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draft-xiao-rtgwg-proxy-congestion-notification-00
RTGWG Working Group                                               X. Min
Internet-Draft                                                 ZTE Corp.
Intended status: Standards Track                            16 June 2025
Expires: 18 December 2025

                   Proxy for Congestion Notification
           draft-xiao-rtgwg-proxy-congestion-notification-00

Abstract

   This document describes the necessity and feasibility to introduce a
   proxy network node between the congested network node and the traffic
   sender.  The proxy network node is used to translate the congestion
   notification.  The congested network node sends the congestion
   notification to the proxy network node in a format defined in this
   document, and the proxy network node translates the received
   congestion notification to a format known by the traffic sender and
   resends the translated congestion notification to the traffic sender.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Conventions Used in This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     2.1.  Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     2.2.  Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   3.  Congestion Notification Mechanisms  . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   4.  Congestion Notification to the Proxy Node . . . . . . . . . .   7
   5.  Proxy Notification to the Congestion Node . . . . . . . . . .   8
     5.1.  Advertising Proxy Node Capability Using IGP/BGP . . . . .   9
       5.1.1.  Advertising Proxy Node Capability Using IS-IS . . . .   9
       5.1.2.  Advertising Proxy Node Capability Using OSPFv2  . . .   9
       5.1.3.  Advertising Proxy Node Capability Using OSPFv3  . . .  10
       5.1.4.  Advertising Proxy Node Capability Using BGP . . . . .  10
     5.2.  Notifying Proxy Node Address Using IPv6 Destination
           Option  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   7.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   8.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
   9.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     9.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     9.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
   Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15

1.  Introduction

   [I-D.xiao-rtgwg-rocev2-fast-cnp] describes a congestion notification
   message called Fast Congestion Notification Packet (CNP), which can
   be sent by a congested network node to the traffic sender directly.
   Fast CNP extends the CNP [IBTA-SPEC] consumed by the traffic sender
   supporting Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) over Converged Ethernet
   version 2 (RoCEv2).

   RoCEv2 runs the InfiniBand transport layer over UDP and IP protocols
   on an Ethernet network, bringing many of the advantages of InfiniBand
   to Ethernet networks.  For a traffic sender supporting RoCEv2,
   congestion control is important, and the RoCEv2 CNP or RoCEv2 Fast
   CNP must be used to alert the sender slowing down the transmission
   rate.  For a traffic sender not supporting RoCEv2, congestion control

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   is still important, and the corresponding congestion notification
   mechanism supported by the sender must be used to alert the sender
   slowing down the transmission rate.

   Considering there are multiple different congestion notification
   mechanisms existing for the traffic sender, if a congested network
   node would send a congestion notification message to the traffic
   sender directly, it's not easy for the congested network node to know
   what kind of congestion notification mechanism is supported by the
   traffic sender.  In the case that the congested network node doesn't
   know exactly what kind of congestion notification mechanism is
   supported by each specific traffic sender within the network, a proxy
   network node nearer to the specific traffic sender can help to do the
   transition as a translator.  That is to say, the congested network
   node sends a congestion notification message to a proxy network node
   first, and then the proxy network node notifies the traffic sender
   about the congestion, as long as the proxy network node knows what
   kind of congestion notification mechanism is supported by the traffic
   sender.

   This document describes the necessity and feasibility to introduce a
   proxy network node between the congested network node and the traffic
   sender.  Specifically, the problem statement is described in Sections
   1 and 3, and the format of the congestion notification message sent
   from the congested network node to the proxy network node is defined
   in Section 4, and the potential solutions on how the congested
   network node knows the address of the proxy node are defined in
   Section 5.

2.  Conventions Used in This Document

2.1.  Abbreviations

   ABR: Area Border Router

   CNP: Congestion Notification Packet

   DoS: Denial-of-Service

   ECN: Explicit Congestion Notification

   ELC: Entropy Label Capability

   ELCv3: Entropy Label Characteristic

   IBTA: InfiniBand Trade Association

   PFC: Priority-based Flow Control

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   PNC: Proxy Node Capability

   RDMA: Remote Direct Memory Access

   RoCEv2: RDMA over Converged Ethernet version 2

2.2.  Requirements Language

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
   "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
   14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
   capitals, as shown here.

3.  Congestion Notification Mechanisms

   In the field of congestion control, there are at least four kinds of
   referenced congestion notification mechanisms.  This document
   introduces the fifth congestion notification mechanism called fast
   congestion notification with proxy.

   The first congestion notification mechanism is referred to as
   classical stepwise back pressure with dedicated Ethernet pause frame,
   as shown in Figure 1.

           PFC Frame     PFC Frame      PFC Frame
       |<------------+|<-----------+|<------------+
       |             ||            ||             |
   +--------+     +-------+     +-------+     +-------+     +--------+
   |Traffic |<===>|Network|<===>|Network|<===>|Network|<===>|Traffic |
   |Sender  |     |Node 1 |     |Node 2 |     |Node 3 |     |Receiver|
   +--------+     +-------+     +-------+     +-------+     +--------+
                                              Congestion
                                              Point

         Figure 1: Classical Stepwise Back Pressure with Dedicated
                            Ethernet Pause Frame

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   With this congestion notification mechanism, the congested network
   node (Netwok Node 3 in Figure 1) notifies the directly connected
   upstream network node (Network Node 2 in Figure 1) about the
   congestion by a dedicated Ethernet pause frame called Priority-based
   Flow Control (PFC) frame, and then the upstream network node may
   stepwise notify its directly connected upstream network node about
   the congestion by a PFC frame, until the most upstream network node
   (Network Node 1 in Figure 1) may notify the directly connected
   traffic sender about the congestion by a PFC frame.  [IEEE8021Q-2022]
   details how this kind of congestion notification mechanism works.

   The second congestion notification mechanism is referred to as
   classical congestion notification without dedicated packet, as shown
   in Figure 2.

                   Congestion Notification by TCP Marking
       |<-------------------------------------------------------+
       |                                                        |
       |                        Congestion Notification by ECN Marking
       |                                          |------------>|
   +--------+     +-------+     +-------+     +-------+     +--------+
   |Traffic |<===>|Network|<===>|Network|<===>|Network|<===>|Traffic |
   |Sender  |     |Node 1 |     |Node 2 |     |Node 3 |     |Receiver|
   +--------+     +-------+     +-------+     +-------+     +--------+
                                              Congestion
                                              Point

    Figure 2: Classical Congestion Notification without Dedicated Packet

   With this congestion notification mechanism, the traffic sender
   indicates that it supports the congestion notification from the
   traffic receiver by a specific Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN)
   marking within the IP header of the data packet, and the congested
   network node (Netwok Node 3 in Figure 2) notifies the traffic
   receiver about the congestion by a specific ECN marking.  After
   receiving a data packet with the specific ECN marking, the traffic
   receiver would notify congestion to the traffic sender by a specific
   TCP marking within the TCP header of the data packet.  [RFC3168]
   details how this kind of congestion notification mechanism works.

   The third congestion notification mechanism is referred to as
   classical congestion notification with dedicated packet, as shown in
   Figure 3.

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                  Congestion Notification Packet Type 1
       |<-------------------------------------------------------+
       |                                                        |
       |                        Congestion Notification by ECN Marking
       |                                          |------------>|
   +--------+     +-------+     +-------+     +-------+     +--------+
   |Traffic |<===>|Network|<===>|Network|<===>|Network|<===>|Traffic |
   |Sender  |     |Node 1 |     |Node 2 |     |Node 3 |     |Receiver|
   +--------+     +-------+     +-------+     +-------+     +--------+
                                              Congestion
                                              Point

     Figure 3: Classical Congestion Notification with Dedicated Packet

   With this congestion notification mechanism, the traffic sender
   indicates that it supports the congestion notification from the
   traffic receiver by a specific ECN marking within the IP header of
   the data packet, and the congested network node (Netwok Node 3 in
   Figure 3) notifies the traffic receiver about the congestion by a
   specific ECN marking.  After receiving a data packet with the
   specific ECN marking, the traffic receiver would notify congestion to
   the traffic sender by a dedicated congestion notification packet.
   [IBTA-SPEC] details an example on how this kind of congestion
   notification mechanism works.

   The fourth congestion notification mechanism is referred to as fast
   congestion notification without proxy, as shown in Figure 4.

           Congestion Notification Packet Type 2
       |<-----------------------------------------+
       |                                          |
   +--------+     +-------+     +-------+     +-------+     +--------+
   |Traffic |<===>|Network|<===>|Network|<===>|Network|<===>|Traffic |
   |Sender  |     |Node 1 |     |Node 2 |     |Node 3 |     |Receiver|
   +--------+     +-------+     +-------+     +-------+     +--------+
                                              Congestion
                                              Point

            Figure 4: Fast Congestion Notification without Proxy

   With this congestion notification mechanism, the congested network
   node (Netwok Node 3 in Figure 4) notifies the traffic sender about
   the congestion directly by a dedicated congestion notification
   packet.  [I-D.xiao-rtgwg-rocev2-fast-cnp] details an example on how
   this kind of congestion notification mechanism works.

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   The fifth congestion notification mechanism is referred to as fast
   congestion notification with proxy, as shown in Figure 5.

                   Congestion Notification Packet Type 3
                       |<--------------------------+
                       |                           |
   Congestion Notification Packet Type 4           |
        |<-------------+                           |
        |              |                           |
    +--------+     +-------+     +-------+     +-------+     +--------+
    |Traffic |<===>|Network|<===>|Network|<===>|Network|<===>|Traffic |
    |Sender  |     |Node 1 |     |Node 2 |     |Node 3 |     |Receiver|
    +--------+     +-------+     +-------+     +-------+     +--------+
                   Congestion                  Congestion
                   Notification                Point
                   Proxy

             Figure 5: Fast Congestion Notification with Proxy

   With this congestion notification mechanism, the congested network
   node (Netwok Node 3 in Figure 5) notifies the proxy network node
   about the congestion by a dedicated congestion notification packet,
   and then the proxy network node notifies the traffic sender about the
   congestion by a congestion notification mechanism supported by the
   traffic sender.  This document details how this kind of congestion
   notification mechanism works, except that the congestion notification
   mechanism between the proxy network node and the traffic sender is
   beyond the scope of this document.

4.  Congestion Notification to the Proxy Node

   The congestion notification message sent from the congested network
   node to the proxy network node is a UDP message which is formatted as
   follows:

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    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        UDP Source Port        |  UDP Destination Port = TBD1  |
   +-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
   |           UDP Length          |          UDP Checksum         |
   +-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
   |                                                               |
   ~                IP Five-Tuple + Congestion Level               ~
   |                                                               |
   +---------------------------------------------------------------+
   |           As much of the invoking packet as possible          |
   +            without the UDP packet exceeding 576 bytes         +
   |               in IPv4 or the minimum MTU in IPv6              |

              Figure 6: Congestion Notification Message Format

   UDP Header: The UDP header as specified in [RFC768] includes the UDP
   source port, UDP destination port, UDP length, and UDP checksum.  A
   well-known UDP destination port needs to be allocated for this
   Congestion Notification Message.

   IP Five-Tuple: The IP five-tuple as described in [RFC6438] includes
   the source IP address, destination IP address, protocol number,
   source port number, and destination port number.  The IP five-tuple
   is copied from the data packet causing congestion, and it's used to
   identify a flow for which the transmission rate needs to be reduced
   by the traffic sender.

   Congestion Level: This 3-bit field indicates the congestion level.
   Value 0 of this field represents the lowest congestion level and
   value 7 of this field represents the highest congestion level.

5.  Proxy Notification to the Congestion Node

   Before the congested network node can send the congestion
   notification message to the proxy network node, the congested network
   node has to be notified about the IP address of the proxy network
   node.  There are two kinds of notification mechanisms.  One kind of
   notification mechanism is through control plane advertisement, which
   is specified in Section 5.1.  Another kind of notification mechanism
   is through data plane dissemination, which is specified in
   Section 5.2.

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5.1.  Advertising Proxy Node Capability Using IGP/BGP

   Even though Proxy Node Capability (PNC) is a property of the node, in
   some cases it is advantageous to associate and advertise the PNC with
   a prefix.  When PNC is advertised with a prefix, that means the
   congested network node should send the congestion notification packet
   to the proxy network node but not the traffic sender associated with
   that prefix.

5.1.1.  Advertising Proxy Node Capability Using IS-IS

   Analogous to the Entropy Label Capability (ELC) Flag (E-flag) defined
   in Section 3 of [RFC9088], a new bit PNC Flag (P-flag) is defined,
   which is Bit 7 in the Prefix Attribute Flags [RFC7794], as shown in
   Figure 7.

                             0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7...
                            +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+...
                            |X|R|N|E|A|U|U|P|...
                            | | | | | | |P| |...
                            +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+...

                   Figure 7: IS-IS Prefix Attribute Flags

   P-Flag: PNC Flag (Bit 7)

      Set for the local host prefix of the originating node if it's used
      as a congestion notification proxy node for the prefix.

   The PNC signaling MUST be preserved when a router propagates a prefix
   between ISIS levels [RFC5302].

5.1.2.  Advertising Proxy Node Capability Using OSPFv2

   Analogous to the ELC Flag (E-flag) defined in Section 3.1 of
   [RFC9089], a new bit PNC Flag (P-flag) is defined, which is Bit 2 in
   OSPFv2 Prefix Attribute Flags field [RFC9792], as shown in Figure 8.

                                0 1 2 3 4...
                               +-+-+-+-+-+...
                               |U|U|P| | |...
                               | |P| | | |...
                               +-+-+-+-+-+...

                  Figure 8: OSPFv2 Prefix Attribute Flags

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   P-Flag: PNC Flag (Bit 2)

      Set for the local host prefix of the originating node if it's used
      as a congestion notification proxy node for the prefix.

   The PNC signaling MUST be preserved when an OSPFv2 Area Border Router
   (ABR) distributes information between areas.  To do so, an ABR MUST
   originate an OSPFv2 Extended Prefix Opaque LSA [RFC7684] including
   the received PNC setting.

5.1.3.  Advertising Proxy Node Capability Using OSPFv3

   Analogous to the ELC Flag (E-flag) defined in Section 3.2 of
   [RFC9089], a new bit PNC Flag (P-flag) is defined, which is Bit 2 in
   OSPFv3 Prefix Attribute Flags field [RFC9792], as shown in Figure 9.

                                0 1 2 3 4...
                               +-+-+-+-+-+...
                               |U|U|P| | |...
                               | |P| | | |...
                               +-+-+-+-+-+...

                  Figure 9: OSPFv3 Prefix Attribute Flags

   P-Flag: PNC Flag (Bit 2)

      Set for the local host prefix of the originating node if it's used
      as a congestion notification proxy node for the prefix.

   The PNC signaling MUST be preserved when an OSPFv3 Area Border Router
   (ABR) distributes information between areas.  The setting of the PNC
   Flag in the Inter-Area-Prefix-LSA [RFC5340] or in the Inter-Area-
   Prefix TLV [RFC8362], generated by an ABR, MUST be the same as the
   value the PNC Flag associated with the prefix in the source area.

5.1.4.  Advertising Proxy Node Capability Using BGP

   Analogous to the Entropy Label Characteristic (ELCv3) TLV defined in
   Section 3.1 of [I-D.ietf-idr-entropy-label], a new PNC characteristic
   TLV is defined, which uses code value TBD2 in "BGP Next Hop Dependent
   Characteristic Codes" registry requested by
   [I-D.ietf-idr-entropy-label], as shown in Figure 10.

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      0                   1                   2                   3
      0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |   Characteristic Code = TBD2  |   Characteristic Length = 0   |
     +-------------------------------+-------------------------------+

      Figure 10: BGP Next Hop Dependent Characteristic PNC TLV Format

   PNC TLV: code TBD2, length 0, and carries no value

      Carried for the local host prefix of the originating node if it's
      used as a congestion notification proxy node for the prefix.

5.2.  Notifying Proxy Node Address Using IPv6 Destination Option

   This section specifies an extension to the data packet when sent from
   the traffic sender.  Specifically, an IPv6 Destination Options header
   with one IPv6 destination option carrying the IPv6 address of the
   proxy network node is added to the data packet.  The congested
   network node would copy the IPv6 address of the proxy network node
   from the IPv6 destination option of data packet causing congestion to
   the destination address field of the congestion notification packet.

   The Proxy Network Node Address Destination Option has the following
   format:

    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
                                   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
                                   |  Option Type  |  Opt Data Len |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   |     Option Data (IPv6 Address of the Proxy Network Node)      |
   |                                                               |
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

      Figure 11: Format of the Proxy Network Node Address Destination
                                   Option

   Option Type: This 8-bit field identifies the type of Option that
   needs to be allocated.  [RFC8200] defines how to encode the three
   high-order bits of the Option Type field.  The two high-order bits
   specify the action that must be taken if the processing IPv6 node
   does not recognize the Option Type; for this Option, these two bits
   MUST be set to 00 (skip over this option and continue processing the
   header).  The third-highest-order bit specifies whether the Option

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   Data can change en route to the packet's final destination; for this
   Option, the value of this bit MUST be set to 0 (Option Data does not
   change en route).

   Opt Data Len: This 8-bit field indicates the length of the Option
   Data field of this Option in bytes.  This field MUST be set to 16.

   Option Data: This 16-octet field indicates the proxy network node's
   IPv6 address to which the congested network node would send the
   congestion notification message defined in Section 4.

6.  Security Considerations

   The congestion notification from congested network node to the proxy
   network node MUST be applied in a specific controlled domain.  A
   limited administrative domain provides the network administrator with
   the means to select, monitor, and control the access to the network,
   making it a trusted domain.

   To avoid potential Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks, it is RECOMMENDED
   that implementations apply rate-limiting policies when generating and
   receiving congestion notification messages.

   A deployment MUST ensure that border-filtering drops inbound
   congestion notification message from outside of the domain and that
   drops outbound congestion notification message leaving the domain.

   A deployment MUST support the configuration option to enable or
   disable the congestion notification proxy feature defined in this
   document.  By default, the congestion notification proxy feature MUST
   be disabled.

   As this document describes new option for IPv6, the security
   considerations of [RFC8200] and [RFC9098] apply.

7.  IANA Considerations

   This document requests the following allocations from IANA:

      - A well-known UDP port number TBD1 in the "Service Name and
      Transport Protocol Port Number" registry is requested to be
      assigned to the Congestion Notification Message.

      - Bit 7 in the "IS-IS Bit Values for Prefix Attribute Flags Sub-
      TLV" registry is requested to be assigned to the PNC Flag
      (P-Flag).

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      - Bit 2 in the "OSPFv2 Prefix Attribute Flags" registry is
      requested to be assigned to the PNC Flag (P-Flag).

      - Bit 2 in the "OSPFv3 Prefix Attribute Flags" registry is
      requested to be assigned to the PNC Flag (P-Flag).

      - Code value TBD2 in the "BGP Next Hop Dependent Characteristic
      Codes" registry is requested to be assigned to the PNC
      characteristic TLV.

      - An IPv6 Option Type in the "Destination Options and Hop-by-Hop
      Options" registry is requested to be assigned to the Proxy Node
      Address Destination Option.

8.  Acknowledgements

   The author would like to acknowledge Jinghai Yu and Shaofu Peng for
   the very helpful discussion.

9.  References

9.1.  Normative References

   [I-D.ietf-idr-entropy-label]
              Decraene, B., Scudder, J., Kompella, K., Satya, M. R.,
              Wen, B., Wang, K., and S. Krier, "BGP Next Hop Dependent
              Characteristics Attribute", Work in Progress, Internet-
              Draft, draft-ietf-idr-entropy-label-17, 30 March 2025,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-idr-
              entropy-label-17>.

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC5302]  Li, T., Smit, H., and T. Przygienda, "Domain-Wide Prefix
              Distribution with Two-Level IS-IS", RFC 5302,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC5302, October 2008,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5302>.

   [RFC5340]  Coltun, R., Ferguson, D., Moy, J., and A. Lindem, "OSPF
              for IPv6", RFC 5340, DOI 10.17487/RFC5340, July 2008,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5340>.

   [RFC768]   Postel, J., "User Datagram Protocol", STD 6, RFC 768,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC0768, August 1980,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc768>.

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   [RFC7684]  Psenak, P., Gredler, H., Shakir, R., Henderickx, W.,
              Tantsura, J., and A. Lindem, "OSPFv2 Prefix/Link Attribute
              Advertisement", RFC 7684, DOI 10.17487/RFC7684, November
              2015, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7684>.

   [RFC7794]  Ginsberg, L., Ed., Decraene, B., Previdi, S., Xu, X., and
              U. Chunduri, "IS-IS Prefix Attributes for Extended IPv4
              and IPv6 Reachability", RFC 7794, DOI 10.17487/RFC7794,
              March 2016, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7794>.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
              May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.

   [RFC8200]  Deering, S. and R. Hinden, "Internet Protocol, Version 6
              (IPv6) Specification", STD 86, RFC 8200,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8200, July 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8200>.

   [RFC8362]  Lindem, A., Roy, A., Goethals, D., Reddy Vallem, V., and
              F. Baker, "OSPFv3 Link State Advertisement (LSA)
              Extensibility", RFC 8362, DOI 10.17487/RFC8362, April
              2018, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8362>.

   [RFC9792]  Chen, R., Zhao, D., Psenak, P., Talaulikar, K., and L.
              Gong, "Prefix Flag Extension for OSPFv2 and OSPFv3",
              RFC 9792, DOI 10.17487/RFC9792, June 2025,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9792>.

9.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.xiao-rtgwg-rocev2-fast-cnp]
              Min, X. and lihesong, "Fast Congestion Notification Packet
              (CNP) in RoCEv2 Networks", Work in Progress, Internet-
              Draft, draft-xiao-rtgwg-rocev2-fast-cnp-03, 9 June 2025,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-xiao-rtgwg-
              rocev2-fast-cnp-03>.

   [IBTA-SPEC]
              InfiniBand Trade Association, "InfiniBand Architecture
              Specification Volume 1, Release 1.8", July 2024,
              <https://www.infinibandta.org/ibta-specification>.

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   [IEEE8021Q-2022]
              IEEE, "IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area
              Networks--Bridges and Bridged Networks",
              DOI 10.1109/IEEESTD.2022.10004498, IEEE Std 802.1Q-2022,
              December 2022,
              <https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10004498>.

   [RFC3168]  Ramakrishnan, K., Floyd, S., and D. Black, "The Addition
              of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) to IP",
              RFC 3168, DOI 10.17487/RFC3168, September 2001,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3168>.

   [RFC6438]  Carpenter, B. and S. Amante, "Using the IPv6 Flow Label
              for Equal Cost Multipath Routing and Link Aggregation in
              Tunnels", RFC 6438, DOI 10.17487/RFC6438, November 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6438>.

   [RFC9088]  Xu, X., Kini, S., Psenak, P., Filsfils, C., Litkowski, S.,
              and M. Bocci, "Signaling Entropy Label Capability and
              Entropy Readable Label Depth Using IS-IS", RFC 9088,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC9088, August 2021,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9088>.

   [RFC9089]  Xu, X., Kini, S., Psenak, P., Filsfils, C., Litkowski, S.,
              and M. Bocci, "Signaling Entropy Label Capability and
              Entropy Readable Label Depth Using OSPF", RFC 9089,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC9089, August 2021,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9089>.

   [RFC9098]  Gont, F., Hilliard, N., Doering, G., Kumari, W., Huston,
              G., and W. Liu, "Operational Implications of IPv6 Packets
              with Extension Headers", RFC 9098, DOI 10.17487/RFC9098,
              September 2021, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9098>.

Author's Address

   Xiao Min
   ZTE Corp.
   Nanjing
   China
   Phone: +86 18061680168
   Email: xiao.min2@zte.com.cn

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