
      Manager or LRM, Routing Controller or RC) or protocol specific
      (Protocol Controller or PC).

   Routing Controller (RC): handles (abstract) information needed for
      routing and the routing information exchange with peering RCs by
      operating on the RDB.  The RC has access to a view of the RDB. 
      The RC is protocol independent.

   Note: Since the RDB may contain routing information pertaining to
      multiple RAs (and possibly to multiple layer networks), the RCs
      accessing the RDB may share the routing information.

   Link Resource Manager (LRM): supplies all the relevant component and
      TE link information to the RC.  It informs the RC about any state
      changes of the link resources it controls.

   Protocol Controller (PC): handles protocol-specific message exchanges
      according to the reference point over which the information is
      exchanged (e.g., E-NNI, I-NNI), and internal exchanges with the
      RC. The PC function is protocol dependent.

Authors' Addresses

   Andrew G. Malis
   Verizon Communications
   117 West St.
   Waltham MA 02451 USA

   EMail: andrew.g.malis@verizon.com

   Acee Lindem
   Ericsson
   102 Carric Bend Court
   Cary, NC 27519 

   EMail: acee.lindem@ericsson.com

   Dimitri Papadimitriou
   Alcatel-Lucent
   Copernicuslaan, 50
   2018 Antwerpen, Belgium

   EMail: dimitri.papadimitriou@alcatel-lucent.com

 

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