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draft-ietf-teas-actn-info-model-09
Teas Working Group                                            Young Lee
Internet Draft                                                   Huawei

Intended status: Informational                           Sergio Belotti
                                                                  Nokia
Expires: December 15, 2018
                                                            Dhruv Dhody
                                                                 Huawei

                                                     Daniele Ceccarelli
                                                               Ericsson

                                                         Bin Yeong Yoon
                                                                   ETRI

                                                          June 15, 2018

  Information Model for Abstraction and Control of TE Networks (ACTN)

                  draft-ietf-teas-actn-info-model-09.txt

Abstract

   This draft provides an information model for Abstraction and Control
   of Traffic Engineered Networks (ACTN).

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Table of Contents

   1. Introduction...................................................3
      1.1. Terminology...............................................4
   2. ACTN Common Interfaces Information Model.......................4
   3. Virtual Network primitives.....................................5
      3.1. VN Instantiate............................................6
      3.2. VN Modify.................................................7
      3.3. VN Delete.................................................7
      3.4. VN Update.................................................7
      3.5. VN Compute................................................7
      3.6. VN Query..................................................8
   4. Traffic Engineering (TE) primitives............................8
      4.1. TE Instantiate............................................9
      4.2. TE Modify.................................................9
      4.3. TE Delete.................................................9
      4.4. TE Topology Update (for TE resources).....................9
      4.5. Path Compute.............................................10
   5. VN Objects....................................................10
      5.1. VN Identifier............................................10
      5.2. VN Service Characteristics...............................11
      5.3. VN End-Point.............................................13
      5.4. VN Objective Function....................................14
      5.5. VN Action Status.........................................15

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      5.6. VN Topology..............................................15
      5.7. VN Member................................................15
         5.7.1. VN Computed Path....................................16
         5.7.2. VN Service Preference...............................16
   6. TE Objects....................................................17
      6.1. TE Tunnel Characteristic.................................17
   7. Mapping of VN primitives with VN Objects......................19
   8. Mapping of TE primitives with TE Objects......................20
   9. Security Considerations.......................................21
   10. IANA Considerations..........................................22
   11. References...................................................22
      11.1. Normative References....................................22
      11.2. Informative References..................................22
   12. Contributors.................................................23
   Contributors' Addresses..........................................23
   Authors' Addresses...............................................23

1. Introduction

   This draft provides an information model for Abstraction and Control
   of Traffic Engineered Networks (ACTN). The information model
   described in this document covers the requirements identified in the
   ACTN requirements document [ACTN-REQ] and the interfaces identified
   in the ACTN architecture and framework document [ACTN-Frame].

   The ACTN reference architecture [ACTN-Frame] identifies a three-tier
   control hierarchy comprising the following as depicted in Figure 1:

      - Customer Network Controllers (CNCs)
      - Multi-Domain Service Coordinator (MDSC)
      - Provisioning Network Controllers (PNCs).

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   +-------+                 +-------+                   +-------+
   | CNC-A |                 | CNC-B |                   | CNC-C |
   +-------+                 +-------+                   +-------+
        \                        |                          /
         ------------            | CMI         -------------
                     \           |            /
                      +-----------------------+
                      |         MDSC          |
                      +-----------------------+
                     /           |            \
         ------------            | MPI         -------------
        /                        |                          \
   +-------+                 +-------+                   +-------+
   |  PNC  |                 |  PNC  |                   |  PNC  |
   +-------+                 +-------+                   +-------+

               Figure 1: A Three-tier ACTN control hierarchy

   The two interfaces with respect to the MDSC, one north of the MDSC
   and the other south of the MDSC are referred to as CMI (CNC-MDSC
   Interface) and MPI (MDSC-PNC Interface), respectively. This document
   models these two interfaces and derivative interfaces thereof
   (e.g., MDSC to MDSC in a hierarchy of MDSCs) as a single common
   interface.

1.1. Terminology

   The terms "Virtual Network (VN)" and "Virtual Network Service (VNS)"
   are defined in [ACTN-Frame] and the terms "abstraction" and
   "abstract topology" are defined in [RFC7926].

2. ACTN Common Interfaces Information Model

   This section provides an ACTN common interface information model to
   describe in terms of primitives, objects, their properties
   (represented as attributes), their relationships, and the resources
   for the service applications needed in the ACTN context.

   The standard interface is described between a client controller and
   a server controller. A client-server relationship is recursive
   between a CNC and an MDSC and between an MDSC and a PNC. In the CMI,

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   the client is a CNC while the server is an MDSC. In the MPI, the
   client is an MDSC and the server is a PNC. There may also be MDSC-
   MDSC interface(s) that need to be supported. This may arise in a
   hierarchy of MDSCs in which workloads may need to be partitioned to
   multiple MDSCs.

   Basic primitives (messages) are required between the CNC-MDSC and
   MDSC-PNC controllers. These primitives can then be used to support
   different ACTN network control functions like network topology
   request/query, VN service request, path computation and connection
   control, VN service policy negotiation, enforcement, routing
   options, etc.

   There are two different types of primitives depending on the type of
   interface:

     - Virtual Network primitives at CMI
     - Traffic Engineering primitives at MPI

   As well described in [ACTN-Frame], at the CMI level, there is no
   need for detailed TE information since the basic functionality is to
   translate customer service information into virtual network service
   operation.

   At the MPI level, MDSC has the main scope for multi-domain
   coordination and creation of a single e2e abstracted network view
   which is strictly related to TE information.

   As for topology, this document employs two types of topology:

     -  The first type is referred to as virtual network topology which
        is associated with a VN. Virtual network topology is a
        customized topology for view and control by the customer. See
        Section 3.1 for details.

     -  The second type is referred to as TE topology which is 
        associated with provider network operation on which we can 
        apply policy to obtain the required level of abstraction to 
        represent the underlying physical network topology.

3. Virtual Network primitives

   This section provides a list of main VN primitives related to
   virtual network which are necessary to satisfy ACTN requirements
   specified in [ACTN-REQ]

   The following VN Action primitives are supported:

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   - VN Instantiate

   - VN Modify

   - VN Delete

   - VN Update

   - VN Path Compute

   - VN Query

   VN Action is an object describing the main VN primitives.

   VN Action can assume one of the mentioned above primitives values.

   <VN Action> ::= <VN Instantiate> |

                   <VN Modify> |

                   <VN Delete> |

                   <VN Update> |

                   <VN Path Compute> |

                   <VN Query>

   All these actions will solely happen at CMI level between Customer
   Network Controller (CNC) and Multi Domain Service Coordinator
   (MDSC).

3.1. VN Instantiate

   VN Instantiate refers to an action from customers/applications to
   request the creation of VNs. Depending on the agreement between
   client and provider, VN instantiate can imply different VN
   operations. There are two types of VN instantiation:

   VN type 1: VN is viewed as a set of edge-to-edge links (VN members).

   VN type 2: VN is viewed as a VN-topology comprising virtual nodes
   and virtual links.

   Please see [ACTN-Frame] for full details regarding the types of VN.

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3.2. VN Modify

   VN Modify refers to an action issued from customers/applications to
   modify an existing VN (i.e., an instantiated VN).

   VN Modify, depending of the type of VN instantiated, can be a
   modification of the characteristics of VN members (edge-to-edge
   links) in case of VN type 1, or a modification of an existing
   virtual topology (e.g., adding/deleting virtual nodes/links) in case
   of VN type 2.

3.3. VN Delete

   VN Delete refers to an action issued from customers/applications to
   delete an existing VN.

3.4. VN Update

   VN Update refers to any update to the VN that needs to be updated to
   the customers. VN Update fulfills a push model at CMI level, to make
   customers aware of any specific changes in the topology details
   related to the instantiated VN.

   VN Update, depending of the type of VN instantiated, can be an
   update of VN members (edge-to-edge links) in case of VN type 1, or
   an update of virtual topology in case of VN type 2.

   The connection-related information (e.g., LSPs) update association
   with VNs will be part of the "translation" function that happens in
   MDSC to map/translate VN request into TE semantics. This information
   will be provided in case customer optionally wants to have more
   detailed TE information associated with the instantiated VN.

3.5. VN Compute

   VN Compute consists of Request and Reply. Request refers to an
   action from customers/applications to request a VN computation.

   VN Compute Reply refers to the reply in response to VN Compute
   Request.

   VN Compute Request/Reply is to be differentiated from a VN
   Instantiate. The purpose of VN Compute is a priori exploration to

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   compute network resources availability and getting a possible VN
   view in which path details can be specified matching
   customer/applications constraints. This a priori exploration may not
   guarantee the availability of the computed network resources at the
   time of instantiation.

3.6. VN Query

   VN Query refers to an inquiry pertaining to a VN that has already
   been instantiated. VN Query fulfills a pull model that permits
   getting a topology view.

   VN Query Reply refers to the reply in response to VN Query. The
   topology view returned by VN Query Reply would be consistent with
   the topology type instantiated for any specific VN.

4. Traffic Engineering (TE) primitives

   This section provides a list of the main TE primitives necessary to
   satisfy ACTN requirements specified in [ACTN-REQ] related to typical
   TE operations supported at the MPI level.

   The TE action primitives defined in this section should be supported
   at the MPI consistently with the type of topology defined at the
   CMI.

   The following TE action primitives are supported:

   - TE Instantiate/Modify/Delete

   - TE Topology Update (See Section 4.4. for the description)

   - Path Compute

   TE Action is an object describing the main TE primitives.

   TE Action can assume one of the mentioned above primitives values.

   <TE Action> ::= <TE Instantiate> |

                   <TE Modify> |

                   <TE Delete> |

                   <TE Topology Update> |

                   <Path Compute> |

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   All these actions will solely happen at MPI level between Multi
   Domain Service Coordinator (MDSC) and Provisioning Network
   Controller (PNC).

4.1. TE Instantiate

   TE Instantiate refers to an action issued from MDSC to PNC to
   instantiate new TE tunnels.

4.2. TE Modify

   TE Modify refers to an action issued from MDSC to PNC to modify
   existing TE tunnels.

4.3. TE Delete

   TE Delete refers to an action issued from MDSC to PNC to delete
   existing TE tunnels.

4.4. TE Topology Update (for TE resources)

   TE Topology Update is a primitive specifically related to MPI to
   provide TE resource update between any domain controller towards
   MDSC regarding the entire content of any "domain controller" actual
   TE topology or an abstracted filtered view of TE topology depending
   on negotiated policy.

   See [TE-TOPO] for detailed YANG implementation of TE topology
   update.

   <TE Topology Update> ::= <TE-topology-list>

   <TE-topology-list> ::= <TE-topology> [<TE-topology-list>]

   <TE-topology> ::= [<Abstraction>] <TE-Topology-identifier> <Node-
   list> <Link-list>

   <Node-list> ::= <Node>[<Node-list>]

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   <Node> ::= <Node> <TE Termination Point-list>

   <TE Termination Point-list> ::= <TE Termination Point> [<TE-
   Termination Point-list>]

   <Link-list> ::= <Link>[<Link-list>]

   Where

   Abstraction provides information on level of abstraction (as
   determined a priori).

   TE-topology-identifier is an identifier that identifies a specific
   te-topology, e.g., te-types:te-topology-id [TE-TOPO].

   Node-list is detailed information related to a specific node
   belonging to a te-topology, e.g., te-node-attributes [TE-TOPO].

   Link-list is information related to the specific link related
   belonging to a te-topology, e.g., te-link-attributes [TE-TOPO].

   TE Termination Point-list is detailed information associated with
   the termination points of te-link related to a specific node, e.g.,
   interface-switching-capability [TE-TOPO].

4.5. Path Compute

   Path Compute consists of Request and Reply. Request refers to an
   action from MDSC to PNC to request a path computation.

   Path Compute Reply refers to the reply in response to Path Compute
   Request.

   The context of Path Compute is described in [Path-Compute].

5. VN Objects

   This section provides a list of objects associated to VN action
   primitives.

5.1. VN Identifier

   VN Identifier is a unique identifier of the VN.

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5.2. VN Service Characteristics

   VN Service Characteristics describes the customer/application
   requirements against the VNs to be instantiated.

   <VN Service Characteristics> ::= <VN Connectivity Type>

                                    <VN Directionality>

                                    (<VN Traffic Matrix>...)

                                    <VN Survivability>

   Where

   <VN Connectivity Type> ::= <P2P>|<P2MP>|<MP2MP>|<MP2P>|<Multi-
   destination>

   The Connectivity Type identifies the type of required VN Service. In
   addition to the classical type of services (e.g. P2P/P2MP etc.),
   ACTN defines the "multi-destination" service that is a new P2P
   service where the end points are not fixed. They can be chosen among
   a list of pre-configured end points or dynamically provided by the
   CNC.

   VN Directionality indicates if a VN is unidirectional or
   bidirectional. This implies that each VN member that belongs to the
   VN has the same directionality as the VN.

   <VN Traffic Matrix> ::= <Bandwidth>

                           [<VN Constraints>]

   The VN Traffic Matrix represents the traffic matrix parameters for
   the required service connectivity. Bandwidth is a mandatory
   parameter and a number of optional constraints can be specified in
   the VN Constraints (e.g. diversity, cost). They can include
   objective functions and TE metrics bounds as specified in [RFC5541].

   Further details on the VN constraints are specified below:

         <VN Constraints> ::= [<Layer Protocol>]

                              [<Diversity>]

                              ( <Metric> | <VN Objective Function> )

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      Where:

      Layer Protocol identifies the layer topology at which the VN
      service is requested. It could be for example MPLS, ODU, and OCh.

      Diversity allows asking for diversity constraints for a VN
      Instantiate/Modify or a VN Path Compute. For example, a new VN or
      a path is requested in total diversity from an existing one (e.g.
      diversity exclusion).

            <Diversity> ::= (<VN-exclusion> (<VN-id>...)) |

                     (<VN-Member-exclusion> (<VN-Member-id>...))

      Metric can include all the Metrics (cost, delay, delay variation,
      latency), bandwidth utilization parameters defined and referenced
      by [RFC3630] and [RFC7471].

      As for VN Objective Function See Section 5.4.

   VN Survivability describes all attributes related to the VN recovery
   level and its survivability policy enforced by the
   customers/applications.

      <VN Survivability> ::= <VN Recovery Level>

                              [<VN Tunnel Recovery Level>]

                              [<VN Survivability Policy>]

         Where:

         VN Recovery Level is a value representing the requested level
         of resiliency required against the VN. The following values
         are defined:

         . Unprotected VN
         . VN with per tunnel recovery: The recovery level is defined
            against the tunnels composing the VN and it is specified in
            the VN Tunnel Recovery Level.

         <VN Tunnel Recovery Level> ::= <0:1>|<1+1>|<1:1>|<1:N>|<M:N>|

                              <On the fly restoration>

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         The VN Tunnel Recovery Level indicates the type of protection
         or restoration mechanism applied to the VN. It augments the
         recovery types defined in [RFC4427].

         <VN Survivability Policy> ::= [<Local Reroute Allowed>]

                                       [<Domain Preference>]

                                       [<Push Allowed>]

                                       [<Incremental Update>]

         Where:

          Local Reroute Allowed is a delegation policy to the Server to
          allow or not a local reroute fix upon a failure of the
          primary LSP.

          Domain Preference is only applied on the MPI where the MDSC
          (client) provides a domain preference to each PNC (server),
          e.g., when an inter-domain link fails, then PNC can choose
          the alternative peering with this info.

          Push Allowed is a policy that allows a server to trigger an
          updated VN topology upon failure without an explicit request
          from the client. Push action can be set as default unless
          otherwise specified.

          Incremental Update is another policy that triggers an
          incremental update from the server since the last period of
          update. Incremental update can be set as default unless
          otherwise specified.

5.3. VN End-Point

   VN End-Point Object describes the VN's customer end-point
   characteristics.

   <VN End-Point> ::= (<Access Point Identifier>

                      [<Access Link Capability>]

                      [<Source Indicator>])...

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      Where:

     Access Point Identifier represents a unique identifier of the
     client end-point. They are used by the customer to ask for the
     setup of a virtual network instantiation. A VN End-Point is
     defined against each AP in the network and is shared between
     customer and provider. Both the customer and the provider will map
     it against their own physical resources.

     Access Link Capability identifies the capabilities of the access
     link related to the given access point. (e.g., max-bandwidth,
     bandwidth availability, etc.)

     Source Indicator indicates if an end-point is source or not.

5.4. VN Objective Function

   The VN Objective Function applies to each VN member (i.e., each E2E
   tunnel) of a VN.

   The VN Objective Function can reuse objective functions defined in
   [RFC5541] section 4.

   For a single path computation, the following objective functions are
   defined:

          o MCP is the Minimum Cost Path with respect to a specific
             metric (e.g. shortest path).
          o MLP is the Minimum Load Path, that means find a path
             composted by te-link least loaded.
          o MBP is the Maximum residual Bandwidth Path.

   For a concurrent path computation, the following objective functions
   are defined:

          o MBC is to Minimize aggregate Bandwidth Consumption.
          o MLL is to Minimize the Load of the most loaded Link.
          o MCC is to Minimize the Cumulative Cost of a set of paths.

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5.5. VN Action Status

   VN Action Status is the status indicator whether the VN has been
   successfully instantiated, modified, or deleted in the server
   network or not in response to a particular VN action.

   Note that this action status object can be implicitly indicated and
   thus not included in any of the VN primitives discussed in Section
   3.

5.6. VN Topology

   When a VN is seen by the customer as a topology, it is referred to
   as VN topology. This is associated with VN Type 2, which is composed
   of virtual nodes and virtual links.

   <VN Topology> ::= <VN node list> <VN link list>

   <VN node list> ::= <VN node> [<VN node list>]

   <VN link list> :: = <VN link>  [<VN link list>]

5.7. VN Member

   VN Member describes details of a VN Member which is a list of a set
   of VN Members represented as VN_Member_List.

   <VN_Member_List> ::= <VN Member> [<VN_Member_List>]

   Where <VN Member> ::= <Ingress VN End-Point>

                         [<VN Associated LSP>]

                         <Egress VN End-Point>

   Ingress VN End-Point is the VN End-Point information for the ingress
   portion of the AP. See Section 5.3 for VN End-Point details.

   Egress VN End-Point is the VN End-Point information for the egress
   portion of the AP. See Section 5.3 for VN End-Point details.

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   VN Associated LSP describes the instantiated LSPs in the Provider's
   network for the VN Type 1. It describes the instantiated LSPs over
   the VN topology for VN Type 2.

5.7.1. VN Computed Path

   The VN Computed Path is the list of paths obtained after the VN path
   computation request from a higher controller. Note that the computed
   path is to be distinguished from the LSP. When the computed path is
   signaled in the network (and thus the resource is reserved for that
   path), it becomes an LSP.

   <VN Computed Path> ::= (<Path>...)

5.7.2. VN Service Preference

   This section provides VN Service preference. VN Service is defined
   in Section 2.

   <VN Service Preference> ::= [<Location Service Preference >]

                           [<Client-specific Preference >]

                           [<End-Point Dynamic Selection Preference >]

   Where

      Location Service Preference describes the End-Point Location's
      (e.g. Data Centers) support for certain Virtual Network Functions
      (VNFs) (e.g., security function, firewall capability, etc.) and
      is used to find the path that satisfies the VNF constraint.

      Client-specific Preference describes any preference related to
      Virtual Network Service (VNS) that application/client can enforce
      via CNC towards lower level controllers. For example, permission
      the correct selection from the network of the destination related
      to the indicated VNF It is e.g. the case of VM migration among
      data center and CNC can enforce specific policy that can permit
      MDSC/PNC to calculate the correct path for the connectivity
      supporting the data center interconnection required by
      application.

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      End-Point Dynamic Selection Preference describes if the End-Point
      (e.g. Data Center) can support load balancing, disaster recovery
      or VM migration and so can be part of the selection by MDSC
      following service Preference enforcement by CNC.

6. TE Objects

6.1. TE Tunnel Characteristics

   Tunnel Characteristics describes the parameters needed to configure
   TE tunnel.

   <TE Tunnel Characteristics> ::= [<Tunnel Type>]

                                   <Tunnel Id>

                                   [<Tunnel Layer>]

                                   [<Tunnel end-point>]

                                   [<Tunnel protection-restoration>]

                                   <Tunnel Constraints>

                                   [<Tunnel Optimization>]

   Where

   <Tunnel Type> ::= <P2P>|<P2MP>|<MP2MP>|<MP2P>

   The Tunnel Type identifies the type of required tunnel. In this
   draft, only P2P model is provided.

   Tunnel Id is the TE tunnel identifier.

   Tunnel Layer represents the layer technology of the LSPs
   supporting the tunnel.

   <Tunnel End Points> ::= <Source> <Destination>

   <Tunnel protection-restoration> ::= <prot 0:1>|<prot 1+1>|<prot
   1:1>|<prot 1:N>|prot <M:N>|<restoration>

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   Tunnel Constraints are the base tunnel configuration constraints
   parameters.

   Where <Tunnel Constraints> ::= [<Topology Id>]

                                  [<Bandwidth>]

                                  [<Disjointness>]

                                  [<SRLG>]

                                  [<Priority>]

                                  [<Affinities>]

                                  [<Tunnel Optimization>]

                                  [<Objective Function>]

   Topology Id references the topology used to compute the tunnel path.

   Bandwidth is the bandwidth used as parameter in path computation

   <Disjointness> ::= <node> | <link> | <srlg>

   Disjointness provides the type of resources from which the tunnel
   has to be disjointed

   SRLG is a group of physical resources impacted by the same risk from
   which an E2E tunnel is required to be disjointed.

   <Priority> ::= <Holding Priority> <Setup Priority>

   where

   Setup Priority indicates the level of priority for taking resources
   from another tunnel [RFC3209]

   Holding Priority indicates the level of priority to hold resources
   avoiding preemption from another tunnel [RFC3209]

   Affinities represent structure to validate link belonging to path
   of the tunnel [RFC3209]

   <Tunnel Optimization> ::= <Metric> | <Objective Function>

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   Metric can include all the Metrics (cost, delay, delay variation,
   latency), bandwidth utilization parameters defined and referenced by
   [RFC3630] and [RFC7471].

   <Objective Function> ::= <objective function type>

   <objective function type> ::= <MCP> | <MLP> | <MBP> | <MBC> | <MLL>
   | <MCC>

   See chapter 5.4 for objective function type description.

7. Mapping of VN primitives with VN Objects

   This section describes the mapping of VN primitives with VN Objects
   based on Section 5.

   <VN Instantiate> ::= <VN Service Characteristics>

                        <VN Member-List>

                        [<VN Service Preference>]

                        [<VN Topology>]

   <VN Modify> ::= <VN identifier>

                   <VN Service Characteristics>

                   <VN Member-List>

                   [<VN Service Preference>]

                   [<VN Topology>]

   <VN Delete> ::= <VN Identifier>

   <VN Update> :: = <VN Identifier>

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                    [<VN Member-List>]

                    [<VN Topology>]

   <VN Path Compute Request> ::= <VN Service Characteristics>

                                 <VN Member-List>

                                 [<VN Service Preference>]

   <VN Path Compute Reply> ::= <VN Computed Path>

   <VN Query> ::= <VN Identifier>

   <VN Query Reply> ::= <VN Identifier>

                        <VN Associated LSP>

                        [<TE Topology Reference>]

8. Mapping of TE primitives with TE Objects

   This section describes the mapping of TE primitives with TE Objects
   based on Section 6.

   <TE Instantiate> ::= <TE Tunnel Characteristics>

   <TE Modify> ::=  <TE Tunnel Characteristics>

   <TE Delete> ::= <Tunnel Id>

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   <TE Topology Update> ::= <TE-topology-list>

   <Path Compute Request> ::= <TE Tunnel Characteristics>

   <Path Compute Reply> ::= <TE Computed Path>

                            <TE Tunnel Characteristics>

9. Security Considerations

   The ACTN information model does not directly introduce security 
   issues. Rather, it defines a set of interfaces for traffic 
   engineered networks. The underlying protocols, procedures, and 
   implementations used to exchange the information model described 
   in this draft will need to secure the request and control of 
   resources with proper authentication and authorization mechanisms. 
   In addition, the data exchanged over the ACTN interfaces discussed 
   in this document requires verification of data integrity. Backup or 
   redundancies SHOULD also be available to restore the affected data 
   to its correct state.  

   Implementations of the ACTN framework will have distributed 
   functional components that will exchange this information model.  
   Implementations SHOULD encrypt data that flows between them, 
   especially when they are implemented at remote nodes and 
   irrespective of whether these data flows are on external or internal 
   network interfaces. The information model may contain customer, 
   application and network data that for business or privacy reasons 
   may be considered sensitive. It SHOULD be stored only in an 
   encrypted data store. 

   The ACTN security discussion is further split into two specific 
   interfaces:

     -  Interface between the Customer Network Controller and Multi 
        Domain Service Coordinator (MDSC), CNC-MDSC Interface (CMI)

     -  Interface between the Multi Domain Service Coordinator and 
        Provisioning Network Controller (PNC), MDSC-PNC Interface (MPI)

   See the detailed discussion of the CMI and MPI in Sections 9.1 and 
   9.2, respectively in [ACTN-Frame]. 

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   The conclusion is that all data models and protocols used to 
   realize the ACTN info model should have rich security features as 
   discussed in this section. Additional security risks may still 
   exist. Therefore, discussion and applicability of specific security 
   functions and protocols will be better described in documents that 
   are use case and environment specific

10. IANA Considerations

   This document has no actions for IANA.

11. References

11.1. Normative References

   [ACTN-REQ] Y. Lee, et al., "Requirements for Abstraction and Control
             of Transport Networks", draft-ietf-teas-actn-requirements,
             work in progress.

   [ACTN-Frame]   D. Ceccarelli, et al., "Framework for Abstraction and
             Control of Transport Networks", draft-ietf-teas-actn-
             framework, work in progress.

11.2. Informative References

   [TE-TOPO] Liu, X. et al., "YANG Data Model for TE Topologies",
             draft-ietf-teas-yang-te-topo, work in progress.

   [RFC3209] D. Awduche, et al, "RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP
             Tunnels", RFC 3209, December 2001.

   [RFC3630] D. Katz, K. Kompella, D. Yeung, "Traffic Engineering (TE)
             Extensions to OSPF Version 2", RFC 3630, September 2003.

   [RFC4427] E. Mannie, D. Papadimitriou (Editors), "Recovery
             (Protection and Restoration) Terminology for Generalized
             Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS)", RFC 4427, March
             2006.

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   [RFC5541] JL. Le Roux, JP. Vasseur and Y. Lee, "Encoding of
             Objective Functions in the Path Computation Element
             Communication Protocol (PCEP)", RFC 5541, June 2009.

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

   [RFC7926] A. Farrel, et al., "Problem Statement and Architecture for
             Information Exchange between Interconnected Traffic-
             Engineered Networks", RFC 7926, July 2016.

   [Path-Compute] I. Busi, S. Belotti, et al., "Yang model for
             requesting Path Computation", draft-ietf-teas-yang-path-
             computation", work in progress.

12. Contributors

Contributors' Addresses

   Haomian Zheng
   Huawei Technologies
   Email: zhenghaomian@huawei.com

   Xian Zhang
   Huawei Technologies
   Email: zhang.xian@huawei.com

Authors' Addresses

   Young Lee (Editor)
   Huawei Technologies
   5340 Legacy Drive
   Plano, TX 75023, USA
   Phone: (469)277-5838
   Email: leeyoung@huawei.com

   Sergio Belotti (Editor)
   Alcatel Lucent
   Via Trento, 30
   Vimercate, Italy
   Email: sergio.belotti@alcatel-lucent.com

   Dhruv Dhody

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   Huawei Technologies,
   Divyashree Technopark, Whitefield
   Bangalore, India
   Email: dhruv.ietf@gmail.com

   Daniele Ceccarelli
   Ericsson
   Torshamnsgatan,48
   Stockholm, Sweden
   Email: daniele.ceccarelli@ericsson.com

   Bin Yeong Yoon
   ETRI
   Email: byyun@etri.re.kr

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