Network Working Group                          Dimitri Papadimitriou
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   Category: Informational
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                      MEF Ethernet Traffic Parameters

            draft-ietf-ccamp-ethernet-traffic-parameters-01.txt


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Abstract

   This document described the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) - specific
   Ethernet Traffic Parameters as described in MEF.10 when using
   Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Resource
   ReSerVation Protocol - Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) signaling.




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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 [1].

   Moreover, the reader is assumed to be familiar with the terminology
   MEF.10 as well as [RFC3471] and [RFC3473].

1. Introduction

   Per [RFC3471], GMPLS allows the inclusion of technology specific
   parameters in signaling. Ethernet SENDER_TSPEC and FLOWSPEC specific
   objects are introduced in this document that describes Metro Ethernet
   Forum (MEF) Ethernet traffic parameters as specified in [MEF.10].

   These traffic parameters MUST be used when L2SC is specified in the
   LSP Switching Type field of a Generalized Label Request (see
   [RFC3471]) and the LSP encoding type is Ethernet.

2. Overview

   The Ethernet SENDER_TSPEC/FLOWSPEC object includes the Ethernet link
   type (switching granularity) of the requested LSP, and the MTU value
   for the LSP.

   As the Bandwidth Profile defines the set of traffic parameters
   applicable to a sequence of Service Frames, these objects MAY also
   include several bandwidth profile parameters such as:

   - Committed Rate: defines the rate at which traffic commits to
     be sent to the Ethernet LSP. The Committed Rate is described in
     terms of the CIR (Committed Information Rate) and CBS (Committed
     Burst Size) traffic parameters.

     CIR is defined as the average rate (in bytes per unit of time)
     up to which the network is committed to transfer frames and
     meets performance objectives.

     CBS defines a limit on the maximum number of information units
     (e.g. bytes) available for a burst of frames sent at the
     interface speed to remain CIR-conformant.

   - Excess Rate: defines the extent by which the traffic sent on a
     Ethernet LSP exceeds the committed rate. The Excess Rate is
     described in terms of the EIR (Excess Information Rate) and EBS
     (Excess Burst Size) traffic parameters.

     EIR is defined as the average rate (in bytes per unit of time),


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     in excess of the CIR, up to which the network may transfer
     frames without any performance objectives.

     EBS defines a limit on the maximum number of information units
     (e.g. bytes) available for a burst of frames sent at the
     interface speed to remain EIR-conformant.

   - The color mode (CM) parameter indicates whether the "color-
     aware" or "color-blind" property is employed by the bandwidth
     profile.

   - The coupling flag (CF) parameter allows the choice between two
     modes of operations of the rate enforcement algorithm.

3. Ethernet SENDER_TSPEC object

   The Ethernet SENDER_TSPEC object (Class-Num = 12, Class-Type = TBA by
   IANA) 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             | Class-Num (12)|   C-Type (6)  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |     Switching Granularity     |              MTU              |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                              TLVs                             ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   Switching Granularity (SG): 16 bits

      This field indicates the type of link that comprises the
      requested Ethernet LSP.

      The permitted Ethernet Link Type values:

        Value   Switching Granularity
        -----   ---------------------
          1       Ethernet Port
          2       Ethernet Frame

      Value 0 is reserved. Values 1 through 127 are assigned by IANA via
      IETF Standards Track RFC action.

      Values 128 through 255 are reserved for vendor specific usage.




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   MTU: 16 bits

      This is a two-octet value indicating the MTU in octets.

      The MTU MUST NOT take a value smaller than 46 bytes for Ethernet
      v2 and 38 bytes for IEEE 802.3.

   TLV:

      The Ethernet SENDER_TSPEC object MUST include at least one TLV
      and MAY include one or more than one TLV.

      Each TLV 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
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |              Type             |             Length            |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                                                               |
     ~                             Value                             ~
     |                                                               |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

         Length: 16 bits

            Indicates the total length of the TLV, i.e., 4 + the length
            of the value field in octets. A value field whose length is
            not a multiple of four MUST be zero-padded (with trailing
            zeros) so that the TLV is four-octet aligned.

         Type: 16 bits

            Defined values are:

              Type    Length         Format          Description
              --------------------------------------------------
              128      20            Reserved        Reserved
              129      24            see below       Ethernet Bandwidth
                                                     Profile [MEF10]

            Value 0 is reserved. Values 1 through 127 are assigned by
            IANA via IETF Standards Track RFC Action.

            Values 128 through 255 are reserved for vendor specific
            usage.





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3.1 Ethernet Bandwidth Profile TLV

   Type 129 TLV indicates the Ethernet Bandwidth Profile. It defines
   an upper bound on the volume of the expected service frames belonging
   to a particular Ethernet service instance.

   The Type 129 TLV 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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |    Profile    |     Index     |            Reserved           |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                             CIR                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                             CBS                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                             EIR                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                             EBS                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   Profile: 8 bits (this field is to be registered by IANA)

      This field is defined as a vector of binary flags. The following
      flags are defined:

         Flag 1 (bit 1): coupling flag (CF)
         Flag 2 (bit 2): color mode (CM)

      Where bit 1 is the low order bit. Other flags are reserved,
      they SHOULD be set to zero when sent, and SHOULD be ignored when
      received.

      A flag is set to one to indicate that the corresponding metering
      is requested.

      The Flag 1 allows the choice between two modes of operations of
      the rate enforcement algorithm.

      The Flag 2 indicates whether the color-aware or color-blind
      property is employed by the bandwidth profile. When Flag 2 is set
      to 0 (1), the bandwidth profile algorithm is said to be in
      color blind (color aware) mode.

   Index: 8 bits

      The index field is used to reference bandwidth allocated for a
      given class of service (CoS) in case a multiple CoS LSP is being


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      requested. The index field value MUST correspond to at least one
      of the index value included in the extended ClassType object ([DS-
      TE], [MCOS]).

      A dedicated index MAY correspond 1:1 for each ClassType included
      in the extended ClassType object. A given index value can be
      associated to at most N ClassType values (i =< N). An example of
      index consists in allocating the CTi value to the index field.

      By default, the value of the index field MUST be set to 0.

   Reserved: 16 bits

      These bits SHOULD be set to zero when sent and MUST be ignored
      when received.

   CIR (Committed Information Rate): 32 bits

      The value of the CIR is in units of bytes per second. The CIR is
      encoded as a 32-bit IEEE single-precision floating-point number
      (see [RFC1832]).

      The CIR value MUST be greater than or equal to 0.

   CBS (Committed Burst Size): 32 bits

      The value of the CBS is in units of bytes. The CBS is encoded
      as a 32-bit IEEE single-precision floating-point number (see
      [RFC1832]).

      When CIR is strictly greater than 0 (CIR > 0), the CBS MUST be
      greater than or equal to the maximum frame size.

   EIR (Excess Information Rate): 32 bits

      The value of the EIR is in units of bytes per second. The EIR
      is encoded as a 32-bit IEEE single-precision floating-point
      number (see [RFC1832]).

      The EIR value MUST be greater than or equal to 0.

   EBS (Excess Burst Size): 32 bits

      The value of the EBS is in units of bytes. The EBS is encoded
      as a 32-bit IEEE single-precision floating-point number (see
      [RFC1832]).

      When EIR is strictly greater than 0 (EIR > 0), the EBS MUST be
      greater than or equal to the maximum frame size.


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4. Ethernet FLOWSPEC format

   The Ethernet FLOWSPEC object (Class-Num = 12, Class-Type = TBA by
   IANA) has the same format as the Ethernet SENDER_TSPEC object.

5. ADSPEC considerations

   There is no ADSPEC associated with the Ethernet SENDER_TSPEC object.

   Either the ADSPEC is omitted or an Int-serv ADSPEC with the Default
   General Characterization Parameters and Guaranteed Service fragment
   is used, see [RFC2210].


6. Processing

   The Ethernet SENDER_TSPEC object carries the traffic specification
   generated by the RSVP session sender. The Ethernet SENDER_TSPEC
   object SHOULD be forwarded and delivered unchanged to both
   intermediate and egress nodes.

   The Ethernet FLOWSPEC object carries reservation request information
   generated by receivers. As with any FLOWSPEC object, the information
   content of the Ethernet FLOWSPEC object flows upstream toward the
   ingress node.

   Intermediate and egress nodes MUST verify that the node itself and
   the interfaces on which the LSP will be established can support the
   requested Switching Granularity, MTU and values included in sub-
   object TLVs. If the requested value(s) can not be supported, the
   receiver node MUST generate a PathErr message with a "Traffic
   Control Error/Service unsupported" indication (see [RFC2205]).

   In addition, if the MTU field is received with a value smaller than
   the minimum transfer unit size of the Ethernet frame (e.g. 46 bytes
   for Ethernet v2, 38 bytes for IEEE 802.3), the node MUST generate a
   PathErr message with a "Traffic Control Error/ Bad Tspec value"
   indication (see [RFC2205]).

   Error processing of the Extended ClassType object follows rules
   defined in [MCOS]. Moreover, an LSR receiving a Path message with the
   extended-classtype object, which recognizes the object and the
   particular Class-Type but does detect a mismatch in the index values,
   MUST send a PathErr towards the sender with the error code 'extended-
   classtype Error' and an error value of 'Class-Type mismatch'.

7. Security Considerations



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   This document introduces no new security considerations to either
   [RFC3473].

   GMPLS security is described in section 11 of [RFC3471] and refers to
   [RFC3209] for RSVP-TE.

8. IANA Considerations

   Two values have been defined by IANA for this document:

   Two RSVP C-Types in registry:
         http://www.iana.org/assignments/rsvp-parameters

      -  An Ethernet SENDER_TSPEC object: Class = 12, C-Type = TBA (see
         Section 3).

      -  An Ethernet FLOWSPEC object: Class = 9, C-Type = TBA (see
         Section 4).

9. References

9.1.  Normative References

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

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

   [RFC2205]      Braden, R., Zhang, L., Berson, S., Herzog, S., and S.
                  Jamin, "Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) --
                  Version 1 Functional Specification", RFC 2205,
                  September 1997.

   [RFC2210]      Wroclawski, J., "The Use of RSVP with IETF Integrated
                  Services", RFC 2210, September 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.

   [RFC3471]      Berger, L., "Generalized Multi-Protocol Label
                  Switching (GMPLS) Signaling Functional Description",
                  RFC 3471, January 2003.

   [RFC3473]      Berger, L., "Generalized Multi-Protocol Label
                  Switching (GMPLS) Signaling Resource ReserVation
                  Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) Extensions",
                  RFC 3473, January 2003.


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9.2.  Informative References

   [MEF.10]       MEF Technical Specification, "Ethernet Services
                  Attributes Phase 1", MEF 10, November 2004.

   [MCOS]         I.Minei et al., "Extensions for Differentiated
                  Services-aware Traffic Engineered LSPs", draft-minei-
                  diffserv-te-multi-class, Work in progress, June 2006.

10. Acknowledgments

   Many thanks to Adrian Farrel for his comments.

11. Author's Addresses

   Dimitri Papadimitriou
   Alcatel
   Francis Wellesplein 1,
   B-2018 Antwerpen, Belgium

   Phone: +32 3 2408491
   EMail: dimitri.papadimitriou@alcatel.be




























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