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DetNet                                                     B. Varga, Ed.
Internet-Draft                                                 J. Farkas
Intended status: Informational                                  Ericsson
Expires: August 23, 2021                                        A. Malis
                                                        Malis Consulting
                                                               S. Bryant
                                                  Futurewei Technologies
                                                       February 19, 2021


 DetNet Data Plane: IP over IEEE 802.1 Time Sensitive Networking (TSN)
                    draft-ietf-detnet-ip-over-tsn-07

Abstract

   This document specifies the Deterministic Networking IP data plane
   when operating over a TSN sub-network.  This document does not define
   new procedures or processes.  Whenever this document makes statements
   or recommendations, these are taken from normative text in the
   referenced RFCs.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     2.1.  Terms Used In This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     2.2.  Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  DetNet IP Data Plane Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   4.  DetNet IP Flows over an IEEE 802.1   TSN sub-network  . . . .   4
     4.1.  Functions for DetNet Flow to TSN Stream Mapping . . . . .   5
     4.2.  TSN requirements of IP DetNet nodes . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     4.3.  Service protection within the TSN sub-network . . . . . .   7
     4.4.  Aggregation during DetNet flow to TSN Stream mapping  . .   7
   5.  Management and Control Implications . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   7.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   8.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   9.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     9.1.  Normative references  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     9.2.  Informative references  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11

1.  Introduction

   Deterministic Networking (DetNet) is a service that can be offered by
   a network to DetNet flows.  DetNet provides these flows extremely low
   packet loss rates and assured maximum end-to-end delivery latency.
   General background and concepts of DetNet can be found in the DetNet
   Architecture [RFC8655].

   [RFC8939] specifies the DetNet data plane operation for IP hosts and
   routers that provide DetNet service to IP encapsulated data.  This
   document focuses on the scenario where DetNet IP nodes are
   interconnected by a TSN sub-network.

   The DetNet Architecture decomposes the DetNet related data plane
   functions into two sub-layers: a service sub-layer and a forwarding
   sub-layer.  The service sub-layer is used to provide DetNet service
   protection and reordering.  The forwarding sub-layer is used to
   provides congestion protection (low loss, assured latency, and
   limited reordering).  As described in [RFC8939] no DetNet specific
   headers are added to support DetNet IP flows.  So, only the
   forwarding sub-layer functions can be supported inside the DetNet IP




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   domain.  Service protection can be provided on a per sub-network
   basis as shown here for the IEEE802.1 TSN sub-network scenario.

2.  Terminology

2.1.  Terms Used In This Document

   This document uses the terminology and concepts established in the
   DetNet architecture [RFC8655].  TSN (Time-Sensitive Networking)
   specific terms are defined in the TSN TG of IEEE 802.1 Working Group.
   The reader is assumed to be familiar with these documents and their
   terminology.

2.2.  Abbreviations

   The following abbreviations used in this document:

   DetNet        Deterministic Networking.

   FRER          Frame Replication and Elimination for Redundancy (TSN
                 function).

   L2            Layer-2.

   L3            Layer-3.

   TSN           Time-Sensitive Networking, TSN is a Task Group of the
                 IEEE 802.1 Working Group.

3.  DetNet IP Data Plane Overview

   [RFC8939] describes how IP is used by DetNet nodes, i.e., hosts and
   routers, to identify DetNet flows and provide a DetNet service.  From
   a data plane perspective, an end-to-end IP model is followed.  DetNet
   uses "6-tuple" based flow identification, where "6-tuple" refers to
   information carried in IP and higher layer protocol headers as
   defined in [RFC8939]. .

   DetNet flow aggregation may be enabled via the use of wildcards,
   masks, prefixes and ranges.  IP tunnels may also be used to support
   flow aggregation.  In these cases, it is expected that DetNet aware
   intermediate nodes will provide DetNet service assurance on the
   aggregate through resource allocation and congestion control
   mechanisms.

   Congestion protection, latency control and the resource allocation
   (queuing, policing, shaping) are supported using the underlying link
   / sub-net specific mechanisms.  Service protections (packet



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   replication and packet elimination functions) are not provided at the
   IP DetNet layer end-to-end due to the lack of a unified end-to-end
   sequencing information that would be available for intermediate
   nodes.  However, such service protection can be provided on a per
   underlying L2 link and sub-network basis.

   DetNet routers ensure that DetNet service requirements are met per
   hop by allocating local resources, both receive and transmit, and by
   mapping the service requirements of each flow to appropriate sub-
   network mechanisms.  Such mappings are sub-network technology
   specific.  DetNet nodes interconnected by a TSN sub-network are the
   primary focus of this document.  The mapping of DetNet IP flows to
   TSN streams and TSN protection mechanisms are covered in Section 4.

4.  DetNet IP Flows over an IEEE 802.1 TSN sub-network

   This section covers how DetNet IP flows operate over an IEEE 802.1
   TSN sub-network.  Figure 1 illustrates such a scenario, where two IP
   (DetNet) nodes are interconnected by a TSN sub-network.  Dotted lines
   around the Service components of the IP (DetNet) Nodes indicate that
   they are DetNet service aware but do not perform any DetNet service
   sub-layer function.  Node-1 is single homed and Node-2 is dual-homed
   to the TSN sub-network and they are treated as Talker or Listener
   inside the TSN sub-network.  Note, that from TSN perspective dual-
   homed characteristics of Talker or Listener nodes are transparent to
   the IP Layer.

       IP (DetNet)                   IP (DetNet)
         Node-1                        Node-2

      ............                  ............
   <--: Service  :-- DetNet flow ---: Service  :-->
      +----------+                  +----------+
      |Forwarding|                  |Forwarding|
      +--------.-+    <-TSN Str->   +-.-----.--+
                \      ,-------.     /     /
                 +----[ TSN-Sub ]---+     /
                      [ Network ]--------+
                       `-------'
   <----------------- DetNet IP ----------------->

      Figure 1: DetNet (DN) Enabled IP Network over a TSN sub-network

   At the time of this writing, the Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) Task
   Group of the IEEE 802.1 Working Group have defined (and are defining)
   a number of amendments to [IEEE8021Q] that provide zero congestion
   loss and bounded latency in bridged networks.  Furthermore,
   [IEEE8021CB] defines frame replication and elimination functions for



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   reliability that should prove both compatible with and useful to
   DetNet networks.  All these functions have to identify flows that
   require TSN treatment.

   TSN capabilities of the TSN sub-network are made available for IP
   (DetNet) flows via the protocol interworking function described in
   Annex C.5 of [IEEE8021CB].  For example, applied on the TSN edge port
   it can convert an ingress unicast IP (DetNet) flow to use a specific
   L2 multicast destination MAC address and a VLAN, in order to forward
   the packet through a specific path inside the bridged network.  A
   similar interworking function pair at the other end of the TSN sub-
   network would restore the packet to its original L2 destination MAC
   address and VLAN.

   Placement of TSN functions depends on the TSN capabilities of nodes.
   IP (DetNet) Nodes may or may not support TSN functions.  For a given
   TSN Stream (i.e., a mapped DetNet flow) an IP (DetNet) node is
   treated as a Talker or a Listener inside the TSN sub-network.

4.1.  Functions for DetNet Flow to TSN Stream Mapping

   Mapping of a DetNet IP flow to a TSN Stream is provided via the
   combination of a passive and an active stream identification function
   that operate at the frame level (Layer-2).  The passive stream
   identification function is used to catch the 6-tuple of a DetNet IP
   flow and the active stream identification function is used to modify
   the Ethernet header according to the ID of the mapped TSN Stream.

   Clause 6.7 of [IEEE8021CB] defines an IP Stream identification
   function that can be used as a passive function for IP DetNet flows
   using UDP or TCP.  Clause 6.8 of [IEEEP8021CBdb] defines a Mask-and-
   Match Stream identification function that can be used as a passive
   function for any IP DetNet flows.

   Clause 6.6 of [IEEE8021CB] defines an Active Destination MAC and VLAN
   Stream identification function, what can replace some Ethernet header
   fields namely (1) the destination MAC-address, (2) the VLAN-ID and
   (3) priority parameters with alternate values.  Replacement is
   provided for the frame passed down the stack from the upper layers or
   up the stack from the lower layers.

   Active Destination MAC and VLAN Stream identification can be used
   within a Talker to set flow identity or a Listener to recover the
   original addressing information.  It can be used also in a TSN bridge
   that is providing translation as a proxy service for an End System.






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4.2.  TSN requirements of IP DetNet nodes

   This section covers the required behavior of a TSN-aware DetNet node
   using a TSN sub-network.  The implementation of TSN packet processing
   functions must be compliant with the relevant IEEE 802.1 standards.

   From the TSN sub-network perspective DetNet IP nodes are treated as
   Talker or Listener, that may be (1) TSN-unaware or (2) TSN-aware.

   In cases of TSN-unaware IP DetNet nodes the TSN relay nodes within
   the TSN sub-network must modify the Ethernet encapsulation of the
   DetNet IP flow (e.g., MAC translation, VLAN-ID setting, Sequence
   number addition, etc.) to allow proper TSN specific handling inside
   the sub-network.  There are no requirements defined for TSN-unaware
   IP DetNet nodes in this document.

   IP (DetNet) nodes being TSN-aware can be treated as a combination of
   a TSN-unaware Talker/Listener and a TSN-Relay, as shown in Figure 2.
   In such cases the IP (DetNet) node must provide the TSN sub-network
   specific Ethernet encapsulation over the link(s) towards the sub-
   network.

                  IP (DetNet)
                     Node
      <---------------------------------->

      ............
   <--: Service  :-- DetNet flow ------------------
      +----------+
      |Forwarding|
      +----------+    +---------------+
      |    L2    |    | L2 Relay with |<--- TSN ---
      |          |    | TSN function  |    Stream
      +-----.----+    +--.------.---.-+
             \__________/        \   \______
                                  \_________
       TSN-unaware
        Talker /          TSN-Bridge
        Listener             Relay
                                          <----- TSN Sub-network -----
      <------- TSN-aware Tlk/Lstn ------->

               Figure 2: IP (DetNet) node with TSN functions

   A TSN-aware IP (DetNet) node impementations must support the Stream
   Identification TSN component for recognizing flows.





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   A Stream identification component must be able to instantiate the
   following functions (1) Active Destination MAC and VLAN Stream
   identification function, (2) IP Stream identification function, (3)
   Mask-and-Match Stream identification function and (4) the related
   managed objects in Clause 9 of [IEEE8021CB] and [IEEEP8021CBdb].

   A TSN-aware IP (DetNet) node implementation must support the
   Sequencing function and the Sequence encode/decode function as
   defined in Clause 7.4 and 7.6 of [IEEE8021CB] if FRER is used inside
   the TSN sub-network.

   The Sequence encode/decode function must support the Redundancy tag
   (R-TAG) format as per Clause 7.8 of [IEEE8021CB].

   A TSN-aware IP (DetNet) node implementations must support the Stream
   splitting function and the Individual recovery function as defined in
   Clause 7.7 and 7.5 of [IEEE8021CB] when the node is a replication or
   elimination point for FRER.

4.3.  Service protection within the TSN sub-network

   TSN Streams supporting DetNet flows may use Frame Replication and
   Elimination for Redundancy (FRER) as defined in Clause 8. of
   [IEEE8021CB] based on the loss service requirements of the TSN
   Stream, which is derived from the DetNet service requirements of the
   DetNet mapped flow.  The specific operation of FRER is not modified
   by the use of DetNet and follows [IEEE8021CB].

   FRER function and the provided service recovery is available only
   within the TSN sub-network as the TSN Stream-ID and the TSN sequence
   number are not valid outside the sub-network.  An IP (DetNet) node
   represents a L3 border and as such it terminates all related
   information elements encoded in the L2 frames.

4.4.  Aggregation during DetNet flow to TSN Stream mapping

   Implementations of this document shall use management and control
   information to map a DetNet flow to a TSN Stream.  N:1 mapping
   (aggregating DetNet flows in a single TSN Stream) shall be supported.
   The management or control function that provisions flow mapping shall
   ensure that adequate resources are allocated and configured to
   provide proper service requirements of the mapped flows.

5.  Management and Control Implications

   DetNet flow and TSN Stream mapping related information are required
   only for TSN-aware IP (DetNet) nodes.  From the Data Plane




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   perspective there is no practical difference based on the origin of
   flow mapping related information (management plane or control plane).

   The following summarizes the set of information that is needed to
   configure DetNet IP over TSN:

   o  DetNet IP related configuration information according to the
      DetNet role of the DetNet IP node, as per [RFC8939].

   o  TSN related configuration information according to the TSN role of
      the DetNet IP node, as per [IEEE8021Q], [IEEE8021CB] and
      [IEEEP8021CBdb].

   o  Mapping between DetNet IP flow(s) and TSN Stream(s).  DetNet IP
      flow identification is summarized in Section 5.1 of [RFC8939], and
      includes all wildcards, port ranges and the ability to ignore
      specific IP fields).  For TSN Streams stream identification
      information are defined in [IEEE8021CB] and [IEEEP8021CBdb]).
      Note, that managed objects for TSN Stream identification can be
      found in [IEEEP8021CBcv].

   This information must be provisioned per DetNet flow.

   Mappings between DetNet and TSN management and control planes are out
   of scope of this document.  Some of the challenges are highligthed
   below.

   TSN-aware IP DetNet nodes are members of both the DetNet domain and
   the TSN sub-network.  Within the TSN sub-network the TSN-aware IP
   (DetNet) node has a TSN-aware Talker/Listener role, so TSN specific
   management and control plane functionalities must be implemented.
   There are many similarities in the management plane techniques used
   in DetNet and TSN, but that is not the case for the control plane
   protocols.  For example, RSVP-TE and MSRP behaves differently.
   Therefore management and control plane design is an important aspect
   of scenarios, where mapping between DetNet and TSN is required.

   In order to use a TSN sub-network between DetNet nodes, DetNet
   specific information must be converted to TSN sub-network specific
   ones.  DetNet flow ID and flow related parameters/requirements must
   be converted to a TSN Stream ID and stream related parameters/
   requirements.  Note that, as the TSN sub-network is just a portion of
   the end-to-end DetNet path (i.e., single hop from IP perspective),
   some parameters (e.g., delay) may differ significantly.  Other
   parameters (like bandwidth) also may have to be tuned due to the L2
   encapsulation used within the TSN sub-network.





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   In some cases it may be challenging to determine some TSN Stream
   related information.  For example, on a TSN-aware IP (DetNet) node
   that acts as a Talker, it is quite obvious which DetNet node is the
   Listener of the mapped TSN stream (i.e., the IP Next-Hop).  However
   it may be not trivial to locate the point/interface where that
   Listener is connected to the TSN sub-network.  Such attributes may
   require interaction between control and management plane functions
   and between DetNet and TSN domains.

   Mapping between DetNet flow identifiers and TSN Stream identifiers,
   if not provided explicitly, can be done by a TSN-aware IP (DetNet)
   node locally based on information provided for configuration of the
   TSN Stream identification functions (IP Stream identification, Mask-
   and-match Stream identification and active Stream identification
   function).

   Triggering the setup/modification of a TSN Stream in the TSN sub-
   network is an example where management and/or control plane
   interactions are required between the DetNet and TSN sub-network.
   TSN-unaware IP (DetNet) nodes make such a triggering even more
   complicated as they are fully unaware of the sub-network and run
   independently.

   Configuration of TSN specific functions (e.g., FRER) inside the TSN
   sub-network is a TSN domain specific decision and may not be visible
   in the DetNet domain.

6.  Security Considerations

   Security considerations for DetNet are described in detail in
   [I-D.ietf-detnet-security].  General security considerations are
   described in [RFC8655].  DetNet IP data plane specific considerations
   are summarized in [RFC8939].  This section considers exclusively
   security considerations which are specific to the DetNet IP over TSN
   sub-network scenario.

   The sub-network between DetNet nodes needs to be subject to
   appropriate confidentiality.  Additionally, knowledge of what DetNet/
   TSN services are provided by a sub-network may supply information
   that can be used in a variety of security attacks.  The ability to
   modify information exchanges between connected DetNet nodes may
   result in bogus operations.  Therefore, it is important that the
   interface between DetNet nodes and TSN sub-network are subject to
   authorization, authentication, and encryption.

   The TSN sub-network operates at Layer-2 so various security
   mechanisms defined by IEEE can be used to secure the connection




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   between the DetNet nodes (e.g., encryption may be provided using
   MACSec [IEEE802.1AE-2018]).

7.  IANA Considerations

   None.

8.  Acknowledgements

   The authors wish to thank Norman Finn, Lou Berger, Craig Gunther,
   Christophe Mangin and Jouni Korhonen for their various contributions
   to this work.

9.  References

9.1.  Normative references

   [IEEE8021CB]
              IEEE 802.1, "Standard for Local and metropolitan area
              networks - Frame Replication and Elimination for
              Reliability (IEEE Std 802.1CB-2017)", 2017,
              <http://standards.ieee.org/about/get/>.

   [IEEEP8021CBdb]
              Mangin, C., "Extended Stream identification functions",
              IEEE P802.1CBdb /D1.0 P802.1CBdb, September 2020,
              <http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/private/db-drafts/d1/802-
              1CBdb-d1-0.pdf>.

   [RFC8655]  Finn, N., Thubert, P., Varga, B., and J. Farkas,
              "Deterministic Networking Architecture", RFC 8655,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8655, October 2019,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8655>.

   [RFC8939]  Varga, B., Ed., Farkas, J., Berger, L., Fedyk, D., and S.
              Bryant, "Deterministic Networking (DetNet) Data Plane:
              IP", RFC 8939, DOI 10.17487/RFC8939, November 2020,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8939>.

9.2.  Informative references

   [I-D.ietf-detnet-security]
              Grossman, E., Mizrahi, T., and A. Hacker, "Deterministic
              Networking (DetNet) Security Considerations", draft-ietf-
              detnet-security-13 (work in progress), December 2020.






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   [IEEE802.1AE-2018]
              IEEE Standards Association, "IEEE Std 802.1AE-2018 MAC
              Security (MACsec)", 2018,
              <https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8585421>.

   [IEEE8021Q]
              IEEE 802.1, "Standard for Local and metropolitan area
              networks--Bridges and Bridged Networks (IEEE Std 802.1Q-
              2018)", 2018, <http://standards.ieee.org/about/get/>.

   [IEEEP8021CBcv]
              Kehrer, S., "FRER YANG Data Model and Management
              Information Base Module", IEEE P802.1CBcv
              /D0.4 P802.1CBcv, August 2020,
              <https://www.ieee802.org/1/files/private/cv-drafts/d0/802-
              1CBcv-d0-4.pdf>.

Authors' Addresses

   Balazs Varga (editor)
   Ericsson
   Magyar Tudosok krt. 11.
   Budapest  1117
   Hungary

   Email: balazs.a.varga@ericsson.com


   Janos Farkas
   Ericsson
   Magyar Tudosok krt. 11.
   Budapest  1117
   Hungary

   Email: janos.farkas@ericsson.com


   Andrew G. Malis
   Malis Consulting

   Email: agmalis@gmail.com


   Stewart Bryant
   Futurewei Technologies

   Email: stewart.bryant@gmail.com




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