MPLS Working Group
Internet Draft Anca Zamfir,
Zafar Ali
Cisco Systems
D. Papadimitriou
Alcatel
Document: draft-zamfir-explicit-
resource-control-bundle-05.txt
Expires: December 2005 June 2005
Component Link Recording and Resource Control for GMPLS Link Bundles
draft-zamfir-explicit-resource-control-bundle-05.txt
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Abstract
Record Route is a useful administrative tool that has been used
extensively by the service providers. However, when TE links are
bundled, identification of label resource in RRO is not enough for
the administrative purpose. Network service providers would like to
know the component link within a TE link that is being used by a
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given LSP. In other words, when link bundling is used, resource
recording requires mechanisms to specify the component link
identifier, along with the TE link identifier and Label. As , it is
not possible to record component link in the RRO, this draft defines
the extensions to RSVP-TE [RFC3209] and [RFC3473] to specify
component link identifiers for resource recording purposes.
This draft also defines the ERO counterpart of the RRO extension. The
ERO extensions are needed to perform explicit label/ resource control
over bundled TE link. Hence, this draft defines the extensions to
RSVP-TE [RFC3209] and [RFC3473] to specify component link identifiers
for explicit resource control and recording over GMPLS link bundles.
Conventions used in this document
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].
Table of Contents
1. Terminology....................................................2
2. Resource Control and Recording.................................3
3. LSP Resource Recording.........................................4
3.1 Component Interface Identifier RRO subobject...............4
3.2 Processing of Component Interface identifier RRO Subobject.5
4. Signaling Component Interface Identifier in ERO................6
4.1 Processing of Component Interface Identifier ERO Subobject.7
5. Forward Compatibility Note.....................................9
6. Security Considerations........................................9
7. IANA Considerations...........................................10
8. Intellectual Property Considerations..........................10
9. References....................................................10
9.1 Normative Reference.......................................10
9.2 Informative Reference.....................................11
10. Author's Addresses...........................................11
11. Full Copyright Statement.....................................11
1. Terminology
TE Link: Unless specified otherwise, it refers to a bundled Traffic
Engineering link as defined in [BUNDLE]. Furthermore, the terms TE
Link and bundled TE Link are used interchangeably in this draft.
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Component (interface) link: refers (locally) to a component link as
part of a bundled TE link. A component link is numbered/ unnumbered
in its own right. For unnumbered component links, the component link
ID is assumed to be unique on an advertising node. For numbered
component links, the component link ID is assumed to be unique within
a domain.
Component Interface Identifier: Refers to an ID used to uniquely
identify a Component Interface. On a bundled link a combination of
<component link identifier, label> is sufficient to unambiguously
identify the appropriate resources used by an LSP [BUNDLE].
2. Resource Control and Recording
In GMPLS networks that deals with unbundled (being either PSC, L2SC,
TDM or LSC) TE Links, one of the types of resources that an LSP
originator can control and would like to record are the TE Link
interfaces used by the LSP. The resource control and recording is
done by the use of an explicit route, i.e., Explicit Route (ERO)
Object and record Route, i.e., Record Route Object (RRO) object,
respectively.
Link Bundling introduced by [BUNDLE], is used to improve routing
scalability by reducing the amount of TE related information that
needs to be flooded and handled by IGP in a TE network. This is
accomplished by aggregating and abstracting the TE Link resource. In
some cases the complete resource identification is left as a local
decision. However, as described above there are cases when it is
desirable for a non-local (e.g., LSP head-end) node to identify
completely or partially the LSP resources. In either case, for
administrative reasons, it is required to know which component link
within a bundled TE link has been used for a given LSP.
When link bundling is used to aggregate multiple component links into
a TE link, label is not the only resource that needs to be identified
and recorded. In other words, the TE Link and the Label specified in
the ERO/ RRO objects are not enough to completely identify the
resource. For the bundled TE link case, in order to fully specify the
resources on a link for a given LSP, the component link needs to be
specified along with the label. In the case of bi-directional LSPs
both upstream and downstream information may be specified. Therefore,
explicit resource control and recording over a bundled TE link also
requires ability to specify a component link within the TE link.
This draft defines extensions to and describes the use of RSVP-TE
[RFC3209], [RFC3471], [RFC3473] to specify the component link
identifier for resource recording and explicit resource control over
GMPLS link bundles. Specifically, in this document, component
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interface identifier RRO and ERO subobjects are defined to complement
their Label RRO and ERO counterparts. Furthermore, procedures for
processing component interface identifier RRO and ERO subobjects and
how they can co-exist with the Label RRO and ERO subobjects are
specified.
3. LSP Resource Recording
This refers to the ability to record the resources used by an LSP.
The procedure for unbundled numbered TE links is described in
[RFC3209] and for unbundled unnumbered TE links in [RFC 3477]. For
the purpose of recording LSP resources used over bundled TE Links,
the Component Interface Identifier RRO sub-object is introduced.
3.1 Component Interface Identifier RRO subobject
A new subobject of the Record Route Object (RRO) is used to record
component interface identifier of a (bundled) TE Link. This subobject
has the following format:
Figure 2: Component Interface Identifier RRO subobject
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|L| Type | Length |U| Reserved (must be zero) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
// IPv4, IPv6 or unnumbered Component Interface Identifier //
| . . . |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
0 1 2 3
L: 1 bit
This bit must be set to 0.
Type
10 (TBD) Component Interface identifier IPv4
11 (TBD) Component Interface identifier IPv6
12 (TBD) Component Interface identifier Unnumbered
Length
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The Length contains the total length of the subobject in
bytes, including the Type and Length fields. The Length is
8 bytes for the Component Interface identifier IPv4 and
Component Interface identifier Unnumbered types. For
Component Interface identifier IPv6 type of sub-object, the
length field is 20 bytes.
U: 1 bit
This bit indicates the direction of the component
interface. It is 0 for the downstream interface. It is
set to 1 for the upstream interface and is only used for
bi-directional LSPs.
3.2 Processing of Component Interface identifier RRO Subobject
If a node desires component link recording, the "Component Link
Recording desired" flag (value TBD) should be set in the
LSP_ATTRIBUTES object, object that is defined in [RSVP-TE-ATTRIBUTE].
Setting of "Component Link Recording desired" flag is independent of
the Label Recording flag in SESSION_ATTRIBUTE object as specified in
[RFC3209]. Nevertheless, the following combinations are valid:
1) If both Label and Comp Link flags are clear, then neither
Labels nor Component Links are recorded.
2) If Label Recording flag is set and Component Link flag is
clear, then only Label Recording is performed as defined in
[RFC3209].
3) If Label Recording flag is clear and Component Link flag is
set, then Component Link Recording is performed as defined in this
proposal.
4) If both Label Recording and Component Link flags are set, then
Label Recording is performed as defined in [RFC3209] and also
Component Link recording is performed as defined in this proposal.
In most cases, a node initiates recording for a given LSP by adding
the RRO to the Path message. If the node desires Component Link
recording and if the outgoing TE link is bundled, then the initial
RRO contains the Component Link identifier (numbered or unnumbered)
as selected by the sender. As well, the Component Link Recording
desired flag is set in the LSP_ATTRIBUTE object. If the node also
desires label recording, it sets the Label_Recording flag in the
SESSION_ATTRIBUTE object.
When a Path message with the "Component Link Recording desired" flag
set is received by an intermediate node, if a new Path message is to
be sent for a downstream bundled TE link, the node adds a new
Component Link subobject to the RRO and appends the resulting RRO to
the Path message before transmission.
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Note also that, unlike Labels, Component Link identifiers are always
known on receipt of the Path message.
When the destination node of an RSVP session receives a Path message
with an RRO and the "Component Link Recording desired" flag set, this
indicates that the sender node needs TE route as well as component
link recording. The destination node initiates the RRO process by
adding an RRO to Resv messages. The processing mirrors that of the
Path messages
The Component Interface Record subobject is pushed onto the
RECORD_ROUTE object prior to pushing on the node's IP address. A node
MUST NOT push on a Component Interface Record subobject without also
pushing on the IP address or unnumbered Interface Id subobject that
identifies the TE Link.
When component interfaces are recorded for bi-directional LSPs,
component interface RRO subobjects for both downstream and upstream
interfaces MUST be included.
4. Signaling Component Interface Identifier in ERO
A new OPTIONAL subobject of the EXPLICIT_ROUTE Object (ERO) is used
to specify component interface identifier of a bundled TE Link.
This subobject has the following format:
Figure 1: Component Interface Identifier ERO subobject
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|L| Type | Length |U| Reserved (MUST be zero) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
// IPv4, IPv6 or unnumbered Component Interface Identifier //
| . . . |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
L: 1 bit
This bit must be set to 0.
Type
10 (TBD) Component Interface identifier IPv4
11 (TBD) Component Interface identifier IPv6
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12 (TBD) Component Interface identifier Unnumbered
Length
The Length contains the total length of the subobject in
bytes, including the Type and Length fields. The Length is
8 bytes for the Component Interface identifier types: IPv4
and Component Interface identifier Unnumbered. For
Component Interface identifier IPv6 type of sub-object,
the length field is 20 bytes.
U: 1 bit
This bit indicates the direction of the component
interface. It is 0 for the downstream interface. It is
set to 1 for the upstream interface and is only used for
bi-directional LSPs.
4.1 Processing of Component Interface Identifier ERO Subobject
The Component Interface Identifier ERO subobject follows a subobject
containing the IP address, or the link identifier [RFC3477],
associated with the TE link on which it is to be used. It is used to
identify the component of a bundled TE Link.
The following SHOULD result in "Bad EXPLICIT_ROUTE object" error
being sent upstream by a node processing an ERO that contains the
Component Interface ID sub-object:
o The first component interface identifier subobject is not
preceded by a sub-object containing an IPv4 or IPv6 address, or
an interface identifier [RFC3477], associated with a TE link.
o The Component Interface Identifier ERO subobject follows a
subobject that has the L-bit set.
o On unidirectional LSP setup, there is a Component Interface
Identifier ERO subobject with the U-bit set.
o Two Component Interface Identifier ERO subobjects with the same
U-bit values exist.
If a node implements the component interface identifier subobject, it
must check if it represents a component interface in the bundled TE
Link specified in the preceding subobject that contains the IPv4/IPv6
address or interface identifier of the TE Link. If the content of the
component interface identifier subobject does not match a component
interface in the TE link, a "Bad EXPLICIT_ROUTE object" error SHOULD
be reported as "Routing Problem" (error code 24).
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If U-bit of the subobject being examined is cleared (0) and the
upstream interface specified in this subobject is acceptable, then
the value of the upstream component interface is translated locally
in the TLV of the IF_ID RSVP HOP object [RFC 3471]. The local
decision normally used to select the upstream component link is
bypassed except for local translation into the outgoing interface
identifier from the received incoming remote interface identifier. If
this interface is not acceptable, a "Bad EXPLICIT_ROUTE object" error
SHOULD be reported as "Routing Problem" (error code 24).
If the U-bit of the subobject being examined is set (1), then the
value represents the component interface to be used for upstream
traffic associated with the bidirectional LSP. Again, if this
interface is not acceptable or if the request is not one for a
bidirectional LSP, then a "Bad EXPLICIT_ROUTE object" error SHOULD be
reported as "Routing Problem" (error code 24). Otherwise, the
component interface IP address/ identifier is copied into a TLV sub-
object as part of the IF_ID RSVP_HOP object. The local decision
normally used to select the upstream component link is bypassed
except for local translation into the outgoing interface identifier
from the received incoming remote interface identifier.
The IF_ID RSVP_HOP object constructed as above MUST be included in
the corresponding outgoing Path message.
Note that, associated with a TE Link sub-object in the ERO, either
the (remote) upstream component interface or the (remote) downstream
component interface or both may be specified. As specified in
[BUNDLE] there is no relationship between the TE Link type (numbered
or unnumbered) and the Link type of any one of its components.
The component interface identifier ERO subobject is optional.
Similarly, presence of the Label ERO sub-objects is not mandatory
[RFC 3471], [RFC 3473]. Furthermore, component interface identifier
ERO subobject and Label ERO subobject may be included in the ERO
independently of each other. One of the following alternatives
applies:
o When both sub-objects are absent, a node may select any appropriate
component link within the TE link and any label on the selected
component link.
o When the Label subobject is only present for a bundled link, then
the selection of the component link within the bundle is a local
decision and the node may select any appropriate component link,
which can assume the label specified in the Label ERO.
o When only the component interface identifier ERO subobject is
present, a node MUST select the component interface specified in the
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ERO and may select any appropriate label value at the specified
component link.
o When both component interface identifier ERO subobject and Label
ERO subobject are present, the node MUST select the locally
corresponding component link and the specified label value on that
component link. When present, both subobjects may appear in any
relative order to each other but they MUST appear after the TE Link
sub-object that they refer to.
After processing, the component interface identifier subobjects are
removed from the ERO.
Inferred from above, the interface subobject should never be the
first subobject in a newly received message. If the component
interface subobject is the first subobject in a received ERO, then it
SHOULD be treated as a "Bad strict node" error.
Note: Information to construct the Component Interface ERO subobject
may come from the same mean used to populate the label ERO subobject.
Procedures by which an LSR at the head-end of an LSP obtains the
information needed to construct the Component Interface subobject are
outside the scope of this document.
5. Forward Compatibility Note
The extensions specified in this draft do not affect the processing
of the RRO, ERO at nodes that do not support them. A node that does
not support the Component Interface RRO subobject but that does
support Label subobject SHOULD only insert the Label subobject in the
RRO as per [RFC3471] and [RFC3473].
A node that receives an ERO that contains a Component Link ID
subobject SHOULD send "Bad EXPLICIT_ROUTE object" if it does not
implement this subobject.
As per [RFC3209], Section 4.4.5, a non-compliant node that receives
an RRO that contains Component Interface Identifier sub-objects
should ignore and pass them on. This limits the full applicability of
if nodes traversed by the LSP are compliant with the proposed
extensions.
6. Security Considerations
This document does not introduce new security issues. The security
considerations pertaining to the original RSVP protocol [RFC2205]
remain relevant.
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7. IANA Considerations
Type of Component Interface Identifier ERO subobject needs to be
assigned.
8. Intellectual Property Considerations
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9. References
9.1 Normative Reference
[RFC2205] "Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) - Version 1,
Functional Specification", RFC 2205, Braden, et al, September
1997.
[RFC3209] "Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels", D. Awduche, et al,
RFC 3209, December 2001.
[BUNDLE] "Link Bundling in MPLS Traffic Engineering", draft-ietf-
mpls-bundle-05.txt, K. Kompella, et al, January 2003.
[RFC3471] Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS)
Signaling Functional Description, RFC 3471, L. Berger, et al,
January 2003.
[RFC3473] "Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS)
Signaling Resource ReserVation Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-
TE) Extensions", RFC 3473, L. Berger, et al, January 2003.
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[RFC3477] "Signaling Unnumbered Links in Resource ReSerVation
Protocol - Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) ", RFC 3477, K. Kompella,
Y. Rekhter, January 2003.
[RFC2119] "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels",
RFC 2119, S. Bradner, March 1997.
9.2 Informative Reference
[RSVP-TE-ATTRIBUTE] "Encoding of Attributes for Multiprotocol Label
Switching (MPLS) Label Switched Path (LSP) Establishment Using
RSVP-TE", draft-farrel-rsvpte-attributes-00.txt., A. Farrel.
et al, April 2004
10. Author's Addresses
Anca Zamfir
Cisco Systems Inc.
2000 Innovation Dr.,
Kanata, Ontario, K2K 3E8
Canada.
Phone: (613)-254-3484
Email: ancaz@cisco.com
Zafar Ali
Cisco Systems Inc.
2000 Innovation Dr.,
Kanata, Ontario, K2K 3E8
Canada.
Phone: (613) 889-6158
Email: zali@cisco.com
Dimitri Papadimitriou (Alcatel)
Fr. Wellesplein 1,
B-2018 Antwerpen, Belgium
Phone: +32 3 240-8491
Email: dimitri.papadimitriou@alcatel.be
11. Full Copyright Statement
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2005). This document is subject
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except as set forth therein, the authors retain all their rights.
This document and the information contained herein are provided on an
"AS IS" basis and THE CONTRIBUTOR, THE ORGANIZATION HE/SHE REPRESENTS
OR IS SPONSORED BY (IF ANY), THE INTERNET SOCIETY AND THE INTERNET
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