Residence Time Measurement in MPLS Networks
RFC 8169
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) G. Mirsky
Request for Comments: 8169 ZTE Corp.
Category: Standards Track S. Ruffini
ISSN: 2070-1721 E. Gray
Ericsson
J. Drake
Juniper Networks
S. Bryant
Huawei
A. Vainshtein
ECI Telecom
May 2017
Residence Time Measurement in MPLS Networks
Abstract
This document specifies a new Generic Associated Channel (G-ACh) for
Residence Time Measurement (RTM) and describes how it can be used by
time synchronization protocols within an MPLS domain.
Residence time is the variable part of the propagation delay of
timing and synchronization messages; knowing this delay for each
message allows for a more accurate determination of the delay to be
taken into account when applying the value included in a Precision
Time Protocol event message.
Status of This Memo
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(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on
Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 7841.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.1. Conventions Used in This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.1.1. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.1.2. Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2. Residence Time Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1. One-Step Clock and Two-Step Clock Modes . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1.1. RTM with Two-Step Upstream PTP Clock . . . . . . . . 7
2.1.2. Two-Step RTM with One-Step Upstream PTP Clock . . . . 8
3. G-ACh for Residence Time Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.1. PTP Packet Sub-TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.2. PTP Associated Value Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4. Control-Plane Theory of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.1. RTM Capability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.2. RTM Capability Sub-TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.3. RTM Capability Advertisement in Routing Protocols . . . . 13
4.3.1. RTM Capability Advertisement in OSPFv2 . . . . . . . 13
4.3.2. RTM Capability Advertisement in OSPFv3 . . . . . . . 14
4.3.3. RTM Capability Advertisement in IS-IS . . . . . . . . 14
4.3.4. RTM Capability Advertisement in BGP-LS . . . . . . . 14
4.4. RSVP-TE Control-Plane Operation to Support RTM . . . . . 15
4.4.1. RTM_SET TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
5. Data-Plane Theory of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
6. Applicable PTP Scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
7. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
7.1. New RTM G-ACh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
7.2. New MPLS RTM TLV Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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