Internet DRAFT - draft-templin-v6ops-icao-int
draft-templin-v6ops-icao-int
Network Working Group F. Templin, Ed.
Internet-Draft The Boeing Company
Intended status: Informational December 10, 2019
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An IPv6 Air/Ground Interface for the International Civil Aviation
Organization (Use Case)
draft-templin-v6ops-icao-int-00
Abstract
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is building a
worldwide IPv6-based Air Traffic Management (ATM) service known as
the Aeronautical Telecommunications Network with Internet Protocol
Services (ATN/IPS). Aircraft connect to the ATN/IPS via an IPv6 Air/
Ground (A/G) interface that provides a nexus for control and data
messages exchanges over all available aviation wireless data links.
This document discusses the use case that motivates a new IPv6
interface abstraction.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. An IPv6 Air/Ground Interface for Civil Aviation (Use Case) . 4
4. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
7. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
7.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
7.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1. Introduction
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is building a
worldwide IPv6-based Air Traffic Management (ATM) service known as
the Aeronautical Telecommunications Network with Internet Protocol
Services (ATN/IPS). Aircraft connect to the ATN/IPS via an Air/
Ground (A/G) interface that provides a nexus for control and data
message exchanges over all available underlying aviation wireless
data links. Aircraft frequently have many data links and use them
according to inbound and outbound traffic engineering profiles in a
service known as multilink.
As an aircraft travels, it's underlying aviation data link profile
may change dynamically. For example, data links that are available
in the ground domain may not be available at cruise altitudes, and
terrestrial cellular services may not be available during trans-
oceanic crossings. In still other cases, handoffs within the same
access technology could result in readdressing. For these reasons,
aircraft and the ATN/IPS must be able to accommodate mobility.
The ATN/IPS provides an IPv6 /32 Mobility Service Prefix (MSP), and
ICAO further assigns each aircraft a 24-bit Identification value that
is unique among all civil aviation aircraft worldwide. From these
two values, the aircaft constructs a /56 Mobile Network Prefix (MNP)
that travels with the aircraft wherever it goes. For example, if the
MSP is 2001:db8::/32 and the aircraft is assiged the Identification
value 0x123456, the resulting MNP is 2001:db8:1234:5600::/56.
Each aircraft registers its MNP in the ATN/IPS ground-domain mobility
service over its active aviation data links. Since many aviation
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data links have very low-end performance profiles (e.g., 32Kbps) it
is imperative that the MNP is conveyed in the fewest possible
messages and with the smallest possible message sizes. This service
is termed "prefix registration" (as opposed to "prefix delegation")
since the aircraft already knows its MNP and is simply asking for it
to be registered in the ATN/IPS routing system.
Following prefix registration, the aircraft sends IPv6 data messages
over the A/G interface and undelying data links according to its
traffic engineering profile. The aircraft keeps the number of
control messages to a minimum, since the ground domain is responsible
for any keepalive messaging on behalf of the aircraft. In this way,
reducing contol message overhead on aviation data links presents the
greatest possible capacity for carrying actual data.
While the ground domain ATN/IPS network will provide a mobility
service, the details of the service need not be exposed to the
aircraft. Instead, the aircraft simply operates its A/G interface in
a manner that allows optimum data plane usage while providing the
ground domain with only the necessary and sufficient control message
signaling. This document therefore presents a use case for an
aircraft A/G interface.
2. Terminology
The terminology in the normative references applies; especially, the
terms "link" and "interface" are the same as defined in the IPv6
[RFC8200] and IPv6 Neighbor Discovery (ND) [RFC4861] specifications.
The following terms are defined for the purposes of this document:
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
The global governing body for civil aviation standards.
Air Traffic Management (ATM)
A command and control messaging service for coordinating safe
aviation operations.
Aeronautical Telecommunciations Network with Internet Protocol
Services (ATN/IPS)
A proposed worldwide IPv6-based network used to enable ATM
services between aircraft and air traffic controllers.
multilink
The ability of an aircraft to coordinate its available aviation
data links through traffic engineering link selections.
mobility
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The ability of an aircraft to adapt to changes in its underlying
aviation data link connectivity and availability.
3. An IPv6 Air/Ground Interface for Civil Aviation (Use Case)
Details of the use case are discussed in the Introduction.
4. IANA Considerations
This document has no requirements for IANA.
5. Security Considerations
Security considerations are discussed in the references.
6. Acknowledgements
This document describes the use case for an Air/Ground interface for
aircraft operating in the ATN/IPS service.
7. References
7.1. Normative References
[RFC4861] Narten, T., Nordmark, E., Simpson, W., and H. Soliman,
"Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6)", RFC 4861,
DOI 10.17487/RFC4861, September 2007,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4861>.
[RFC8200] Deering, S. and R. Hinden, "Internet Protocol, Version 6
(IPv6) Specification", STD 86, RFC 8200,
DOI 10.17487/RFC8200, July 2017,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8200>.
7.2. Informative References
[I-D.templin-atn-aero-interface]
Templin, F., "Transmission of IPv6 Packets over
Aeronautical ("aero") Interfaces", draft-templin-atn-aero-
interface-07 (work in progress), September 2019.
Author's Address
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Fred L. Templin (editor)
The Boeing Company
P.O. Box 3707
Seattle, WA 98124
USA
Email: fltemplin@acm.org
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