Internet DRAFT - draft-blanchet-tvr-contactplan
draft-blanchet-tvr-contactplan
Internet Engineering Task Force M. Blanchet
Internet-Draft Viagenie
Intended status: Standards Track 8 March 2023
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Contact Plan for Time-Variant Routing
draft-blanchet-tvr-contactplan-00
Abstract
Some networks, such as in space, have links that are up and down
based on a known schedule. The links characteristics, such as
latency and bandwidth, are often also known in advance. This
document describes a data model, also known as contact plan or graph,
and file format to be used as input to forwarding and routing
engines. This specification applies for both IP and Bundle Protocol.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1. Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Data Model and File Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
3. Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4. TODO or Comments (section to be deleted when ready for
publication) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1. Introduction
Some networks, such as in space, have links that are up and down
based on a known schedule. The links characteristics, such as
latency and bandwidth, are also known in advance. This document
describes a data model and file format to be used as input to
forwarding and routing engines.
For delay-tolerant networks using the Bundle Protocol(BP) [RFC9171],
implementations have defined different formats ([iondtncp],
[ionipncp], [ud3tncgf], [hdtncp]) for such data. This specification
aims to specify a common interoperable format.
Since networks may have some combination of IP and BP, it is useful
to have in a single file the contact plan for all types of networks
and address space, hence this combined format.
While this work is related to space communications, it could be
applied to any use case that is using a contact plan. s
1.1. Requirements Language
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
capitals, as shown here.
2. Data Model and File Format
The file is coded in JSON[RFC8259].
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The file has the following first level properties:
* type: mandatory. always set to "tvrContactPlan". This enables
identification of that file outside of the expected context.
* version: mandatory. this document set to 1. New specifications
may define new versions.
* lastUpdated: mandatory. the last time this file was updated in
[RFC3339] format
* contacts: mandatory. a non-empty array of contact objects/records
as defined below.
A contact record has an "address" family. This document defines 4
families: "ip4", "ip6", "ipn", "dtn". Others may be added to the
IANA registry (see Section 5). Each address family has a different
syntax as shown below.
* "ip4": addresses are expressed in CIDR format[RFC4632]. The
/length suffix may be removed for a single /32 IPv4 address.
* "ip6": addresses are expressed in [RFC4291] format. The /length
suffix may be removed for a single /128 IPv6 address.
* "dtn" and "ipn": endpoint id are expressed using the URI syntax as
described in [RFC9171].
The "source", "next-hop" and "destination" are using this syntax.
A contact record contains the following properties:
* id: mandatory. a unique identifier for this contact record
expressed as a UUID [RFC4122]
* source: optional. single ip/bp node id. if unknown, do not
specify.
* next-hop: optional. single ip/bp node id. if unknown, do not
specify.
* destinations: mandatory. a non-empty list of ip/bp network
prefixes
* start time: mandatory. [RFC3339] format
* stop time: mandatory. [RFC3339] format
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* bandwidth: optional. in bits/sec.
* latency: optional. in ms
The following shows an example of a contact plan.
<CODE BEGINS>
{
"type": "tvrContactPlan",
"version": 1,
"lastUpdated": "2025-01-17T23:20:50Z",
"contacts": [
{
"id": "f81d4fae-7dec-11d0-a765-00a0c91e6bf6",
"family": "ip4",
"source": "192.0.2.0",
"destinations": ["198.51.100.0/24", "203.0.114.0/28", "192.0.3.1"],
"nextHop": "203.0.113.1",
"startTime": "1985-04-12T23:20:50Z",
"stopTime": "1985-04-13T14:12:48Z",
"bandwidth": 1000000,
"latency": 30000
},
{
"id": "f81d4fae-abcd-efgh-a765-00a0c91e6b88",
"family": "ip6",
"source": "2001:db8::1",
"destinations": ["2001:db8:abcd::/48"],
"nextHop": "2001:db8:3::1",
"startTime": "2030-04-12T23:20:50Z",
"stopTime": "2031-04-13T14:12:48Z",
"bandwidth": 10000000,
"latency": 300000
},
{
"id": "659e4fae-7dec-11d0-a765-00a0c91e6b04",
"family": "dtn",
"source": "dtn://ud3tn2.dtn/",
"destinations": ["dtn://18471/","dtn://81491/"],
"nextHop": "203.0.113.1",
"startTime": "1985-04-12T23:20:50Z",
"stopTime": "1985-04-13T14:12:48Z",
"bandwidth": 1000000,
"latency": 30000
},
{
"id": "f81dab43-7dec-e8a2-a765-00a0c91e6bf6",
"family": "ipn",
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"destinations": "ipn:5.34",
"nextHop": "ipn:7.43",
"startTime": "1985-04-12T23:20:50Z",
"stopTime": "1985-04-13T14:12:48Z",
"bandwidth": 1000000,
"latency": 30000
}
]
}
<CODE ENDS>
3. Considerations
Some Bundle Protocol implementations have defined an interface where
the add, change, delete actions are performed on contact info to
update the underlying contact plan. We believe this can be better
accomplished at the API level, instead of within the file format.
For example, if a REST API is used, the HTTP methods can be used for
that purpose.
4. TODO or Comments (section to be deleted when ready for publication)
* bp convergence layer syntax (FW: needed)
* wildcard for dtn as in ION
* notion of timezone: (FW: do not agree to have it)
* JSON schema
* Media-Type: application/json or specific one
* FW: extension mechanism for additional parameters: probability of
contact. (MB: IANA registry)
5. IANA Considerations
TBD: registry of "address family"
6. Security Considerations
TBD
7. References
7.1. Normative References
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[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
[RFC3339] Klyne, G. and C. Newman, "Date and Time on the Internet:
Timestamps", RFC 3339, DOI 10.17487/RFC3339, July 2002,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3339>.
[RFC4122] Leach, P., Mealling, M., and R. Salz, "A Universally
Unique IDentifier (UUID) URN Namespace", RFC 4122,
DOI 10.17487/RFC4122, July 2005,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4122>.
[RFC4291] Hinden, R. and S. Deering, "IP Version 6 Addressing
Architecture", RFC 4291, DOI 10.17487/RFC4291, February
2006, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4291>.
[RFC4632] Fuller, V. and T. Li, "Classless Inter-domain Routing
(CIDR): The Internet Address Assignment and Aggregation
Plan", BCP 122, RFC 4632, DOI 10.17487/RFC4632, August
2006, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4632>.
[RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.
[RFC8259] Bray, T., Ed., "The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data
Interchange Format", STD 90, RFC 8259,
DOI 10.17487/RFC8259, December 2017,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8259>.
7.2. Informative References
[RFC9171] Burleigh, S., Fall, K., and E. Birrane, III, "Bundle
Protocol Version 7", RFC 9171, DOI 10.17487/RFC9171,
January 2022, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9171>.
[ud3tncgf] "µD3TN Contacts Data Format", <https://gitlab.com/d3tn/
ud3tn/-/blob/master/doc/contacts_data_format.md>.
[hdtncp] "High-rate Delay Tolerant Network Contact Plan Example",
<https://github.com/nasa/HDTN/blob/master/module/
scheduler/src/contactPlan.json>.
[iondtncp] "ION "dtn" scheme configuration commands file",
<https://sourceforge.net/p/ion-
dtn/code/ci/current/tree/bpv7/doc/pod5/dtn2rc.pod>.
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[ionipncp] "ION "ipn" scheme configuration commands file",
<https://sourceforge.net/p/ion-
dtn/code/ci/current/tree/bpv7/doc/pod5/ipnrc.pod>.
Acknowledgements
This work is vastly inspired by Scott Burleigh's' Contact Graph
Routing for DTN as implemented in ION as well as the contact plan of
HDTN and uD3TN implementations.
The following people have provided comments to improve this document:
Felix Walter
Author's Address
Marc Blanchet
Viagenie
Email: marc.blanchet@viagenie.ca
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