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A fast LSP-alert mechanism

A fast LSP-alert mechanism. draft-kini-mpls-fast-lsp-alert-00. by Sriganesh Kini and H. Autumn Liu. IETF 77, Anaheim, March 21-26, 2010. Problem Statement. Some applications require multiple LSRs along a LSP to be alerted. Any delay degrades the application

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A fast LSP-alert mechanism

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  1. A fast LSP-alert mechanism draft-kini-mpls-fast-lsp-alert-00 by Sriganesh Kini and H. Autumn Liu IETF 77, Anaheim, March 21-26, 2010

  2. Problem Statement • Some applications require multiple LSRs along a LSP to be alerted. Any delay degrades the application • Typical application draft-kini-mpls-ring-frr-facility-backup • Current alert mechanisms (TTL, GAL) can alert only a single LSR • Generating separate alert messages to each (upto 255) LSR introduces delay • Control plane forwarding (if used) also introduces delay

  3. Solution requirements and framework • Simple enough to be implemented in hardware or firmware • Should not introduce new addressing identifiers • Should not require forwarding based on other addressing schemes (e.g. IP) • Should be in line with basic MPLS packet processing paradigm

  4. Solution – originating packets • Alert message is encapsulated in the G-ACh of the LSP. • The following values MUST be used for TTL : • TTL of LSP label - set to 1 • TTL of GAL - set to number of LSRs to be alerted (255 if all downstream LSRs) • A bit in ACH is defined as Fast LSP Alert bit or FLA-bit to indicate modified packet processing

  5. Solution (contd) – ACH 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |0 0 0 1|Version| Reserved |X| Channel Type | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ • X = Fast LSP Alert bit or FLA-bit

  6. Solution (contd) – Rx processing • Rx packet processing when FLA-bit is set • Additional copy of the G-ACh packet (with FLA-bit set) MUST be made if LSR is not the LSP end-point. This copy will be forwarded further along the LSP • GAL TTL processing MUST be done according to swap operation rules of RFC 3443 (oTTL = iTTL – 1) • Packet MUST be forwarded according to the ILM of the LSP • oTTL of LSP label MUST be set to 1

  7. Solution characteristics • TTL of GAL ensures packet does not loop • TTL of LSP label ensures each LSR is alerted • In line with MPLS packet processing rules for forwarding and TTL expiry RFC3031,3032,3443,5586. • Only exception is in the LSP label where oTTL = iTTL • However GAL TTL ensures TTL semantics preserved • Simple enough for hardware/firmware implementation

  8. Example L1 L2 L3 L4 LSP-A Label-1 S=0, TTL=1 LSP-A Label-2 S=0, TTL=1 LSP-A Label-3 S=0, TTL=1 GAL S=1, TTL=255 GAL S=1, TTL=254 GAL S=1, TTL=253 ACH FLA-bit is set ACH FLA-bit is set ACH FLA-bit is set ACH TLV Header/TLVs If present ACH TLV Header/TLVs If present ACH TLV Header/TLVs If present G-ACh message G-ACh message G-ACh message

  9. Applicability • Uni-directional and bi-directional LSPs • P2P and P2MP LSPs • Other LSP types for future study • MPLS and MPLS-TP

  10. Questions/Comments?

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