DMM Working Group M. Liebsch
Internet-Draft NEC
Intended status: Standards Track S. Matsushima
Expires: January 7, 2016 SoftBank
S. Gundavelli
Cisco
D. Moses
Intel Corporation
July 6, 2015
Protocol for Forwarding Policy Configuration (FPC) in DMM
draft-ietf-dmm-fpc-cpdp-01.txt
Abstract
The specification as per this document supports the separation of the
Control-Plane for mobility- and session management from the actual
Data-Plane. The protocol semantics abstract from the actual details
for the configuration of Data-Plane nodes and apply between a Client
function, which is used by an application of the mobility Control-
Plane, and an Agent function, which is associated with the
configuration of Data-Plane nodes according to the policies issued by
the mobility Control-Plane. The scope of the policies comprises
forwarding rules and treatment of packets in terms of encapsulation,
IP address re-writing and QoS. Additional protocol semantics are
described to support the maintenance of the Data-Plane path.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Conventions and Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Model for Policy-based DMM Network Control . . . . . . . . . 3
3.1. Reference Architecture for DMM Forwarding Policy
Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.2. Generalized Rules on the Client-Agent-Interface . . . . . 6
3.3. Role of the DMM FPC Client Function . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.4. Role of the DMM FPC Agent Function . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4. Protocol Messages and Semantics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.1. Protocol Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.2. Protocol Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.3. Protocol Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5. Conceptual Data Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
7. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
8. Work Team Participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
9. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
9.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
9.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Appendix A. YANG Data Model for the FPC Protocol . . . . . . . . 20
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
1. Introduction
One objective of the Distributed Mobility Management (DMM) WG is the
separation of the mobility management Control- and Data-Plane to
enable flexible deployment, such as decentralized provisioning of
Data-Plane nodes (DPN). Data-Plane nodes can be configured to
function as anchor for a registered Mobile Node's (MN) traffic,
others can be configured to function as Mobile Access Gateway (MAG)
as per the Proxy Mobile IPv6 protocol [RFC5213] or a Foreign Agent
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(FA) as per the Mobile IPv4 protocol [RFC3344]. Requirements for DMM
have been described in [RFC7333], whereas best current practices for
DMM are documented in [RFC7429].
The Data-Plane must provide a set of functions to the Mobility
Control-Plane, such as support for encapsulation, IP address re-
writing, QoS differentiation and traffic shaping. In addition, the
configuration of forwarding rules must be provided. These
requirements are met by various transport network components, such as
IP switches and routers, though configuration semantics differs
between them.
Forwarding Policy Configuration (FPC) as per this document enables
the configuration of any Data-Plane node and type by the abstraction
of configuration details and the use of common configuration
semantics. The protocol using the FPC semantics is deployed between
a Client function, which is associated with the Mobility Management
Control-Plane, and an Agent function. The Agent function enforces
the Data-Plane configuration and can be present on a transport
network controller or co-located with a Data-Plane node. The Agent
applies the generalized configuration semantics to configuration,
which is specific to the Data-Plane node and type. The Mobility
Control-Plane can select one or multiple DPNs which suit the MN's
mobility management without the need to handle each node's routing-
or switching tables and local interface configurations for
potentially many routers serving the Data-Plane, but enforce the
policies for traffic treatment and forwarding through the FPC Client
and the FPC Agent functions.
2. Conventions and 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 [RFC2119].
3. Model for Policy-based DMM Network Control
3.1. Reference Architecture for DMM Forwarding Policy Configuration
The DMM Forwarding Policy Configuration (FPC) protocol enables DMM
use cases in deployments with separated Control-/Data-Plane and is
used by applications of the Mobility Control-Plane to enforce rules
for forwarding and traffic treatment in the Data-Plane. Figure 1
depicts an exemplary use case where downlink traffic from a
Correspondent Node (CN) towards a Mobile Node (MN) traverses multiple
DPNs, each applying policies as per the Control-Plane's request.
Policies in the one or multiple DPNs can result in traffic steering
according to a host-route, packet scheduling and marking according to
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a subscriber's QoS profile, or forwarding rules (e.g. encapsulation
within GRE or GTP-U tunnel).
+--------------------------+
| Mobility Control |
+--------------------------+
| | |
| | |
| | |
\ / V V V
+--+ -o- +---+ +---+ +---+ +--+
|MN| ---- |---|DPN|<========|DPN|<----|DPN|<--|CN|
+--+ | +---+ +---+ +---+ +--+
Rules: Rules: Rules:
Decap, Encap, host-route
Forward Forward,
qos
Figure 1: Exemplary illustration of a use case for DMM traffic
steering and policy enforcement at Data Plane Nodes (DPN)
Mobility Control-Plane functions have the following roles in common:
o Tracking an MN's location
o Accept requests to set up and maintain mobility-related Data-Plane
path between DPNs, taking QoS attributes into account. Such
requests can be issued through mobility protocols, such as Proxy
Mobile IPv6, and the associated operation with remote Mobility
Control-Plane functions.
o Become aware of different DPNs that provide the required Data-
plane functions to the Mobility Control-Plane and can be used for
mobility traffic forwarding and treatment
o Monitor the DPNs' operation and handle exceptions, e.g. the
detection of a partial DPN failure and the diversion of traffic
through a different DPN
o Maintain consistency between multiple DPNs which enforce policy
rules for an MN
Mobility Data-Plane functions have the following roles in common:
o Forward and treat traffic according to the policies and directives
sent by the Mobility Control-Plane
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o Provide status (e.g. load, health, statistics and traffic volume)
information on request
o Participate in the process for topology acquisition, e.g. by
exposing relevant topological and capability information, such as
support for QoS differentiation and supported encapsulation
protocols
The protocol for DMM FPC applies to the interface between an FPC
Client function and an FPC Agent function, as depicted in Figure 2.
The FPC Client function is associated with an application function of
the mobility management Control-Plane, e.g. a Local Mobility Anchor
Control-Plane function as per the Proxy Mobile IPv6 protocol. The
FPC Agent function processes the FPC protocol semantics and
translates them into configuration commands as per the DPN's
technology. In one example, an FPC Agent can be co-located with a
Transport Network Controller, which enforces forwarding rules on a
set of SDN switches. In another example, the Agent can be co-located
with a single router to directly interact with interface management
and the router's RIB Manager. The mapping of the common FPC
semantics and policy description as per this specification to the
configuration commands of a particular DPN is specific to the DPN's
technology and the Agent's implementation.
+-------------------------+
| Mobility Control-Plane |
| |
|+--------[API]----------+|
|| FPC Client Function ||
|+----------^------------+|
+-----------|-------------+
|
| DMM FPC protocol
|
+-----------|-------------+
|+----------v------------+|
|| FPC Agent Function ||
|+-----------------------+|
| |
| DPN Configuration API |
+-------------------------+
Figure 2: Illustration of the functional reference architecture for
DMM Forwarding Policy Configuration (FPC)
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3.2. Generalized Rules on the Client-Agent-Interface
To abstract configuration details of an IP switch or IP router on the
FPC protocol interface, this specification adopts the model of
logical Ports to bind certain properties, such as a QoS policy.
Additional properties can be bound to the same logical Port, e.g.
encapsulation of packets, being directed to that logical Port, in a
GRE tunnel. The remote tunnel endpoint is configured as part of the
property bound to that logical Port. All traffic, which has a
forwarding rule in common and should be forwarded according to the
properties bound to a particular Port, can be referred to that Port
by configuration of a forwarding rule. Multiple IP flows or even
aggregated traffic being destined to a given IP prefix can be
directed to that logical Port and experiences the same treatment
according to the configured properties and forwarding
characteristics. Aggregated or per-Host/per-Flow traffic can be
identified by a longest prefix match or a Traffic Selector [RFC6088]
respectively.
Figure 3 illustrates the generic policy configuration model as used
between an FPC Client function and an FPC Agent function.
<prefix 1> <IP flow 1> <host src IP 1> +-------------------+
<host dst IP 1> <IP flow 2> <prefix 2> | Bind 1..M |
| <IP flow 3> | | traffic templates |
| | | | to each logical |
| | | | port |
| | | +-------------------+
v v v
<PORT_1>------<PORT_2>------<PORT_3>--- ... [logical ports space]
| | |
+--PROP_1.1 +--PROP_2.1 +--PROP_3.1 +-------------------+
| | | Bind 1..N |
+--PROP_1.2 +--PROP_3.2 | properties |
| | to each logical |
+--PROP_1.3 | port |
+-------------------+
Figure 3: Illustration of generalized rules
3.3. Role of the DMM FPC Client Function
The DMM FPC Client function includes the following tasks:
o Per mobility management transaction or relevant event, build one
or multiple Control messages/attributes to control policies on one
or multiple DPA(s) according to the application's directives
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o Treat a DPN's policy rules (encapsulation, address re-write, QoS,
traffic monitoring) on the basis of properties being bound to
logical ports (similar to the bearer concept in cellular networks)
o Build, modify or delete logical ports as needed
o Bind associated policy rules as one or multiple properties to a
logical port
o Treat forwarding rules (e.g. per-IP flow, per-MN, per-IP, per-
prefix) on the basis of logical ports
o Send each generated message to the DMM FPC Agent associated with
the identified DPN
o Keep record of the policy rules/port information and the
associated DPN and FPC Agent Function
o Process received Response, Notification and Query messages issued
by a DMM FPC Agent Function and notify the application
3.4. Role of the DMM FPC Agent Function
The DMM FPC Agent function includes the following tasks:
o Process the received Control messages issued by a DMM FPC Client
Function
o Unambiguously match each logical port with an associated physical
port or interface at the identified DPN
o Apply the received properties to local configuration (e.g.
encapsulation, NA(P)T, traffic prioritization and scheduling) on
the identified DPN according to the DPN's technology
o Monitor scheduled events (e.g. failure or missing rule) and issue
an associated message to the FPC Client Function (NOTIFICATION,
QUERY)
4. Protocol Messages and Semantics
4.1. Protocol Messages
The following table lists all specified protocol messages to create
and delete logical Ports, to add properties and to add forwarding
rules in terms of binding traffic descriptors to a logical Port.
Furthermore, messages are specified to schedule tasks, such as
monitoring, at an Agent and to probe the status of the scheduled task
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from a Client. Additional messages are specified to enable the Data-
Plane to notify or query the Control-Plane through the Agent and
Client functions.
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Message | Description |
+=====================================================================+
| Messages issued by the FPC Client |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| PRT_ADD | Add a logical port |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| PRT_DEL | Delete an existing logical port |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| PROP_ADD | Add a property to a logical port |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| PROP_MOD | Modify a property of a logical port |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| PROP_DEL | Remove and delete a property from a logical port |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| RULE_ADD | Add forwarding rule by binding traffic descriptor |
| | to a logical port |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| RULE_MOD | Modify existing forwarding rule by changing the |
| | traffic descriptor bound to a logical port |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| RULE_DEL | Delete a forwarding rule |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| EVENT_REG | Register an event and descriptions at an Agent |
| | about what is to be monitored by the Agent and |
| | what is to be reported in case the event occurs |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| PROBE | Probe the status of a registered event |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Messages issued by the FPC Agent |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | Notify the Client about the status of a |
| NOTIFY | monitored attribute at any event kind |
| | (periodic / event trigger / probed) |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| QUERY | Query the Client about missing rules/states |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
Figure 4: Protocol Messages
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4.2. Protocol Attributes
Protocol messages as per Section 4.1 carry attributes to identify an
FPC Client- or Agent function, as well as a DPN, logical ports and
configuration data. Furthermore, attributes are carried to manage
logical ports and describe properties associated with a logical port,
as well as to describe per-host-, aggregate or IP flow traffic and
refer to a logical port as forwarding information.
This document specifies attributes from the following categories:
o Identifier attributes
o Properties
o Property-specific attributes
o Rules and Traffic descriptors
Note on the list of attributes: The list of attributes is not yet
complete.
Note on Format Clarification: Meant to provide an idea on the content
of attributes. Semantics of key information fields or sub-option and
the value's length (bit) are indicated. The possibility of a field/
option to appear multiple times in a message or within an attribute,
e.g. as sub-option, is referred to by '*'.
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+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Attribute | Format Clarification | Description |
+=====================================================================+
| Identifiers |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| PRT_ID | [32,PRT_ID] | Identifies a logical Port |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| PRT_PROP_ID | [32,PRT_ID] | Identifies a logical Port |
| | [8,PROP_ID] | and one of its properties |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| PRT_RULE_ID | [32,PRT_ID] | Identifies a logical Port |
| | [8,RULE_ID] | and a rule that refers to |
| | | the Port |
+----------------+----------------------+-----------------------------+
| CLI_ID | [16, Carrier ID] | Identifies an |
| | [16, Network ID] | FPC Client function |
| | [32, Client ID] | |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| AGT_ID | [16, Carrier ID] | Identifies an |
| | [16, Network ID] | FPC Agent function |
| | [32, Agent ID] | |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| DPN_ID | [16, Carrier ID] | Identifies a Data Plane |
| | [16, Network ID] | Node (DPN) |
| | [32, DPN ID] | |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| EVENT_ID | [32, Event ID] |Identifies a registered event|
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
Figure 5: Protocol Attributes: Identifiers
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+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Attribute | Format Clarification | Description |
+======================================================================+
| Properties |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| PROP_TUN | [type][src][dst] | Property Encapsulation, |
| | | indicates type GRE, IP, |
| | | GTP |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| PROP_REWR | [in_src_ip][out_src_ip] | Property NAT defines |
| | [in_dst_ip][out_dst_ip] | IP address and port |
| | [in_src_port][out_src_port]| re-write rules |
| | [in_dst_port][out_dst_port]| |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| PROP_QOS | [QoS index type][index] | Property QoS refers to |
| | [DSCP] | single index and DS Code|
| | | Point to write |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| PROP_GW | [ip address next hop] | IP address of the Next |
| | | Hop to which IP packets |
| | | should be forwarded |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
Figure 6: Protocol Attributes: Properties
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+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Attribute | Format Clarification | Description |
+=====================================================================+
| Property-specific |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| IPIP_CONF | | IP-encapsulation |
| | | configuration attribute |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| GRE_CONF | [prototype][seq-#] | GRE_encapsulation |
| | [key] | configuration attribute |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| GTP_CONF | [TEID_local] | GTP-U encapsulation |
| | [TEID_remote] | configuration attribute |
| | [seq-#] | |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| QOS_GBR | [GBR] *[PRT_ID] | Guaranteed Bit Rate and |
| | | single or multiple PRT_IDs |
| | | to which the GBR applies |
| | | when being aggregated |
+----------------+----------------------+-----------------------------+
| QOS_MBR | [MBR] *[PRT_ID] | Maximum Bit Rate and single |
| | | or multiple PRT_IDs to which|
| | | the MBR applies when being |
| | | aggregated |
+----------------+----------------------+-----------------------------+
Figure 7: Protocol Attributes: Property-specific
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Attribute | Format Clarification | Description |
+=====================================================================+
| Rules |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| RULE_DST_IP | [IP address] | Aggregated or per-host dst |
| | [Prefix Len] | IP address/prefix rule |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| RULE_SRC_IP | [IP address] | Aggregated or per-host src |
| | [Prefix Len] | IP address/prefix rule |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
| RULE_TS | [Traffic Selector] | Traffic Selector based rule,|
| | | Format as per RFC6088 |
+----------------+----------------------+-----------------------------+
Figure 8: Protocol Attributes: Rules
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4.3. Protocol Operation
The following list comprises a more detailed description of each
message's semantic.
o PRT_ADD - Issued by a Client to add a new logical port at an
Agent, to which traffic can be directed. An Agent receiving the
PRT_ADD message should identify the new logical port according to
the included port identifier (PRT_ID). The Agent should add a new
logical port into its conceptual data structures using the port
identifier as key. Optionally, the PRT_ADD message can include
property descriptions as well as rules descriptions, which are
bound and refer to the new logical port. This enables a Client to
issue a new configuration in a single transaction with an Agent.
o PRT_DEL - Used by a Client to delete an existing logical port. An
Agent receiving such message should delete all properties
associated with the identified port.
o PROP_ADD - Used by the Client to add a new property to an existing
logical port. The property is unambiguously identified through a
property identifier (PRT_PROP_ID). All traffic, which is directed
to this logical port, experiences the existing and newly added
property. Optionally, the PROP_ADD message can include rules
descriptions, which refer to the port to which the properties are
bound. This enables a Client to add new rules to the existing
port to which the new properties have been bound in a single
transaction.
o PROP_MOD - Used by a Client to modify an existing property. For
example, a tunnel property can be changed to direct traffic to a
different tunnel endpoint in case of an MN's handover.
Optionally, the PROP_MOD message can include rules descriptions,
which refer to the port whose properties are modified. This
enables a Client to add new rules to the existing port whose
properties have been modifier in a single transaction.
o PROP_DEL - Used by a Client to delete one or multiple properties,
each being identified by a property identifier.
o RULE_ADD - Used by a Client to add a forwarding rule and direct
traffic towards a logical port. The rule add command must
unambiguously identify aggregated traffic (longest prefix), per
host IP traffic or per-flow traffic in the RULE_ADD command and
bind the identified traffic to a logical port. An Agent receiving
a RULE_ADD command must add the rule to its local conceptual data
structures and apply commands for local configuration to add the
new forwarding rule on the DPN. Multiple forwarding rules, each
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identifying different traffic, can direct traffic to the same
logical port. All traffic being directed to this logical port
will then experience the same properties.
o RULE_MOD - Used by a Client to modify an existing forwarding rule.
An Agent receiving such message should apply commands for local
configuration to update the forwarding rule on the DPN.
o RULE_DEL - Used to delete an existing forwarding rule on a DPN.
The Agent receiving such message should delete the rules from its
local conceptual data structures and apply commands for local
configuration to remove the forwarding rule on the DPN.
o EVENT_REG - Used by a Client to register an attribute, which is to
be monitored, at an Agent. The EVENT_REG provides an attribute to
the Agent as well as a reporting kind. The Agent should register
the event and an event identifier in the local conceptual data
structures. The Agent should start monitoring the registered
attribute (e.g. load) and notify the Client about the status
according to the registered reporting kind (periodic, event
trigger, probed). In case of a periodic reporting kind, the Agent
should report the status of the attribute each configured interval
using a NOTIFY message. The reporting interval is provided with
the EVENT_REG message. In case of an event triggered reporting
kind, the Agent should report the status of the attribute in case
of a triggered event, e.g. the monitored attribute's value exceeds
a given threshold. The threshold is provided with the EVENT_REG
message. In case of probed reporting, the Agent receives a PROBE
message and should report the status of a monitored attributes to
the Client by means of a NOTIFY message.
o PROBE - Used by a Client to retrieve information about a
previously registered event. The PROBE message should identify
one or more events by means of including the associated event
identifier. An Agent receiving a PROBE message should send the
requested information for each event in a single or multiple
NOTIFY messages.
o NOTIFY - Used by an Agent to report the status of an event to a
Client.
o QUERY - Used by an Agent to request an update of logical port
properties via a Client.
The following list provides some information on the use and semantics
of attributes:
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o PROP_TUN - Defines the properties for encapsulation into different
tunnel headers. The property includes IP address information of
tunnel endpoints as well as a type identifier to select the
encapsulation type. Further attributes may be included to provide
information which is relevant for the configuration and
initialization of the tunnel.
o PROP_REWR - Defines the properties for IP address and port re-
write.
o PROP_QOS - Defines the QoS properties in terms of a known index
type, e.g. LTE's Quality Class Index (QCI), and its value (QCI
1..9), as well as a Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) to
classify and mark packets. Additional attributes may follow, e.g.
as sub-options, to define Guaranteed Bit Rate (GBR) and Maximum
Bit Rate (MBR) bounds. GBR and MBR attributes can apply to a
single port or multiple ports. The latter is required to
configure aggregate bounds, such as Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate
(AMBR), taking traffic, which is forwarded through different ports
(hence experiencing different treatment), into account. In such
case the GBR/MBR attributes append multiple PRT_ID attributes to
identify the ports which are to be monitored to determine the
aggregated view of the bit rate. The scope of attributes for QoS
is aligned to [RFC7222]. The Allocation and Retention Priority
(ARP) as per [RFC7222] is not present in the list of QoS-specific
attributes, since ARP is treated and kept in the Control-Plane for
granting requests for new resources and QoS, as well as for
preempting other QoS configuration, if needed.
o PROP_GW - Defines a Next Hop IP address, to which packets are
forwarded. Using this attribute, the Control-Plane can configure
a host-route in the Data-Plane to deviate from default routes.
Figure 9 illustrates an exemplary session life-cycle based on Proxy
Mobile IPv6 registration via MAG Control-Plane function 1 (MAG-C1)
and handover to MAG Control-Plane function 2 (MAG-C2). Edge DPN1
represents the Proxy CoA after attachment, whereas Edge DPN2 serves
as Proxy CoA after handover.
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+-------Router--------+
+-----------+ |+-------+ +---------+|
+------+ +------+ +-----+ FPC | | FPC | | Anchor |
|MAG-C1| |MAG-C2| |LMA-C| Client| | Agent | | DPN |
+------+ +------+ +-----+-------+ +-------+ +---------+
[MN attach] | | | |
|-------------PBU----->| | |
| | |----(1)-PRT_ADD---------->| |
| | | [PRT_ID] | |
| | | | |
| | |--(2)---PROP_ADD--------->| |
| | | [PROP_ID,PROP_TUN] |--tun1 up->|
| | | | |
| | |--(3)---PROP_ADD--------->| |
| | | [PROP_ID,PROP_QOS] |--tc qos-->|
|<------------PBA------|--(4)----RULE_ADD-------->| |
| +----+ | | [HNP,PRT_ID] |-route add>|
| |Edge| | | | |
| |DPN1| | | | |
| +----+ | | | |
| | |
| |-=======================================================-|
| | | |
| [MN handover] | | |
| |---PBU ---->| | |
| | |--(5)---PROP_MOD--------->| |
| |<--PBA------| [PROP_ID,PROP_TUN] |-tun1 mod->|
| | | | |
| | +----+ | | |
| | |Edge| | | |
| | |DPN2| | | |
| | +----+ | | |
| | | | | |
| | |-============================================-|
| | | | |
Figure 9: Exemplary Message Sequence (focus on FPC reference point)
After reception of the Proxy Binding Update (PBU) at the LMA Control-
Plane function (LMA_C), the LMA-C selects a suitable DPN, which
serves as Data-Plane anchor to the MN's traffic. The LMA-C adds a
new logical port to the DPN to treat the MN's traffic (1) and
includes a Port Identifier (PRT_ID) to the PRT_ADD command. The
LMA-C identifies the selected Anchor DPN by including the associated
DPN identifier.
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Subsequently, the LMA-C adds properties to the new logical port. One
property is added (2) to specify the forwarding tunnel type and
endpoints (Anchor DPN, Edge DPN1). Another property is added (3) to
specify the QoS differentiation, which the MN's traffic should
experience. At reception of the properties, the FPC Agent calls
local router commands to enforce the tunnel configuration (tun1) as
well as the traffic control (tc) for QoS differentiation. After
configuration of port properties have been completed, the LMA can
configure the enforcement of the MN's traffic by adding a rule
(RULE_ADD) to forward traffic destined to the MN's HNP to the new
logical port (4). At the reception of the forwarding rule, the Agent
applies a new route to forward all traffic destined to the MN's HNP
to the configured tunnel interface (tun1).
During handover, the LMA-C receives an updating PBU from the handover
target MAG-C2. The PBU refers to a new Data-Plane node (Edge DPN2)
to represent the new tunnel endpoint. The LMA-C sends a PROP_MOD
message (5) to the Agent to modify the existing tunnel property of
the existing logical port and to update the tunnel endpoint from Edge
DPN1 to Edge DPN2. At reception of the PROP_MOD message, the Agent
applies local configuration commands to modify the tunnel.
To reduce the number of protocol handshakes between the LMA-C and the
DPN, the LMA-C can append property (PROP_TUN, PROP_QOS) and rules
(prefix info HNP) attributes to the PRT_ADD message, as illustrated
in Figure 10
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+-----------+ +-------+ +---------+
+------+ +------+ +-----+ FPC | | FPC | | Anchor |
|MAG-C1| |MAG-C2| |LMA-C| Client| | Agent | | DPN |
+------+ +------+ +-----+-------+ +-------+ +---------+
[MN attach] | | | |
|-------------PBU----->| | |
| | |----(1)-PRT_ADD----------->| |
| | | [PRT_ID,PROP_ID,PROP_TUN, |--tun1 up->|
|<------------PBA------| PROP_ID,PROP_QOS, |--tc qos-->|
| | | HNP] |-route add>|
| [Edge]-=====================================================-|
| [DPN1| | | | |
| | | | |
| [MN handover] | | |
| |---PBU ---->| | |
| | |---------PROP_MOD--------->| |
| |<--PBA------| [PROP_ID,PROP_TUN] |-tun1 mod->|
| | | | |
| | [Edge]-===========================================-|
| | [DPN2] | | |
Figure 10: Example: Sequence for Message Aggregation (focus on FPC
reference point)
5. Conceptual Data Structures
An FPC Client must keep record about the logical ports, each port's
properties as well as configured rules as per the Mobility Control-
Plane function's request. Such information must be maintained for
each Agent, with which the Client communicates. In case the Mobility
Control-Plane function identifies a particular DPN at which the
policies should be enforced, the Client must associate the DPN
identifier with the logical port configuration.
According to the FPC Agent's role, the Agent translates the
generalized model for policy configuration and forwarding rules into
semantics and commands for local configuration, which is specific to
a DPN. Keeping a local record of DPN configuration attributes/values
is implementation specific and out of scope of this document.
Description of detailed data structures and information to be
recorded and maintained by an FPC Client and an FPC Agent are TBD and
will be added to a revision of this initial document.
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6. Security Considerations
Detailed protocol implementations for DMM Forwarding Policy
Configuration must ensure integrity of the information exchanged
between an FPC Client and an FPC Agent. Required Security
Associations may be derived from co-located functions, which utilize
the FPC Client and FPC Agent respectively.
7. IANA Considerations
This document provides an information model for DMM Forwarding Policy
Configuration. Detailed protocol specifications for DMM Forwarding
Policy Configuration will follow the information model as per this
document and can be based on, for example, ReST-like or binary
protocol formats. Such protocol-specific details will be described
in separate documents and may require IANA actions.
8. Work Team Participants
Participants in the FPSM work team discussion include Satoru
Matsushima, Danny Moses, Sri Gundavelli, Marco Liebsch, Pierrick
Seite, Alper Yegin, Carlos Bernardos, Charles Perkins and Fred
Templin.
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.
[RFC6088] Tsirtsis, G., Giarreta, G., Soliman, H., and N. Montavont,
"Traffic Selectors for Flow Bindings", RFC 6088, January
2011.
[RFC7333] Chan, H., Liu, D., Seite, P., Yokota, H., and J. Korhonen,
"Requirements for Distributed Mobility Management", RFC
7333, August 2014.
[RFC7429] Liu, D., Zuniga, JC., Seite, P., Chan, H., and CJ.
Bernardos, "Distributed Mobility Management: Current
Practices and Gap Analysis", RFC 7429, January 2015.
9.2. Informative References
[RFC3344] Perkins, C., "IP Mobility Support for IPv4", RFC 3344,
August 2002.
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[RFC5213] Gundavelli, S., Leung, K., Devarapalli, V., Chowdhury, K.,
and B. Patil, "Proxy Mobile IPv6", RFC 5213, August 2008.
[RFC7222] Liebsch, M., Seite, P., Yokota, H., Korhonen, J., and S.
Gundavelli, "Quality-of-Service Option for Proxy Mobile
IPv6", RFC 7222, May 2014.
Appendix A. YANG Data Model for the FPC Protocol
This appendix provides (so far experimental) formating of some FPC
protocol components adopting YANG data modeling. The current FPC
information model as per this initial draft version will experience
extensions, as it is not yet complete, and may experience changes
that need to be reflected in the data model. Whether a detailed data
model will be included in this document or solely an information
model will be adopted by this document and a detailed data model will
be part of a separate document is currently being discussed.
<CODE BEGINS> file "ietf-dmm-fpcp@2015-07-06.yang"
module ietf-dmm-fpcp {
namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-dmm-fpcp";
prefix fpcp;
import ietf-inet-types { prefix inet; }
organization "IETF DMM Working Group";
contact "Satoru Matsushima <satoru.matsushima@g.softbank.co.jp>";
description
"This module contains YANG definition for
Forwarding Policy Configuration Protocol.(FPCP)";
revision 2015-07-06 {
description "Changes based on -01 version of FPCP draft.";
reference "draft-ietf-dmm-fpc-cpdp-01";
}
typedef fpcp-port-id {
type uint32;
description "PRT_ID";
}
typedef fpcp-property-id {
type uint8;
description "PRT_PROP_ID";
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}
typedef fpcp-rule-id {
type uint8;
description "PRT_RULE_ID";
}
identity tunnel-type {
description
"Base identity from which specific use of
tunnels are derived.";
}
identity fpcp-tunnel-type {
base "tunnel-type";
description
"Base identity from which specific tunnel
types in FPCP uses are derived.";
}
identity ip-in-ip {
base "fpcp-tunnel-type";
description "IP-in-IP tunnel";
}
identity gtp {
base "fpcp-tunnel-type";
description "GTP-U tunnel";
}
identity gre {
base "fpcp-tunnel-type";
description "GRE tunnel";
}
identity service-function {
description
"Base identity from which specific
service function types are derived.";
}
identity ip-protocol {
description
"Base identity from which specific
IP protocol types are derived.";
}
identity qos-type {
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description
"Base identity from which specific
uses of QoS types are derived.";
}
identity fpcp-qos-type {
base "qos-type";
description
"Base identity from which specific
QoS types in FPCP uses are derived.";
}
identity fpcp-qos-type-gbr {
base "fpcp-qos-type";
description
"A QoS Type for Guaranteed Bit Rate (GBR).";
}
identity fpcp-qos-type-mbr {
base "fpcp-qos-type";
description
"A QoS Type for Maximum Bit Rate (MBR).";
}
grouping fpcp-client {
description "CLI_ID to identify FPCP Client";
leaf carrier-id {
type uint16;
description "Carrier ID";
}
leaf network-id {
type uint16;
description "Network ID";
}
leaf client-id {
type uint32;
mandatory true;
description "Client ID";
}
}
grouping fpcp-agent {
description "AGT_ID to identify FPCP Agent";
leaf carrier-id {
type uint16;
description "Carrier ID";
}
leaf network-id {
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type uint16;
description "Network ID";
}
leaf agent-id {
type uint32;
mandatory true;
description "Agent ID";
}
}
grouping dpn {
description "DPN_ID to identify Data-Plane Node";
leaf carrier-id {
type uint16;
description "Carrier ID";
}
leaf network-id {
type uint16;
description "Network ID";
}
leaf dpn-id {
type uint32;
mandatory true;
description "DPN ID";
}
}
grouping tunnel-endpoints {
description
"PROP_TUN property as a set of tunnel endpoints";
leaf tunnel-type {
type identityref {
base "fpcp-tunnel-type";
}
description "Tunnel Type";
}
leaf remote-address {
type inet:ip-address;
description "Remote endpoint";
}
leaf local-address {
type inet:ip-address;
description "Local endpoint";
}
}
grouping gtp-attributes {
description
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"GTP_CONF as GTP tunnel specific attributes";
leaf remote-teid {
type uint32;
description "TEID of remote-endpoint";
}
leaf local-teid {
type uint32;
description "TEID of local-endpoint";
}
}
grouping gre-attributes {
description
"GRE_CONF as GRE tunnel specific attribute";
leaf key {
type uint32;
description "GRE_KEY";
}
}
grouping rewriting-properties {
description
"PROP_REWR. TBD for which type of rewriting functions
need to be defined";
leaf type {
type identityref {
base service-function;
}
description "The type of service-function";
}
}
grouping qos-properties {
description "PROP_QOS";
leaf qos-type {
type identityref {
base "fpcp-qos-type";
}
description "QoS Type";
}
leaf bandwidth {
type uint32;
description "";
}
}
grouping fpcp-identifier-attributes {
description
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"Identifiers of protocol attributes";
container client {
description "Client ID";
uses fpcp-client;
}
container agent {
description "Agent ID";
uses fpcp-agent;
}
list nodes {
key dpn-id;
uses dpn;
description "DPN ID";
}
}
grouping fpcp-traffic-descriptor {
description
"Traffic descriptor group collects parameters to
identify target traffic flow.";
leaf rule-id {
type fpcp-rule-id;
description "PRT_RULE_ID";
}
leaf destination-ip {
type inet:ip-prefix;
description "Rule of destination IP";
}
leaf source-ip {
type inet:ip-prefix;
description "Rule of source IP";
}
leaf protocol {
type identityref {
base "ip-protocol";
}
description "Rule of protocol";
}
leaf destination-port {
type inet:port-number;
description "Rule of destination port";
}
leaf source-port {
type inet:port-number;
description "Rule of source port";
}
}
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grouping fpcp-port-properties {
description
"A set of port property attributes";
leaf property-id {
type fpcp-property-id;
description "Property ID";
}
container endpoints {
description "Tunnel Endpoint";
uses tunnel-endpoints;
}
container qos {
description "QoS Type";
uses qos-properties;
}
container rewriting {
description "Rewriting function";
uses rewriting-properties;
}
choice tunnel {
description "Tunnel-Type";
case gtp-u {
when "tunnel-type = 'gtp'" {
description "In case of GTP-U is tunnel-type";
}
uses gtp-attributes;
}
case gre {
when "tunnel-type = 'gre'" {
description "In case of GRE is tunnel-type";
}
uses gre-attributes;
}
}
}
// Port Entries
container port-entries {
description
"This container binds set of traffic-descriptor and
port properties to a port and lists them as a port entry.";
list port-entry {
key port-id;
description "List of port entries";
leaf port-id {
type fpcp-port-id;
description "Port-ID";
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}
container identifier {
description "Attributes set of Identifiers";
uses fpcp-identifier-attributes;
}
list trafic-descriptor {
key rule-id;
description "Rule and traffic-descriptor";
uses fpcp-traffic-descriptor;
}
list properties {
key property-id;
description "Attributes set of properties";
uses fpcp-port-properties;
}
}
}
// PRT_ADD
rpc port_add {
description "PRT_ADD";
input {
list adding-ports {
description "Ports that are added to an agent";
leaf port-id {
type fpcp-port-id;
description "Port-ID";
}
container trafic-descriptor {
description "Rule and traffic-descriptor";
uses fpcp-traffic-descriptor;
}
list properties {
key property-id;
description "Attributes set of properties";
uses fpcp-port-properties;
}
}
}
}
// PRT_DEL
rpc port_delete {
description "PRT_DEL";
input {
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list deleting-ports {
description "Ports that are deleted from an agent";
leaf deleting-port {
type fpcp-port-id;
description "Deleting port-id";
}
}
}
}
// PROP_ADD
rpc port_property_add {
description "PROP_ADD";
input {
list adding-properties {
description "Properties that are added to an agent";
leaf target-port {
type fpcp-port-id;
description "Port-ID";
}
list properties {
key property-id;
description "Attributes set of properties";
uses fpcp-port-properties;
}
}
}
}
// PROP_MOD
rpc port_property_modify {
description "PROP_MOD";
input {
list modifying-properties {
description
"Properties that are modified in an agent";
leaf target-port {
type fpcp-port-id;
mandatory true;
description
"Target port-id of modifying properties";
}
list properties {
key property-id;
description "Attributes set of properties";
uses fpcp-port-properties;
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}
}
}
}
// PROP_DEL
rpc port_property_delete {
description "PROP_DEL";
input {
list deleting-property {
description
"Target port/property-id of deleting properties";
leaf port-id {
type fpcp-port-id;
mandatory true;
description "Port ID";
}
leaf property-id {
type fpcp-property-id;
mandatory true;
description "Property ID";
}
}
}
}
// RULE_ADD
rpc rule_add {
description
"TBD for input parameters of which RULE_ADD includes
but now just traffic-descriptor.";
input {
list adding-rules {
description "Rules that are added to an agent";
leaf target-port {
type fpcp-port-id;
mandatory true;
description "Target port-id of adding rule";
}
list port-rules {
description "Added rule";
uses fpcp-traffic-descriptor;
}
}
}
}
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// RULE_MOD
rpc rule_modify {
description
"TBD for input parameters of which RULE_MOD includes
but now just traffic-descriptor.";
input {
list modifying-rules {
description "Rules that are modified in an agent";
leaf target-port {
type fpcp-port-id;
mandatory true;
description "Target port-id of modifying rule";
}
list port-rule {
description "Modified rule";
uses fpcp-traffic-descriptor;
}
}
}
}
// RULE_DEL
rpc rule_delete {
description
"TBD for input parameters of which RULE_DEL includes
but now just traffic-descriptor.";
input {
list deleting-rules {
description "Rules that are deleted from an agent";
leaf target-port {
type fpcp-port-id;
mandatory true;
description "Target port-id of deleting rule";
}
list target-rules {
description "Deleting rules";
leaf target-rule-id {
type fpcp-rule-id;
mandatory true;
description "Rule ID";
}
}
}
}
}
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// EVENT_REG
rpc event_register {
description
"TBD for registered parameters included in EVENT_REG.";
}
// PROBE
rpc probe {
description
"TBD for retrieved parameters included in PROBE.";
}
// NOTIFY
notification notify {
description
"TBD for which status and event are reported to client.";
}
}
</CODE ENDS>
Figure 11: FPC YANG Data Model
Authors' Addresses
Marco Liebsch
NEC Laboratories Europe
NEC Europe Ltd.
Kurfuersten-Anlage 36
D-69115 Heidelberg
Germany
Phone: +49 6221 4342146
Email: liebsch@neclab.eu
Satoru Matsushima
SoftBank
1-9-1,Higashi-Shimbashi,Minato-Ku
Tokyo 105-7322
Japan
Email: satoru.matsushima@g.softbank.co.jp
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Sri Gundavelli
Cisco
170 West Tasman Drive
San Jose, CA 95134
USA
Email: sgundave@cisco.com
Danny Moses
Email: danny.moses@intel.com
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