Networking Working Group                                       Ran. Chen
Internet-Draft                                              Zheng. Zhang
Intended status: Standards Track                         ZTE Corporation
Expires: September 7, 2016                             Vengada. Govindan
                                                      IJsbrand. Wijnands
                                                                   Cisco
                                                           March 12, 2016


                   BGP Link-State extensions for BIER
              draft-chenvgovindan-bier-bgp-ls-bier-ext-00

Abstract

   Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) is an architecture that
   provides optimal multicast forwarding through a "BIER domain" without
   requiring intermediate routers to maintain any multicast related per-
   flow state.  BIER also does not require any explicit tree-building
   protocol for its operation.  A multicast data packet enters a BIER
   domain at a "Bit-Forwarding Ingress Router" (BFIR), and leaves the
   BIER domain at one or more "Bit-Forwarding Egress Routers" (BFERs).
   The BFIR router adds a BIER header to the packet.  The BIER header
   contains a bitstring in which each bit represents exactly one BFER to
   forward the packet to.  The set of BFERs to which the multicast
   packet needs to be forwarded is expressed by setting the bits that
   correspond to those routers in the BIER header.

   This document specifies extensions to the BGP Link-state address-
   family in order to advertising BIER information.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Conventions used in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  BGP-LS Extensions for BIER  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     3.1.  The BIER TLV  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
       3.1.1.  The BIER MPLS Encapsulation Sub-TLV . . . . . . . . .   4
     3.2.  The BIER-TE TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   4.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   5.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   6.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   7.  Normative references  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7

1.  Introduction

   Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) is an architecture that
   provides optimal multicast forwarding through a "BIER domain" without
   requiring intermediate routers to maintain any multicast related per-
   flow state.  BIER also does not require any explicit tree-building
   protocol for its operation.  A multicast data packet enters a BIER
   domain at a "Bit-Forwarding Ingress Router" (BFIR), and leaves the
   BIER domain at one or more "Bit-Forwarding Egress Routers" (BFERs).
   The BFIR router adds a BIER header to the packet.  The BIER header
   contains a bitstring in which each bit represents exactly one BFER to
   forward the packet to.  The set of BFERs to which the multicast
   packet needs to be forwarded is expressed by setting the bits that
   correspond to those routers in the BIER header.

   This document specifies extensions to the BGP Link-state address-
   family in order to advertising BIER-specific.  An external component
   (e.g., a controller) then can collect BIER information in the
   "northbound" direction within the BIER domain.



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2.  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 RFC2119.

3.  BGP-LS Extensions for BIER

   Each BFR MUST be assigned a "BFR-Prefix".  A BFR's BFR-Prefix MUST be
   an IP address (either IPv4 or IPv6) of the BFR, and MUST be unique
   and routable within the BIER domain as described in section 2 of
   [I-D.ietf-bier-architecture], and then external component (e.g., a
   controller) need to collect BIER information of BIER routers are
   associated with the BFR-Prefix in the "northbound" direction within
   the BIER domain.

   Given that the BIER information is associated with the prefix, the
   BGP-LS Prefix Attribute TLV [I-D.ietf-idr-ls-distribution] can be
   used to carry the BIER information.  A new Prefix Attribute TLV and
   Sub-TLV are defined for the encoding of BIER information.

3.1.  The BIER TLV

   A new Prefix Attribute TLV (defined in [I-D.ietf-idr-ls-distribution]
   is defined for distributing BIER information.  The new TLV is called
   the BIER TLV.  The BIER TLVs may appear multiple times.

   The following BIER TLV is defined:


       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             |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |   reserved  |  subdomain-id   |     MT-ID     |      BSL      |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |            BFR-id             |                               |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               |
      |                      Sub-TLVs (variable)                      |
      +-                                                             -+
      |                                                               |


                                 Figure 1

   Type: TBD.




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   Length: 2 octet.

   Subdomain-id: Unique value identifying the BIER sub-domain, 1 octet.

   MT-ID: Multi-Topology ID that identifies the topology that is
   associated with the BIER sub-domain.1 octet.

   BitString Length (BS Len): A 1 octet field encoding the supported
   BitString length associated with this BFR-prefix.This field are
   specified in section 3 of [I-D.ietf-bier-architecture].Given that the
   bier router can support BSL values set, this field encoding the BSL
   values set that BIER routers supported.

   BFR-id: A 2 octet field encoding the BFR-id, as documented in
   [I-D.ietf-bier-architecture].  If the BFR-id is zero, it means, the
   advertising router is not advertising any BIER-id.

   If multiple BIER Sub-TLVs are present, all having the same BS Length
   and Subdomain-id values, first one MUST be used and subsequent ones
   MUST be ignored.

3.1.1.  The BIER MPLS Encapsulation Sub-TLV

   The BIER MPLS Encapsulation Sub-TLV is a sub-TLV of the BIER TLV.
   BIER MPLS Encapsulation Sub-TLV is used in order to advertise MPLS
   specific information used for BIER.  It MUST appear multiple times in
   the BIER TLV as described in [I-D.ietf-bier-ospf-bier-extensions]

   The following the BIER MPLS Encapsulation Sub-TLV is defined:


        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         |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |Lbl Range Size |            Label Range Base                   |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |   BS Length   |                  Reserved                     |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                                 Figure 2

   Type: TBD.

   Length: 2 octet.





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   Label Range Size: A 1 octet field encoding the label range size of
   the label range.  It MUST be greater than 0, otherwise the TLV MUST
   be ignored.

   Label Range Base: A 3 octet field, where the 20 rightmost bits
   represent the first label in the label range.

   BS Length: Bitstring length for the label range that this router is
   advertising per [I-D.ietf-bier-mpls-encapsulation]. 1 octet.The
   values allowed in this field are specified in section 3 of
   [I-D.ietf-bier-mpls-encapsulation].

   The "label range" is the set of labels beginning with the label range
   base and ending with (label range base)+(label range size)-1.  A
   unique label range is allocated for each BitStream length and Sub-
   domain-ID.  These label is used for BIER forwarding as described in
   [I-D.ietf-bier-architecture] and
   [I-D.ietf-bier-mpls-encapsulation].Label ranges within the sub-TLV
   MUST NOT overlap, otherwise the whole sub-TLV MUST be disregarded

   BS length in multiple BIER MPLS Encapsulation Sub-TLV inside the same
   BIER Sub-TLV MUST NOT repeat, otherwise only the first BIER MPLS
   Encapsulation Sub-TLV with such BS length MUST be used and any
   subsequent BIER MPLS Encapsulation Sub-TLVs with the same BS length
   MUST be ignored.

3.2.  The BIER-TE TLV

   This TLV is used to collect BIER-TE information in the "northbound"
   direction within the BIER-TE domain.

   The section will be added in next version.

4.  IANA Considerations

   This document requests assigning code-points from the registry for
   the new Prefix Attribute TLV and Sub-TLV.


           +-------------------+---------------+-----------------+
           |   TLV Code Point  |  Description  | Value defined   |
           +-------------------+---------------+-----------------+
           | 1158( recommend ) |  BIER         | this document   |
           +-------------------+---------------+-----------------+


                   Table 1: The new Prefix Attribute TLV




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   +-----------------+-------------------------------+-----------------+
   | Sub-TLV         |       Description             |   Value         |
   | Code Point      |                               |                 |
   +-----------------+-------------------------------+-----------------+
   |  1 ( recommend) |  BIER MPLS Encapsulation      | this document   |
   +------------+-------------------------------+----------------------+


                 Table 2: The new Prefix Attribute Sub-TLV

5.  Security Considerations

   Procedures and protocol extensions defined in this document do not
   affect the BGP security model.  See [RFC6952] for details.

6.  Acknowledgements

   We would like to thank Peter Psenak (Cisco) for his comments and
   support of this work.

7.  Normative references

   [I-D.ietf-bier-architecture]
              Wijnands, I., Rosen, E., Dolganow, A., P, T., and S.
              Aldrin, "Multicast using Bit Index Explicit Replication",
              draft-ietf-bier-architecture-03 (work in progress),
              January 2016.

   [I-D.ietf-bier-isis-extensions]
              Ginsberg, L., P, T., Aldrin, S., and J. Zhang, "BIER
              support via ISIS", draft-ietf-bier-isis-extensions-01
              (work in progress), October 2015.

   [I-D.ietf-bier-mpls-encapsulation]
              Wijnands, I., Rosen, E., Dolganow, A., Tantsura, J., and
              S. Aldrin, "Encapsulation for Bit Index Explicit
              Replication in MPLS Networks", draft-ietf-bier-mpls-
              encapsulation-03 (work in progress), February 2016.

   [I-D.ietf-bier-ospf-bier-extensions]
              Psenak, P., Kumar, N., Wijnands, I., Dolganow, A., P, T.,
              Zhang, J., and S. Aldrin, "OSPF Extensions For BIER",
              draft-ietf-bier-ospf-bier-extensions-01 (work in
              progress), October 2015.







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   [I-D.ietf-idr-ls-distribution]
              Gredler, H., Medved, J., Previdi, S., Farrel, A., and S.
              Ray, "North-Bound Distribution of Link-State and TE
              Information using BGP", draft-ietf-idr-ls-distribution-13
              (work in progress), October 2015.

   [RFC3630]  Katz, D., Kompella, K., and D. Yeung, "Traffic Engineering
              (TE) Extensions to OSPF Version 2", RFC 3630,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC3630, September 2003,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3630>.

   [RFC6952]  Jethanandani, M., Patel, K., and L. Zheng, "Analysis of
              BGP, LDP, PCEP, and MSDP Issues According to the Keying
              and Authentication for Routing Protocols (KARP) Design
              Guide", RFC 6952, DOI 10.17487/RFC6952, May 2013,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6952>.

Authors' Addresses

   Ran Chen
   ZTE Corporation
   No.50 Software Avenue,Yuhuatai District
   Nanjing, Jiangsu Province  210012
   China

   Phone: +86 025 88014636
   Email: chen.ran@zte.com.cn


   Zheng Zhang
   ZTE Corporation
   No.50 Software Avenue,Yuhuatai District
   Nanjing, Jiangsu Province  210012
   China

   Email: zhang.zheng@zte.com.cn


   Vengada Prasad Govindan
   Cisco

   Email: venggovi@cisco.com









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   IJsbrand Wijnands
   Cisco
   De Kleetlaan 6a
   Diegem 1831
   Belgium

   Email: ice@cisco.com












































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