Documentation of IANA Assignments for Label Distribution Protocol (LDP), Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP), and Resource ReSerVation Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) Extensions for Optical UNI Signaling
Protocol extensions for optical network interface signaling.
Rajagopalan, B., "Documentation of IANA Assignments for Label Distribution Protocol (LDP), Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP), and Resource ReSerVation Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) Extensions for Optical UNI Signaling", RFC 3476, DOI 10.17487/RFC3476, April 2003, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3476>.
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Network Working Group B. Rajagopalan
Request for Comments: 3476 Tellium, Inc.
Category: Informational March 2003
Documentation of IANA Assignments for Label Distribution Protocol
(LDP), Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP), and Resource ReSerVation
Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) Extensions
for Optical UNI Signaling
Status of this Memo
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not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
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Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2003). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
The Optical Interworking Forum (OIF) has defined extensions to the
Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) and the Resource ReSerVation
Protocol (RSVP) for optical User Network Interface (UNI) signaling.
These extensions consist of a set of new data objects and error
codes. This document describes these extensions.
1. Introduction
The OIF UNI signaling specification is described in [8]. This
specification utilizes IETF protocol standards as well as IETF work
in progress. Specifically, the following IETF specifications are
used:
o Label distribution protocol (LDP) [6]
o Resource reservation protocol (RSVP) [5]
o GMPLS signaling and GMPLS extensions for SONET/SDH [4]
o GMPLS RSVP-TE and CR-LDP extensions [2, 3]
The aim of the OIF UNI specification is the maximal re-use of IETF
protocol definitions. A few extensions to IETF protocols, however,
have been defined to serve UNI-specific needs. These extensions are
described in this document.
2. LDP Extensions for UNI Signaling
The LDP extensions for UNI signaling consist of new TLVs that capture
UNI-specific parameters and new UNI-specific status codes. The new
TLVs are Source ID (3 TLVs), Destination ID (3 TLVs), Egress Label,
Local Connection ID, Diversity, Contract ID, and UNI Service Level
[8]. These are described below. The new status codes are assigned
from the private use space of LDP codes, as described in [8]. The
UNI specification [8] also defines two new LDP messages, Status
Enquiry and Status Response. These messages have been obsoleted and
hence no code points are requested in this document for them.
2.1 Source ID TLVs
Three TLVs have been defined to encode the Source ID. The content and
usage of these TLVs are described in [8].
2.1.1 IPv4 Source ID
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|U|F|Source ID Type (0x0960) | Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
~ Contents ~
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
2.1.2 IPv6 Source ID
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|U|F|Source ID Type (0x0961) | Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
~ Contents ~
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
2.1.3 NSAP Source ID
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|U|F|Source ID Type (0x0962) | Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
~ Contents ~
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
2.2 Destination ID TLVs
Three TLVs have been defined to encode the Destination ID. The
content and usage of these TLVs are described in [8].
2.2.1 IPv4 Destination ID
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|U|F|Dest ID Type (0x0963) | Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
~ Contents ~
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
2.2.2 IPv6 Destination ID
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|U|F|Dest ID Type (0x0964) | Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
~ Contents ~
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
2.2.3 NSAP Destination ID
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|U|F|Dest ID Type (0x0965) | Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
~ Contents ~
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
2.3 Egress Label TLV
The Egress Label TLV is encoded as:
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|U|F|Egress Label (0x966) | Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
~ Contents ~
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
The content and usage of this TLV are described in [8].
2.4 Local Connection ID TLV
The Local Connection ID TLV is encoded as:
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|U|F|Local Conn. ID (0x967) | Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
~ Contents ~
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
The content and usage of this TLV are described in [8].
2.5 Diversity TLV
The Diversity TLV is encoded as:
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|U|F|Diversity (0x968) | Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
~ Contents ~
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
The content and usage of this TLV are described in [8].
2.6 Contract ID TLV
The Contract ID TLV is encoded as:
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|U|F|Contract ID (0x969) | Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
~ Contents ~
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
The content and usage of this TLV are described in [8].
2.7 UNI Service Level TLV
The UNI Service Level TLV is encoded as:
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|U|F|Service Level (0x970) | Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
~ Contents ~
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
The content and usage of this TLV are described in [8].
3. RSVP Extensions for UNI Signaling
A single new object class, called "Generalized_UNI" is defined. In
addition, extension to the RSVP session object and new UNI-specific
error codes are defined. These are described below.
3.1 Generalized_UNI Object
The GENERALIZED_UNI object has the following format:
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Length (>8) | CNum(229) | C-Type (1) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
// (Subobjects) //
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Subobjects:
The contents of a GENERALIZED_UNI object are a series of variable-
length data items. The common format of the sub-objects is 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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Length | Type | Sub-Type |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
// Value //
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
The following sub-objects are defined. The contents of these sub-
objects are described in [8]:
- Source Transport Network Assigned (TNA) Address sub-object:
Type = 1. The following sub-types are defined:
Ipv4 (Sub-type = 1);
Ipv6 (Sub-type = 2);
NSAP (Sub-type = 3).
- Destination TNA Address sub-object: Type = 2;
The following sub-types are defined:
Ipv4 (Sub-type = 1);
Ipv6 (Sub-type = 2);
NSAP (Sub-type = 3).
- Diversity sub-object: Type = 3, Sub-type = 1.
- Egress label sub-object: Type = 4, Sub-type = 1.
- Service level sub-object: Type = 5, Sub-type = 1.
3.2 UNI_Ipv4_Session Object
This object [7] has the following format:
UNI_IPv4_SESSION object: Class = 1, C-Type = 11
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Length (16) | Class-Num(1) |C-Type (11) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| IPv4 Address |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| MUST be zero | Tunnel ID |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Extended IPv4 Address |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
The C-Type value (11) will distinguish UNI-related RSVP Sessions
from other RSVP sessions. The usage of this object is described in
[8].
3.3 Error Codes
UNI-specific errors fall under the "Routing Problem" (error code =
24) [7] and "Policy Control Failure" (error code = 2) [5] errors, and
they require the assignment of sub-codes. The following is the list
of errors and proposed assignments of sub-codes:
- Routing Problem: Diversity not available (Error code = 24, sub-
code = 100)
- Routing Problem: Service level not available (Error code = 24,
sub-code = 101)
- Routing problem: Invalid/Unknown connection ID (Error code = 24,
sub-code = 102)
- Policy control failure: Unauthorized sender (Error code = 2, sub-
code = 100)
- Policy control failure: Unauthorized receiver (Error code = 2,
sub-code = 101)
4. IANA Considerations
The OIF UNI 1.0 specification defines new objects and error codes
under LDP and RSVP. The majority of these extensions require code
point assignments via IETF consensus action. These are summarized
below.
4.1 LDP Messages, TLVs and Status Codes
TLV types 0x0960 - 0x0970 as described in Sections 2.1 - 2.7 above.
UNI-specific status codes have been allocated out of the Private Use
space, i.e., 0x3Fxxxxxx. These do not require IANA administration.
4.2 RSVP Object Class and Error Codes
Generalized_UNI object class (Section 3.1), Class Number 229, C-Type
1. Further sub-objects are defined, with Type numbers 1-5 and
various Sub-Type numbers, as described in Section 3.1. The code
points for the Generalized_UNI object and the associated sub-objects
require IANA administration.
UNI_Ipv4_Session Object (Class-Num = 1, C-Type = 11), as described in
Section 3.2.
UNI-specific errors fall under the Routing Problem and Policy Control
Failure errors (error codes 24 and 2). Sub-codes under error code 24
are 100, 101 and 102, as described in Section 3.3. Sub-codes under
error code 2 are 100 and 101, as described in Section 3.3.
5. Security Considerations
Security considerations related to RSVP, RSVP-TE and LDP are
described in Section 2.8, Section 6 and Section 5 of RFCs 2205 [5],
3209 [9] and 3036 [6], respectively. Security considerations
pertaining to UNI signaling using the extensions described in this
document and how these relate to the security aspects of RSVP, RSVP-
TE and LDP are described in Section 13.4 of the UNI specification
[8].
6. References
[1] Berger, L., Editor, "Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching
(MPLS) Signaling Functional Description", RFC 3471, January 2003.
[2] Berger, L., Editor, "Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching
(MPLS) Signaling Resource ReserVation Protocol-Traffic
Engineering (RSVP-TE) Extensions", RFC 3473, January 2003.
[3] Ashwood-Smith, P. and L. Berger, Editors, "Generalized Multi-
Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Signaling Constraint-based Routed
Label Distribution Protocol (CR-LDP) Extensions", RFC 3472,
January 2003.
[4] E. Mannie, et al., "GMPLS Extensions for SONET and SDH Control",
Work in Progress.
[5] Braden, R., Editor, Zhang, L., Berson, S., Herzog, S. and S.
Jamin, "RSVP Functional Specification", RFC 2205, September 1997.
[6] Andersson, L., Doolan, P., Feldman, N., Fredette, A. and B.
Thomas, "LDP Specification", RFC 3036, January 2001.
[7] Awduche, D., Berger, L., Gan, D., Li, T., Srinivasan, V. and G.
Swallow, "RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels", RFC 3209,
December 2001.
[8] UNI 1.0 Signaling Specification, The Optical Internetworking
Forum, http://www.oiforum.com/public/UNI_1.0_ia.html
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8. Author's Address
Bala Rajagopalan
Tellium, Inc.
2 Crescent Place
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EMail: braja@tellium.com
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§1Introduction and Scope
The Optical Interworking Forum (OIF) has defined the UNI (User Network Interface) specification to enable optical networks to dynamically establish and manage connections. The UNI specification reuses IETF protocols including LDP (Label Distribution Protocol) and RSVP (Resource ReSerVation Protocol), maximizing compatibility with existing infrastructure.
However, optical UNI signaling requires capabilities beyond the base LDP and RSVP specifications. This document describes the extensions that OIF defined and requests IANA allocation of code points for them, ensuring globally unique identifiers across all implementations.
Optical networks use standard signaling systems (LDP and RSVP), but they need extra information fields for things like selecting output ports and quality levels. This document reserves identification numbers for all those new fields.
§2LDP Extensions for Optical UNI
LDP is extended with seven new Type-Length-Value (TLV) structures specific to optical UNI signaling:
Source and Destination ID TLVs: Three TLVs each encode source and destination identifiers in IPv4 (codes 0x0960, 0x0963), IPv6 (codes 0x0961, 0x0964), or NSAP (codes 0x0962, 0x0965) formats, allowing flexible addressing across different network address types.
Egress Label TLV (code 0x0966): Specifies the label or port that optical traffic should use when leaving the network.
Local Connection ID TLV (code 0x0967): Identifies a connection within a local domain, enabling correlation between related requests.
Diversity TLV (code 0x0968): Indicates that the requested connection should take a different path from an existing connection (for redundancy).
Contract ID TLV (code 0x0969): References a service contract or agreement that governs the connection parameters.
UNI Service Level TLV (code 0x0970): Specifies the quality of service or service level for the connection.
LDP is extended with seven new kinds of information. These say where the data comes from and goes to, which output port to use, whether it needs to avoid other paths, what contract applies, and what service quality is needed.
§3RSVP Extensions for Optical UNI
RSVP is extended with two new structures for optical UNI signaling:
Generalized_UNI Object (Class 229, C-Type 1): A container object that holds variable-length sub-objects. The sub-objects include Source Transport Network Assigned (TNA) Address (Type 1, with IPv4, IPv6, and NSAP subtypes), Destination TNA Address (Type 2, with subtypes), Diversity (Type 3), Egress Label (Type 4), and Service Level (Type 5). This object carries UNI-specific parameters in RSVP messages.
UNI_IPv4_Session Object (Class 1, C-Type 11): An extension to the RSVP Session object that includes an IPv4 address, tunnel ID, and extended IPv4 address fields specific to optical UNI sessions. The C-Type value 11 distinguishes UNI-related sessions from other RSVP sessions.
Error Codes: Five new UNI-specific error sub-codes are defined under two RSVP error classes: Routing Problem (error code 24) includes Diversity not available (sub-code 100), Service level not available (101), and Invalid/Unknown connection ID (102); Policy Control Failure (error code 2) includes Unauthorized sender (100) and Unauthorized receiver (101).
RSVP is extended with a container object that carries UNI-specific information, a special session type for optical connections, and error codes that describe optical-specific problems like 'the network is too busy to deliver the quality you requested' or 'you are not authorized to use that connection'.
§4IANA Code Point Allocations
The document requests IANA to allocate the following code points in the LDP and RSVP name spaces:
LDP TLV Types: 0x0960 through 0x0970 for the seven new TLVs described above. UNI-specific status codes are allocated from the private use space (0x3Fxxxxxx) and do not require IANA administration.
RSVP Object Classes and Sub-codes: The Generalized_UNI object (Class 229, C-Type 1) and its sub-objects (Types 1-5 with various sub-types); the UNI_IPv4_Session object (Class 1, C-Type 11); and the five new error sub-codes (codes 24 sub-codes 100-102, and code 2 sub-codes 100-101) as described in Section 3.3.
The document formally reserves these ID numbers so that when two optical network systems talk to each other, they both understand 0x0960 means 'Source ID in IPv4 format' and Class 229 means 'This is a Generalized_UNI object'. Without these reservations, vendors might accidentally use the same numbers for different things.
§5Security Considerations
Security aspects of the UNI extensions are described in the OIF UNI specification and inherit the security properties of LDP (RFC 3036), RSVP (RFC 2205), and RSVP-TE (RFC 3209). The extensions themselves do not introduce new security mechanisms but rely on the underlying protocol security.
The RSVP error code for "Unauthorized sender" and "Unauthorized receiver" allows UNI implementations to enforce access control policies at network boundaries. Additional security considerations pertaining to UNI signaling are addressed in the OIF UNI specification itself.
The extensions follow the same security rules as the base LDP and RSVP protocols. They add error codes so the network can reject unauthorized users, but they do not add new encryption or authentication features.