MULTIMOB Group T C. Schmidt, Ed.
Internet-Draft HAW Hamburg
Intended status: Standards Track S. Gao
Expires: January 17, 2013 H. Zhang
Beijing Jiaotong University
M. Waehlisch
link-lab & FU Berlin
July 16, 2012
Mobile Multicast Sender Support in Proxy Mobile IPv6 (PMIPv6) Domains
draft-ietf-multimob-pmipv6-source-01
Abstract
Multicast communication can be enabled in Proxy Mobile IPv6 domains
via the Local Mobility Anchors by deploying MLD Proxy functions at
Mobile Access Gateways, via a direct traffic distribution within an
ISP's access network, or by selective route optimization schemes.
This document describes the support of mobile multicast senders in
Proxy Mobile IPv6 domains for all three scenarios. Protocol
optimizations for synchronizing PMIPv6 with PIM, as well as extended
MLD Proxy functions are presented. Mobile sources always remain
agnostic of multicast mobility operations.
Requirements Language
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].
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3. Base Solution for Source Mobility and PMIPv6 Routing . . . . . 5
3.1. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.2. Base Solution for Source Mobility: Details . . . . . . . . 9
3.2.1. Operations of the Mobile Node . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.2.2. Operations of the Mobile Access Gateway . . . . . . . 9
3.2.3. Operations of the Local Mobility Anchor . . . . . . . 9
3.2.4. IPv4 Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.2.5. Efficiency of the Distribution System . . . . . . . . 11
4. Direct Multicast Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.1. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.2. MLD Proxies at MAGs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.2.1. Considerations for PIM-SM on the Upstream . . . . . . 13
4.2.2. SSM Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.3. PIM-SM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.3.1. Routing Information Base for PIM-SM . . . . . . . . . 14
4.3.2. Operations of PIM in Phase One . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.3.3. Operations of PIM in Phase Two . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.3.4. Operations of PIM in Phase Three . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.3.5. PIM-SSM Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.3.6. Handover Optimizations for PIM . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.4. BIDIR-PIM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4.4.1. Routing Information Base for BIDIR-PIM . . . . . . . . 17
4.4.2. Operations of BIDIR-PIM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5. Extended MLD Proxy Functions for Optimized Source Mobility
in PMIPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5.1. Multiple Upstream Interface Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5.1.1. Operations for Local Multicast Sources . . . . . . . . 19
5.1.2. Operations for Local Multicast Subscribers . . . . . . 19
5.2. Peering Function for MLD Proxies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
5.2.1. Operations at the Multicast Sender . . . . . . . . . . 19
5.2.2. Operations at the Multicast Listener . . . . . . . . . 20
6. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
7. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
8. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
9. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
9.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
9.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Appendix A. Evaluation of Traffic Flows . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Appendix B. Change Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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1. Introduction
Proxy Mobile IPv6 (PMIPv6) [RFC5213] extends Mobile IPv6 (MIPv6)
[RFC6275] by network-based management functions that enable IP
mobility for a host without requiring its participation in any
mobility-related signaling. Additional network entities called the
Local Mobility Anchor (LMA), and Mobile Access Gateways (MAGs), are
responsible for managing IP mobility on behalf of the mobile node
(MN). An MN connected to a PMIPv6 domain, which only operates
according to the base specifications of [RFC5213], cannot participate
in multicast communication, as MAGs will discard group packets.
Multicast support for mobile listeners can be enabled within a PMIPv6
domain by deploying MLD Proxy functions at Mobile Access Gateways,
and multicast routing functions at Local Mobility Anchors [RFC6224].
This base deployment option is the simplest way to PMIPv6 multicast
extensions in the sense that it follows the common PMIPv6 traffic
model and neither requires new protocol operations nor additional
infrastructure entities. Standard software functions need to be
activated on PMIPv6 entities, only, at the price of possibly non-
optimal multicast routing.
Alternate solutions leverage performance optimization by providing
multicast routing at the access gateways directly, or by selective
route optimization schemes. Such approaches (partially) follow the
business model of providing multicast data services in parallel to
PMIPv6 unicast routing.
Multicast listener support satisfies the needs of receptive use cases
such as IPTV or sever-centric gaming on mobiles. However, current
trends in the Internet enfold towards user-centric, highly
interactive group applications like user generated streaming,
conferencing, collective mobile sensing, etc. Many of these popular
applications create group content at end systems and can largely
profit from a direct data transmission to a multicast-enabled
network.
This document describes the support of mobile multicast senders in
Proxy Mobile IPv6 domains subsequently for the base deployment
scenario [RFC6224], for direct traffic distribution within an ISP's
access network, as well as for selective route optimization schemes.
The contribution of this work reflects the source mobility problem as
discussed in [RFC5757]. Mobile Nodes in this setting remain agnostic
of multicast mobility operations.
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2. Terminology
This document uses the terminology as defined for the mobility
protocols [RFC6275], [RFC5213] and [RFC5844], as well as the
multicast edge related protocols [RFC3376], [RFC3810] and [RFC4605].
3. Base Solution for Source Mobility and PMIPv6 Routing
3.1. Overview
The reference scenario for multicast deployment in Proxy Mobile IPv6
domains is illustrated in Figure 1. MAGs play the role of first-hop
access routers that serve multiple MNs on the downstream while
running an MLD/IGMP proxy instance for every LMA upstream tunnel.
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+-------------+
| Multicast |
| Listeners |
+-------------+
|
*** *** *** ***
* ** ** ** *
* *
* Fixed Internet *
* *
* ** ** ** *
*** *** *** ***
/ \
+----+ +----+
|LMA1| |LMA2| Multicast Anchor
+----+ +----+
LMAA1 | | LMAA2
| |
\\ //\\
\\ // \\
\\ // \\ Unicast Tunnel
\\ // \\
\\ // \\
\\ // \\
Proxy-CoA1 || || Proxy-CoA2
+----+ +----+
|MAG1| |MAG2| MLD Proxy
+----+ +----+
| | |
MN-HNP1 | | MN-HNP2 | MN-HNP3
| | |
MN1 MN2 MN3
Multicast Sender + Listener(s)
Figure 1: Reference Network for Multicast Deployment in PMIPv6 with
Source Mobility
An MN in a PMIPv6 domain will decide on multicast data transmission
completely independent of its current mobility conditions. It will
send packets as initiated by applications, using its source address
with Home Network Prefix (HNP) and a multicast destination address
chosen by application needs. Multicast packets will arrive at the
currently active MAG via one of its downstream local (wireless)
links. A multicast unaware MAG would simply discard these packets in
the absence of a multicast routing information base (MRIB).
An MN can successfully distribute multicast data in PMIPv6, if MLD
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proxy functions are deployed at the MAG as described in [RFC6224].
In this set-up, the MLD proxy instance serving a mobile multicast
source has configured its upstream interface at the tunnel towards
MN's corresponding LMA. For each LMA, there will be a separate
instance of an MLD proxy.
According to the specifications given in [RFC4605], multicast data
arriving from a downstream interface of an MLD proxy will be
forwarded to the upstream interface and to all but the incoming
downstream interfaces that have appropriate forwarding states for
this group. Thus multicast streams originating from an MN will
arrive at the corresponding LMA and directly at all mobile receivers
co-located at the same MAG and MLD Proxy instance. Serving as the
designated multicast router or an additional MLD proxy, the LMA
forwards data to the fixed Internet, whenever forwarding states are
maintained by multicast routing. If the LMA is acting as another MLD
proxy, it will forward the multicast data to its upstream interface,
and to downstream interfaces with matching subscriptions,
accordingly.
In case of a handover, the MN (unaware of IP mobility) can continue
to send multicast packets as soon as network connectivity is
reconfigured. At this time, the MAG has determined the corresponding
LMA, and IPv6 unicast address configuration (including PMIPv6
bindings) has been performed . Still multicast packets arriving at
the MAG are discarded (if not buffered) until the MAG has completed
the following steps.
1. The MAG has determined that the MN is admissible to multicast
services.
2. The MAG has added the new downstream link to the MLD proxy
instance with up-link to the corresponding LMA.
As soon as the MN's uplink is associated with the corresponding MLD
proxy instance, multicast packets are forwarded again to the LMA and
eventually to receivers within the PMIP domain (see the call flow in
Figure 2). In this way, multicast source mobility is transparently
enabled in PMIPv6 domains that deploy the base scenario for
multicast.
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MN1 MAG1 MN2 MAG2 LMA
| | | | |
| | Mcast Data | | |
| |<---------------+ | |
| | Mcast Data | | |
| Join(G) +================================================>|
+--------------> | | | |
| Mcast Data | | | |
|<---------------+ | | |
| | | | |
| < Movement of MN 2 to MAG2 & PMIP Binding Update > |
| | | | |
| | |--- Rtr Sol -->| |
| | |<-- Rtr Adv ---| |
| | | | |
| | | < MLD Proxy Configuration > |
| | | | |
| | | MLD Query | |
| | |<--------------+ |
| | | Mcast Data | |
| | +-------------->| |
| | | | Mcast Data |
| | | +===============>|
| | | | |
| | Mcast Data | | |
| |<================================================+
| Mcast Data | | | |
|<---------------+ | | |
| | | | |
Figure 2: Call Flow for Group Communication in Multicast-enabled PMIP
These multicast deployment considerations likewise apply for mobile
nodes that operate with their IPv4 stack enabled in a PMIPv6 domain.
PMIPv6 can provide IPv4 home address mobility support [RFC5844].
IPv4 multicast is handled by an IGMP proxy function at the MAG in an
analogous way.
Following these deployment steps, multicast traffic distribution
transparently inter-operates with PMIPv6. It is worth noting that an
MN - while being attached to the same MAG as the mobile source, but
associated with a different LMA - cannot receive multicast traffic on
a shortest path. Instead, multicast streams flow up to the LMA of
the mobile source, are transferred to the LMA of the mobile listener
and tunneled downwards to the MAG again (see Appendix A for further
considerations).
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3.2. Base Solution for Source Mobility: Details
Incorporating multicast source mobility in PMIPv6 requires to deploy
general multicast functions at PMIPv6 routers and to define their
interaction with the PMIPv6 protocol in the following way.
3.2.1. Operations of the Mobile Node
A Mobile Node willing to send multicast data will proceed as if
attached to the fixed Internet. No specific mobility or other
multicast related functionalities are required at the MN.
3.2.2. Operations of the Mobile Access Gateway
A Mobile Access Gateway is required to have MLD proxy instances
deployed, one for each tunnel to an LMA, which serves as its unique
upstream link (cf., [RFC6224]). On the arrival of an MN, the MAG
decides on the mapping of downstream links to a proxy instance and
the upstream link to the LMA based on the regular Binding Update List
as maintained by PMIPv6 standard operations. When multicast data is
received from the MN, the MAG MUST identify the corresponding proxy
instance from the incoming interface and forwards multicast data
upstream according to [RFC4605].
The MAG MAY apply special admission control to enable multicast data
transition from an MN. It is advisable to take special care that MLD
proxy implementations do not redistribute multicast data to
downstream interfaces without appropriate subscriptions in place.
3.2.3. Operations of the Local Mobility Anchor
For any MN, the Local Mobility Anchor acts as the persistent Home
Agent and at the same time as the default multicast upstream for the
corresponding MAG. It will manage and maintain a multicast
forwarding information base for all group traffic arriving from its
mobile sources. It SHOULD participate in multicast routing functions
that enable traffic redistribution to all adjacent LMAs within the
PMIPv6 domain and thereby ensure a continuous receptivity while the
source is in motion.
3.2.3.1. Local Mobility Anchors Operating PIM
Local Mobility Anchors that operate the PIM-SM routing protocol
[RFC4601] will require sources to be directly connected for sending
PIM registers to the RP. This does not hold in a PMIPv6 domain, as
MAGs are routers intermediate to MN and the LMA. In this sense, MNs
are multicast sources external to the PIM-SM domain.
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To mitigate this incompatibility common to all subsidiary MLD proxy
domains, the LMA should act as a PIM Border Router and activate the
Border-bit. In this case, the DirectlyConnected(S) is treated as
being TRUE for mobile sources and the PIM-SM forwarding rule "iif ==
RPF_interface(S)" is relaxed to be TRUE, as the incoming tunnel
interface from MAG to LMA is considered as not part of the PIM-SM
component of the LMA (see A.1 of [RFC4601] ).
Notably, running BIDIR PIM [RFC5015] on LMAs remains robust with
respect to source location and does not require a special
configuration.
3.2.4. IPv4 Support
An MN in a PMIPv6 domain may use an IPv4 address transparently for
communication as specified in [RFC5844]. For this purpose, an LMA
can register an IPv4-Proxy-CoA in its Binding Cache and the MAG can
provide IPv4 support in its access network. Correspondingly,
multicast membership management will be performed by the MN using
IGMP. For multicast support on the network side, an IGMP proxy
function needs to be deployed at MAGs in exactly the same way as for
IPv6. [RFC4605] defines IGMP proxy behaviour in full agreement with
IPv6/MLD. Thus IPv4 support can be transparently provided following
the obvious deployment analogy.
For a dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 access network, the MAG proxy instances
SHOULD choose multicast signaling according to address configurations
on the link, but MAY submit IGMP and MLD queries in parallel, if
needed. It should further be noted that the infrastructure cannot
identify two data streams as identical when distributed via an IPv4
and IPv6 multicast group. Thus duplicate data may be forwarded on a
heterogeneous network layer.
A particular note is worth giving the scenario of [RFC5845] in which
overlapping private address spaces of different operators can be
hosted in a PMIP domain by using GRE encapsulation with key
identification. This scenario implies that unicast communication in
the MAG-LMA tunnel can be individually identified per MN by the GRE
keys. This scenario still does not impose any special treatment of
multicast communication for the following reasons.
Multicast streams from and to MNs arrive at a MAG on point-to-point
links (identical to unicast). Multicast data transmission from the
MAG to the corresponding LMA is link-local between the routers and
routing/forwarding remains independent of any individual MN. So the
MAG-proxy and the LMA SHOULD NOT use GRE key identifiers, but plain
GRE encapsulation in multicast communication (including MLD queries
and reports). Multicast traffic sent upstream and downstream of MAG-
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to-LMA tunnels proceeds as router-to-router forwarding according to
the multicast routing information base (MRIB) of the MAG or LMA and
independent of MN's unicast addresses, while the MAG proxy instance
re-distributes multicast data down the point-to-point links
(interfaces) according to its own MRIB, independent of MN's IP
addresses.
3.2.5. Efficiency of the Distribution System
In the following efficiency-related issues are enumerated.
Multicast reception at LMA In the current deployment scenario, the
LMA will receive all multicast traffic originating from its
associated MNs. There is no mechanism to suppress upstream
forwarding in the absence of receivers.
MNs on the same MAG using different LMAs For a mobile receiver and a
source that use different LMAs, the traffic has to go up to one
LMA, cross over to the other LMA, and then be tunneled back to the
same MAG, causing redundant flows in the access network and at the
MAG.
4. Direct Multicast Routing
There are deployment scenarios, where multicast services are
available throughout the access network independent of the PMIPv6
routing system [I-D.ietf-multimob-pmipv6-ropt]. In these cases, the
visited networks grant a local content distribution service (in
contrast to LMA-based home subscription) with locally optimized
traffic flows. It is also possible to deploy a mixed service model
of local and LMA-based subscriptions, provided a unique way of
service selection is implemented. For example, access routers (MAGs)
could decide on service access based on the multicast address G or
the SSM channel (S,G) under request (see Section 5 for a further
discussion).
4.1. Overview
Direct multicast access can be supported by
o native multicast routing provided by one multicast router that is
neighboring MLD proxies deployed at MAGs within a flat access
network, or via tunnel uplinks,
o a multicast routing protocol such as PIM-SM [RFC4601] or BIDIR-PIM
[RFC5015] deployed at the MAGs.
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*** *** *** ***
* ** ** ** *
* *
* Multicast *
+----+ * Infrastructure * +----+
|LMA | * ** ** ** * |LMA |
+----+ *** *** *** *** +----+
| // \\ |
\\ // \\ PMIP (unicast) |
PMIP \\ // \\ // \\ ** *** *** ** //
(unicast) \\ // \\ // \\ * ** ** ** //
\\ // \\ // \\* Multicast *//
|| || || || * || Routing || *
+----+ +----+ * +----+ +----+ *
MLD Proxy |MAG1| |MAG2| * |MAG1| |MAG2| *
+----+ +----+ *+----+ ** ** +----+*
| | | | |*** *** ***|
| | | | | |
MN1 MN2 MN3 MN1 MN2 MN3
(a) Multicast Access at Proxy Uplink (b) Multicast Routing at MAG
Figure 3: Reference Networks for (a) Proxy-assisted Direct Multicast
Access and (b) Dynamic Multicast Routing at MAGs
Figure 3 displays the corresponding deployment scenarios, which
separate multicast from PMIPv6 unicast routing. It is assumed
throughout these scenarios that all MAGs (MLD proxies) are linked to
a single multicast routing domain.
Multicast traffic distribution can be simplified in these scenarios.
A single proxy instance at MAGs with up-link into the multicast
domain will serve as a first hop multicast gateway and avoid traffic
duplication or detour routing. Multicast routing functions at MAGs
will seamlessly embed access gateways within a multicast cloud.
However, mobility of the multicast source in this scenario will
require some multicast routing protocols to rebuild distribution
trees. This can cause significant service disruptions or delays (see
[RFC5757] for further aspects). Deployment details are specific to
the multicast routing protocol in use, in the following described for
common protocols.
4.2. MLD Proxies at MAGs
In a PMIPv6 domain, single MLD proxy instances can be deployed at
each MAG that enable multicast service at the access via an uplink to
a multicast service infrastructure (see Figure 3 (a) ). To avoid
service disruptions on handovers, the uplinks of all proxies SHOULD
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be adjacent to the same next-hop multicast router. This can either
be achieved by arranging proxies within a flat access network, or by
upstream tunnels that terminate at a common multicast router.
Multicast data submitted by a mobile source will reach the MLD proxy
at the MAG that subsequently forwards flows to the upstream, and all
downstream interfaces with appropriate subscriptions. Traversing the
upstream will lead traffic into the multicast infrastructure (e.g.,
to a PIM Designated Router) which will route packets to all local
MAGs that have joined the group, as well as further upstream
according to protocol procedures and forwarding states.
On handover, a mobile source will reattach at a new MAG and can
continue to send multicast packets as soon as PMIPv6 unicast
configurations have completed. Like at the previous MAG, the new MLD
proxy will forward data upstream and downstream to subscribers.
Listeners local to the previous MAG will continue to receive group
traffic via the local multicast distribution infrastructure following
aggregated listener reports of the previous proxy. In general,
traffic from the mobile source continues to be transmitted via the
same next-hop router using the same source address and thus remains
unchanged when seen from the wider multicast infrastructure.
4.2.1. Considerations for PIM-SM on the Upstream
A mobile source that transmits data via an MLD proxy will not be
directly connected to a PIM Designated Router as discussed in
Section 3.2.3.1. Countermeasures apply correspondingly.
A PIM Designated Router that is connected to MLD proxies via
individual IP-tunnel interfaces will experience invalid PIM source
states on handover. This problem can be mitigated by aggregating
proxies on a lower layer.
4.2.2. SSM Considerations
Source-specific subscriptions invalidate with routes, whenever the
source moves from or to the MAG/proxy of a subscriber. Multicast
forwarding states will rebuild with unicast route changes. However,
this may lead to noticeable service disruptions for locally
subscribed nodes.
4.3. PIM-SM
The full-featured multicast routing protocol PIM-SM MAY be deployed
in the access network for providing multicast services in parallel to
unicast routes. Throughout this section, it is assumed that the
PMIPv6 mobility domain is part of a single PIM-SM multicast routing
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domain with PIM-SM routing functions present at all MAGs and all
LMAs. The PIM routing instance at a MAG SHALL then serve as the
Designated Router (DR) for all directly attached Mobile Nodes. For
expediting handover operations, it is advisable to position PIM
Rendezvous Points (RPs) in the core of the PMIPv6 network domain.
However, regular IP routing tables need not be present in a PMIPv6
deployment, and additional effort is required to establish reverse
path forwarding rules as required by PIM-SM.
4.3.1. Routing Information Base for PIM-SM
In this scenario, PIM-SM will rely on a Multicast Routing Information
Base (MRIB) that is generated independently of the policy-based
routing rules of PMIPv6. The granularity of mobility-related routing
locators required in PIM depends on the complexity (phases) of its
deployment.
The following information is needed for all phases of PIM.
o All routes to networks and nodes (including RPs) that are not
mobile members of the PMIPv6 domain MUST be defined consistently
among PIM routers and remain uneffected by node mobility. The
setup of these general routes is expected to follow the topology
of the operator network and is beyond the scope of this document.
The following route entries are required at a PIM-operating MAG when
phases two or three of PIM, or PIM-SSM are in operation.
o All MNs that are directly attached to the MAG generate local
routes to their Home Network Prefixes (HNPs) at the corresponding
point-to-point attachments that MUST be included into the local
MRIB.
o All routes to MNs that are attached to distant MAGs of the PMIPv6
domain point towards their corresponding LMAs. These routes MUST
be made available in the MRIB of all PIM routers (except for the
local MAG of attachment), but MAY be eventually expressed by an
appropriate default entry.
4.3.2. Operations of PIM in Phase One
A new mobile source S will transmit multicast data of group G towards
its MAG of attachment. Acting as a PIM DR, the access gateway will
unicast-encapsulate the multicast packets and forward the data to the
Virtual Interface (VI) with encapsulation target RP(G), a process
known as PIM source registering. The RP will decapsulate and
natively forward the packets down the RP-based distribution tree
towards (mobile and stationary) subscribers.
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On handover, the point-to-point link connecting the mobile source to
the old MAG will go down and all (S,*) flows terminate. In response,
the previous DR (MAG) deactivates the data encapsulation channels for
the transient source (e.g., all DownstreamJPState(S,*,VI) are set to
NoInfo state). After reattaching and completing unicast handover
negotiations, the mobile source can continue to transmit multicast
packets, while being treated as a new source at its new DR (MAG).
Source register encapsulation will be immediately initiated, and
(S,G) data continue to flow natively down the (*,G) RP-based tree.
Source handover management in PIM phase one admits low complexity and
remains transparent to receivers. In addition, the source register
tunnel management of PIM is a fast protocol operation and little
overhead can be expected thereof. In a PMIPv6 deployment, PIM RPs
MAY be configured to not initiated (S,G) shortest path tress for
mobile sources, and thus remain in phase one of the protocol. The
price to pay for such simplified deployment lies in possible routing
detours by an overall RP-based packet distribution even in those
cases, where mobile senders and receivers are attached to the same
access router.
4.3.3. Operations of PIM in Phase Two
After receiving source register packets, a PIM RP eventually will
initiated a source-specific Join for creating a shortest path tree to
the (mobile) source S, and issue a source register stop at the native
arrival of data from S. For initiating an (S,G) tree, the RP, as well
as all intermediate routers, require route entries for MN's HNP that
- unless the RP coincides with the MAG of S - point towards the
corresponding LMA of S. Consequently, the (S,G) tree will proceed
from the RP via the (stable) LMA, the LMA-MAG tunnel to the mobile
source. This tree can be of lesser routing efficiency than the PIM
source register tunnel established in phase one, but provides the
advantage of immediate data delivery to receivers that share a MAG
with S.
On handover, the mobile source reattaches to a new MAG (DR), and
PMIPv6 unicast management will transfer the LMA-MAG tunnel to the new
point of attachment. However, in the absence of a corresponding
multicast forwarding state, the new DR will treat S as a new source
and initiate a source registering of PIM phase one. In consequence,
the PIM transition from phase one to two will be iterated per
handover, leading to an enhanced signaling load and repeated delay
variations.
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4.3.4. Operations of PIM in Phase Three
In response to an exceeded threshold of packet transmission, DRs of
receivers eventually will initiated a source-specific Join for
creating a shortest path tree to the (mobile) source S, thereby
transitioning PIM into the final short-cut phase three. For all
receivers not sharing a MAG with S, this (S,G) tree will proceed from
the receiving DR via the (stable) LMA, the LMA-MAG tunnel to the
mobile source. This tree is of higher routing efficiency than
established in the previous phase two, but need not outperform the
PIM source register tunnel established in phase one. It provides the
advantage of immediate data delivery to receivers that share a MAG
with S.
On handover, the mobile source reattaches to a new MAG (DR), and
PMIPv6 unicast management will transfer the LMA-MAG tunnel to the new
point of attachment. However, in the absence of a corresponding
multicast forwarding state, the new DR will treat S as a new source
and initiate a source registering of PIM phase one. In consequence,
the PIM transition from phase one to two and three will be iterated
per handover, leading to an enhanced signaling load and repeated
delay variations.
4.3.5. PIM-SSM Considerations
Source-specific Joins of receivers will guide PIM to operate in SSM
mode and lead to an immediate establishment of source-specific
shortest path trees. Such (S,G) trees will equal the distribution
system of PIM's final phase three (see Section 4.3.4). However, on
handover and in the absence of RP-based data distribution, SSM data
delivery cannot be resumed via source registering as in PIM phase
one. Consequently, data packets transmitted after a handover will be
discarded at the MAG until regular tree maintenance has re-
established the (S,G) forwarding state at the new MAG.
4.3.6. Handover Optimizations for PIM
Source-specific shortest path trees are constructed in PIM-SM (phase
two and three), and in PIM-SSM that follow LMA-MAG tunnels towards a
source. As PIM remains unaware of source mobility management, these
trees invalidate under handovers with each tunnel re-establishment at
a new MAG. Regular tree maintenance of PIM will recover the states,
but remains unsynchronized and too slow to seamlessly preserve PIM
data dissemination.
A method to quickly recover PIM (S,G) trees under handover SHOULD
synchronize multicast state maintenance with unicast handover
operations and MAY proceed as follows. On handover, an LMA reads all
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(S,G) Join states from its corresponding tunnel interface and
identifies those source addresses S_i that match moving HNPs. After
re-establishing the new tunnel, it SHOULD associate the (S_i,*) Join
states with the new tunnel endpoint and immediately trigger a state
maintenance (PIM Join) message. In proceeding this way, the source-
specific PIM states are transferred to the new tunnel end point and
propagated to the new MAG in synchrony with unicast handover
procedures.
4.4. BIDIR-PIM
BIDIR-PIM MAY be deployed in the access network for providing
multicast services in parallel to unicast routes. Throughout this
section, it is assumed that the PMIPv6 mobility domain is part of a
single BIDIR-PIM multicast routing domain with BIDIR-PIM routing
functions present at all MAGs and all LMAs. The PIM routing instance
at a MAG SHALL then serve as the Designated Forwarder (DF) for all
directly attached Mobile Nodes. For expediting handover operations,
it is advisable to position BIDIR-PIM Rendezvous Point Addresses
(RPAs) in the core of the PMIPv6 network domain. As regular IP
routing tables need not be present in a PMIPv6 deployment, reverse
path forwarding rules as required by BIDIR-PIM need to be
established.
4.4.1. Routing Information Base for BIDIR-PIM
In this scenario, BIDIR-PIM will rely on a Multicast Routing
Information Base (MRIB) that is generated independently of the
policy-based routing rules of PMIPv6. The following information is
needed.
o All routes to networks and nodes (including RPAs) that are not
mobile members of the PMIPv6 domain MUST be defined consistently
among BIDIR-PIM routers and remain uneffected by node mobility.
The setup of these general routes is expected to follow the
topology of the operator network and is beyond the scope of this
document.
4.4.2. Operations of BIDIR-PIM
BIDIR-PIM will establish spanning trees across its network domain in
conformance to its preconfigured RPAs and the routing information
provided. Multicast data transmitted by a mobile source will
immediately be forwarded by its DF (MAG) onto the spanning group tree
without further protocol operations.
On handover, the mobile source re-attaches to a new MAG (DF), which
completes unicast network configurations. Thereafter, the source can
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immediately proceed with multicast packet transmission onto the pre-
established distribution tree. BIDIR-PIM does neither require
protocol signaling nor additional reconfiguration delays to adapt to
source mobility and can be considered the protocol of choice for
mobile multicast operations in the access. As multicast streams
always flow up to the Rendezvous Point Link, some care should be
taken to configure RPAs compliant with network capacities.
5. Extended MLD Proxy Functions for Optimized Source Mobility in PMIPv6
A deployment of MLD Proxies (see [RFC4605]) at MAGs has proven a
useful and appropriate approach to multicast in PMIPv6, see
[RFC6224], [I-D.ietf-multimob-pmipv6-ropt]. However, unmodified
standard solutions go along with significant performance degradation
for mobile senders as discussed along the lines of this document. To
overcome these deficits, optimizing approaches to multicast source
mobility are introduced in this section. In particular, uplink
capabilities of MLD proxies are extended to allow for rapid,
optimized multicast traffic flows from mobile sources.
Solutions that extend MLD Proxies by additional uplinking functions
need to comply to the following requirements.
Prevention of Routing Loops In the absence of a full-featured
routing logic at an MLD Proxy, simple and locally decidable rules
need to prevent source traffic from traversing the network in
loops as potentially enabled by multiple uplinks.
Unique coverage of receivers Listener functions at Proxies require
simple, locally decidable rules to initiate a unique delivery of
multicast packets for all receivers.
Following different techniques, these requirements are met in the
following solutions.
5.1. Multiple Upstream Interface Proxy
In this section, we define upstream extensions for an MLD proxy.
Multiple proxy instances deployed at a single MAG (see Section 3) can
be avoided by adding multiple upstream interfaces to a single MLD
Proxy. In a typical PMIPv6 deployment, each upstream of a single
Proxy instance can interconnect one of the LMAs. With such ambiguous
upstream options, appropriate forwarding rules MUST be supplied to
o unambiguously guide traffic forwarding from directly attached
mobile sources, and
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o lead listener reports to initiating unique traffic subscriptions.
This can be achieved by a complete set of source- and group-specific
filter rules (e.g., (S,*), (*,G)) installed at proxy interfaces.
These filters MAY be derived in parts from PMIPv6 routing policies,
and can include a default behavior (e.g., (*,*)).
TODO details
5.1.1. Operations for Local Multicast Sources
Packets from a locally attached multicast source will be forwarded to
all downstream interfaces with appropriate subscriptions, as well as
up the interface with the matching source-specific filter.
TODO details
5.1.2. Operations for Local Multicast Subscribers
Multicast listener reports are group-wise aggregated by the MLD
proxy. The aggregated report is issued to the upstream interface
with matching group-specific filter.
TODO details
5.2. Peering Function for MLD Proxies
In this section, we define a peering interface for MLD proxies that
allows for a direct data exchange of locally attached multicast
sources. Such peering interfaces can be configured - as a direct
link or a bidirectional tunnel - between any two proxy instances
(locally deployed as in [RFC6224] or remotely) and remains a silent
virtual link in regular proxy operations. Data on such link is
exchanged only in cases, where one peering proxy connects to a source
of multicast traffic, which the other peering proxy actively
subscribes to. Operations are defined for ASM and SSM, but provide
superior performance in SSM mode.
5.2.1. Operations at the Multicast Sender
An MLD Proxy with peering interfaces will install and maintain source
filters at its peering links that will restrict data transmission to
those packets that originate from a locally attached source. In this
way, a multihop forwarding on peering links is prevented. Multicast
packets that arrive from the upstream interface of the Proxy are thus
be forwarded only to regular downstream interfaces with appropriate
subscription states.
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Multicast traffic arriving from a locally attached source will be
forwarded to the regular upstream interface and all downstreams with
appropriate subscription states (i.e., regular Proxy operations). In
addition, local multicast packets are transferred to those peering
interfaces with appropriate subscription states. As seen from the
sender side, peering interfaces act as restricted downstream
interfaces.
5.2.2. Operations at the Multicast Listener
From the listener side, peering interfaces appear as preferred
upstream links. Thus an MLD Proxy with peering interconnects will
provide several interfaces for pulling remote traffic: the regular
upstream and the peerings. Traffic arriving from any of the peering
links will normally also be available from the upstream. To prevent
duplicate traffic from arriving at the listener side, the Proxy
o MAY delay aggregated reports to the upstream, and
o MUST apply appropriate filters to exclude duplicate streams.
In detail, it first issues listener reports (in parallel) to its
peering links, which are only one (virtual) hop apart. Whenever the
expected traffic (e.g., SSM channels) does not completely arrive from
the peerings after a waiting time (default: 10 ms), additional
(complementary, in the case of SSM) reports are sent to the standard
upstream interface.
After the arrival of traffic from peering links, an MLD proxy MUST
install source filters at the upstream in the following way.
ASM In the presence of Any Source Multicast (IGMPv2/MLDv1), only,
the Proxy cannot signal source filtering to its upstream.
Correspondingly, it applies (S,*) ingress filters at its upstream
interface. It is noteworthy that unwanted traffic is still
replicated to the proxy via the access network.
SSM In the presence of source-specific signaling (IGMPv3/MLDv2), the
upstream interface is set to (S,*) exclude mode for all sources S
seen in traffic of the peering links. The corresponding source-
specific signaling will prevent duplicate traffic forwarding
throughout the access network.
In proceeding this way, multicast group data arrive from peering
interfaces first, while only peer-wise unavailable traffic is
retrieved from the regular upstream interface.
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6. IANA Considerations
TODO.
Note to RFC Editor: this section may be removed on publication as an
RFC.
7. Security Considerations
TODO
Consequently, no new threats are introduced by this document in
addition to those identified as security concerns of [RFC3810],
[RFC4605], [RFC5213], and [RFC5844].
However, particular attention should be paid to implications of
combining multicast and mobility management at network entities. As
this specification allows mobile nodes to initiate the creation of
multicast forwarding states at MAGs and LMAs while changing
attachments, threats of resource exhaustion at PMIP routers and
access networks arrive from rapid state changes, as well as from high
volume data streams routed into access networks of limited
capacities. In addition to proper authorization checks of MNs, rate
controls at replicators MAY be required to protect the agents and the
downstream networks. In particular, MLD proxy implementations at
MAGs SHOULD carefully procure for automatic multicast state
extinction on the departure of MNs, as mobile multicast listeners in
the PMIPv6 domain will not actively terminate group membership prior
to departure.
8. Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank (in alphabetical order) Muhamma Omer
Farooq, Bohao Feng, Dirk von Hugo, Ning Kong, Jouni Korhonen, He-Wu
Li, Akbar Rahman, Stig Venaas, Li-Li Wang, Qian Wu, Zhi-Wei Yan for
advice, help and reviews of the document. Funding by the German
Federal Ministry of Education and Research within the G-LAB
Initiative (project HAMcast) is gratefully acknowledged.
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.
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[RFC2710] Deering, S., Fenner, W., and B. Haberman, "Multicast
Listener Discovery (MLD) for IPv6", RFC 2710,
October 1999.
[RFC3376] Cain, B., Deering, S., Kouvelas, I., Fenner, B., and A.
Thyagarajan, "Internet Group Management Protocol, Version
3", RFC 3376, October 2002.
[RFC3810] Vida, R. and L. Costa, "Multicast Listener Discovery
Version 2 (MLDv2) for IPv6", RFC 3810, June 2004.
[RFC4601] Fenner, B., Handley, M., Holbrook, H., and I. Kouvelas,
"Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM):
Protocol Specification (Revised)", RFC 4601, August 2006.
[RFC4605] Fenner, B., He, H., Haberman, B., and H. Sandick,
"Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) / Multicast
Listener Discovery (MLD)-Based Multicast Forwarding
("IGMP/MLD Proxying")", RFC 4605, August 2006.
[RFC5015] Handley, M., Kouvelas, I., Speakman, T., and L. Vicisano,
"Bidirectional Protocol Independent Multicast (BIDIR-
PIM)", RFC 5015, October 2007.
[RFC5213] Gundavelli, S., Leung, K., Devarapalli, V., Chowdhury, K.,
and B. Patil, "Proxy Mobile IPv6", RFC 5213, August 2008.
[RFC5844] Wakikawa, R. and S. Gundavelli, "IPv4 Support for Proxy
Mobile IPv6", RFC 5844, May 2010.
[RFC6275] Perkins, C., Johnson, D., and J. Arkko, "Mobility Support
in IPv6", RFC 6275, July 2011.
9.2. Informative References
[I-D.ietf-multimob-pmipv6-ropt]
Zuniga, J., Contreras, L., Bernardos, C., Jeon, S., and Y.
Kim, "Multicast Mobility Routing Optimizations for Proxy
Mobile IPv6", draft-ietf-multimob-pmipv6-ropt-00 (work in
progress), March 2012.
[RFC2236] Fenner, W., "Internet Group Management Protocol, Version
2", RFC 2236, November 1997.
[RFC5757] Schmidt, T., Waehlisch, M., and G. Fairhurst, "Multicast
Mobility in Mobile IP Version 6 (MIPv6): Problem Statement
and Brief Survey", RFC 5757, February 2010.
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[RFC5845] Muhanna, A., Khalil, M., Gundavelli, S., and K. Leung,
"Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) Key Option for Proxy
Mobile IPv6", RFC 5845, June 2010.
[RFC6224] Schmidt, T., Waehlisch, M., and S. Krishnan, "Base
Deployment for Multicast Listener Support in Proxy Mobile
IPv6 (PMIPv6) Domains", RFC 6224, April 2011.
Appendix A. Evaluation of Traffic Flows
TODO
Appendix B. Change Log
The following changes have been made from version
draft-ietf-multimob-pmipv6-source-00:
1. Direct routing with PIM-SM and PIM-SSM has been added.
2. PMIP synchronization with PIM added for improved handover.
3. Direct routing with BIDIR-PIM has been added.
4. MLD Proxy extensions requirements added.
5. Peering of MLD Proxies added.
6. First sketch of multiple upstream proxy added.
7. Editorial improvements.
8. Updated references.
Authors' Addresses
Thomas C. Schmidt
HAW Hamburg
Berliner Tor 7
Hamburg 20099
Germany
Email: schmidt@informatik.haw-hamburg.de
URI: http://inet.cpt.haw-hamburg.de/members/schmidt
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Shuai Gao
Beijing Jiaotong University
Beijing,
China
Phone:
Fax:
Email: shgao@bjtu.edu.cn
URI:
Hong-Ke Zhang
Beijing Jiaotong University
Beijing,
China
Phone:
Fax:
Email: hkzhang@bjtu.edu.cn
URI:
Matthias Waehlisch
link-lab & FU Berlin
Hoenower Str. 35
Berlin 10318
Germany
Email: mw@link-lab.net
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