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Distributed Mobility Management (DMM)                        J. Korhonen
Internet-Draft                                                  Broadcom
Updates: 4862 (if approved)                                S. Gundavelli
Intended status: Standards Track                                   Cisco
Expires: August 28, 2016                                        P. Seite
                                                                  Orange
                                                                  D. Liu
                                                                 Alibaba
                                                       February 25, 2016


                         IPv6 Prefix Properties
              draft-korhonen-dmm-prefix-properties-05.txt

Abstract

   This specification defines an extension to the IPv6 stateless address
   autoconfiguration procedure.  New options with meta data are defined
   that describe the properties and other prefix class meta data
   associated with the prefix.  The stateless address autoconfiguration
   procedure and end hosts can make use of the additional properties and
   class information when selecting source address prefixes for a
   particular uses and use cases.  This specification updates RFC4862.

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 RFC 2119 [RFC2119].

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Background and Motivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  Option Formats  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     3.1.  Prefix Meta Data  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     3.2.  Meta Data Suboptions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   4.  Host Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     4.1.  Stateless Address Autoconfiguration Enhancements  . . . .   7
     4.2.  Internal Data Structures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     4.3.  Default Address Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   5.  Router Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   6.  Multiple Provisioning Domain Considerations . . . . . . . . .   9
   7.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   8.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   9.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   10. References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     10.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     10.2.  Informational References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12

1.  Introduction

   This specification defines a new neighbor discovery protocol message
   option, the Prefix Information Option with Meta Data (PIOMD), that
   indicate, for example, the mobility management properties associated
   to the prefix, and a class value that conveys metadata associated to
   the prefix with a local administrative domain wide importance.  The
   solution may use of Multiple Provisioning Domains (MPVD) framework
   [RFC7556] [I-D.ietf-mif-mpvd-ndp-support].  Furthermore, the
   specification discusses corresponding source address selection hint
   issues with the IPv6 Socket API and applications in general
   [I-D.ietf-dmm-ondemand-mobility].



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   For example, the IPv6 Socket API for Source Address Selection
   [RFC5014] already covers Mobile IPv6 [RFC6275] and allows selecting
   between a home address (HoA) and a care-of address (CoA).  A mobile
   node (MN) with a client based mobility IP stack is supposed to know
   which prefixes are CoA(s) and/or HoA(s).  However, this is not the
   case with network based mobility management where the MN is expected
   to be agnostic of the mobility support.

   The extensions are minimal in a sense that they do not define new
   functionality, for example, to any existing mobility protocol but
   instead add an explicit indication of network based mobility
   knowledge into the IPv6 stateless address autoconfiguration (SLAAC)
   [RFC4862].  The heavy lifting is mostly on the applications side and
   on the IP stack providing interface for applications, since they need
   to make use of the new functionality.  The new functionality is
   achieved by defining a new, backward compatible, IPv6 neighbor
   discovery protocol options that convey the required prefix related
   meta data information the SLAAC procedure may take use of.

   This would allow for network based mobility solutions, such as Proxy
   Mobile IPv6 [RFC5213] or GTP [TS.29274] to explicitly indicate that
   their prefixes have mobility, and therefore, the MN IP stack or
   specifically applications can make an educated selection between
   prefixes that have mobility and those that do not.  There is also a
   potential need to extend both [RFC3493] and [RFC5014] in order to
   provide required hooks into socket APIs.

   The underlying assumption is that a MN has multiple prefixes to
   choose from.  Typically this means either the MN has multiple
   interfaces or an interface has been configured with multiple
   prefixes.  This specification does not make a distinction between
   these alternatives and does not either make any assumptions how the
   possible transfer of a prefix is done between interfaces in the case
   a network based mobility solution is used.

2.  Background and Motivation

   This section discusses the motivations behind adding metadata and
   other address selection decision making affecting information into
   IPv6 prefixes.  The additional information is conveyed from the
   network to a end host during the IPv6 address configuration phase.
   The motivation example taken from and discussed below is from the
   mobile networks.

   IP mobility and its centralized topological anchoring of IP addresses
   has known issues.  For instance, non-optimal routing is a classical
   example.  Another concerns include excessive tunneling, increased
   signaling due the maintenance of mobility related bindings,



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   aggregation of traffic to centralized mobility anchor gateways and
   unnecessary IP mobility related state management for IP traffic that
   does not as such benefit from mobility.  In general, it is observed
   that most applications do not need IP level mobility, and work just
   fine with "temporary" IP addresses that come and go.  However, IP
   mobility still has its virtues making the applications unaware of
   mobility, and certain wireless mobile networking architecture make
   extensive use of network based IP mobility.

   In order to overcome some of the above issues, use of local resources
   and topologically local addressing could be enhanced.  In many cases
   this would lead to use of multiple addresses of which some provide
   mobility and some do not.  However, an end host has to have means to
   distinguish between addresses that provide mobility, and those that
   are short lived and usable only within a limited topological area.

   [RFC7333] discussed the requirements for distributed mobility
   management and [RFC7429] describes the gaps from current best
   practices and the desired approaches for de-centralized mobility
   management.  One approach is using the dynamic anchoring for
   distributed de-centralized mobility management.  The idea is to use
   the local allocated prefix for any newly initiated 'IP session' and
   use the previously allocated prefix for the ongoing sessions.  This
   specification can be used to implement the prefix selection for
   dynamic anchoring.  For example, both the locally allocated and the
   remotely allocated/anchored prefixes can be identified by the prefix
   property option as described in Section 3.2.

   The solution described in this document also shares similar
   motivations for classifying the prefix as described in
   [I-D.bhandari-dhc-class-based-prefix].  Some service providers may
   wish to allocate specific prefixes for some services or type of
   traffic.  In this situation, the end host must be able to classify
   prefixes according to type of service.

   This specification provides tools for extending the IPv6 address
   management and source address selection so that end hosts (and their
   applications) can select a proper address for their needs.  This
   specification complements [I-D.bhandari-dhc-class-based-prefix] by
   providing the SLAAC version of the additional prefix related meta
   data information delivery compared to the DHCPv6 stateful approach.

3.  Option Formats








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3.1.  Prefix Meta Data

   This specification defines a new neighbor discovery protocol message
   option, the Prefix Information Option with Meta Data (PIOMD), to be
   used in router advertisement messages.  The PIOMD is treated as the
   same as [RFC4861] Prefix Information Option (PIO) except with an
   addition of new meta data suboptions.

   The PIOMD can coexist with RFC4861 PIO.  The prefixes advertised in
   both PIOMD and PIO can even be the same.  It is up to the receiving
   end host to select the appropriate prefix(es) for configuring its
   IPv6 addresses.  In a case the PIO and the PIOMD share the same
   prefix, then all the other parameter (like flags and lifetimes) MUST
   be the same.

        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     | Prefix Length |L|A| Reserved1 |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                         Valid Lifetime                        |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                       Preferred Lifetime                      |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                            Reserved2                          |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                                                               |
       +                                                               +
       |                                                               |
       +                            Prefix                             +
       |                                                               |
       +                                                               +
       |                                                               |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       :                          Suboptions                           :
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

       Figure 1: Prefix Information Option with additional meta data

   Type

       Set to TBD1.

   Length

       4 if no suboptions are present.  Greater than 4 if one or more
       suboptions are present.




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   Suboptions

       Zero or more suboptions that describe properties and other meta
       data attached to the advertised prefix.  See Section 3.2 for
       description of the meta data suboption format and suboptions
       already defined in this specification.  The existence of
       suboptions can be determined from the length field.  If the
       length is greater than 4, then at least one suboption MUST be
       present.

   Rest of the fields are handled exactly as described in Section 4.6.2.
   of RFC4861 [RFC4861].

3.2.  Meta Data Suboptions

   The generic suboption format for the PIO with meta data (PIOMD) is
   shown in Figure 2.  The suboption follows the alignment and length
   rules familiar from [RFC4861].  On a particular note, the flag 'C'
   describes whether the suboption is mandatory to understand by the
   receiver or not.  If 'C' is set to zero (0), the receiver can
   silently discard an unknown suboption and skip to the next suboption.
   If 'C' is set to one (1), then an unknown suboption causes the
   receiver to silently discard the entire PIOMT and no further
   suboptions need to be parsed.  There can be multiple instances of the
   same suboption type in one PIOMD 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
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |     Type      |    Length     |C|          Reserved           |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                              ...                              ~
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

               Figure 2: Generic meta data suboption format

   Figure 3 shows the Prefix Properties suboption.  The prefix
   properties values are defined in Section 6.1. of
   [I-D.bhandari-dhc-class-based-prefix].  When an end host receives a
   router advertisement message with a PIOMD and the prefix properties
   suboption, it can use the suboption information as an additional hint
   for selecting the prefix for a desired purpose and use case.  The
   prefix properties have global meaning i.e., they have the same
   treatment and handling cross administrative domains.  The value for
   the 'C' flag SHOULD be one (1).  This also implies that if the prefix
   properties bit vector has a flag bit set, which the receiving end
   host does not understand and the 'C' flag is also set, then the whole
   PIOMD option MUST be discarded.



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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
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |       0       |        1      |C|         Reserved1           |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |        Prefix properties      |           Reserved2           |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                   Figure 3: Prefix Properties suboption

   Figure 4 shows the Prefix Class suboption.  The prefix class values
   and usage follow what has been defined in Section 2.3. of
   [I-D.bhandari-dhc-class-based-prefix].  When an end host receives a
   router advertisement message with a PIOMD and the prefix class
   suboption, it can use the suboption information as an additional hint
   for selecting the prefix for a desired purpose and use case.  The
   prefix class has only local administrative meaning i.e., they are
   local to the access network and may overlap both semantically and
   registry wise across different administrative domains.  How the
   boundaries of an administrative domain are determined is outside the
   scope of this specification.  The value for the 'C' flag SHOULD be
   zero (0).

        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
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |       1       |        1      |C|         Reserved1           |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |         Prefix class          |           Reserved2           |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                     Figure 4: Prefix Class suboption

   Future specifications MAY define new suboptions.  One potential
   example could be a suboption to identify the provisioning domain
   where the configuration information originates.

4.  Host Considerations

4.1.  Stateless Address Autoconfiguration Enhancements

   This specification extends to the [RFC4862] Stateless Address
   Autoconfiguration (SLAAC).  As described in Section 3.1, a new
   [RFC4861] PIO like option PIOMD can be used to either complement or
   entirely replace the PIO in a router advertisement.  An end host that
   understands the PIOMD option MUST always prefer a prefix found in the
   PIOMD over the same prefix found in the PIO option.




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4.2.  Internal Data Structures

   The host internal data structures need to be extended with the
   'prefix property' and the 'prefix class' information associated to
   the learned prefix and configured addresses.  How this is
   accomplished is host implementation specific.  It is also a host
   implementation issue how an application can learn or query both
   properties or class of an address or a prefix.  One possibility is to
   provide such information through the socket API extensions (see
   discussion in [I-D.ietf-dmm-ondemand-mobility]).  Other possibilities
   include the use of e.g., ioctl() or NetLink [RFC3549] extensions.

4.3.  Default Address Selection

   The 'prefix property' is only used as a hint.  It does not affect the
   existing [RFC6724] automatically.  A specific rule to host's policy
   table has to be inserted by an application or some daemon process.
   Alternatively, an application can express its address mobility
   property preferences through the socket API extensions (see
   discussion in [I-D.ietf-dmm-ondemand-mobility]), which means the
   socket library or middleware has to modify [RFC6724] policy table or
   algorithm.

   The 'prefix properties' flags MAY define the prefix preference for an
   IP stack that understands the extensions defined in this
   specification.  The IP stack SHOULD use the properties preferences to
   supersede [RFC6724] Source Address Selection Rule 8 when selecting a
   default source address among multiple choices and an application has
   not explicitly indicate what kind of source address it prefers.

   The 'prefix class' defines an application 'class' the advertised
   prefix is intended to be used for.  The class has only local
   administrative domain significance.  The 'prefix class' can be used,
   for example, to identify prefixes that are meant to be used reach a
   voice over IP (VoIP) service or a video streaming application within
   the local administrative network.  A specific application in the end
   host MAY use this additional class information when enumerating
   through multiple available addresses and then select a specific
   address to be used for its purposes.

5.  Router Considerations

   A network administrator MAY configure routers complying to this
   specification also send router advertisements with the PIOMD option
   into every router advertisement that also contains the [RFC4861] PIO
   option.  Since the PIOMD sending router has no prior knowledge
   whether the end hosts on the link support the PIOMD option, it is
   strongly RECOMMENDED that both [RFC4861] PIO and the PIOMD are always



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   included in the router advertisement, even if the advertised prefixes
   were the same.  Alternatively (or in addition) multiple provisioning
   domains [I-D.ietf-mif-mpvd-ndp-support] can be used to separate
   prefixes advertised using PIOMD options.  See Section 6 for further
   details.

   A router can also make use of the 'C' flag handling in the PIOMD
   suboptions when introducing new functionality into the network.
   Since it is possible to include multiple suboptions of the same type
   into the PIOMD option, the router can easily make a difference
   between e.g., prefix properties that must be understood by the
   receiver and those that can safely be ignored.

6.  Multiple Provisioning Domain Considerations

   Multiple Provisioning Domains (MPVD) framework [RFC7556] allows
   grouping network configuration information under an explicitly named
   provisioning domain [I-D.ietf-mif-mpvd-id].  This would allow network
   operators to place mobility related configuration information
   (including prefixes) under a specific explicit provisioning domain
   and non-mobile configuration information into other explicit domain
   or implicit provisioning domain.

   MPVDs are the RECOMMENDED way to deliver PIOMD options.  This allows
   mobile network operators selectively advertise mobility related
   network configurations.  MPVDs also provide adequate security
   features for mobile hosts to verify the authenticity of the
   configuration information.

7.  Security Considerations

   Existing Prefix Information Option related security considerations
   apply as described in [RFC4861] and [RFC4191].  A malicious node on
   the shared link could include stale metadata in a PIOMD causing the
   host to learn wrong information regarding the prefix and thus make
   misguided selection of prefixes on the link.  Similarly a malicious
   middleman on the link could modify or remove metadata in the PIOMD
   causing misguided selection of prefixes.  In order to avoid on-link
   attacks, SeND [RFC3971] can be used to reject Router Advertisements
   from potentially malicious nodes and guarantee integrity protection
   of the Router Advertisements.

   If MPVD support for NDP [I-D.ietf-mif-mpvd-ndp-support] is used, then
   the mobile host can use its security features to verify the
   authenticity and correctness of the received PIOMD information.






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8.  IANA Considerations

   Section 3.1 defines a new IPv6 Neighbor Discovery protocol option
   type TBD1 for the Prefix Information Option with Meta Data.  The type
   value is defined in the existing 'IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Option
   Formats' IANA registry.

   Section 3.2 defines a new IANA registry for the Prefix Information
   Option with Meta Data suboptions.  The registry allocation policy is
   Standards Action [RFC5226].  The initial allocations for the prefix
   properties and prefix class suboptions are listed in Section 3.2.

9.  Acknowledgements

   The authors thank Ole Troan for his feedback and suggestions on this
   document (the Classed PIO).

10.  References

10.1.  Normative References

   [I-D.ietf-mif-mpvd-id]
              Krishnan, S., Korhonen, J., Bhandari, S., and S.
              Gundavelli, "Identification of provisioning domains",
              draft-ietf-mif-mpvd-id-02 (work in progress), October
              2015.

   [I-D.ietf-mif-mpvd-ndp-support]
              Korhonen, J., Krishnan, S., and S. Gundavelli, "Support
              for multiple provisioning domains in IPv6 Neighbor
              Discovery Protocol", draft-ietf-mif-mpvd-ndp-support-02
              (work in progress), October 2015.

   [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>.

   [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,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4861>.

   [RFC4862]  Thomson, S., Narten, T., and T. Jinmei, "IPv6 Stateless
              Address Autoconfiguration", RFC 4862,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC4862, September 2007,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4862>.




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   [RFC5226]  Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an
              IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 5226,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC5226, May 2008,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5226>.

   [RFC6724]  Thaler, D., Ed., Draves, R., Matsumoto, A., and T. Chown,
              "Default Address Selection for Internet Protocol Version 6
              (IPv6)", RFC 6724, DOI 10.17487/RFC6724, September 2012,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6724>.

10.2.  Informational References

   [I-D.bhandari-dhc-class-based-prefix]
              Systems, C., Halwasia, G., Gundavelli, S., Deng, H.,
              Thiebaut, L., Korhonen, J., and I. Farrer, "DHCPv6 class
              based prefix", draft-bhandari-dhc-class-based-prefix-05
              (work in progress), July 2013.

   [I-D.ietf-dmm-ondemand-mobility]
              Yegin, A., Kweon, K., Lee, J., Park, J., and D. Moses, "On
              Demand Mobility Management", draft-ietf-dmm-ondemand-
              mobility-02 (work in progress), February 2016.

   [RFC3493]  Gilligan, R., Thomson, S., Bound, J., McCann, J., and W.
              Stevens, "Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6",
              RFC 3493, DOI 10.17487/RFC3493, February 2003,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3493>.

   [RFC3549]  Salim, J., Khosravi, H., Kleen, A., and A. Kuznetsov,
              "Linux Netlink as an IP Services Protocol", RFC 3549,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC3549, July 2003,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3549>.

   [RFC3971]  Arkko, J., Ed., Kempf, J., Zill, B., and P. Nikander,
              "SEcure Neighbor Discovery (SEND)", RFC 3971,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC3971, March 2005,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3971>.

   [RFC4191]  Draves, R. and D. Thaler, "Default Router Preferences and
              More-Specific Routes", RFC 4191, DOI 10.17487/RFC4191,
              November 2005, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4191>.

   [RFC5014]  Nordmark, E., Chakrabarti, S., and J. Laganier, "IPv6
              Socket API for Source Address Selection", RFC 5014,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC5014, September 2007,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5014>.





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   [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>.

   [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>.

   [RFC7333]  Chan, H., Ed., Liu, D., Seite, P., Yokota, H., and J.
              Korhonen, "Requirements for Distributed Mobility
              Management", RFC 7333, DOI 10.17487/RFC7333, August 2014,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7333>.

   [RFC7429]  Liu, D., Ed., Zuniga, JC., Ed., Seite, P., Chan, H., and
              CJ. Bernardos, "Distributed Mobility Management: Current
              Practices and Gap Analysis", RFC 7429,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7429, January 2015,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7429>.

   [RFC7556]  Anipko, D., Ed., "Multiple Provisioning Domain
              Architecture", RFC 7556, DOI 10.17487/RFC7556, June 2015,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7556>.

   [TS.29274]
              3GPP, "3GPP Evolved Packet System (EPS); Evolved General
              Packet Radio Service (GPRS) Tunnelling Protocol for
              Control plane (GTPv2-C)", 3GPP TS 29.060 8.11.0, December
              2010.

Authors' Addresses

   Jouni Korhonen
   Broadcom
   3151 Zanker Rd.
   CA  San Jose
   USA

   Email: jouni.nospam@gmail.com


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

   Email: sgundave@cisco.com



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   Pierrick Seite
   Orange
   4, rue du Clos Courtel, BP 91226
   Cesson-Sevigne  35512
   France

   Email: pierrick.seite@orange.com


   Dapeng Liu
   Alibaba

   Email: max.ldp@alibaba-inc.com






































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