Proxy Operations for CoAP Group Communication
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CoRE Working Group                                             M. Tiloca
Internet-Draft                                                   RISE AB
Intended status: Standards Track                                 E. Dijk
Expires: August 26, 2021                               IoTconsultancy.nl
                                                       February 22, 2021

             Proxy Operations for CoAP Group Communication
                  draft-tiloca-core-groupcomm-proxy-03

Abstract

   This document specifies the operations performed by a forward-proxy
   or reverse-proxy, when using the Constrained Application Protocol
   (CoAP) in group communication scenarios.  Such CoAP proxy processes a
   single request, sent by a CoAP client over unicast, and distributes
   the request over IP multicast to a group of CoAP servers.  It then
   collects the individual responses from these CoAP servers and sends
   these responses to the CoAP client such that the client is able to
   distinguish the responses and their origin servers through addressing
   information.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     1.1.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   2.  The Multicast-Signaling Option  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   3.  The Response-Forwarding Option  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     3.1.  Encoding of Server Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     3.2.  Default Values of the Server Port Number  . . . . . . . .   8
   4.  Requirements and Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   5.  Protocol Description  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     5.1.  Request Sending at the Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
       5.1.1.  Request Sending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
       5.1.2.  Supporting Observe  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     5.2.  Request Processing at the Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
       5.2.1.  Request Processing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
       5.2.2.  Supporting Observe  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     5.3.  Request and Response Processing at the Server . . . . . .  13
       5.3.1.  Request and Response Processing . . . . . . . . . . .  13
       5.3.2.  Supporting Observe  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     5.4.  Response Processing at the Proxy  . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
       5.4.1.  Response Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
       5.4.2.  Supporting Observe  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
     5.5.  Response Processing at the Client . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
       5.5.1.  Response Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
       5.5.2.  Supporting Observe  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
     5.6.  Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
   6.  Reverse-Proxies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
     6.1.  Processing on the Client Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
     6.2.  Processing on the Proxy Side  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
   7.  Chain of Proxies  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
     7.1.  Request Processing at the Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
       7.1.1.  Supporting Observe  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
     7.2.  Response Processing at the Proxy  . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
       7.2.1.  Supporting Observe  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22