BIER WG                                                         Z. Zhang
Internet-Draft                                           ZTE Corporation
Intended status: Standards Track                           A. Przygienda
Expires: December 29, 2017                              Juniper Networks
                                                           June 27, 2017


                             BIER in BABEL
                  draft-zhang-bier-babel-extensions-01

Abstract

   BIER introduces a novel multicast architecture.  It does not require
   a signaling protocol to explicitly build multicast distribution
   trees, nor does it require intermediate nodes to maintain any per-
   flow state.

   Babel defines a distance-vector routing protocol that operates in a
   robust and efficient fashion both in wired as well as in wireless
   mesh networks.  This document defines a way to carry necessary BIER
   signaling information in Babel.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   3.  Advertisement of BIER information . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     3.1.  BIER BFR-prefix and BIER sub-TLV  . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
       3.1.1.  BIER sub-TLV  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     3.2.  BIER MPLS Encapsulation sub-sub-TLV . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     3.3.  Optional BIER sub-domain BSL conversion sub-sub-TLV . . .   4
   4.  Tree types and tunneling  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   5.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   6.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   7.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   8.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6

1.  Introduction

   [I-D.ietf-bier-architecture] introduces a novel multicast
   architecture.  It does not require a signaling protocol to explicitly
   build multicast distribution trees, nor does it require intermediate
   nodes to maintain any per-flow state.  All procedures necessary to
   support BIER are abbreviated by the "BIER architecture" moniker in
   this document.

   [RFC6126] and [I-D.ietf-babel-rfc6126bis] define a distance-vector
   routing protocol under the name of "Babel".  Babel operates in a
   robust and efficient fashion both in ordinary wired as well as in
   wireless mesh networks.

2.  Terminology

   The terminology of this documents follows
   [I-D.ietf-bier-architecture], [RFC6126], [RFC7557] and
   [I-D.ietf-babel-rfc6126bis].

3.  Advertisement of BIER information

   In case a router is configured with BIER information, and Babel is
   the routing protocol used, such a router MAY use Babel protocol to
   announce the BIER information using the BIER sub-TLV specified below.




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3.1.  BIER BFR-prefix and BIER sub-TLV

   BFR-prefix and according information is carried in a Babel Update TLV
   per [I-D.ietf-babel-rfc6126bis].  A new sub-TLV is defined to convey
   further BIER information such as BFR-id, sub-domain-id and BSL.  Two
   sub-sub-TLVs are carried as payload of BIER sub-TLV.

   The mandatory bit of BIER sub-TLV should be set to 0.  If a router
   cannot recognize a sub-TLV, the router MUST ignore this unknown sub-
   TLV.

3.1.1.  BIER sub-TLV

   The BIER sub-TLV format aligns exactly with the definition and
   restrictions in [I-D.ietf-bier-isis-extensions] and
   [I-D.ietf-bier-ospf-bier-extensions].  It is a sub-TLV of Babel
   update TLV.  The prefix MUST NOT be summarized and the according sub-
   TLV MUST be treated as optional and transitive.

        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
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |  sub-Type     |   Length      |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |   Reserved    | subdomain-id  |   BFR-id                      |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
                          Figure 1: BIER sub-TLV

   o  Type: as indicated in IANA section.

   o  Length: 1 octet.  Include the length of BIER sub-TLV and potential
      length of the two sub-sub-TLVs.

   o  Reserved: MUST be 0 on transmission, ignored on reception.  May be
      used in future versions. 8 bits.

   o  subdomain-id: Unique value identifying the BIER sub-domain. 1
      octet.

   o  BFR-id: A 2 octet field encoding the BFR-id, as documented in
      [I-D.ietf-bier-architecture].  If no BFR-id has been assigned this
      field is set to the invalid BFR-id.

3.2.  BIER MPLS Encapsulation sub-sub-TLV

   The BIER MPLS Encapsulation sub-sub-TLV can be carried by BIER sub-
   TLV.  The format and restrictions are aligned with
   [I-D.ietf-bier-isis-extensions] and



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   [I-D.ietf-bier-ospf-bier-extensions].  This sub-sub-TLV carries the
   information for the BIER MPLS encapsulation including the label range
   for a specific BSL for a certain <MT,SD> pair.

        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
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       | sub-sub-Type  |   Length      |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       | Lbl Range Size|BS Len |                    Label              |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
                  Figure 3: MPLS Encapsulation sub-sub-TLV

   o  Type: value of 1 indicating MPLS encapsulation.

   o  Length: 1 octet

   o  Local BitString Length (BS Len): Encoded bitstring length as per
      [I-D.ietf-bier-mpls-encapsulation]. 4 bits.

   o  Label Range Size: Number of labels in the range for this BIER sub-
      domain and bitstring length combination, 1 octet.

   o  Label: First label of the range, 20 bits.  The labels are as
      defined in [I-D.ietf-bier-mpls-encapsulation].

3.3.  Optional BIER sub-domain BSL conversion sub-sub-TLV

   This sub-sub-TLV is used to carry the BSL information.  Its
   definition and restrictions are aligned with
   [I-D.ietf-bier-isis-extensions].

         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
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        | sub-sub-Type  |   Length      |
        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      Figure 4: BSL conversion sub-sub-TLV

4.  Tree types and tunneling

   Since Babel is performing a diffusion computation, support for
   different tree types is not as natural as with link-state protocols.
   Hence this specification is assuming that normal Babel reachability
   computation is performed without further modifications.






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   BIER architecture does not rely on all routers in a domain performing
   BFR procedures.  How to support tunnels that will allow to tunnel
   BIER across such routers in Babel is for further study.

5.  Security Considerations

   TBD

6.  IANA Considerations

   A new type of Babel update sub-TLV needs to be defined for BIER
   information advertisement.

7.  Acknowledgements

   The draft is aligned with the [I-D.ietf-bier-isis-extensions] and
   [I-D.ietf-bier-ospf-bier-extensions] as far as feasible.

8.  Normative References

   [I-D.ietf-babel-rfc6126bis]
              Chroboczek, J., "The Babel Routing Protocol", draft-ietf-
              babel-rfc6126bis-02 (work in progress), May 2017.

   [I-D.ietf-bier-architecture]
              Wijnands, I., Rosen, E., Dolganow, A., Przygienda, T., and
              S. Aldrin, "Multicast using Bit Index Explicit
              Replication", draft-ietf-bier-architecture-07 (work in
              progress), June 2017.

   [I-D.ietf-bier-isis-extensions]
              Ginsberg, L., Przygienda, T., Aldrin, S., and Z. Zhang,
              "BIER support via ISIS", draft-ietf-bier-isis-
              extensions-04 (work in progress), March 2017.

   [I-D.ietf-bier-mpls-encapsulation]
              Wijnands, I., Rosen, E., Dolganow, A., Tantsura, J.,
              Aldrin, S., and I. Meilik, "Encapsulation for Bit Index
              Explicit Replication in MPLS and non-MPLS Networks",
              draft-ietf-bier-mpls-encapsulation-07 (work in progress),
              June 2017.

   [I-D.ietf-bier-ospf-bier-extensions]
              Psenak, P., Kumar, N., Wijnands, I., Dolganow, A.,
              Przygienda, T., Zhang, Z., and S. Aldrin, "OSPF Extensions
              for BIER", draft-ietf-bier-ospf-bier-extensions-06 (work
              in progress), June 2017.




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   [RFC6126]  Chroboczek, J., "The Babel Routing Protocol", RFC 6126,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6126, April 2011,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6126>.

   [RFC7557]  Chroboczek, J., "Extension Mechanism for the Babel Routing
              Protocol", RFC 7557, DOI 10.17487/RFC7557, May 2015,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7557>.

Authors' Addresses

   Zheng(Sandy) Zhang
   ZTE Corporation
   No. 50 Software Ave, Yuhuatai Distinct
   Nanjing
   China

   Email: zhang.zheng@zte.com.cn


   Tony Przygienda
   Juniper Networks

   Email: prz@juniper.net




























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