IPPM Working Group                                                S. Weng
Internet Draft                                                   W. Cheng
Intended status: Informational                               China Mobile
Expires: May 8, 2024                                               C. Lin
                                                     New H3C Technologies
                                                                   X. Min
                                                                 ZTE Corp
                                                         November 8, 2023



                      SRPM Path Consistency over SRv6
               draft-weng-ippm-srpm-path-consistency-over-srv6-05


Abstract

   TWAMP can be used to measure the performance of end-to-end paths in
   networks. STAMP [rfc8762] and TWAMP light are more lightweight
   measurement methods. In the SRv6 network, it is also necessary to
   measure the performance of SRv6 policy. This document describes a
   method to measure srv6 policy through stamp and TWAMP light.

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Table of Contents


   1. Introduction ................................................ 2
      1.1. Requirements Language .................................. 3
      1.2. Terminology ............................................ 3
   2. Requirement for consistent path ............................. 4
   3. Correlate bidirectional path using Path Segment ............. 5
   4. STAMP/TWAMP light Procedure with Path segment ............... 7
      4.1.  STAMP/TWAMP light Session-sender procedure ............. 7
      4.2.  STAMP/TWAMP light Session-reflector procedure .......... 9
   5. IANA Considerations ........................................ 11
   6. Security Considerations .................................... 11
   7. References ................................................. 11
      7.1. Normative References .................................. 11
   Contributors .................................................. 13
   Authors' Addresses ............................................ 14

1. Introduction

   Segment Routing (SR) allows a headend node to steer a packet flow
   along any path. Per-path states of Intermediate nodes are eliminated
   thanks to source routing.  The headend node steers a flow into an SR
   Policy. The packets steered into an SR Policy carry an ordered list
   of segments associated with that SR Policy. SR policy is used to
   forward messages, so the quality of SR policy, such as packet loss
   and delay, also needs to be measured.

   The Simple Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol (STAMP) provides
   capabilities for the measurement of various performance metrics in
   IP networks [RFC8762] without the use of a control channel to pre-
   signal session parameters. [RFC8972] defines optional extensions in
   the form of TLVs for STAMP.

   The STAMP test packets are transmitted along an IP path between a
   Session-Sender and a Session-Reflector to measure delay and packet

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   loss along that IP path. It may be desired in SRv6 networks that the
   path between the Session-Sender and Session-Reflector for the STAMP
   test packets in both directions are consistent (same set of links
   and nodes).

   [ietf-ippm-stamp-srpm] defines the Return Path TLV, Using Return
   Path TLV, The Session-Sender can request this in the test packet to
   the Session-Reflector.

   TWAMP light is also widely deployed, and stamp supports interworking
   with TWAMP light. So there are four possible combinations to deploy
   stamp and TWAMP light:

   o STAMP Session-Sender with STAMP Session-Reflector.

   o STAMP Session-Sender with TWAMP Light Session-Reflector.

   o TWAMP Light Session-Sender with STAMP Session-Reflector.

   o TWAMP Light Session-Sender with TWAMP Light Session-Reflector.

   TWAMP light does not support the TLV of  STAMP, so in order to meet
   various deployment combinations, this document proposes a method to
   realize the consistent path between Session-Sender and session-
   reflector using path segment, which is applicable to all scenarios
   where TWAMP light and  STAMP are deployed.



1.1. 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 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
   capitals, as shown here.

1.2. Terminology

   STAMP:      Simple Two-way Active Measurement Protocol

   TWAMP:      Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol

   PTP:        Precision Time Protocol

   SR:         Segment Routing



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2. Requirement for consistent path

   In the reference topology shown below, the procedure of  STAMP and
   TWAMP light is similar. The Session-Sender S1 initiates a test
   packet and the Session-Reflector R1 transmits a reply test packet.
   The reply test packet may be transmitted to the Session-Sender S1 on
   the consistent path (same set of links and nodes) or a different
   path in the reverse direction from the path taken towards the
   Session-Reflector R1.

                                    T1                T2
                                   /                   \
                          +-------+     Test Packet     +-------+
                          |       | - - - - - - - - - ->|       |
                          |   S1  |=====================|   R1  |
                          |       |<- - - - - - - - - - |       |
                          +-------+  Reply Test Packet  +-------+
                                   \                   /
                                    T4                T3
                      Session-Sender           Session-Reflector

                     Figure 1: reference topology1


   By recording the time  STAMP in the test packet, the delay of one-way
   and two-way path can be measured. In the interaction process of a
   test, the sender inserts the sending timestamp T1 into the test
   packet. The reflector records the receiving timestamp T2 when
   receiving the request packet. Then reflector creates a reply packet
   and inserts T1, T2 and the sending timestamp T3 of the reply packet
   into the reply packet. Finally the sender receives the reply packet
   and records the receiving timestamp T4.

   In this way, the sender gets four timestamps. Bidirectional delay
   can be obtained through t4-t1. If the one-way delay is calculated
   through t2-t1, PTP is required to be deployed between sender and
   reflector to ensure high-precision time synchronization, which is
   not easy to achieve for existing networks.

   Therefore, if the test packets in both directions can be guaranteed
   to pass along the consistent path, the two-way delay can be obtained
   by T4-T1, minus the time of processing packet on the reflector
   calculated by T3-T2, and the final data is the sum of the delays in
   two directions of transmitting packets along the consistent path.





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3. Correlate bidirectional path using Path Segment

   A Path Segment is defined to identify an SR path in [draft-ietf-
   spring-srv6-path-segment]. SRv6 Path segments can be used to
   correlate the two unidirectional SRv6 paths at both ends of the
   path.

   [draft-ietf-idr-sr-policy-path-segment] proposes an extension to BGP
   SR Policy distribute SR policies carrying Path Segment and
   bidirectional path information.

   Through this extension, when distributing SRv6 policy to the
   headend, reverse path information and path segment of segment list
   can be carried together.

                    SID-B1  SID-B2     SID-C1   SID-C2
                 +--------B-----------------C-----------+
          SID-A1/                                         \ SID-D1
               /                                           \
              A                                             D
               \                                           /SID-D2
         SID-A2\           SID-E1      SID-E2            /
                 +-------------------E-------------------+
                     Figure 2: reference topology2


   In this way, on the headend in both directions of the forward and
   reverse paths, the path segment of the paths in both directions can
   be obtained, and the paths in both directions use the same
   intermediate links.

   Refer to the reference topology2, there are two paths between Node A
   and D, and All nodes allocate End.x Segments. Node A and D are
   headend and tailend nodes of each other, and SRv6 policy is created
   on A and D respectively.

   Assuming that the deployed SRv6 policy has one candidate path and
   each path has two segment lists. For ease of description, segment
   lists with the same number on Node A and D are forward and reverse
   paths to each other.Each segment list contains both the
   corresponding path segment and the reverse path segment of the
   reverse path:

    NodeA                         NodeD

     SRv6 Policy A-D                     SRv6 Policy D-A
       Candidate Path1                    Candidate Path1
        Segment list1                     Segment list1

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         SID-A1, SID-B2, SID-C2            SID-D1, SID-C1, SID-B1
         Path Segment: SID-Path-1          Path Segment: SID-Path-2
         Reverse Path Segment:             Reverse Path Segment:
            SID-Path-2                         SID-Path-1
        Segment list2                     Segment list2
         SID-A2, SID-E2                    SID-D2, SID-E1
         Path Segment: SID-Path-3          Path Segment: SID-Path-4
         Reverse Path Segment:             Reverse Path Segment:
             SID-Path-4                        SID-Path-3


   The headend can use path segment in two directions to establish a
   mapping table. Using this mapping table, the headend can get the
   reverse path through the path segment of the forward path.

   NodeA:
            +-----------------+          +--------------------+
            |  Path Segment   |          |Reverse Path Segment|
            +-----------------+          +--------------------+
            | SID-Path-1      |-+        | SID-Path-2         |--+
            +-----------------+ |        +--------------------+  |
            | SID-Path-3      | |        | SID-Path-4         |--|-+
            +-----------------+ |        +--------------------+  | |
                   |            |                                | |
                   |            |  +-----------------------+     | |
                   |            |  | segment List          |     | |
                   |            |  +-----------------------+     | |
                   |            +->|SID-A1, SID-B2, SID-C2 |<----+ |
                   |               +-----------------------+       |
                   +-------------->|SID-A2, SID-E2         |<------+
                                   +-----------------------+


















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   NodeD:
            +-----------------+          +--------------------+
            |  Path Segment   |          |Reverse Path Segment|
            +-----------------+          +--------------------+
            | SID-Path-2      |-+        | SID-Path-1         |--+
            +-----------------+ |        +--------------------+  |
            | SID-Path-4      | |        | SID-Path-3         |--|-+
            +-----------------+ |        +--------------------+  | |
                   |            |                                | |
                   |            |  +-----------------------+     | |
                   |            |  | segment List          |     | |
                   |            |  +-----------------------+     | |
                   |            +->|SID-D1, SID-C1, SID-B1 |<----+ |
                   |               +-----------------------+       |
                   +-------------->|SID-D2, SID-E1         |<------+
                                   +-----------------------+
                     Figure 3: mapping table

4. STAMP/TWAMP light Procedure with Path segment

   This document proposes that the test packets in the two directions
   of  STAMP/TWAMP light are transmitted along the consistent path
   through path segment.

   TWAMP light does not need to parse the TLV of stamp. Neither stamp
   nor TWAMP light needs to modify the packet structure. Using SRH to
   carry path segment, stamp and TWAMP light need to add some relevant
   processing to meet the requirement.

4.1.  STAMP/TWAMP light Session-sender procedure

   For instance, the session-sender is Node A in Figure 2, and the
   session is bounded with Segment List1 of Policy A-D. The test packet
   is as follow:














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       +-----------------------------------------------------------+
       | IPv6 Header                                               |
       .  Source IP Address = Session-Sender IPv6 Address          .
       .  Destination IP Address = SegmentList[SL]                 .
       .  Next-Header = SRH (43)                                   .
       .                                                           .
       +-----------------------------------------------------------+
       | SRH as specified in RFC 8754                              |
       .  Next-Header = IPv6                                       .
       .  <P-Flag=1, PathSegment, SegmentList>                     .
       .                                                           .
       +-----------------------------------------------------------+
       | IPv6 Header                                               |
       .  Source IP Address = Session-Sender IPv6 Address          .
       .  Destination IP Address = Session-Reflector IPv6 Address  .
       .  Next-Header = UDP                                        .
       .                                                           .
       +-----------------------------------------------------------+
       | UDP Header                                                |
       .                                                           .
       +-----------------------------------------------------------+
       | Payload                                                   |
        .                                                          .
       +-----------------------------------------------------------+
               Figure 4: Encapsulation format of test packet


   NodeA Encapsulates the path segment of segment list1 in SRH, and set
   SRH.P-Flag.

   The test packet is as follows:

















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                A------------->B------------>C---------->D
        +-----------------+                      +-----------------+
        | SA=A's Ipv6Addr |                      | SA=A's Ipv6Addr |
        +-----------------+                      +-----------------+
        | DA=SID-A1       |                      | DA=D's ipv6Addr |
        +-----------------+                      +-----------------+
        | SL=3 | P-Flag=1 |                      | SL=0 | P-Flag=1 |
        +-----------------+                      +-----------------+
        | D's ipv6Addr    |                      | D's ipv6Addr    |
        +-----------------+                      +-----------------+
        | SID-C2          |                      | SID-C2          |
        +-----------------+                      +-----------------+
        | SID-B2          |                      | SID-B2          |
        +-----------------+                      +-----------------+
        | SID-A1          |                      | SID-A1          |
        +-----------------+                      +-----------------+
        | SID-Path-1      |                      | SID-Path-1      |
        +-----------------+                      +-----------------+
        | test-payload    |                      | test-payload    |
        |                 |                      |                 |
        +-----------------+                      +-----------------+
                     Figure 5: Example of test packet


4.2.  STAMP/TWAMP light Session-reflector procedure

   The test packet is forwarded along the path A->B->C->D. While packet
   arrives at nodeD, SRH.SL is 0 and the destination address is the
   IPv6 address of NodeD. Packet is delivered up to the  STAMP/TWAMP
   light module in control plane.

    STAMP/TWAMP light module on NodeD detects SRH.P-flag is set,
   extracts the path segment of the forward path from SRH, gets the
   path segment of the reverse path through the mapping table. When
   reply test packet, stamp/twamp light module use the segment list
   associated with path segment of the reverse path to encapsulate SRH.












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       +-----------------------------------------------------------+
       | IPv6 Header                                               |
       .  Source IP Address = Session-Reflector IPv6 Address       .
       .  Destination IP Address = SegmentList[SL]                 .
       .  Next-Header = SRH (43)                                   .
       .                                                           .
       +-----------------------------------------------------------+
       | SRH as specified in RFC 8754                              |
       .  Next-Header = IPv6                                       .
       .  < P-Flag=0,Segment List>                                 .
       .                                                           .
       +-----------------------------------------------------------+
       | IPv6 Header                                               |
       .  Source IP Address = Session-Reflector IPv6 Address       .
       .  Destination IP Address = Session-Sender IPv6 Address     .
       .  Next-Header = UDP                                        .
       .                                                           .
       +-----------------------------------------------------------+
       | UDP Header                                                |
       .                                                           .
       +-----------------------------------------------------------+
       | Payload                                                   |
        .                                                          .
       +-----------------------------------------------------------+
            Figure 6: Encapsulation format of reply test packet



   The Example of reply test packet is as follows:



















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                D------------->C------------>B---------->A

        +-----------------+                      +-----------------+
        | SA=D's Ipv6Addr |                      | SA=D's Ipv6Addr |
        +-----------------+                      +-----------------+
        | DA=SID-D1       |                      | DA=A's ipv6Addr |
        +-----------------+                      +-----------------+
        | SL=3 | P-Flag=0 |                      | SL=0 | P-Flag=0 |
        +-----------------+                      +-----------------+
        | A's ipv6Addr    |                      | A's ipv6Addr    |
        +-----------------+                      +-----------------+
        | SID-B1          |                      | SID-B1          |
        +-----------------+                      +-----------------+
        | SID-C1          |                      | SID-C1          |
        +-----------------+                      +-----------------+
        | SID-D1          |                      | SID-D1          |
        +-----------------+                      +-----------------+
        | reply test      |                      | reply test      |
        |   payload       |                      |   payload       |
        +-----------------+                      +-----------------+
                  Figure 7: Example of reply test packet


   The reply test packet will be forward along the path D->C->B->A. In
   this way, the forward and reverse paths of test packet are
   guaranteed to be consistent.

5. IANA Considerations

   This document has no IANA actions.

6. Security Considerations

   The security requirements and mechanisms described in [RFC8402] and
   [RFC8754] also apply to this document.

   This document does not introduce any new security consideration.

7. References

7.1. Normative References

   [I-D.ietf-idr-segment-routing-te-policy] Previdi, S., Filsfils, C.,
             Talaulikar, K., Mattes, P., Jain, D., and S. Lin,
             "Advertising Segment Routing Policies in BGP", draft-ietf-
             idr-segment-routing-te-policy-20 (work in progress), July
             2022.


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   [I-D.ietf-spring-mpls-path-segment] Cheng, W., Li, H., Chen, M.,
             Gandhi, R., and R. Zigler, "Path Segment in MPLS Based
             Segment Routing Network",draft-ietf-spring-mpls-path-
             segment-08 (work in progress), September 2022.

   [I-D.ietf-spring-srv6-path-segment] Li, C., Cheng, W., Chen, M.,
             Dhody, D., and Y. Zhu, "Path Segment for SRv6 (Segment
             Routing in IPv6)", draft-ietf-spring-srv6-path-segment-04
             (work in progress),August 2022.

   [I-D.ietf-idr-sr-policy-path-segment] Li, C., Li, Z., Yin, Y.,
             Cheng, W., Talaulikar, K., "SR Policy Extensions for Path
             Segment and Bidirectional Path", draft-ietf-idr-sr-policy-
             path-segment-06(work in progress), August 2022.

   [I-D.ietf-spring-stamp-srpm] Gandhi, R., Filsfils, C., Voyer, D.,
             Chen, M., Janssens, B., and R. Foote, "Performance
             Measurement Using Simple TWAMP (STAMP) for Segment Routing
             Networks", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-
             spring-stamp-srpm-03, 1 February 2022,
             <https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-spring-stamp-
             srpm-03.txt>.

   [RFC8402] Filsfils, C., Ed., Previdi, S., Ed., Ginsberg,
             L.,Decraene, B., Litkowski, S., and R. Shakir, "Segment
             Routing Architecture", RFC 8402, DOI 10.17487/RFC8402,July
             2018, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8402>.

   [RFC8754]  Filsfils, C., Ed., Dukes, D., Ed., Previdi, S., Leddy,
             J., Matsushima, S., and D. Voyer, "IPv6 Segment Routing
             Header (SRH)", RFC 8754, DOI 10.17487/RFC8754, March 2020,
             <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8754>.

   [RFC8762] Greg Mirsky, Guo Jun, Henrik Nydell, Richard Foote,
             "Simple Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol", RFC 8762,
             DOI: 10.17487/RFC8762, March 2020, <https://www.rfc-
             editor.org/info/rfc8762>.

   [RFC8972]  Mirsky, G., Min, X., Nydell, H., Foote, R., Masputra, A.,
             and E. Ruffini, "Simple Two-Way Active MeasurementProtocol
             Optional Extensions", RFC 8972, DOI 10.17487/RFC8972,
             April 2021, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8972>.


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   [RFC8986]  Filsfils, C., Ed., Camarillo, P., Ed., Leddy, J., Voyer,
             D., Matsushima, S., and Z. Li, "Segment Routing over IPv6
             (SRv6) Network Programming", RFC 8986, DOI
             0.17487/RFC8986, February 2021, <https://www.rfc-
             editor.org/info/rfc8986>.

   [RFC9256] Filsfils, C., Talaulikar,K., Voyer, D., Bogdanov, A.,
             and P. Mattes, "Segment Routing Policy Architecture",
             RFC9256, July 2022.


Contributors

   Yisong Liu contributed to the content of this document.







































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Authors' Addresses

   Sijun Weng
   China Mobile
   Beijing
   CN

   Email: wengsijun@chinamobile.com


   Weiqiang Cheng
   China Mobile
   Beijing
   CN

   Email: chengweiqiang@chinamobile.com


   Changwang Lin
   New H3C Technologies
   Beijing
   China

   Email: linchangwang.04414@h3c.com


   Xiao Min
   ZTE Corp.
   Nanjing
   China

   Email: xiao.min2@zte.com.cn
























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