Network work group                                             Mach Chen
Internet Draft                                              Renhai Zhang
Expires: December 2007                       Huawei Technologies Co.,Ltd
Category: Standards Track                                  June 28, 2007


    ISIS Traffic Engineering (ISIS-TE) Extensions in Support of Inter-AS
     Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) and Generalized MPLS (GMPLS)
                            Traffic Engineering
             draft-chen-ccamp-isis-interas-te-extension-00.txt


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Abstract

   This document describes extensions to the ISIS Traffic Engineering
   (ISIS-TE) mechanisms to support Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
   and Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) Traffic Engineering (TE) for multiple
   Autonomous Systems (ASes). It defines ISIS-TE extensions for the
   flooding of TE information about inter-AS links which can be used to
   perform inter-AS TE path computation.






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Conventions used in this document

   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].

Table of Contents


   1. Introduction.................................................2
   2. Problem statement............................................3
      2.1. A Note on Non-Objectives................................3
      2.2. Per-Domain Path Determination...........................4
      2.3. Backward Recursive Path Computation.....................5
   3. Extensions to ISIS-TE........................................6
      3.1. Link Type sub-TLV.......................................6
      3.2. Remote AS Number Sub-TLV................................7
      3.3. Remote ASBR ID sub-TLV..................................7
      3.4. Inter-AS reachability TLV...............................8
   4. Procedure for Inter-AS TE Links..............................9
   5. Security Considerations.....................................10
   6. IANA Considerations.........................................10
      6.1. Inter-AS Reachability TLV..............................10
      6.2. Sub-TLVs for the Inter-AS Reachability TLV.............11
      6.3. Sub-TLVs for the Extended IS Reachability TLV..........11
      6.4. ISIS TE Link Type......................................11
   7. Acknowledgments.............................................12
   8. References..................................................12
      8.1. Normative References...................................12
      8.2. Informative References.................................12
   Author's Addresses.............................................13
   Intellectual Property Statement................................13
   Disclaimer of Validity.........................................14
   Copyright Statement............................................14
   Acknowledgment.................................................14

1. Introduction

   [ISIS-TE] defines extensions to the ISIS protocol [ISIS] to support
   intra-area Traffic Engineering (TE). The extensions provide a way of
   encoding the TE information for TE-enabled links within the network
   (TE links) and flooding this information within an area. The Extended
   IS reachability TLV and Traffic Engineering Router ID TLV, which are
   defined in [ISIS-TE], are used to carry such TE information. The
   Extended IS reachability TLV has several nested sub-TLVs which
   describe the TE attributes for a TE link.



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   [ISIS-TE-V3] and [GMPLS-TE] define similar extensions to ISIS [ISIS]
   in support of IPv6 and GMPLS traffic engineering respectively.

   Requirements for establishing Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) TE
   Label Switched Paths (LSPs) that cross multiple Autonomous Systems
   (ASes) are described in [INTER-AS-TE-REQ]. As described in [INTER-AS-
   TE-REQ], a method SHOULD provide the ability to compute a path
   spanning multiple ASes. So a path computation entity that may be the
   head-end Label Switching Router (LSR), an AS Border Router (ASBR), or
   a Path Computation Element (PCE [PCE]) needs to know the TE
   information not only of the links within an AS, but also of the links
   that connect to other ASes.

   In this document, some extensions to ISIS-TE are defined in support
   of carrying inter-AS TE link information for inter-AS Traffic
   Engineering. Three new sub-TLVs are added to the Extended IS
   reachability TLV, and a new TLV, which is referred to as inter-AS
   reachability TLV, is defined. The extensions are equally applicable
   to IPv4 and IPv6 as identical extensions to [ISIS-TE] and [ISIS-TE-
   V3]. The detailed definitions and procedures are discussed in the
   following sections.

2. Problem statement

   As described in [INTER-AS-TE-REQ], in the case of establishing an
   inter-AS TE LSP traversing multiple ASes, the Path message [RFC3209]
   may include the following elements in the Explicit Route Object (ERO)
   in order to describe the path of the LSP:

     - a set of AS numbers as loose hops; and/or

     - a set of LSRs including ASBRs as loose hops.

   Two methods for determining inter-AS paths are currently discussed.
   The per-domain method [PD-PATH] determines the path one domain at a
   time. The backward recursive method [BRPC] uses cooperation between
   PCEs to determine an optimum inter-domain path. The sections that
   follow examine how inter-AS TE link information could be useful in
   both cases.

2.1. A Note on Non-Objectives

   It is important to note that this document does not make any change
   to the confidentiality and scaling assumptions surrounding the use of
   ASes in the Internet. In particular, this document is conformant to
   the requirements set out in [INTER-AS-TE-REQ].



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   The following lists of features are explicit exclusions.

     o  There is no attempt to distribute TE information from within one
        AS to another AS.

     o  There is no mechanism proposed to distribute any form of TE
        reachability information for destinations outside the AS.

     o  There is no proposed change to the PCE architecture or usage.

     o  TE aggregation is not supported or recommended.

     o  There is no exchange of private information between ASes.



2.2. Per-Domain Path Determination

   In the per-domain method of determining an inter-AS path for an MPLS-
   TE LSP, when an LSR that is an entry-point to an AS receives a PATH
   message from an upstream AS with an ERO containing a next hop that is
   an AS number, it needs to find which LSRs within the local AS are
   connected to the downstream AS so that it can compute a TE LSP
   segment across the AS to that LSR and forward the PATH message to the
   LSR and hence into the next AS. See the figure below for an example:

                R1------R3----R5-----R7------R9-----R11
                        |     | \    |      / |
                        |     |  \   |  ----  |
                        |     |   \  | /      |
                R2------R4----R6   --R8------R10----R12
                           :              :
                <-- AS1 -->:<---- AS2 --->:<--- AS3 --->

                  Figure 1: Inter-AS Reference Model

   The figure shows three ASes (AS1, AS2, and AS3) and twelve LSRs (R1
   through R12). R3 and R4 are ASBRs in AS1. R5, R6, R7, and R8 are
   ASBRs in AS2. R9 and R10 are ASBRs in AS3.

   If an inter-AS TE LSP is planned to be established from R1 to R12,
   the AS sequence is limited as: AS1, AS2, AS3.

   Suppose that the Path message enters AS2 from R3. The next hop in the
   ERO shows AS3, and R5 must determine a path segment across AS2 to
   reach AS3. It has a choice of three exit points from AS2 (R6, R7, and
   R8) and it needs to know which of these provide TE connectivity to


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   AS3, and whether the TE connectivity (for example, available
   bandwidth) is adequate for the requested LSP.

   Alternatively, if the next hop in the ERO is the entry ASBR for AS3
   (say R9), R5 needs to know which of its exit ASBRs has a TE link that
   connects to R9. Since there may be multiple exist ASBRs that are
   connected to R9 (both R7 and R8 in this example), R5 also needs to
   know the TE properties of the inter-AS TE links so that it can select
   the correct exit ASBR.

   Once the path message reaches the exit ASBR, any choice of inter-AS
   TE link can be made by the ASBR if not already made by entry ASBR
   that computed the segment.

   More details can be found in the Section 4.0 of [PD-PATH], which
   clearly points out why advertising of inter-AS links is desired.

   To enable R5 to make the correct choice of exit ASBR the following
   information is needed:

     o  List of all inter-AS TE links for the local AS.

     o  TE properties of each inter-AS TE link.

     o  AS number of the neighboring AS connected to by each inter-AS TE
        link.

     o  Identity (TE Router ID) of the neighboring ASBR connected to by
        each inter-AS TE link.

   In GMPLS networks further information may also be required to select
   the correct TE links as defined in [GMPLS-TE].

   The example above shows how this information is needed at the entry
   point ASBRs for each AS (or the PCEs that provide computation
   services for the ASBRs), but this information is also needed
   throughout the local AS if path computation function is fully
   distributed among LSRs in the local AS, for example to support LSPs
   that have start points (ingress nodes) within the AS.

2.3. Backward Recursive Path Computation

   Another scenario using PCE techniques has the same problem. [BRPC]
   defines a PCE-based TE LSP computation method (called Backward
   Recursive Path Computation) to compute optimal inter-domain
   constrained MPLS-TE or GMPLS LSPs. In this path computation method, a
   specific set of traversed domains are assumed to be selected before


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   computation starts. Each downstream PCE in domain(i) returns a
   multipoint-to-point tree of potential paths to its upstream neighbor
   PCE in domain(i-1). Each tree consists of the set of paths from all
   Boundary Nodes located in domain(i) to the destination where each
   path satisfies the set of required constraints for the TE LSP
   (bandwidth, affinities, etc.).

   So a PCE needs to select Boundary Nodes (that is, ASBRs) that provide
   connectivity from the upstream AS. In order that the tree of paths
   provided by one PCE to its neighbor can be correlated, the identities
   of the ASBRs for each path need to be referenced, so the PCE must
   know the identities of the ASBRs in the remote AS reached by any
   inter-AS TE link, and, in order that it provides only suitable paths
   in the tree, the PCE must know the TE properties of the inter-AS TE
   links.

   Thus, to support Backward Recursive Path Computation the same
   information as listed in Section 2.2 is required.

3. Extensions to ISIS-TE

   Note that this document does not define mechanisms for distribution
   of TE information from one AS to another, does not distribute any
   form of TE reachability information for destinations outside the AS,
   does not change the PCE architecture or usage, does not suggest or
   recommend any form of TE aggregation, and does not feed private
   information between ASes. See section 2.1.

   In this document, three new sub-TLVs are added to the extended IS
   reachability TLV to carry the information about the neighboring AS,
   the remote ASBR ID and the Link Type of an inter-AS link. An new TLV,
   which is referred to as inter-AS reachability TLV, is defined to
   flood the information about the neighboring AS and the remote ASBR ID
   within a whole AS.

3.1. Link Type sub-TLV

   To identify a link as an inter-AS link and allow easy identification
   of these new advertisements, a new Link Type sub-TLV is added to the
   extended IS reachability TLV to identify the type of the links.

   The Link Type sub-TLV is TLV type 22 (which needs to be confirmed by
   IANA), and is one octet in length. The format of the link type sub-
   TLV is 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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |              Type             |             Length            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   Link Type   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   The value of the Link Type for an inter-AS point-to-point link is 3
   (which needs to be confirmed by IANA). The use of multi-access inter-
   AS TE links and intra-area TE links is for future study.



3.2. Remote AS Number Sub-TLV

   As described in [ISIS-TE], the Extended IS reachability TLV describes
   a single link and consists of a set of sub-TLVs. A new sub-TLV, the
   Remote AS Number sub-TLV is added to the extended IS reachability TLV
   when advertising inter-AS links. The Remote AS Number sub-TLV
   specifies the AS number of the neighboring AS to which the advertised
   link connects.

   The Remote AS number sub-TLV is TLV type 23 (which needs to be
   confirmed by IANA), and is four octets in length. The format is as
   follows:

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |              Type             |             Length            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                       Remote AS Number                        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   The Remote AS number field has 4 octets. When two octets are used for
   the AS number, as in current deployments, the left (high-order) two
   octets MUST be set to zero.

3.3. Remote ASBR ID sub-TLV

   A new sub-TLV, which is referred to as the Remote ASBR ID sub-TLV, is
   added to the extended IS reachability TLV when advertising inter-AS
   links. The remote ASBR ID sub-TLV specifies the Router ID or TE
   Router ID of the remote ASBR to which the advertised inter-AS link
   connects, which provides a stable, routable identifier of the remote
   ASBR.


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   The Remote ASBR ID sub-TLV is TLV type 24 (which needs to be
   confirmed by IANA), and is four or sixteen octets in length. The
   format of the remote ASBR ID sub-TLV is as follows:

   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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |              Type             |             Length            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                       Remote ASBR ID                          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                       or

   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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |              Type             |             Length            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                       Remote ASBR ID                          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                       Remote ASBR ID (continued)              |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                       Remote ASBR ID (continued)              |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                       Remote ASBR ID (continued)              |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


   If a router implements traffic engineering for IPv4, the length of
   the remote ASBR ID is four. If a router implements traffic
   engineering for IPv6, the length of the remote ASBR ID is sixteen.

3.4. Inter-AS reachability TLV

   The inter-AS reachability TLV has type 141 (which needs to be
   confirmed by IANA). This is an optional TLV, when needed, it is used
   to flood the reachability information of the inter-AS links within a
   whole AS. And such reachability information SHOULD include the
   neighboring AS number and the remote ASBR ID to which an inter-AS
   link connects. The inter-AS reachability TLV contains a data
   structure consisting of:







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      6 octets of System ID
      1 octet of Pseudonode Number
      1 octet flags
         1 bit of up/down information
         1 bit indicating the presence of sub-TLVs
         6 bits reserved
      1 octet of length of sub-TLVs
      0-246 octets of sub-TLVs
         where each sub-TLV consists of a sequence of:
           1 octet of sub-type
           1 octet of length of the value field of the sub-TLV
           0-244 octets of value


   In this document, two sub-TLVs are defined for the inter-AS
   Reachability TLV, they are:

   Sub-TLV type   length  Name

             23        4   Remote AS number
             24    4or16   Remote ASBR Identifier


   These two sub-TLVs have the same format and semantics as defined in
   Section 3.1 and section 3.2 of this memo.

4. Procedure for Inter-AS TE Links

   When TE is enabled on an inter-AS link and the link is up, the ASBR
   SHOULD advertise this link using the normal procedures for ISIS-TE
   [ISIS-TE]. When either the link is down or TE is disabled on the link,
   the ASBR SHOULD withdraw the advertisement. When there are changes to
   the TE parameters for the link (for example, when the available
   bandwidth changes) the ASBR SHOULD re-advertise the link, but the
   ASBR MUST take precautions against excessive re-advertisements.

   The information advertised comes from the ASBR's knowledge of the TE
   capabilities of the link, the ASBR's knowledge of the current status
   and usage of the link, and configuration at the ASBR of the remote AS
   number and remote ASBR TE Router ID.

   When the inter-AS reachability information needs to reach all
   routers(including area border routers, ASBRs, and PCEs) in the AS,
   the ASBR SHOULD carry the Remote AS sub-TLV and Remote ASBR ID sub-
   TLV in the inter-AS reachability TLV. As defined in Section 4.1 of
   [ISIS-TE], the inter-AS reachability TLV also defines an up/down bit
   to facilitate the redistribution of inter-AS reachability information


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   freely between level 1 and level 2. The semantics of the up/down bit
   in the new inter-AS reachability TLV are identical to the semantics
   of the up/down bit defined in [ISIS-TE]. That is, the up/down bit
   SHALL be set to 0 when the inter-AS reachability information first
   injected into ISIS [ISIS], and the up/dawn bit SHALL be set to 1 if
   the inter-AS reachability information needs to be advertised from
   high level to low level.

   Legacy routers receiving an advertisement for an inter-AS TE link are
   able to ignore it because they do not know the new TLV and sub-TLVs
   that are defined in Section 3 in this document. They will continue to
   flood the LSP, but will not attempt to use the information received
   as if the link were an intra-AS TE link.

   Routers or PCEs that are capable of processing advertisements of
   inter-AS TE links SHOULD NOT use such links to compute paths that
   exit an AS to a remote ASBR and then immediately re-enter the AS
   through another TE link. Such paths would constitute extremely rare
   occurrences and SHOULD NOT be allowed except as the result of
   specific policy configurations at the router or PCE computing the
   path.

5. Security Considerations

   The protocol extensions defined in this document are relatively minor
   and can be secured within the AS in which they are used by the
   existing ISIS security mechanisms.

   It should be noted, however, that some of the information included in
   these new advertisements(the remote AS number and the remote ASBR ID)
   are obtained from a neighboring administration and cannot be verified
   in anyway. Since the means of delivery of this information is likely
   to be part of a commercial relationship, the source of the
   information should be carefully checked before it is entered as
   configuration information at the ASBR responsible for advertising the
   inter-AS TE links.

6. IANA Considerations

   IANA is requested to make the following allocations from registries
   under its control.

6.1. Inter-AS Reachability TLV

   This document defines the following new ISIS TLV type that needs to
   be reflected in the ISIS TLV code-point registry:



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              Type        Description              IIH   LSP   SNP
              ----        ----------------------   ---   ---   ---
               141        Inter-AS reachability     n     y     n
                          information


6.2. Sub-TLVs for the Inter-AS Reachability TLV

   This document defines the following new sub-TLV types of top-
   level TLV 141 that need to be reflected in the ISIS sub-TLV registry
   for TLV 141:

              Type        Description                        Length
              ----        ------------------------------   --------
                23        Remote AS number                        4
                24        Remote ASBR Identifier            4 or 16


6.3. Sub-TLVs for the Extended IS Reachability TLV

   This document also defines the following new sub-TLV types of top-
   level TLV 22 that need to be reflected in the ISIS sub-TLV registry
   for TLV 22:

              Type        Description                        Length
              ----        ------------------------------   --------
                22        Link Type                               1
                23        Remote AS number                        4
                24        Remote ASBR Identifier            4 or 16


6.4. ISIS TE Link Type

   IANA is requested to create a new sub-registry "TE Link Types" of the
   registry "Intermediate System to Intermediate System (ISIS) Traffic
   Engineering TLVs" to track TE Link Types.

   The sub-registry should read as follows:

   This document defines the Link Type sub-TLV of the extended IS
   reachability TLV. The following values are defined.

              Value     Meaning                 Reference
              ----      --------------------    ----------
                 3      Inter-AS link           [this document]




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   New allocations from this registry are by IETF Standards Action.

7. Acknowledgments



8. References

8.1. Normative References

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
             Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

   [RFC3209]  Awduche, D., Berger, L., Gan, D., Li, T., Srinivasan, V.,
             and G. Swallow, "RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP
             Tunnels", RFC 3209, December 2001.

   [ISIS]  Callon, R., "Use of OSI IS-IS for routing in TCP/IP and
             dual environments", RFC 1195, December 1990.

   [ISIS-TE] Smit, H. and T. Li, "Intermediate System to Intermediate
             System (IS-IS) Extensions for Traffic Engineering (TE)",
             RFC 3784, June 2004.

   [GMPLS-TE] K.Kompella and Y.Rekhter, "IS-IS Extensions in Support of
             Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching", RFC 4205,
             October 2005.



8.2. Informative References

   [INTER-AS-TE-REQ] Zhang and Vasseur, "MPLS Inter-AS Traffic
             Engineering Requirements", RFC4216, November 2005.

   [PD-PATH] Ayyangar, A., Vasseur, JP., and Zhang, R., "A Per-domain
             path computation method for establishing Inter-domain",
             draft-ietf-ccamp-inter-domain-pd-path-comp, (work in
             progress).

   [BRPC] JP. Vasseur, Ed., R. Zhang, N. Bitar, JL. Le Roux, "A Backward
             Recursive PCE-based Computation (BRPC) procedure to compute
             shortest inter-domain Traffic Engineering Label Switched
             Paths ", draft-ietf-pce-brpc, (work in progress)

   [PCE] Farrel, A., Vasseur, JP., and Ash, J., "A Path Computation
             Element (PCE)-Based Architecture", RFC4655, August 2006.


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   [ISIS-TE-V3] Harrison, J., Berger, J., and Bartlett, M., "IPv6
             Traffic Engineering in IS-IS", draft-ietf-isis-ipv6-te-
             03.txt, {work in progress}.



Author's Addresses

   Mach Chen
   Huawei Technologies Co.,Ltd
   KuiKe Building, No.9 Xinxi Rd.,
   Hai-Dian District
   Beijing, 100085
   P.R. China

   Email: mach@huawei.com


   Renhai Zhang
   Huawei Technologies Co.,Ltd
   KuiKe Building, No.9 Xinxi Rd.,
   Hai-Dian District
   Beijing, 100085
   P.R. China

   Email: zhangrenhai@huawei.com


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