Diameter Maintenance and                                     J. Korhonen
Extensions (DIME)                                            TeliaSonera
Internet-Draft                                             H. Tschofenig
Intended status: Standards Track                  Nokia Siemens Networks
Expires: December 28, 2008                               M. Arumaithurai
                                                University of Goettingen
                                                           M. Jones, Ed.
                                                                 A. Lior
                                                     Bridgewater Systems
                                                           June 26, 2008


               Quality of Service Attributes for Diameter
                 draft-ietf-dime-qos-attributes-07.txt

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Abstract

   This document extends the IPFilterRule AVP functionality of the
   Diameter Base protocol and the functionality of the QoS-Filter-Rule
   AVP defined in RFC 4005.  The ability to convey Quality of Service
   information using the AVPs defined in this document is available to
   existing and future Diameter applications where permitted by the
   command ABNF.



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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
   2.  Terminology  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
   3.  Diameter QoS Defined AVPs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
     3.1.  QoS-Capability AVP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
     3.2.  QoS-Profile-Template AVP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
     3.3.  Vendor-Specific-QoS-Profile-Template AVP . . . . . . . . .  4
     3.4.  QoS-Resources AVP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
     3.5.  Extended-QoS-Filter-Rule AVP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
     3.6.  QoS-Semantics  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
     3.7.  QoS-Parameters AVP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
     3.8.  QoS-Rule-Precedence AVP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
   4.  Semantics of QoS Parameters  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
   5.  Diameter Classifier AVPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
     5.1.  Classifier AVP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
     5.2.  Classifier-ID AVP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
     5.3.  Protocol AVP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
     5.4.  Direction AVP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
     5.5.  From-Spec AVP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
     5.6.  To-Spec AVP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
     5.7.  Source and Destination AVPs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
       5.7.1.  Negated AVP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
       5.7.2.  IP-Address AVP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
       5.7.3.  IP-Address-Range AVP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
       5.7.4.  IP-Address-Start AVP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
       5.7.5.  IP-Address-End AVP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
       5.7.6.  IP-Address-Mask AVP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
       5.7.7.  IP-Mask-Bit-Mask-Width AVP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
       5.7.8.  MAC-Address AVP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
       5.7.9.  MAC-Address-Mask AVP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
       5.7.10. MAC-Address-Mask-Pattern AVP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
       5.7.11. EUI64-Address AVP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
       5.7.12. EUI64-Address-Mask AVP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
       5.7.13. EUI64-Address-Mask-Pattern AVP . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
       5.7.14. VLAN-ID AVP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
       5.7.15. Port AVP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
       5.7.16. Port-Range AVP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
       5.7.17. Port-Start AVP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
       5.7.18. Port-End AVP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
       5.7.19. Use-Assigned-Address AVP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
     5.8.  Header Option AVPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
       5.8.1.  Diffserv-Code-Point AVP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
       5.8.2.  Fragmentation-Flag AVP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
       5.8.3.  IP-Option AVP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
       5.8.4.  IP-Option-Type AVP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
       5.8.5.  IP-Option-Value AVP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
       5.8.6.  TCP-Option AVP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18



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       5.8.7.  TCP-Option-Type AVP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
       5.8.8.  TCP-Option-Value AVP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
       5.8.9.  TCP-Flags AVP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
       5.8.10. TCP-Flag-Type AVP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
       5.8.11. ICMP-Type  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
       5.8.12. ICMP-Type-Number AVP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
       5.8.13. ICMP-Code AVP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
       5.8.14. ETH-Option AVP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
       5.8.15. ETH-Proto-Type AVP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
       5.8.16. ETH-Ether-Type AVP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
       5.8.17. ETH-SAP AVP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
       5.8.18. ETH-Priority-Range AVP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
       5.8.19. ETH-Low-Priority AVP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
       5.8.20. ETH-High-Priority AVP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
   6.  Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
     6.1.  Diameter EAP with QoS Information  . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
     6.2.  Diameter NASREQ with QoS Information . . . . . . . . . . . 22
     6.3.  QoS Authorization  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
     6.4.  Diameter Server Initiated Re-authorization of QoS  . . . . 24
     6.5.  Diameter Credit Control with QoS Information . . . . . . . 25
     6.6.  Classifier Examples  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
   7.  Acknowledgments  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
   8.  IANA Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
   9.  Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
   10. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
     10.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
     10.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
   Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
   Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . . . . . 32






















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1.  Introduction

   This document defines a number of Diameter Quality of Service (QoS)
   related AVPs that can be used in existing and future Diameter
   applications where permitted by the command ABNF.  The Extended-QoS-
   Filter-Rule AVP thereby replaces the IPFilterRule, defined in RFC
   3588bis [I-D.ietf-dime-rfc3588bis], and the QoS-Filter-Rule, defined
   in RFC 4005 [RFC4005].


2.  Terminology

   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].


3.  Diameter QoS Defined AVPs

3.1.  QoS-Capability AVP

   The QoS-Capability AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type Grouped and contains
   a list of supported Quality of Service profile templates (and
   therefore the support of the respective parameter AVPs).

   The QoS-Capability AVP may be used for a simple announcement of the
   QoS capabilities and QoS profiles supported by a peer.  It may also
   be used to negotiate a mutually supported set of QoS capabilities and
   QoS profiles between two peers.


   QoS-Capability ::= < AVP Header: XXX >
                    * [ QoS-Profile-Template ]
                    * [ Vendor-Specific-QoS-Profile-Template ]
                    * [ AVP ]

3.2.  QoS-Profile-Template AVP

   The QoS-Profile-Template AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type Unsigned32 and
   contains a QoS profile template identifier.  An initial QoS profile
   template is defined with value of 0 and is described in
   [I-D.ietf-dime-qos-parameters].  The registry for the QoS profile
   templates is created with the same document.

3.3.  Vendor-Specific-QoS-Profile-Template AVP

   The Vendor-Specific-QoS-Profile-Template AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of
   type Grouped and defines a vendor-specific QoS profile template.



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   The Vendor-Id AVP contains a 32 bit IANA SMI Network Management
   Private Enterprise Code and the QoS-Profile-Template AVP contains the
   template identifier assigned by the vendor.


   Vendor-Specific-QoS-Profile-Template ::= < AVP Header: XXX >
                                            { Vendor-Id }
                                            { QoS-Profile-Template }
                                          * [ AVP ]

3.4.  QoS-Resources AVP

   The QoS-Resources AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type Grouped and includes
   a description of the Quality of Service resources for policing
   traffic flows.


   QoS-Resources ::= < AVP Header: XXX >
                   * [ Extended-QoS-Filter-Rule ]
                   * [ AVP ]

3.5.  Extended-QoS-Filter-Rule AVP

   The Extended-QoS-Filter-Rule AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type Grouped
   and defines one or more traffic flows together with a set of QoS
   parameters that should be applied to the flow(s) by the Resource
   Management Function.  This AVP uses the Classifier AVP (see
   Section 5) to describe traffic flows.


   Extended-QoS-Filter-Rule ::= < AVP Header: XXX >
                                { QoS-Semantics }
                                [ QoS-Profile-Template ]
                                [ Vendor-Specific-QoS-Profile-Template ]
                                [ QoS-Parameters ]
                                [ QoS-Rule-Precedence ]
                                [ Classifier ]
                              * [ AVP ]

   Either the QoS-Profile-Template or Vendor-Specific-QoS-Profile-
   Template AVP MUST appear in the Extended-QoS-Filter-Rule AVP.

3.6.  QoS-Semantics

   The QoS-Semantics AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type Enumerated and
   provides the semantics for the QoS-Profile-Template and QoS-
   Parameters AVPs in the Extended-QoS-Filter-Rule AVP.




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   This document defines the following values:

    (0): QoS-Desired
    (1): QoS-Available
    (2): QoS-Reserved
    (3): Minimum-QoS
    (4): QoS-Authorized

3.7.  QoS-Parameters AVP

   The QoS-Parameters AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type OctetString and
   contains Quality of Service parameters.  These parameters are defined
   in a separate document, see [I-D.ietf-dime-qos-parameters].

3.8.  QoS-Rule-Precedence AVP

   The QoS-Rule-Precedence AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type Unsigned32 and
   specifies the execution order of the rules expressed in the QoS-
   Resources AVP.  Rules with equal precedence MAY be executed in
   parallel if supported by the Resource Management Function.  If the
   QoS-Rule-Precedence AVP is absent from the Extended-QoS-Filter-Rule
   AVP, the rules SHOULD be executed in the order in which they appear
   in the QoS-Resources AVP.  The lower the numerical value of QoS-Rule-
   Precedence AVP, the higher the rule precedence.


4.  Semantics of QoS Parameters

   The QoS parameters carried in the QoS-Resources AVP may appear in
   different messages.  The semantic of the QoS parameters depend on the
   information provided in the QoS-Semantics AVP which currently defines
   5 values, namely QoS-Desired (0), QoS-Available (1), QoS-Reserved
   (2), Minimum-QoS (3), and QoS-Authorized (4).

   The semantics of the different values are as follows:
















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   Object Type    Direction   Semantic
   ---------------------------------------------------------------------
   QoS-Desired     C->S       Please authorize the indicated QoS
   QoS-Desired     C<-S       NA
   QoS-Available   C->S       Admission Control at interface indicates
                              that this QoS is available. (note 1)
   QoS-Available   C<-S       Indicated QoS is available. (note 2)
   QoS-Reserved    C->S       Used for reporting during accounting.
   QoS-Reserved    C<-S       NA
   Minimum-QoS     C->S       Indicates that the client is not
                              interested in authorizing QoS that is
                              lower than Min. QoS.
   Minimum-QoS     C<-S       The client must not provide QoS
                              guarantees lower than Min. QoS.
   QoS-Authorized  C->S       NA
   QoS-Authorized  C<-S       Indicated QoS authorized

   Legend:

     C: Diameter client
     S: Diameter server
     NA: Not applicable to this document;
         no semantic defined in this specification

   Notes:

    (1) QoS-Available is only useful in relationship with QoS-Desired
        (and optionally with Minimum-QoS).
    (2) QoS-Available is only useful when the AAA server performs
        admission control and knows about the resources in the network.


5.  Diameter Classifier AVPs

   Classifiers are used in many applications to specify how to classify
   packets.  For example in a QoS application, if a packet matches a
   classifier then that packet will be treated in accordance with a QoS
   specification associated with that classifier.

   The Classifiers are sent to on on-path element (e.g. a router) which
   uses the classifier to match packets.  Figure 1 shows a typical
   deployment.









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                                                           +-----------+
                                                          +-----------+|
       +--------+          +-------------+              +------------+||
       |        |   IN     |             |              |            |||
       |        +--------->|             +------------->|            |||
       |Managed |          | Classifying |              | Unmanaged  |||
       |Terminal|   OUT    | Entity      |              | Terminal   |||
       |        |<---------+             |<-------------+            ||+
       |        |          |             |              |            |+
       +--------+          +-------------+              +------------+
                                   ^
                                   | Classifiers
                                   |
                            +------+-------+
                            |              |
                            |      AAA     |
                            |              |
                            +--------------+

              Figure 1: Example of a Classifier Architecture

   The managed terminal, the terminal for which the classifiers are
   being specified is located on the left of the Classifying Entity.
   The unmanaged terminal, the terminal that receives packets from the
   Managed terminal or sends packets to the managed terminal is located
   to the right side of the Classifying Entity.

   The Classifying Entity is responsible for classifying packets that
   are incoming (IN) from the Managed Terminal or packets outgoing (OUT)
   to the Managed Terminal.

   A Classifier consists of a group of attributes that specify how to
   match a packet.  Each set of attributes expresses values about
   aspects of the packet - typically the packet header.  Different
   protocols therefore would use different attributes.

   In general a Classifier consists of the following:

   Identifier:

      The identifier uniquely identifies this classifier and may be used
      to reference the classifier from another structure.

   From:

      Specifies the rule for matching the source part of the packet.





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   To:

      Specifies the rule for matching the destination part of the
      packet.

   Protocol:

      Specifies the matching protocol of the packet.

   Direction:

      Specifies whether the classifier is to apply to packets flowing
      from the Managed Terminal (IN) or to packets flowing to the
      Managed Terminal (OUT), or packets flowing in both direction.

   Options:

      Associated with each protocol or layer, or various values specific
      to the header of the protocol or layer.  Options allow matching on
      those values.


   Each protocol type will have a specific set of attributes that can be
   used to specify a classifier for that protocol.  These attributes
   will be grouped under a grouped AVP called a Classifier AVP.

5.1.  Classifier AVP

   The Classifier AVP (AVP Code TBD) is a grouped AVP that consists of a
   set of attributes that specify how to match a packet.


   Classifier ::= < AVP Header: XXX >
                  { Classifier-ID }
                  { Protocol }
                  { Direction }
                * [ From-Spec ]
                * [ To-Spec ]
                * [ Diffserv-Code-Point ]
                  [ Fragmentation-Flag ]
                * [ IP-Option ]
                * [ TCP-Option ]
                  [ TCP-Flags ]
                * [ ICMP-Type ]
                * [ ETH-Option ]
                * [ AVP ]





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5.2.  Classifier-ID AVP

   The Classifier-ID AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type OctetString and
   uniquely identifies the classifier.  Each application will define the
   uniqueness scope of this identifier, e.g. unique per terminal or
   globally unique.  Exactly one Classifier-ID AVP MUST be contained
   within a Classifier AVP.

5.3.  Protocol AVP

   The Protocol AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type Enumerated and specifies
   the protocol being matched.  The attributes included in the
   Classifier AVP must be consistent with the value of the Protocol AVP.
   Exactly one Protocol AVP MUST be contained within a Classifier AVP.
   The values for this AVP are managed by IANA under the Protocol
   Numbers registry [PROTOCOL].

5.4.  Direction AVP

   The Direction AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type Enumerated that specifies
   in which direction to apply the Classifier.  The values of the
   enumeration are: "IN","OUT","BOTH".  In the "IN" and "BOTH"
   directions, the From-Spec refers to the address of the Managed
   Terminal and the To-Spec refers to the unmanaged terminal.  In the
   "OUT" direction, the From-Spec refers to the Unmanaged Terminal
   whereas the To-Spec refers to the Managed Terminal.


     Value | Name and Semantic
     ------+--------------------------------------------------
       0   | RESERVED
       1   | IN - The classifier applies to flows from the
           | Managed Terminal.
       2   | OUT - The classifier applies to flows to the
           | Managed Terminal.
       3   | BOTH - The classifier applies to flows both to
           | and from the Managed Terminal.

5.5.  From-Spec AVP

   The From-Spec AVP (AVP Code TBD) is a grouped AVP that specifies the
   Source Specification used to match the packet.  Zero or more of these
   AVPs may appear in the Classifier.  If this AVP is absent from the
   Classifier then all packets are matched regardless of the source
   address.  If more than one instance of this AVP appears in the
   Classifier then the source of the packet can match any From-Spec AVP.
   The contents of this AVP are protocol specific.




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   If more than one instance of the IP address AVPs (IP-Address, IP-
   Address-Range, IP-Address-Mask, Use-Assigned-Address) appear in the
   From-Spec AVP then the source IP address of the packet must match one
   of the addresses represented by these AVPs.

   If more that one instance of the layer 2 address AVPs (MAC-Address,
   MAC-Address-Mask, EUI64-Address, EUI64-Address-Mask) appears in the
   From-Spec then the the source layer 2 address of the packet must
   match one of the addresses represented in these AVPs.

   If more that one instance of the VLAN-ID AVP appears in the From-Spec
   then the VLAN-ID of the packet must match one of the VLAN-IDs
   represented in these AVPs.

   If more that one instance of the port AVPs (Port, Port-Range) appears
   in the From-Spec AVP then the source port number must match one of
   the port numbers represented in these AVPs.

   If the IP address, MAC address and port AVPs appear in the same From-
   Spec AVP then the source packet must match all the specifications,
   i.e. match the IP address AND MAC address AND port number.


   From-Spec ::= < AVP Header: XXX >
               * [ IP-Address ]
               * [ IP-Address-Range ]
               * [ IP-Address-Mask ]
               * [ MAC-Address ]
               * [ MAC-Address-Mask]
               * [ EUI64-Address ]
               * [ EUI64-Address-Mask]
               * [ VLAN-ID ]
               * [ Port ]
               * [ Port-Range ]
                 [ Negated ]
                 [ Use-Assigned-Address ]
               * [ AVP ]

5.6.  To-Spec AVP

   The To-Spec AVP (AVP Code TBD) is a grouped AVP that specifies the
   Destination Specification used to match the packet.  Zero or more of
   these AVPs may appear in the Classifier.  If this AVP is absent from
   the Classifier then all packets are matched regardless of the
   destination address.  If more than one instance of this AVP appears
   in the Classifier then the destination of the packet can match any
   To-Spec AVP.  The contents of this AVP are protocol specific.




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   If more than one instance of the IP address AVPs (IP-Address, IP-
   Address-Range, IP-Address-Mask, Use-Assigned-Address) appear in the
   To-Spec AVP then the destination IP address of the packet must match
   one of the addresses represented by these AVPs.

   If more that one instance of the layer 2 address AVPs (MAC-Address,
   MAC-Address-Mask, EUI64-Address, EUI64-Address-Mask) appears in the
   To-Spec then the the destination layer 2 address of the packet must
   match one of the addresses represented in these AVPs.

   If more that one instance of the VLAN-ID AVP appears in the From-Spec
   then the VLAN-ID of the packet must match one of the VLAN-IDs
   represented in these AVPs.

   If more that one instance of the port AVPs (Port, Port-Range) appears
   in the To-Spec AVP then the destination port number must match one of
   the port numbers represented in these AVPs.

   If the IP address, MAC address and port AVPs appear in the same To-
   Spec AVP then the destination packet must match all the
   specifications, i.e. match the IP address AND MAC address AND port
   number.


   To-Spec ::= < AVP Header: XXX >
             * [ IP-Address ]
             * [ IP-Address-Range ]
             * [ IP-Address-Mask ]
             * [ MAC-Address ]
             * [ MAC-Address-Mask]
             * [ EUI64-Address ]
             * [ EUI64-Address-Mask]
             * [ VLAN-ID ]
             * [ Port ]
             * [ Port-Range ]
               [ Negated ]
               [ Use-Assigned-Address ]
             * [ AVP ]

5.7.  Source and Destination AVPs

   For packet classification the contents of the From-Spec and To-Spec
   can contain the following AVPs.

   By combining several of these AVPs within a From-Spec or To-Spec AVP
   and using more than one From-Spec or To-Spec AVP in the Classifier
   AVP, one can express many different types of address pools.




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5.7.1.  Negated AVP

   The Negated AVP (AVP Code TBD) of type Enumerated containing the
   values of True or False.  Exactly zero or one of these AVPs may
   appear in the From-Spec or To-Spec AVP.  When set to True the meaning
   of the match in the To-Spec and From-Spec are negated, causing all
   other addresses to be matched instead.

   When set to False, or when the AVP is not included in the From-Spec
   or To-Spec AVP then the meaning of the match is not inverted, causing
   only the addresses specified to be matched.

   Note that the negation does not impact the port comparisons.


     Value | Name
     ------+--------
       0   | False
       1   | True

5.7.2.  IP-Address AVP

   The IP-Address AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type Address and specifies a
   single IP address (IPv4 or IPv6) address to match.

5.7.3.  IP-Address-Range AVP

   The IP-Address-Range AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type Grouped and
   specifies an inclusive IP address range.


   IP-Address-Range ::= < AVP Header: XXX >
                        [ IP-Address-Start ]
                        [ IP-Address-End ]
                      * [ AVP ]

   If the IP-Address-Start AVP is not included then the address range
   starts from the first valid IP address up to and including the
   specified IP-Address-End address.

   If the IP-Address-End AVP is not included then the address range
   starts at the address specified by the IP-Address-Start AVP and
   includes all the remaining valid IP addresses.

   For the IP-Address-Range AVP to be valid, the IP-Address-Start AVP
   MUST contain a value that is less than that of the IP-Address-End
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5.7.4.  IP-Address-Start AVP

   The IP-Address-Start AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type Address and
   specifies the first IP address (IPv4 or IPv6) address of an IP
   address range.

5.7.5.  IP-Address-End AVP

   The IP-Address-End AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type Address and
   specifies the last IP address (IPv4 or IPv6) address of an address
   range.

5.7.6.  IP-Address-Mask AVP

   The IP-Address-Mask AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type Grouped and
   specifies an IP address range using a base IP address and the bit-
   width of the mask.  For example, a range expressed as 1.2.3.0/24 will
   match all IP addresses from 1.2.3.0 up to and including 1.2.3.255.
   The bit-width MUST be valid for the type of IP address.


   IP-Address-Mask ::= < AVP Header: XXX >
                       { IP-Address }
                       { IP-Bit-Mask-Width }
                     * [ AVP ]

5.7.7.  IP-Mask-Bit-Mask-Width AVP

   The IP-Bit-Mask-Width AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type OctetString.  The
   value is a single octet and specifies the width of an IP address bit-
   mask.

5.7.8.  MAC-Address AVP

   The MAC-Address AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type OctetString and
   specifies a single layer 2 address in MAC-48 format.  The value is a
   6 octets encoding of the address as it would appear in the frame
   header.

5.7.9.  MAC-Address-Mask AVP

   The MAC-Address-Mask AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type Grouped and
   specifies a set of MAC addresses using a bit mask to indicate the
   bits of the MAC addresses which must fit to the specified MAC address
   attribute.  For example, a MAC-Address-Mask with the MAC-Address as
   00-10-A4-23-00-00 and with a MAC-Address-Mask-Pattern of FF-FF-FF-FF-
   00-00 will match all MAC addresses from 00-10-A4-23-00-00 up to and
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   MAC-Address-Mask ::= < AVP Header: XXX >
                        { MAC-Address }
                        { MAC-Address-Mask-Pattern }
                      * [ AVP ]

5.7.10.  MAC-Address-Mask-Pattern AVP

   The MAC-Address-Mask-Pattern AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type
   OctetString.  The value is a 6 octets specifying the bit positions of
   a MAC address, that are taken for matching.

5.7.11.  EUI64-Address AVP

   The EUI64-Address AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type OctetString and
   specifies a single layer 2 address in EUI-64 format.  The value is a
   8 octets encoding of the address as it would appear in the frame
   header.

5.7.12.  EUI64-Address-Mask AVP

   The EUI64-Address-Mask AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type Grouped and
   specifies a set of EUI64 addresses using a bit mask to indicate the
   bits of the EUI64 addresses which must fit to the specified EUI64
   address attribute.  For example, a EUI64-Address-Mask with the EUI64-
   Address as 00-10-A4-FF-FE-23-00-00 and with a EUI64-Address-Mask-
   Pattern of FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-00-00 will match all EUI64 addresses
   from 00-10-A4-FF-FE-23-00-00 up to and including 00-10-A4-FF-FE-23-
   FF-FF.

   EUI64-Address-Mask ::= < AVP Header: XXX >
                          { EUI64-Address }
                          { EUI64-Address-Mask-Pattern }
                        * [ AVP ]

5.7.13.  EUI64-Address-Mask-Pattern AVP

   The EUI64-Address-Mask-Pattern AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type
   OctetString.  The value is a 8 octets specifying the bit positions of
   a EUI64 address, that are taken for matching.

5.7.14.  VLAN-ID AVP

   VLAN-ID AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type OctetString.  The value is a
   double octet encoded in Network Byte Order.  The value of this field
   specifies the matching value for the IEEE 802.1Q VLAN-ID bits.  Only
   the lower (i.e., rightmost) 12 bits of the specified 2 octet VLAN-ID
   field are significant; the upper four bits shall be ignored for
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   802.1Q VLAN-ID bits for this entry is irrelevant.  If this parameter
   is specified for an entry, then Ethernet packets without IEEE 802.1Q
   encapsulation shall not match this entry.

5.7.15.  Port AVP

   The Port AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type Integer32 in the range of 0 to
   65535 and specifies the TCP or UDP port number to match.

5.7.16.  Port-Range AVP

   The Port-Range AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type Grouped and specifies an
   inclusive range of ports.


   Port-Range ::= < AVP Header: XXX >
                  [ Port-Start ]
                  [ Port-End ]
                * [ AVP ]

   If the Port-Start AVP is omitted then port 0 is assumed.  If the
   Port-End AVP is omitted then port 65535 is assumed.

5.7.17.  Port-Start AVP

   The Port-Start AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type Integer32 and specifies
   the first port number of an IP port range.

5.7.18.  Port-End AVP

   The Port-End AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type Integer32 and specifies
   the last port number of an IP port range.

5.7.19.  Use-Assigned-Address AVP

   In some scenarios, the AAA does not know the IP address assigned to
   the Managed Terminal at the time that the Classifier is sent to the
   Classifying Entity.  The Use-Assigned-Address AVP (AVP Code TBD) is
   of type Enumerated containing the values of True or False.  When
   present and set to True, it represents the IP address assigned to the
   Managed Terminal.


     Value | Name
     ------+--------
       0   | False
       1   | True




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5.8.  Header Option AVPs

   The Classifier AVP may contain one or more of the following AVPs to
   match on the various possible IP, TCP or ICMP header options.

5.8.1.  Diffserv-Code-Point AVP

   The Diffserv-Code-Point AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type Enumerated and
   specifies the Differentiated Services Field Codepoints to match in
   the IP header.  The values are managed by IANA under the
   Differentiated Services Field Codepoints registry [DSCP].

5.8.2.  Fragmentation-Flag AVP

   The Fragmentation-Flag AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type Enumerated and
   specifies the packet fragmentation flags to match in the IP header.


     Value | Name and Semantic
     ------+------------------------------------------------------------
       0   | RESERVED
       1   | Don't Fragment (DF)
       2   | More Fragments (MF)

5.8.3.  IP-Option AVP

   The IP-Option AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type Grouped and specifies an
   IP header option that must be matched.


   IP-Option ::= < AVP Header: XXX >
                 { IP-Option-Type }
               * [ IP-Option-Value ]
                 [ Negated ]
               * [ AVP ]

   If one or more IP-Option-Value AVPs are present, one of the values
   MUST match the value in the IP header option.  If the IP-Option-Value
   AVP is absent, the option type MUST be present in the IP header but
   the value is wild carded.

   The Negated AVP is used in conjunction with the IP-Option-Value AVPs
   to specify IP header options which do not match specific values.  The
   Negated AVP is used without the IP-Option-Value AVP to specify IP
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5.8.4.  IP-Option-Type AVP

   The IP-Option-Type AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type Enumerated and the
   values are managed by IANA under the IP Option Numbers registry
   [IPOPTIONS].

5.8.5.  IP-Option-Value AVP

   The IP-Option-Value AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type OctetString and
   contains the option value that must be matched.

5.8.6.  TCP-Option AVP

   The TCP-Option AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type Grouped and specifies a
   TCP header option that must be matched.


   TCP-Option ::= < AVP Header: XXX >
                  { TCP-Option-Type }
                * [ TCP-Option-Value ]
                  [ Negated ]
                * [ AVP ]

   If one or more TCP-Option-Value AVPs are present, one of the values
   MUST match the value in the TCP header option.  If the TCP-Option-
   Value AVP is absent, the option type MUST be present in the TCP
   header but the value is wild carded.

   The Negated AVP is used in conjunction which the TCP-Option-Value
   AVPs to specify TCP header options which do not match specific
   values.  The Negated AVP is used without the TCP-Option-Value AVP to
   specify TCP headers which do not contain the option type.

5.8.7.  TCP-Option-Type AVP

   The TCP-Option-Type AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type Enumerated and the
   values are managed by IANA under the TCP Option Numbers registry
   [TCPOPTIONS].

5.8.8.  TCP-Option-Value AVP

   The TCP-Option-Value AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type OctetString and
   contains the option value that must be matched.

5.8.9.  TCP-Flags AVP

   The TCP-Flags AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type Grouped and specifies a
   set of TCP control flags that must be matched.



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   TCP-Flags ::= < AVP Header: XXX >
              1* { TCP-Flag-Type }
                 [ Negated ]
               * [ AVP ]

   If the Negated AVP is not present, the TCP-Flag-Type AVPs specifies
   which flags MUST be set.  If the Negated AVP is present, the TCP-
   Flag-Type AVPs specifies which flags MUST be cleared.

5.8.10.  TCP-Flag-Type AVP

   The TCP-Flag-Type AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type Enumerated and
   specifies a TCP control flag type that must be matched.


     Value | Name and Semantic
     ------+------------------------------------------------------------
       0   | RESERVED
       1   | CWR - Congestion Window Reduced.
       2   | ECE - ECN-Echo. TCP peer is ECN capable.
       3   | URG - URGent pointer field is significant.
       4   | ACK - ACKnowledgment field is significant.
       5   | PSH - Push function.
       6   | RST - Reset the connection.
       7   | SYN - Synchronize sequence numbers.
       8   | FIN - No more data from sender.

5.8.11.  ICMP-Type

   The ICMP-Type AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type Grouped and specifies a
   ICMP message type that must be matched.


   ICMP-Type ::= < AVP Header: XXX >
                 { ICMP-Type-Number }
               * [ ICMP-Code ]
                 [ Negated ]
               * [ AVP ]

   If the ICMP-Code AVP is present, the value MUST match that in the
   ICMP header.  If the ICMP-Code AVP is absent, the ICMP type MUST be
   present in the ICMP header but the code is wild carded.

   The Negated AVP is used in conjunction which the ICMP-Code AVPs to
   specify ICMP codes which do not match specific values.  The Negated
   AVP is used without the ICMP-Code AVP to specify ICMP headers which
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5.8.12.  ICMP-Type-Number AVP

   The ICMP-Type-Number AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type Enumerated and the
   values are managed by IANA under the ICMP Type Numbers registry
   [ICMPTYPE].

5.8.13.  ICMP-Code AVP

   The ICMP-Code AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type Enumerated and the values
   are managed by IANA under the ICMP Type Numbers registry [ICMPTYPE].

5.8.14.  ETH-Option AVP

   The ETH-Option AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type Grouped and specifies
   Ethernet specific classifiers.


   ETH-Option ::= < AVP Header: XXX >
                  { ETH-Proto-Type }
                * [ ETH-VLAN-ID ]
                * [ ETH-Priority-Range ]
                * [ AVP ]

5.8.15.  ETH-Proto-Type AVP

   The Eth-Proto-Type AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type Grouped and
   specifies the encapsulated protocol type.  ETH-Ether-Type and ETH-SAP
   are mutually exclusive.


   ETH-Proto-Type ::= < AVP Header: XXX >
                    * [ ETH-Ether-Type ]
                    * [ ETH-SAP ]
                    * [ AVP ]

5.8.16.  ETH-Ether-Type AVP

   The ETH-Ether-Type AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type OctetString.  The
   value is a double octet the contains the value of the Ethertype that
   the packet shall match in order to match the rule.  It might be
   present in case of DIX or if SNAP is present at 802.2 (SAP shall not
   be present in this case).

5.8.17.  ETH-SAP AVP

   The ETH-SAP AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type OctetString.  The value is
   a double octet representing the 802.2 SAP as specified in "IEEE
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   octet contains the DSAP and the second the SSAP.

5.8.18.  ETH-Priority-Range AVP

   The ETH-Priority-Range AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type Grouped and
   specifies a valid priority range in between the Low-priority AVP to
   the High-priority AVP specified.  An Ethernet packet with IEEE 802.1D
   user_priority value "priority" matches these parameters if priority
   is greater than or equal to pri-low and priority is less than or
   equal to pri-high.  If this field is omitted, then comparison of the
   IEEE 802.1D user_priority bits for this entry is irrelevant.


   ETH-Priority-Range ::= < AVP Header: XXX >
                        * [ ETH-Low-Priority ]
                        * [ ETH-High-Priority ]
                        * [ AVP ]

5.8.19.  ETH-Low-Priority AVP

   The ETH-Low-Priority AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type OctetString.  The
   value is a single octet with a valid range from 0 to 7.

5.8.20.  ETH-High-Priority AVP

   The ETH-High-Priority AVP (AVP Code TBD) is of type OctetString.  The
   value is a single octet with a valid range from 0 to 7.


6.  Examples

   This section shows a number of signaling flows where QoS negotiation
   and authorization is part of the conventional NASREQ, EAP or Credit
   Control applications message exchanges.  The signalling flows for the
   Diameter QoS Application are described in
   [I-D.ietf-dime-diameter-qos].

6.1.  Diameter EAP with QoS Information

   Figure 2 shows a simple signaling flow where a NAS (Diameter Client)
   announces its QoS awareness and capabilities included into the DER
   message and as part of the access authentication procedure.  Upon
   completion of the EAP exchange, the Diameter Server provides a pre-
   provisioned QoS profile with the QoS-Semantics in the Extended-QoS-
   Filter-Rule AVP set to "QoS-Authorized", to the NAS in the final DEA
   message.





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    End                           Diameter                      Diameter
    Host                           Client                         Server
     |                               |                                |
     |        (initiate EAP)         |                                |
     |<----------------------------->|                                |
     |                               | Diameter-EAP-Request           |
     |                               | EAP-Payload(EAP Start)         |
     |                               | QoS-Capability                 |
     |                               |------------------------------->|
     |                               |                                |
     |                               |            Diameter-EAP-Answer |
     |                          Result-Code=DIAMETER_MULTI_ROUND_AUTH |
     |                               |    EAP-Payload(EAP Request #1) |
     |                               |<-------------------------------|
     |         EAP Request(Identity) |                                |
     |<------------------------------|                                |
     :                               :                                :
     :                     <<<more message exchanges>>>               :
     :                               :                                :
     |                               |                                |
     | EAP Response #N               |                                |
     |------------------------------>|                                |
     |                               | Diameter-EAP-Request           |
     |                               | EAP-Payload(EAP Response #N)   |
     |                               |------------------------------->|
     |                               |                                |
     |                               |            Diameter-EAP-Answer |
     |                               |   Result-Code=DIAMETER_SUCCESS |
     |                               |       EAP-Payload(EAP Success) |
     |                               |       [EAP-Master-Session-Key] |
     |                               |           (authorization AVPs) |
     |                               |  QoS-Resources(QoS-Authorized) |
     |                               |<-------------------------------|
     |                               |                                |
     |                   EAP Success |                                |
     |<------------------------------|                                |
     |                               |                                |

     Figure 2: Example of a Diameter EAP enhanced with QoS Information

6.2.  Diameter NASREQ with QoS Information

   Figure 3 shows a similar pre-provisioned QoS signaling as in Figure 2
   but using the NASREQ application instead of EAP application.







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      End                                             Diameter
      Host               NAS                            Server
       |                  |                              |
       |  Start Network   |                              |
       |  Attachment      |                              |
       |<---------------->|                              |
       |                  |                              |
       |                  |AA-Request                    |
       |                  |NASREQ-Payload                |
       |                  |QoS-Capability                |
       |                  +----------------------------->|
       |                  |                              |
       |                  |                     AA-Answer|
       |            Result-Code=DIAMETER_MULTI_ROUND_AUTH|
       |                NASREQ-Payload(NASREQ Request #1)|
       |                  |<-----------------------------+
       |                  |                              |
       | Request          |                              |
       |<-----------------+                              |
       |                  |                              |
       :                  :                              :
       :          <<<more message exchanges>>>           :
       :                  :                              :
       | Response #N      |                              |
       +----------------->|                              |
       |                  |                              |
       |                  |AA-Request                    |
       |                  |NASREQ-Payload ( Response #N )|
       |                  +----------------------------->|
       |                  |                              |
       |                  |                     AA-Answer|
       |                  |  Result-Code=DIAMETER_SUCCESS|
       |                  |          (authorization AVPs)|
       |                  |QoS-Resources(QoS-Authorized) |
       |                  |<-----------------------------+
       |                  |                              |
       | Success          |                              |
       |<-----------------+                              |
       |                  |                              |

   Figure 3: Example of a Diameter NASREQ enhanced with QoS Information

6.3.  QoS Authorization

   Figure 4 shows an example of authorization only QoS signaling as part
   of the NASREQ message exchange.  The NAS provides the Diameter server
   with the "QoS-Desired" QoS-Semantics AVP included in the QoS-
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   indicated QoS or rejects the request and informs the NAS about the
   result.  In this scenario the NAS does not need to include the QoS-
   Capability AVP in the AAR message as the QoS-Resources AVP implicitly
   does the same and also the NAS is authorizing a specific QoS profile,
   not a pre-provisioned one.


       End                                            Diameter
       Host               NAS                          Server
        |                  |                              |
        |                  |                              |
        |  QoS Request     |                              |
        +----------------->|                              |
        |                  |                              |
        |                  |AA-Request                    |
        |                  |Auth-Request-Type=AUTHORIZE_ONLY
        |                  |NASREQ-Payload                |
        |                  |QoS-Resources(QoS-Desired)    |
        |                  +----------------------------->|
        |                  |                              |
        |                  |                     AA-Answer|
        |                  |       NASREQ-Payload(Success)|
        |                  | QoS-Resources(QoS-Authorized)|
        |                  |<-----------------------------+
        |  Accept          |                              |
        |<-----------------+                              |
        |                  |                              |
        |                  |                              |
        |                  |                              |

          Figure 4: Example of an Authorization-Only Message Flow

6.4.  Diameter Server Initiated Re-authorization of QoS

   Figure 5 shows a message exchange for a Diameter server initiated QoS
   re-authorization procedure.  The Diameter server sends the NAS a RAR
   message requesting re-authorization for an existing session and the
   NAS acknowledges it with a RAA message.  The NAS is aware of its
   existing QoS profile and information for the ongoing session that the
   Diameter server requested for re-authorization.  Thus, the NAS must
   initiate re-authorization of the existing QoS profile.  The re-
   authorization procedure is the same as in Figure 4.









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      End                                             Diameter
      Host               NAS                            Server
       |                  |                              |
       |                  |                              |
       :                  :                              :
       :          <<<Initial Message Exchanges>>>         :
       :                  :                              :
       |                  |                              |
       |                  |                   RA-Request |
       |                  |<-----------------------------+
       |                  |                              |
       |                  |RA-Answer                     |
       |                  |Result-Code=DIAMETER_SUCCESS  |
       |                  +----------------------------->|
       |                  |                              |
       |                  |                              |
       |                  |AA-Request                    |
       |                  |NASREQ-Payload                |
       |                  |Auth-Request-Type=AUTHORIZE_ONLY
       |                  |QoS-Resources(QoS-Desired)    |
       |                  +----------------------------->|
       |                  |                              |
       |                  |                     AA-Answer|
       |                  |  Result-Code=DIAMETER_SUCCESS|
       |                  |          (authorization AVPs)|
       |                  | QoS-Resources(QoS-Authorized)|
       |                  |<-----------------------------+
       |                  |                              |

    Figure 5: Example of a Server-initiated Re-Authorization Procedure

6.5.  Diameter Credit Control with QoS Information

   In this case the User is charged as soon as the Service Element (CC
   client) receives the service request.  In this case the client uses
   the "QoS-Desired" QoS-Semantics parameter in the QoS-Resources AVP
   that it sends to the Accounitng server.  The server responds with a
   "QoS-Available" QoS-Semantics parameter in the QoS-Resources AVP













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                        Service Element
     End User            (CC Client)           B           CC Server
        |                     |                |                |
        |(1) Service Request  |                |                |
        |-------------------->|                |                |
        |                     |(2)  CCR (event, DIRECT_DEBITING,|
        |                     |     QoS-Resources[QoS-desired]) |
        |                     |-------------------------------->|
        |                     |(3)  CCA (Granted-Units, QoS-    |
        |                     |     Resources[QoS-Authorized])  |
        |                     |<--------------------------------|
        |(4) Service Delivery |                |                |
        |<--------------------|                |                |
        |(5) Begin service    |                |                |
        |<------------------------------------>|                |
        |                     |                |                |
        .                     .                .                .
        .                     .                .                .

     Figure 6: Example for a One-Time Diameter Credit Control Charging
                                   Event

6.6.  Classifier Examples

   Example: Classify all packets from hosts on subnet 12.34.56.00/24 to
   ports 80, 8090 or 443 on web servers 23.45.67.123, 23.45.68.124,
   23.45.69.125.


   Classifer = {
       Classifier-Id = "web_svr_example";
       Protocol = TCP;
       Direction = OUT;
       From-Spec = {
           IP-Address-Mask = {
               IP-Address = 12.34.56.00;
               IP-Bit-Mask-Width = 24;
           }
       }
       To-Spec = {
           IP-Address = 23.45.67.123;
           IP-Address = 23.45.68.124;
           IP-Address = 23.45.69.125;
           Port = 80;
           Port = 8080;
           Port = 443;
       }
   }



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   Example: Any SIP signalling traffic from a device with a MAC address
   of 01:23:45:67:89:ab to servers with IP addresses in the range
   34.56.78.90 to 34.56.78.190.


   Classifer = {
       Classifier-Id = "web_svr_example";
       Protocol = UDP;
       Direction = OUT;
       From-Spec = {
           MAC-Address = 01:23:45:67:89:ab;
       }
       To-Spec = {
           IP-Address-Range = {
               IP-Address-Start = 34.56.78.90;
               IP-Address-End = 34.56.78.190;
           }
           Port = 5060;
           Port = 3478;
           Port-Range = {
               Port-Start = 16348;
               Port-End = 32768;
           }
       }
   }


7.  Acknowledgments

   We would like to thank Victor Fajardo, Tseno Tsenov, Robert Hancock,
   Jukka Manner, Cornelia Kappler, Xiaoming Fu, Frank Alfano,Tolga
   Asveren, Mike Montemurro,Glen Zorn, Avri Doria, Dong Sun, Tina Tsou,
   Pete McCann, Georgios Karagiannis and Elwyn Davies for their
   comments.


8.  IANA Considerations

   IANA is requested to allocate AVP codes for the following AVPs that
   are defined in this document.


   +------------------------------------------------------------------+
   |                                       AVP  Section               |
   | Attribute Name                        Code Defined   Data Type   |
   +------------------------------------------------------------------+
   |QoS-Capability                         TBD    3.1     Grouped     |
   |QoS-Profile-Template                   TBD    3.2     Unsigned32  |



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   |Vendor-Specific-QoS-Profile-Template   TBD    3.3     Grouped     |
   |Extended-QoS-Filter-Rule               TBD    3.5     Grouped     |
   |QoS-Semantics                          TBD    3.6     Enumerated  |
   |QoS-Parameters                         TBD    3.7     OctetString |
   |QoS-Rule-Precedence                    TBD    3.8     Unsigned32  |
   |Classifier                             TBD    5.1     Grouped     |
   |Classifier-ID                          TBD    5.2     OctetString |
   |Protocol                               TBD    5.3     Enumerated  |
   |Direction                              TBD    5.4     Enumerated  |
   |From-Spec                              TBD    5.5     Grouped     |
   |To-Spec                                TBD    5.6     Grouped     |
   |Negated                                TBD    5.7.1   Enumerated  |
   |IP-Address                             TBD    5.7.2   Address     |
   |IP-Address-Range                       TBD    5.7.3   Grouped     |
   |IP-Address-Start                       TBD    5.7.4   Address     |
   |IP-Address-End                         TBD    5.7.5   Address     |
   |IP-Address-Mask                        TBD    5.7.6   Grouped     |
   |IP-Mask-Bit-Mask-Width                 TBD    5.7.7   OctetString |
   |MAC-Address                            TBD    5.7.8   OctetString |
   |MAC-Address-Mask                       TBD    5.7.9   Grouped     |
   |MAC-Address-Mask-Pattern               TBD    5.7.10  OctetString |
   |EUI64-Address                          TBD    5.7.11  OctetString |
   |EUI64-Address-Mask                     TBD    5.7.12  Grouped     |
   |EUI64-Address-Mask-Pattern             TBD    5.7.13  OctetString |
   |VLAN-ID                                TBD    5.7.14  OctetString |
   |Port                                   TBD    5.7.15  Integer32   |
   |Port-Range                             TBD    5.7.16  Grouped     |
   |Port-Start                             TBD    5.7.17  Integer32   |
   |Port-End                               TBD    5.7.18  Integer32   |
   |Use-Assigned-Address                   TBD    5.7.19  Enumerated  |
   |Diffserv-Code-Point                    TBD    5.8.1   Enumerated  |
   |Fragmentation-Flag                     TBD    5.8.2   Enumerated  |
   |IP-Option                              TBD    5.8.3   Grouped     |
   |IP-Option-Type                         TBD    5.8.4   Enumerated  |
   |IP-Option-Value                        TBD    5.8.5   OctetString |
   |TCP-Option                             TBD    5.8.6   Grouped     |
   |TCP-Option-Type                        TBD    5.8.7   Enumerated  |
   |TCP-Option-Value                       TBD    5.8.8   OctetString |
   |TCP-Flags                              TBD    5.8.9   Grouped     |
   |TCP-Flag-Type                          TBD    5.8.10  Enumerated  |
   |ICMP-Type                              TBD    5.8.11  Grouped     |
   |ICMP-Type-Number                       TBD    5.8.12  Enumerated  |
   |ICMP-Code                              TBD    5.8.13  Enumerated  |
   |ETH-Option                             TBD    5.8.14  Grouped     |
   |ETH-Proto-Type                         TBD    5.8.15  Grouped     |
   |ETH-Ether-Type                         TBD    5.8.16  OctetString |
   |ETH-SAP                                TBD    5.8.17  OctetString |
   |ETH-Priority-Range                     TBD    5.8.18  Grouped     |



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   |ETH-Low-Priority                       TBD    5.8.19  OctetString |
   |ETH-High-Priority                      TBD    5.8.20  OctetString |
   +------------------------------------------------------------------+

   IANA is also requested to allocate a registry for the QoS-Semantics.
   The following values are allocated by this specification.

               (0): QoS-Desired
               (1): QoS-Available
               (2): QoS-Reserved
               (3): Minimum-QoS
               (4): QoS-Authorized

   A specification is required to add a new value to the registry.  A
   standards track document is required to depreciate, delete, or modify
   existing values.


9.  Security Considerations

   This document describes the extension of Diameter for conveying
   Quality of Service information.  The security considerations of the
   Diameter protocol itself have been discussed in RFC 3588bis
   [I-D.ietf-dime-rfc3588bis].  Use of the AVPs defined in this document
   MUST take into consideration the security issues and requirements of
   the Diameter Base protocol.


10.  References

10.1.  Normative References

   [DSCP]     IANA,, "Differentiated Services Field Codepoints",
               http://www.iana.org/assignments/dscp-registry.

   [I-D.ietf-dime-qos-parameters]
              Korhonen, J. and H. Tschofenig, "Quality of Service
              Parameters for Usage with the AAA Framework",
              draft-ietf-dime-qos-parameters-06 (work in progress),
              May 2008.

   [I-D.ietf-dime-rfc3588bis]
              Fajardo, V., Arkko, J., Loughney, J., and G. Zorn,
              "Diameter Base Protocol", draft-ietf-dime-rfc3588bis-10
              (work in progress), January 2008.

   [ICMPTYPE]
              IANA,, "ICMP Type Numbers",



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               http://www.iana.org/assignments/icmp-parameters.

   [IPOPTIONS]
              IANA,, "IP Option Numbers",
               http://www.iana.org/assignments/ip-parameters.

   [PROTOCOL]
              IANA,, "Protocol Types",
               http://www.iana.org/assignments/protocol-numbers.

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

   [RFC4005]  Calhoun, P., Zorn, G., Spence, D., and D. Mitton,
              "Diameter Network Access Server Application", RFC 4005,
              August 2005.

   [TCPOPTIONS]
              IANA,, "TCP Option Numbers",
               http://www.iana.org/assignments/tcp-parameters.

10.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.ietf-dime-diameter-qos]
              Sun, D., McCann, P., Tschofenig, H., Tsou, T., Doria, A.,
              and G. Zorn, "Diameter Quality of Service Application",
              draft-ietf-dime-diameter-qos-05 (work in progress),
              February 2008.


Authors' Addresses

   Jouni Korhonen
   TeliaSonera
   Teollisuuskatu 13
   Sonera  FIN-00051
   Finland

   Email: jouni.korhonen@teliasonera.com












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   Hannes Tschofenig
   Nokia Siemens Networks
   Linnoitustie 6
   Espoo  02600
   Finland

   Phone: +358 (50) 4871445
   Email: Hannes.Tschofenig@gmx.net
   URI:   http://www.tschofenig.priv.at


   Mayutan Arumaithurai
   University of Goettingen


   Email: mayutan.arumaithurai@gmail.com


   Mark Jones (editor)
   Bridgewater Systems
   303 Terry Fox Drive
   Ottawa, Ontario  K2K 3J1
   Canada

   Email: mark.jones@bridgewatersystems.com


   Avi Lior
   Bridgewater Systems
   303 Terry Fox Drive, Suite 500
   Ottawa, Ontario
   Canada K2K 3J1

   Phone: +1 613-591-6655
   Email: avi@bridgewatersystems.com
















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