PCEP Extensions for Associated Bidirectional Segment Routing (SR) Paths
draft-ietf-pce-sr-bidir-path-03
PCE Working Group C. Li
Internet-Draft M. Chen
Intended status: Standards Track Huawei Technologies
Expires: March 19, 2021 W. Cheng
China Mobile
R. Gandhi
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Q. Xiong
ZTE Corporation
September 15, 2020
PCEP Extensions for Associated Bidirectional Segment Routing (SR) Paths
draft-ietf-pce-sr-bidir-path-03
Abstract
The Path Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP) provides
mechanisms for Path Computation Elements (PCEs) to perform path
computations in response to Path Computation Clients (PCCs) requests.
Segment routing (SR) leverages the source routing and tunneling
paradigms. The Stateful PCEP extensions allow stateful control of
Segment Routing Traffic Engineering (TE) Paths. Furthermore, PCEP
can be used for computing SR TE paths in the network.
This document defines PCEP extensions for grouping two unidirectional
SR Paths (one in each direction in the network) into a single
Associated Bidirectional SR Path. The mechanisms defined in this
document can also be applied using a Stateful PCE for both PCE-
Initiated and PCC-Initiated LSPs, as well as when using a Stateless
PCE.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1. Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. PCEP Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.1. Double-sided Bidirectional with Reverse LSP Association
Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1.1. Bidirectional LSP Association Group TLV . . . . . . . 6
4. PCEP Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4.1. PCE Initiated Associated Bidirectional SR Paths . . . . . 7
4.2. PCC Initiated Associated Bidirectional SR Paths . . . . . 8
4.3. Stateless PCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.4. Bidirectional (B) Flag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.5. State Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.6. Error Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5. Implementation Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5.1. Huawei's Commercial Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5.2. ZTE's Commercial Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
7. Manageability Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
7.1. Control of Function and Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
7.2. Information and Data Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
7.3. Liveness Detection and Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
7.4. Verify Correct Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
7.5. Requirements On Other Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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