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SPRING Working Group                                      R. Gandhi, Ed.
Internet-Draft                                               C. Filsfils
Intended Status: Standards Track                     Cisco Systems, Inc.
Expires: April 6, 2020                                          D. Voyer
                                                             Bell Canada
                                                              S. Salsano
                                        Universita di Roma "Tor Vergata"
                                                                 M. Chen
                                                                  Huawei
                                                         October 4, 2019


                      Performance Measurement for
              Segment Routing Networks with MPLS Data Plane
                 draft-gandhi-spring-rfc6374-srpm-mpls-02

Abstract

   Segment Routing (SR) leverages the source routing paradigm.  RFC 6374
   specifies protocol mechanisms to enable the efficient and accurate
   measurement of packet loss, one-way and two-way delay, as well as
   related metrics such as delay variation in MPLS networks using probe
   messages.  This document utilizes these mechanisms for Performance
   Delay and Loss Measurements in Segment Routing (SR) networks with
   MPLS data plane (SR-MPLS), for both SR links and end-to-end SR
   Policies.  In addition, this document defines Return Path TLV for
   two-way performance measurement and Block Number TLV for loss
   measurement.


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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   2.  Conventions Used in This Document  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
     2.1.  Requirements Language  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
     2.2.  Abbreviations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
     2.3.  Reference Topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
   3.  Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
   4.  Probe Query and Response Packets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
     4.1.  Probe Packet Header for SR-MPLS Policies . . . . . . . . .  6
     4.2.  Probe Packet Header for SR-MPLS Links  . . . . . . . . . .  6
     4.3.  Probe Response Message for SR-MPLS Links and Policies  . .  7
       4.3.1.  One-way Measurement Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
       4.3.2.  Two-way Measurement Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
         4.3.2.1.  Return Path TLV  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
       4.3.3.  Loopback Measurement Mode  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
   5.  Performance Delay Measurement  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
     5.1.  Delay Measurement Message Format . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
     5.2.  Timestamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
   6.  Performance Loss Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
     6.1.  Loss Measurement Message Format  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
       6.1.1.  Block Number TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
   7.  Performance Measurement for P2MP SR Policies . . . . . . . . . 11
   8.  ECMP for SR-MPLS Policies  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
   9.  SR Link Extended TE Metrics Advertisements . . . . . . . . . . 12
   10.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
   11.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
   12.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
     12.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
     12.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
   Acknowledgments  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
   Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
   Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
 


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1.  Introduction

   Service provider's ability to satisfy Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
   depend on the ability to measure and monitor performance metrics for
   packet loss and one-way and two-way delay, as well as related metrics
   such as delay variation.  The ability to monitor these performance
   metrics also provides operators with greater visibility into the
   performance characteristics of their networks, thereby facilitating
   planning, troubleshooting, and network performance evaluation.

   Segment Routing (SR) leverages the source routing paradigm and
   greatly simplifies network operations for Software Defined Networks
   (SDNs).  SR is applicable to both Multiprotocol Label Switching
   (SR-MPLS) and IPv6 (SRv6) data planes.  SR takes advantage of the
   Equal-Cost Multipaths (ECMPs) between source and transit nodes,
   between transit nodes and between transit and destination nodes.  SR
   Policies as defined in [I-D.spring-segment-routing-policy] are used
   to steer traffic through a specific, user-defined paths using a stack
   of Segments.  Built-in SR Performance Measurement (PM) is one of the
   essential requirements to provide Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

   [RFC6374] specifies protocol mechanisms to enable the efficient and
   accurate measurement of performance metrics in MPLS networks using
   probe messages.  The One-Way Active Measurement Protocol (OWAMP)
   defined in [RFC4656] and Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol (TWAMP)
   defined in [RFC5357] provide capabilities for the measurement of
   various performance metrics in IP networks.  However, mechanisms
   defined in [RFC6374] are more suitable for Segment Routing (SR) when
   using MPLS data plane (SR-MPLS).  [RFC6374] also supports IEEE 1588
   timestamps [IEEE1588] and "direct mode" Loss Measurement (LM), which
   are required in SR networks.

   [RFC7876] specifies the procedures to be used when sending and
   processing out-of-band performance measurement probe replies over an
   UDP return path when receiving RFC 6374 based probe queries.  These
   procedures can be used to send out-of-band PM replies for both
   SR-MPLS links and Policies [I-D.spring-segment-routing-policy] for
   one-way measurement.

   This document utilizes the probe-based mechanisms defined in
   [RFC6374] for Performance Delay and Loss Measurements in SR networks
   with MPLS data plane, for both SR links and end-to-end SR Policies. 
   In addition, this document defines Return Path TLV for two-way
   performance measurement and Block Number TLV for loss measurement. 
   The Performance Measurements (PM) for SR links are used to compute
   extended Traffic Engineering (TE) metrics for delay and loss and can
   be advertised in the network using the routing protocol extensions.

 


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2.  Conventions Used in This Document

2.1.  Requirements Language

   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] [RFC8174]
   when, and only when, they appear in all capitals, as shown here.

2.2.  Abbreviations

   ACH: Associated Channel Header.

   DM: Delay Measurement.

   ECMP: Equal Cost Multi-Path.

   G-ACh: Generic Associated Channel (G-ACh).

   GAL: Generic Associated Channel (G-ACh) Label.

   LM: Loss Measurement.

   MPLS: Multiprotocol Label Switching.

   NTP: Network Time Protocol.

   PM: Performance Measurement.

   PSID: Path Segment Identifier.

   PTP: Precision Time Protocol.

   SID: Segment ID.

   SL: Segment List.

   SR: Segment Routing.

   SR-MPLS: Segment Routing with MPLS data plane.

   TC: Traffic Class.

   TE: Traffic Engineering.

   URO: UDP Return Object.


 


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2.3.  Reference Topology

   In the reference topology shown in Figure 1, the sender node R1
   initiates a performance measurement probe query and the responder
   node R5 sends a probe response for the query message received.  The
   probe response is typically sent back to the sender node R1.  The
   nodes R1 and R5 may be directly connected via a link enabled with
   Segment Routing or there exists a Point-to-Point (P2P) SR Policy
   [I-D.spring-segment-routing-policy] on node R1 with destination to
   node R5.  In case of Point-to-Multipoint (P2MP), SR Policy
   originating from source node R1 may terminate on multiple destination
   leaf nodes [I-D.spring-sr-p2mp-policy].


             +-------+        Query        +-------+
             |       | - - - - - - - - - ->|       |
             |   R1  |---------------------|   R5  |
             |       |<- - - - - - - - - - |       |
             +-------+       Response      +-------+
              Sender                       Responder

                   Figure 1: Reference Topology


3.  Overview

   One-way delay and two-way delay measurement procedure defined in
   Section 2.4 of [RFC6374] are used.  Transmit and Receive packet loss
   measurement procedures defined in Section 2.2 and Section 2.6 of
   [RFC6374] are used.  One-way loss measurement provides receive packet
   loss whereas two-way loss measurement provides both transmit and
   receive packet loss.  For both links and end-to-end SR Policies, no
   PM session for delay or loss measurement is created on the responder
   node R5 [RFC6374].  

   For Performance Measurement, probe query and response messages are
   sent as following:

   o  For Delay Measurement, the probe messages are sent on the
      congruent path of the data traffic by the sender node, and are
      used to measure the delay experienced by the actual data traffic
      flowing on the links and SR Policies.

   o  For Loss Measurement, the probe messages are sent on the congruent
      path of the data traffic by the sender node, and are used to
      collect the receive traffic counters for the incoming link or
      incoming SID where the probe query messages are received at the
      responder node (incoming link or incoming SID needed since the
 


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      responder node does not have PM session state present).


   The In-Situ Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (IOAM)
   mechanisms for SR-MPLS defined in [I-D.spring-ioam-sr-mpls] are used
   to carry PM information in-band as part of the data traffic, and are
   outside the scope of this document.


4.  Probe Query and Response Packets

4.1.  Probe Packet Header for SR-MPLS Policies

   As described in Section 2.9.1 of [RFC6374], MPLS PM probe query and
   response messages flow over the MPLS Generic Associated Channel
   (G-ACh).  A probe packet for an end-to-end measurement for SR Policy
   contains SR-MPLS label stack [I-D.spring-segment-routing-policy],
   with the G-ACh Label (GAL) at the bottom of the stack (with S=1). 
   The GAL is followed by an Associated Channel Header (ACH), which
   identifies the message type, and the message payload following the
   ACH as shown in Figure 2.

    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
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |                  Label(1)             | TC  |S|      TTL      |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    .                                                               .
    .                                                               .
    .                                                               .
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |                  Label(n)             | TC  |S|      TTL      |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |                  GAL (value 13)       | TC  |S|      TTL      |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |0 0 0 1|Version|  Reserved     | GAL Channel Type              |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

     Figure 2: Probe Packet Header for an End-to-end SR-MPLS Policy

   The SR-MPLS label stack can be empty (as shown in Figure 3) to
   indicate Implicit NULL label case.

4.2.  Probe Packet Header for SR-MPLS Links

   As described in Section 2.9.1 of [RFC6374], MPLS PM probe query and
   response messages flow over the MPLS Generic Associated Channel
   (G-ACh).  A probe packet for SR-MPLS links contains G-ACh Label (GAL)
 


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   (with S=1).  The GAL is followed by an Associated Channel Header
   (ACH), which identifies the message type, and the message payload
   following the ACH as shown in Figure 3.

    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
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |             GAL (value 13)            | TC  |S|      TTL      |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |0 0 0 1|Version|  Reserved     | GAL Channel Type              |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

           Figure 3: Probe Packet Header for an SR-MPLS Link


4.3.  Probe Response Message for SR-MPLS Links and Policies

4.3.1.  One-way Measurement Mode

   In one-way performance measurement mode [RFC7679], the PM sender node
   can receive "out-of-band" probe replies by properly setting the UDP
   Return Object (URO) TLV in the probe query message.  The URO TLV
   (Type=131) is defined in [RFC7876] and includes the
   UDP-Destination-Port and IP Address.  In particular, if the sender
   sets its own IP address in the URO TLV, the probe response is sent
   back by the responder node to the sender node.  In addition, the
   "control code" in the probe query message is set to "out-of-band
   response requested".  The "Source Address" TLV (Type 130), and
   "Return Address" TLV (Type 1), if present in the probe query message,
   are not used to send probe response message.

4.3.2.  Two-way Measurement Mode

   In two-way performance measurement mode [RFC6374], when using a
   bidirectional path, the probe response message is sent back to the
   sender node on the congruent path of the data traffic on the reverse
   direction SR Link or SR Policy using a message with format similar to
   their probe query message.  In this case, the "control code" in the
   probe query message is set to "in-band response requested".

   A Path Segment Identifier (PSID) [I-D.spring-mpls-path-segment] of
   the forward SR-MPLS Policy can be used to find the reverse SR-MPLS
   Policy and to send back the probe response message for two-way
   measurement.

4.3.2.1.  Return Path TLV

   For two-way performance measurement, the responder node needs to send
 


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   the probe response message on a specific reverse path.  This way the
   destination node does not require any additional SR Policy state. 
   The sender node can request the responder node to send a response
   message back on a given reverse path (e.g. co-routed path for two-way
   measurement).   

   [RFC6374] defines DM and LM probe query messages that can include one
   or more optional TLVs.  New TLV Type (TBA1) is defined in this
   document for Return Path to carry reverse path for probe response
   messages (in the payload of the message).  The format of the Return
   Path TLV is shown in Figure 7A and 7B:

    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 = TBA1  |    Length     |      Reserved                 |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |                    Return Path Sub-TLVs                       |
    .                                                               .
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                      Figure 7A: Return Path TLV


    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     |      Reserved                 |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |                    Segment List(1)                            |
    .                                                               .
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    .                                                               .
    .                                                               .
    .                                                               .
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |                    Segment List(n)                            |
    .                                                               .
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

           Figure 7B: Segment List Sub-TLV in Return Path TLV


   The Segment List Sub-TLV in the Return Path TLV can be one of the
   following Types:


   o  Type (value 1): Respond back on Incoming Interface (Layer-3 and
 


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                      Layer-2) (Segment List is Empty)

   o  Type (value 2): SR-MPLS Segment List (Label Stack) of the Reverse
                      SR Path

   o  Type (value 3): SR-MPLS Binding SID [I-D.pce-binding-label-sid] of
                      the Reverse SR Policy


   The Return Path TLV is optional.  The PM sender node MUST only insert
   one Return Path TLV in the probe query message and the responder node
   MUST only process the first Return Path TLV in the probe query
   message and ignore other Return Path TLVs if present.  The responder
   node MUST send probe response message back on the reverse path
   specified in the Return Path TLV and MUST NOT add Return Path TLV in
   the probe response message.

4.3.3.  Loopback Measurement Mode

   The Loopback measurement mode defined in Section 2.8 of [RFC6374] can
   be used to measure round-trip delay for a bidirectional SR Path.  The
   probe query messages in this case carries the reverse SR Path label
   stack as part of the MPLS header.  The GAL is still carried at the
   bottom of the label stack (with S=1).  The responder node does not
   process the PM probe messages and generate response messages.


5.  Performance Delay Measurement

5.1.  Delay Measurement Message Format

   As defined in [RFC6374], MPLS DM probe query and response messages
   use Associated Channel Header (ACH) (value 0x000C for delay
   measurement) [RFC6374], which identifies the message type, and the
   message payload following the ACH.  For both SR links and end-to-end
   measurement for SR-MPLS Policies, the same MPLS DM ACH value is used.

   The DM message payload as defined in Section 3.2 of [RFC6374] is used
   for SR-MPLS delay measurement, for both SR links and end-to-end SR
   Policies.

5.2.  Timestamps

   The Section 3.4 of [RFC6374] defines timestamp format that can be
   used for delay measurement.  The IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol
   (PTP) timestamp format [IEEE1588] is used by default as described in
   Appendix A of [RFC6374], preferred with hardware support.  As an
   alternative, Network Time Protocol (NTP) timestamp format can also be
 


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   used [RFC6374].

   Note that for one-way delay measurement mode, clock synchronization
   between the sender and responder nodes using the methods detailed in
   [RFC6374] is required.  The two-way delay measurement mode and
   loopback measurement mode do not require clock synchronization
   between the sender and responder nodes.


6.  Performance Loss Measurement

   The LM protocol can perform two distinct kinds of loss measurement as
   described in Section 2.9.8 of [RFC6374].  

   o  In inferred mode, LM will measure the loss of specially generated
      test messages in order to infer the approximate data plane loss
      level.  Inferred mode LM provides only approximate loss
      accounting.  

   o  In direct mode, LM will directly measure data plane packet loss. 
      Direct mode LM provides perfect loss accounting, but may require
      hardware support.

   For both of these modes of LM, Path Segment Identifier (PSID)
   [I-D.spring-mpls-path-segment] is used for accounting received
   traffic on the egress node of the SR-MPLS Policy as shown in Figure
   4.  Different values of PSID can be used to measure packet loss per
   SR-MPLS Policy, per Candidate Path or per Segment List of the SR
   Policy.


    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
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |                  PSID                 | TC  |S|      TTL      |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |                  GAL (value 13)       | TC  |S|      TTL      |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |0 0 0 1|Version|  Reserved     | GAL Channel Type              |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

        Figure 4: With Path Segment Identifier for SR-MPLS Policy


6.1.  Loss Measurement Message Format

   As defined in [RFC6374], MPLS LM probe query and response messages
   use Associated Channel Header (ACH) (value 0x000A for direct loss
 


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   measurement or value 0x000B for inferred loss measurement), which
   identifies the message type, and the message payload following the
   ACH.  For both SR links and end-to-end measurement for SR-MPLS
   Policies, the same MPLS LM ACH value is used.

   The LM message payload as defined in Section 3.1 of [RFC6374] is used
   for SR-MPLS loss measurement, for both SR links and end-to-end SR
   Policies.

6.1.1.  Block Number TLV

   The Loss Measurement using Alternate-Marking method defined in
   [RFC8321] requires to identify the Block Number (or color) of the
   traffic counters carried by the probe query and response messages. 
   Probe query and response messages specified in [RFC6374] for Loss
   Measurement do not define any means to carry the Block Number.

   [RFC6374] defines probe query and response messages that can include
   one or more optional TLVs.  New TLV Type (value TBA2) is defined in
   this document to carry Block Number (16-bit) for the traffic counters
   in the probe query and response messages for loss measurement.  The
   format of the Block Number TLV is shown in Figure 5:

    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 TBA2   |    Length     |     Reserved                  |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |   Reserved                    |     Block Number              |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                    Figure 5: Block Number TLV

   The Block Number TLV is optional.  The PM sender node SHOULD only
   insert one Block Number TLV in the probe query message and the
   responder node in the probe response message SHOULD return the first
   Block Number TLV from the probe query messages and ignore other Block
   Number TLVs if present.  In both probe query and response messages,
   the counters MUST belong to the same Block Number.


7.  Performance Measurement for P2MP SR Policies

   The procedures for delay and loss measurement reviewed in this
   document for Point-to-Point (P2P) SR-MPLS Policies
   [I-D.spring-segment-routing-policy] are also equally applicable to
   the Point-to-Multipoint (P2MP) SR-MPLS Policies
   [I-D.spring-sr-p2mp-policy] as following:
 


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   o  The sender root node sends probe query messages using the either
      Spray P2MP segment or TreeSID P2MP segment defined in
      [I-D.spring-sr-p2mp-policy] over the P2MP SR Policy as shown in
      Figure 6.

   o  Each responder leaf node adds the "Source Address" TLV (Type 130)
      [RFC6374] with its IP address in the probe response messages. 
      This TLV allows the sender root node to identify the responder
      leaf nodes of the P2MP SR Policy.

   o  The P2MP root node measures the end-to-end delay and loss
      performance for each P2MP leaf node.

    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
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |              TreeSID OR Spray SID     | TC  |S|      TTL      |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |              GAL (value 13)           | TC  |S|      TTL      |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |0 0 0 1|Version|  Reserved     | GAL Channel Type              |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

        Figure 6: With P2MP Segment Identifier for SR-MPLS Policy


8.  ECMP for SR-MPLS Policies

   An SR Policy can have ECMPs between the source and transit nodes,
   between transit nodes and between transit and destination nodes. 
   Usage of Anycast SID [RFC8402] by an SR Policy can result in ECMP
   paths via transit nodes part of that Anycast group.  The PM probe
   messages need to be sent to traverse different ECMP paths to measure
   performance delay of an SR Policy. 

   Forwarding plane has various hashing functions available to forward
   packets on specific ECMP paths.  For SR-MPLS Policy, entropy label
   [RFC6790] can be used in PM probe messages to take advantage of the
   hashing function in forwarding plane to influence the ECMP path taken
   by them.


9.  SR Link Extended TE Metrics Advertisements

   The extended TE metrics for SR link delay and loss computed using the
   performance measurement procedures reviewed in this document can be
   advertised in the routing domain as follows:  

 


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   o  For OSPF, ISIS, and BGP-LS, protocol extensions defined in
      [RFC7471], [RFC8570], and [RFC8571] are used, respectively for
      advertising the extended TE link metrics in the network.  

   o  The extended TE link delay metrics advertised are minimum-delay,
      maximum-delay, average-delay, and delay-variance for one-way.  

   o  The delay-variance metric is computed as specified in Section 4.2
      of [RFC5481].  

   o  The one-way delay metrics can be computed using two-way delay
      measurement or round-trip delay measurement from loopback mode by
      dividing the measured delay values by 2.  

   o  The extended TE link loss metric advertised is one-way percentage
      packet loss.

   o  Similarly, the extended TE link delay and loss metrics are
      advertised for Layer 2 bundle members in ISIS
      [I-D.lsr-ospf-l2bundles] and OSPF [I-D.isis-l2bundles] using the
      same mechanisms defined in [RFC8570] and [RFC7471], respectively.


10.  Security Considerations

   This document reviews the procedures for performance delay and loss
   measurement for SR-MPLS networks, for both links and end-to-end SR
   Policies using the mechanisms defined in [RFC6374] and [RFC7876]. 
   This document does not introduce any additional security
   considerations other than those covered in [RFC6374], [RFC7471],
   [RFC8570], [RFC8571], and [RFC7876].


11.  IANA Considerations

   IANA is requested to allocate a value for the following Return Path
   TLV Type for RFC 6374 to be carried in PM probe query messages:

   o  Type TBA1: Return Path TLV


   IANA is requested to allocate the values for the following Sub-TLV
   Types for the Return Path TLV for RFC 6374.

   o  Type (value 1): Respond back on Incoming Interface (Layer-3 and
                      Layer-2) (Segment List is Empty)

   o  Type (value 2): SR-MPLS Segment List (Label Stack) of the Reverse
 


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                      SR Path

   o  Type (value 3): SR-MPLS Binding SID [I-D.pce-binding-label-sid] of
                      the Reverse SR Policy


   IANA is also requested to allocate a value for the following Block
   Number TLV Type for RFC 6374 to be carried in the PM probe query and
   response messages for loss measurement:

   o  Type TBA2: Block Number TLV


12.  References

12.1.  Normative References

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", RFC 2119, March 1997.

   [RFC6374]  Frost, D. and S. Bryant, "Packet Loss and Delay
              Measurement for MPLS networks', RFC 6374, September 2011.

   [RFC7876]  Bryant, S., Sivabalan, S., and Soni, S., "UDP Return Path
              for Packet Loss and Delay Measurement for MPLS Networks",
              RFC 7876, July 2016.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", RFC 8174, May 2017.

12.2.  Informative References

   [IEEE1588] IEEE, "1588-2008 IEEE Standard for a Precision Clock
              Synchronization Protocol for Networked Measurement and
              Control Systems", March 2008.

   [RFC4656]  Shalunov, S., Teitelbaum, B., Karp, A., Boote, J., and M.
              Zekauskas, "A One-way Active Measurement Protocol
              (OWAMP)", RFC 4656, September 2006.

   [RFC5357]  Hedayat, K., Krzanowski, R., Morton, A., Yum, K., and J.
              Babiarz, "A Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol (TWAMP)",
              RFC 5357, October 2008.

   [RFC5481]  Morton, A. and B. Claise, "Packet Delay Variation
              Applicability Statement", RFC 5481, March 2009.

   [RFC6790]  Kompella, K., Drake, J., Amante, S., Henderickx, W., and
 


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              L. Yong, "The Use of Entropy Labels in MPLS Forwarding",
              RFC 6790, November 2012.

   [RFC7679]  Almes, G., et al., "A One-Way Delay Metric for IP
              Performance Metrics (IPPM)', RFC 7679, January 2016.

   [RFC7471]  Giacalone, S., et al., "OSPF Traffic Engineering (TE)
              Metric Extensions", RFC 7471, March 2015.

   [RFC8321]  Fioccola, G. Ed., "Alternate-Marking Method for Passive
              and Hybrid Performance Monitoring", RFC 8321, January
              2018.

   [RFC8402]  Filsfils, C., Ed., Previdi, S., Ed., Ginsberg, L.,
              Decraene, B., Litkowski, S., and R. Shakir, "Segment
              Routing Architecture", RFC 8402, July 2018.

   [RFC8570]  Ginsberg, L. Ed., et al., "IS-IS Traffic Engineering (TE)
              Metric Extensions",  RFC 8570, March 2019.

   [RFC8571]  Ginsberg, L. Ed., et al., "BGP - Link State (BGP-LS)
              Advertisement of IGP Traffic Engineering Performance
              Metric Extensions", RFC 8571, March 2019.

   [I-D.spring-segment-routing-policy]  Filsfils, C., et al., "Segment
              Routing Policy Architecture",
              draft-ietf-spring-segment-routing-policy, work in
              progress.

   [I-D.spring-sr-p2mp-policy]  Voyer, D. Ed., et al., "SR Replication
              Policy for P2MP Service Delivery",
              draft-voyer-spring-sr-p2mp-policy, work in progress.

   [I-D.pce-binding-label-sid]  Filsfils, C., et al., "Carrying Binding
              Label/Segment-ID in PCE-based Networks",
              draft-ietf-pce-binding-label-sid, work in progress. 

   [I-D.spring-mpls-path-segment]  Cheng, W., et al., "Path Segment in
              MPLS Based Segment Routing Network",
              draft-ietf-spring-mpls-path-segment, work in progress.

   [I-D.spring-ioam-sr-mpls]  Gandhi, R. Ed., et al., "Segment Routing
              with MPLS Data Plane Encapsulation for In-situ OAM Data",
              draft-gandhi-spring-ioam-sr-mpls, work in progress.

   [I-D.lsr-ospf-l2bundles]  Talaulikar, K., et al., "Advertising L2
              Bundle Member Link Attributes in OSPF",
              draft-ketant-lsr-ospf-l2bundles, work in progress.
 


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   [I-D.isis-l2bundles]  Ginsberg, L., et al.,  "Advertising L2 Bundle
              Member Link Attributes in IS-IS",
              draft-ietf-isis-l2bundles, work in progress.













































 


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Acknowledgments

   The authors would like to thank Thierry Couture for the discussions
   on the use-cases for the performance measurement in segment routing
   networks.  The authors would like to thank Greg Mirsky for providing
   many useful comments and suggestions.  The authors would also like to
   thank Stewart Bryant, Sam Aldrin, and Rajiv Asati for their review
   comments.


Contributors

   Sagar Soni
   Cisco Systems, Inc.
   Email: sagsoni@cisco.com


   Patrick Khordoc
   Cisco Systems, Inc.
   Email: pkhordoc@cisco.com


   Zafar Ali
   Cisco Systems, Inc.
   Email: zali@cisco.com


   Pier Luigi Ventre
   CNIT 
   Italy
   Email: pierluigi.ventre@cnit.it


Authors' Addresses

   Rakesh Gandhi (editor)
   Cisco Systems, Inc.
   Canada
   Email: rgandhi@cisco.com


   Clarence Filsfils
   Cisco Systems, Inc.
   Email: cfilsfil@cisco.com


   Daniel Voyer
   Bell Canada
 


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   Email: daniel.voyer@bell.ca


   Stefano Salsano
   Universita di Roma "Tor Vergata"
   Italy
   Email: stefano.salsano@uniroma2.it


   Mach(Guoyi) Chen
   Huawei
   Email: mach.chen@huawei.com







































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