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Delay-Tolerant Networking Bundle Protocol IANA Registries
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draft-irtf-dtnrg-iana-bp-registries-02
Network Working Group                                        M. Blanchet
Internet-Draft                                                  Viagenie
Intended status: Informational                         February 25, 2011
Expires: August 29, 2011

     Delay-Tolerant Networks (DTN) Bundle Protocol IANA Registries
               draft-irtf-dtnrg-iana-bp-registries-02.txt

Abstract

   The DTNRG research group has defined many protocols such as Bundle
   Protocol and Licklider.  The specifications of these protocols
   contain fields that are subject to a registry.  For the purpose of
   its research work, the group created adhoc registries.  As the
   specifications are stable and have multiple interoperable
   implementations, the group would like to handoff the registries to
   IANA for official custody.  This document describes the actions
   needed to be executed by IANA.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   2.  Treatment of Flag Fields Encoded using SDNVs  . . . . . . . . . 3
   3.  Bundle Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
     3.1.  Bundle Block Types  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
     3.2.  Primary Bundle Protocol Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
     3.3.  Bundle Processing Control Flags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
     3.4.  Block Processing Control Flags  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
     3.5.  Bundle Status Report Flags  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
     3.6.  Bundle Status Report Reason Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
     3.7.  Bundle Custody Signal Reason Codes  . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
   4.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
   5.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
   6.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
   7.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
     7.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
     7.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
   Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

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1.  Introduction

   The DTNRG research group has defined many protocols[RFC4838] such as
   Bundle Protocol[RFC5050] and Licklider[RFC5326].  The specifications
   of these protocols contain fields that are subject to a registry.
   For the purpose of its research work, the group created adhoc
   registries [1].  As the specifications are stable and have multiple
   interoperable implementations, the group would like to handoff the
   registries to IANA for official custody.  This document describes the
   actions needed to be executed by IANA.

2.  Treatment of Flag Fields Encoded using SDNVs

   The DTN protocols use several extensible bit flag fields that are
   encoded as Self-Delimiting Numeric Values (SDNVs) as defined in
   Section 4.1 of [RFC5050].  For these fields, the registry specifies
   the allocation and usage of bit positions within the unencoded field.
   The SDNV encoding treats the ensemble of bits in the unencoded value
   as a numeric value to be encoded on transmission and decoded on
   reception as described in [RFC5050].

   Processing of SDNV-encoded flags is discussed in
   [I-D.irtf-dtnrg-sdnv].

   Section 4.1 of [RFC5050] specifies that implementations are not
   required to handle SDNVs with more than 64 bits in their unencoded
   value.  Accordingly SDNV encoded flag fields should be limited to 64
   bit positions.

   IANA Registry policies and wording used in this document are
   described in [RFC5226].

3.  Bundle Protocol

   The Bundle Protocol(BP)[RFC5050] has fields requiring a registry
   managed by IANA.

3.1.  Bundle Block Types

   The Bundle Protocol has a Bundle Block Type code field (section
   4.5.2) [RFC5050].  An IANA registry shall be setup as follows.

   The registration policy for this registry is:
      0-191: Specification Required

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      192-255: Private or experimental use.  No assignment by IANA.

   The Value range is: unsigned 8 bit integer.

                     Bundle Block Type Codes Registry

    +--------------+---------------------------------+---------------+
    |        Value | Description                     | Reference     |
    +--------------+---------------------------------+---------------+
    |            0 | Reserved                        | This document |
    |            1 | Bundle Payload Block            | [RFC5050]     |
    |        2-191 | Unassigned                      |               |
    |      192-255 | Private and/or experimental use | [RFC5050]     |
    +--------------+---------------------------------+---------------+

   The value "0" was not defined in any document or in the adhoc
   registry.  As per concensus by the DNTRG research group, it is
   reserved per this document.

3.2.  Primary Bundle Protocol Version

   The Bundle Protocol has a version field (section 4.5.1) [RFC5050].
   An IANA registry shall be setup as follows.

   The registration policy for this registry is: RFC Required

   The Value range is: unsigned 8 bit integer.

                 Primary Bundle Protocol Version Registry

                  +-------+-------------+---------------+
                  | Value | Description | Reference     |
                  +-------+-------------+---------------+
                  |   0-5 | Reserved    | This document |
                  |     6 | Assigned    | [RFC5050]     |
                  | 7-255 | Unassigned  |               |
                  +-------+-------------+---------------+

   The value "0-5" was not defined in any document or in the adhoc
   registry.  As per concensus by the DNTRG research group, it is
   reserved per this document.

3.3.  Bundle Processing Control Flags

   The Bundle Protocol has a Bundle Processing Control flags field
   (section 4.2) [RFC5050] encoded as an SDNV(see section (Section 2)).
   An IANA registry shall be setup as follows.

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   The registration policy for this registry is: Specification Required

   The Value range is: Variable length.  Maximum number of flag bit
   positions: 64

                 Bundle Processing Control Flags Registry

   +--------------------+----------------------------------+-----------+
   |       Bit Position | Description                      | Reference |
   |    (right to left) |                                  |           |
   +--------------------+----------------------------------+-----------+
   |                  0 | Bundle is a fragment             | [RFC5050] |
   |                  1 | Application data unit is an      | [RFC5050] |
   |                    | administrative record            |           |
   |                  2 | Bundle must not be fragmented    | [RFC5050] |
   |                  3 | Custody transfer is requested    | [RFC5050] |
   |                  4 | Destination endpoint is a        | [RFC5050] |
   |                    | singleton                        |           |
   |                  5 | Acknowledgement by application   | [RFC5050] |
   |                    | is requested                     |           |
   |                  6 | Reserved                         | [RFC5050] |
   |                7-8 | Class of service: priority       | [RFC5050] |
   |               9-13 | Class of service: reserved       | [RFC5050] |
   |                 14 | Request reporting of bundle      | [RFC5050] |
   |                    | reception                        |           |
   |                 15 | Request reporting of custody     | [RFC5050] |
   |                    | acceptance                       |           |
   |                 16 | Request reporting of bundle      | [RFC5050] |
   |                    | forwarding                       |           |
   |                 17 | Request reporting of bundle      | [RFC5050] |
   |                    | delivery                         |           |
   |                 18 | Request reporting of bundle      | [RFC5050] |
   |                    | deletion                         |           |
   |                 19 | Reserved                         | [RFC5050] |
   |                 20 | Reserved                         | [RFC5050] |
   +--------------------+----------------------------------+-----------+

3.4.  Block Processing Control Flags

   The Bundle Protocol has a Block Processing Control flags field
   (section 4.3) [RFC5050].  An IANA registry shall be setup as follows.

   The registration policy for this registry is: Specification Required

   The Value range is: Variable length.  Maximum number of flag bit
   positions: 64

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                  Block Processing Control Flags Registry

   +--------------------+----------------------------------+-----------+
   |       Bit Position | Description                      | Reference |
   |    (right to left) |                                  |           |
   +--------------------+----------------------------------+-----------+
   |                  0 | Block must be replicated in      | [RFC5050] |
   |                    | every fragment                   |           |
   |                  1 | Transmit status report if block  | [RFC5050] |
   |                    | can't be processed               |           |
   |                  2 | Delete bundle if block can't be  | [RFC5050] |
   |                    | processed                        |           |
   |                  3 | Last block                       | [RFC5050] |
   |                  4 | Discard block if it can't be     | [RFC5050] |
   |                    | processed                        |           |
   |                  5 | Block was forwarded without      | [RFC5050] |
   |                    | being processed                  |           |
   |                  6 | Block contains an EID-reference  | [RFC5050] |
   |                    | field                            |           |
   +--------------------+----------------------------------+-----------+

3.5.  Bundle Status Report Flags

   The Bundle Protocol has a Status Report Status Flag field(section
   6.1.1) [RFC5050].  An IANA registry shall be setup as follows.

   The registration policy for this registry is: RFC Required

   The Value range is: 8 bits.

                    Bundle Status Report Flags Registry

   +----------+----------------------------------------+---------------+
   |    Value | Description                            | Reference     |
   +----------+----------------------------------------+---------------+
   | 00000000 | Reserved                               | This document |
   | 00000001 | Reporting node received bundle         | [RFC5050]     |
   | 00000010 | Reporting node accepted custody of     | [RFC5050]     |
   |          | bundle                                 |               |
   | 00000100 | Reporting node forwarded the bundle    | [RFC5050]     |
   | 00001000 | Reporting node delivered the bundle    | [RFC5050]     |
   | 00010000 | Reporting node deleted the bundle      | [RFC5050]     |
   | 00100000 | Unassigned                             |               |
   | 01000000 | Unassigned                             |               |
   | 10000000 | Unassigned                             |               |
   +----------+----------------------------------------+---------------+

   The value "00000000" was not defined in any document or in the adhoc

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   registry.  As per concensus by the DNTRG research group, it is
   reserved per this document.

3.6.  Bundle Status Report Reason Codes

   The Bundle Protocol has a Bundle Status Report Reason Codes
   field(section 6.1.1) [RFC5050].  An IANA registry shall be setup as
   follows.

   The registration policy for this registry is: Specification Required

   The Value range is: unsigned 8 bit integer.

                Bundle Status Report Reason Codes Registry

   +-------+-------------------------------------------+---------------+
   | Value | Description                               | Reference     |
   +-------+-------------------------------------------+---------------+
   |     0 | No additional information                 | [RFC5050]     |
   |     1 | Lifetime expired                          | [RFC5050]     |
   |     2 | Forwarded over unidirectional link        | [RFC5050]     |
   |     3 | Transmission canceled                     | [RFC5050]     |
   |     4 | Depleted storage                          | [RFC5050]     |
   |     5 | Destination endpoint ID unintelligible    | [RFC5050]     |
   |     6 | No known route to destination from here   | [RFC5050]     |
   |     7 | No timely contact with next node on route | [RFC5050]     |
   |     8 | Block unintelligible                      | [RFC5050]     |
   | 9-254 | Unassigned                                |               |
   |   255 | Reserved                                  | This document |
   +-------+-------------------------------------------+---------------+

   The value "255" was not defined in any document or in the adhoc
   registry.  As per concensus by the DNTRG research group, it is
   reserved per this document.

3.7.  Bundle Custody Signal Reason Codes

   The Bundle Protocol has a Bundle Custody Signal Reason Codes
   field(section 6.1.2) [RFC5050].  An IANA registry shall be setup as
   follows.

   The registration policy for this registry is: Specification Required

   The Value range is: unsigned 7 bit integer.

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                Bundle Custody Signal Reason Codes Registry

   +--------------+--------------------------------------+-------------+
   |        Value | Description                          | Reference   |
   +--------------+--------------------------------------+-------------+
   |            0 | No additional information            | [RFC5050]   |
   |          1-2 | Unassigned                           |             |
   |            3 | Redundant reception (reception by a  | [RFC5050]   |
   |              | node that is a custodial node for    |             |
   |              | this bundle)                         |             |
   |            4 | Depleted storage                     | [RFC5050]   |
   |            5 | Destination endpoint ID              | [RFC5050]   |
   |              | unintelligible                       |             |
   |            6 | No known route to destination from   | [RFC5050]   |
   |              | here                                 |             |
   |            7 | No timely contact with next node on  | [RFC5050]   |
   |              | route                                |             |
   |            8 | Block unintelligible                 | [RFC5050]   |
   |        9-126 | Unassigned                           |             |
   |          127 | Reserved                             | This        |
   |              |                                      | document    |
   +--------------+--------------------------------------+-------------+

   The value "127" was not defined in any document or in the adhoc
   registry.  As per concensus by the DNTRG research group, it is
   reserved per this document.

4.  Security Considerations

   This document requests the creation of registries managed by IANA.
   There is no security issues involved.  Refer to Security
   Considerations of the referenced protocols.

5.  IANA Considerations

   IANA is requested to create the registries as described in the
   previous sections.

6.  Acknowledgements

   The editor would like to thank the following people who have provided
   comments and suggestions to this document, in no specific order:
   Stephen Farrell, Daniel Ellard, Scott Burleigh, Keith Scott, Elwyn
   Davies.

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7.  References

7.1.  Normative References

   [RFC4838]  Cerf, V., Burleigh, S., Hooke, A., Torgerson, L., Durst,
              R., Scott, K., Fall, K., and H. Weiss, "Delay-Tolerant
              Networking Architecture", RFC 4838, April 2007.

   [RFC5050]  Scott, K. and S. Burleigh, "Bundle Protocol
              Specification", RFC 5050, November 2007.

   [RFC5226]  Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an
              IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 5226,
              May 2008.

   [RFC5326]  Ramadas, M., Burleigh, S., and S. Farrell, "Licklider
              Transmission Protocol - Specification", RFC 5326,
              September 2008.

7.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.irtf-dtnrg-sdnv]
              Eddy, W. and E. Davies, "Using Self-Delimiting Numeric
              Values in Protocols", draft-irtf-dtnrg-sdnv-09 (work in
              progress), February 2011.

URIs

   [1]  <http://www.dtnrg.org/wiki/AssignedNamesAndNumbers>

Author's Address

   Marc Blanchet
   Viagenie
   2875 boul. Laurier, suite D2-630
   Quebec, QC  G1V 2M2
   Canada

   Email: Marc.Blanchet@viagenie.ca
   URI:   http://viagenie.ca

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