Internet DRAFT - draft-murakami-dmm-user-plane-message-encoding

draft-murakami-dmm-user-plane-message-encoding







Internet Engineering Task Force                         T. Murakami, Ed.
Internet-Draft                                               Arrcus, Inc
Intended status: Informational                             S. Matsushima
Expires: September 6, 2022                                      SoftBank
                                                              K. Ebisawa
                                                Toyota Motor Corporation
                                                            P. Camarillo
                                                              R. Shekhar
                                                     Cisco Systems, Inc.
                                                           March 5, 2022


                      User Plane Message Encoding
           draft-murakami-dmm-user-plane-message-encoding-05

Abstract

   This document defines the encoding of User Plane messages into
   Segment Routing Header (SRH).  The SRH carries the User Plane
   messages over SRv6 Network.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  Conventions and Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   4.  Motivation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   5.  User Plane Message encoding into SRH  . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     5.1.  GTP-U Header format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     5.2.  Args.Mob.Upmsg  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     5.3.  Encoding of Tags Field  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     5.4.  User Plane message Information Element Support  . . . . .   6
     5.5.  SID flavor consideration  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   7.  IANA Consideration  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   8.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   9.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     9.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     9.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9

1.  Introduction

   3GPP defines User Plane function (UPF) and the protocol messages that
   it supports.  The User Plane messages support in-band signalling for
   path and tunnel management.  Currently, User Plane messages are
   defined in TS 29.281 [TS29281].

   When applying SRv6 (Segment Routing IPv6) to the user plane of mobile
   networks, based on draft-ietf-dmm-srv6-mobile-uplane
   [I-D.ietf-dmm-srv6-mobile-uplane].  User Plane messages must be
   carried over SRv6 network.  This document defines which User Plane
   message must be encoded to SRv6 and also defines how to encode the
   User Plane messages into SRH.

   In addition, SRH is mandatory at the ultimate segment upon carrying
   the User Plane messages because User Plane message is encoded into
   SRH.  Hence, this document considers how to deal with the encoding of
   User Plane messages into SRH when PSP is applied that SRH is popped
   out at the penultimate segment.







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2.  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].

3.  Conventions and Terminology

   SRv6:                 Segment Routing IPv6.

   GTP-U:                GPRS Tunneling Protocol User Plane.

   UPF:                  User Plane Function.

   SRH:                  IPv6 Segment Routing Header.

   PSP:                  Penultimate Segment POP of the SRH.

   USP:                  Ultimate Segment Pop of the SRH.

4.  Motivation

   3GPP User Plane needs to support the user plane messages associated
   with a GTP-U tunnel defined in [TS29281].  In the case of SRv6 User
   Plane [I-D.ietf-dmm-srv6-mobile-uplane], those messages are also
   required when the user plane interworks with GTP-U.

   IPv6 Segment Routing Header (SRH) [RFC8754] is used for SRv6 User
   Plane.  SRH is able to associate additional information to the
   segments.  The Tag field of SRH is capable to indicate different
   properties within a SID.  SRH TLV is capable to provide meta-data to
   the endpoint node.

   The above capability of SRH motivates us to map the user plane
   messages into it because of the same encapsulation with the packets
   of carrying client packets.  It introduces no additional headers or
   extension headers to be chained in the packet just for carrying the
   user plane messages.

5.  User Plane Message encoding into SRH

   This section defines how to encode the User Plane messages into SRH
   in order to carry the User Plane messages over SRv6 network.








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5.1.  GTP-U Header format

   3GPP defines GTP-U Header format as shown 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
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       | Ver |P|R|E|S|N| Message Type  |           Length              |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                Tunnel Endpoint Identifier                     |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |      Sequence Number          | N-PDU Number  |  Next-Ext-Hdr |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                       Figure 1: GTP-U Header format

   User Plane message type is encoded in Message Type field of GTP-U
   Header.  The following User Plane messages must be carried over SRv6
   network at least.  The value of each User Plane message type is
   defined as shown below.

   Echo Request:       1

   Echo Reply:         2

   Error Indication:   26

   End Marker:         254

5.2.  Args.Mob.Upmsg

   draft-ietf-dmm-srv6-mobile-uplane [I-D.ietf-dmm-srv6-mobile-uplane]
   defines the format of Args.Mob.Session argument which is used in SRv6
   SID Mobility Functions in order to carry the PDU Session identifier.
   The format of Args.Mobs.Session is defined as shown 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
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |   QFI     |R|U|                PDU Session ID                 |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |PDU Sess(cont')|
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                     Figure 2: Args.Mob.Session format

   In case of Echo Request, Echo Reply and Error Indication, Sequence
   Number in GTP-U header needs to be carried.  Similar to draft-ietf-



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   dmm-srv6-mobile-uplane [I-D.ietf-dmm-srv6-mobile-uplane], the new
   arguments to carry Sequqnce number for Echo Request, Echo Reply and
   Error Indication message needs to be defined.  For this, the
   following Args.Mobs.Upmsg should be defined newly to carry Sequence
   number.

        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
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |   QFI     |R|U|       Sequence Number         |      Pad      |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |   Pad(cont')  |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

     Figure 3: Args.Mob.Upmsg format for Echo Request, Echo Reply and
                             Error Indication

   QFI bit, R bit, U bit and 16-bit Sequence Number is encoded in
   Args.Mobs.Upmsg.  The remaining bits followed by Sequence Number must
   be padded in 0.

   In case of End Marker, TEID shall be used as PDU Session ID same as
   draft-ietf-dmm-srv6-mobile-uplane [I-D.ietf-dmm-srv6-mobile-uplane].
   Hence, for End Marker, Args.Mobs.Session should be used to carry TEID
   as PDU Session ID.

5.3.  Encoding of Tags Field

   The Segment Routing Header is defined in IPv6 Segment Routing Header
   (SRH) [RFC8754].  This draft defines 16 bits Tag field but does not
   define the format or use of this Tag field in the Segment Routing
   Header.

   The User Plane message type encoding is defined in TS 29.281
   [TS29281].  Based on this definition, the User Plane message type
   must be encoded into the Tag field in the Segment Routing Header in
   order to indicate the type of the user plane messages for at least
   Echo Request, Echo Reply, Error Indication or End Marker.

   Only UPF must process the Tag field where the user plane message is
   encoded.  In addition, when the user plane message is encoded in the
   Tag field, the UPF should not encode any segments in the Segment
   Routing Header whose function modifies the Tag field value.  Any
   other transport router implementing SRv6 must ignore the Tag field
   upon processing the Segment Routing Header.

   The user plane messages must be encoded into the Tag filed as shown
   below.



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               0                             1
               0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  0  1  2  3  4  5  6
               +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
               |         Reserved                  |B3|B2|B1|B0|
               +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+

                       Figure 4: Tag Field Encoding

   Bit 0 [B0]:     End Marker

   Bit 1 [B1]:     Error Indication

   Bit 2 [B2]:     Echo Request

   Bit 3 [B3]:     Echo Reply

   End Marker, Echo Request and Echo reply messages do not require any
   additional information elements.  However, Error Indication message
   requires the additional information elements like Tunnel Endpoint
   Identifier Data IE, GSN Address, etc.  These additional information
   elements can be encoded into the SRH TLV that is defined in the next
   section.

5.4.  User Plane message Information Element Support

   End Maker, Echo Request and Echo Reply messages do not require any
   additional information elements.  However, Error Indication message
   requires additional 3GPP IEs (Information Element).  These additional
   information elements must be carried over SRv6 network as well.
   However SRv6 SID has limited space only.  Hence it cannot carry a lot
   of information elements.

   In order to carry more information elements, SRH TLV shall be
   leveraged.  SRH TLV is defined in IPv6 Segment Routing Header (SRH)
   [RFC8754] in order to carry the meta-data for the segment processing.
   In order to carry additional User Plane messages like 3GPP IEs, the
   new type named as "User Plane Container" must be defined as the new
   SRH TLV.  The "User Plane Container" can carry additional User Plane
   messages which includes multiple 3GPP IEs with 1 sub-TLV.












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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      |  User Plane message sub-TLV |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       //               User Plane message sub-TLV                    //
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                         User Plane Container TLV

   Type:           to be assigned by IANA

   Length:         Length of User Plane message sub-TLV

   User Plane message sub-TLV:   User Plane message sub-TLV 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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |      Type     |     Length      |            Value            //
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                        User Plane message sub-TLV

   Type:           Type of User Plane message sub-TLV



                   3GPP IE sub-TLV:        0x01

   Length:         Length of Value

   Value:          User Plane Message data



                   3GPP IE sub-TLV:        multiple 3GG IEs

5.5.  SID flavor consideration

   This section considers SID flavor of where the SRH is popped out at
   either the penultimate or the ultimate segment.

   In order to carry User Plane message over SRv6 network, SRH must be
   sustained over entire SRv6 network because User Plane message type
   and required information elements are encoded into SRH.  If the




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   penultimate segment is popping out SRH, i.e., PSP, User Plane message
   can not be carried in entire SRv6 network.

   In order to avoid this problem, USP is recommended in SRv6 Mobile
   network.  In this case, SRH is never popped out and User Plane
   message can be sustained over entire SRv6 network.

   However, if PSP needs to be enabled in SRv6 network, it is also a
   possible solution to encap another SRH which carries User Plane
   message along with the outer IPv6 or SRH.

6.  Security Considerations

   This document does not raise any additional security issues.  This
   document just define the mechanisms for mapping between user plane
   message (GTP-U message) and SRH in SRv6.  Basically, since this
   document is using SRH defined in [RFC8754] to carry user plane
   message, same security consideration stated in [RFC8754] shall be
   applied.

7.  IANA Consideration

   The type value of SRH TLV for User Plane Container must be assigned
   by IANA.

8.  Acknowledgements

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,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

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

   [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>.








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9.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.ietf-dmm-srv6-mobile-uplane]
              Matsushima, S., Filsfils, C., Kohno, M., Garvia, P. C.,
              Voyer, D., and C. E. Perkins, "Segment Routing IPv6 for
              Mobile User Plane", draft-ietf-dmm-srv6-mobile-uplane-18
              (work in progress), February 2022.

   [RFC1918]  Rekhter, Y., Moskowitz, B., Karrenberg, D., de Groot, G.,
              and E. Lear, "Address Allocation for Private Internets",
              BCP 5, RFC 1918, DOI 10.17487/RFC1918, February 1996,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc1918>.

   [RFC3513]  Hinden, R. and S. Deering, "Internet Protocol Version 6
              (IPv6) Addressing Architecture", RFC 3513,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC3513, April 2003,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3513>.

   [RFC8754]  Filsfils, C., Ed., Dukes, D., Ed., Previdi, S., Leddy, J.,
              Matsushima, S., and D. Voyer, "IPv6 Segment Routing Header
              (SRH)", RFC 8754, DOI 10.17487/RFC8754, March 2020,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8754>.

   [TS29281]  3GPP, "General Packet Radio System (GPRS) Tunnelling
              Protocol User Plane (GTPv1-U)", 2019,
              <http://www.3gpp.org/ftp//Specs/
              archive/29_series/29.281/29281-f60.zip>.

Authors' Addresses

   Tetsuya Murakami (editor)
   Arrcus, Inc
   2077 Gateway Place, Suite 400
   San Jose
   USA

   Email: tetsuya@arrcus.com


   Satoru Matsushima
   SoftBank
   1-9-1 Higashi-Shinbashi, Munato-ku
   Tokyo
   Japan

   Email: satoru.matsushima@g.softbank.co.jp





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   Kentaro Ebisawa
   Toyota Motor Corporation
   Tokyo
   Japan

   Email: ebisawa@toyota-tokyo.tech


   Pablo Camarillo
   Cisco Systems, Inc.
   Spain

   Email: pcamaril@cisco.com


   Ravi Shekhar
   Cisco Systems, Inc.
   USA

   Email: ravishek@cisco.com































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