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draft-ietf-lpwan-ipv6-static-context-hc-01
lpwan Working Group A. Minaburo
Internet-Draft Acklio
Intended status: Informational L. Toutain
Expires: September 3, 2017 IMT-Atlantique
C. Gomez
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
March 02, 2017
LPWAN Static Context Header Compression (SCHC) and fragmentation for
IPv6 and UDP
draft-ietf-lpwan-ipv6-static-context-hc-01
Abstract
This document describes a header compression scheme and fragmentation
functionality for IPv6/UDP protocols. These techniques are
especially tailored for LPWAN (Low Power Wide Area Network) networks
and could be extended to other protocol stacks.
The Static Context Header Compression (SCHC) offers a great level of
flexibility when processing the header fields. Static context means
that information stored in the context which, describes field values,
does not change during the packet transmission, avoiding complex
resynchronization mechanisms, incompatible with LPWAN
characteristics. In most of the cases, IPv6/UDP headers are reduced
to a small identifier.
This document describes the generic compression/decompression process
and applies it to IPv6/UDP headers. Similar mechanisms for other
protocols such as CoAP will be described in a separate document.
Moreover, this document specifies fragmentation and reassembly
mechanims for SCHC compressed packets exceeding the L2 pdu size and
for the case where the SCHC compression is not possible then the
IPv6/UDP packet is sent.
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1. Introduction
Header compression is mandatory to efficiently bring Internet
connectivity to the node within a LPWAN network
[I-D.minaburo-lp-wan-gap-analysis].
Some LPWAN networks properties can be exploited for an efficient
header compression:
o Topology is star oriented, therefore all the packets follow the
same path. For the needs of this draft, the architecture can be
summarized to Things or End-Systems (ES) exchanging information
with LPWAN Application Server (LA) through a Network Gateway (NG).
o Traffic flows are mostly known in advanced, since End-Systems
embed built-in applications. Contrary to computers or
smartphones, new applications cannot be easily installed.
The Static Context Header Compression (SCHC) is defined for this
environment. SCHC uses a context where header information is kept in
order, this context is static the values on the header fields do not
change during time, avoiding complex resynchronization mechanisms,
incompatible with LPWAN characteristics. In most of the cases, IPv6/
UDP headers are reduced to a small context identifier.
The SCHC header compression is indedependent of the specific LPWAN
technology over which it will be used.
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On the other hand, LPWAN technologies are characterized, among
others, by a very reduced data unit and/or payload size
[I-D.ietf-lpwan-overview]. However, some of these technologies do
not support layer two fragmentation, therefore the only option for
these to support IPv6 when header compression is not possible (and,
in particular, its MTU requirement of 1280 bytes [RFC2460]) is the
use of fragmentation mechanism at the adaptation layer below IPv6.
This specification defines fragmentation functionality to support the
IPv6 MTU requirements over LPWAN technologies.
2. Vocabulary
This section defines the terminology and aconyms used in this
document.
o CDF: Compression/Decompression Function. A function that is used
for both functionnalities to compress a header field or to recover
its original value in the decompression phase.
o Context: A set of rules used to compress/decompress headers
o ES: End System. Node connected to the LPWAN. An ES may implement
SCHC.
o LA: LPWAN Application. An application sending/consuming IPv6
packets to/from the End System.
o LC: LPWAN Compressor/Decompressor. A process in the network to
achieve compression/decompressing headers. LC uses SCHC rules to
perform compression and decompression.
o MO: Matching Operator. An operator used to compare a value
contained in a header field with a value contained in a rule.
o Rule: A set of header field values.
o Rule ID: An identifier for a rule, LC and ES share the same rule
ID for a specific flow. Rule ID is sent on the LPWAN.
o TV: Target value. A value contained in the rule that will be
matched with the value of a header field.
3. Static Context Header Compression
Static Context Header Compression (SCHC) avoids context
synchronization, which is the most bandwidth-consuming operation in
other header compression mechanisms such as RoHC. Based on the fact
that the nature of data flows is highly predictable in LPWAN
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networks, a static context may be stored on the End-System (ES). The
context must be stored in both ends. It can also be learned by using
a provisionning protocol that is out of the scope of this draft.
End-System Appl Servers
+-----------------+ +---------------+
| APP1 APP2 APP3 | |APP1 APP2 APP3|
| | | |
| UDP | | UDP |
| IPv6 | | IPv6 |
| | | |
| LC (contxt)| | |
+--------+--------+ +-------+-------+
| +--+ +--+ +-----------+ .
+~~ |RG| === |NG| === |LC (contxt)| ... Internet ...
+--+ +--+ +-----+-----+
Figure 1: Architecture
Figure 1 based on [I-D.ietf-lpwan-overview] terminology represents
the architecture for compression/decompression. The Thing or End-
System is running applications which produce IPv6 or IPv6/UDP flows.
These flows are compressed by a LPWAN Compressor (LC) to reduce the
headers size. Resulting information is sent on a layer two (L2)
frame to the LPWAN Radio Network to a Radio Gateway (RG) which
forwards the frame to a Network Gateway. The Network Gateway sends
the data to a LC for decompression which shares the same rules with
the ES. The LC can be located on the Network Gateway or in another
places if a tunnel is established between the NG and the LC. This
architecture forms a star topology. After decompression, the packet
can be sent on the Internet to one or several LPWAN Application
Servers (LA).
The principle is exactly the same in the other direction.
The context contains a list of rules (cf. Figure 2). Each rule
contains itself a list of fields descriptions composed of a field
identifier (FID), a target value (TV), a matching operator (MO) and a
Compression/Decompression Function (CDF).
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| Rule N |
+----------------------------------------------------------------+ |
| Rule i | |
+---------------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| Rule 1 | | |
|+--------+--------------+-------------------+-----------------+| | |
||Field 1 | Target Value | Matching Operator | Comp/Decomp Fct || | |
|+--------+--------------+-------------------+-----------------+| | |
||Field 2 | Target Value | Matching Operator | Comp/Decomp Fct || | |
|+--------+--------------+-------------------+-----------------+| | |
||... | ... | ... | ... || | |
|+--------+--------------+-------------------+-----------------+| |-+
||Field N | Target Value | Matching Operator | Comp/Decomp Fct || |
|+--------+--------------+-------------------+-----------------+|-+
| |
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
Figure 2: Compression Decompression Context
The rule does not describe the original packet format which must be
known from the compressor/decompressor. The rule just describes the
compression/decompression behavior for the header fields. In the
rule, it is recommended to describe the header field in the same
order they appear in the packet.
The main idea of the compression scheme is to send the rule id to the
other end instead of known field values. When a value is known by
both ends, it is not necessary to send it on the LPWAN network.
The field description is composed of different entries:
o A Field ID (FID) is a unique value to define the field.
o A Target Value (TV) is the value used to make the comparison with
the packet header field. The Target Value can be of any type
(integer, strings,...). It can be a single value or a more
complex structure (array, list,...). It can be considered as a
CBOR structure.
o A Matching Operator (MO) is the operator used to make the
comparison between the field value and the Target Value. The
Matching Operator may require some parameters, which can be
considered as a CBOR structure. MO is only used during the
compression phase.
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o A Compression Decompression Function (CDF) is used to describe the
compression and the decompression process. The CDF may require
some parameters, which can be considered as a CBOR structure.
3.1. Rule ID
Rule IDs are sent between both compression/decompression elements.
The size of the rule ID is not specified in this document and can
vary regarding the LPWAN technology, the number of flows,...
Some values in the rule ID space may be reserved for goals other than
header compression, for example fragmentation.
Rule IDs are specific to an ES. Two ESs may use the same rule ID for
different header compression. The LC needs to combine the rule ID
with the ES L2 address to find the appropriate rule.
3.2. Packet processing
The compression/decompression process follows several steps:
o compression rule selection: the goal is to identify which rule(s)
will be used to compress the headers. Each field is associated to
a matching operator for compression. Each header field's value is
compared to the corresponding target value stored in the rule for
that field using the matching operator. If all the fields in the
packet's header satisfied all the matching operators of a rule,
the packet is processed using Compression Decompression Function
associated with the fields. Otherwise the next rule is tested.
If no eligible rule is found, then the packet is sent without
compression, which may require using the fragmentation procedure.
o sending: The rule ID is sent to the other end followed by
information resulting from the compression of header fields. This
information is sent in the order expressed in the rule for the
matching fields. The way the rule ID is sent depends on the layer
two technology and will be specified in a specific document. For
example, it can either be included in a Layer 2 header or sent in
the first byte of the L2 payload.
o decompression: The receiver identifies the sender through its
device-id (e.g. MAC address) and selects the appropriate rule
through the rule ID. This rule gives the compressed header format
and associates these values to header fields. It applies the CDF
function to reconstruct the original header fields. CDF of
Compute-* must be applied after the other CDFs.
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4. Matching operators
This document describes basic matching operators (MO)s which must be
known by both LC, endpoints involved in the header compression/
decompression. They are not typed and can be applied indifferently
to integer, string or any other type. The MOs and their definition
are provided next:
o equal: a field value in a packet matches with a field value in a
rule if they are equal.
o ignore: no check is done between a field value in a packet and a
field value in the rule. The result of the matching is always
true.
o MSB(length): a field value of a size equal to "length" bits in a
packet matches with a field value in a rule if the most
significant "length" bits are equal.
o match-mapping: The goal of mapping-sent is to reduce the size of a
field by allocating a shorter value. The Target Value contains a
list of pairs. Each pair is composed of a value and a short ID.
This operator matches if a field value is equal to one of the
pairs' values.
Matching Operators may need a list of parameters to proceed to the
matching. For instance MSB requires an integer indicating the number
of bits to test.
5. Compression Decompression Functions (CDF)
The Compression Decompression Functions (CDF) describes the action
taken during the compression of headers fields, and inversely, the
action taken by the decompressor to restore the original value.
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/--------------------+-------------+---------------------------\
| Function | Compression | Decompression |
| | | |
+--------------------+-------------+---------------------------+
|not-sent |elided |use value stored in ctxt |
|value-sent |send |build from received value |
|LSB(length) |send LSB |ctxt value OR rcvd value |
|compute-length |elided |compute length |
|compute-UDP-checksum|elided |compute UDP checksum |
|ESiid-DID |elided |build IID from L2 ES addr |
|LAiid-DID |elided |build IID from L2 LA addr |
|mapping-sent |send index |value from index on a table|
\--------------------+-------------+---------------------------/
Figure 3: Compression and Decompression Functions
Figure 3 sumarizes the functions defined to compress and decompress a
field. The first column gives the function's name. The second and
third columns outlines the compression/decompression behavior.
Compression is done in the rule order and compressed values are sent
in that order in the compressed message. The receiver must be able
to find the size of each compressed field which can be given by the
rule or may be sent with the compressed header.
5.1. not-sent CDF
Not-sent function is generally used when the field value is specified
in the rule and therefore known by the both Compressor and
Decompressor. This function is generally used with the "equal" MO.
If MO is "ignore", there is a risk to have a decompressed field value
different from the compressed field.
The compressor does not send any value on the compressed header for
that field on which compression is applied.
The decompressor restores the field value with the target value
stored in the matched rule.
5.2. value-sent CDF
The value-sent function is generally used when the field value is not
known by both Compressor and Decompressor. The value is sent in the
compressed message header. Both Compressor and Decompressor must
know the size of the field, either implicitely (the size is known by
both sides) or explicitely in the compressed header field by
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indicating the length. This function is generally used with the
"ignore" MO.
The compressor sends the Target Value stored on the rule in the
compressed header message. The decompressor restores the field value
with the one received from the LPWAN
5.3. LSB CDF
LSB function is used to send a fixed part of the packet field header
to the other end. This function is used together with the "MSB" MO
The compressor sends the "length" Least Significant Bits. The
decompressor combines with an OR operator the value received with the
Target Value.
5.4. ESiid-DID, LAiid-DID CDF
These functions are used to process respectively the End System and
the LA Device Identifier (DID).
The IID value is computed from the device ID present in the Layer 2
header. The computation depends on the technology and the device ID
size.
5.5. mapping-sent
mapping-sent is used to send a smaller index associated to the field
value in the Target Value. This function is used together with the
"match-mapping" MO.
The compressor looks in the TV to find the field value and send the
corresponding index. The decompressor uses this index to restore the
field value.
5.6. Compute-*
These functions are used by the decompressor to compute the
compressed field value based on received information. Compressed
fields are elided during the compression and reconstructed during the
decompression.
o compute-length: compute the length assigned to this field. For
instance, regarding the field ID, this CDF may be used to compute
IPv6 length or UDP length.
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o compute-checksum: compute a checksum from the information already
received by the LC. This field may be used to compute UDP
checksum.
6. Application to IPv6 and UDP headers
This section lists the different IPv6 and UDP header fields and how
they can be compressed.
6.1. IPv6 version field
This field always holds the same value, therefore the TV is 6, the MO
is "equal" and the CDF "not-sent".
6.2. IPv6 Traffic class field
If the DiffServ field identified by the rest of the rule do not vary
and is known by both sides, the TV should contain this wellknown
value, the MO should be "equal" and the CDF must be "not-sent.
If the DiffServ field identified by the rest of the rule varies over
time or is not known by both sides, then there are two possibilities
depending on the variability of the value, the first one there is
without compression and the original value is sent, or the sencond
where the values can be computed by sending only the LSB bits:
o TV is not set, MO is set to "ignore" and CDF is set to "value-
sent"
o TV contains a stable value, MO is MSB(X) and CDF is set to
LSB(8-X)
6.3. Flow label field
If the Flow Label field identified by the rest of the rule does not
vary and is known by both sides, the TV should contain this well-
known value, the MO should be "equal" and the CDF should be "not-
sent".
If the Flow Label field identified by the rest of the rule varies
during time or is not known by both sides, there are two
possibilities dpending on the variability of the value, the first one
is without compression and then the value is sent and the second
where only part of the value is sent and the decompressor needs to
compute the original value:
o TV is not set, MO is set to "ignore" and CDF is set to "value-
sent"
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o TV contains a stable value, MO is MSB(X) and CDF is set to
LSB(20-X)
6.4. Payload Length field
If the LPWAN technology does not add padding, this field can be
elided for the transmission on the LPWAN network. The LC recompute
the original payload length value. The TV is not set, the MO is set
to "ignore" and the CDF is "compute-IPv6-length".
If the payload is small, the TV can be set to 0x0000, the MO set to
"MSB (16-s)" and the CDF to "LSB (s)". The 's' parameter depends on
the maximum packet length.
On other cases, the payload length field must be sent and the CDF is
replaced by "value-sent".
6.5. Next Header field
If the Next Header field identified by the rest of the rule does not
vary and is known by both sides, the TV should contain this Next
Header value, the MO should be "equal" and the CDF should be "not-
sent".
If the Next header field identified by the rest of the rule varies
during time or is not known by both sides, then TV is not set, MO is
set to "ignore" and CDF is set to "value-sent".
6.6. Hop Limit field
The End System is generally a host and does not forward packets,
therefore the Hop Limit value is constant. So the TV is set with a
default value, the MO is set to "equal" and the CDF is set to "not-
sent".
Otherwise the value is sent on the LPWAN: TV is not set, MO is set to
ignore and CDF is set to "value-sent".
6.7. IPv6 addresses fields
As in 6LoWPAN [RFC4944], IPv6 addresses are split into two 64-bit
long fields; one for the prefix and one for the Interface Identifier
(IID). These fields should be compressed. To allow a single rule,
these values are identified by their role (ES or LA) and not by their
position in the frame (source or destination). The LC must be aware
of the traffic direction (upstream, downstream) to select the
appropriate field.
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6.7.1. IPv6 source and destination prefixes
Both ends must be synchronized with the appropriate prefixes. For a
specific flow, the source and destination prefix can be unique and
stored in the context. It can be either a link-local prefix or a
global prefix. In that case, the TV for the source and destination
prefixes contains the values, the MO is set to "equal" and the CDF is
set to "not-sent".
In case the rule allows several prefixes, static mapping must be
used. The different prefixes are listed in the TV associated with a
short ID. The MO is set to "match-mapping" and the CDF is set to
"mapping-sent".
Otherwise the TV contains the prefix, the MO is set to "equal" and
the CDF is set to value-sent.
6.7.2. IPv6 source and destination IID
If the ES or LA IID are based on an LPWAN address, then the IID can
be reconstructed with information coming from the LPWAN header. In
that case, the TV is not set, the MO is set to "ignore" and the CDF
is set to "ESiid-DID" or "LAiid-DID". Note that the LPWAN technology
is generally carrying a single device identifier corresponding to the
ES. The LC may also not be aware of these values.
For privacy reasons or if the ES address is changing over time, it
maybe better to use a static value. In that case, the TV contains
the value, the MO operator is set to "equal" and the CDF is set to
"not-sent".
If several IIDs are possible, then the TV contains the list of
possible IID, the MO is set to "match-mapping" and the CDF is set to
"mapping-sent".
Otherwise the value variation of the IID may be reduced to few bytes.
In that case, the TV is set to the stable part of the IID, the MO is
set to MSB and the CDF is set to LSB.
Finally, the IID can be sent on the LPWAN. In that case, the TV is
not set, the MO is set to "ignore" and the CDF is set to "value-
sent".
6.8. IPv6 extensions
No extension rules are currently defined. They can be based on the
MOs and CDFs described above.
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6.9. UDP source and destination port
To allow a single rule, the UDP port values are identified by their
role (ES or LA) and not by their position in the frame (source or
destination). The LC must be aware of the traffic direction
(upstream, downstream) to select the appropriate field. The
following rules apply for ES and LA port numbers.
If both ends knows the port number, it can be elided. The TV
contains the port number, the MO is set to "equal" and the CDF is set
to "not-sent".
If the port variation is on few bits, the TV contains the stable part
of the port number, the MO is set to "MSB" and the CDF is set to
"LSB".
If some well-known values are used, the TV can contain the list of
this values, the MO is set to "match-mapping" and the CDF is set to
"mapping-sent".
Otherwise the port numbers are sent on the LPWAN. The TV is not set,
the MO is set to "ignore" and the CDF is set to "value-sent".
6.10. UDP length field
If the LPWAN technology does not introduce padding, the UDP length
can be computed from the received data. In that case the TV is not
set, the MO is set to "ignore" and the CDF is set to "compute-UDP-
length".
If the payload is small, the TV can be set to 0x0000, the MO set to
"MSB" and the CDF to "LSB".
On other cases, the length must be sent and the CDF is replaced by
"value-sent".
6.11. UDP Checksum field
IPv6 mandates a checksum in the protocol above IP. Nevertheless, if
a more efficient mechanism such as L2 CRC or MIC is carried by or
over the L2 (such as in the LPWAN fragmentation process (see XXXX)),
the UDP checksum transmission can be avoided. In that case, the TV
is not set, the MO is set to "ignore" and the CDF is set to "compute-
UDP-checksum".
In other cases the checksum must be explicitly sent. The TV is not
set, the MO is set to "ignore" and the CDF is set to "value-sent".
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7. Examples
This section gives some scenarios of the compression mechanism for
IPv6/UDP. The goal is to illustrate the SCHC behavior.
7.1. IPv6/UDP compression
The most common case using the mechanisms defined in this document
will be a LPWAN end-system that embeds some applications running over
CoAP. In this example, three flows are considered. The first flow
is for the device management based on CoAP using Link Local IPv6
addresses and UDP ports 123 and 124 for ES and LA, respectively. The
second flow will be a CoAP server for measurements done by the end-
system (using ports 5683) and Global IPv6 Address prefixes
alpha::IID/64 to beta::1/64. The last flow is for legacy
applications using different ports numbers, the destination IPv6
address prefix is gamma::1/64.
Figure 4 presents the protocol stack for this End-System. IPv6 and
UDP are represented with dotted lines since these protocols are
compressed on the radio link.
Managment Data
+----------+---------+---------+
| CoAP | CoAP | legacy |
+----||----+---||----+---||----+
. UDP . UDP | UDP |
................................
. IPv6 . IPv6 . IPv6 .
+------------------------------+
| SCHC Header compression |
| and fragmentation |
+------------------------------+
| 6LPWA L2 technologies |
+------------------------------+
End System or LPWA GW
Figure 4: Simplified Protocol Stack for LP-WAN
Note that in some LPWAN technologies, only the End Systems have a
device ID. Therefore, when such technologie are used, it is
necessary to define statically an IID for the Link Local address for
the LPWAN compressor.
Rule 0
+----------------+---------+--------+-------------++------+
| Field | Value | Match | Function || Sent |
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+----------------+---------+----------------------++------+
|IPv6 version |6 | equal | not-sent || |
|IPv6 DiffServ |0 | equal | not-sent || |
|IPv6 Flow Label |0 | equal | not-sent || |
|IPv6 Length | | ignore | comp-IPv6-l || |
|IPv6 Next Header|17 | equal | not-sent || |
|IPv6 Hop Limit |255 | ignore | not-sent || |
|IPv6 ESprefix |FE80::/64| equal | not-sent || |
|IPv6 ESiid | | ignore | ESiid-DID || |
|IPv6 LCprefix |FE80::/64| equal | not-sent || |
|IPv6 LAiid |::1 | equal | not-sent || |
+================+=========+========+=============++======+
|UDP ESport |123 | equal | not-sent || |
|UDP LAport |124 | equal | not-sent || |
|UDP Length | | ignore | comp-length || |
|UDP checksum | | ignore | comp-chk || |
+================+=========+========+=============++======+
Rule 1
+----------------+---------+--------+-------------++------+
| Field | Value | Match | Function || Sent |
+----------------+---------+--------+-------------++------+
|IPv6 version |6 | equal | not-sent || |
|IPv6 DiffServ |0 | equal | not-sent || |
|IPv6 Flow Label |0 | equal | not-sent || |
|IPv6 Length | | ignore | comp-IPv6-l || |
|IPv6 Next Header|17 | equal | not-sent || |
|IPv6 Hop Limit |255 | ignore | not-sent || |
|IPv6 ESprefix |alpha/64 | equal | not-sent || |
|IPv6 ESiid | | ignore | ESiid-DID || |
|IPv6 LAprefix |beta/64 | equal | not-sent || |
|IPv6 LAiid |::1000 | equal | not-sent || |
+================+=========+========+=============++======+
|UDP ESport |5683 | equal | not-sent || |
|UDP LAport |5683 | equal | not-sent || |
|UDP Length | | ignore | comp-length || |
|UDP checksum | | ignore | comp-chk || |
+================+=========+========+=============++======+
Rule 2
+----------------+---------+--------+-------------++------+
| Field | Value | Match | Function || Sent |
+----------------+---------+--------+-------------++------+
|IPv6 version |6 | equal | not-sent || |
|IPv6 DiffServ |0 | equal | not-sent || |
|IPv6 Flow Label |0 | equal | not-sent || |
|IPv6 Length | | ignore | comp-IPv6-l || |
|IPv6 Next Header|17 | equal | not-sent || |
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|IPv6 Hop Limit |255 | ignore | not-sent || |
|IPv6 ESprefix |alpha/64 | equal | not-sent || |
|IPv6 ESiid | | ignore | ESiid-DID || |
|IPv6 LAprefix |gamma/64 | equal | not-sent || |
|IPv6 LAiid |::1000 | equal | not-sent || |
+================+=========+========+=============++======+
|UDP ESport |8720 | MSB(12)| LSB(4) || lsb |
|UDP LAport |8720 | MSB(12)| LSB(4) || lsb |
|UDP Length | | ignore | comp-length || |
|UDP checksum | | ignore | comp-chk || |
+================+=========+========+=============++======+
Figure 5: Context rules
All the fields described in the three rules Figure 5 are present in
the IPv6 and UDP headers. The ESDevice-ID value is found in the L2
header.
The second and third rules use global addresses. The way the ES
learns the prefix is not in the scope of the document.
The third rule compresses port numbers to 4 bits.
8. Fragmentation
8.1. Overview
Fragmentation in LPWAN is mandatory and it is used if after the SCHC
header compression the size of the packet is larger than the L2 data
unit maximum payload or if the SCHC header compression is not able to
compress the packet. In LPWAN technologies the L2 data unit size
typically varies from tens to hundreds of bytes. If the entire IPv6
datagram fits within a single L2 data unit, the fragmentation
mechanims is not used and the packet is sent unfragmented.
If the datagram does not fit within a single L2 data unit, it SHALL
be broken into fragments.
Moreover, LPWAN technologies impose some strict limitations on
traffic; therefore it is desirable to enable optional fragment
retransmission, while a single fragment loss should not lead to
retransmitting the full datagram. To preserve energy, Things (End
Systems) are sleeping most of the time and may receive data during a
short period of time after transmission.
This specification enables two main fragment delivery reliability
options, namely: Unreliable and Reliable. The same reliability
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option MUST be used for all fragments of a packet. Note that the
fragment delivery reliability option to be used is not necessarily
tied to the particular characteristics of the underlying L2 LPWAN
technology (e.g. Unreliable may be used on top of an L2 LPWAN
technology with symmetric characteristics for uplink and downlink).
In Unreliable, the receiver MUST NOT issue acknowledgments and the
sender MUST NOT perform fragment transmission retries.
In Reliable, there exist two possible suboptions, namely: packet mode
and window mode. In packet mode, the receiver may transmit one
acknowledgment (ACK) after all fragments carrying an IPv6 packet have
been transmitted. The ACK informs the sender about received and
missing fragments from the IPv6 packet. In window mode, an ACK may
be transmitted by the fragment receiver after a window of fragments
have been sent. A window of fragments is a subset of the fragments
needed to carry an IPv6 packet. In this mode, the ACK informs the
sender about received and missing fragments from the window of
fragments. In either mode, upon receipt of an ACK that informs about
any lost fragments, the sender may retransmit the lost fragments.
The maximum number of ACK and retransmission rounds is TBD. In
Reliable, the same reliability suboption MUST be used for all
fragments of a packet.
Some LPWAN deployments may benefit from conditioning the creation and
transmission of an ACK to the detection of at least one fragment loss
(per-packet or per-window), thus leading to negative ACK (NACK)-
oriented behavior, while not having such condition may be preferred
for other scenarios.
This document does not make any decision as to whether Unreliable or
Reliable are used, or whether in Reliable a fragment receiver
generates ACKs per packet or per window, or whether the transmission
of such ACKs is conditioned to the detection of fragment losses or
not. A complete specification of the receiver and sender behaviors
that correspond to each acknowledgment policy is also out of scope.
Nevertheless, this document does provide examples of the different
reliability options described.
8.2. Fragment format
A fragment comprises a fragmentation header and a fragment payload,
and conforms to the format shown in Figure 6. The fragment payload
carries a subset of either the IPv6 packet after header compression
or an IPv6 packet which could not be compressed. A fragment is the
payload in the L2 protocol data unit (PDU).
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+---------------+-----------------------+
| Fragm. Header | Fragment payload |
+---------------+-----------------------+
Figure 6: Fragment format.
8.3. Fragmentation header formats
Fragments except the last one SHALL
contain the fragmentation header as defined in Figure 7. The total
size of this fragmentation header is R bits.
<----------- R ----------->
<-- N -->
+----- ... -----+-- ... --+
| Rule ID | CFN |
+----- ... -----+-- ... --+
Figure 7: Fragmentation Header for Fragments except the Last One
The last fragment SHALL contain a fragmentation header that conforms
to the format shown in Figure 8. The total size of this
fragmentation header is R+M bits.
<----------- R ---------->
<-- N --> <---- M ----->
+----- ... -----+-- ... --+---- ... ----+
| Rule ID | 11..1 | MIC |
+----- ... -----+-- ... --+---- ... ----+
Figure 8: Fragmentation Header for the Last Fragment
Rule ID: this field has a size of R - N bits in all fragments. Rule
ID may be used to signal whether Unreliable or Reliable are in use,
and within the latter, whether window mode or packet mode are used.
CFN: CFN stands for Compressed Fragment Number. The size of the CFN
field is N bits. In Unreliable, N=1. For Reliable, N equal to or
greater than 3 is recommended. This field is an unsigned integer
that carries a non-absolute fragment number. The CFN MUST be set
sequentially decreasing from 2^N - 2 for the first fragment, and MUST
wrap from 0 back to 2^N - 2 (e.g. for N=3, the first fragment has
CFN=6, subsequent CFNs are set sequentially and in decreasing order,
and CFN will wrap from 0 back to 6). The CFN for the last fragment
has all bits set to 1. Note that, by this definition, the CFN value
of 2^N - 1 is only used to identify a fragment as the last fragment
carrying a subset of the IPv6 packet being transported, and thus the
CFN does not strictly correspond to the N least significant bits of
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the actual absolute fragment number. It is also important to note
that, for N=1, the last fragment of the packet will carry a CFN equal
to 1, while all previous fragments will carry a CFN of 0.
MIC: MIC stands for Message Integrity Check. This field has a size
of M bits. It is computed by the sender over the complete IPv6
packet before fragmentation by using the TBD algorithm. The MIC
allows to check for errors in the reassembled IPv6 packet, while it
also enables compressing the UDP checksum by use of SCHC.
8.4. ACK format
The format of an ACK is shown in Figure 9:
<----- R ---->
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+----- ... ---+
| Rule ID | bitmap |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+----- ... ---+
Figure 9: Format of an ACK
Rule ID: In all ACKs, Rule ID has a size of R bits and SHALL be set
to TBD_ACK to signal that the message is an ACK.
bitmap: size of the bitmap field of an ACK can be equal to 0 or
Ceiling(Number_of_Fragments/8) octets, where Number_of_Fragments
denotes the number of fragments of a window (in window mode) or the
number of fragments that carry the IPv6 packet (in packet mode). The
bitmap is a sequence of bits, where the n-th bit signals whether the
n-th fragment transmitted has been correctly received (n-th bit set
to 1) or not (n-th bit set to 0). Remaining bits with bit order
greater than the number of fragments sent (as determined by the
receiver) are set to 0, except for the last bit in the bitmap, which
is set to 1 if the last fragment (carrying the MIC) has been
correctly received, and 0 otherwise. Absence of the bitmap in an ACK
confirms correct reception of all fragments to be acknowledged by
means of the ACK.
Figure 10 shows an example of an ACK in packet mode, where the bitmap
indicates that the second and the ninth fragments have not been
correctly received. In this example, the IPv6 packet is carried by
eleven fragments in total, therefore the bitmap in has a size of two
bytes.
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<----- R ----> 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Rule ID |1|0|1|1|1|1|1|1|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|1|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 10: Example of the Bitmap in an ACK
Figure 11 shows an example of an ACK in window mode (N=3), where the
bitmap indicates that the second and the fifth fragments have not
been correctly received.
<----- R ----> 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Rule ID |1|0|1|1|0|1|1|1|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 11: Example of the bitmap in an ACK (in window mode, for N=3)
Figure 12 illustrates an ACK without bitmap.
<----- R ---->
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Rule ID |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 12: Example of an ACK without bitmap
8.5. Baseline mechanism
The receiver of link fragments SHALL use (1) the sender's L2 source
address (if present), (2) the destination's L2 address (if present),
and (3) Rule ID to identify all the fragments that belong to a given
datagram. The fragment receiver SHALL determine the fragment
delivery reliability option in use for the fragment based on the Rule
ID field in that fragment.
Upon receipt of a link fragment, the receiver starts constructing the
original unfragmented packet. It uses the CFN and the order of
arrival of each fragment to determine the location of the individual
fragments within the original unfragmented packet. For example, it
may place the data payload of the fragments within a payload datagram
reassembly buffer at the location determined from the CFN and order
of arrival of the fragments, and the fragment payload sizes. Note
that the size of the original, unfragmented IPv6 packet cannot be
determined from fragmentation headers.
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In Reliable, when a fragment with all CFN bits set to 0 is received,
the recipient MAY transmit an ACK for the last window of fragments
sent. Note that the first fragment of the window is the one sent
with CFN=2^N-2. In window mode, the fragment with CFN=0 is
considered the last fragment of its window, except for the last
fragment (with all CFN bits set to 1). The last fragment of a packet
is also the last fragment of the last window.
Once the recipient has received the last fragment, it checks for the
integrity of the reassembled IPv6 datagram, based on the MIC
received. In Unreliable, if the integrity check indicates that the
reassembled IPv6 datagram does not match the original IPv6 datagram
(prior to fragmentation), the reassembled IPv6 datagram MUST be
discarded. In Reliable, upon receipt of the last fragment (i.e. with
all CFN bits set to 1), the recipient MAY transmit an ACK for the
last window of fragments sent (window mode) or for the whole set of
fragments sent that carry a complete IPv6 packet (packet mode). In
Reliable, the sender retransmits any lost fragments reported in the
ACK. A maximum of TBD iterations of ACK and fragment retransmission
rounds are allowed per-window or per-IPv6-packet in window mode or in
packet mode, respectively. A complete specification of the
mechanisms needed to enable the above described fragment delivery
reliability options is out of the scope of this document.
If a fragment recipient disassociates from its L2 network, the
recipient MUST discard all link fragments of all partially
reassembled payload datagrams, and fragment senders MUST discard all
not yet transmitted link fragments of all partially transmitted
payload (e.g., IPv6) datagrams. Similarly, when a node first
receives a fragment of a packet, it starts a reassembly timer. When
this time expires, if the entire packet has not been reassembled, the
existing fragments MUST be discarded and the reassembly state MUST be
flushed. The reassembly timeout MUST be set to a maximum of TBD
seconds).
8.6. Examples
This section provides examples of different fragment delivery
reliability options possible on the basis of this specification.
Figure 13 illustrates the transmission of an IPv6 packet that needs
11 fragments in Unreliable.
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Sender Receiver
|-------CFN=0-------->|
|-------CFN=0-------->|
|-------CFN=0-------->|
|-------CFN=0-------->|
|-------CFN=0-------->|
|-------CFN=0-------->|
|-------CFN=0-------->|
|-------CFN=0-------->|
|-------CFN=0-------->|
|-------CFN=0-------->|
|-------CFN=1-------->|MIC checked =>
Figure 13: Transmission of an IPv6 packet carried by 11 fragments in
Unreliable
Figure 14 illustrates the transmission of an IPv6 packet that needs
11 fragments in Reliable, for N=3, NACK-oriented packet mode, without
losses.
Sender Receiver
|-------CFN=6-------->|
|-------CFN=5-------->|
|-------CFN=4-------->|
|-------CFN=3-------->|
|-------CFN=2-------->|
|-------CFN=1-------->|
|-------CFN=0-------->|
|-------CFN=6-------->|
|-------CFN=5-------->|
|-------CFN=4-------->|
|-------CFN=7-------->|MIC checked =>
(no NACK)
Figure 14: Transmission of an IPv6 packet carried by 11 fragments in
Reliable, for N=3, NACK-oriented packet mode; no losses.
Figure 15 illustrates the transmission of an IPv6 packet that needs
11 fragments in Reliable, for N=3, NACK-oriented packet mode, with
three losses.
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Sender Receiver
|-------CFN=6-------->|
|-------CFN=5-------->|
|-------CFN=4---X---->|
|-------CFN=3-------->|
|-------CFN=2---X---->|
|-------CFN=1-------->|
|-------CFN=0-------->|
|-------CFN=6-------->|
|-------CFN=5-------->|
|-------CFN=4---X---->|
|-------CFN=7-------->|MIC checked =>
|<-------NACK---------|Bitmap:1101011110100000
|-------CFN=4-------->|
|-------CFN=2-------->|
|-------CFN=4-------->|MIC checked =>
(no NACK)
Figure 15: Transmission of an IPv6 packet carried by 11 fragments in
Reliable, for N=3, NACK-oriented packet mode; three losses.
Figure 16 illustrates the transmission of an IPv6 packet that needs
11 fragments in Reliable, window mode, for N=3, without losses.
Receiver feedback is NACK-oriented. Note: in window mode, an
additional bit will be needed to number windows.
Sender Receiver
|-------CFN=6-------->|
|-------CFN=5-------->|
|-------CFN=4-------->|
|-------CFN=3-------->|
|-------CFN=2-------->|
|-------CFN=1-------->|
|-------CFN=0-------->|
(no NACK)
|-------CFN=6-------->|
|-------CFN=5-------->|
|-------CFN=4-------->|
|-------CFN=7-------->|MIC checked =>
(no NACK)
Figure 16: Transmission of an IPv6 packet carried by 11 fragments in
Reliable, for N=3, NACK-oriented window mode; without losses.
Figure 17 illustrates the transmission of an IPv6 packet that needs
11 fragments in Reliable, window mode, for N=3, with three losses.
Receiver feedback is NACK-oriented. Note: in window mode, an
additional bit will be needed to number windows.
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Sender Receiver
|-------CFN=6-------->|
|-------CFN=5-------->|
|-------CFN=4---X---->|
|-------CFN=3-------->|
|-------CFN=2---X---->|
|-------CFN=1-------->|
|-------CFN=0-------->|
|<-------NACK---------|Bitmap:11010110
|-------CFN=4-------->|
|-------CFN=2-------->|
(no NACK)
|-------CFN=6-------->|
|-------CFN=5-------->|
|-------CFN=4---X---->|
|-------CFN=7-------->|MIC checked =>
|<-------NACK---------|Bitmap:11010000
|-------CFN=4-------->|MIC checked =>
(no NACK)
Figure 17: Transmission of an IPv6 packet carried by 11 fragments in
Reliable, for N=3, NACK-oriented window mode; three losses.
Figure 18 illustrates the transmission of an IPv6 packet that needs
11 fragments in Reliable, packet mode, for N=3, without losses.
Receiver feedback is positive-ACK-oriented.
Sender Receiver
|-------CFN=6-------->|
|-------CFN=5-------->|
|-------CFN=4-------->|
|-------CFN=3-------->|
|-------CFN=2-------->|
|-------CFN=1-------->|
|-------CFN=0-------->|
|-------CFN=6-------->|
|-------CFN=5-------->|
|-------CFN=4-------->|
|-------CFN=7-------->|MIC checked =>
|<-------ACK----------|no bitmap
(End)
Figure 18: Transmission of an IPv6 packet carried by 11 fragments in
Reliable, for N=3, packet mode, positive-ACK-oriented; no losses.
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Figure 19 illustrates the transmission of an IPv6 packet that needs
11 fragments in Reliable, packet mode, for N=3, with three losses.
Receiver feedback is positive-ACK-oriented.
Sender Receiver
|-------CFN=6-------->|
|-------CFN=5-------->|
|-------CFN=4---X---->|
|-------CFN=3-------->|
|-------CFN=2---X---->|
|-------CFN=1-------->|
|-------CFN=0-------->|
|-------CFN=6-------->|
|-------CFN=5-------->|
|-------CFN=4---X---->|
|-------CFN=7-------->|MIC checked =>
|<-------ACK----------|bitmap:1101011110100000
|-------CFN=4-------->|
|-------CFN=2-------->|
|-------CFN=4-------->|MIC checked =>
|<-------ACK----------|no bitmap
(End)
Figure 19: Transmission of an IPv6 packet carried by 11 fragments in
Reliable, for N=3, packet mode, positive-ACK-oriented; with three
losses.
8.6.1. Reliable, window mode, ACK-oriented
Figure 20 illustrates the transmission of an IPv6 packet that needs
11 fragments in Reliable, window mode, for N=3, without losses.
Receiver feedback is positive-ACK-oriented. Note: in window mode, an
additional bit will be needed to number windows.
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Sender Receiver
|-------CFN=6-------->|
|-------CFN=5-------->|
|-------CFN=4-------->|
|-------CFN=3-------->|
|-------CFN=2-------->|
|-------CFN=1-------->|
|-------CFN=0-------->|
|<-------ACK----------|no bitmap
|-------CFN=6-------->|
|-------CFN=5-------->|
|-------CFN=4-------->|
|-------CFN=7-------->|MIC checked =>
|<-------ACK----------|no bitmap
(End)
Figure 20: Transmission of an IPv6 packet carried by 11 fragments in
Reliable, for N=3, window mode, positive-ACK-oriented; no losses.
Figure 21 illustrates the transmission of an IPv6 packet that needs
11 fragments in Reliable, window mode, for N=3, with three losses.
Receiver feedback is positive-ACK-oriented. Note: in window mode, an
additional bit will be needed to number windows.
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Sender Receiver
|-------CFN=6-------->|
|-------CFN=5-------->|
|-------CFN=4---X---->|
|-------CFN=3-------->|
|-------CFN=2---X---->|
|-------CFN=1-------->|
|-------CFN=0-------->|
|<-------ACK----------|bitmap:11010110
|-------CFN=4-------->|
|-------CFN=2-------->|
|<-------ACK----------|no bitmap
|-------CFN=6-------->|
|-------CFN=5-------->|
|-------CFN=4---X---->|
|-------CFN=7-------->|MIC checked =>
|<-------ACK----------|bitmap:11010000
|-------CFN=4-------->|MIC checked =>
|<-------ACK----------|no bitmap
(End)
Figure 21: Transmission of an IPv6 packet carried by 11 fragments in
Reliable, for N=3, window mode, positive-ACK-oriented; with three
losses.
9. Security considerations
9.1. Security considerations for header compression
TBD
9.2. Security considerations for fragmentation
This subsection describes potential attacks to LPWAN fragmentation
and proposes countermeasures, based on existing analysis of attacks
to 6LoWPAN fragmentation {HHWH}.
A node can perform a buffer reservation attack by sending a first
fragment to a target. Then, the receiver will reserve buffer space
for the whole packet on the basis of the datagram size announced in
that first fragment. Other incoming fragmented packets will be
dropped while the reassembly buffer is occupied during the reassembly
timeout. Once that timeout expires, the attacker can repeat the same
procedure, and iterate, thus creating a denial of service attack.
The (low) cost to mount this attack is linear with the number of
buffers at the target node. However, the cost for an attacker can be
increased if individual fragments of multiple packets can be stored
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in the reassembly buffer. To further increase the attack cost, the
reassembly buffer can be split into fragment-sized buffer slots.
Once a packet is complete, it is processed normally. If buffer
overload occurs, a receiver can discard packets based on the sender
behavior, which may help identify which fragments have been sent by
an attacker.
In another type of attack, the malicious node is required to have
overhearing capabilities. If an attacker can overhear a fragment, it
can send a spoofed duplicate (e.g. with random payload) to the
destination. A receiver cannot distinguish legitimate from spoofed
fragments. Therefore, the original IPv6 packet will be considered
corrupt and will be dropped. To protect resource-constrained nodes
from this attack, it has been proposed to establish a binding among
the fragments to be transmitted by a node, by applying content-
chaining to the different fragments, based on cryptographic hash
functionality. The aim of this technique is to allow a receiver to
identify illegitimate fragments.
Further attacks may involve sending overlapped fragments (i.e.
comprising some overlapping parts of the original IPv6 datagram).
Implementers should make sure that correct operation is not affected
by such event.
10. Acknowledgements
Thanks to Dominique Barthel, Carsten Bormann, Arunprabhu Kandasamy,
Antony Markovski, Alexander Pelov, Pascal Thubert, Juan Carlos Zuniga
for useful design consideration.
In the fragmentation section, the authors have reused parts of text
available in section 5.3 of RFC 4944, and would like to thank the
authors of RFC 4944.
Carles Gomez has been funded in part by the Spanish Government
(Ministerio de Educacion, Cultura y Deporte) through the Jose
Castillejo grant CAS15/00336, and by the ERDF and the Spanish
Government through project TEC2016-79988-P. Part of his contribution
to this work has been carried out during his stay as a visiting
scholar at the Computer Laboratory of the University of Cambridge.
11. References
11.1. Normative References
[RFC2460] Deering, S. and R. Hinden, "Internet Protocol, Version 6
(IPv6) Specification", RFC 2460, DOI 10.17487/RFC2460,
December 1998, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2460>.
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[RFC4944] Montenegro, G., Kushalnagar, N., Hui, J., and D. Culler,
"Transmission of IPv6 Packets over IEEE 802.15.4
Networks", RFC 4944, DOI 10.17487/RFC4944, September 2007,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4944>.
11.2. Informative References
[I-D.ietf-lpwan-overview]
Farrell, S., "LPWAN Overview", draft-ietf-lpwan-
overview-01 (work in progress), February 2017.
[I-D.minaburo-lp-wan-gap-analysis]
Minaburo, A., Pelov, A., and L. Toutain, "LP-WAN GAP
Analysis", draft-minaburo-lp-wan-gap-analysis-01 (work in
progress), February 2016.
Authors' Addresses
Ana Minaburo
Acklio
2bis rue de la Chataigneraie
35510 Cesson-Sevigne Cedex
France
Email: ana@ackl.io
Laurent Toutain
IMT-Atlantique
2 rue de la Chataigneraie
CS 17607
35576 Cesson-Sevigne Cedex
France
Email: Laurent.Toutain@imt-atlantique.fr
Carles Gomez
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
C/Esteve Terradas, 7
08860 Castelldefels
Spain
Email: carlesgo@entel.upc.edu
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