Network Working Group Z. Li
Internet-Draft S. Peng
Intended status: Standards Track Huawei Technologies
Expires: September 8, 2022 S. Zhang
China Unicom
March 7, 2022
Application-aware Networking (APN) Header
draft-li-apn-header-01
Abstract
This document defines the application-aware networking (APN) header
which can be used in a variety of data planes.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
3. Terminologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. Application-aware Networking Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5. APN ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
6. APN Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
7. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
7.1. APN ID Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
7.2. APN Parameter Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
8. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
9. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
10. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
10.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
10.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1. Introduction
Application-aware Networking (APN) is introduced in
[I-D.li-apn-framework] and [I-D.li-apn-problem-statement-usecases].
APN conveys an attribute with data packets in the network and makes
the network aware of fine-grain requirements at the user group and
application group levels.
Such an attribute is acquired, constructed in a structured value, and
then encapsulated in the packets. Such a structured value is treated
as an opaque object in the network, to which the network operator
applies policies in various nodes/service functions along the path
and provides corresponding services.
This structured attribute can be encapsulated in various data planes
adopted within a Network Operator's controlled and limited domain,
e.g. MPLS, VXLAN, SR/SRv6 and other tunnel technologies, which waits
to be further specified.
This document defines the application-aware networking (APN) header
which can be used in different data planes. The typical data planes
include the MPLS data plane and IPv6 data plane..
2. Requirements Language
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
14 RFC 2119 [RFC2119] RFC 8174 [RFC8174] when, and only when, they
appear in all capitals, as shown here.
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3. Terminologies
APN: Application-aware Networking
APN Attribute: Application-aware Networking Attribute, including APN
ID and APN Parameters. It can be added at the edge devices of an APN
domain along with the tunnel encapsulation.
APN ID: Application-aware Networking ID, including Application Group
ID and User Group ID.
APN Para: Application-aware Networking Parameters, for example
network performance parameters.
4. Application-aware Networking Header
A common header is defined and can be used in different data planes.
The common header carries the APN attribute that is composed of APN
ID and APN parameters.
This document defines two types of APN ID:
- Type 1 APN ID: it is 32 bits.
- Type 2 APN ID: it is 64 bits.
- Type 3 APN ID: it is 128 bits.
According to the types of APN ID, two types of APN headers are
defined.
Type 1 APN Header:
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0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| APN-ID-Type | Flags | APN-Para-Type |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| APN-ID |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Intent (Optional) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
| APN-Para (Optional) |
......
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 1. APN Header with Short APN ID
In this type of APN Header, the length of the APN ID is 32 bits.
APN-ID-Type: An 8-bit identifier, indicates the type of APN ID.
Flags: An 8-bit field. The possible flags will be defined in a
future versions of this document.
APN-Para-Type: A 16-bit map that specifies which APN parameters are
specified for the APN ID. The APN-Para-Type value is a bitmap. The
packing order of the APN parameters follows the bit order as
specified in the APN-Para-Type bitmap field. The following bits are
defined in this document, with details on each bit described in
Section 5.
Bit 0 (Most significant bit) When set, indicates the presence of the
bandwidth requirement.
Bit 1 When set, indicates the presence of the delay requirement.
Bit 2 When set, indicates the presence of the jitter requirement.
Bit 3 When set, indicates the presence of the packet loss rate
requirement.
APN-ID: A 32-bit identifier.
Intent: A 32-bit identifier, represents a set of service requirements
to the network.
APN-Para: A variable field including APN parameters. The presence of
the APN parameters is indicated by the APN-Para-Type.
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Type 2 APN Header
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| APN-ID-Type | Flags | APN-Para-Type |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
| APN-ID |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Intent (Optional) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
| APN-Para (Optional) |
......
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 2. APN Header with Long APN ID
In this type of APN Header, the length of the APN ID is 64 bits.
APN-ID-Type: An 8-bit identifier, indicates the type of APN ID.
Flags: An 8-bit field. The possible flags will be defined in the
future versions of this document.
APN-Para-Type: A 16-bit map which specifies which APN parameters are
specified for the APN ID. The following bits are defined in this
document, with details on each bit described in the Section 5. The
order of packing the data fields in each node data element follows
the bit order of the APN-Para-Type field, as follows:
Bit 0 (Most significant bit) When set, indicates the presence of the
bandwidth requirement.
Bit 1 When set, indicates the presence of the delay requirement.
Bit 2 When set, indicates the presence of the jitter requirement.
Bit 3 When set, indicates the presence of the packet loss rate
requirement.
APN-ID: A 128-bit identifier.
Intent: A 32-bit identifier, represents a set of service requirements
to the network.
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APN-Para: A variable field including APN parameters. The presence of
the APN parameters is indicated by the APN-Para-Type.
Type 3 APN Header
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| APN-ID-Type | Flags | APN-Para-Type |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
| APN-ID |
| |
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Intent (Optional) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
| APN-Para (Optional) |
......
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 2. APN Header with Long APN ID
In this type of APN Header, the length of the APN ID is 128 bits.
APN-ID-Type: An 8-bit identifier, indicates the type of APN ID.
Flags: An 8-bit field. The possible flags will be defined in the
future versions of this document.
APN-Para-Type: A 16-bit map which specifies which APN parameters are
specified for the APN ID. The following bits are defined in this
document, with details on each bit described in the Section 5. The
order of packing the data fields in each node data element follows
the bit order of the APN-Para-Type field, as follows:
Bit 0 (Most significant bit) When set, indicates the presence of the
bandwidth requirement.
Bit 1 When set, indicates the presence of the delay requirement.
Bit 2 When set, indicates the presence of the jitter requirement.
Bit 3 When set, indicates the presence of the packet loss rate
requirement.
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APN-ID: A 128-bit identifier.
Intent: A 32-bit identifier, represents a set of service requirements
to the network.
APN-Para: A variable field including APN parameters. The presence of
the APN parameters is indicated by the APN-Para-Type.
5. APN ID
The APN ID can be divided into three parts:
APP-Group-ID: Application Group ID
USER-Group-ID: User Group ID
Reserved: The reserved fields.
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| APP-Group-ID | USER-Group-ID | Reserved |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 3. Structure of APN-ID
The lengths of the APP-Group-ID and the USER-Group-ID are variable.
Their lengths must be configured and consistent within a specific APN
domain.
6. APN Parameters
In the APN Header, the APN-Para-Type is a bit field to indicate the
presence of corresponding APN parameters. When the bit is set, the
corresponding APN parameter MUST exist in the APN Header. The length
of each APN parameter is 32 bits. Thus it is easy to skip over
unknown requirements.
Typical APN parameters are the parameters related with the network
performance requirements as follows:
1. Bandwidth Requirement
This Bandwidth Requirement parameter indicates the minimum acceptable
bandwidth for the APN traffic. The format of this parameter is shown
in the following diagram:
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0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Bandwidth |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 4. Bandwidth Requirement Parameter
where:
Bandwidth: This 32-bit unsigned integer field carries the bandwidth
requirement in Mbps along the path.
2. Delay Requirement
This Delay Requirement parameter indicates the maximum acceptable
delay. The format of this parameter is shown in the following
diagram:
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| RESERVED | Delay |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 5. Delay Requirement Parameter
where:
RESERVED: This field is reserved for future use. It MUST be set to 0
when sent and MUST be ignored when received.
Delay: This 24-bit field carries the delay requirements in
microseconds, encoded as an unsigned integer value. When set to the
maximum value 16,777,215 (16.777215 sec), then the delay is not
constrained. This value is the highest delay that can be tolerated.
3. Delay Variation Requirement
This Delay Variation Requirement parameter indicates the maximum
acceptable delay variation. The format of this parameter is shown in
the following diagram:
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0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| RESERVED | Delay Variation |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 6. Delay Variation Parameter
where:
RESERVED: This field is reserved for future use. It MUST be set to 0
when sent and MUST be ignored when received.
Delay Variation: This 24-bit field carries the delay variation
requirements in microseconds, encoded as an unsigned integer value.
4. Packet Loss Rate Requirement
This Packet Loss Rate Requirement parameter indicates the maximum
acceptable packet loss rate. The format of this parameter is shown
in the following diagram:
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| RESERVED | Packet Loss Rate |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 7. Packet Loss Rate Sub-TLV
where:
RESERVED: This field is reserved for future use. It MUST be set to 0
when sent and MUST be ignored when received.
Packet Loss Rate: This 24-bit field carries packet loss rate
requirement in packets per second as an unsigned integer. This value
is the highest packet-loss rate that can be tolerated.
7. IANA Considerations
These IANA Considerations conform to [RFC8126].
IANA is requested to create the following new registries on a new
"Application-Aware Networking (APN) Parameters" webpage.
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7.1. APN ID Types
IANA is requested to create the following registry on the
Application-Aware Networking (APN) Parameters webpage:
Name: APN ID Types
Registration Procedure: IETF Review
Reference: [this document]
Value Description Reference
----- ------------- ---------------
0 reserved
1 Type 1 APN ID [this document]
2 Type 2 APN ID [this document]
3 Type 3 APN ID [this document]
4-254 unassigned
255 reserved
7.2. APN Parameter Types
IANA is requested to create the following registry on the
Application-Aware Networking (APN) Parameters webpage:
Name: APN Parameter Types
Registration Procedure: IETF Review
Reference: [this document]
Bit Description Reference
--- ----------------------- ---------------
0 Bandwidth requirement [this document]
1 Delay requirement [this document]
2 Jitter requirement [this document]
3 Packet loss requirement [this document]
4-15 unassigned
8. Acknowledgements
The suggestions of the following are gratefully acknowledged:Stefano
Previdi, Adrian Farrel, Donald Eastlake.
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9. Security Considerations
The Security Considerations described in
[I-D.li-apn-problem-statement-usecases] and
[I-D.peng-apn-security-privacy-consideration] can be referred to.
10. References
10.1. Normative References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
[RFC8126] Cotton, M., Leiba, B., and T. Narten, "Guidelines for
Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26,
RFC 8126, DOI 10.17487/RFC8126, June 2017,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8126>.
[RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.
[RFC8200] Deering, S. and R. Hinden, "Internet Protocol, Version 6
(IPv6) Specification", STD 86, RFC 8200,
DOI 10.17487/RFC8200, July 2017,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8200>.
10.2. Informative References
[I-D.ietf-spring-srv6-network-programming]
Filsfils, C., Garvia, P. C., Leddy, J., Voyer, D.,
Matsushima, S., and Z. Li, "Segment Routing over IPv6
(SRv6) Network Programming", draft-ietf-spring-srv6-
network-programming-28 (work in progress), December 2020.
[I-D.li-6man-hbh-fwd-hdr]
Li, Z., Peng, S., and G. Mishra, "Hop-by-Hop Forwarding
Options Header", draft-li-6man-hbh-fwd-hdr-01 (work in
progress), February 2021.
[I-D.li-apn-framework]
Li, Z., Peng, S., Voyer, D., Li, C., Liu, P., Cao, C.,
Mishra, G., Ebisawa, K., Previdi, S., and J. N. Guichard,
"Application-aware Networking (APN) Framework", draft-li-
apn-framework-04 (work in progress), October 2021.
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[I-D.li-apn-problem-statement-usecases]
Li, Z., Peng, S., Voyer, D., Xie, C., Liu, P., Qin, Z.,
Mishra, G., Ebisawa, K., Previdi, S., and J. N. Guichard,
"Problem Statement and Use Cases of Application-aware
Networking (APN)", draft-li-apn-problem-statement-
usecases-05 (work in progress), December 2021.
[I-D.liu-apn-edge-usecase]
Liu, P., Du, Z., Peng, S., and Z. Li, "Use cases of
Application-aware Networking (APN) in Edge Computing",
draft-liu-apn-edge-usecase-04 (work in progress), December
2021.
[I-D.peng-apn-security-privacy-consideration]
Peng, S., Li, Z., Voyer, D., Li, C., Liu, P., and C. Cao,
"APN Security and Privacy Considerations", draft-peng-apn-
security-privacy-consideration-02 (work in progress), June
2021.
[I-D.zhang-apn-acceleration-usecase]
Zhang, S., Cao, C., Peng, S., and Z. Li, "Use cases of
Application-aware Networking (APN) in Game Acceleration",
draft-zhang-apn-acceleration-usecase-03 (work in
progress), December 2021.
[RFC3272] Awduche, D., Chiu, A., Elwalid, A., Widjaja, I., and X.
Xiao, "Overview and Principles of Internet Traffic
Engineering", RFC 3272, DOI 10.17487/RFC3272, May 2002,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3272>.
Authors' Addresses
Zhenbin Li
Huawei Technologies
Beijing 100095
China
Email: lizhenbin@huawei.com
Shuping Peng
Huawei Technologies
Beijing 100095
China
Email: pengshuping@huawei.com
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Shuai Zhang
China Unicom
Beijing
China
Email: zhangs366@chinaunicom.cn
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