Internet Draft                                   Bala Rajagopalan
draft-bala-uni-ldp-rsvp-extensions-01.txt           Tellium, Inc.
Expiration : February, 12, 2003

           LDP and RSVP Extensions for Optical UNI Signaling


1. Status of this Memo

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2. Abstract

   The Optical Interworking Forum (OIF) has defined extensions to the
   Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) and the Resource reServation
   Protocol (RSVP) for optical User Network Interface (UNI) signaling.
   These extensions consist of a set of new messages and data objects.
   This draft describes these extensions.

3. Introduction

   The OIF UNI signaling specification is described in [UNI]. This
   specification utilizes IETF protocol standards as well as IETF work
   in progress. Specifically, the following IETF specifications are
   used:

   o    Label distribution protocol (LDP) [LDP]
   o    Resource reservation protocol (RSVP) [RSVP]
   o    GMPLS signaling and GMPLS extensions for SONET/SDH [GMPLS
        SONET]
   o    GMPLS RSVP-TE and CR-LDP extensions [GMPLS RSVP-TE][GMPLS CR-
        LDP]




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   The aim of the OIF UNI specification is the maximal re-use of IETF
   protocol definitions. A few extensions to IETF protocols, however,
   have been defined to serve UNI-specific needs. These extensions are
   described in this draft.


4. LDP Extensions for UNI Signaling

   The LDP extensions for UNI signaling consist of two new messages,
   new TLVs that capture UNI-specific parameters and new UNI-specific
   status codes. The new messages are Status Enquiry and Status
   Response. The new TLVs are Source ID (3 TLVs), Destination ID (3
   TLVs), Egress Label, Local Connection ID, Diversity, Contract ID,
   and UNI Service Level [UNI]. These are described below. The new
   status codes are assigned from the private use space of LDP codes,
   as described in [UNI].

4.1 Status Enquiry Message

   The encoding for the Status Enquiry Message is:

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |U|F|Status Enquiry (0x0420,TBA)|        Length                 |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   //                  Message Contents                           //
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   The contents and usage of this message are described in [UNI].

4.2  Status Response Message

   The encoding for the Status Response Message is:

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |U|F|Status Enquiry (0x0421,TBA)|        Length                 |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   //                  Message Contents                           //
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   The contents and usage of this message are described in [UNI].

4.3  Source ID TLVs

   Three TLVs are defined for Source ID. These are encoded as:






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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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |U|F|Source ID Type             |      Length                   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                      Contents                                 ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   The three possible Source ID Types are:

   Ipv4:  Type = 0x0960   (TBA)
   Ipv6:  Type = 0x0961   (TBA)
   NSAP:  Type = 0x0962   (TBA)

   The content and usage of these TLVs are described in [UNI].

4.4  Destination ID TLVs

   Three TLVs are defined for Destination ID. These are encoded as:

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |U|F|Dest ID Type             |        Length                   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                      Contents                                 ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   The three possible Dest ID Types are:

   Ipv4:  Type = 0x0963   (TBA)
   Ipv6:  Type = 0x0964   (TBA)
   NSAP:  Type = 0x0965   (TBA)

   The content and usage of these TLVs are described in [UNI].

4.5  Egress Label TLV

   The Egress Label TLV is encoded as:

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |U|F|Egress Label (0x966, TBA)  |        Length                 |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                      Contents                                 ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

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   The content and usage of this TLV are described in [UNI].

4.6  Local Connection ID TLV

   The Local Connection ID TLV is encoded as:

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |U|F|Local Conn. ID (0x967, TBA)|        Length                 |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                      Contents                                 ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   The content and usage of this TLV are described in [UNI].

4.7  Diversity TLV

   The Diversity TLV is encoded as:

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |U|F|Diversity (0x968, TBA)     |        Length                 |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                      Contents                                 ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   The content and usage of this TLV are described in [UNI].

4.8  Contract ID TLV

   The Contract ID TLV is encoded as:

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |U|F|Contract ID (0x969, TBA)   |        Length                 |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                      Contents                                 ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   The content and usage of this TLV are described in [UNI].




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4.9  UNI Service Level TLV

   The UNI Service Level TLV is encoded as:

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |U|F|Contract ID (0x970, TBA)   |        Length                 |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                      Contents                                 ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   The content and usage of this TLV are described in [UNI].

5. RSVP Extensions for UNI Signaling

   A single new object class, called ôGeneralized_UNIö is defined. In
   addition, extension to the RSVP session object and new UNI-specific
   error codes are defined. These are described below.

5.1  Generalized_UNI Object

   The GENERALIZED_UNI object 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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |       Length (>8)             | CNum(229, TBA)|  C-Type (1)   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   //                        (Subobjects)                         //
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   Subobjects:

   The contents of a GENERALIZED_UNI object are a series of variable-
   length data items.  The common format of the sub-objects is shown
   below:

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |       Length                  |    Type       |  Sub-Type     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   //                             Value                           //
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   The following sub-objects are defined. The contents of these sub-
   objects are described in [UNI]:

   - Source TNA Address sub-object: Type = 1.
         The following sub-types are defined:

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                Ipv4 (Sub-type = 1);
                Ipv6 (Sub-type = 2);
                NSAP (Sub-type = 3).

   - Destination TNA Address sub-object: Type = 2;
          The following sub-types are defined:
                Ipv4 (Sub-type = 1);
                Ipv6 (Sub-type = 2);
                NSAP (Sub-type = 3).

   - Diversity sub-object: Type = 3, Sub-type = 1.
   - Egress label sub-object: Type = 4, Sub-type = 1.
   - Service level sub-object: Type = 5, Sub-type = 1.

5.2  UNI_Ipv4_Session Object

   This object [RSVP-TE] has the following format:

   UNI_ IPv4_SESSION object: Class = 1, C-Type = 11 (TBA)

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |       Length (16)             | Class-Num(1)  |C-Type (11,TBA)|
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                         IPv4 Address                          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |       MUST be zero            |      Tunnel ID                |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                   Extended IPv4 Address                       |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   The C-Type value (to be assigned) will distinguish UNI-related RSVP
   Sessions  from other RSVP sessions. The usage of this object is
   described in [UNI].

5.3  Error Codes

     UNI-specific errors fall under the ôRouting Problemö (error code =
     24) [RSVP-TE] and ôPolicy Control Failureö (error code = 2) [RSVP]
     errors, and they require the assignment of sub-codes. The
     following is the list of errors and proposed assignments of sub-
     codes:

   - Routing Problem: Diversity not available (Error code = 24, sub-
     code = 100)
   - Routing Problem: Service level not available (Error code = 24,
     sub-code = 101)
   - Routing problem: Invalid/Unknown connection ID (Error code = 24,
     sub-code = 102)
   - Policy control failure: Unauthorized sender (Error code = 2, sub-
     code = 100)


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   - Policy control failure: Unauthorized receiver (Error code = 2,
     sub-code = 101)


6. IANA Considerations

   The OIF UNI 1.0 specification defines new messages, objects and
   error codes under LMP, LDP and RSVP. Majority of these extensions
   require code point assignments via IETF consensus action.  These are
   summarized below.


6.1 LDP Messages, TLVs and Status Codes

   Proposed message types 0x0420 and 0x0421 as described in Sections
   5.1 and 5.2, respectively.

   Proposed TLV types 0x0960 û 0x0970 as described in Sections 5.3 û
   5.9 above.

   UNI-specific status codes have been allocated out of the Private Use
   space, i.e., 0x3Fxxxxxx. These do not require IANA administration.

6.2  RSVP Object Class and Error Codes

   Proposed Generalized_UNI object class (Section 6.1), Class Number
   229 (TBA). The C-types within this class need not be administered by
   IANA.

   Proposed UNI_Ipv4_Session Object (Class-Num = 1, C-Type = 11 (TBA)),
   as described in Section 6.2.

   UNI-specific errors fall under the Routing Problem and Policy
   Control Failure errors (error codes 24 and 2). Proposed sub-codes
   under error code 24 are 100, 101 and 102, as described in Section
   6.2. Proposed sub-codes under error code 2 are 100 and 101, as
   described in Section 6.3.


7. References

   [GMPLS SIG] P. Ashwood-Smith, et al., ôGeneralized MPLS - Signaling

   Functional Descriptionö, Internet Draft, Work in Progress.


   [GMPLS RSVP-TE] P. Ashwood-Smith, et al., ôGeneralized MPLS û RSVP-
   TE Extensionsö, Internet Draft, Work in Progress.

   [GMPLS CR-LDP] P. Ashwood-Smith, et al., ôGeneralized MPLS û CR-LDP
   Extensionsö, Internet Draft, Work in Progress.


   [GMPLS SONET] E. Mannie, et al., ôGMPLS Extensions for SONET and SDH

   Control,ö Internet Draft,   Work in Progress.


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   [RSVP] R. Braden, et al, ôRSVP Functional Specificationö, RFC 2205.

   [RSVP-TE] D. Awduche, et al., ôRSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP
   Tunnels,ö RFC 3209.

   [UNI]  UNI 1.0 Signaling Specification, The Optical Internetworking
   Forum, http://www.oiforum.com/public/UNI_1.0_ia.html


8. Author Information

   Bala Rajagopalan
   Tellium, Inc.
   2 Crescent Place
   Ocean Port, NJ 07757
   Ph: +1-732-923-4237
   Email: braja@tellium.com




































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