Diameter Maintenance and                                          D. Sun
Extensions (DIME)                                         Alcatel-Lucent
Internet-Draft                                         November 10, 2008
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       Diameter ITU-T Rw Policy Enforcement Interface Application
                     draft-sun-dime-itu-t-rw-02.txt

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Abstract

   This document describes the need for a new pair of IANA Diameter
   Command Codes to be used in a vendor-specific new application, namely
   for the ITU-T Rec. Q.3303.3 - Rw interface used to send a request/
   responses for authorizing network QoS resources and policy
   enforcement in a network element, as one of the recommendations of
   the International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunication
   Standardization Sector (ITU-T).


Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   2.  Terminology  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
   3.  Diameter ITU-T Rw Policy Enforcement Interface . . . . . . . .  5
   4.  IANA Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
     4.1.  Application Identifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
     4.2.  Command Codes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
     4.3.  AVP Codes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
   5.  Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
   6.  Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
   7.  References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
     7.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
     7.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
   Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
   Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . . . . . 11
























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1.  Introduction

   This document summarizes the use of Diameter codes in a newly defined
   realization of a specification for authorizing network QoS resources
   and policy enforcement.  A new pair of Command Codes is requested to
   be assigned by IANA.  The document summarizes the uses of newly
   defined Diameter codes (Command Codes, AVP, vendor-specific
   application id).  When combined with the Diameter Base protocol, this
   application's specification [Q.3303.3] satisfies the requirements of
   [Y.2111] of the International Telecommunication Union -
   Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) to send a request
   and receive a response for controlling the policy enforcement.

   The Diameter realization of this application assumes the use of
   Diameter Base protocol, as per RFC 3588, and extends it only for a
   specific application using a vendor-id (ITU-T), a vendor-specific
   application ID (166777256), a new Command Code (TBD), and new AVPs
   defined in the vendor-specific namespace.

   This application is used to authorize network QoS resources and
   policy enforcement (including amount of bandwidth, QoS class and
   traffic flow processing) as an extension of the Diameter application
   [RFC4006].  The request is based on the Diameter extensibility
   discussions in the DIME WG that led to the conclusion that it is
   better to define new Command Codes whenever the ABNF of a command is
   modified by adding, removing or semantically changing required AVP in
   order to avoid interoperability problems.  The document is utilizing
   authorization and accounting functionality and the entire exchange is
   related to users utilizing applications that require QoS treatment.
   This approach is consistent with the practice and experience gained
   since the publication of [RFC3588] (see for example [RFC5224]) which
   is now under revision by the DIME Working Group and will provide a
   revised set of recommendations and procedures for IANA
   considerations[draft-ietf-dime-3588bis].

















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2.  Terminology

   The base Diameter specification [RFC3588] Section 1.4 defines most of
   the terminology used in this document.  Additionally, the terms and
   acronyms defined in Section 3 and Section 4 of [Q.3303.3] are used in
   this document.













































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3.  Diameter ITU-T Rw Policy Enforcement Interface

   The Rw interface is used for information exchange to apply policy
   decisions between the Policy Decision Point (PDP, i.e.  Policy
   Decision Functional Entity (PD-FE) in the ITU-T term) and the Policy
   Enforcement Point (PEP, i.e.  Policy Enforcement Functional Entity
   (PE-FE) in the ITU-T term).

   It allows the PDP to push the authorized admission decisions to the
   PEP.  It also allows the PEP to request the authorization of
   admission decisions from the PDP when path-coupled resource
   reservation mechanisms are in use.  The main information is conveyed
   by the Rw interface:

   o  Resources reservation and/or allocation request for media flows;
   o  QoS handling request such as packet marking and policing;
   o  Gate control (opening/closing) request for a media flow;
   o  NAPT and NAT traversal request for the necessary address mapping
      information;
   o  Resource usage information request and report for media flows
   The detailed descriptions of the Diameter Policy Enforcement
   interface ITU-T Rw can be found in Section 5 of the [Q.3303.3].





























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4.  IANA Considerations

   This section provides guidance to the Internet Assigned Numbers
   Authority (IANA) regarding registration of values related to the
   Diameter protocol, in accordance with BCP 26 [RFC5226].

   This document defines values in the namespaces that have been created
   and defined in the [RFC3588].  The IANA Considerations section of
   that document details the assignment criteria.  Values assigned in
   this document, or by future IANA action, must be coordinated within
   this shared namespace.

4.1.  Application Identifier

   A vendor-specific application ID - 166777256 for the application
   [Q.3303.3] is assigned by the IANA.

   Registry:
   ID values            Name          Reference
   ----------------------------------------------------------
   166777256           ITU-T Rw       7.2.1 of ITU-T Q.3303.3

4.2.  Command Codes

   IANA is requested to allocate command code values for the following
   commands defined in Section 7.4 of [Q.3303.3] from the Command Code
   namespace defined in [RFC3588].

   Registry:
   Code Value     Name                        Reference
   ------------------------------------------------------------------
   to be assigned Policy-Install-Request(PIR) 7.4.1 of ITU-T Q.3303.3
   to be assigned Policy-Install-Answer (PIA) 7.4.2 of ITU-T Q.3303.3

4.3.  AVP Codes

   The values 1010~1018 are assigned by ITU-T to the following AVPs
   within the ITU-T vendor-ID 11502 namespace: PI-Request-Type AVP, PI-
   Request-Number AVP, Traffic-Descriptor-UL AVP, Traffic-Descriptor-DL
   AVP, Maximum-Burst-Size AVP, Committed-Data-Rate AVP, Committed-
   Burst-Size AVP, Excess-Burst-Size, Removal-Cause AVP.

   See Table 1/Q.3303.3 in Section 7.3.1 of [Q.3303.3] for the detailed
   information of AVP codes, value type and flag rules.







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5.  Security Considerations

   This document describes the Diameter Policy Enforcement Application.
   It builds on top of the Diameter Base protocol and the same security
   considerations described in [RFC3588] are applicable to this
   document.  No further extensions are required beyond the security
   mechanisms offered by [RFC3588].












































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6.  Acknowledgements

   The author would like to thank Dan Romascanu, Hannes Tschofenig and
   Tina Tsou for their help and support.  Finally, the author would like
   to thank Alcatel-Lucent, as most of the effort put into this document
   was done while he was in their employ.













































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7.  References

7.1.  Normative References

   [Q.3303.3]
              ITU-T Recommendation Q.3303.3, "Resource control protocol
              no. 3 (rcp3): Protocol at the Rw interface between the
              Policy Decision Physical Entity (PD-PE) and the Policy
              Enforcement Physical Entity (PE-PE): Diameter", 2008.

   [RFC3588]  Calhoun, P., Loughney, J., Guttman, E., Zorn, G., and J.
              Arkko, "Diameter Base Protocol", RFC 3588, September 2003.

7.2.  Informative References

   [RFC4006]  Hakala, H., Mattila, L., Koskinen, J-P., Stura, M., and J.
              Loughney, "Diameter Credit-Control Application",
              Auguest 2005.

   [RFC5224]  Brenner, M., "Diameter Policy Processing Application",
              March 2008.

   [RFC5226]  Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an
              IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", May 2008.

   [Y.2111]   ITU-T Recommedation Y.2111, "Resource and admission
              control functions in Next Generation Networks",
              September 2006.

   [draft-ietf-dime-3588bis]
              Fajardo, V., Arkko, J., Loughney, J., and G. Zorn,
              "Diameter Base Protocol", November 2008.



















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Author's Address

   Dong Sun
   Alcatel-Lucent
   600 Mountain Ave
   Murray Hill, NJ  07974
   USA

   Phone: +1 908 582 2617
   Email: dongsun@alcatel-lucent.com









































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