Service Function Chaining                                        W. Meng
Internet-Draft                                                   C. Wang
Intended status: Standards Track                         ZTE Corporation
Expires: March 28, 2016                               September 25, 2015


                     NSH Context Header - Broadband
                 draft-meng-nsh-broadband-allocation-00

Abstract

   This document provides a recommended allocation of the mandatory
   fixed context headers for a Network Service Header (NSH) within the
   broadband service provider network context.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   2.  Convention and Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
   3.  Network Service Header (NSH) Context Headers . . . . . . . . .  5
   4.  Recommended Broadband Context Allocation . . . . . . . . . . .  6
   5.  Broadband Allocation Specifics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
   6.  IANA Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
   7.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
   Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10









































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1.  Introduction

   The objective of SFC is trying to unload services from nodes in
   traditional network and deal with such services through service
   function chains.

   As increasingly large number of customers, The possibility of
   deployment SFC in broadband network seems emergency.  And this
   document is aimed to provides a recommended allocation of the
   mandatory fixed context headers for a Network Service Header (NSH) in
   broadband network.








































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2.  Convention 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].

   The terms about SFC are defined in [I-D.ietf-sfc-problem-statement].












































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3.  Network Service Header (NSH) Context Headers

   In Service Function Chaining, the Network Service Header is composed
   of a 4-byte base header (BH1), a 4-byte service path header (SH1) and
   four mandatory 4-byte context headers (CH1-CH4).

   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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |Ver|O|C|R|R|R|R|R|R|   Length  | MD Type = 0x01| Next Protocol | BH1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |          Service Path ID                      | Service Index | SH1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                Mandatory Context Header 1                     | CH1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                Mandatory Context Header 2                     | CH2
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                Mandatory Context Header 3                     | CH3
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                Mandatory Context Header 4                     | CH4
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

              Figure 1: Network Service Header - MD Type 0x01





























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4.  Recommended Broadband Context Allocation

   The following context header allocation provides information to
   support service function chaining in a broadband service provider
   network.

   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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |      Source Node ID         |    Source Interface ID          |CH1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                  User ID/Accouting ID                         | CH2
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |               vlan ID               |       reserved          | CH3
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                           reserved                            | CH4
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                Figure 2: NSH Broadband Context Allocation

































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5.  Broadband Allocation Specifics

   Source Node ID: An identifier indicating the source device where the
   original traffic initially entered the Service Function Chain.  This
   identifier is unique within an SFC-enabled domain.

   Source Interface ID: An identifier indicating the source interface
   where the original traffic initially entered the Service Function
   Chain.  This identifier is scoped within the context of the Source
   Node ID.

   User ID: The user ID indicates the user who access to the broadband
   network.  It is unique in administrative domain.

   Vlan ID : Together with Source Node ID and Source Interface ID, they
   indicate the access point of the user accessing.



































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6.  IANA Considerations

   This memo includes no request to IANA.
















































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7.  Normative References

   [I-D.ietf-sfc-nsh]
              Quinn, P. and U. Elzur, "Network Service Header",
              draft-ietf-sfc-nsh-01 (work in progress), July 2015.

   [I-D.ietf-sfc-problem-statement]
              Quinn, P. and T. Nadeau, "Service Function Chaining
              Problem Statement", draft-ietf-sfc-problem-statement-13
              (work in progress), February 2015.

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, DOI 10.17487/
              RFC2119, March 1997,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC2865]  Rigney, C., Willens, S., Rubens, A., and W. Simpson,
              "Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS)",
              RFC 2865, DOI 10.17487/RFC2865, June 2000,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2865>.

   [RFC7498]  Quinn, P., Ed. and T. Nadeau, Ed., "Problem Statement for
              Service Function Chaining", RFC 7498, DOI 10.17487/
              RFC7498, April 2015,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7498>.


























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Authors' Addresses

   Wei Meng
   ZTE Corporation
   No.50 Software Avenue, Yuhuatai District
   Nanjing
   China

   Email: meng.wei2@zte.com.cn,vally.meng@gmail.com


   Cui Wang
   ZTE Corporation
   No.50 Software Avenue, Yuhuatai District
   Nanjing
   China

   Email: wang.cui1@zte.com.cn

































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