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draft-ietf-idr-sla-exchange-10
IDR                                                              S. Shah
Internet-Draft
Intended status: Standards Track                                K. Patel
Expires: August 1, 2017                                      Arrcus, Inc
                                                                S. Bajaj
                                                                 Viptela
                                                             L. Tomotaki
                                                                 Verizon
                                                            M. Boucadair
                                                                  Orange
                                                        January 28, 2017

                  Inter-domain SLA Exchange Attribute
                   draft-ietf-idr-sla-exchange-10.txt

Abstract

   Network administrators typically enforce Quality of Service (QoS)
   policies according to Service Level Agreement (SLA) with their
   providers.  The enforcement of such policies often relies upon
   vendor-specific configuration language.  Both learning of SLA, either
   thru SLA documents or via some other out-of-band method, and
   translating them to vendor specific configuration language is a
   complex, often manual, process and prone to errors.

   This document specifies an optional transitive attribute to signal
   SLA parameters in-band, across administrative boundaries (considered
   as Autonomous Systems (AS)), thus simplifying and facilitating some
   of the complex provisioning tasks in situations where BGP is
   available as a routing protocol.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   3.  QoS Attribute Definition  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     3.1.  QoS Attribute SubType . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     3.2.  SLA SubType . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     3.3.  SLA Content for ADVERTISE SLA Event . . . . . . . . . . .   9
       3.3.1.  Supported IPFIX identifiers for Traffic Class
               Elements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
       3.3.2.  Traffic Class Service types and respective TLVs . . .  14
   4.  Originating SLA Notification  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
     4.1.  SLA Contexts  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
       4.1.1.  SLA Advertisement for Point-to-Point Connection . . .  21
       4.1.2.  SLA Advertisement for Destination AS Multiple Hops
               Away  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
   5.  QoS Attribute Handling at Forwarding Nodes  . . . . . . . . .  22
     5.1.  BGP Node Capable of Processing QoS Attribute  . . . . . .  23
     5.2.  QoS Attribute Handling at Receiver  . . . . . . . . . . .  23
   6.  Error Handling  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
   7.  Deployment Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
   8.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
   9.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
   10. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
   11. References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28
     11.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28
     11.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30

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1.  Introduction

   Typically there is a contractual Service Level Agreement (SLA) for
   QoS established between a customer and a provider or between
   providers [RFC7297].  This QoS SLA defines the nature of the various
   traffic classes and services needed within each traffic class.  The
   contract may include full line-rate or sub line-rate without
   additional traffic classes, or it may contain additional traffic
   classes and service definitions for those traffic classes.  Finer
   granular traffic classes may be based on some standard code points
   (e.g., based on DSCP (Differentiated Services Code Point)) or
   specific set of prefixes.

   Once the contractual QoS SLA is established, QoS SLA parameters are
   enforced in some or all participating devices by deriving those
   parameters into configuration information on respective devices.  The
   network administrator translates the QoS SLA to QoS policies using
   router (vendor) specific provisioning language.  In a multi-vendor
   network, translating SLAs into technology-specific and vendor-
   specific configuration requires the network administrator to consider
   specific configuration of each vendor.  There does not exist any
   standard protocol to translate SLA agreements into technical clauses
   and configurations and thus both the steps of out of band learning of
   negotiated SLA and provisioning them in a vendor specific language
   can be complex and error-prone.

   SLA parameters may have to be exchanged through organizational
   boundaries, thru SLA documents or via some other off-band method, to
   an administrator provisioning actual devices.  For example, to
   provide voice services, the provider may negotiate QoS parameters
   (like min/max rates) for such traffic classified under the EF
   (Expedited Forwarding) codepoint in Diffserv-enabled [RFC2475]
   networks.  The Administrator at the CE (Customer Edge) not only will
   have to know that provider's service for voice traffic is EF-based
   but will also have to know how to implement DSCP EF classification
   rule along with Low Latency Service, and possibly min/max rate
   enforcement for the optimal use of bandwidth, as per vendor specific
   provisioning language.

   The Inter-domain exchange of QoS SLA policy described in this
   document does not require any specific method for the provider in
   establishing SLAs.  It only requires that the provider wishes to send
   the QoS SLA policy via BGP UPDATE [RFC4271] messages from the
   provider to a set of receivers (BGP peers).  In reaction to, a
   receiving router may translate that to relevant QoS policy definition
   on the device.  The SLA negotiation and assurance is outside the
   scope of this document.

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   This document defines a new optional BGP transitive attribute,
   referred as QoS Attribute, which has as one of its sub-types the SLA
   policy.  The BGP node of the originating AS sends this QoS Attribute,
   for prefixes this QoS SLA Policy applies to, in a BGP UPDATE message
   that will be distributed to a list of destination ASes.  The QoS SLA
   policy can be for inbound traffic to the advertising AS or outbound
   traffic from the advertising AS, or both.

   Protocols and data models are being created to standardize setting
   routing configuration parameters within networks.  YANG data models
   [RFC6020] are being developed so that NETCONF ([RFC6241] or RESTConf
   ([I-D.ietf-netconf-restconf]) can set these standardize in
   configuration mechanisms.  For ephemeral state, the I2RS protocol is
   being developed to set ephemeral state.  While these protocols
   provide valid configuration within a domain or across domains, some
   providers desire to exchange QoS parameters in-band utilizing BGP
   peering relationships.  This is similar to the distribution of Flow
   Specification information via BGP peering relationships (see
   [RFC5575] and [RFC7674]).

2.  Terminology

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].

   BGP Speaker: A functional component on a BGP capable device that
   functions as per BGP specification.

   BGP Peers: BGP Speakers adjacent to each other.

   QoS Attribute Speaker: A functional component on a BGP capable device
   that produces and/or processes content of the QoS Attribute.  A
   device that is QoS Attribute Speaker is also always a BGP Speaker.
   However, a BGP Speaker not necessarily always a QoS Attribute
   Speaker.

   QoS Attribute content is produced and processed outside the function
   of the BGP Speaker and thus content of the QoS Attribute is
   completely opaque to the BGP Speaker.  At BGP capable device where
   QoS Attribute content is produced, length and value of the QoS
   Attribute is passed from QoS Attribute Speaker to the BGP Speaker
   where BGP Speaker inserts the attribute into the BGP UPDATE message
   with appropriate attribute flags, attribute type, and length and
   value passed from the QoS Attribute Speaker.  Similarly, a BGP
   capable device when receives QoS Attribute in the BGP UPDATE message,
   BGP Speaker extracts QoS Attribute value from the message and passes
   it to the QoS Attribute Speaker where QoS Attribute Speaker processes

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   the content from that passed down value.  How the content of the QoS
   Attribute is passed from the QoS Attribute Speaker to the BGP Speaker
   and vice versa is implementation specific.

   In the context of use of QoS Attribute for SLA parameters exchange,
   following roles are defined further within the scope of the QoS
   Attribute Speaker.

   SLA Producer: This is a QoS Attribute Speaker that produces QoS
   Attribute for the SLA SubType.

   SLA Consumer: This is a QoS Attribute Speaker that is intended
   receiver of QoS Attribute with the SLA SubType.

3.  QoS Attribute Definition

   The QoS Attribute is an optional transitive attribute (TBD -
   attribute code to be assigned by IANA) which is applicable to the
   Source AS and NLRIs advertised in the BGP UPDATE message this
   attribute is included in.  The format of the QoS Attribute is shown
   in Figure 1.

       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
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |   Attr flag   | Attr type QoS |                               |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               |
       ~                                                               ~
       |                     QoS Attr length/value                     |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+..........................

                                   Figure 1

   Attribute flags - 8-bits field

      highest order bit (bit 0) - MUST be set to 1, since this is an
      optional attribute

      2nd higher order bit (bit 1) - MUST be set to 1, since this is a
      transitive attribute

   The content of the QoS Attribute is further specified with flags,
   applicable to QoS Attribute content, and a SubType in a TLV form.

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3.1.  QoS Attribute SubType

   The Value field of the QoS Attribute contains the following:

      QoS Attribute flags

      Tuple (SubType of the QoS Attribute, SubType length, SubType
      value)

       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
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       | QoS Attr flags|      SubType  |         SubType length        |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       ~                                                               ~
       |                        SubType value                          |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+.........................+

                    Figure 2 - Format of QoS Attribute

   QoS Attr flags  - 8-bits field

      All bits of this field are currently un-used.  The space is
      provided for future use.  All bits MUST be set to zero when sent.
      The values (0x01-0xFF) are reserved, and MUST be ignored when
      received.

   SubType  - 8-bits field with following values:

         0x00 = reserved

         0x01 = SLA

         0x02 - 0xf0 = reserved for future use (Standards Action)

         0xf1 - 0xff = Private use

         The only SubType of the QoS Attribute defined in this
         specification is the SLA SubType.

   SubType length  - 16-bits field that specifies length of the SubType
      value in number of octets.

   SubType value  - variable length field, as expressed in SubType
      length, that contains information about a specified SubType.  For
      the SLA SubType the information is about sender and receiver(s),
      and SLA parameters as described in Section 3.2.

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3.2.  SLA SubType

   Format of the SLA SubType Value field is shown in Figure 3.

       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
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |      SLA SubType flags        |     Destination AS count      |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                      Source AS (Advertiser)                   |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                variable list of Destination AS                |
       ~                            ....                               ~
       |                            ....                               |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |SLAEvnt|             SLA ID            |      SLA length       |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                  SLA Content for SLA Event                    |
       ~                                                               ~
       |                                                               |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

           Figure 3 - Format of the SLA SubType of the QoS attribute

   SLA SubType flags  - 16-bits field

      highest order bit (bit 0) -

         If set to 1 indicates that SLA ID and SLA Content, specified in
         this SLA SubType, is from the source AS to the list of
         Destination AS specified in the same SLA SubType.

         If set to 0 indicates to ignore Source AS and list of
         Destination AS specified in this SLA SubType field.  SLA ID and
         SLA Content, specified in this SLA SubType, are intended for
         the peer receiver of the BGP UPDATE message.  In such a case,
         on reception of such a message, QoS Attribute Speaker SHOULD
         drop the QoS Attribute from the BGP UPDATE message and rest of
         the BGP UPDATE message should be processed by BGP Speaker as
         per BGP specification.

      Rest all other bits are currently un-used.

   Destination AS count  - 16-bits field that specifies count of
      destination ASNs present in the Destination AS list.

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      This count has no functional value when highest order bit in the
      SLA SubType flags field is set to 0.  When highest order bit is
      set to 1 and if this count is 0 then that is an error condition
      which should be handled as described in Section 6.

   Source AS   - 32-bits field (AS number space as defined in RFC6793)

      This is the AS where SLA Content is originated from.  The Source
      AS MUST be of the same AS that is originating SLA ID and SLA
      Content.

      When highest order bit in the SLA SubType flags field is set to 0,
      this Source AS value MUST be ignored.  In such a case SLA ID and
      SLA Content of this SLA SubType is intended for the peer receiver
      of the BGP UPDATE message.

      When highest order bit in the SLA SubType flags field is set to 1,
      the Source AS value of 0 is illegal and thus should be considered
      an error which should be handled as described in Section 6.

   Destination AS list  - variable length field that holds as many ASN
      identifiers, each is 32-bits (AS number space is defined in
      RFC6793), as specified in the Destination AS count field.

      List of ASNs for which the SLA is relevant to, each of which is a
      32-bit number.  If Destination AS count is set to 0 then this
      field MUST NOT be included.

   SLA Event  - 4-bits field with following values:

         0x0 = reserved

         0x1 = ADVERTISE

         0x2 to 0xf = Reserved for future use

         The only SLA Event defined in this specification is ADVERTISE.

   SLA ID  - 16-bits field that specifies identifier which is unique in
      the scope of Source AS.

      The significance of an SLA ID is in the context of the source that
      is advertising SLA Content.  The SLA ID is not globally unique but
      it MUST be unique within the source AS.

      The SLA ID applies to aggregate traffic to prefixes for a given
      AFI/SAFI that share the same Source AS and SLA ID.

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      If an advertised SLA ID is different from earlier advertised one,
      for the same prefix and from the same Source AS, indicates Source
      AS is advertising new SLA Content to replace the previous one
      advertised with the same SLA ID.

   SLA Length  - 12-bits field that specifies the length of the SLA
      Content.  The length is expressed in octets.  The SLA Content is
      optional for an advertised SLA ID.  If the SLA Content need not be
      there, the SLA length field MUST be set to zero in such a case.

   SLA Content  - A variable length field (optional field)

      The SLA Content field contains SLA parameters relevant to
      specified SLA SubType.  Since the only defined SLA SubType is
      ADVERTISE, this specification describes SLA Content only for the
      ADVERTISE SLA Event.

      If SLA Content field exists in a BGP UPDATE message that contains
      the QoS Attribute with an SLA SubType for SLA Event ADVERTISE,
      format of the SLA Content is as described in Section 3.3.

      If the SLA Content field does not exist, then the advertised
      message refers to SLA Content advertised in the previous message
      for the same SLA ID.  If there does not exist any prior SLA
      Content to relate to the advertised SLA ID, then receiver, SLA
      Consumer, can ignore the SLA advertisement and it may simply
      update Destination AS count and Destination AS list.

      The lack of a valid prior SLA Content field does not make this
      attribute invalid, so the QoS Attribute MUST be forwarded as a
      valid BGP optional transitive attribute.

3.3.  SLA Content for ADVERTISE SLA Event

   The only SLA Event described in this specification is ADVERTISE.  The
   format of SLA Content for the ADVERTISE Event is shown in Figure 4.

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       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
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |dir|       Traffic Class count     | Class Desc Len|           |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+           ~
       |                                                               |
       ~                  Traffic Class Description                    ~
       |                                                               |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       | Element Count |                                               |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                                               ~
       |                                                               |
       ~                 Traffic Class Element TLVs                    ~
       |                                                               |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       | Service  Count|                                               |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                                               ~
       |                 Traffic Class Service TLVs                    |
       ~                                                               ~
       |                                                               |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                                                               |
       ~  Repeat from Traffic Class Description for next Traffic Class ~
       |                                                               |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                                                               |
       ~    Repeat from direction for SLA in the other direction       ~
       |                                                               |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                Figure 4 - SLA-Content for ADVERTISE SLA Event

   SLA Content contains set of Traffic Class Elements (Classifiers) and
   Traffic Class Service TLVs for a list of Traffic Classes.  This list
   of Traffic Classes MUST be specified for one direction first and then
   optionally followed by the specification for the other direction.

   dir (Direction)  - 2-bits field that specifies Direction of the
      traffic SLA is applicable to.  The following values are defined:

         0x0 = reserved

         0x1 = incoming, traffic to source AS from destination AS

         0x2 = outgoing, traffic from source AS towards destination AS

         0x3 = for future use

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   Traffic Class (Classifier Group) count  - 16 bits field that
      specifies number of Traffic Classes.

      The value of zero (0x00) in this field is a special value which
      means no SLA for the traffic in a specified direction.  When
      Traffic Class count is 0, for a specific direction, the rest of
      the SLA Content fields MUST NOT be encoded, for that specific
      direction.

   Traffic Class Description Len  - 8-bits field that specifies the
      length of the Traffic Class Description field.  The length is
      expressed in octets.

      The value of zero in this field indicates that no Traffic Class
      Description field follows.

   Traffic Class Description  - variable length field, as expressed in
      The Traffic Class Description Len field, MUST carry UTF-8 encoded
      [RFC3629] description.

   Traffic Class Elements (Classifier) Count  - 8-bits field that
      specifies the count of Traffic Class Elements.

      The value zero (0x00) means there are no Traffic Class Elements in
      the traffic class, and thus the Traffic Class is to classify rest
      of the traffic not captured otherwise by other Traffic Classes in
      the set for a specified direction.

         Traffic Class that has 0 elements MUST be presented last in the
         advertised list of Traffic Classes for a specific Direction.
         Otherwise it is considered an error condition which should be
         handled as described in Section 6.

         The QoS Attribute advertised from a specific source MUST NOT
         have more than one such Traffic Classes (Traffic Class with 0
         elements count).  If there are more than one such Traffic
         Classes present then it is an error condition which should be
         handled as described in Section 6.

   Traffic Class Element TLVs  - (optional) variable length field
      holding as many TLVs specified by the Traffic Class Elements Count
      field.  Each TLV has the following format:

         IPFIX Element Identifier - 8-bits field that specifies IPFIX
         Identifiers listed in Table 1.

         Length of Value field - 8-bits field that specifies the length,
         expressed in octets, of the value field.

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         Value - A variable field that specifies a value appropriate for
         the IPFIX Element Identifier.  It is an error, if the value
         field does not contain the appropriate format, which should be
         handled as described in Section 6.  Only the IPFIX elements
         shown in Table 1 are supported.

      Any Traffic Class Element advertised in the QoS Attribute only
      applies to the advertised AFI/SAFI NLRI within the BGP UPDATE
      message the QoS Attribute is contained in.  If a receiver, SLA
      Consumer, receives a BGP UPDATE message with QoS Attribute for an
      unsupported AFI/SAFI then SLA Consumer MAY ignore advertised SLA.
      SLA Consumer MAY update only Destination AS count and Destination
      AS list, and then QoS Attribute and rest of the BGP UPDATE message
      MUST be forwarded as per QoS Attribute and BGP protocol
      specification.

   Traffic Class Service Count  - 8-bits field that specifies count of
      Traffic Class Service TLVs.

      A value of zero is a special value indicating "no bounded service"
      (a.k.a., Best Effort (BE)).

   Traffic Class Service TLVs  - (optional) variable length field with
      the following format for the TLVs

         Traffic Class Service type - 16-bits field that specifies a
         service type.  Each service type is detailed in Section 3.3.2.
         The list of available service types are,

            0x00 = reserved

            0x01 = TRAFFIC_CLASS_TSPEC

            0x02 = L2_OVERHEAD

            0x03 = MINRATE_IN_PROFILE_MARKING

            0x04 = MINRATE_OUT_PROFILE_MARKING

            0x05 = MAXRATE_IN_PROFILE_MARKING

            0x06 = MAXRATE_OUT_PROFILE_MARKING

            0x07 = DROP_THRESHOLD

            0x08 = RELATIVE_PRIORITY

            0x09 = SUB_TRAFFIC_CLASSES

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         Length of Value field - 08-bits field that specifies the length
         of the value field.  The length of the value is expressed in
         octets.

         Value - a variable length field that specifies the value
         appropriate for each of the Service Types.  It is an error, if
         this field does not contain the appropriate format, which
         should be handled as described in Section 6.  The format of the
         value for each of the service types is described in
         Section 3.3.2

3.3.1.  Supported IPFIX identifiers for Traffic Class Elements

   IPFIX [RFC7012] has well defined identifier set for a large number of
   packet attributes; an IPFIX IANA registry maintains values for packet
   classifier attributes (https://www.ietf.org/assignments/ipfix/
   ipfix.xml#ipfix-information-elements).  Only the IPFIX attributes
   listed in Table 1 are supported.  Any new attribute to be supported
   by SLA SubType MUST be a Standards Action as described in IANA
   section.

          +----+----------------------------+
          | ID | Name                       |
          +----+----------------------------+
          |195 | ipDiffServCodePoint        |
          |203 | mplsTopLabelExp            |
          |244 | dot1qPriority              |
          |  8 | sourceIPv4Address          |
          | 27 | sourceIPv6Address          |
          |  9 | sourceIPv4PrefixLength     |
          | 29 | sourceIPv6PrefixLength     |
          | 44 | sourceIPv4Prefix           |
          |170 | sourceIPv6Prefix           |
          | 12 | destinationIPv4Address     |
          | 28 | destinationIPv6Address     |
          | 13 | destinationIPv4PrefixLength|
          | 30 | destinationIPv6PrefixLength|
          | 45 | destinationIPv4Prefix      |
          |169 | destinationIPv6Prefix      |
          |  4 | protocolIdentifier         |
          |  7 | sourceTransportPort        |
          | 11 | destinationTransportPort   |
          +----+----------------------------+

                       Table 1

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3.3.2.  Traffic Class Service types and respective TLVs

3.3.2.1.  TRAFFIC_CLASS_TSPEC

   The TRAFFIC_CLASS_TSPEC TLV definition:

      Type - 0x01

      Length - 8-bits field that specifies length, expressed in octets,
      of the value field.  The length of the value field MUST be
      specified to be 12 octets to hold the value defined as per format
      below.

      Value - TRAFFIC_CLASS_TSPEC value consists of the (r), (b), (p)
      parameters as described in Invocation Information section of
      [RFC2212] and shown in Figure 5.  Note that inheriting the
      definition of TSPEC (Traffic SPECification) here does not enable
      RFC2212 functionality.  Only the format of the Traffic
      Specification is used in this specification.

       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
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |  Minimum Rate (r) (32-bit IEEE floating point number)         |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |  Burst Size (b) (32-bit IEEE floating point number)           |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |  Maximum Rate (p) (32-bit IEEE floating point number)         |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                         Figure 5 - Traffic Class TSPEC

   Format of Parameters (r), (b) and (p):  are 32-bit IEEE floating
      point numbers.  Positive infinity is represented as an IEEE single
      precision floating-point number with an exponent of all ones and a
      sign mantissa of all zeros.  The format of IEEE floating-point
      numbers is further summarized in [RFC4506].

   Parameter (r):  indicates min-rate of the traffic class.  This rate
      indicates the minimum rate, measured in octets of Layer 2 (L2)
      datagrams per second (a.k.a, bytes per second), that the service
      advertiser is providing for a given class of traffic on
      advertiser's hop.  Note that it does not necessarily translate to
      a minimum rate service to the receiver of an SLA unless the
      traffic class definition clearly represents a sole receiver of an
      SLA.  If there is no SLA for min-rate, the value of (r) MUST be
      set to 0.

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   Parameter (b):  indicates maximum burst size, measured in octets of
      L2 datagram size.  Since queuing delay can be considered a
      function of burst size (b) and min-rate (r), in presence of non-
      zero parameter (r), parameter (b) represents bounded delay for the
      Traffic Class.  This delay is a single hop queuing delay when SLA
      is to be implemented at the resource constrained bottleneck.  In
      other words this burst size can be considered as a buffer size.
      Value of 0 for parameter (b) means the advertiser does not mandate
      specific bounded delay.

   Parameter (p):  indicates max-rate of the traffic class.  Just like
      min-rate, max-rate, measured in octets of L2 datagrams per second
      (a.k.a., bytes per second), field here also indicates service
      provided by advertiser.  If advertiser does not have any specific
      value to set for a given class of traffic, it MAY be set to
      physical interface line rate or any other indirect limit that may
      affect this class' maximum rate.  In absence of any such known
      value, it MUST be set to positive infinity.  Value 0 is considered
      an error which should be handled as described in Section 6.

3.3.2.2.  L2_OVERHEAD

   The L2_OVERHEAD TLV definition:

      Type - 0x02

      Length - 8-bits field that specifies length, expressed in octets,
      of the value field.

      Value - Layer 2 overhead in octets

   L2_OVERHEAD defines Layer 2 (L2) specific data in octets, on top of
   IP datagram size, in a layer 2 frame.  By default the rate and burst
   advertised in the TRAFFIC_CLASS_TSPEC TLV are applicable to the
   packet size including L2 packet overhead.  For the SLA Consumer
   directly connected to the SLA Producer, this overhead is the L2
   overhead of the local link where advertised SLA is received.

   However, in cases where advertised SLA is for a SLA Consumer multiple
   hops away, L2 overhead from the source, SLA Producer, perspective may
   be different from the local link L2 overhead at the receiver, SLA
   Consumer.  In such cases, explicit notification of size of L2
   overhead from the SLA Producer suggests what per packet L2 overhead
   is applicable to the rate and burst advertised in the
   TRAFFIC_CLASS_TSPEC TLV.  L2_OVERHEAD TLV SHOULD BE ignored by the
   SLA Consumer if there does not exist TRAFFIC_CLASS_TSPEC TLV for the
   specified direction.

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   Advertised L2 value of 0 means SLA advertised is for IP packet size.

3.3.2.3.  MINRATE_IN_PROFILE_MARKING

   This Traffic Class Service Type defines action performed, by the SLA
   Producer, on packets that are compliant to the min-rate specified in
   the TRAFFIC_CLASS_TSPEC TLV.  If min-rate specified in the
   TRAFFIC_CLASS_TSPEC TLV is 0 then TLV for this Traffic Class Service
   Type SHOULD NOT be advertised.  MINRATE_IN_PROFILE_MARKING TLV SHOULD
   BE ignored by the SLA Consumer if there does not exist
   TRAFFIC_CLASS_TSPEC TLV for the specified direction, or min-rate
   specified in the TRAFFIC_CLASS_TSPEC TLV is 0.

   The MINRATE_IN_PROFILE_MARKING TLV definition:

      Type - 0x03

      Length - 8-bits field that specifies length, expressed in octets,
      of the value field.  The length of the value field MUST be
      specified to be 2 octets to hold the value defined as per format
      below.

      Value - contains the Marking code-point type and value

         Marking code-point type - 8-bits IPFIX Element Identifier.

         Marking code-point value - 8-bits code-point number.

   The marking code-point type of 0x00 is a drop identifier.  When
   marking code-point type value is 0x00 (that is drop), the marking
   code-point value in this case has no meaning and thus the value in
   this field should be ignored.

   The following table lists the supported IPFIX Identifiers.  Any value
   other than 0 or identifier from the following table is an error
   condition which should be handled as described in Section 6.

          +----+----------------------------+
          | ID | Name                       |
          +----+----------------------------+
          |195 | ipDiffServCodePoint        |
          |203 | mplsTopLabelExp            |
          |244 | dot1qPriority              |
          +----+----------------------------+

                        Table 2

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3.3.2.4.  MINRATE_OUT_PROFILE_MARKING

   This Traffic Class Service Type defines action performed, at the SLA
   Producer, on packets that are not compliant to the min-rate specified
   in the TRAFFIC_CLASS_TSPEC TLV.  If min-rate specified in the
   TRAFFIC_CLASS_TSPEC TLV is 0 then TLV for this Traffic Class Service
   Type SHOULD NOT be advertised.  MINRATE_OUT_PROFILE_MARKING TLV
   SHOULD BE ignored by the SLA Consumer if there does not exist
   TRAFFIC_CLASS_TSPEC TLV for the specified direction, or min-rate
   specified in the TRAFFIC_CLASS_TSPEC TLV is 0.

   The MINRATE_OUT_PROFILE_MARKING TLV definition:

      Type - 0x04

      Length - 8-bits field that specifies length, expressed in octets,
      of the value field.  The length of the value field MUST be
      specified to be 2 octets to hold the value defined as per format
      below.

      Value - contains the Marking code-point type and value

         Marking code-point type - 8-bits IPFIX Element Identifier

         Marking code-point value - 8-bits code-point number

   The marking code-point type of 0x00 is a drop identifier.  When
   marking code-point type value is 0x00 (that is drop), the marking
   code-point value in this case has no meaning and thus the value in
   this field should be ignored.

   Table 2 lists the supported IPFIX Identifiers.  Any value other than
   0 or identifier from the Table 2 is an error condition which should
   be handled as described in Section 6.

3.3.2.5.  MAXRATE_IN_PROFILE_MARKING

   This Traffic Class Service Type defines action performed, at the SLA
   Producer, on packets that are compliant to the max-rate specified in
   the TRAFFIC_CLASS_TSPEC TLV.  MAXRATE_IN_PROFILE_MARKING TLV SHOULD
   BE ignored by the SLA Consumer if there does not exist
   TRAFFIC_CLASS_TSPEC TLV for the specified direction.

   The MAXRATE_IN_PROFILE_MARKING TLV definition:

      Type - 0x05

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      Length - 8-bits field that specifies length, expressed in octets,
      of the value field.  The length of the value field MUST be
      specified to be 2 octets to hold the value defined as per format
      below.

      Value - contains the Marking code-point type and value

         Marking code-point type - 8-bits IPFIX Element Identifier

         Marking code-point value - 8-bits code-point number

   The marking code-point type of 0x00 is a drop identifier.  When
   marking code-point type value is 0x00 (that is drop), the marking
   code-point value in this case has no meaning and thus the value in
   this field should be ignored.

   Table 2 lists the supported IPFIX Identifiers.  Any value other than
   0 or identifier from the Table 2 is an error condition which should
   be handled as described in Section 6.

3.3.2.6.  MAXRATE_OUT_PROFILE_MARKING

   This Traffic Class Service Type defines action performed, at the SLA
   Producer, on packets that are not compliant to the max-rate specified
   in the TRAFFIC_CLASS_TSPEC TLV.  MAXRATE_OUT_PROFILE_MARKING TLV
   SHOULD BE ignored by the SLA Consumer if there does not exist
   TRAFFIC_CLASS_TSPEC TLV for the specified direction.

   The MAXRATE_OUT_PROFILE_MARKING TLV definition:

      Type - 0x06

      Length - 8-bits field that specifies length, expressed in octets,
      of the value field.  The length of the value field MUST be
      specified to be 2 octets to hold the value defined as per format
      below.

      Value - contains the Marking code-point type and value

         Marking code-point type - 8-bits IPFIX Element Identifier

         Marking code-point value - 8-bits code-point number

   The marking code-point type of 0x00 is a drop identifier.  When
   marking code-point type value is 0x00 (that is drop), the marking
   code-point value in this case has no meaning and thus the value in
   this field should be ignored.

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   Table 2 lists the supported IPFIX Identifiers.  Any value other than
   0 or identifier from the Table 2 is an error condition which should
   be handled as described in Section 6.

3.3.2.7.  Precedence between MINRATE and MAXRATE

   The precedence between MINRATE_IN_PROFILE_MARKING,
   MINRATE_OUT_PROFILE_MARKING, MAXRATE_IN_PROFILE_MARKING, and
   MAXRATE_OUT_PROFILE_MARKING when all four are advertised is:

      - MINRATE_IN_PROFILE_MARKING takes highest precedence (that is
      over MAXRATE_IN_PROFILE_MARKING),

      - MAXRATE_IN_PROFILE_MARKING takes precedence over
      MINRATE_OUT_PROFILE_MARKING, and

      - MAXRATE_OUT_PROFILE_MARKING takes precedence over
      MINRATE_OUT_PROFILE_MARKING

3.3.2.8.  DROP_THRESHOLD

   The DROP_THRESHOLD TLV definition:

      Type - 0x07

      Length - 8-bits field that specifies length, expressed in octets,
      of the value field.

      Value - Count of drop thresholds, followed by content for each
      drop threshold in the form of (code-point type, count of code-
      points, list of code-points, threshold value).

         Count of drop thresholds - 8-bits field that specifies number
         of drop thresholds specified in this TLV.  Content of each drop
         threshold is to follow following format

         Code-point type - 8-bits IPFIX Element Identifier from the list
         shown in Table 6.

         Count of code-points - 8-bits field that specifies number of
         code-point values to follow for a specified code-point type.

         List of code-points - each code-point value is specified in
         size of 8 bits and thus total size for this field is 8 bits
         multiplied by as many number of code-points specified.

         Burst value - This is a fixed size 32-bits IEEE floating point
         number that specifies burst value in unit of bytes.

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          +----+----------------------------+
          | ID | Name                       |
          +----+----------------------------+
          |195 | ipDiffServCodePoint        |
          |203 | mplsTopLabelExp            |
          |244 | dot1qPriority              |
          +----+----------------------------+

                        Table 3

3.3.2.9.  RELATIVE_PRIORITY

   The RELATIVE_PRIORITY TLV definition:

      Type - 0x08

      Length - 8-bits field that specifies length, expressed in octets,
      of the value field.  Given supported range of priority values in
      this specification, the length of the value field MUST be limited
      to and thus MUST be specified exactly as 1 octet.

      Value - A value from range of 0 - 255.  Lower the value means
      higher the priority

   Relative priority indicates scheduling priority of this traffic
   class.  Voice traffic, for example, which requires lowest latency
   compared to any other traffic, may have lowest value advertised in
   relative priority.  For two different traffic classification groups
   where one application group may be considered more important than the
   other but from a scheduling perspective does not require to be
   distinguished with a different priority, relative priority for those
   classification groups may be advertised with the same value.

3.3.2.10.  SUB_TRAFFIC_CLASSES

   The SUB_TRAFFIC_CLASSES TLV definition:

      Type - 0x09

      Length - 16-bits field that specifies total length, expressed in
      octets, of a subset of Traffic Class TLVs encoded in the value
      field

      Value - A subset of Traffic Class TLVs

   For SLAs where a specific Traffic Class may further be defined by a
   subset of more granular Traffic Classes, each with its own set of

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   Traffic Class Elements and Service types definitions,
   SUB_TRAFFIC_CLASSES service type SHOULD be used to specify them.

4.  Originating SLA Notification

   The QoS Attribute for the SLA SubType MUST only be added to the BGP
   UPDATE message at the node that is SLA Producer.  Any QoS Attribute
   Speaker, in the path to the SLA Consumer MUST NOT modify content of
   that attribute except modification of the Destination AS list.

   QoS Attribute with the SLA SubType SHOULD NOT be advertised
   periodically just for the purpose of KEEPALIVE between SLA Producer
   and SLA Consumer.  Some sort of SLA policy change, at the SLA
   Producer, may be considered as a trigger for the advertisement.

   For any modified SLA policy at the SLA Producer, SLA Producer MUST
   re-advertise the entire set of SLA parameters.  There is no provision
   to advertise partial set of SLA parameters.  If modified SLA policy
   is to mean no SLA between SLA Producer and SLA Consumer, then SLA
   Content MUST be sent with the same SLA ID with the same AS Source and
   NLRI prefix, as were used to advertise earlier SLA parameters, and
   the Traffic Class count set to 0.

4.1.  SLA Contexts

4.1.1.  SLA Advertisement for Point-to-Point Connection

   In certain cases, the advertisement of an SLA is intended to relate
   to aggregate traffic over a point-to-point connection between a
   specific destination and a specific source.  A point-to-point
   connection may be a physical link or a virtual link (e.g. a tunnel).
   In such cases, a BGP UPDATE message with source AS number and NLRI
   prefix as an IP address of an SLA Producer can uniquely identify
   physical/virtual link in order to establish the context for the
   advertised SLA for that point to point link.

   In the simplest case where Provider (e.g., PE) and Customer (e.g.,
   CE) devices are directly connected via a physical link and have only
   a single link between them, the CE can uniquely identify the
   forwarding link to the PE with the following:

   o  AS number of the PE,

   o  NLRI prefix being an IP address of the PE, that is the next hop
      address from CE to PE.

   The SLA advertised in the QoS Attribute in the BGP UPDATE message
   sent from the PE to a CE, along with the PE's AS number and PE's IP

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   address, establishes SLA context for the aggregate traffic through
   CE-to-PE link.

   The SLA advertised in the QoS Attribute in the BGP UPDATE message
   from PE to CE, with PE's AS number and any other prefix, means SLA
   for that specific prefix based traffic, a subset of traffic through
   CE-to-PE link.

   Even though this example is in the context of IP prefixes, QoS
   Attribute's SLA exchange does not have to be limited to the IP
   address family (IPv4 and IPv6).  SLA advertisement is generic to all
   forms of NLRI types that are supported by the BGP specification (like
   IPv4, IPv6, VPN-IPv4, VPN-IPv6).

   When BGP UPDATE message with the QoS Attribute, containing SLA
   SubType, is triggered for a point-to-point connection (physical or
   logical), the Source AS number in the SLA SubType SHOULD BE set to
   SLA Producer's AS number and destination AS number SHOULD BE set to
   AS number of BGP peer's that is targeted SLA Consumer.
   Alternatively, highest order bit in the SLA SubType flags MAY BE set
   to ignore Source AS and destination AS values from the SLA SubType
   content since SLA advertised is meant specifically for the BGP peer.

4.1.2.  SLA Advertisement for Destination AS Multiple Hops Away

   When advertised SLA is not for the BGP peer of an SLA Producer, the
   Source AS field, in the SLA SubType, MUST be set.  The list of
   destination AS(es) also MUST be set, in the SLA SubType, to avoid
   flooding of the QoS Attribute data in the network beyond those
   destinations.  Destination AS(es) is a list of SLA Consumers the
   advertised SLA is intended for.

   If a new prefix is learned and traffic with this new prefix is
   subject to SLA parameters that have already been advertised before
   for other existing prefixes, then the BGP UPDATE for this new prefix
   MAY include QoS Attribute containing just an SLA ID that was
   advertised earlier.  This BGP UPDATE message does not require to have
   the whole SLA Content.  The SLA ID is sufficient to relate SLA
   parameters to new advertised prefixes.

5.  QoS Attribute Handling at Forwarding Nodes

   The propagation of the QoS Attribute in the BGP UPDATE messages
   depends on the rules detailed in the following sub-sections.

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5.1.  BGP Node Capable of Processing QoS Attribute

   If a BGP peer is also a QoS Attribute Speaker, it MAY process the QoS
   Attribute.  If BGP UPDATE message has a QoS Attribute with a list of
   destination ASes, QoS Attribute Speaker MAY trim the list and adjust
   the count of the destination AS to exclude ones that are not required
   in further announcement of BGP UPDATE messages.

   A QoS Attribute Speaker MUST drop SLA SubType from the QoS Attribute,
   if there are no more ASes left in the QoS Attribute's destination
   list.  The rest of the QoS Attribute contents may be forwarded if
   there exist other SubTypes of QoS Attribute and forwarding rules meet
   other SubTypes requirements.  If there is no other SubTypes in that
   QoS Attribute content then QoS Attribute Speaker MUST drop the entire
   QoS Attribute all together.  BGP Speaker MAY announce further other
   attributes and NLRI information, if they meet rules defined by other
   attributes and BGP specification.

   Except extracting the entire SLA SubType of the QoS Attribute and
   trimming the list of Destination AS list, all other content MUST NOT
   be modified by any QoS Attribute Speaker or BGP Speaker in the path
   of a BGP UPDATE message.

5.2.  QoS Attribute Handling at Receiver

   Once QoS Attribute with the SLA SubType is received at intended
   receiver (SLA Consumer) , processing of advertised SLA Content is
   optional for the SLA Consumer.  SLA Consumer MAY just trim the
   Destination AS list as per rules described in this specification,
   without processing any other content of the Attribute.  If intended
   receiver is not a QoS Attribute Speaker than BGP Speaker MUST forward
   this attribute without any change if rest of the BGP UPDATE message
   also meets forwarding rules as per BGP specification.

   When BGP UPDATE messages are triggered only as a result of SLA policy
   change, propagating BGP UPDATE message beyond intended SLA Consumers
   is not necessary.  If the SLA Consumer device implementations are
   capable of policy based filtering, it may implement a policy to
   filter such BGP UPDATE messages based on prefixes and QoS Attribute
   containing SLA SubType.

6.  Error Handling

   Error conditions, while processing of the QoS Attribute content, MUST
   be handled with the approach of attribute discard as described in
   [RFC7606].  Processing of QoS Attribute content is done by QoS
   Attribute Speaker and thus in case of errors, resulting in attribute
   discard, QoS Attribute Speaker SHOULD convey such indication to the

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   BGP Speaker and rest of the BGP message SHOULD BE processed by the
   BGP Speaker as per BGP specification.

7.  Deployment Considerations

   One of the use cases is for a provider to advertise contracted SLA
   parameters to a Customer Edge (CE) in cases where eBGP is deployed
   between PE and CE.  The SLA parameters may already be provisioned by
   the provider on the PE device (facing CE).  This provisioned SLA
   parameters are then advertised thru proposed QoS Attribute to the CE
   device.  The CE device may read the QoS Attribute and SLA SubType
   content to implement the QoS policy on the device.

   Contracted SLA from PE to CE may be full line-rate or sub line-rate
   or finer granular controlled services.  The advertised SLA can be
   useful when contracted service is sub-rate of a link and/or when for
   finer granular traffic classes that are controlled (e.g. voice, video
   services may be capped to certain rate).

                               _______________
           __________         /               \
          /          \       /                 \
         /            \     /                   \
         |CustomerSite|-----|      Provider     |
         \           C/E   P\E                  /
          \__________/       \                 /
                              \_______________/
              AS 3                   AS 2

             SLA_ADVERTISE: AS2 to AS3
             NLRI = PE ip address

                   Figure 6 - Example 1

   Another use case can be to advertise SLAs among different network
   sites within one Enterprise network.  In Hub and Spoke deployments,
   Administrator may define SLAs at spoke and advertise QoS SLA
   parameters to the Hub thru BGP updates.  In Figure 7, each spoke (AS1
   and AS2) are connected to Hub (AS3) via a VPN tunnel.  As shown in
   Figure 7, AS2 can advertise SLA to AS3 in the context of that tunnel
   ip address.

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                                               AS 2
                      _______________        ________
                     /               \      /        \
        _____       /                 \-----| Spoke2 |
      /      \     /                   \    \________/
      | Hub  |-----|      Provider     |     ________
      \______/     \                   /    /        \
                    \                 /-----| Spoke1 |
       AS 3          \_______________/      \________/
                                              AS 1

         SLA_ADVERTISE: AS2 to AS3
                        NLRI = AS2 tunnel address

         SLA_ADVERTISE: AS1 to AS3
                        NLRI = AS1 tunnel address

                    Figure 7 - Example 2

   Deployment options are not limited to involving CEs, PE-to-CE or CE-
   to-CE, only.  For any contract between two providers, SLA parameters
   may be advertised from one to the other.

8.  Acknowledgements

   Thanks to Fred Baker, David Black, Sue Hares, Benoit Claise and
   Alvaro Retana for their suggestions and to Christian Jacquenet, Ken
   Briley, Rahul Patel, Fred Yip, Lou Berger, Brian Carpenter, Bertrand
   Duvivier, Bruno Decraene for the review.

9.  IANA Considerations

   This document defines a new BGP optional transitive path attribute,
   called QoS Attribute.  IANA action is required to allocate a new
   code-point in the BGP path Attributes registry.

   IANA is requested to create a registry for QoS Attribute SubTypes.
   This is a registry of 1 octet value, divided into two pools.One pool
   of numbers to be assigned on a standards action/early allocation
   basis.  The initial assignments are as shown below.  The other pool
   is for the private use,available range for which is as shown below.

       QoS Attribute SubTypes
       ======================
       Reserved       0x00
       SLA            0x01
       Reserved       0x02-0xf0 (Standards Action)
       Private use    0xf1-0xff

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   IANA is requested to create a registry for QoS Attribute SLA SubType
   flags.  This is registry for 8-bits.  The initial assignments are as
   shown below.

       QoS Attribute SLA SubType Flags
       ===============================
       Highest order bit (bit 0) - to indicate source and destination
                                   AS context
       Reserved                  - bits 1 to 15 (Standards Action)

   IANA is requested to create a registry for QoS Attribute SLA Event
   Types.  This is a registry of 4-bits value, divided into two pools.
   One pool of numbers to be assigned on a standards action/early
   allocation basis.  One pool of numbers to be assigned on a standards
   action/early allocation basis.  The initial assignments are as shown
   below.  The other pool is for the private use, available range for
   which is as shown below.

       QoS Attribute SLA Event Types
       =============================
       Reserved      0x0
       ADVERTISE     0x1
       Reserved      0x2 - 0xc (Standards Action)
       Private use   0xd - 0xf

   IANA is requested to create a registry to define QoS Attribute SLA
   Direction.  This is the direction in forwarding path, advertised QoS
   SLA is applicable to.  This is a 2-bit registry.  Values for QoS
   Attribute SLA direction are:

       QoS Attribute SLA Direction
       ===========================
       Reserved                           0x0
       To source AS from destination AS   0x1
       From source AS to destination AS   0x2
       Reserved (Standards Action)        0x3

   QoS Attribute SLA Traffic Class Element Types will be referring to
   existing IPFIX IANA types as listed in Table 1.  While IPFIX registry
   is maintained by IANA out of scope of this specification, the use of
   IPFIX identifiers for this specification are limited to what is
   described in Table 1.  Any new addition of IPFIX identifiers to this
   table should be a Standards Action.

   IANA is requested to create a registry for QoS Attribute SLA Traffic
   Class Service Types.  This is a registry of 2 octet values, to be
   assigned on a standards action/early allocation basis.  The initial
   assignments are:

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      Traffic Class Service Type      Value
      ============================   ======
      Reserved                        0x00
      TRAFFIC_CLASS_TSPEC             0x01
      L2_OVERHEAD                     0x02
      MINRATE_IN_PROFILE_MARKING      0x03
      MINRATE_OUT_PROFILE_MARKING     0x04
      MAXRATE_IN_PROFILE_MARKING      0x05
      MAXRATE_OUT_PROFILE_MARKING     0x06
      DROP_THRESHOLD                  0x07
      RELATIVE_PRIORITY               0x08
      SUB_TRAFFIC_CLASSES             0x09
      Standards Action                0x0A   - 0x3FFF
      FCFS                            0x4000 - 0x4FF0

10.  Security Considerations

   BGP security vulnerabilities analysis is documented in [RFC4272]
   while BGP-related security considerations are discussed in [RFC4271].
   Also, the reader may refer to [RFC7132] for more details about BGP
   path threat model.  Rest of the content in this section discusses
   additional privacy and security considerations that are applicable to
   the attribute defined in this document.

   The information conveyed in the QoS Attribute SLA SubType reveals
   sensitive data that should not be exposed publicly to non-authorized
   parties.  Deployment considerations mainly target use of QoS
   Attribute and SLA SubType in managed networks and those where a trust
   relationship is in place (Customer to Provider, or Provider to
   Provider).  It is NOT RECOMMENDED to enable this attribute at the
   scale of the Internet unless if means to prevent leaking sensitive
   information are enforced.

   The attribute may be advertised by a misbehaving node to communicate
   SLA parameters that are not aligned with the SLA agreements.  Though
   the enforcement of SLA parameters is outside the scope of this
   document, it is RECOMMENDED that the SLA Consumer to enforce a set of
   validation checks before translating the SLA parameters conveyed in
   the QoS attributes into provisioning actions.  Such validations MAY
   rely on SLA parameters like the origin AS or SLA ID, like generating
   SLA ID using pseudo-random schemes [RFC4086].

   Means to prevent route hijacking SHOULD BE considered.  Such means
   include RPKI based origin validation [RFC7115] and BGP Path
   validation (e.g., [I-D.ietf-sidr-bgpsec-protocol]).

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11.  References

11.1.  Normative References

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

   [RFC2212]  Shenker, S., Partridge, C., and R. Guerin, "Specification
              of Guaranteed Quality of Service", RFC 2212,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2212, September 1997,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2212>.

   [RFC2434]  Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an
              IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", RFC 2434,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2434, October 1998,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2434>.

   [RFC3629]  Yergeau, F., "UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO
              10646", STD 63, RFC 3629, DOI 10.17487/RFC3629, November
              2003, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3629>.

   [RFC4271]  Rekhter, Y., Ed., Li, T., Ed., and S. Hares, Ed., "A
              Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)", RFC 4271,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC4271, January 2006,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4271>.

   [RFC4272]  Murphy, S., "BGP Security Vulnerabilities Analysis",
              RFC 4272, DOI 10.17487/RFC4272, January 2006,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4272>.

   [RFC4506]  Eisler, M., Ed., "XDR: External Data Representation
              Standard", STD 67, RFC 4506, DOI 10.17487/RFC4506, May
              2006, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4506>.

   [RFC6793]  Vohra, Q. and E. Chen, "BGP Support for Four-Octet
              Autonomous System (AS) Number Space", RFC 6793,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6793, December 2012,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6793>.

   [RFC7012]  Claise, B., Ed. and B. Trammell, Ed., "Information Model
              for IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX)", RFC 7012,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7012, September 2013,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7012>.

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   [RFC7115]  Bush, R., "Origin Validation Operation Based on the
              Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI)", BCP 185,
              RFC 7115, DOI 10.17487/RFC7115, January 2014,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7115>.

   [RFC7132]  Kent, S. and A. Chi, "Threat Model for BGP Path Security",
              RFC 7132, DOI 10.17487/RFC7132, February 2014,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7132>.

   [RFC7606]  Chen, E., Ed., Scudder, J., Ed., Mohapatra, P., and K.
              Patel, "Revised Error Handling for BGP UPDATE Messages",
              RFC 7606, DOI 10.17487/RFC7606, August 2015,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7606>.

11.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.ietf-netconf-restconf]
              Bierman, A., Bjorklund, M., and K. Watsen, "RESTCONF
              Protocol", draft-ietf-netconf-restconf-18 (work in
              progress), October 2016.

   [I-D.ietf-sidr-bgpsec-protocol]
              Lepinski, M. and K. Sriram, "BGPsec Protocol
              Specification", draft-ietf-sidr-bgpsec-protocol-22 (work
              in progress), January 2017.

   [RFC2475]  Blake, S., Black, D., Carlson, M., Davies, E., Wang, Z.,
              and W. Weiss, "An Architecture for Differentiated
              Services", RFC 2475, DOI 10.17487/RFC2475, December 1998,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2475>.

   [RFC4086]  Eastlake 3rd, D., Schiller, J., and S. Crocker,
              "Randomness Requirements for Security", BCP 106, RFC 4086,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC4086, June 2005,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4086>.

   [RFC5575]  Marques, P., Sheth, N., Raszuk, R., Greene, B., Mauch, J.,
              and D. McPherson, "Dissemination of Flow Specification
              Rules", RFC 5575, DOI 10.17487/RFC5575, August 2009,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5575>.

   [RFC6020]  Bjorklund, M., Ed., "YANG - A Data Modeling Language for
              the Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)", RFC 6020,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6020, October 2010,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6020>.

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   [RFC6241]  Enns, R., Ed., Bjorklund, M., Ed., Schoenwaelder, J., Ed.,
              and A. Bierman, Ed., "Network Configuration Protocol
              (NETCONF)", RFC 6241, DOI 10.17487/RFC6241, June 2011,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6241>.

   [RFC7297]  Boucadair, M., Jacquenet, C., and N. Wang, "IP
              Connectivity Provisioning Profile (CPP)", RFC 7297,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7297, July 2014,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7297>.

   [RFC7674]  Haas, J., Ed., "Clarification of the Flowspec Redirect
              Extended Community", RFC 7674, DOI 10.17487/RFC7674,
              October 2015, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7674>.

Authors' Addresses

   Shitanshu Shah

   Email: shitanshu_shah@hotmail.com

   Keyur Patel
   Arrcus, Inc

   Email: keyur@arrcus.com

   Sandeep Bajaj
   Viptela

   Luis Tomotaki
   Verizon
   400 International
   Richardson, TX   75081
   US

   Email: luis.tomotaki@verizon.com

   Mohamed Boucadair
   Orange
   Rennes
   35000
   France

   Email: mohamed.boucadair@orange.com

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