DNS Name Autoconfiguration for Internet-of-Things Devices in IP-Based Vehicular Networks
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draft-jeong-ipwave-iot-dns-autoconf-16
IPWAVE Working Group J. Jeong, Ed.
Internet-Draft J. Ahn
Intended status: Standards Track Sungkyunkwan University
Expires: 8 February 2024 S. Lee
Ericsson-LG
J. Park
ETRI
7 August 2023
DNS Name Autoconfiguration for Internet-of-Things Devices in IP-Based
Vehicular Networks
draft-jeong-ipwave-iot-dns-autoconf-16
Abstract
This document specifies an autoconfiguration scheme for device
discovery and service discovery in IP-based vehicular networks.
Through the device discovery, this document supports the global (or
local) DNS naming of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices, such as
sensors, actuators, and in-vehicle units. By this scheme, the DNS
name of an IoT device can be autoconfigured with the device's model
information in wired and wireless target networks (e.g., vehicle,
road network, home, office, shopping mall, and smart grid). Through
the service discovery, IoT users (e.g., drivers, passengers, home
residents, and customers) in the Internet (or local network) can
easily identify each device for monitoring and remote-controlling it
in a target network.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1. Applicability Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5. DNS Name Autoconfiguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5.1. DNS Name Format with Object Identifier . . . . . . . . . 6
5.2. Procedure of DNS Name Autoconfiguration . . . . . . . . . 6
5.2.1. DNS Name Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5.2.2. DNS Name Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5.2.3. DNS Name Retrieval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6. Location-Aware DNS Name Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
7. Macro-Location-Aware DNS Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
8. Micro-Location-Aware DNS Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
9. DNS Name Management for Mobile IoT Devices . . . . . . . . . 12
10. Device Discovery for IoT Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
11. Service Discovery for IoT Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
12. IoT Cloud for IoT Device Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
13. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
14. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
15. Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
16. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
16.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
16.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Appendix A. Changes from
draft-jeong-ipwave-iot-dns-autoconf-15 . . . . . . . . . 18
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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1. Introduction
Many Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices (e.g., sensors, actuators, and
in-vehicle units) have begun to have wireless communication
capability (e.g., WiFi, Bluetooth, and ZigBee) for monitoring and
remote-controlling in a local network or the Internet. According to
the capacity, such IoT devices can be categorized into high-capacity
devices and low-capacity devices. High-capacity devices have a high-
power processor and a large storage, such as vehicles, road
infrastructure devices (e.g., road-side unit, traffic light, and
loop-detector), appliances (e.g., television, refrigerator, air
conditioner, and washing machine), and smart devices (smartphone and
tablet). They are placed in environments (e.g., vehicle, road
network, home, office, shopping mall, and smart grid) for the direct
use for human users, and they require the interaction with human
users. Low-capacity devices have a low-power processor and a small
storage, such as sensors (e.g., in-vehicle units, light sensor,
meter, and fire detector) and actuators (e.g., vehicle engine, signal
light, street light, and room temperature controller). They are
installed for the easy management of environments (e.g., vehicle,
road network, home, office, store, and factory), and they do not
require the interaction with human users.
For the Internet connectivity of IoT devices, a variety of parameters
(e.g., address prefixes, default routers, and DNS servers) can be
automatically configured by Neighbor Discovery (ND) for IP Version 6,
IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration, and IPv6 Router
Advertisement (RA) Options for DNS Configuration [RFC4861][RFC4862]
[RFC8106].
For these IoT devices, the manual configuration of DNS names will be
cumbersome and time-consuming as the number of them increases rapidly
in a network. It will be good for such DNS names to be automatically
configured such that they are readable to human users.
Multicast DNS (mDNS) in [RFC6762] can provide DNS service for
networked devices on a local link (e.g., home network and office
network) without any conventional recursive DNS server. mDNS also
supports the autoconfiguration of a device's DNS name without the
intervention of the user. mDNS aims at the DNS naming service for
the local DNS names of the networked devices on the local link rather
than the DNS naming service for the global DNS names of such devices
in the Internet. However, for IoT devices accessible from the
Internet, mDNS cannot be used. Thus, a new autoconfiguration scheme
becomes required for the global DNS names of IoT devices.
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This document proposes a DNS Name Autoconfiguration (DNSNA) for the
global (or local) DNS names of IoT devices in IP-based vehicular
networks. Since an autoconfigured DNS name contains the model
identifier (ID) of a device, IoT users in the Internet (or local
network) can easily identify such a device. The autoconfigured DNS
names and the corresponding IP addresses of the IoT devices are
registered with local or remote authoritative DNS servers that manage
the DNS suffixes of the DNS domain names. With these DNS names, they
will be able to monitor and remote-control their IoT devices with
their smart devices (e.g., smartphone and tablet PC) by resolving
their DNS names into the corresponding IP addresses.
For cloud-based DNS naming services of IoT devices, a cloud server
can collect DNS zone files having the global DNS names and IP
addresses of the IoT devices from multiple DNS servers and provide
IoT users with such global DNS names of IoT devices relevant to the
IoT users. These IoT users can monitor and remote-control their IoT
devices in the Internet with the global DNS names and IP addresses,
using their smart devices.
1.1. Applicability Statements
It is assumed that IoT devices have networking capability through
wired or wireless communication media, such as Ethernet [IEEE-802.3],
WiFi [IEEE-802.11][IEEE-802.11a][IEEE-802.11b][IEEE-802.11g]
[IEEE-802.11n], Dedicated Short-Range Communications (DSRC)
[DSRC-WAVE][IEEE-802.11p], Bluetooth [IEEE-802.15.1], and ZigBee
[IEEE-802.15.4] in a local area network (LAN) or personal area
network (PAN). Note that IEEE 802.11p was renamed IEEE 802.11
Outside the Context of a Basic Service Set [IEEE-802.11-OCB] in 2012.
IPv6 packet delivery over an IEEE 802.11-OCB link is defined in
[RFC8691].
Also, it is assumed that each IoT device has a factory configuration
(called device configuration) having device model information by
manufacturer ID and model ID (e.g., vehicle, road-side unit, smart
TV, smartphone, tablet, and refrigerator). This device configuration
can be read by the device for DNS name autoconfiguration.
2. Requirements Language
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119].
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3. Terminology
This document uses the terminology described in [RFC4861] and
[RFC4862]. In addition, four new terms are defined below:
* Device Configuration: A factory configuration that has device
model information by manufacturer ID and model ID (e.g., vehicle,
road-side unit, smart TV, smartphone, tablet, and refrigerator).
* DNS Search List (DNSSL): The list of DNS suffix domain names used
by IPv6 hosts when they perform DNS query searches for short,
unqualified domain names [RFC8106].
* DNSSL Option: IPv6 RA option to deliver the DNSSL information to
IPv6 hosts [RFC8106].
4. Overview
This document specifies an autoconfiguration scheme for an IoT device
using device configuration and DNS search list. Device configuration
has device model information (e.g., device's manufacturer and model).
DNS search list has DNS suffix domain names that represent the DNS
domains of a network having the IoT device [RFC8106].
As an IPv6 host, the IoT device can obtain DNS search list through
IPv6 Router Advertisement (RA) with DNS Search List (DNSSL) Option
[RFC4861][RFC8106] or DHCPv6 with Domain Search List Option
[RFC3315][RFC3736][RFC3646].
The IoT device can construct its DNS name with the concatenation of
manufacturer ID, model ID, and domain name. Since there exist more
than one device with the same model, the DNS name should have a
unique identification (e.g., unique ID or serial ID) to differentiate
multiple devices with the same model.
Since both RA and DHCPv6 can be simultaneously used for the parameter
configuration for IPv6 hosts, this document considers the DNS name
autoconfiguration in the coexistence of RA and DHCP.
5. DNS Name Autoconfiguration
The DNS name autoconfiguration for an IoT device needs the
acquisition of DNS search list through either RA [RFC8106] or DHCPv6
[RFC3646]. Once the DNS search list is obtained, the IoT device
autonomously constructs its DNS name(s) with the DNS search list and
its device information.
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5.1. DNS Name Format with Object Identifier
A DNS name for an IoT device can have the following format with
object identifier (OID), which is defined in [oneM2M-OID], as in
Figure 1:
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| unique_id.object_identifier.OID.domain_name |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 1: IoT Device DNS Name Format with OID
Fields:
unique_id unique identifier to guarantee the uniqueness
of the DNS name in ASCII characters. The
identifier MAY be alphanumeric with readability,
e.g., product name plus a sequence number.
object_identifier device's object identifier that consists of a
higher arc, that is, M2M node indication ID
(i.e., the concatenation of the managing
organization, administration, data country
code, and M2M node) and a sequence of four
arcs (i.e., manufacturer ID, model ID, serial
ID, and expanded ID) as defined in
[oneM2M-OID]. The fields are separated by an
underscore '_'.
OID subdomain for the keyword of OID to indicate
that object_identifier is used.
domain_name domain name that represents a DNS domain for
the network having the IoT devices.
Note each subdomain (i.e., unique_id, object_identifier, OID, and
domain_name) in the domain name format in Figure 1 is expressed using
the name syntax described in [RFC1035].
5.2. Procedure of DNS Name Autoconfiguration
The procedure of DNS name autoconfiguration is performed through a
DNSSL option delivered by either RA [RFC8106] or DHCPv6 [RFC3646].
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5.2.1. DNS Name Generation
When as an IPv6 host a device receives a DNSSL option through either
RA or DHCPv6, it checks the validity of the DNSSL option. If the
option is valid, the IPv6 host performs the DNS name
autoconfiguration with each DNS suffix domain name in the DNSSL
option as follows:
1. The host constructs its DNS name with the DNS suffix domain name
along with device configuration (i.e., manufacturer ID, model ID,
and serial ID) and a selected identifier (as unique_id) that is
considered unique, which is human-friendly, as shown in Figure 1.
2. The host constructs an IPv6 unicast address as a tentative
address with a 64-bit network prefix and the last 64 bits of the
MD5 hashed value of the above DNS name.
3. The host constructs the solicited-node multicast address in
[RFC4861] corresponding to the tentative IPv6 address.
4. The host performs Duplicate Address Detection (DAD) for the IPv6
address with the solicited-node multicast address [RFC4861]
[RFC4862].
5. If there is no response from the DAD, the host sets the IPv6
tentative address as its IPv6 unicast address and regards the
constructed DNS name as unique on the local link. Otherwise,
since the DAD fails because of DNS name conflict, go to Step 1
for a new DNS name generation with another identifier for
unique_id.
6. Since the DNS name is proven to be unique, it is used as the
device's DNS name and the DNS autoconfiguration is done for the
given DNS suffix domain name. Also, the host joins the
solicited-node multicast address for the verified DNS name in
order to prevent other hosts from using this DNS name.
When the DNS search list has more than one DNS suffix domain name,
the IPv6 host repeats the above procedure until all of the DNS
suffixes are used for the DNS name autoconfiguration along with the
IPv6 unicast autoconfiguration corresponding to the DNS name.
5.2.2. DNS Name Registration
Once as IPv6 hosts the devices have autoconfigured their DNS names,
as a collector, any IPv6 node (i.e., router or host) in the same
subnet can collect the device DNS names using IPv6 Node Information
(NI) protocol [RFC4620].
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For a collector to collect the device DNS names without any prior
node information, a new NI query needs to be defined. That is, a new
ICMPv6 Code (e.g., 3) SHOULD be defined for the collection of the
IPv6 host DNS names. The Data field is not included in the ICMPv6
header since the NI query is for all the IPv6 hosts in the same
subnet. The Qtype field for NI type is set to 2 for Node Name.
The query SHOULD be transmitted by the collector to a link-local
multicast address for this NI query. Assume that a link-local scope
multicast address (e.g., all-nodes multicast address, FF02::1) SHOULD
be defined for device DNS name collection such that all the IPv6
hosts join this link-local multicast address for the device DNS name
collection service.
When an IPv6 host receives this query sent by the collector in
multicast, it transmits its Reply with its DNS name with a random
interval between zero and Query Response Interval, as defined by
Multicast Listener Discovery Version 2 [RFC3810]. This randomly
delayed Reply allows the collector to collect the device DNS names
with less frame collision probability by spreading out the Reply time
instants.
After the collector collects the device DNS names, it resolves the
DNS names into the corresponding IPv6 addresses by NI protocol
[RFC4620] with the ICMPv6 Code 1 of NI Query. This code indicates
that the Data field of the NI Query has the DNS name of an IoT
device. The IoT device that receives this NI query sends the
collector an NI Reply with its IPv6 address in the Data field.
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For DNS name resolution service, the collector can register the
pair(s) of DNS name and IPv6 address for each IPv6 host with an
appropriate designated DNS server for the DNS domain suffix of the
DNS name. It is assumed that the collector is configured to register
DNS names with the designated DNS server in a secure way based on
DNSSEC [RFC4033][RFC6840]. This registration of the DNS name and
IPv6 address can be performed by DNS dynamic update [RFC2136].
Before registering the DNS name with the designated DNS server, the
collector SHOULD verify the uniqueness of the DNS name in the
intended DNS domain by sending a DNS query for the resolution of the
DNS name. If there is no corresponding IPv6 address for the queried
DNS name, the collector registers the DNS name and the corresponding
IPv6 address for each IPv6 host with the designated DNS server. On
the other hand, if there is such a corresponding IPv6 address, the
DNS name is regarded as duplicate (i.e., not unique), and so the
collector notifies the corresponding IoT device with the duplicate
DNS name of an error message of DNS name duplication using NI
protocol. When an IoT device receives such a DNS name duplication
error, it needs to construct a new DNS name and repeats the procedure
of device DNS name generation along with the uniqueness test of the
device DNS name in its subnet.
The two separate procedures of the DNS name collection and IPv6
address resolution in the above NI protocol can be consolidated into
a single collection for the pairs of DNS names and the corresponding
IPv6 addresses. For such an optimization, a new ICMPv6 Code (e.g.,
4) is defined for the NI Query to query the pair of a DNS name and
the corresponding IPv6 address. With this code, the collector can
collect the pairs of each IoT device's DNS name and IPv6 address in
one NI query message rather than two NI query messages.
For DNS name registration of IoT devices as IPv6 hosts, DHCPv6
[RFC3315] can be used instead of the NI protocol. For this purpose,
a new DHCP option (called DNSNA option) needs to be defined to
collect the pair of a DNS name and the corresponding IPv6 address of
an IoT device. As a DNS information collector, a DHCPv6 server (or a
router running a DHCPv6 server) sends a request message for the DHCP
DNSNA option to IoT devices as its DHCPv6 clients under its address
pool. The clients respond to this request message by sending the
DHCPv6 server a reply message with their DNS information. Thus, the
DHCPv6 server can collect the pairs of DNS names and the
corresponding IPv6 addresses of the IoT devices. Then, as a
collector, the DHCPv6 server can register the DNS names and the
corresponding IPv6 addresses of IoT devices with the designated DNS
server.
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To allow only a legitimate IoT device to register its DNS name and
IPv6 address with the designated DNS server via a router (or DHCPv6
server), the IoT device can sign its registration message with its
private key through a digital signature, and the router (or DHCPv6
server) can verify the message with the IoT device's public key. For
the detailed authentication based on a digital signature, refer to
[DNSNA-FGCS].
5.2.3. DNS Name Retrieval
For device discovery, a smart device (e.g., smartphone) can retrieve
the DNS names of IoT devices by contacting a global (or local) DNS
server having the IoT device DNS names. If the smart device can
retrieve the zone file with the DNS names, it can display the
information of IoT devices in a target network, such as a vehicle's
internal network, home network, and office network. With this
information, the user can monitor and control the IoT devices in the
Internet (or local network). To monitor or remote-control IoT
devices, Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) can be used
[RFC7252].
6. Location-Aware DNS Name Configuration
If the DNS name of an IoT device includes location information, it
allows users to easily identify the physical location of each device.
This document proposes the representation of a location in a DNS
name. In this document, the location in a DNS name consists of two
levels for a detailed location specification, such as macro-location
for a large area and micro-location for a small area.
To denote both macro-location (i.e., mac_loc) and micro-location
(i.e., mic_loc) into a DNS name, the following format is described as
in Figure 2:
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| unique_id.object_identifier.OID.mic_loc.mac_loc.LOC.domain_name |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 2: Location-Aware Device DNS Name Format
Fields:
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unique_id unique identifier to guarantee the uniqueness
of the DNS name in ASCII characters. The
identifier MAY be alphanumeric with readability,
such as product name plus a sequence number.
object_identifier device's object identifier that consists of a
higher arc, that is, M2M node indication ID
(i.e., the concatenation of the managing
organization, administration, data country
code, and M2M node) and a sequence of four
arcs (i.e., manufacturer ID, model ID, serial
ID, and expanded ID) as defined in
[oneM2M-OID]. The fields are seperated by an
underscore '_'.
OID subdomain for the keyword of OID to indicate
that object_identifier is used.
mic_loc device's micro-location, such as an offset in a
road segment and coordinates in 2-dimensional
(or 3-dimensional) space.
mac_loc device's macro-location, such as a road
segment and 2-dimensional (or 3-dimensional)
space.
LOC subdomain for the keyword of LOC to indicate
that mac_loc and mic_loc are used.
domain_name domain name that represents a DNS domain for
the network having the IoT devices.
Note each subdomain (e.g., mic_loc and mac_loc) in the domain name
format in Figure 2 is expressed using the name syntax described in
[RFC1035].
7. Macro-Location-Aware DNS Name
If location information (such as cross area, intersection, and road
segment in a road network) is available to an IoT device, a keyword,
coordinate, or location ID for the location information can be used
to construct a DNS name as subdomain name. This location information
lets users track the position of mobile devices (such as vehicle,
smartphone, and tablet). The physical location of the device is
defined as macro-location for DNS naming.
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A subdomain name for macro-location (denoted as mac_loc) MAY be
placed between micro-location (denoted as mic_loc) and the keyword
LOC of the DNS name format in Figure 2. For the localization of
macro-location, a localization scheme for indoor or outdoor can be
used [SALA].
8. Micro-Location-Aware DNS Name
An IoT device can be located in the center or edge in a place that is
specified by macro-location. For example, assume that a loop-
detector is located in the start or end position of a road segment.
If the DNS name for the loop-detector contains the start or end
position of the road segment, a road network administrator can find
it easily. In this document, for this DNS naming, the detailed
location for an IoT device can be specified as a micro-location
subdomain name.
A subdomain name for micro-location (denoted as mic_loc) MAY be
placed between the keyword OID and macro-location (denoted as
mac_loc) of the DNS name format in Figure 2. For the localization of
micro-location, a localization scheme for indoor or outdoor can be
used [SALA].
9. DNS Name Management for Mobile IoT Devices
Some IoT devices can have mobility, such as vehicle, smartphone,
tablet, laptop computer, and cleaning robot. This mobility allows
the IoT devices to move from a subnet to another subnet where subnets
can have different domain suffixes, such as
coordinate.road_segment.road, coordinate.intersection.road,
living_room.home and garage.home. The DNS name change (or addition)
due to the mobility should be considered.
To deal with DNS name management in mobile environments, whenever an
IoT device enters a new subnet and receives DNS suffix domain names,
it generates its new DNS names and registers them with a designated
DNS server, specified by RDNSS option.
When the IoT device recognizes the movement to another subnet, it can
delete its previous DNS name(s) from the DNS server having the DNS
name(s), using DNS dynamic update [RFC2136]. For at least one DNS
name to remain in a DNS server for the location management in Mobile
IPv6 [RFC6275], the IoT device does not delete its default DNS name
in its home network in Mobile IPv6.
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10. Device Discovery for IoT Devices
DNSNA can facilitate the device discovery of a user for IoT devices
using a global (or local) DNS server having the IoT device DNS
information, as discussed in Section 5.2.3. This device discovery
based on unicast outperforms mDNS [RFC6762] using multicast in terms
of the discovery speed and the network bandwidth usage for discovery.
For example, a vehicle can have its own internal network having in-
vehicle devices (e.g., Electronic Control Units (ECUs) such as engine
control module, powertrain control module, transmission control
module, and brake control module). When the vehicle's internal
network is constructed by the Ethernet, those ECUs can autoconfigure
their DNS names with the DNSNA and register them with the vehicle's
local DNS server [RFC9365]. The local DNS server can register them
with a global DNS server accessible by the automotive service center
to monitor and make on-line diagnosis on them.
11. Service Discovery for IoT Devices
DNS SRV resource record (RR) can be used to support the service
discovery of the services provided by IoT devices [RFC2782]. This
SRV RR specifies a service name, a transport layer protocol, the
corresponding port number, and an IP address of a process running in
an IP host as a server to provide a service. An instance for a
service can be specified in this SRV RR in DNS-based service
discovery [RFC6763]. After the DNS name registration in Section 5.2,
IoT devices can register their services with the DNS server via a
router with DNS SRV RRs for their services.
After the service registration, an IoT user can retrieve services
available in his/her target network through service discovery, which
can fetch the SRV RRs from the DNS server in the target network.
Once (s)he retrieves the list of the SRV RRs, (s)he can monitor or
remote-control the devices or their services by using the known
protocols and domain information of the devices or their services.
For this monitoring or remote-controlling of IoT devices, Constrained
Application Protocol (CoAP) can be used [RFC7252].
12. IoT Cloud for IoT Device Management
IoT Cloud is a cloud system to monitor and remote-control IoT devices
when a user exists either indoors or outdoors. If IoT devices are
installed into smart spaces (e.g., smart home and smart building)
connected to the IoT Cloud, the indoor location and movement of each
IoT device can be tracked and displayed by the user's smartphone App.
To enable location-based services for IoT devices, the IoT Cloud can
be facilitated by various IoT services including DNS Name
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Autoconfiguration (DNSNA) in this document.
DNSNA is used to generate the DNS name and IPv6 address of each IoT
devices. It can construct the DNS name of an IoT device with the
physical location (as shown in Section 6) with Indoor Positioning
Systems (IPS) such as Smartphone-Assisted Localization Algorithm
(SALA) [SALA] and Particle Filtering-Based IPS [PF-IPS].
As explained in [SALA], DNSNA can register the IoT device's DNS
naming information with a DNS server via its local router. The IoT
Cloud can interact with the DNS server to get the information of IoT
devices. A smartphone user can contact the IoT Cloud to retrieve the
list of IoT devices belonging to his physical location(s) and display
the IoT devices on his smartphone App with the layout of the
location(s). Since the IPv6 addresses of the IoT devices are known
to him, the user can remote-control them through Constrained
Application Protocol (CoAP) [RFC7252]
13. Security Considerations
This document shares all the security issues of the NI protocol that
are specified in the "Security Considerations" section of [RFC4620].
To prevent the disclosure of location information for privacy
concern, the subdomains related to location can be encrypted by a
shared key or public-and-private keys. For example, a DNS name of
vehicle1.oid1.OID.coordinate1.road_segment_id1.LOC.road can be
represented as vehicle1.oid1.OID.xxx.yyy.LOC.road where vehicle1 is
unique ID, oid1 is object ID, xxx is a string of the encrypted
representation of the coordinate (denoted as coordinate1) in a road
segment, and yyy is a string of the encrypted representation of the
road segment ID (denoted as road_segment_id1). Thus, the location of
the vehicle1 can be protected from unwanted users by encryption.
14. Acknowledgments
This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea
(NRF) grant funded by the Korea government, Ministry of Science and
ICT (MSIT) (No. 2023R1A2C2002990).
This work was supported in part by Institute of Information &
Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP) grant funded
by the Korea government (MSIT)(No. 2022-0-01015, Development of
Candidate Element Technology for Intelligent 6G Mobile Core Network).
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15. Contributors
This document is the group work of IPWAVE working group. This
document has the following contributing authors considered coauthors:
* Keuntae Lee (Sungkyunkwan University)
* Seokhwa Kim (Sungkyunkwan University)
16. References
16.1. Normative References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2119>.
[RFC4861] Narten, T., Nordmark, E., Simpson, W., and H. Soliman,
"Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6)", RFC 4861,
September 2007, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4861>.
[RFC4862] Thomson, S., Narten, T., and T. Jinmei, "IPv6 Stateless
Address Autoconfiguration", RFC 4862, September 2007,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4862>.
[RFC8106] Jeong, J., Park, S., Beloeil, L., and S. Madanapalli,
"IPv6 Router Advertisement Options for DNS Configuration",
RFC 8106, March 2017,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8106>.
[RFC3315] Droms, R., Ed., Bound, J., Volz, B., Lemon, T., Perkins,
C., and M. Carney, "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
for IPv6 (DHCPv6)", RFC 3315, July 2003,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3315>.
[RFC3736] Droms, R., "Stateless Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
(DHCP) Service for IPv6", RFC 3736, April 2004,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3736>.
[RFC3646] Droms, R., Ed., "DNS Configuration options for Dynamic
Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)", RFC 3646,
December 2003, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3646>.
[RFC1035] Mockapetris, P., "Domain Names - Implementation and
Specification", RFC 1035, November 1987,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1035>.
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[RFC4033] Arends, R., Ed., Austein, R., Larson, M., Massey, D., and
S. Rose, "DNS Security Introduction and Requirements",
RFC 4033, March 2005,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4033>.
[RFC6840] Weiler, S., Ed. and D. Blacka, Ed., "Clarifications and
Implementation Notes for DNS Security (DNSSEC)", RFC 6840,
February 2013, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6840>.
[RFC8691] Benamar, N., Haerri, J., Lee, J., and T. Ernst, "Basic
Support for IPv6 Networks Operating Outside the Context of
a Basic Service Set over IEEE Std 802.11", RFC 8691,
December 2019, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8691>.
[RFC9365] Jeong, J., Ed., "IPv6 Wireless Access in Vehicular
Environments (IPWAVE): Problem Statement and Use Cases",
RFC 9365, March 2023,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9365>.
16.2. Informative References
[RFC6762] Cheshire, S. and M. Krochmal, "Multicast DNS", RFC 6762,
February 2013, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6762>.
[RFC4620] Crawford, M. and B. Haberman, Ed., "IPv6 Node Information
Queries", RFC 4620, August 2006,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4620>.
[RFC3810] Vida, R. and L. Costa, "Multicast Listener Discovery
Version 2 (MLDv2) for IPv6", RFC 3810, June 2004,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3810>.
[RFC2136] Vixie, P., Ed., Thomson, S., Rekhter, Y., and J. Bound,
"Dynamic Updates in the Domain Name System (DNS UPDATE)",
RFC 2136, April 1997,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2136>.
[RFC6275] Perkins, C., Ed., Johnson, D., and J. Arkko, "Mobility
Support in IPv6", RFC 6275, July 2011,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6275>.
[IEEE-802.3]
"IEEE Standard for Ethernet", December 2012.
[IEEE-802.11]
"Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and
Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications", March 2012.
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[IEEE-802.11a]
"Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and
Physical Layer (PHY) specifications - High-speed Physical
Layer in the 5 GHZ Band", September 1999.
[IEEE-802.11b]
"Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and
Physical Layer (PHY) specifications - Higher-Speed
Physical Layer Extension in the 2.4 GHz Band", September
1999.
[IEEE-802.11g]
"Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and
Physical Layer (PHY) specifications - Further Higher Data
Rate Extension in the 2.4 GHz Band", April 2003.
[IEEE-802.11n]
"Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and
Physical Layer (PHY) specifications - Amendment 5:
Enhancements for Higher Throughput", March 2009.
[DSRC-WAVE]
Morgan, Y., "Notes on DSRC & WAVE Standards Suite: Its
Architecture, Design, and Characteristics",
IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 12(4), 2012.
[IEEE-802.11p]
"Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and
Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications - Amendment 6:
Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments", July 2010.
[IEEE-802.11-OCB]
"Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and
Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications", IEEE Std
802.11-2016, December 2016.
[IEEE-802.15.1]
"Part 15.1: Wireless Medium Access Control (MAC) and
Physical Layer (PHY) specifications for Wireless Personal
Area Networks (WPANs)", June 2005.
[IEEE-802.15.4]
"Part 15.4: Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks (LR-
WPANs)", September 2011.
[oneM2M-OID]
"Object Identifier based M2M Device Identification
Scheme", February 2014.
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[DNSNA-FGCS]
Lee, K., Kim, S., Jeong, J., Lee, S., Kim, H., and J.
Park, "A Framework for DNS Naming Services for Internet-
of-Things Devices", Elsevier Future Generation Computer
Systems, Vol. 92, URL:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/
S0167739X17317429, March 2019.
[SALA] Jeong, J., Yeon, S., Kim, T., Lee, H., Kim, S., and S.
Kim, "SALA: Smartphone-Assisted Localization Algorithm for
Positioning Indoor IoT Devices", Springer Wireless
Networks, Vol. 24, URL:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/
s11276-016-1309-9, January 2018.
[PF-IPS] Shen, Y., Hwang, B., and J. Jeong, "Particle Filtering-
Based Indoor Positioning System for Beacon Tag Tracking",
IEEE Access, Vol. 8,
URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9296763,
December 2020.
[RFC2782] Gulbrandsen, A., Vixie, P., and L. Esibov, "A DNS RR for
specifying the location of services (DNS SRV)", RFC 2782,
February 2000, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2782>.
[RFC6763] Cheshire, S. and M. Krochmal, "DNS-Based Service
Discovery", RFC 6763, February 2013,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6763>.
[RFC7252] Shelby, Z., Hartke, K., and C. Bormann, "The Constrained
Application Protocol (CoAP)", RFC 7252, June 2014,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7252>.
Appendix A. Changes from draft-jeong-ipwave-iot-dns-autoconf-15
The following changes are made from draft-jeong-ipwave-iot-dns-
autoconf-15:
* This version updates the version number.
Authors' Addresses
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Jaehoon Paul Jeong (editor)
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Sungkyunkwan University
2066 Seobu-Ro, Jangan-Gu
Suwon
Gyeonggi-Do
16419
Republic of Korea
Phone: +82 31 299 4957
Email: pauljeong@skku.edu
URI: http://iotlab.skku.edu/people-jaehoon-jeong.php
Yoseop Ahn
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Sungkyunkwan University
2066 Seobu-Ro, Jangan-Gu
Suwon
Gyeonggi-Do
16419
Republic of Korea
Phone: +82 31 299 4106
Email: ahnjs124@skku.edu
URI: http://iotlab.skku.edu/people-Ahn-Yoseop.php
Sejun Lee
Ericsson-LG
77, Heungan-Daero 81 Beon-Gil, Dongan-Gu
Anyang-Si
Gyeonggi-Do
14117
Republic of Korea
Phone: +82 31 450 4099
Email: prosejun14@gmail.com
Jung-Soo Park
Standards & Open Source Research Division
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
218 Gajeong-Ro, Yuseong-Gu
Daejeon
34129
Republic of Korea
Phone: +82 42 860 6514
Email: pjs@etri.re.kr
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