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draft-ietf-dmm-lma-controlled-mag-params






DMM WG                                                          D. Patki
Internet-Draft                                             S. Gundavelli
Intended status: Standards Track                                   Cisco
Expires: December 2, 2017                                         J. Lee
                                                    Sangmyung University
                                                                   Q. Fu
                                                            China Mobile
                                                                L. Bertz
                                                                  Sprint
                                                            May 31, 2017


                 LMA Controlled MAG Session Parameters
            draft-ietf-dmm-lma-controlled-mag-params-05.txt

Abstract

   This specification defines a new extension, LMA-Controlled-MAG-
   Session-Params to Proxy Mobile IPv6.  This option can be used by the
   local mobility anchor in Proxy Mobile IPv6 signaling for notifying
   the mobile access gateway to conform to various configuration
   parameters such as heartbeat parameters and binding refresh
   parameters.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   2.  Conventions and Terminology  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
     2.1.  Conventions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
     2.2.  Terminology  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   3.  Protocol Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
     3.1.  Format of the LCMP Sub-Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
       3.1.1.  Binding Re-registration Control Sub-Option . . . . . .  5
       3.1.2.  Heartbeat Control Sub-Option . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
   4.  Protocol Configuration Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
     4.1.  Local Mobility Anchor - Configuration Variables  . . . . .  7
   5.  Protocol Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
     5.1.  Local Mobility Anchor Considerations . . . . . . . . . . .  9
     5.2.  Mobile Access Gateway Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . 10
   6.  IANA Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
   7.  Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
   8.  Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
   9.  References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
     9.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
     9.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
   Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12




















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1.  Introduction

   A large Proxy Mobile IPv6 (PMIPv6) [RFC5213] deployment, such as
   residential deployment, can have tens of thousands of mobile access
   gateways (MAG) spread across geographical locations.  While it can be
   operationally challenging to manage such a large number of MAGs, it
   can also be very difficult to ensure configuration consistency across
   all the MAGs if they are not centrally managed.  Configuring
   aggressive values of parameters such as re-registration timeout and
   heartbeat interval can potentially create considerable signaling load
   on the local mobility anchor (LMA).  This document provides a new
   option to enable the LMA to control various parameters on the MAG
   such as the re-registration frequency [RFC5213] and heartbeat
   frequency [RFC5847].  With this option, the configuration of these
   tunable parameters done centrally on the LMA enables Service
   Providers to have better control on the behavior of the MAGs with
   deterministic signaling load on the LMA.


2.  Conventions and Terminology

2.1.  Conventions

   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 [RFC2119].

2.2.  Terminology

   All the terms used in this document are to be interpreted as defined
   in [RFC5213], [RFC5847] and [RFC7563].


3.  Protocol Extension

   The LMA Controlled MAG Parameters (LCMP) option is a mobility header
   option used to exchange information related to the parameters that a
   LMA enforces on a MAG.  The option can be included in Proxy Binding
   Acknowledge (PBA) message only, and there MUST NOT be more than a
   single instance of this mobility option in the PBA message.  This
   mobility option MUST contain one or more LCMP sub-options.  The sub-
   options are defined in Section 3.1.  The LCMP option has an alignment
   requirement of 4n+2 [RFC2460].








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    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
                                   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
                                   |      Type     |   Length      |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                     LCMP Sub-option(s)                        ~
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+



              Figure 1: LMA Controlled MAG Parameters Option

   Type

      MUST be set to the value of IANA-1, indicating that it is a LMA-
      Controlled-MAG-Parameters option.

   Length

      8-bit unsigned integer indicating the length in octets of the
      option, excluding the Type and Length fields.

   LCMP Sub-option(s)

      LCMP Sub-options are described in the below sections.  The sub-
      options can be present in any order.  Inclusion of any specifc
      sub-option is optional, but at least one sub-option MUST be
      present.

3.1.  Format of the LCMP Sub-Options

   The LCMP sub-options are used for carrying information elements
   related to various parameters that need to be configured on the MAG.
   These sub-options can be included in the LCMP option defined in
   Section 3.  The LCMP sub-options have an alignment requirement of 4n.
   The format of this sub-option is as follows.



    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   LCMP Type   | LCMP Length   |       Sub-Option Data         ~
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+



            Figure 2: LMA Controlled MAG Parameters Sub-Option



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   Type

      8-bit unsigned integer indicating the type of the LCMP sub-option.
      This specification defines the following types:

      0 - Reserved

      1 - Binding Re-registration Control Sub-Option

      2 - Heartbeat Control Sub-Option

   Length

      8-bit unsigned integer indicating the number of octets needed to
      encode the Option Data, excluding the LCMP Type and LCMP Length
      fields of the sub-option.

3.1.1.  Binding Re-registration Control Sub-Option

   The Binding Re-registration Control Sub-Option is a mobility sub-
   option carried in the LCMP mobility option defined in Section 3.1.
   This sub-option carries re-registration related timer values.  There
   MUST be no more than a single instance of this sub-option in LCMP
   option.  The format of this sub-option is defined below.


    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | LCMP Type = 1 |  LCMP Length  |  Re-registration-Start-Time   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  Initial-Retransmission-Time  | Maximum-Retransmission-Time   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


           Figure 3: Binding Re-registration Control Sub-Option

   LCMP Type

      1 for Binding Re-registration Control Sub-Option

   LCMP Length

      6







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   Re-registration-Start-Time

      16-bit unsigned integer indicating the number of time units before
      the expiry of the PMIPv6 binding lifetime when the registration
      refresh process needs to be activated.  One time unit is 4
      seconds.

   Initial-Retransmission-Time

      16-bit unsigned integer indicating minimum delay in seconds before
      the first Proxy Binding Update (PBU) retransmission of the
      exponential back-off process.

   Maximum-Retransmission-Time

      16-bit unsigned integer indicating maximum delay in seconds before
      the last PBU retransmission message of the exponential back-off
      process.

3.1.2.  Heartbeat Control Sub-Option



    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | LCMP Type = 2 |  LCMP Length  |        HB-Interval            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |    HB-Retransmission-Delay    |    HB-Max-Retransmissions     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


                  Figure 4: Heartbeat Control Sub-Option

   LCMP Type

      2 for Heartbeat Control Sub-Option

   LCMP Length

      6

   HB-Interval

      16-bit unsigned integer indicating heartbeat interval, i.e. time
      delay in seconds after a successful heartbeat exchange (heartbeat
      request followed by response) when the next heartbeat exchange can
      be triggered.



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   HB-Retransmission-Delay

      16-bit unsigned integer indicating minimum time delay in seconds
      before a heartbeat message is retransmitted.

   HB-Max-Retransmissions

      16-bit unsigned integer indicating maximum number of heartbeat
      retransmissions.


4.  Protocol Configuration Variables

4.1.  Local Mobility Anchor - Configuration Variables

   This specification defines the following variables to be configured
   by the system management.  The configured values for these protocol
   variables MUST survive server reboots and service restarts.

   EnableLCMPSubOptReregControl

      This flag indicates the operational state of the Binding Re-
      registration Control sub-option support.  The default value of
      this flag is (0), indicating that support for the Binding Re-
      registration Control sub-option is disabled.

   EnableLCMPSubOptHeartbeatControl

      This flag indicates the operational state of the Heartbeat Control
      sub-option support.  The default value of this flag is (0),
      indicating that support for the Heartbeat Control sub-option is
      disabled.

   The following variables MAY be defined at various granularities such
   as per binding, per cluster of bindings, per peering MAG, per cluster
   of peering MAGs or any other custom grouping.  Regardless of the
   granularity of this configuration, the LMA MUST be able to determine
   the value of these variables for every individual binding.

   LCMPReregistrationStartTime

      This variable is used to set the minimum time interval in number
      of seconds before the expiry of the PMIPv6 binding lifetime when
      the registration refresh process SHOULD be activated.  The default
      value of this variable is 10 units, where each unit is 4 seconds.






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   LCMPInitialRetransmissionTime

      This variable is used to set the minimum delay in seconds before
      the first PBU retransmission of the exponential back-off process.
      This variable is same as INITIAL_BINDACK_TIMEOUT mentioned in
      Section 6.9.4 of [RFC5213].  The default value of this variable is
      1 second.

   LCMPMaximumRetransmissionTime

      This variable is used to set the maximum delay in seconds before
      the last PBU retransmission message of the exponential back-off
      process.  This variable is same as MAX_BINDACK_TIMEOUT mentioned
      in Section 6.9.4 of [RFC5213].  The default value of this variable
      is 32 seconds.

   LCMPHeartbeatInterval

      This variable is used to set the time delay in seconds after a
      successful heartbeat exchange (heartbeat request followed by
      response) when the next heartbeat exchange can be triggered.  The
      default value of this variable is 60 seconds.  The time delay
      SHOULD NOT be less than 30 seconds or more than 3600 seconds.  The
      value of this variable MAY be derived from the variable
      HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL defined in Section 5 of [RFC5847] if configured
      on the LMA.

   LCMPHeartbeatRetransmissionDelay

      This variable is used to set the minimum time delay in seconds
      before a heartbeat message is retransmitted.  The value of this
      variable SHOULD be less than LCMPHeartbeatInterval.  The default
      value of this variable is 5 seconds.

   LCMPHeartbeatMaxRetransmissions

      This variable is used to set the maximum number of heartbeat
      retransmissions.  The default value of this variable is 3.  The
      value of this variable MAY be derived from the variable
      MISSING_HEARTBEATS_ALLOWED defined in Section 5 of [RFC5847] if
      configured on the LMA.


5.  Protocol Considerations

   The following considerations apply to the LMA and the MAG.

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   data structure maintained by the LMA, described in Section 5.1 of
   [RFC5213] and the conceptual Binding Update List entry data structure
   maintained by the MAG, described in Section 6.1 of [RFC5213], need to
   be extended to store the LCMP option related information elements
   defined below.

   o  LCMPReregistrationStartTime

   o  LCMPInitialRetransmissionTime

   o  LCMPMaximumRetransmissionTime

   o  LCMPHeartbeatInterval

   o  LCMPHeartbeatRetransmissionDelay

   o  LCMPHeartbeatMaxRetransmissions

5.1.  Local Mobility Anchor Considerations

   On receiving a PBU message [RFC5213] from a MAG, the LMA MUST check
   if the variable EnableLCMPSubOptReregControl is configured and set to
   (1).  If yes, and if all of LCMPReregistrationStartTime,
   LCMPInitialRetransmissionTime and LCMPMaximumRetransmissionTime are
   set to NON_ZERO values, then it MUST include Binding Re-registration
   Control Sub-Option in the LCMP mobility option which is in turn
   included in the PBA message.  If the variable
   EnableLCMPSubOptReregControl is configured and set to (1) and if any
   of LCMPReregistrationStartTime, LCMPInitialRetransmissionTime and
   LCMPMaximumRetransmissionTime is set to ZERO value, then the LMA MUST
   report a configuration error and reject the binding request by
   sending a PBA message with status code '128-Reason Unspecified'
   [RFC5213].

   The LMA MUST also check if variable EnableLCMPSubOptHeartbeatControl
   is configured and set to (1).  If yes, and if all of
   LCMPHeartbeatInterval, LCMPHeartbeatRetransmissionDelay and
   LCMPHeartbeatMaxRetransmissions are set to NON_ZERO values, then it
   MUST include Heartbeat Control Sub-Option in the LCMP mobility option
   which is in turn included in the PBA message.  If the variable
   EnableLCMPSubOptHeartbeatControl is set to (1) and if any of
   LCMPHeartbeatInterval, LCMPHeartbeatRetransmissionDelay and
   LCMPHeartbeatMaxRetransmissions is set to ZERO value, then the LMA
   MUST report a configuration error and reject the binding request by
   sending a PBA message with status code '128-Reason Unspecified'
   [RFC5213].





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5.2.  Mobile Access Gateway Considerations

   If the PBA message [RFC5213] received from the LMA contains the LCMP
   mobility option and the Binding Re-registration Control Sub-Option,
   then the MAG MUST overwrite the binding re-registration related timer
   parameters configured locally on the MAG with the parameters received
   in Binding Re-registration Control Sub-Option.  If any of the
   parameters in the Binding Re-registration Control Sub-Option is ZERO,
   then the PBA message MUST be ignored and an error message SHOULD be
   logged.

   Similarly, if the LCMP mobility option contains the Heartbeat Control
   Sub-Option, then the MAG MUST overwrite the heartbeat related timer
   parameters configured locally on the MAG with the parameters received
   in the Heartbeat Control Sub-Option.  If any of the parameters in the
   Heartbeat Control Sub-Option except HB-Retransmission-Delay is ZERO,
   then the PBA message MUST be ignored and error message SHOULD be
   logged.


6.  IANA Considerations

   This document requires the following IANA actions in the "Mobile IPv6
   Parameters" registry.

   o  Action 1: This specification defines a new mobility header option,
      "LMA Controlled MAG Parameters".  This mobility option is
      described in Section 3.  The type value (IANA-1) for this option
      needs to be assigned from the same numbering space as allocated
      for the other mobility options, as defined in [RFC6275].

   o  Action 2: This specification defines a new mobility sub-option
      format, the LCMP Parameters sub-option.  The format of this
      mobility sub-option is described in Section 3.1.  This sub-option
      can be carried in the LCMP Parameters option.  The type value for
      this sub-option needs to be managed by IANA, under the registry
      "LMA Controlled MAG Parameters Sub-Option Type Values".  This
      specification reserves the following type values.  Approval of new
      LCMP Parameters sub-option type values are to be made through IANA
      Expert Review.

      +---+-----------------------------------------------------+
      | 0 | Reserved                                            |
      +---+-----------------------------------------------------+
      | 1 | Binding Re-registration Control Sub-Option          |
      +---+-----------------------------------------------------+
      | 2 | Heartbeat Control Sub-Option                        |
      +---+-----------------------------------------------------+



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7.  Security Considerations

   The LCMP Parameters option defined in this specification allows the
   configuration of re-registration and heartbeat frequencies.  This
   option is defined for carrying it in Proxy Binding Update and Proxy
   Binding Acknowledgement messages.  This option is carried like any
   other mobility header option as specified in [RFC5213] and does not
   require any special security considerations.


8.  Acknowledgements

   The authors would like to thank the DMM working group for all the
   comments and discussions on this document.  The authors would also
   like to thank Suresh Krishnan, Ralph Droms, Mirja Kuehlewind, Alexey
   Melnikov and Ben Campbell for their review feedback.


9.  References

9.1.  Normative References

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, DOI 10.17487/
              RFC2119, March 1997,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC5213]  Gundavelli, S., Ed., Leung, K., Devarapalli, V.,
              Chowdhury, K., and B. Patil, "Proxy Mobile IPv6",
              RFC 5213, DOI 10.17487/RFC5213, August 2008,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5213>.

   [RFC5847]  Devarapalli, V., Ed., Koodli, R., Ed., Lim, H., Kant, N.,
              Krishnan, S., and J. Laganier, "Heartbeat Mechanism for
              Proxy Mobile IPv6", RFC 5847, DOI 10.17487/RFC5847,
              June 2010, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5847>.

   [RFC7563]  Pazhyannur, R., Speicher, S., Gundavelli, S., Korhonen,
              J., and J. Kaippallimalil, "Extensions to the Proxy Mobile
              IPv6 (PMIPv6) Access Network Identifier Option", RFC 7563,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7563, June 2015,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7563>.

9.2.  Informative References

   [RFC2460]  Deering, S. and R. Hinden, "Internet Protocol, Version 6
              (IPv6) Specification", RFC 2460, DOI 10.17487/RFC2460,
              December 1998, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2460>.



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   [RFC6275]  Perkins, C., Ed., Johnson, D., and J. Arkko, "Mobility
              Support in IPv6", RFC 6275, DOI 10.17487/RFC6275,
              July 2011, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6275>.


Authors' Addresses

   Dhananjay Patki
   Cisco
   Cessna Business Park SEZ, Kadubeesanahalli
   Bangalore, Karnataka  560087
   India

   Email: dhpatki@cisco.com


   Sri Gundavelli
   Cisco
   170 West Tasman Drive
   San Jose, CA  95134
   USA

   Email: sgundave@cisco.com


   Jong-Hyouk Lee
   Sangmyung University
   31, Sangmyeongdae-gil, Dongnam-gu
   Cheonan 330-720
   Republic of Korea

   Email: jonghyouk@smu.ac.kr


   Qiao Fu
   China Mobile
   Xuanwumenxi Ave. No.32
   Beijing
   P.R. China

   Email: fuqiao1@outlook.com










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   Lyle T Bertz
   Sprint
   Kansas
   USA

   Email: Lyle.T.Bertz@sprint.com













































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