Multiple Access Management Services
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draft-kanugovi-intarea-mams-framework-02
INTAREA S. Kanugovi
Internet-Draft Nokia
Intended status: Informational F. Baboescu
Expires: March 8, 2019 Broadcom
J. Zhu
Intel
J. Mueller
AT&T
S. Seo
Korea Telecom
September 4, 2018
Multiple Access Management Services
draft-kanugovi-intarea-mams-framework-02
Abstract
In multiconnectivity scenarios the end-user devices can
simultaneously connect to multiple networks based on different access
technologies and network architectures like WiFi, LTE, DSL. Both the
quality of experience of the users and the overall network
utilization and efficiency may be improved through a smart selection
and combination of access and core network paths that can dynamically
adapt to changing network conditions. The document presents a
unified problem statement and introduces a solution for managing
multiconnectivity. The solution has been developed based on the
authors' experience in multiple standards bodies including the IETF
and 3GPP and is not an Internet Standard. It describes the
requirements, solution principles and the architectural framework
that ensures best performance and can be easily implemented in a wide
variety of multiconnectivity deployments. It specifies the the
protocol multi-access management to 1) flexibly select the best
combination of access and core network paths for uplink and downlink,
as well as 2) determining the user plane treatment and traffic
distribution over the selected links ensuring better network
efficiency and enhanced application performance.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3. Problem Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4. Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.1. Access technology agnostic interworking . . . . . . . . . 9
4.2. Support common transport deployments . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.3. Independent Access path selection for Uplink and Downlink 9
4.4. Core selection independent of uplink and downlink access 9
4.5. Adaptive access network path selection . . . . . . . . . 9
4.6. Multipath support and Aggregation of access link
capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.7. Scalable mechanism based on user plane interworking . . . 10
4.8. Separate Control and Data plane functions . . . . . . . . 10
4.9. Lossless Path (Connection) Switching . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.10. Concatenation and Fragmentation to adapt to MTU
differences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.11. Configuring network middleboxes based on negotiated
protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.12. Policy based Optimal path selection . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.13. Access Technology Agnostic Control signaling . . . . . . 11
4.14. Service discovery and reachability . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5. Solution Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6. MAMS Reference Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
7. MAMS Protocol Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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7.1. MAMS Control-Plane Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
7.2. MAMS User Plane Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
8. MAMS Control Plane Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
8.1. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
8.2. Common fields in MAMS Control Messages . . . . . . . . . 20
8.3. Common procedures for MAMS Control Messages . . . . . . . 20
8.3.1. Message Timeout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
8.3.2. Keep Alive Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
8.4. Discovery & Capability Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
8.5. User Plane Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
8.6. MAMS Path Quality Estimation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
8.6.1. MX Control PDU definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
8.6.2. Keep-Alive Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
8.6.3. Probe REQ/ACK Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
8.7. MAMS Traffic Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
8.8. MAMS Application MADP Association . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
8.9. MAMS Network ID Indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
8.10. MAMS Client Measurement Configuration and Reporting . . . 35
8.11. MAMS Session Termination Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . 38
8.12. MAMS Network Analytics Request Procedure . . . . . . . . 39
9. Generic MAMS Signaling Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
10. Relation to other IETF Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
11. Applying MAMS Control Procedures with MPTCP Proxy as User
Plane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
12. Applying MAMS Control Procedures for Network Assisted Traffic
Steering when there is no convergence layer . . . . . . . . . 48
13. Co-existence of MX Adaptation and MX Convergence Layers . . . 50
14. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
14.1. MAMS Control plane security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
14.2. MAMS User plane security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
15. Implementation considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
16. Applicability to Multi Access Edge Computing . . . . . . . . 51
17. Related work in other Industry and Standards forums . . . . . 52
18. Contributing Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
19. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
20. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
21. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
21.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
21.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Appendix A. MAMS Control Plane Optimization over Secure
Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Appendix B. MAMS Application Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
B.1. Overall Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
B.2. Notation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
B.3. Error Indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
B.4. CCM APIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
B.4.1. Get Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
B.4.2. Post App Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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B.4.3. Get Predictive Link Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Appendix C. JSON Specification for MAMS Control Plane . . . . . 58
C.1. Protocol Specification: General Processing . . . . . . . 58
C.1.1. Notation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
C.1.2. Discovery Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
C.1.3. System Information Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
C.1.4. Capability Exchange Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
C.1.5. User Plane Configuration Procedure . . . . . . . . . 62
C.1.6. Reconfiguration Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
C.1.7. Path Estimation Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
C.1.8. Traffic Steering Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
C.1.9. MAMS Application MADP Association . . . . . . . . . . 67
C.1.10. SSID Indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
C.1.11. Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
C.1.12. Keep Alive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
C.1.13. Session Termination Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
C.1.14. Network Analytics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
C.2. Protocol Specification: Data Types . . . . . . . . . . . 73
C.2.1. MXBase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
C.2.2. Unique Session Id . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
C.2.3. NCM Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
C.2.4. Connection Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
C.2.5. Features Activation Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
C.2.6. Anchor Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
C.2.7. Delivery Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
C.2.8. Method Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
C.2.9. Convergence Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
C.2.10. Adaptation Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
C.2.11. Setup of Anchor Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
C.2.12. Init Probe Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
C.2.13. Active Probe Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
C.2.14. Downlink Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
C.2.15. Uplink Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
C.2.16. Traffic Flow Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
C.2.17. Measurement Report Configuration . . . . . . . . . . 82
C.2.18. Measurement Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
C.3. Schemas in JSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
C.3.1. MX Base Schema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
C.3.2. MX Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
C.3.3. MX Discover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
C.3.4. MX System Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
C.3.5. MX Capability Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
C.3.6. MX Capability Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
C.3.7. MX Capability Ack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
C.3.8. MX Reconfiguration Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
C.3.9. MX Reconfiguration Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
C.3.10. MX UP Setup Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
C.3.11. MX UP Setup Confirmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
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C.3.12. MX Traffic Steering Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
C.3.13. MX Traffic Steering Response . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
C.3.14. MX Application MADP Association Request . . . . . . . 100
C.3.15. MX Application MADP Association Response . . . . . . 101
C.3.16. MX Path Estimation Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
C.3.17. MX Path Estimation Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
C.3.18. MX SSID Indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
C.3.19. MX Measurements Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
C.3.20. MX Measurements Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
C.3.21. MX Keep Alive Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
C.3.22. MX Keep Alive Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
C.3.23. MX Session Termination Request . . . . . . . . . . . 107
C.3.24. MX Session Termination Response . . . . . . . . . . . 108
C.3.25. MX Network Analytics Request . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
C.3.26. MX Network Analytics Response . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
C.4. Examples in JSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
C.4.1. MX Discover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
C.4.2. MX System Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
C.4.3. MX Capability Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
C.4.4. MX Capability Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
C.4.5. MX Capacity Ack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
C.4.6. MX Reconfiguration Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
C.4.7. MX Reconfiguration Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
C.4.8. MX UP Setup Configuration Request . . . . . . . . . . 115
C.4.9. MX UP Setup Confirmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
C.4.10. MX Traffic Steering Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
C.4.11. MX Traffic Steering Response . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
C.4.12. MX Application MADP Association Request . . . . . . . 119
C.4.13. MX Application MADP Association Response . . . . . . 120
C.4.14. MX Path Estimation Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
C.4.15. MX Path Estimation Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
C.4.16. MX SSID Indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
C.4.17. MX Measurements Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
C.4.18. MX Measurements Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
C.4.19. MX Keep Alive Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
C.4.20. MX Keep Alive Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
C.4.21. MX Session Termination Request . . . . . . . . . . . 125
C.4.22. MX Session Termination Response . . . . . . . . . . . 125
C.4.23. MX Network Analytics Request . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
C.4.24. MX Network Analytics Response . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Appendix D. Definition of APIs provided by CCM to the
applications at the client . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Appendix E. Implementation Example using Python for MAMS Client
and Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
E.1. Client Side Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
E.2. Server Side Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
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1. Introduction
Multi Access Management Services (MAMS) is a programmable framework
that provides mechanisms for flexible selection of network paths in a
multi-access communication environment, based on application needs.
It leverages network intelligence and policies to dynamically adapt
traffic distribution across selected paths and user plane treatment
to changing network/link conditions. The network path selection and
configuration messages are carried as user plane data between the
functional elements in the network and the end-user device, and thus
without any impact to the control plane signaling schemes of the
underlying access network(s). For example, in a multi-access network
with LTE and WiFi technologies, existing LTE and existing WiFi
signaling procedures will be used to setup the LTE and WiFi
connections, respectively, and MAMS specific control plane messages
are carried as LTE or WiFi user plane data. The proposed MAMS
framework offers the capabilities of smart selection and flexible
combination of access paths and core network paths, as well as the
user plane treatment when the traffic is distributed across the
selected paths. Thus, it is a broad programmable framework providing
functions beyond just sharing network policies, e.g. ANDSF that
provides policies/rules for assisting 3GPP devices to discover and
select available access networks. Further, it allows choosing and
configuring user plane treatment for the traffic over the multiple
paths, depending on needs of the application.
MAMS mechanisms are not dependent on any specific access network type
or user plane protocols like TCP, UDP, GRE, MPTCP etc. It co-exists
and complements the existing protocols by providing a way to
negotiate and configure these protocols based on client and network
capabilities per access basis to match their use for a given multi-
access scenario. Further, it allows load balancing of the traffic
flows across the selected multiple accesses and exchange of network
state information to be used for network intelligence to optimize the
performance of such protocols.
The document presents the requirements, solution principles,
functional architecture, and protocols for realizing the MAMS
framework. An important goal for MAMS is to ensure that it either
requires minimum dependency or (better) no dependency on the actual
access technologies of the participating links, beyond the fact that
MAMS functional elements form an IP-overlay across the multiple
paths. This allows the scheme to be future proof by allowing
independent technology evolution of the existing access and core
networks as well as, seamless integration of new access technologies.
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2. Terminology
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 [RFC2119].
"Client": The end-user device supporting connections with multiple
access nodes, possibly over different access technologies.
"Multiconnectivity Client": A client with multiple network
connections.
"Access network": The segment in the network that delivers user data
packets to the client via an access link like WiFi airlink, LTE
airlink, or DSL.
"Core": The functional element that anchors the client IP address
used for communication with applications via the network.
"Network Connection manager"(NCM): A functional entity in the network
that handles MAMS control messages from the client and configures
distribution of data packets over the multiple available access and
core network paths, and user plane treatment of the traffic flows.
"Client Connection Manager" (CCM): A functional entity in the client
that exchanges MAMS Signaling with the Network Connection Manager and
configures the multiple network paths at the client for transport of
user data.
"Network Multi Access Data Proxy" (N-MADP): This functional entity in
the network handles the user data traffic forwarding across multiple
network paths. N-MADP is responsible for MAMS related user-plane
functionalities in the network.
"Client Multi Access Data Proxy" (C-MADP): This functional entity in
the client handles the user data traffic forwarding across multiple
network paths. C-MADP is responsible for MAMS related user-plane
functionalities in the client.
"Anchor Connection": Refers to the network path from the N-MADP to
the user plane gateway (IP anchor ) that has assigned an IP address
to the client.
"Delivery Connection": Refers to the network path from the N-MADP to
the client.
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3. Problem Statement
Typically, an end-user device has access to multiple communication
networks based on different technologies, say LTE, WiFi, DSL,
MuLTEfire, for accessing application services. Different
technologies exhibit benefits and limitations in different scenarios.
For example, WiFi provides high throughput for end users when under
good coverage, but the throughput degrades significantly as the user
moves closer to the edge of WiFi coverage (typically in the range of
few tens of meters) or with large user population (due to contention
based WiFi access scheme). In LTE networks, the capacity is often
constrained by the limited availability of licensed spectrum.
However, the quality of the service is predictable even in multi-user
scenarios due to controlled scheduling and licensed spectrum usage.
Additionally, the use of a particular access network path is often
coupled with the use of its associated core network and the services
that are offered by it. For example, in an enterprise that has
deployed both WiFi and LTE networks, the enterprise services, like
printers, Corporate Audio and Video conferencing, are accessible only
via WiFi access connected to the enterprise hosted (WiFi) core,
whereas the LTE access can be used to get operator core anchored
services including access to public Internet.
Thus, application performance in different scenarios becomes
dependent on the choice of the access networks (e.g. WiFi, LTE,
etc.) and the used network and transport protocols (e.g. VPN, MPTCP,
GRE etc.). . Therefore, to achieve the best possible application
performance in a wide range of scenarios, a framework is needed that
allows the selection and flexible combination of access and core
network paths and used protocols for uplink and downlink data
delivery.
For example, to ensure best performance for enterprise applications
at all times, in uncongested scenarios, when the user is under good
WiFi coverage, it would be beneficial to use WiFi access in both
uplink and downlink for connecting to enterprise applications.
However, in congested scenarios or when the user is getting close to
the edge of its WiFi coverage, the use of WiFi in uplink by multiple
users can lead to degraded capacity and increased delays due to
contention. In this case, it would be beneficial to at least use the
LTE access for increased uplink coverage while WiFi may still
continue to be used for downlink.
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4. Requirements
The requirements set out in this section are for the definition of
behavior of the MAMS mechanism and the related functional elements.
4.1. Access technology agnostic interworking
The access nodes may use different technology types like LTE, WiFi,
etc. The framework, however, MUST agnostic to the type of underlying
technology used at the access network.
4.2. Support common transport deployments
The network path selection and user data distribution MUST work
transparently across various transport deployments that include e2e
IPsec, VPNs, and middleboxes like NATs and proxies.
4.3. Independent Access path selection for Uplink and Downlink
Client should be able to transmit on the uplink and, receive on the
downlink, using one or more accesses. The selection of the access
paths for uplink and downlink SHOULD happen independent of each
other.
4.4. Core selection independent of uplink and downlink access
A client SHOULD flexibly select the Core, independent of the access
paths used to reach the Core, depending on the application needs,
local policies and the result of MAMS control plane negotiation.
4.5. Adaptive access network path selection
The framework MUST have the ability to determine the quality of each
of the network paths, e.g. access link delay and capacity. The
network path quality information needs to be considered in the logic
for selection of the combination of network paths to be used for
transporting user data. The path selection algorithm can use network
path quality information, in addition to other considerations like
network policies, for optimizing network usage and enhancing QoE
delivered to the user.
4.6. Multipath support and Aggregation of access link capacities
The framework MUST support distribution and aggregation of user data
across multiple network paths at the IP layer. The client SHOULD be
able to leverage the combined capacity of the multiple network
connections by enabling simultaneous transport of user data over
multiple network paths. If required, packet re-ordering needs to be
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done at the receiver. The framework MUST allow flexibility to choose
the flow steering and aggregation protocols based on capabilities
supported by the client and the network data plane entities. The
multi-connection aggregation solution MUST support existing transport
and network layer protocols like TCP, UDP, GRE. The framework MUST
allow use and configuration of existing aggregation protocols such as
Multi-Path TCP(MPTCP) and SCTP.
4.7. Scalable mechanism based on user plane interworking
The framework MUST leverage commonly available transport, routing and
tunneling capabilities to provide user plane interworking
functionality. The addition of functional elements in the user plane
path between the client and the network MUST not impact the access
technology specific procedures. This makes solution easy to deploy
and scale when different networks are added and removed.
4.8. Separate Control and Data plane functions
The client MUST use the control plane protocol to negotiate with the
network, the choice of access and core network paths for both uplink
and downlink, as well as the user plane protocol treatment. The
control plane MUST configure the actual user plane data distribution
function per this negotiation. A common control protocol SHOULD
allow creation of multiple user plane function instance with
potentially different user plane (e.g. tunneling) protocol types.
This enables maintaining a clear separation between the control and
data plane functions, allowing the framework to be scalable and
extensible, e.g. using SDN based architecture and implementations.
4.9. Lossless Path (Connection) Switching
When switching data traffic from one path (connection) to another,
packets may be lost or delivered out-of-order, which will have
negative impacts on the performance of higher layer protocols, e.g.
TCP. The framework SHOULD provide necessary mechanisms to ensure in-
order delivery at the receiver, e.g. during path switching. The
framework MUST not cause any packet loss beyond that of access
network mobility functions may cause.
4.10. Concatenation and Fragmentation to adapt to MTU differences
Different network paths may have different security and middlebox
(e.g NAT) configurations, which will lead to use of different
tunneling protocols for transport of data between the network user
plane function and the client. As a result, different effective
payload sizes (e.g. due to variable encapsulation header overheads)
per network path are possible. Hence, MAMS framework SHOULD support
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fragmentation of a single IP packet payload across MTU sized IP
packets to avoid IP fragmentation when aggregating packets from
different paths. Further, concatenation of multiple IP packets into
a single IP packet to improve efficiency in packing the MTU size
should also be supported.
4.11. Configuring network middleboxes based on negotiated protocols
The framework SHOULD enable identification of the optimal parameters
that may be used for configuring the middle-boxes, like radio link
dormancy timers, binding expiry times and supported MTUs, for
efficient operation of the user plane protocols, based on parameters
negotiated between the client and the network, e.g. Configuring
longer binding expiry time in NATs when UDP transport is used in
contrast to the scenario where TCP is configured at the transport
layer.
4.12. Policy based Optimal path selection
The framework MUST support consideration of policies at the client,
in addition to guidance from the network, for network path selection
addressing different application requirements.
4.13. Access Technology Agnostic Control signaling
The control plane signaling MUST NOT be dependent on the underlying
access technology procedures, e.g. be carried transparently as user
plane. It should support delivery of control plane signaling over
the existing Internet protocols, e.g. TCP or UDP.
4.14. Service discovery and reachability
There can be multiple instances of the control and user plane
functional elements of the framework, either collocated or hosted on
separate network elements, and reachable via any of the available
user plane paths. The client MUST have flexibility to choose the
appropriate control plane instance in the network and use the control
plane signaling to choose the desired user plane functional element
instances. The choice can be based on considerations like, but not
limited to, quality of link through which the network function is
reachable, client preferences, pre-configuration etc.
5. Solution Principles
This document proposes the Multiple Access Management Services(MAMS)
framework for dynamic selection and flexible combination of access
and core network paths independently for the uplink and downlink, as
well as the user plane treatment for the traffic spread across the
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selected links. MAMS framework consists of clearly separated control
and user plane functions in the network and the client. The control
plane protocol allows configuration of the user plane protocols and
desired network paths for transport of application traffic. The
control plane messages are carried as user plane data over any of the
available network paths between the peer control plane functional
elements in the client and the network . Multiple user plane paths
are dynamically distributed across multiple access networks and
aggregated in side the common core network. The access network
diversity is not exposed to the application servers but kept within
the scope of the elements defined in this framework. This offloads
the application servers from reacting to access link changes caused
to mobility events or changing of link characteristics. The
selection of paths and user plane treatment of the traffic, is based
on negotiation of capabilities (of device and network) and probing of
network link quality between the user plane functional elements at
the end-user device/client and the network. The framework enables
leveraging network intelligence to setup and dynamically configure
the best access network path combination based on device and network
capabilities, application needs and knowledge of the network state.
6. MAMS Reference Architecture
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+--------------------------------------------------------+
| +---------------+ +---------------+ |
| ! ! ! ! |
| !Core(IP anchor)! +---+ !Core(IP anchor)! |
| !network 1 ! !(network 'n' ! |
| ! ! ! ! |
| +---------------+ +---------------+ |
| \ / |
| Anchor \ +---+ Anchor |
| Connection 1 Connection 'n' |
| \ / |
| +---------------+\+---+/+------+ |
| | |-----+ +----------+ | |
| +----|NCM ! | N-MADP | | |
| | | |-----+ +----------+ | |
| | +------------------------------+ |
| | / \ |
| Control Plane Delivery +----+Delivery |
| Path (over any Connection 1 Connection 'n' |
| access user plane) / \ |
| | / \ |
| +------------------+ +---------------+ |
| | | Access | +---+ | Access | |
| | | n/w 1 | | n/w 'n' | |
| +------------------+ +---------/-----+ |
+-----------------------------\----------------/---------+
| \ /
| +---- -\------------/-+
| | +---+ \ |------+ / |
+------------+CCM | \|C-MADP|/ |
| +---+ +------+ |
| Client |
+---------------------+
Figure 1: MAMS Reference Architecture
Figure 1 illustrates MAMS architecture for the scenario of a client
served by multiple (n) networks. It introduces the following
functional elements,
o Network Connection Manager (NCM) and Client Connection Manager
(CCM) in the control plane, and
o Network Multi Access Data Proxy (N-MADP) and Client Multi Access
Data Proxy (C-MADP) handling the user plane.
NCM: It is the functional element in the network that handles the
MAMS control plane procedures. It configures the network (N-MADP)
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and client (C-MADP) user plane functions like negotiating the client
on the use of available access network paths, protocols and rules for
processing the user plane traffic, as well as link monitoring
procedures. The control plane messages between the NCM and CCM are
transported as an overlay, without any impact to the underlying
access networks.
CCM: It is the peer functional element in the client for handling
MAMS control plane procedures. It manages multiple network
connections at the client. It is responsible for exchange of MAMS
signaling messages with the NCM for supporting functions like UL and
DL user network path configuration for transporting user data
packets, link probing and reporting to support adaptive network path
selection by NCM. In the downlink, for the user data received by the
client, it configures C-MADP such that application data packet
received over any of the accesses to reach the appropriate
application on the client. In the uplink, for the data transmitted
by the client, it configures the C-MADP to determine the best access
links to be used for uplink data based on a combination of local
policy and network policy delivered by the NCM.
N-MADP: It is the functional element in the network that handles the
user data traffic forwarding across multiple network paths, as well
as other user-plane functionalities like encapsulation,
fragmentation, concatenation, reordering, retransmission, etc. It is
the distribution node that routes the uplink user plane traffic to
the appropriate anchor connection towards the core network, and the
downlink user traffic to the client over the appropriate delivery
connection(s). In the downlink, the NCM configures the use of
delivery connections, and user plane protocols at the N-MADP for
transporting user data traffic. The N-MADP should implement ECMP
support for the down link traffic. Or alternatively, it may be
connected to a router with ECMP functionality. The load balancing
algorithm at the N-MADP is configured by the NCM, based on static
and/or dynamic network policies like assigning access and core paths
for specific user data traffic type, data volume based percentage
distribution, and link availability and feedback information from
exchange of MAMS signaling with the CCM at the Client.. N-MADP can be
configured with appropriate user plane protocols to support both per-
flow and per-packet traffic distribution across the delivery
connections. In the uplink, N-MADP selects the appropriate anchor
connection over which to forward the user data traffic, received from
the client (via the delivery connections). The forwarding rules in
the uplink at the N-MADP are configured by the NCM based on
application requirements, e.g. Enterprise hosted Application flows
via Wi-Fi Anchor, Mobile Operator hosted applications via the
Cellular Core.
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C-MADP: It is the functional element in the client that handles the
MAMS user plane data procedures. C-MADP is configured by CCM based
on signaling exchange with NCM and local policies at the client. The
CCM configures the selection of delivery connections and the user
plane protocols to be used for uplink user data traffic based on the
signaling exchanged with NCM. The C-MADP entity handles user plane
data forwarding across multiple delivery connections and associated
user-plane functions like encapsulation, fragmentation,
concatenation, reordering, retransmissions, etc.
The NCM and N-MADP can be either collocated or instantiated on
different network nodes. NCM can setup multiple N-MADP instances in
the network. NCM controls the selection of N-MADP instance by the
client and the rules for distribution of user traffic across the
N-MADP instances., This is beneficial in multple deployment
scenarios, like the following examples.
o Different N-MADP instances to handle different sets of clients for
load balancing across clients
o Address deployment topologies e.g. N-MADP hosted at the user
plane node at the access edge or in the core network, while the
NCM hosted at the access edge node)
o Address access network technology architecture. For exanple,
N-MADP instance at core network node to manage traffic
distribution across LTE and DSL networks, and N-MADP instance at
access network node to manage traffic distribution across LTE and
Wi-Fi traffic.
o A single client can be configured to use multiple N-MADP
instances. This is beneficial in addressing different application
requirements. For example, separate N-MADP instances to handle
TCP and UDP transport based traffic.
Thus, MAMS architecture flexibly addresses multiple network
deployments.
7. MAMS Protocol Architecture
This section describes the protocol structure for the MAMS User and
Control plane functional elements.
7.1. MAMS Control-Plane Protocol
Figure 2 shows the default MAMS control plane protocol stack.
WebSocket is used for transporting management and control messages
between NCM and CCM.
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+------------------------------------------+
| Multi Access (MX) Control Message |
| |
+------------------------------------------+
| WebSocket |
| |
+------------------------------------------+
| TCP/TLS |
| |
+------------------------------------------+
Figure 2: TCP-based MAMS Control Plane Protocol Stack
7.2. MAMS User Plane Protocol
Figure 3 shows the MAMS user plane protocol stack.
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+-----------------------------------------------------+
| User Payload (e.g. IP PDU) |
+-----------------------------------------------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| +-----------------------------------------------------+ |
| | Multi Access (MX) Convergence Sublayer | |
| +-----------------------------------------------------+ |
| +-----------------------------------------------------+ |
| | MX Adaptation | MX Adaptation | MX Adaptation | |
| | Sublayer | Sublayer | Sublayer | |
| | (optional) | (optional) | (optional) | |
| +----------------++--------------+-+------------------+ |
| | Access #1 IP | Access #2 IP | Access #3 IP | |
| +-----------------------------------------------------+ |
| MAMS User Plane Protocol Stack|
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
Figure 3: MAMS User Plane Protocol Stack
It consists of the following two Sublayers:
o Multi-Access (MX) Convergence Sublayer: The MAMS framework
configures the Convergence sublayer to perform multi-access
specific tasks in the user plane. This layer performs functions
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like access (path) selection, multi-link (path) aggregation,
splitting/reordering, lossless switching, fragmentation,
concatenation, etc. MX Convergence layer can be implemented using
existing user plane protocols like MPTCP or by adapting
encapsulating header/trailer schemes (e.g Trailer Based MX
Convergence as specified in [I-D.zhu-intarea-mams-user-protocol]).
o Multi-Access (MX) Adaptation Sublayer: The MAMS framework
configures the Adaptation Sublayer to address transport network
related aspects like reachability and security in the user plane.
This layer performs functions to handle tunnelling, network layer
security, and NAT. MX Adaptation can be implemented using IPsec,
DTLS or Client NAT (Source NAT at Client with inverse mapping at
N-MADP [I-D.zhu-intarea-mams-user-protocol]). The MX Adaptation
Layer is optional and can be independently configured for each of
the Access Links. E.g. In a deployment with LTE (assumed secure)
and Wi-Fi (assumed not secure), the MX Adaptation Sublayer can be
omitted for the LTE link but MX Adaptation Sublayer is configured
as IPsec for securing the Wi-Fi link. Further details on the MAMS
user plane are described in [I-D.zhu-intarea-mams-user-protocol].
8. MAMS Control Plane Procedures
8.1. Overview
CCM and NCM exchange signaling messages to configure the user plane
functions, C-MADP and N-MADP, at the client and network respectively.
The means for CCM to obtain the NCM credentials (FQDN or IP Address)
for sending the initial discovery messages are out of the scope of
MAMS document. As an example, the client can obtain the NCM
credentials using methods like provisioning, DNS query. Once the
discovery process is successful, the (initial) NCM can update and
assign additional NCM addresses, e.g. based on MCC/MNC tuple
information received in the MX Discovery Message, for sending
subsequent control plane messages.
CCM discovers and exchanges capabilities with the NCM. NCM provides
the credentials of the N-MADP end-point and negotiates the parameters
for user plane with the CCM. CCM configures C-MADP to setup the user
plane path (e.g. MPTCP/UDP Proxy Connection) with the N-MADP based
on the credentials (e.g. (MPTCP/UDP) Proxy IP address and port,
Associated Core Network Path), and the parameters exchanged with the
NCM. Further, NCM and CCM exchange link status information to adapt
traffic steering and user plane treatment with dynamic network
conditions. The key procedures are described in details in the
following sub-sections.
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+-----+ +-----+
| CCM | | NCM |
+--+--+ +--+--+
| Discovery and |
| Capability |
| Exchange |
<---------------------->
| |
| User Plane |
| Protocols |
| Setup |
<---------------------->
| Path Quality |
| Estimation |
<---------------------->
| Network capabilities |
| e.g. RNIS[ETSIRNIS] |
<----------------------+
| |
| Network policies |
<----------------------+
+ +
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Figure 4: MAMS Control Plane Procedures
8.2. Common fields in MAMS Control Messages
Each MAMS control message consists of the following common fields:
o Version: indicates the version of MAMS control protocol.
o Message Type: indicates the type of the message, e.g. MX
Discovery, MX Capability REQ/RSP etc.
o Sequence Number: auto-incremented integer to uniquely identify a
transaction of message exchange, e.g. MX Capability REQ/RSP.
8.3. Common procedures for MAMS Control Messages
This section describes the common procedures for MAMS Control
Messages.
8.3.1. Message Timeout
MAMS Control plane peer (NCM or CCM) waits for a duration of
MAMS_TIMEOUT ms, after sending a MAMS control message, before timing
out when expecting a response. The sender of the message will
retransmit the message for MAMS_RETRY times before declaring failure.
A failure implies that the MAMS peer is dead, and the sender reverts
back to native non-multi access/single path mode. CCM may initiate
the MAMS discovery procedure for re-establishment of the MAMS
session.
8.3.2. Keep Alive Procedure
MAMS Control plane peers execute the keep alive procedures to ensure
that peers are reachable and to recover from dead-peer scenarios.
Each MAMS control plane end-point maintains a MAMS_KEEP_ALIVE timer
that is set for duration MAMS_KEEP_ALIVE_TIMEOUT. MAMS_KEEP_ALIVE
timer is reset whenever the peer receives a MAMS Control message.
When MAMS_KEEP_ALIVE timer expires, MAMS KEEP ALIVE REQ message is
sent. On reception of a MAMS KEEP ALIVE REQ message, the receiver
responds with a MAMS KEEP ALIVE RSP message. If the sender does not
receive a MAMS Control message in response to MAMS_RETRY number of
retries of MAMS KEEP ALIVE REQ message, the MAMS peer declares that
the peer is dead. CCM may initiate MAMS Discovery procedure for re-
establishment of the MAMS session.
CCM shall additionally send MX KEEP ALIVE REQ message immediately to
NCM whenever it detects a handover from one base station/access point
to another. During this time the user equipment shall stop using
MAMS user plane functionality in uplink direction till it receives a
MX KEEP ALIVE RSP from NCM.
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MX KEEP ALIVE REQ includes following information:
o Reason: Can be 'Timeout' or 'Handover'. Reason 'Handover' shall
be used by CCM only on detection of handover.
o Unique Session Identifier: As defined in Section 8.4.
o Connection Id: This field shall be mandatorily be included if the
reason is 'Handover'.
o Delivery Node Identity (ECGI in case of LTE and WiFi AP Id or MAC
address in case of WiFi). This field shall be mandatorily be
included if the reason is 'Handover'.
8.4. Discovery & Capability Exchange
Figure 5 shows the MAMS discovery and capability exchange procedure
consisting of the following key steps:
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CCM NCM
| |
+------- MX Discovery Message ---------------------->|
| +-----------------+
| |Learn CCM |
| | IP address |
| |& port |
| +-----------------+
| |
|<--------------------------------MX System INFO-----|
| |
|---------------------------------MX Capability REQ->|
|<----- MX Capability RSP----------------------------|
|---------------------------------MX Capability ACK->|
| |
+ +
Figure 5: MAMS Control Procedure for Discovery & Capability Exchange
Step 1 (Discovery): CCM periodically sends out the MX Discovery
Message to a pre-defined (NCM) IP Address/port until MX System INFO
message is received in acknowledgement.
MX Discovery Message includes the following information:
o MAMS Version
o MCC/MNC Tuple: Optional Parameter to Identify the Operator Network
to which the client is susbcribed, in conformance with format
specified in [E212]
MX System INFO includes the following information:
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o Number of Anchor Connections
For each Anchor Connection, it includes the following parameters:
* Connection ID: Unique identifier for the Anchor Connection
* Connection Type (e.g., 0: Wi-Fi; 1: 5G NR; 2: MulteFire; 3:
LTE)
* NCM Endpoint Address (For Control Plane Messages over this
connection)
+ IP Address or FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name)
+ Port Number
Step 2 (Capability Exchange): On receiving MX System Info message CCM
learns the IP Address and port to start the step 2 of the control
plane connection, and sends out the MX Capability REQ message,
including the following Parameters:
o MX Feature Activation List: Indicates if the corresponding feature
is supported or not, e.g. lossless switching, fragmentation,
concatenation, Uplink aggregation, Downlink aggregation,
Measurement, probing, etc.
o Number of Anchor Connections (Core Networks)
For each Anchor Connection, it includes the following parameters:
* Connection ID
* Connection Type (e.g., 0: Wi-Fi; 1: 5G NR; 2: MulteFire; 3:
LTE)
o Number of Delivery Connections (Access Links)
For each Delivery Connection, it includes the following
parameters:
* Connection ID
* Connection Type (e.g., 0: Wi-Fi; 1: 5G NR; 2: MulteFire; 3:
LTE)
o MX Convergence Method Support List
* Trailer-based MX Convergence
* MPTCP Proxy
* GRE Aggregation Proxy
o MX Adaptation Method Support List
* UDP Tunnel without DTLS
* UDP Tunnel with DTLS
* IPsec Tunnel [RFC3948]
* Client NAT
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In response, NCM creates a unique identity for the CCM session, and
sends out the MX Capability RSP message, including the following
information:
o MX Feature Activation List: Indicates if the corresponding feature
is enabled or not, e.g. lossless switching, fragmentation,
concatenation, Uplink aggregation, Downlink aggregation,
Measurement, probing, etc.
o Number of Anchor Connections (Core Networks)
For each Anchor Connection, it includes the following parameters:
* Connection ID
* Connection Type (e.g., 0: Wi-Fi; 1: 5G NR; 2: MulteFire; 3:
LTE)
o Number of Delivery Connections (Access Links)
For each Delivery Connection, it includes the following
parameters:
* Connection ID
* Connection Type (e.g., 0: Wi-Fi; 1: 5G NR; 2: Multi-Fire; 3:
LTE)
o MX Convergence Method Support List
* Trailer-based MX Convergence
* MPTCP Proxy
* GRE Aggregation Proxy
o MX Adaptation Method Support List
* UDP Tunnel without DTLS
* UDP Tunnel with DTLS
* IPsec Tunnel [RFC3948]
* Client NAT
Unique Session Identifier: Unique session identifier for the CCM
which has setup the connection. In case the session for the UE
already exists then the existing unique session identifier is sent
back.
o NCM Id: Unique Identity of the NCM in the operator network.
o Session Id: Unique identity assigned to the CCM instance by this
NCM instance.
In response to MX Capability RSP message, the CCM sends confirmation
(or reject) in the MX Capability ACK message. MX Capability ACK
includes the following parameters
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o Unique Session Identifier: Same identifier as provided in MX
Capability RSP.
o Acknowledgement: An indication if the client has accepted or
rejected the capability phase.
* MX ACCEPT: CCM Accepts the Capability set proposed by the NCM.
* MX REJECT: CCM Rejects the Capability set proposed by the NCM.
If MX_REJECT is received by the NCM, the current MAMS session will be
terminated.
If CCM can no longer continue with the current capabilities, it
should send an MX SESSION TERMINATE message to terminate the MAMS
session. In response, the NCM should send a MX SESSION TERMINATE ACK
to confirm the termination.
8.5. User Plane Configuration
Figure 6 shows the user plane configuration procedure consisting of
the following key steps:
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CCM NCM
| |
|------MX Reconfiguration REQ (setup)--------------->|
|<------------------------+MX Reconfiguration RSP+---|
| +-----------+----------------+
| | NCM prepares N+MADP for |
| | User Plane|Setup |
| +----------------------------+
|<----------------------------- MX UP Setup Config---|
|-----| MX UP Setup CNF+---------------------------->|
+-------------------+ |
|Link "X" is up/down| |
+-------------------+ |
|-----MX Reconfiguration REQ (update/release)------->|
|<------------------------+MX Reconfiguration RSP+---|
Figure 6: MAMS Control Procedure for User Plane Configuration
Reconfiguration: when the client detects that the link is up/down or
the IP address changes (e.g. via APIs provided by the client OS), CCM
sends out a MX Reconfiguration REQ Message to setup / release /
update the connection, and the message SHOULD include the following
information
o Unique Session Identifier: Identity of the CCM identity at NCM,
created by NCM during the capability exchange phase.
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o Reconfiguration Action: indicate the reconfiguration action
(0:release; 1: setup; 2: update).
o Connection ID: identify the connection for reconfiguration
If (Reconfiguration Action is setup or update), then include the
following parameters
o IP address of the connection
o SSID (if Connection Type = WiFi)
o MTU of the connection: MTU of the delivery path that is calculated
at the UE for use by NCM to configure fragmentation and
concatenation procedures[I-D.zhu-intarea-mams-user-protocol] at
N-MADP.
o Delivery Node Identity: Identity of the node to which the client
is attached. ECGI in case of LTE and WiFi AP Id or MAC address in
case of WiFi.
At the beginning of a connection setup, CCM informs the NCM of the
connection status using the MX Reconfiguration REQ message with
Reconfiguration Action type set to "setup". NCM acknowledges the
connection setup status and exchanges parameters with the CCM for
user plane setup, described as follows.
User Plane Protocols Setup: Based on the negotiated capabilities, NCM
sets up the user plane (Adaptation Layer and Convergence Layer)
protocols at the N-MADP, and informs the CCM of the user plane
protocols to setup at the client (C-MADP) and the parameters for
C-MADP to connect to N-MADP.
The MX UP Setup Config is used to create (multiple) MADP instances
with each Anchor Connection having one or more Configurations, namely
MX Configurations. It consists of the following parameters:
o Number of Anchor Connections (Core Networks)
For Each Anchor Connection, it includes the following parameters
* Anchor Connection ID
* Connection Type (e.g., 0: Wi-Fi; 1: 5G NR; 2: MulteFire; 3:
LTE)
* Number of Active MX Configurations (Included only if more than
one MX configurations are active for the anchor connection)
For each active MX configuration, it includes the following
parameters
+ MX Configuration ID (included if more than one MX
Configuration is present
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+ MX Convergence Method, one of the following
- Trailer-based MX Convergence
- MPTCP Proxy
- GRE Aggregation Proxy
+ MX Convergence Method Parameters
- Convergence Proxy IP Address
- Convergence Proxy Port
+ MX Convergence Control Parameters (included if any MX
Control PDU, e.g. Probe-REQ/ACK, is supported):
- UDP Port Number for sending and receiving MX Control
PDUs, e.g. Probe-REQ/ACK, Keep-Alive, etc.)
- Convergence Proxy Port
+ Number of Delivery Connections
For each Delivery Connection, include the following:
- Delivery Connection ID
- Connection Type (e.g., 0: Wi-Fi; 1: 5G NR; 2: MulteFire;
3: LTE)
- MX Adaptation Method, one of the following
o UDP Tunnel without DTLS
o UDP Tunnel with DTLS
o IPSec Tunnel
o Client NAT
- MX Adaptation Method Parameters
o Tunnel Endpoint IP Address
o Tunnel Endpoint Port
o Shared Secret
o Header Optimization (included only if MX Convergence
Method is Trailer-based MX Convergence)
e.g. When LTE and Wi-Fi are the two user plane accesses, NCM conveys
to CCM that IPsec needs to be setup as the MX Adaptation Layer over
the Wi-Fi Access, using the following parameters - IPsec end-point IP
address, Pre-Shared Key. No Adaptation Layer is needed or Client NAT
may be used over the LTE Access as it is considered secure with no
NAT.
Similarly, as an example of the MX Convergence Method configuration
is to indicate the convergence protocol as MPTCP Proxy along with
parameters for connection to the MPTCP Proxy, namely IP Address and
Port of the MPTCP Proxy for TCP Applications.
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Once the user plane protocols are configured, CCM informs the NCM of
the status via the MX UP Setup CNF message. The MX UP Setup CNF
consists of the following parameters:
o Unique Session Identifier: Session identifier provided to the
client in MX Capability RSP.
o MX Convergence Control Parameters (included if any MX Control PDU,
e.g. Probe-REQ/ACK, Keep-alive, is supported):
* UDP Port Number for sending and receiving MX Control PDUs, e.g.
Probe-REQ/ACK, Keep-Alive, etc.)
* MX Configuration ID (if MX Configuration ID is specified in MX
UP Setup Config, indicate the MX Configuration that will be
used for Probing)
o Client Adaptation Layer Parameters:
* Number of Delivery Connections
* For each Delivery Connection, include the following:
+ Delivery Connection ID
+ UDP port number: If UDP based adaptation is in use, the UDP
port at C-MADP side
8.6. MAMS Path Quality Estimation
Path quality estimations can be done either passively or actively.
Traffic measurements in the network could be performed passively by
comparing the real-time data throughput of the device with the
capacity available in the network. In special deployments where the
NCM has interfaces with access nodes, direct interfaces can be used
to gather path quality information. For example, the utilization of
a cell/eNB attached to a device could be used as an indicator for
path quality estimations without creating an extra traffic overhead.
Active measurements by the device are an alternative for estimating
path quality.
CCM NCM
| |
|<--------------+ MX Path Estimation Configuration+--|
|-----+ MX Path Estimation Results+----------------->|
| |
Figure 7: MAMS Control Plane Procedure for Path Quality Estimation
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NCM sends following the configuration parameters in the MX Path
Estimation Configuration message to the CCM
o Connection ID (of Delivery Connection whose path quality needs to
be estimated)
o Init Probe Test Duration (ms)
o Init Probe Test Rate (Mbps)
o Init Probe Size (Bytes)
o Init Probe Ack Required (0 -> No/1 -> Yes)
o Active Probe Frequency (ms)
o Active Probe Size (Bytes)
o Active Probe Test Duration (ms)
o Active Probe Ack Required (0 -> No/1 -> Yes)
CCM configures the C-MADP for probe reception based on these
parameters and for collection of the statistics according to the
following configuration.
o Unique Session Identifier: Session identifier provided to the
client in MX Capability RSP.
o Init Probe Results Configuration
* Lost Probes (%)
* Probe Receiving Rate (packets per second)
o Active Probe Results Configuration
* Average Throughput in the last Probe Duration
The user plane probing is divided into two phases - Initialization
phase and Active phase.
o Initialization phase: A network path that is not included by
N-MADP for transmission of user data is deemed to be in the
Initialization phase. The user data may be transmitted over other
available network paths.
o Active phase: A network path that is included by N-MADP for
transmission of user data is deemed to be in Active phase.
In Initialization phase, NCM configures N-MADP to send an MX Idle
Probe REQ message. CCM collects the Idle probe statistics from
C-MADP and sends the MX Path Estimation Results Message to NCM per
the Initialization Probe Results configuration.
In Active phase, NCM configures N-MADP to send an MX Active Probe REQ
message.. C-MADP calculates the metrics as specified by the Active
Probe Results Configuration. CCM collects the Active probe
statistics from C-MADP and sends the MX Path Estimation Results
Message to NCM per the Active Probe Results configuration.
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The following sub-sections define the control PDU encoding for Probe
and Keep Alive messages to support path quality estimation.
8.6.1. MX Control PDU definition
Control PDUs are sent as UDP Messages between C-MADP and N-MADP to
exchange control messages for keep-alive or path quality estimation.
MX Probe Parameters are negotiated during the User Plane Setup phase
(MX UP SETUP CFG and MX UP SETUP CNF). Figure 7 shows the MX control
PDU format with the following fields:
o Type (1 Byte): the type of the MX control message
* 0: Keep-Alive
* 1: Probe REQ/ACK
* Others: Reserved
o CID (1 Byte): the connection ID of the delivery connection for
sending out the MX control message
o MX Control Message (variable): the payload of the MX control
message
o Figure 8 shows the MX Control PDU format. MX Control PDU is sent
as a normal user plane packet over the desired delivery connection
whose quality and reachability needs to be determined.
| |
| <-----+MX Control PDU Payload +--------> |
| |
+-----------+------------------+-----+-----------------------------+
| IP header | UDP Header| Type | CID | MX Control Message |
+-----------+------------------+-----+-----------------------------+
Figure 8: MX Control PDU Format
8.6.2. Keep-Alive Message
The "Type" field is set to "0" for Keep-Alive messages. C-MADP may
send out Keep-Alive message periodically over one or multiple
delivery connections, especially if UDP tunneling is used as the
adaptation method for the delivery connection with a NAT function on
the path.
A Keep-Alive message is 2 Bytes long, and consists of the following
fields:
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o Keep-Alive Sequence Number (2 Bytes): the sequence number of the
keep-alive message.
8.6.3. Probe REQ/ACK Message
The "Type" field is set to "1" for Probe REQ/ACK messages. N-MADP
may send out the Probe REQ message for path quality estimation. In
response, C-MADP may send back the Probe ACK message.
A Probe REQ message consists of the following fields:
o Probing Sequence Number (2 Bytes): the sequence number of the
Probe REQ message
o Probing Flag (1 Byte):
* Bit #0: a Probe ACK flag to indicate if the Probe ACK message
is expected (1) or not (0);
* Bit #1: a Probe Type flag to indicate if the Probe REQ/ACK
message is sent during the initialization phase (0) when the
network path is not included for transmission of user data or
the active phase (1) when the network path is included for
transmission of user data;
* Bit #2: a bit flag to indicate the presence of the Reverse
Connection ID (R-CID) field.
* Bit #3~7: reserved
o Reverse Connection ID (1 Byte): the connection ID of the delivery
connection for sending out the Probe ACK message on the reverse
path
o Padding (variable)
The "R-CID" field is only present if both Bit #0 and Bit #2 of the
"Probing Flag" field are set to "1". Moreover, Bit #2 of the
"Probing Flag" field SHOULD be set to "0" if the Bit #0 is "0",
indicating the Probe ACK message is not expected.
If the "R-CID" field is not present but the Bit #0 of the "Probing
Flag" field is set to "1", the Probe ACK message SHOULD be sent over
the same delivery connection as the Probe REQ message.
The "Padding" field is used to control the length of Probe REQ
message.
C-MADP SHOULD send out the Probe ACK message in response to a Probe
REQ message with the Probe ACK flag set to "1".
A Probe ACK message is 3 Bytes long, and consists of the following
fields:
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o Probing Acknowledgement Number (2 Bytes): the sequence number of
the corresponding Probe REQ message
8.7. MAMS Traffic Steering
CCM NCM
| |
| +------------------------------+
| |Steer user traffic to Path "X"|
| +------------------------------+
|<------------------MX Traffic Steering (TS) REQ--|
|----- MX Traffic Steering (TS) RSP ------------->|
Figure 9: MAMS Traffic Steering Procedure
NCM sends out a MX Traffic Steering (TS) REQ message to steer data
traffic. It is also possible to send data traffic over multiple
connections simultaneously, i.e. aggregation. The message includes
the following information:
o Connection ID of the Anchor Connection
o MX Configuration ID (if MX Configuration ID is specified in MX UP
Setup Config)
o Connection ID List of Delivery Connections for DL traffic
o Connection ID of Default UL Delivery Connection
o For the number of Specific UL traffic Templates, include the
following
* Traffic Template for identifying the UL traffic
* Connection ID List of Delivery connections for UL traffic
identified by the traffic template
o MX Feature Activation List: each parameter indicates if the
corresponding feature is enabled or not: lossless switching,
fragmentation, concatenation, Uplink aggregation, Downlink
aggregation, Measurement, probing
In response, CCM sends out a MX Traffic Steering (TS) RSP message,
including the following information:
o Unique Session Identifier: Session identifier provided to the
client in MX Capability RSP.
o MX Feature Activation List: each parameter indicates if the
corresponding feature is enabled or not: lossless switching,
fragmentation, concatenation, Uplink aggregation, Downlink
aggregation, probing
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8.8. MAMS Application MADP Association
CCM NCM
| |
| +-------------------------+
| | Associate MADP instance |
| | with application flow |
| +-------------------------+
|-------------------MX App MADP ----------->|
| Association(AMA) REQ |
| |
|-------------------MX App MADP ----------->|
| Association(AMA) RSP |
Figure 10: MAMS Application MADP Association Procedure
CCM sends out a MX App MADP Association(AMA) REQ message to request
association of a specific Application flow with a specific MADP
instance ID for the anchor connection with multiple active MX
configurations. MADP Instance ID is a tuple (Anchor Connection ID,
MX Configuration ID). This provides the capability for the client to
indicate the user plane processing that needs to be associated with
different application flows depending on their needs. The
application flow is identified by its associated traffic flow
template.
The message includes the following information:
o Number of Application Flows
For Each Application Flow, identified by the Traffic Flow
Template(s),
* Anchor Connection ID
* MX Configuration ID (if more than one MX Configurations are
associated with an Anchor Connection)
* Traffic Template for identifying the UL traffic
* Traffic Template for identifying the DL traffic
In response, NCM sends out a MX App MADP Association (AMA) RSP
message, including the following information:
o Number of Application Flows
For Each Application Flow, identified by the Traffic Flow
Template(s),
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* Status (Success or Failure)
8.9. MAMS Network ID Indication
CCM NCM
| |
| +---------------------------------+
| |NCM determines preferred Networks|
| +---------------------------------+
|<------------------MX SSID Indication------------|
Figure 11: MAMS Network ID Indication Procedure
NCM indicates the preferred network list to the CCM to guide client
on networks that it should connect to. To indicate preferred Wi-Fi
Networks, the NCM sends the list of WLAN networks, represented by
SSID/BSSID/HESSID, available in the MX SSID Indication.
8.10. MAMS Client Measurement Configuration and Reporting
CCM NCM
| |
|<------------------MX MEAS CONFIG----------------|
| |
+---------------------------------+ |
|Client Ready to send measurements| |
+---------------------------------+ |
| |
|----- MX MEAS REPORT---------------------------->|
Figure 12: MAMS Client Measurement Configuration and Reporting
Procedure
NCM configures the CCM with the different parameters (e.g. radio link
information), with the associated thresholds to be reported by the
client. The MX MEAS CONFIG message contains the following
parameters. For each Delivery Connection, include the following:
o Delivery Connection ID
o Connection Type (e.g., 0: Wi-Fi; 1: 5G NR; 2: MulteFire; 3: LTE)
o If Connection Type is Wi-Fi
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* WLAN_RSSI_THRESH: High and Low Thresholds for sending Average
RSSI of the Wi-Fi Link.
* WLAN_RSSI_PERIOD: Periodicity in ms for sending Average RSSI of
the Wi-Fi Link.
* WLAN_LOAD_THRESH: High and Low Thresholds for sending Loading
of the WLAN system.
* WLAN_LOAD_PERIOD: Periodicity in ms for sending Loading of the
WLAN system.
* UL_TPUT_THRESH: High and Low Thresholds for sending Reverse
Link Throughput on the Wi-Fi link.
* UL_TPUT_PERIOD: Periodicity in ms for sending Reverse Link
Throughput on the Wi-Fi link.
* DL_TPUT_THRESH: High and Low Thresholds for sending Forward
Link Throughput on the Wi-Fi link.
* DL_TPUT_PERIOD: Periodicity in ms for sending Forward Link
Throughput on the Wi-Fi link.
* EST_UL_TPUT_THRESH: High and Low Thresholds for sending Reverse
Link Throughput (EstimatedThroughputOutbound as defined in
[IEEE]) on the Wi-Fi link.
* EST_UL_TPUT_PERIOD: Periodicity in ms for sending Reverse Link
Throughput (EstimatedThroughputOutbound as defined in [IEEE])
on the Wi-Fi link.
* EST_DL_TPUT_THRESH: High and Low Thresholds for sending Forward
Link Throughput (EstimatedThroughputInbound as defined in
[IEEE]) on the Wi-Fi link.
* EST_DL_TPUT_PERIOD: Periodicity in ms for sending Forward Link
Throughput (EstimatedThroughputInbound as defined in [IEEE]) on
the Wi-Fi link.
o If Connection Type is LTE
* LTE_RSRP_THRESH: High and Low Thresholds for sending RSRP of
Serving LTE link.
* LTE_RSRP_PERIOD: Periodicity in ms for sending RSRP of Serving
LTE link.
* LTE_RSRQ_THRESH: High and Low Thresholds for sending RSRQ of
the serving LTE link.
* LTE_RSRQ_PERIOD: Periodicity in ms for sending RSRP of Serving
LTE link.
* UL_TPUT_THRESH: High and Low Thresholds for sending Reverse
Link Throughput on the serving LTE link.
* UL_TPUT_PERIOD: Periodicity in ms for sending Reverse Link
Throughput on the serving LTE link.
* DL_TPUT_THRESH: High and Low Thresholds for sending Forward
Link Throughput on the serving LTE link.
* DL_TPUT_PERIOD: Periodicity in ms for sending Forward Link
Throughput on the serving LTE link.
o If Connection Type is 5G NR
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* NR_RSRP_THRESH: High and Low Thresholds for sending RSRP of
Serving NR link.
* NR_RSRP_PERIOD: Periodicity in ms for sending RSRP of Serving
NR link.
* NR_RSRQ_THRESH: High and Low Thresholds for sending RSRQ of the
serving NR link.
* NR_RSRQ_PERIOD: Periodicity in ms for sending RSRP of Serving
NR link.
* UL_TPUT_THRESH: High and Low Thresholds for sending Reverse
Link Throughput on the serving NR link.
* UL_TPUT_PERIOD: Periodicity in ms for sending Reverse Link
Throughput on the serving NR link.
* DL_TPUT_THRESH: High and Low Thresholds for sending Forward
Link Throughput on the serving NR link.
* DL_TPUT_PERIOD: Periodicity in ms for sending Forward Link
Throughput on the serving NR link.
The MX MEAS REPORT message contains the following parameters
o Unique Session Identifier: Session identifier provided to the
client in MX Capability RSP.
o For each Delivery Connection, include the following:
* Delivery Connection ID
* Connection Type (e.g., 0: Wi-Fi; 1: 5G NR; 2: MulteFire; 3:
LTE)
* Delivery Node Identity (ECGI in case of LTE and WiFi AP Id or
MAC address in case of WiFi)
* If Connection Type is Wi-Fi
+ WLAN_RSSI: Average RSSI of the Wi-Fi Link.
+ WLAN_LOAD: Loading of the WLAN system.
+ UL_TPUT: Reverse Link Throughput on the Wi-Fi link.
+ DL_TPUT: Forward Link Throughput on the Wi-Fi link.
+ EST_UL_TPUT: Estimated Reverse Link Throughput on the Wi-Fi
link (EstimatedThroughputOutbound as defined in [IEEE]).
+ EST_DL_TPUT: Estimated Forward Link Throughput on the Wi-Fi
link (EstimatedThroughputInbound as defined in [IEEE]).
* If Connection Type is LTE
+ LTE_RSRP: RSRP of Serving LTE link.
+ LTE_RSRQ: RSRQ of the serving LTE link.
+ UL_TPUT: Reverse Link Throughput on the serving LTE link.
+ DL_TPUT: Forward Link Throughput on the serving LTE link.
* If Connection Type is 5G NR
+ NR_RSRP: RSRP of Serving NR link.
+ NR_RSRQ: RSRQ of the serving NR link.
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+ UL_TPUT: Reverse Link Throughput on the serving NR link.
+ DL_TPUT: Forward Link Throughput on the serving NR link.
8.11. MAMS Session Termination Procedure
CCM NCM
| |
|+----MX Session Terminate--------->|
| |
| |
|<---MX Session Terminate Ack-------|
| +---------------+
| Remove Resources
| +---------------+
| |
Figure 13: MAMS Session Termination Procedure - Client Initiated
CCM NCM
| |
|<----------MX Session Terminate--------|
| |
| |
| |
+--------MX Session Terminate Ack------->
| |
| |
+-----------+-----------+ |
| Remove Resources | |
+-----------+-----------+ |
| |
Figure 14: MAMS Session Termination Procedure - Network Initiated
At any point in MAMS functioning if CCM or NCM is unable to support
the MAMS functions anymore, then either of them can initiate a
termination procedure by sending MX Session Terminate to the peer,
the peer shall acknowledge the termination by sending MX Session
Terminate ACK message. After the session is disconnected the CCM
shall start a new procedure with MX Discover Message. MX Session
Terminate message shall contain Unique Session Identifier and reason
for termination in Request. Possible reasons for termination can be:
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o Normal Release
o No Response from Peer
o Internal Error
8.12. MAMS Network Analytics Request Procedure
CCM NCM
| |
|+----MX Network Analytics Request----------->|
| |
| |
|<---MX Network Analytics Info----------------|
| |
Figure 15: MAMS Network Analytics Request Procedure
CCM sends the MX Network Analytics Request informs the NCM to send
information related to network parameters like bandwidth, latency,
jitter, signal quality based on application of analytics at the
network utilizing the received path measurements and client
measurement reporting.
The MX Network Analytics Request message consists of the following
parameters.
o Link Quality Indicators, one or more of the following:
* Bandwidth
* Jitter
* Latency
* Signal Quality
NCM sends the MX Network Analytics Info to convey the analytics info,
predictive parameters with likelihoods, for the different parameters
of interest for the CCM.
The MX Network Analytics Info messages consists of the following
parameters.
o Number of Delivery Connections For Each Delivery Connection,
* Access Link Identifier
+ Connection Type
+ Connection ID
* Link Quality Indicator
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+ Bandwidth
- Predicted Value (in Mbps)
- - Likelihoood (in Percentage)
- Prediction Validity (Validity Time in s)
+ Jitter
- Predicted Value (in s)
- - Likelihoood (in Percentage)
- Prediction Validity (Validity Time in s)
+ Latency
- Predicted Value (in s)
- - Likelihoood (in Percentage)
- Prediction Validity (Validity Time in s)
+ Signal Quality
- if Delivery Connection Type is LTE, LTE_RSRP Predicted
Value (in dBm)
- if Delivery Connection Type is LTE, LTE_RSRQ Predicted
Value (in dBm)
- if Delivery Connection Type is NR, NR_RSRP Predicted
Value (in dBm)
- if Delivery Connection Type is NR, NR_RSRQ Predicted
Value (in dBm)
- if Delivery Connection Type is WiFi, WLAN_RSSI Predicted
Value (in dBm)
- - Likelihoood (in Percentage)
- Prediction Validity (Validity Time in s)
9. Generic MAMS Signaling Flow
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+----------------------------------------+
| MAMS enabled Network of Networks |
| +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +------+
+-----------------+ | | | | | | | | ||
| Client | | |Netwo| |Netwo| | | | ||
| +-----+ +-----+ | | |rk 1 | |rk 2 + |NCM | N-MADP||
| C-MADP |CCM | | | |(LTE)| |(WiFi) | | | ||
| +-----+ +-----+ | | +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +------|
-+----------------+ +----------------------------------------+| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | 1.SETUP CONNECTION| | | |
|<-----------+------------>| | | |
| | | + + | |
| | | 2. MAMS Capabilities Exchange | |
| | |<-------------+----------+-------->| |
| | | | | | |
| | + | | | |
| | 3. SETUP CONNECTION | | |
|<--+-------------------------------->| | |
| 4c. Config| 4a. NEGOTIATE NETWORK PATHS, FLOW |4b. Config|
| C-MADP | PROTOCOL AND PARAMETERS | |N-MADP |
| |<----->|<-------------+----------+-------->|<-------->|
| | | + + | |
| | |5. ESTABLISH USER PLANE PATH ACCORDING TO |
| | | SELECTED FLOW PROTOCOL | | |
| |<---------------------+----------+------------------->|
| | | | | | |
+ + + + + + +
Figure 16: MAMS call flow
Figure 16 illustrates the MAMS signaling mechanism for negotiation of
network paths and flow protocols between the client and the network.
In this example scenario, the client is connected to two networks
(say LTE and WiFi).
1. UE connects to network 1 and gets an IP address assigned by
network 1.
2. CCM communicates with NCM functional element via the network 1
connection and exchanges capabilities and parameters for MAMS
operation. Note: The NCM credentials (e.g. NCM IP Address) can
be made known to the UE by pre-provisioning.
3. Client sets up connection with network 2 and gets an IP address
assigned by network 2.
4. CCM and NCM negotiate capabilities and parameters for
establishment of network paths, which are then used to configure
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user plane functions N-MADP at the network and C-MADP at the
client.
4a. CCM and NCM negotiate network paths, flow routing and
aggregation protocols, and related parameters.
4b. NCM communicates with the N-MADP to exchange and configure
flow aggregation protocols, policies and parameters in alignment
with those negotiated with the CCM.
4c. CCM communicates with the C-MADP to exchange and configure
flow aggregation protocols, policies and parameters in alignment
with those negotiated with the NCM.
5. C-MADP and N-MADP establish the user plane paths, e.g. using IKE
[RFC7296] signaling, based on the negotiated flow aggregation
protocols and parameters specified by NCM.
CCM and NCM can further exchange messages containing access link
measurements for link maintenance by the NCM. NCM evaluates the link
conditions in the UL and DL across LTE and WiFi, based on link
measurements reported by CCM and/or link probing techniques and
determines the UL and DL user data distribution policy. NCM and CCM
also negotiate application level policies for categorizing
applications, e.g. based on DSCP, Destination IP address, and
determining which of the available network paths, needs to be used
for transporting data of that category of applications. NCM
configures N-MADP, and CCM configures C-MADP, based on the negotiated
application policies. CCM may apply local application policies, in
addition to the application policy conveyed by the NCM.
10. Relation to other IETF Technologies
MAMS leverages technologies developed in IETF like MPTCP, GRE and
enables a control plane framework to negotiate the use of these
protocols between the client and the network. It also addresses the
limitations in the scope of other multihoming protocols. E.g.
MOBIKE RFC 4555 (IKEv2 Mobility and Multihoming Protocol (MOBIKE))
scope indicates that it is limited to multihoming between IPsec
clients(tunnel mode IPsec SAs) ONLY and does NOT support load
balancing. MAMS addresses this limitation in handling multihoming
scenario by supporting load balancing with simultaneous use of
multiple access paths by negotiating use of protocols like MPTCP.
Unlike MOBIKE, which only applies to end points connected with IPsec
tunnel mode SA, MAMS allows flexibility to use a wide range of
tunneling protocols to be used in the Adaptation layer.
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11. Applying MAMS Control Procedures with MPTCP Proxy as User Plane
If NCM determines that N-MADP is to be instantiated with MPTCP as the
MX Convergence Protocol, it exchanges the MPTCP capability support in
discovery and capability exchange procedures. NCM then exchanges the
credentials of the N-MADP instance, setup as MPTCP Proxy, along with
related parameters to the CCM. CCM configures C-MADP with these
parameters to connect with the N-MADP, MPTCP proxy (e.g.
[I-D.ietf-tcpm-converters]) instance, on the available network path
(Access).
Figure 17 illustrates the user plane protocol layering when MPTCP is
configured to be the "MX Convergence Sublayer" protocol. MPTCP
manages traffic distribution and aggregation over multiple delivery
connections.
+-----------------------------------------------------+
| MPTCP |
+----------------+---------------+--------------------+
| TCP | TCP | TCP |
+-----------------------------------------------------+
| MX Adaptation | MX Adaptation | MX Adaptation |
| Sublayer | Sublayer | Sublayer |
| (optional) | (optional) | (optional) |
+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Access #1 IP | Access #2 IP | Access #3 IP |
+----------------+---------------+--------------------+
Figure 17: MAMS U-plane Protocol Stack with MPTCP as MX Convergence
Layer
The Client (C-MADP) sets up an MPTCP connection with the N-MADP to
begin with. MAMS control procedures are then applied to,
o Connect to the appropriate MPTCP network endpoint, e.g. MPTCP
Proxy (illustrated in Figure 18)
o Control addition of second TCP subflow after WiFi connection is
established and is deemed good, (illustrated in illustrated in
Figure 19),
o Control the MPTCP scheduler behavior like use of only LTE Subflow
in UL and both LTE and WiFi subflows in DL (illustrated in
illustrated in Figure 20),
o Faster response to WiFi link degradation by proactive deletion of
TCP subflow over WiFi when poor link conditions are reported, to
maintain performance (illustrated in illustrated in Figure 21)
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Figure 18 shows the call flow describing MAMS control procedures
applied to configure user plane and dynamic optimal path selection in
a scenario with MPTCP Proxy as the convergence protocol in the user
plane.
+------+ +---------+ +---------+ +---------+ +---------+ +------+
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|CCM | | C-MADP | |Wi-Fi N/W| | LTE N/W | | NCM | |N-MADP|
+------+ +---------+ +---------+ +---------+ +---------+ +------+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 1. LTE Session Setup and IP Add. Allocation |
-------------------------------------------+-------------+-------------+-+
|2. MAMS Discovery Message (MAMS Version, MCC/MNC) | | |
+-----------------------------------------+-------------> |
| 3. MX SYSTEM INFO (Serving NCM IP/Port Address) | |
<-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ |
| | | | | |
|4. MX CAPABILITY REQ(Supported Anchor/Delivery Links ( Wi-Fi, LTE ) |
+-----------------------------------------------------+-> |
|5. MX CAPABILITY RSP(Convergence/Adaptation Parameters)| |
<-----------------------------------------+-------------+ |
| 6. MX CAPABILITY ACK(ACCEPT) | | |
+-------------+-------------+---------------------------> |
| | | | | |
|7. MX MEAS CONFIG (WLAN/LTE Measurement Thresholds/Period) |
<-------------------------------------------------------+ |
|8. MX MEAS REPORT ( LTE RSRP, UL/DL TPUT ) | |
+-----------------------------------------+-------------> |
|9. MAMS SSID IND(List of SSIDs) | | |
<-------------+-------------+---------------------------+ |
| | | | | |
|10. MX RECONFIGURATION REQ (LTE IP) | | |
+-------------------------------------------------------> |
|11. MX RECONFONFIGURATION RSP | | |
<-----------------------------------------+-------------+ |
|12. MX UP SETUP REQ (MPTCP Proxy IP/Port, Aggregation) | |
<---------------------------+-------------+-------------+ |
|13. MX UP SETUP RSP | | | |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------> +
| | 14. MPTCP Connection with designated MPTCP Proxy over LTE
| +-------------+-------------+-------------+------------->
| | | | | |
+ + + + + +
Figure 18: MAMS-assisted MPTCP Proxy as User Plane - Initial Setup
with LTE leg
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Following are the salient steps described in the call flow. The
client connects to the LTE network and obtains an IP address (assume
LTE is the first connection), and initiates the NCM discovery
procedures and exchange capabilities, including the support for MPTCP
as the convergence protocol at both the network and the client.
The CCM informs the LTE connection parameters to the NCM. NCM
provides the parameters like MPTCP Proxy IP address/Port for
configuring the convergence layer. This is useful if N-MADP is
reachable via different IP address or/and port, from different access
networks. The current MPTCP signaling can't identify or
differentiate the MPTCP proxy IP address and port among multiple
access networks. Since LTE is the only connection, the user plane
traffic, flows over the single TCP subflow over the LTE connection.
Optionally, NCM provides assistance information to the device on the
neighboring/preferred Wi-Fi networks that it can associate with.
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+------+ +---------+ +---------+ +---------+ +---------+ +------+
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|CCM | | C-MADP | |Wi-Fi N/W| | LTE N/W | | NCM | |N-MADP|
+------+ +---------+ +---------+ +---------+ +---------+ +------+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Traffic over LTE in UL and DL over MPTCP Connection |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Wi-Fi Connection Establishment and IP Address Allocation |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+--+
|15. MX RECONFIGURATION REQ (Wi-Fi IP) | | |
+-------------------------------------------------------> |
|16. MX RECONFONFIGURATION RSP | | |
<-----------------------------------------+-------------+ |
|17. MX UP SETUP REQ (MPTCP Proxy IP/Port, Aggregation) | |
<---------------------------+-------------+-------------+ |
|18. MX UP SETUP RSP | | | |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------> |
| | 19. IPsec Tunnel Establishment over WLAN path |
| <-----------------------------------------|------------->
| 20. MX MEAS REPORT (WLAN RSSI, LTE RSRP. UL/DL TPUT) |+-------------+
+-------------+-------------+-------------+------------->+Wait for |
| | | | |+good reports |
| | | | |+-------------+
| 21. MX TRAFFIC STEERING REQ (UL/DL Access, TFTs) | +------------+
<-----------------------------------------+-------------+ |Allow Use of|
| 22. MX TRAFFIC STEERING RSP (...) | | |Wi-Fi link |
+-------------+-------------+---------------------------> +-----------++
| | | | | |
| 23. Add TCP subflow to the MPTCP connection over WiFi link (IPsec Tunnel)
| |<----------------------------------------------------->|
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
|| Aggregated Wi-Fi and LTE capacity for UL and DL ||
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| |
| |
Figure 19: MAMS-assisted MPTCP Proxy as User Plane - Add Wi-Fi leg
Figure 19 describes the steps, when the client establishes a Wi-Fi
connection. CCM informs the NCM of the Wi-Fi connection along with
parameters like the Wi-Fi IP address, SSID. NCM determines that the
Wi-Fi connection needs to be secured and configures the Adaptation
Layer to be IPsec and provides the required parameters to the CCM.
In addition, NCM provides the information to configure the
convergence layer, (e.g. MPTCP Proxy IP Address), and provides the
Traffic Steering Request to indicate that client should use only the
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LTE access. NCM may do this, for example, on determination from the
measurements that the Wi-Fi link is not consistently good enough. As
the Wi-Fi link conditions improve, NCM sends a Traffic Steering
Request to use Wi-Fi access as well. This triggers the client to
establish the TCP subflow over the Wi-Fi link with the MPTCP proxy
+------+ +---------+ +---------+ +---------+ +---------+ +------+
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|CCM | | C+MADP | |Wi+Fi N/W| | LTE N/W | | NCM | |N+MADP|
+------+ +---------+ +---------+ +---------+ +---------+ +------+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Traffic over LTE and Wi Fi in UL And DL over MPTCP |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+------------+---+
| | | | | |
| 24. MX MEAS REPORT (WLAN RSSI, LTE RSRP ,UL/DL TPUT) |+-----------+---+
+-------------+-------------+-------------+------------>|| Reports of bad|
| | | | |+ Wi-Fi UL tput|
| + + + ++---------------+
| 25. MX TRAFFIC STEERING REQ (UL/DL Access, TFTs) | +-------------+
|<-----------------------------------------+------------+ |Disallow use|
| 26. MX TRAFFIC STEERING RSP (...) | | |of Wi-Fi UL |
|-------------+-------------+-------------------------->| +----------+--+
| | | | | |
++-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+------------+-+
| UL data to use TCP subflow over LTE link only, |
| Aggregated Wi-Fi+LTE capacity for DL |
++-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------++
| | | | | |
+ + + + + +
Figure 20: MAMS-assisted MPTCP Proxy as User Plane - Wi-Fi UL
degrades
Figure 20 describes the steps, when the client reports that Wi-Fi
link conditions degrade in UL. MAMS control plane is used to
continuously monitor the access link conditions on Wi-Fi and LTE
connections. The NCM may at some point determine increase in UL
traffic on Wi-Fi, and trigger the client to only LTE in the UL via
Traffic Steering Request to improve UL performance.
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+------+ +---------+ +---------+ +---------+ +---------+ +------+
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|CCM | | C+MADP | |Wi+Fi N/W| | LTE N/W | | NCM | |N+MADP|
+------+ +---------+ +---------+ +---------+ +---------+ +------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| UL data to use TCP subflow over LTE link only, |
| Aggregated Wi+Fi+LTE capacity for DL |
++-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+------------+-+
| | | | | |
| + + + | |
| 27. MX MEAS REPORT (WLAN RSSI, LTE RSRP, UL/DL TPUT) +------------+---+
+-------------+-------------+-------------+------------>|| Reports of bad+
| | | | || Wi+Fi UL/DL tput
| + + + +----------------+
| 28. MX TRAFFIC STEERING REQ (UL/DL Access, TFTs) | +-------------+
+<----------------------------------------+-------------+ |Disallow use|
| 29. MX TRAFFIC STEERING RSP (...) | | |of Wi+Fi |
+-----------------------------------------+------------>+ +-------------+
| |30. Delete TCP subflow from MPTCP conn. over Wi-Fi link |
| +<---------------------------------------------------->|
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
|| Traffic over LTE link only for DL and UL | | |
|| (until Client reports better Wi-Fi link conditions) | | |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | | | | |
+ + + + + +
Figure 21: MAMS-assisted MPTCP Proxy as User Plane - Part 4
Figure 21 describes the steps, when the client reports that Wi-Fi
link conditions degrade in both UL and DL. As the Wi-Fi link
conditions deteriorate further, the NCM may determine to send Traffic
Steering Request guiding the client to stop using Wi-Fi, and to use
only LTE access in both UL and DL. This condition may be maintained
until NCM determines, based on reported measurements that Wi-Fi link
has become usable.
12. Applying MAMS Control Procedures for Network Assisted Traffic
Steering when there is no convergence layer
Figure 22 shows the call flow describing MAMS control procedures
applied for dynamic optimal path selection in a scenario convergence
and Adaptation layer protocols are not omitted. This scenario
indicates the applicability of a MAMS Control Plane only solution.
In the capability exchange messages, NCM and CCM negotiate that
Convergence and Adaptation layer protocols are not needed (or
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supported). CCM informs the NCM of the availability of the LTE and
Wi-Fi links. NCM determines the access links, Wi-Fi or LTE to be
used dynamically based on the reported link quality measurements.
+------+ +---------+ +---------+ +---------+ +---------+ +------+
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|CCM | | C+MADP | |Wi+Fi N/W| | LTE N/W | | NCM | |N+MADP|
+------+ +---------+ +---------+ +---------+ +---------+ +------+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 1. LTE Session Setup and IP Add. Allocation |
+------------------------------------------+-------------+-------------+-+
|2. MAMS Discovery Message (MAMS Version, MCC/MNC Tuple) | | |
+-----------------------------------------+------------>| |
| 3. MX SYSTEM INFO (Serving NCM IP/Port Address) | |
<-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ |
| + + + + |
|4. MX CAPABILITY REQ(Supported Anchor/Delivery Links ( Wi-Fi, LTE ) |
+------------------------------------------------------>| |
|5. MX CAPABILITY RSP(No Convergence/Adpatation parameters) |
|<-----------------------------------------+------------+ |
| 6. MX CAPABILITY ACK(ACCEPT) | | |
+-------------+-------------+-------------------------->| |
| + + + + |
|7. MX MEAS CONFIG (WLAN/LTE Measurement Thresholds/Period) |
|<------------------------------------------------------| |
|8. MX MEAS REPORT ( LTE RSRP, UL/DL TPUT ) | |
|-----------------------------------------+------------>| |
|9. MAMS SSID IND(List of SSIDs) | | |
|<------------------------------------------------------| |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------++
| 10. Wi|Fi connection setup and IP Address allocation |
+-+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------++
| + + | | |
|10. MX RECONFIGURATION REQ (LTE IP, Wi-Fi IP) | |
+-----------------------------------------+------------>| |
|11. MX RECONFONFIGURATION RSP | | |
<------------------------------------------------------+| |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------++
| Initial Condition, Data over LTE link only, WLAN link is poor |
+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------++
|12. MX MEAS REPORT (WLAN RSSI, LTE RSRP, UL/DL TPUT) |+-------------+
|------------------------------------------------------>||Wi-Fi Link |
| | | | ||conditions |
| | | | ||reported good|
| | | | |+-------------+
| | | | | |
|13. MX TRAFFIC STEERING REQ (UL/DL Access, TFTs) |+--------------+
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|<-------------+-------------+-------------+------------||Steer traffic |
|14. MX TRAFFIC STEERING RSP (...) | ||to use Wi-Fi |
|<-------------+-------------+-------------+------------||link |
| | | | |+--------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------++
| Use Wi-Fi link for Data |
+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------++
| | | | | |
+ + + + + +
Figure 22: MAMS With No Convergence Layer
13. Co-existence of MX Adaptation and MX Convergence Layers
MAMS user plane supports multiple instances and combinations of
protocols to be used at the MX Adaptation and the Convergence layer.
For example, one instance of the MX Convergence Layer can be MPTCP
Proxy and another instance can be Trailer based. The MX Adaptation
for each can be either UDP tunnel or IPsec. IPSec may be set up when
network path needs to be secured, e.g. to protect the TCP subflow
traversing the network path between the client and MPTCP proxy.
Each of the instances of MAMS user plane, i.e. combination of MX
Convergence and MX Adaptation layer protocols, can coexist
simultaneously and independently handle different traffic types.
14. Security Considerations
14.1. MAMS Control plane security
The NCM functional element is hosted on a network node which is
assumed to be within a secure network, e.g. within the operator's
network, and is assumed to be protected against hijack attacks.
For deployment scenarios, where the client is configured (e.g. by the
network operator) to use a specific network path for exchanging
control plane messages and if the network path is assumed to be
secure, MAMS control messages will rely on security provided by the
underlying network.
For deployment scenarios where the security of the network path
cannot be assumed, NCM and CCM implementations MUST support the "wss"
URI scheme [RFC6455] and Transport Layer Security (TLS) [RFC5246] to
secure control plane message exchange between the NCM and CCM.
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For deployment scenarios where client authentication is desired, the
WebSocket server can use any client authentication mechanisms
available to a generic HTTP server, such as cookies, HTTP
authentication, or TLS authentication.
14.2. MAMS User plane security
User data in MAMS framework relies on the security of the underlying
network transport paths. When this cannot be assumed, NCM configures
use of protocols, like IPsec [RFC4301] [RFC3948] in the MX Adaptation
Layer, for security.
15. Implementation considerations
MAMS builds on commonly available functions available on terminal
devices that can be delivered as a software update over the popular
end-user device operating systems, enabling rapid deployment and
addressing the large deployed device base.
16. Applicability to Multi Access Edge Computing
Multi Access Edge Computing (MEC), earlier known as Mobile edge
computing, is an access-edge cloud platform being standardized at
ETSI, whose initial focus was to improve quality of experience by
leveraging intelligence at cellular (e.g. 3GPP technologies like LTE)
access edge, and the scope is now being extended to support access
technologies beyond 3GPP. This applicability of the framework
described in this document to the MEC platform has been evaluated and
tested in different network configurations.
The NCM is hosted on the MEC cloud server that is located in the user
plane path at the edge of multi-technology access networks. The NCM
and CCM negotiate the network path combinations based on application
needs and the necessary user plane protocols to be used across the
multiple paths. The network conditions reported by the CCM to the
NCM is complemented by Radio Analytics application[ETSIRNIS] residing
at the MEC to configure the uplink and downlink access paths
according to changing radio and congestion conditions.
The user plane functional element, N-MADP, can either be collocated
with the NCM at the MEC cloud server (e.g. MEC hosted applications),
or placed at a separate network element like a common user plane
gateway across the multiple networks.
Also, even in scenarios where N-MADP is not deployed, NCM can be used
to augment the traffic steering decisions at the device.
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The aim of these enhancements is to improve the end-user's quality of
experience by leveraging the best network path based on application
needs and network conditions, and building on the advantages of
significantly reduced latency and the dynamic and real-time exposure
of radio network information available at the MEC.
17. Related work in other Industry and Standards forums
MAMS framework has been incorporated as a solution to address multi
access integration in multiple industry forums and standards. The
section describes the related work in other industry forums and
standards that have incorporated MAMS solutions in their work.
Wireless Broadband Alliance industry partners are developing a
whitepaper that describes applicability of different technologies for
multi access integration to different deployments in their project
named, Unlicensed Integration with 5G Networks [WBAUnl5G]. As part
of this project, MAMS has been included as a technology for
integrating Unlicensed (WiFi) networks with 5G networks above the 5G
core network.
3GPP is developing the technical report, TR23.793 as part of the
workitem [GPPATSSS] on Study on Access Traffic Steering, Switching
and splitting (ATSSS) support. Solution 1 of TR 23.793 is based on
MAMS protocol architecture and control plane for flexible negotiation
of user plane protocols and path measurements.
Small Cell Forum (SCF) has included MAMS in the whitepaper
[SCFTECH5G] proposed to be developed as part of the Workitem on
LTE/5G and WiFi update.
ETSI Multi Access Edge Computing in its Phase 2 technical work
[ETSIMAMS] includes MAMS based use cases.
18. Contributing Authors
The editors gratefully acknowledge the following additional
contributors in alphabetical order: A Krishna Pramod/Nokia, Hannu
Flinck/Nokia, Hema Pentakota/Nokia, Nurit Sprecher/Nokia, Salil
Agarwal/Nokia; Shuping Peng/Huawei, Vasudevan Subramanian/Nokia.
Vasudevan Subramanian has been instrumental in conceptualization and
development of solution principles for the MAMS framework. Shuping
Peng has been a key contributor in refining the framework and control
plane protocol aspects.
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19. Acknowledgments
This protocol is the outcome of work by many engineers, not just the
authors of this document. In alphabetical order, the contributors to
the project are: Barbara Orlandi, Bongho Kim,David Lopez-Perez, Doru
Calin, Jonathan Ling, Lohith Nayak, Michael Scharf.
20. IANA Considerations
This draft makes no requests of IANA
21. References
21.1. 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>.
[RFC4301] Kent, S. and K. Seo, "Security Architecture for the
Internet Protocol", RFC 4301, DOI 10.17487/RFC4301,
December 2005, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4301>.
21.2. Informative References
[E212] "ITU-T E.212: The international identification plan for
public networks and subscriptions,
https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-E.212-201609-I/en", <ITU-T
E.212>.
[ETSIMAMS]
"ETSI Multi Access Edge Computing Use cases", <MEC 0021,
UC - Optimizing QoE and resource utilization in Multi-
access networks>.
[ETSIRNIS]
"Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) Radio Network Information
API", <ETSI GS MEC 012>.
[GPPATSSS]
"TR23.793: 3GPP Technical Report on Study on Access
Traffic Steering, Switching and splitting support in the
5G system architecture, www.3gpp.org", <TR23.793>.
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[I-D.ietf-tcpm-converters]
Bonaventure, O., Boucadair, M., Gundavelli, S., and S.
Seo, "0-RTT TCP Convert Protocol", draft-ietf-tcpm-
converters-02 (work in progress), July 2018.
[I-D.zhu-intarea-mams-user-protocol]
Zhu, J., Seo, S., Kanugovi, S., and S. Peng, "User-Plane
Protocols for Multiple Access Management Service", draft-
zhu-intarea-mams-user-protocol-05 (work in progress), May
2018.
[IEEE] "IEEE Standard for Information technology:
Telecommunications and information exchange between
systems Local and metropolitan area networks:Specific
requirements - Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control
(MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications.", <IEEE
802.11-2016>.
[RFC3948] Huttunen, A., Swander, B., Volpe, V., DiBurro, L., and M.
Stenberg, "UDP Encapsulation of IPsec ESP Packets",
RFC 3948, DOI 10.17487/RFC3948, January 2005,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3948>.
[RFC6347] Rescorla, E. and N. Modadugu, "Datagram Transport Layer
Security Version 1.2", RFC 6347, DOI 10.17487/RFC6347,
January 2012, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6347>.
[RFC6824] Ford, A., Raiciu, C., Handley, M., and O. Bonaventure,
"TCP Extensions for Multipath Operation with Multiple
Addresses", RFC 6824, DOI 10.17487/RFC6824, January 2013,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6824>.
[RFC7296] Kaufman, C., Hoffman, P., Nir, Y., Eronen, P., and T.
Kivinen, "Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2
(IKEv2)", STD 79, RFC 7296, DOI 10.17487/RFC7296, October
2014, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7296>.
[SCFTECH5G]
"Small Cell Forum, LTE/5G & WiFi Update WP, Proposed
Workitem in Small cell Forum (TECH and 5G Workgroup)",
<https://extranet.scf.io/filemanager/file_info/16xxxwky>.
[WBAUnl5G]
"Wireless Broadband Alliance Project - Unlicensed
Integration with 5G Networks.",
<https://extranet.wballiance.com/higherlogic/ws/groups/5g/
download/10249/latest>.
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Appendix A. MAMS Control Plane Optimization over Secure Connections
If the connection between CCM and NCM over which the MAMS control
plane messages are transported is assumed to be secure, UDP is used
as the transport for management & control messages between NCM and
UCM (see Figure 23).
+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Multi-Access (MX) Control Message |
|-----------------------------------------------------|
| UDP |
|-----------------------------------------------------|
Figure 23: UDP-based MAMS Control plane Protocol Stack
Appendix B. MAMS Application Interface
B.1. Overall Design
CCM hosts an HTTPS server for applications to communicate and request
services. It is assumed in this draft that all CCM and the
communicating Application instances are hosted in a single
administrative domain from security point of view.
The content of messages is defined in "Java Script Object Notation"
(JSON) format. They offer RESTful APIs for communication.
The exact mechanism regarding how Application knows about the end
point of CCM is not covered as part of this document. It may be
provided as part of the Application Settings.
B.2. Notation
The documentation of APIs are provided in OpenAPI format using
swagger v2.0 (TBD - Add section in appendix)
B.3. Error Indication
For every API, there could be an error response in case the objective
of API could not be met as defined in [RFC2616].
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B.4. CCM APIs
The following sections describe the APIs exposed by CCM to the
applications
B.4.1. Get Capabilities
CCM MUST provide a HTTPS GET interface as "/ccm/v1.0/capabilities"
for the Application to query about the capabilities supported by the
CCM instance.
+-----------+ +-------------+
| | | |
| App +----------+HTTPS GET /capabilities+-------->| CCM |
| | | |
+-----------+ +-------------+
Figure 24: CCM API - GET Procedures
The CCM shall provide information of its capabilities as follows:
o Supported Features: One of more of as defined in MX Feature
Activation List parameter of MX Capability REQ.
o Supported Connections: Supported connection types and connection
IDs
o Supported MX Adaptation Sublayers: List of MX adaptation sublayer
protocols supported by the N-MADP instance alongwith the
connection type where these are supported and their respective
parameters.
o Supported MX Convergence Sublayers: List of supported MX
Convergence Sublayer protocols alongwith the parameters associated
with respective convergence technique.
B.4.2. Post App Requirements
CCM MUST provide a HTTPS POST interface as "/ccm/v1.0/
app_requirements" for the Application to post the needs of the
application data streams to the CCM instance.
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+-----------+ +-------------+
| | | |
| App +----------+HTTPS POST /App Requirements+--->| CCM |
| | | |
+-----------+ +-------------+
Figure 25: CCM API - POST Procedures
The CCM shall provide for the application to post the following
requirements of its different data streams:
o Number of data stream types For each data stream type, the
following link feature preferences,
o Protocol Type: Transport layer protocol associated with the
application data stream packets.
o Port Range: Supported connection types and connection IDs.
o Traffic QoS: Quality of service parameters as follows
* Bandwidth
* Latency
* Jitter
B.4.3. Get Predictive Link Parameters
CCM MUST provide a HTTPS GET interface as "/ccm/v1.0/
predictive_link_params" for the Application to get the predicted link
parameters from the CCM instance.
+-----------+ +-------------+
| | | |
| App +-------+HTTPS GET /Predictive Link Params--->| CCM |
| | | |
+-----------+ +-------------+
Figure 26: CCM API - GET Predictive Link Parameters Procedures
CCM requests the NCM for link parameters via the MAMS Network
Analytics Request Procedure (Section 8.12) and includes the
information in response to the API invocation.
o Number of Delivery Connections For Each Delivery Connection,
* Access Link Identifier
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+ Connection Type
+ Connection ID
* Link Quality Indicator
+ Bandwidth
- Predicted Value (in Mbps)
- - Likelihoood (in Percentage)
- Prediction Validity (Validity Time in s)
+ Jitter
- Predicted Value (in s)
- - Likelihoood (in Percentage)
- Prediction Validity (Validity Time in s)
+ Latency
- Predicted Value (in s)
- - Likelihoood (in Percentage)
- Prediction Validity (Validity Time in s)
+ Signal Quality
- if Delivery Connection Type is LTE, LTE_RSRP Predicted
Value (in dBm)
- if Delivery Connection Type is LTE, LTE_RSRQ Predicted
Value (in dBm)
- if Delivery Connection Type is NR, NR_RSRP Predicted
Value (in dBm)
- if Delivery Connection Type is NR, NR_RSRQ Predicted
Value (in dBm)
- if Delivery Connection Type is WiFi, WLAN_RSSI Predicted
Value (in dBm)
- - Likelihoood (in Percentage)
- Prediction Validity (Validity Time in s)
Appendix C. JSON Specification for MAMS Control Plane
MAMS Control plane messages are exchanged between the CCM and the
NCM. This section, specifies the format and content of messages in
"Java Script Object Notation" (JSON) format.
C.1. Protocol Specification: General Processing
C.1.1. Notation
This document uses JSONString, JSONNumber, and JSONBool to indicate
the JSON string, number, and boolean types, respectively. The type
JSONValue indicates a JSON value, as specified in Section 3 of
[RFC7159].
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This document uses an adaptation of the C-style struct notation to
define JSON objects. A JSON object consists of name/value pairs.
This document refers to each pair as a field. In some context, this
document also refers to a field as an attribute. The name of a
field/attribute may be referred to as the key. An optional field is
enclosed by [ ]. In the definitions, the JSON names of the fields
are case sensitive. An array is indicated by two numbers in angle
brackets, <m..n>, where m indicates the minimal number of values and
n is the maximum. When this document uses * for n, it means no upper
bound.
For example, the definition below defines a new type Type4, with
three fields named "name1", "name2", and "name3", respectively. The
field named "name3" is optional, and the field named "name2" is an
array of at least one value.
object { Type1 name1; Type2 name2<1..*>; [Type3 name3;] } Type4;
This document uses subtyping to denote that one type is derived from
another type. The example below denotes that TypeDerived is derived
from TypeBase. TypeDerived includes all fields defined in TypeBase.
If TypeBase does not have a field named "name1", TypeDerived will
have a new field named "name1". If TypeBase already has a field
named "name1" but with a different type, TypeDerived will have a
field named "name1" with the type defined in TypeDerived (i.e., Type1
in the example).
object { Type1 name1; } TypeDerived : TypeBase;
Note that, despite the notation, no standard, machine-readable
interface definition or schema is provided in this document.
Extension documents may describe these as necessary.
C.1.2. Discovery Procedure
C.1.2.1. MX Discovery Message
This message is the first message sent by CCM to discover the
presence of NCM in the network. It contains only the base
information as described in Appendix C.2.1 with message_type set as
mx_discover.
Following is the representation of the message:
object {
[JSONString MCC_MNC_Tuple;]
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} MXDiscover : MXBase;
C.1.3. System Information Procedure
C.1.3.1. MX System Information Message
This message is sent by NCM to CCM to inform the endpoints that NCM
supports for MAMS functionality. In addition to base information
(Appendix C.2.1) it contains following information:
a) NCM Connections (described in Appendix C.2.3)
Following is the representation of the message:
object {
NCMConnections ncm_connections;
} MXSystemInfo : MXBase;
C.1.4. Capability Exchange Procedure
C.1.4.1. MX Capability Request
This message is sent by CCM to NCM to indicate the capabilities of
the CCM instance available to the NCM indicated in System Info
message earlier. In addition to base information (Appendix C.2.1) it
contains following information:
(a) Features Activation Status: Described in Appendix C.2.5
(b) Number of anchor connections: Number of anchor connection
(towards core) supported by the NCM.
(c) Anchor Connections: Described in sec Appendix C.2.6
(d) Number of Delivery connections: Number of delivery connection
(towards access) supported by the NCM.
(e) Delivery Connections: Described in Appendix C.2.7
(f) Convergence Methods: Described in Appendix C.2.9
(g) Adaptation Methods: Described in Appendix C.2.10
Following is the representation of the message:
object {
FeaturesActive feature_active;
JSONNumber num_anchor_connections;
AnchorConnections anchor_connections;
JSONNumber num_delivery_connections;
DeliveryConnections delivery_connections;
ConvergenceMethods convergence_methods;
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AdaptationMethods adaptation_methods
} MXCapabilityReq : MXBase;
C.1.4.2. MX Capability Response
This message is sent by NCM to CCM to indicate the capabilities of
the NCM instance and unique session identifier for CCM. In addition
to base information (Appendix C.2.1) it contains following
information:
(a) Features Activation Status: Described in Appendix C.2.5
(b) Number of anchor connections: Number of anchor connection
(towards core) supported by the NCM.
(c) Anchor Connections: Described in Appendix C.2.6
(d) Number of Delivery connections: Number of delivery connection
(towards access) supported by the NCM.
(e) Delivery Connections: Described in Appendix C.2.7
(f) Convergence Methods: Described in Appendix C.2.9
(g) Adaptation Methods: Described in Appendix C.2.10
(h) Unique Session Id: This uniquely identifies the session between
CCM and NCM in a network. Described in Appendix C.2.2
Following is the representation of the message:
object {
FeaturesActive feature_active;
JSONNumber num_anchor_connections;
AnchorConnections anchor_connections;
JSONNumber num_delivery_connections;
DeliveryConnections delivery_connections;
ConvergenceMethods convergence_methods;
AdaptationMethods adaptation_methods
UniqueSessionId unique_session_id;
} MXCapabilityRsq : MXBase;
C.1.4.3. MX Capability Acknowledge
This message is sent by CCM to NCM to indicate acceptance of
capabilities advertised by NCM in earlier MX Capability Response
message. In addition to base information (Appendix C.2.1) it
contains following information:
(a) Unique Session Id: Same identifier as provided in MX Capability
RSP. Described in Appendix C.2.2.
(b) Capability Acknowledgement: Either Accept or Reject of the
capabilities sent by CCM. Can take either "MX_ACCEPT" or
"MX_REJECT" as acceptable values.
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Following is the representation of the message:
object {
UniqueSessionId unique_session_id;
JSONString capability_ack;
} MXCapabilityAck : MXBase;
C.1.5. User Plane Configuration Procedure
C.1.5.1. MX User Plane Configuration Request
This message is sent by NCM to CCM to configure the user plane for
MAMS. In addition to base information (Appendix C.2.1) it contains
following information:
(a) Number of Anchor Connection: Number of anchor connections
supported by NCM.
(b) Setup of Anchor Connections: Described in Appendix C.2.11.
Following is the representation of the message:
object {
JSONNumber num_anchor_connections;
SetupAnchorConns anchor_connections;
} MXUPSetupConfigReq : MXBase;
C.1.5.2. MX User Plane Configuration Confirmation
This message is the confirmation of user plane setup message sent
from CCM after successfully configuring the user plane at user
equipment. This message contains following information:
(a) Unique Session Id: Same identifier as provided in MX Capability
RSP. Described in Appendix C.2.2.
(b) MX Probe Parameters (included if probing is supported)
(1) Probe Port: UDP port for accepting probe message.
(2) Anchor connection Id: Identifier of the anchor connection
to be used for probe function, provided in user plane setup
request.
(3) MX Configuration Id: For the given anchor connection, which
configuration id is to be used for probe, this is present
only if provided in the user plane setup request.
(c) For each delivery connection following is required:
(1) Connection ID: Delivery connection id supported by UE.
(2) Client Adaptation Layer Parameters: If UDP adaptation layer
is in use then the UDP port to be used at C-MADP side.
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Following is the representation of the message:
object {
UniqueSessionId unique_session_id;
[ProbeParam probe_param;]
JSONNumber num_delivery_conn;
ClientParam client_params <1...*>;
} MXUPSetupConfigCnf : MXBase;
Where ProbeParam is defined as following:
object {
JSONNumber probe_port;
JSONNumber anchor_conn_id;
[JSONNumber mx_configuration_id;]
} ProbeParam;
Where ClientParam is defined as following:
object {
JSONNumber connection_id;
[AdaptationParam adapt_param;]
} ClientParam;
Where AdaptationParam is defined as following:
object {
JSONNumber udp_adapt_port;
} AdaptationParam;
C.1.6. Reconfiguration Procedure
C.1.6.1. Reconfiguration Request
This message is sent by CCM to NCM in case of reconfiguration of any
the connections from user equipment's side. In addition to base
information (Appendix C.2.1) it contains following information:
(a) Unique Session Id: Identifier for CCM-NCM association
Appendix C.2.2.
(b) Reconfiguration Action: Type of reconfiguration action can be
one of "setup", "release" or "modify".
(c) Connection Id: Connection Id for which the reconfiguration is
taking place.
(d) IP address: IP address in case of setup and modify type of
reconfiguration.
(e) SSID: If the connection type is WiFi, in that case the SSID the
UE has attached to is contained in this parameter.
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(f) MTU of connection: MTU of the delivery path that is calculated
at the UE for use by NCM to configure fragmentation and
concatenation procedures at N-MADP.
(g) Connection Status: This parameter informs if the connection is
currently "disabled", "enabled" or "connected". Default:
"connected".
(h) Delivery Node Id: Identity of the node to which the client is
attached. ECGI in case of LTE and WiFi AP Id or MAC address in
case of WiFi.
Following is the representation of the message:
object {
UniqueSessionId unique_session_id;
JSONString reconf_action;
JSONNumber connection_id;
JSONString ip_address;
JSONString ssid;
JSONNumber mtu_size;
JSONString connection_status;
[JSONSring delivery_node_id;]
} MXReconfReq : MXBase;
C.1.6.2. Reconfiguration Response
This message is sent by NCM to CCM as a confirmation towards
reconfiguration requirement after taking the reconfiguration into use
and contains only the base information (as defined in
Appendix C.2.1).
Following is the representation of the message:]
object {
} MXReconfRsp : MXBase;
C.1.7. Path Estimation Procedure
C.1.7.1. Path Estimation Request
This message is sent by NCM towards CCM to configure the CCM to send
path estimation reports. In addition to base information
(Appendix C.2.1) it contains following information:
(a) Connection Id: Id of the connection for which the path
estimation report is required.
(b) Init Probe Test Duration: Duration of initial probe test in
milliseconds. [TBD: Range of values]
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(c) Init Probe Test Rate: Initial testing rate in Mega Bits per
Second. [TBD: Range of values]
(d) Init Probe Size: Size of each packet for initial probe in Bytes.
[TBD: Range of values]
(e) Init Probe Ack: If an acknowledgement for probe is required.
[Possible values: "yes", "no"]
(f) Active Probe Frequency: Frequency in milliseconds at which the
active probes shall be sent. [TBD: Range of values]
(g) Active Probe Size: Size of the active probe in Bytes. [TBD:
Range of values]
(h) Active Probe Duration: Duration in seconds for which the active
probe shall be performed. [TBD. Range of values]
(i) Active Probe Ack. If an acknowledgement for probe is required.
[Possible values: "yes", "no"]
Following is the representation of the message:
object {
JSONNumber connection_id;
JSONNumber init_probe_test_duration_ms;
JSONNumber init_probe_test_rate_Mbps;
JSONNumber init_probe_size_bytes;
JSONString init_probe_ack_req;
JSONNumber active_probe_freq_ms;
JSONNumber active_probe_size_bytes;
JSONNumber active_probe_duration_sec;
JSONString active_probe_ack_req;
} MXPathEstReq : MXBase;
C.1.7.2. Path Estimation Report
This message is sent by CCM to NCM as report to the probe estimation
configured by NCM. In addition to base information (Appendix C.2.1)
it contains following information:
(a) Unique Session Id: Same identifier as provided in MX Capability
RSP. Described in Appendix C.2.2.
(b) Connection Id: Id of the connection for which the path
estimation report is required.
(c) Init Probe Results: Defined in section Appendix C.2.12.
(d) Active Probe Results: Defined in section Appendix C.2.13.
Following is the representation of the message:
object {
JSONNumber connection_id;
UniqueSessionId unique_session_id;
[InitProbeResults init_probe_results;]
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[ActiveProbeResults active_probe_results;]
} MXPathEstResults : MXBase;
C.1.8. Traffic Steering Procedure
C.1.8.1. Traffic Steering Request
This message is sent by NCM to CCM for enabling traffic steering at
delivery side in uplink and downlink configuration. In addition to
base information (Appendix C.2.1) it contains following information:
(a) Connection id: Anchor connection number for which the traffic
steering is getting defined.
(b) MX Configuration Id: MX configuration for which the traffic
steering is getting defined.
(c) Downlink Delivery: Defined in Appendix C.2.14.
(d) Default UL Delivery: The default delivery connection for uplink.
All traffic should be delivered on this connection in uplink
direction and the TFT filter should be applied only for the
traffic mentioned in Uplink Delivery.
(e) Uplink Delivery: Defined in Appendix C.2.15.
(f) Features Activated: Defined in Appendix C.2.5.
Following is the representation of the message:
object {
JSONNumber connection_id;
[JSONNumber mx_configuration_id;]
DLDelivery downlink_delivery;
JSONNumber default_uplink_delivery;
ULDelivery uplink_delivery;
FeaturesActive feature_activation;
} MXTraffiSteeringReq : MXBase;
C.1.8.2. Traffic Steering Response
This message is response to Traffic Steering request from CCM to NCM.
In addition to base information (Appendix C.2.1) it contains
following information:
(a) Unique Session Id: Same identifier as provided in MX Capability
RSP. Described in Appendix C.2.2.
(b) Features Activated: Defined in Appendix C.2.5.
Following is the representation of the message:
object {
UniqueSessionId unique_session_id;
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FeaturesActive feature_activation;
} MXTraffiSteeringResp : MXBase;
C.1.9. MAMS Application MADP Association
C.1.9.1. MAMS Application MADP Association Request
This message is sent by CCM to NCM to select MADP instances provided
earlier in User Plane Setup Request based on requirement of the
applications.
In addition to the base information (Appendix C.2.1) it contains
following:
(a) Unique Session Id: This uniquely identifies the session between
CCM and NCM in a network. Described in Appendix C.2.2, and a
list of following MX Application MADP Associations
(a) Connection id: Defines the anchor connection number of the
MADP instance
(b) MX Configuration Id: identify the MX configuration of the
MADP instance
(c) Traffic Template Uplink: Traffic template as defined in
5.16 to be used in uplink direction.
(d) Traffic Template Downlink: Traffic template as defined in
5.16 to be used in downlink direction.
Following is the representation of the message:
object {
UniqueSessionId unique_session_id;
MXAppMADPAssoc app_madp_assoc_list <1..*>;
} MXAppMADPAssocReq : MXBase;
Where each measurement MXAppMADPAssoc is represented by following:
object {
JSONNumber connection_id;
JSONNumber mx_configuration_id
TrafficFlowTemplate tft_ul_list <1..*>;
TrafficFlowTemplate tft_dl_list <1..*>;
} MXAppMADPAssoc;
C.1.9.2. MAMS Application MADP Association Response
This message is sent by NCM to CCM to confirm the selected MADP
instances provided in request message by CCM.
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In addition to the base information (Appendix C.2.1), it contains
information if the request has been successful.
Following is the representation of the message:
object {
JSONBool is_success;
} MXAppMADPAssocResp : MXBase;
C.1.10. SSID Indication
This message is sent by NCM to CCM to indicate the list of allowed
SSID which are supported by MAMS entity at the network side. It
contains the list of SSIDs.
Each SSID consists of the type of SSID (which can be one of the
"SSID", "BSSID" or "HESSID" and the SSID itself.
Following is the representation of the message:
object {
SSID ssid_list<1..*>;
} MXSSIDIndication : MXBase;
Where each SSID is defined as following:
object {
JSONString ssid_type;
JSONString ssid;
} SSID;
C.1.11. Measurements
C.1.11.1. Measurement Configuration
This message is sent from NCM to CCM to configure the period
measurement reporting at CCM. The message contains a list of
measurement configuration with each element containing following
information:
(a) Connection Id: Connection id of the delivery connection for
which the reporting is being configured.
(b) Connection Type: Connection Type for which the reporting is
being configured, can be "lte", "wifi", "5g-nr" etc.
(c) Measurement Report Configuration: Actual report configuration
based on the connection type, as defined in Appendix C.2.17
Following is the representation of the message:
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object {
MeasReportConf measurement_configuration <1..*>;
} MXMeasReportConf : MXBase;
Where each measurement MeasReportConf is represented by following:
object {
JSONNumber connection_id;
JSONString connection_type;
MeasReportConfs meas_rep_conf <1..*>;
} MeasReportConf;
C.1.11.2. Measurement Report
This message is periodically sent by CCM to NCM after measurement
configuration. In addition to the base information it contains
following information:
(a) Unique Session Id: Same identifier as provided in MX Capability
RSP. Described in Appendix C.2.2.
(b) Measurement report for each delivery connection is measured by
the client device as defined in Appendix C.2.18.
Following is the representation of the message:
object {
UniqueSessionId unique_session_id;
MXMeasRep measurment_reports <1..*>;
} MXMeasurementReport : MXBase;
C.1.12. Keep Alive
C.1.12.1. Keep Alive Request
A Keep Alive Request message can be sent from either NCM or CCM on
expiry of MAMS_KEEP_ALIVE timer or a handover event. This request
shall be responded by the peer with Keep Alive Response. In case of
no response from peer the MAMS connection shall be assumed to be
broken and new connection shall be established again by CCM by
sending MX Discover messages.
In addition to the base information it cantains following
information:
(a) Keep Alive Reason: Reason for sending this message, can be
"Timeout" or "Handover".
(b) Unique Session Id: Identifier for CCM-NCM association
Appendix C.2.2.
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(c) Connection Id: Connection id for which handover is detected, in
case the reason is "Handover".
(d) Delivery Node Id: The target delivery node id (ECGI or WiFi
Access Point Id/MAC) to which the handover is executed.
Following is the representation of the message:
object {
JSONString keep_alive_reason;
UniqueSessionId unique_session_id;
JSONNumber connection_id;
JSONString delivery_node_id;
} MXKeepAliveReq : MXBase;
C.1.12.2. Keep Alive Response
On receiving Keep Alive Request from peer, NCM/CCM shall immediately
respond with a Keep Alive Response message on the same delivery path
from where the request arrived. In addition to base information it
contains the unique session identifier for the CCM-NCM association
(defined in Appendix C.2.2)
Following is the representation of the message:
object {
UniqueSessionId unique_session_id;
} MXKeepAliveResp : MXBase;
C.1.13. Session Termination Procedure
C.1.13.1. Session Terminate Request
In the event where NCM or CCM can no longer handle MAMS for any
reason then it can send MX session termination request to the peer.
In addition to base information it contains Unique Session Id and
reason for termination, this can be "MX_NORMAL_RELEASE",
"MX_NO_RESPONSE" or "INTERNAL_ERROR".
Following is the representation of the message:
object {
UniqueSessionId unique_session_id;
JSONString reason;
} MXSessionTerminationReq : MXBase;
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C.1.13.2. Session Terminate Response
On reception of MX session termination request from peer, NCM/CCM
shall respond with MX Session Termination Response on the same
delivery path where the request arrived and clean the MAMS related
resources and settings. CCM shall re-initiate a new session with MX
Discover messages again.
Following is the representation of the message:
object {
UniqueSessionId unique_session_id;
} MXSessionTerminationResp : MXBase;
C.1.14. Network Analytics
C.1.14.1. MX Network Analytics Request
This message is sent by CCM to NCM to request for parameters like
bandwidth, jitter, latency and signal quality predicted by network
analytics function. In addition to the base information it contains
following parameter:
(a) Unique Session Id: Same identifier as provided in MX Capability
RSP. Described in Appendix C.2.2.
(b) Parameter List: List of parameters which the CCM is interested
in namely one or more of, "bandwidth", "jitter", "latency" and
"signal_quality".
Following is the representation of the message:
object {
UniqueSessionId unique_session_id;
JSONString params<1..*>;
} MXNetAnalyticsReq : MXBase;
Where the params object can take one or more of the following values:
"bandwidth"
"jitter"
"latency"
"signal_quality"
C.1.14.2. MX Network Analytics Response
This message is sent by NCM to CCM in response to the analytics
request. For each delivery connection that the client has NCM
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reports the requested parameter predictions and their respective
likelihood (between 1-100).
In addition to the base information it contains following parameters:
(a) Number of delivery connections: The number of delivery
connections configured for the client currently.
(b) For each delivery connection following is provided:
(a) Connection Id: Connection ID of the delivery connection for
which the parameters are being predicted.
(b) Connection Type: Type of connection, can be "Wi-Fi, "5G
NR", "Multi-Fire" and "LTE".
(c) List of Parameters for which Prediction is requested, where
each of the predicted parameters consists of following:
(a) Parameter name: Name of the parameter being predicted.
Can be one of "bandwidth", "jitter", "latency",
"signal_quality".
(b) Additional Parameter: If Parameter name is
"signal_quality", then this qualifies the quality
parameter like "lte_rsrp", "lte_rsrq", "nr_rsrp",
"nr_rsrq", or "wifi_rssi".
(c) Predicted value: Provides the predicted value of the
parameter and, if applicable, the additional
parameter.
(d) Likelihood: Provides a stochastic likelihood of about
the predicted value.
(e) Validity Time: the time horizon until which the
predictions are valid.
Following is the representation of the message:
object {
MXAnalyticsList param_list<1..*>>;
} MXNetAnalyticsResp : MXBase;
Where MXAnalyticsList is defined as following::
object{
JSONNumber connection_id;
JSONString connection_type;
ParamPredictions predictions <1..*>;
} MXAnalyticsList;
Where each ParamPredictions is defined as:
object{
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JSONString param_name;
[JSONString additional_param;]
JSONNumber prediction;
JSONNumber likelihood;
JSONNumber validity_time;
} ParamPredictions;
C.2. Protocol Specification: Data Types
C.2.1. MXBase
This is the base information that every message between CCM and NCM
exchanges shall have as mandatory information. It contains following
information:
(a) Version: Version of MAMS in used
(b) Message Type: Message type being sent with following as valid
values:
(a) "mx_discover"
(b) "mx_system_info"
(c) "mx_capability_req"
(d) "mx_capability_resp"
(e) mx_capability_ack"
(f) "mx_up_setup_conf_req"
(g) "mx_up_setup_cnf"
(h) "mx_reconf_req"
(i) "mx_reconf_rsp"
(j) "mx_path_est_req"
(k) "mx_path_est_results"
(l) "mx_traffic_steering_req"
(m) "mx_traffic_steering_rsp"
(n) "mx_ssid_indication"
(o) "mx_keep_alive_req"
(p) "mx_keep_alive_rsp"
(q) "mx_measurement_conf"
(r) "mx_measurement_report"
(s) "mx_session_termination_req"
(t) "mx_session_termination_resp"
(u) "mx_app_madp_assoc_req"
(v) "mx_app_madp_assoc_resp"
(w) "mx_network_analytics_req"
(x) "mx_network_analytics_resp"
(c) Sequence Number: Sequence number to uniquely identify a
transaction of message exchange, e.g. MX Capability REQ/RSP/
ACK.
Following is the representation of this data type:
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object {
JSONString version;
JSONString message_type;
JSONNumber sequence_num;
} MXBase;
C.2.2. Unique Session Id
This data type defines the unique session id between a CCM and NCM
entity, it contains a NCM id which is unique in the network and a
session id allocated by NCM for that session. On reception, of
discovery message if the session is existing then the old session id
is returned in System Info message otherwise NCM allocates a new
session id to the CCM and sends in response with System Info message.
Following is the representation of this data type:
object {
JSONNumber ncm_id;
JSONNumber session_id;
} UniqueSessionId;
C.2.3. NCM Connections
This data type defines the connection available at NCM for MAMS
connectivity towards the User Equipment. It contains a list of NCM
connections available where each connection has following
information:
(a) Connection Information: As defined in Appendix C.2.4
(b) NCM End Point information: This contains IP Address and Port
exposed by NCM end point for CCM.
Following is the representation of this data type:
object {
NCMConnection items<1..*>;
} NCMConnections;
where NCMConnection is defined as:
object {
NCMEndPoint ncm_end_point;
} NCMConnection : ConnectionInfo;
where NCMEndPoint is defined as:
object {
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JSONString ip_address;
JSONNumber port;
} NCMEndPoint;
C.2.4. Connection Information
This data type provides the mapping of connection Id and connection
type. It contains following information:
(a) Connection Id: Number indicating the connection can be 0,1,2 and
3.
(b) Connection type: Type of connect can be "Wi-Fi, "5G NR", "Multi-
Fire" and "LTE".
The two are considered a mapping like 0-"Wi-Fi", 1-"5G NR", 2-"Multi-
Fire" and 3-"LTE".
Following is the representation of this data type:
object {
JSONNumber connection_id;
JSONString connection_type;
} ConnectionInfo;
C.2.5. Features Activation Status
This data type provides the list of all features with their
activation status. Each feature status contains following:
(a) Feature Name: Name of the feature can be one of the following:
(a) "lossless_switching"
(b) "fragmentation"
(c) "concatenation"
(d) "uplink_aggregation"
(e) "downlink_aggregation"
(f) "measurement"
(b) Active status: Activation status of the feature, "true" means
feature is active, "false" means feature is inactive.
Following is the representation of this data type:
object {
FeatureInfo items<1..*>;
} FeaturesActive;
where FeatureInfo is defined as:
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object {
JSONString feature_name;
JSONBool active;
} FeatureInfo;
C.2.6. Anchor Connections
This data type contains the list of Connection Information
(Appendix C.2.4) that are supported at anchor (core) side.
Following is the representation of this data type:
object {
ConnectionInfo items<1..*>;
} AnchorConnections;
C.2.7. Delivery Connections
This data type contains the list of Connection Information
(Appendix C.2.4) that are supported at delivery (access) side.
Following is the representation of this data type:
object {
ConnectionInfo items<1..*>;
} DeliveryConnections;
C.2.8. Method Support
This data type provides the support for a particular convergence or
adaptation method. It consists of following:
(a) Method: Name of the method.
(b) Supported: Whether the method named above is supported or not.
Possible values are "true" and "false".
Following is the representation of this data type:
object {
JSONString method;
JSONBool supported;
} MethodSupport;
C.2.9. Convergence Methods
This data type contains the list of all convergence methods and their
support status. Converge Methods possible are:
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"Trailer_Based"
"MPTCP_Proxy"
"GRE_Aggregation_Proxy"
Following is the representation of this data type:
object {
MethodSupport items<1..*>;
} ConvergenceMethods;
C.2.10. Adaptation Methods
This data type contains the list of all convergence methods and their
support status. Converge Methods possible are:
"UDP_without_DTLS"
"UDP_with_DTLS"
"IPSec"
"Client_NAT"
Following is the representation of this data type:
object {
MethodSupport items<1..*>;
} AdaptationMethods;
C.2.11. Setup of Anchor Connections
This data type defines the setup configuration for each of the anchor
connection that is required at the user equipment side. It contains
following information in addition to the connection id and type of
the anchor connection:
(a) Number of Active MX configurations: If more than one active
configurations are present for this anchor then this identifies
the number of such connections
(b) For each active configuration following convergence parameters
are provided:
(a) MX Configuration Identifier: This identifier is present in
case there are multiple active configuration and identifies
the configuration for this MADP instance id.
(b) Convergence Method: Converge method selected, has to be one
of the supported convergence method as listed in section
Appendix C.2.9.
(c) Convergence Method Parameters: Described in section
Appendix C.2.11.1
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(d) Number of Delivery Connections: Number of delivery
connections (access side) that are supported for this
anchor connection.
(e) Setup Delivery Connections: Described in section
Appendix C.2.11.2.
Following is the representation of this data type:
object {
SetupAnchorConn items<1..*>;
} SetupAnchorConns;
Where each Anchor connection configuration is defined as following:
object {
[JSONNumber num_active_mx_conf;]
ConvergenceConfig convergence_config
} SetupAnchorConn : ConnectionInfo;
where each Convergence configuration is defined as following:
object {
[JSONNumber mx_configuration_id;]
JSONString convergence_method;
ConvergenceMethodParam convergence_method_params;
JSONNumber num_delivery_connections;
SetupDeliveryConns delivery_connections;
} ConvergenceConfig;
C.2.11.1. Convergence Method Parameters
This data type defines the parameters used for convergence method and
contains following:
(a) Proxy IP: IP Address of proxy that is provided by Convergence
Method selected.
(b) Proxy Port: Port of the proxy that is provided by Convergence
Method selected.
Following in the representation of this data type:
object {
JSONString proxy_ip;
JSONString proxy_port;
} ConvergenceMethodParam;
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C.2.11.2. Setup Delivery Connections
This is the list of delivery connections and their parameters to be
configured at the user equipment. Each delivery connection defined
by its connection information (Appendix C.2.4) contains optionally
following:
(a) Adaptation Method: Selected adaptation method name, this shall
be one of the names as listed in Appendix C.2.10.
(b) Adaptation Method Parameters: Depending on the adaptation method
one or more of the following parameters shall be provided.
(a) Tunnel IP address
(b) Tunnel Port number
(c) Shared Secret
(d) MX header optimization: If the adaptation method is UDP_and
convergence is Trailer_Based then this flag represents if
the checksum field and the length field in the IP header of
a MX PDU should be recalculated or not by the MX
convergence sublayer. The possible values are "true" and
"false". If it is "true", both fields remain unchanged;
otherwise, both fields should be recalculated. If this
field is not present then the default of "false" should be
considered.
Following in the representation of this data type:
object {
SetupDeliveryConn items<1..*>;
} SetupDeliveryConns;
where each Setup Delivery Connection consists of following:
object {
[JSONSting adaptation_method;]
[AdaptationMethodParam adaptation_method_param;]
} SetupDeliveryConn : ConnectionInfo;
where Adaptation Method Param is defined as:
object {
JSONString tunnel_ip_addr;
JSONString tunnel_end_port;
JSONString shared_secret;
[JSONBool mx_header_optimization;]
} AdaptationMethodParam;
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C.2.12. Init Probe Results
This data type defines the results of init probe request made by NCM.
It consists of following information:
(a) Lost Probes: Percentage or probes lost.
(b) Prode Delay: Average delay of probe message in microseconds.
(c) Probe Rate: Probe rate achieved in Mega Bits per second.
Following in the representation of this data type:
object {
JSONNumber lost_probes_percentage;
JSONNumber probe_rate_Mbps;
} InitProbeResults;
C.2.13. Active Probe Results
This data type defines the results of init probe request made by NCM.
It consists of following information:
(a) Average Probe Throughput: Average active probe throughput
achieved in Mega Bits per second.
Following in the representation of this data type:
object {
JSONNumber avg_tput_last_probe_duration_Mbps;
} ActiveProbeResults;
C.2.14. Downlink Delivery
This data type defines the list of connections which are enabled in
delivery side to be used in downlink direction.
Following in the representation of this data type:
object {
JSONNumber connection_id <1..*>;
} DLDelivery;
C.2.15. Uplink Delivery
This data type defines the list of connections and parameters enabled
for deliver side to be used in uplink direction.
The uplink delivery consists of multiple uplink delivery entities,
where each entity consists of a traffic flow template (TFT)
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Appendix C.2.16 and list of connection ids in uplink where traffic
qualifying for such traffic flow template can be redirected.
Following in the representation of this data type:
object {
ULDeliveryEntity ul_del <1..*>;
} ULDelivery;
Where each uplink delivery entity consists of following data type:
object {
TrafficFlowTemplate ul_tft <1..*>;
JSONNumber connection_id <1..*>;
} ULDeliveryEntity;
C.2.16. Traffic Flow Template
Traffic flow template follows in general guidelines specified in 3GPP
TS 23.060.
Traffic flow template in MAMS consists of one or more of following:
(a) Remote Address and Mask: IP address and subnet for remote
addresses represented in CIDR notation. Default: "0.0.0.0/0".
(b) Local Address and Mask: IP address and subnet for local
addresses represented in CIDR notation. Default: "0.0.0.0/0"
(c) Protocol Type: IP protocol number of the payload being carried
by IP packet. e.g. UDP, TCP etc. Default: 255.
(d) Local Port Range: Range of ports for local ports for which the
flow template is applicable. Default: Start=0, End=65535.
(e) Remote Port Range: Range of ports for remote ports for which the
flow template is applicable. Default: Start=0, End=65535.
(f) Traffic Class: Represented by Type of Service in IPv4 and
Traffic Class in IPv6. Default: 255
(g) Flow Label: Flow label for IPv6, applicable only for IPv6
protocol type. Default: 0.
Following in the representation of this data type:
object {
JSONString remote_addr_mask;
JSONString local_addr_mask;
JSONNumber protocol_type;
PortRange local_port_range;
PortRange remote_port_range;
JSONNumber traffic_class;
JSONNumber flow_label;
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} TrafficFlowTemplate;
Where the port range is defined as following:
object {
JSONNumber start;
JSONNumber end;
} PortRange;
C.2.17. Measurement Report Configuration
This data type defines the configuration done by NCM towards CCM for
reporting measurement events.
(a) Measurement Report Parameter: Parameter which shall be measured
and reported. This is dependent on the connection type:
(a) For connection type "wifi" allowed measurement parameters
are "WLAN_RSSI", "WLAN_LOAD", "UL_TPUT", "DL_TPUT",
"EST_UL_TPUT" and "EST_DL_TPUT".
(b) For connection type "lte" allowed measurement parameters
are "LTE_RSRP", "LTE_RSRQ", "UL_TPUT" and "DL_TPUT".
(c) For connection type "5g-nr" allowed measurement parameters
are "NR_RSRP", "NR_RSRQ", "UL_TPUT" and "DL_TPUT".
(b) Threshold: High and Low threshold for reporting.
(c) Period: Period for reporting in milliseconds.
Following is the representation of this data type:
object {
JSONString meas_rep_param;
Threshold meas_threshold;
JSONNumber meas_period;
} MeasReportConfs;
Where Threshold is defined as following:
object {
JSONNumber high;
JSONNumber low;
} Threshold;
C.2.18. Measurement Report
This data type defines the measurements reported by CCM for each
access network measured. This type contains the connection
information, delivery node id which identifies the cell (ECGI) or the
WiFI Access Point Id or MAC address (or equivalent identifier in
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other technologies) and the actual measurement performed by CCM in
the last measurement period.
Following is the representation of this data type:
object {
JSONNumber connection_id;
JSONString connection_type;
JSONString delivery_node_id;
Measurement measurements <1..*>;
}MXMeasRep;
Where Measurement is defined as the key value pair of measurement
type and value. The exact type and value are defined on a per
delivery type and defined in Appendix C.2.17.
object{
JSONString measurement_type;
JSONNumber measurement_value;
} Measurement;
C.3. Schemas in JSON
C.3.1. MX Base Schema
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{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
"definitions": {
"message_type_def": {
"enum": [
"mx_discover",
"mx_system_info",
"mx_capability_req",
"mx_capability_resp",
"mx_capability_ack",
"mx_up_setup_conf_req",
"mx_up_setup_cnf",
"mx_reconf_req",
"mx_reconf_rsp",
"mx_path_est_req",
"mx_path_est_results",
"mx_traffic_steering_req",
"mx_traffic_steering_rsp",
"mx_ssid_indication",
"mx_keep_alive_req",
"mx_keep_alive_rsp",
"mx_measurement_conf",
"mx_measurement_report",
"mx_session_termination_req",
"mx_session_termination_resp",
"mx_app_madp_assoc_req",
"mx_app_madp_assoc_resp",
"mx_network_analytics_req",
"mx_network_analytics_resp"
],
"type": "string"
},
"sequence_num_def": {
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer"
},
"version_def": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"id": "http://www.ietf.org/mams/mx_base_def.json"
}
C.3.2. MX Definitions
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
"definitions": {
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"adapt_method": {
"enum": [
"UDP_without_DTLS",
"UDP_with_DTLS",
"IPSec",
"Client_NAT"
],
"type": "string"
},
"conv_method": {
"enum": [
"Trailer_Based",
"MPTCP_Proxy",
"GRE_Aggregation_Proxy"
],
"type": "string"
},
"supported": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"active": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"connection_id": {
"type": "integer"
},
"feature_name": {
"enum": [
"lossless_switching",
"fragmentation",
"concatenation",
"uplink_aggregation",
"downlink_aggregation",
"measurement"
],
"type": "string"
},
"connection_type": {
"enum": [
"wi-fi",
"5g-nr",
"multi-fire",
"lte"
],
"type": "string"
},
"ip_address": {
"type": "string"
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},
"port": {
"maximum": 65535,
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer"
},
"adaptation_method": {
"allOf" : [
{ "$ref": "#/definitions/adapt_method" },
{ "$ref": "#/definitions/supported" }
]
},
"connection": {
"allOf" : [
{ "$ref": "#/definitions/connection_id" },
{ "$ref": "#/definitions/connection_type" }
]
},
"convergence_method": {
"allOf": [
{ "$ref": "#/definitions/conv_method" },
{ "$ref": "#/definitions/supported" }
]
},
"feature_status": {
"allOf": [
{ "$ref": "#/definitions/feature_name" },
{ "$ref": "#/definitions/active" }
]
},
"ncm_end_point": {
"allOf" : [
{ "$ref" : "#/definitions/ip_address" },
{ "$ref" : "#/definitions/port" }
]
},
"capability_acknowledgement" : {
"enum" : [
"MX_ACCEPT",
"MX_REJECT"
],
"type" : "string"
},
"threshold" : {
"high" : {
"type" : "integer"
},
"low" : {
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"type" : "integer"
},
"type" : "object"
},
"meas_report_param" : {
"enum" : [
"WLAN_RSSI",
"WLAN_LOAD",
"LTE_RSRP",
"LTE_RSRQ",
"UL_TPUT",
"DL_TPUT",
"EST_UL_TPUT",
"EST_DL_TPUT",
"NR_RSRP",
"NR_RSRQ",
],
"type" : "string"
},
"meas_report_conf" : {
"meas_rep_param" : {
"$ref" : "#definitions/meas_report_param"
},
"meas_threshold" : {
"$ref" : "#definitions/threshold"
},
"meas_period_ms" : {
"type" : "integer"
},
"type" : "object"
},
"ssid_types" : {
"enum" : [
"ssid",
"bssid",
"hessid"
],
"type" : "string"
},
"ip_addr_mask" : {
"type" : "string",
"default" : "0.0.0.0/0"
},
"port_range" : {
"start" : {
"type" : "integer",
"default" : 0
},
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"end" : {
"type" : "integer",
"default" : 65535
}
},
"traffic_flow_template" : {
"remote_addr_mask" : { "$ref" : "#definitions/ip_addr_mask" },
"local_addr_mask" : { "$ref" : "#definitions/ip_addr_mask" },
"protocol_type" : {
"type" : "integer",
"minimum" : 0,
"maximum" : 255
},
"local_port_range" : { "$ref" : "#definitions/port_range" },
"remote_port_range" : { "$ref" : "#definitions/port_range" },
"traffic_class" : {
"type" : "integer",
"default" : 255
},
"flow_label" : {
"type" : "integer",
"default" : 0
}
},
"delivery_node_id" : {
"type" : "string"
},
"unique_session_id" : {
"type" : "object",
"ncm_id" : {
"type" : "integer"
},
"session_id" : {
"type" : "integer"
}
},
"keep_alive_reason" : {
"enum" : [
"Timeout",
"Handover"
],
"type" : "string"
},
"connection_status" : {
"enum" : [
"disabled",
"enabled",
"connected"
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],
"type" : "string",
"default" : "connected"
},
"adaptation_param" : {
"udp_adapt_port" : {
"type" : "integer"
}
},
"probe_param" : {
"probe_port" : {
"type" : "integer"
},
"anchor_conn_id" : {
"type" : "integer"
},
"mx_configuration_id" : {
"type" : "integer"
},
},
"client_param" : {
"connection_id" : {
"type" : "integer"
},
"adapt_param" : {
"type" : {"$ref" : "#definitions/adaptation_param" }
}
}
},
"adapt_param": {
"tunnel_ip_addr": {
"type": "string"
},
"tunnel_end_port": {
"type": "integer"
},
"shared_secret": {
"type": "string"
},
"mx_header_optimization": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": false
}
},
"delivery_connection": {
"connection_id": {
"$ref": "#definitions/connection_id"
},
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"connection_type": {
"$ref": "#definitions/connection_type"
},
"adaptation_method": {
"$ref": "#definitions/adapt_method"
},
"adaptation_method_param": {
"$ref": "#definitions/adapt_param"
}
},
"app_madp_assoc": {
"anchor_conn_id" : {
"type" : "integer"
},
"mx_configuration_id" : {
"type" : "integer"
}
"ul_tft_list": {
"items": {
"$ref": "#definitions/traffic_flow_template"
},
"type": "array"
},
"dl_tft_list": {
"items": {
"$ref": "#definitions/traffic_flow_template"
},
"type": "array"
}
}
"predict_param_name": {
"enum": [
"validity time",
"bandwidth",
"jitter",
"latency",
"signal_quality"
],
"type": "string"
},
"predict_add_param_name": {
"enum": [
"WLAN_RSSI",
"WLAN_LOAD",
"LTE_RSRP",
"LTE_RSRQ",
"NR_RSRP",
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"NR_RSRQ"
],
"type": "string"
}
},
"id": "http://www.ietf.org/mams/definitions.json"
}
C.3.3. MX Discover
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
"additionalProperties": false,
"id": "http://www.ietf.org/mams/mx_discover.json",
"properties": {
"message_type" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/message_type_def"},
"sequence_num" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/sequence_num_def"},
"version" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/version_def"}
},
"type": "object"
}
C.3.4. MX System Update
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{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
"additionalProperties": false,
"id": "http://www.ietf.org/mams/mx_system_info.json",
"properties": {
"message_type": {
"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/message_type_def"
},
"sequence_num": {
"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/sequence_num_def"
},
"version": {
"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/version_def"
},
"ncm_connections": {
"type": "array",
"items": [
{ "$ref": "definitions.json#/connection" },
{ "$ref": "definitions.json#/ncm_end_point" }
]
}
},
"type": "object"
}
C.3.5. MX Capability Request
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{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
"additionalProperties": false,
"id": "http://www.ietf.org/mams/mx_capability_req.json",
"properties": {
"message_type" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/message_type_def"},
"sequence_num" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/sequence_num_def"},
"version" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/version_def"},
"adaptation_methods": {
"items": { "$ref" : "definitions.json#/adaptation_method"},
"type": "array"
},
"anchor_connections": {
"items": { "$ref" : "definitions.json#/connection"},
"type": "array"
},
"convergence_methods": {
"items": { "$ref" : "definitions.json#/convergence_method"},
"type": "array"
},
"delivery_connections": {
"items": { "$ref" : "definitions.json#/connection"},
"type": "array"
},
"feature_active": {
"items": { "$ref" : "definitions.json#/feature_status"},
"type": "array"
},
"num_anchor_connections": {
"type": "integer"
},
"num_delivery_connections": {
"type": "integer"
}
},
"type": "object"
}
C.3.6. MX Capability Response
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{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
"additionalProperties": false,
"id": "http://www.ietf.org/mams/mx_capability_resp.json",
"properties": {
"message_type" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/message_type_def"},
"sequence_num" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/sequence_num_def"},
"version" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/version_def"},
"adaptation_methods": {
"items": { "$ref" : "definitions.json#/adaptation_method" },
"type": "array"
},
"anchor_connections": {
"items": { "$ref" : "definitions.json#/connection"},
"type": "array"
},
"convergence_methods": {
"items": { "$ref" : "definitions.json#/convergence_method" },
"type": "array"
},
"delivery_connections": {
"items": { "$ref" : "definitions.json#/connection"},
"type": "array"
},
"feature_active": {
"items": { "$ref" : "definitions.json#/feature_status"},
"type": "array"
},
"num_anchor_connections": {
"type": "integer"
},
"num_delivery_connections": {
"type": "integer"
},
"unique_session_id" : {
"$ref": "definitions.json#/unique_session_id"
}
},
"type": "object"
}
C.3.7. MX Capability Ack
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{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
"definitions": {},
"id": "http://www.ietf.org/mams/mx_capability_ack.json",
"properties": {
"message_type" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/message_type_def"},
"sequence_num" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/sequence_num_def"},
"version" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/version_def"},
"unique_session_id" : { "$ref": "definitions.json#/unique_session_id" },
"capability_ack": {"$ref" : "definitions.json#/capability_acknowledgement"}
},
"type": "object"
}
C.3.8. MX Reconfiguration Request
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{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
"definitions": {},
"id": "http://www.ietf.org/mams/mx_reconf_req.json",
"properties": {
"message_type" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/message_type_def"},
"sequence_num" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/sequence_num_def"},
"version" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/version_def"},
"unique_session_id" : {
"$ref": "definitions.json#/unique_session_id"
},
"connection_id" : {"$ref" : "definitions.json#/connection_id" },
"ip_address": {"$ref" : "definitions.json#/ip_address" },
"mtu_size": {
"maximum" : 65535,
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer"
},
"ssid" : {
"type" : "string"
},
"reconf_action": {
"enum": [
"release",
"setup",
"update"
],
"id": "/properties/reconf_action",
"type": "string"
},
"connection_status" : {"$ref" : "definitions.json#/connection_status"},
"delivery_node_id" : {"$ref": "definitions.json#/delivery_node_id"}
},
"type": "object"
}
C.3.9. MX Reconfiguration Response
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{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
"definitions": {},
"id": "http://www.ietf.org/mams/mx_reconf_rsp.json",
"properties": {
"message_type" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/message_type_def"},
"sequence_num" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/sequence_num_def"},
"version" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/version_def"}
},
"type": "object"
}
C.3.10. MX UP Setup Configuration
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
"additionalProperties": false,
"definitions": {
"convergence_configuration" : {
"mx_configuration_id": { "type" : "integer"},
"convergence_method": { "$ref" : "definitions.json#/conv_method" },
"convergence_method_params": {
"properties": {
"proxy_ip": { "$ref" : "definitions.json#/ip_address" },
"proxy_port": {"$ref" : "definitions.json#/port" }
},
"type": "object"
},
"num_delivery_connections": {
"type": "integer"
},
"delivery_connections": {
"items":{ "$ref" : "definitions.json#/delivery_connection" },
"type": "array"
}
}
},
"id": "http://www.ietf.org/mams/mx_up_setup_conf_req.json",
"properties": {
"message_type" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/message_type_def"},
"sequence_num" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/sequence_num_def"},
"version" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/version_def"},
"num_anchor_connections": {
"type": "integer"
},
"anchor_connections": {
"items": {
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"properties": {
"connection_id": { "$ref" : "definitions.json#/connection_id" },
"connection_type": { "$ref" : "definitions.json#/connection_type" },
"num_active_mx_conf" : { "type" : "integer" },
"convergence_config" : {
"items":{ "$ref" : "definitions/convergence_configuration" },
"type" : "array"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"type": "array"
}
},
"type": "object"
}
C.3.11. MX UP Setup Confirmation
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
"definitions": {},
"id": "http://www.ietf.org/mams/mx_up_setup_cnf.json",
"properties": {
"message_type" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/message_type_def"},
"sequence_num" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/sequence_num_def"},
"version" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/version_def"},
"unique_session_id" : { "$ref": "definitions.json#/unique_session_id" },
"probe_param" : { "$ref": "definitions.json#/probe_param" },
"num_delivery_conn" : {
"type" : "integer"
},
"client_params" : {
"type" : "array",
"items" : [
{"$ref": "definitions.json#/client_param"}
]
}
},
"type": "object"
}
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C.3.12. MX Traffic Steering Request
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
"definitions": {
"conn_list" : {
"items" : { "$ref" : "definitions.json#/connection_id" },
"type": "array"
},
"ul_delivery" : {
"ul_tft" : { "$ref" : "definitions.json#/traffic_flow_template"},
"connection_list" : { "$ref" : "#definitions/conn_list" }
}
},
"id": "http://www.ietf.org/mams/mx_traffic_steering_req.json",
"properties": {
"message_type" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/message_type_def"},
"sequence_num" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/sequence_num_def"},
"version" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/version_def"},
"connection_id": {"$ref" : "definitions.json#/connection_id" },
"mx_configuration_id": { "type" : "integer"},
"downlink_delivery": {
"items": { "$ref" : "definitions.json#/connection_id" },
"type": "array"
},
"feature_activation": {
"items": {"$ref" : "definitions.json#/feature_status" },
"type": "array"
},
"default_uplink_delivery": {
"type": "integer"
},
"uplink_delivery": {
"items": { "$ref" : "#definitions/ul_delivery" },
"type": "array"
}
},
"type": "object"
}
C.3.13. MX Traffic Steering Response
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{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
"definitions": {},
"id": "http://example.com/example.json",
"properties": {
"message_type" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/message_type_def"},
"sequence_num" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/sequence_num_def"},
"version" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/version_def"},
"unique_session_id" : { "$ref": "definitions.json#/unique_session_id" },
"feature_activation": {
"items": {"$ref" : "definitions.json#/feature_status" },
"type": "array"
}
},
"type": "object"
}
C.3.14. MX Application MADP Association Request
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
"definitions": {},
"id": "http://example.com/example.json",
"properties": {
"message_type": {
"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/message_type_def"
},
"sequence_num": {
"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/sequence_num_def"
},
"version": {
"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/version_def"
},
"unique_session_id": {
"$ref": "definitions.json#/unique_session_id"
},
"app_madp_assoc_list": {
"items": {
"$ref": "definitions.json#/app_madp_assoc"
},
"type": "array"
}
},
"type": "object"
}
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C.3.15. MX Application MADP Association Response
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
"definitions": {},
"id": "http://example.com/example.json",
"properties": {
"message_type": {
"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/message_type_def"
},
"sequence_num": {
"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/sequence_num_def"
},
"version": {
"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/version_def"
},
"unique_session_id": {
"$ref": "definitions.json#/unique_session_id"
},
"is_success": {
"type": "boolean"
}
},
"type": "object"
}
C.3.16. MX Path Estimation Request
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
"definitions": {},
"id": "http://www.ietf.org/mams/mx_path_est_req.json",
"properties": {
"message_type" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/message_type_def"},
"sequence_num" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/sequence_num_def"},
"version" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/version_def"},
"active_probe_ack_req": {
"enum": [
"no",
"yes"
],
"type": "string"
},
"active_probe_freq_ms": {
"maximum" : 10000,
"minimum": 100,
"type": "integer"
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},
"active_probe_size_bytes": {
"maximum": 1500,
"minimum": 100,
"type": "integer"
},
"active_probe_duration_sec" : {
"maximum" : 100,
"minimum" : 10,
"type" : "integer"
},
"connection_id": { "$ref" : "definitions#/connection_id" },
"init_probe_ack_req": {
"enum": [
"no",
"yes"
],
"type": "string"
},
"init_probe_size_bytes": {
"maximum": 1500,
"minimum": 100,
"type": "integer"
},
"init_probe_test_duration_ms": {
"maximum": 10000,
"minimum": 100,
"type": "integer"
},
"init_probe_test_rate_Mbps": {
"maximum": 100,
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer"
}
},
"type": "object"
}
C.3.17. MX Path Estimation Report
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{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
"definitions": {},
"id": "http://www.ietf.org/mams/mx_path_est_results.json",
"properties": {
"message_type" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/message_type_def"},
"sequence_num" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/sequence_num_def"},
"version" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/version_def"},
"unique_session_id" : { "$ref": "definitions.json#/unique_session_id" },
"active_probe_results": {
"properties": {
"avg_tput_last_probe_duration_Mbps": {
"maximum":100,
"minimum": 1,
"type": "number"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"connection_id": { "$ref" : "definitions.json#/connection_id" },
"init_probe_results": {
"properties": {
"lost_probes_percentage": {
"maximum": 100,
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer"
},
"probe_rate_Mbps": {
"maximum": 100,
"minimum": 1,
"type": "number"
}
},
"type": "object"
}
},
"type": "object"
}
C.3.18. MX SSID Indication
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{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
"definitions": {},
"id": "http://www.ietf.org/mams/mx_ssid_indication.json",
"properties": {
"message_type" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/message_type_def"},
"sequence_num" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/sequence_num_def"},
"version" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/version_def"},
"ssid_list": {
"items": {
"properties" : {
"ssid_type": { "$ref" : "definitions.json#/ssid_types" },
"ssid_id" : {
"type" : "integer"
}
}
},
"type": "array"
}
},
"type": "object"
}
C.3.19. MX Measurements Configuration
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{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
"additionalProperties": false,
"definitions" : {
"meas_conf" : {
"connection_id" : { "$ref" : "definitions.json#/connection_id" },
"connection_type" : { "$ref" : "definitions.json#/connection_type" },
"meas_rep_conf" : {
"items" : { "$ref" : "definitions.json#/meas_report_conf" },
"type" : "array"
}
}
},
"id": "http://www.ietf.org/mams/mx_measurement_conf.json",
"properties": {
"message_type" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/message_type_def"},
"sequence_num" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/sequence_num_def"},
"version" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/version_def"},
"measurement_configuration" : {
"items" : {"$ref" : "#definitions/meas_conf" },
"type" : "array"
}
},
"type": "object"
}
C.3.20. MX Measurements Report
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{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
"definitions": {},
"id": "http://www.ietf.org/mams/mx_measurement_report.json",
"properties": {
"message_type" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/message_type_def"},
"sequence_num" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/sequence_num_def"},
"version" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/version_def"},
"unique_session_id" : { "$ref": "definitions.json#/unique_session_id" },
"measurment_reports": {
"items": {
"properties": {
"connection_id": {
"$ref" : "definitions.json#/connection_id"
},
"connection_type" : {
"$ref" : "definitions.json#/connection_type"
},
"delivery_node_id" : {
"$ref" : "definitions.json#/delivery_node_id"
},
"measurements": {
"items": {
"properties": {
"measurement_type": {
"$ref" : "definitions.json#/meas_report_param"
},
"measurement_value": {
"type": "integer"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"type": "array"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"type": "array"
}
},
"type": "object"
}
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C.3.21. MX Keep Alive Request
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
"additionalProperties": false,
"id": "http://www.ietf.org/mams/mx_keep_alive_req.json",
"properties": {
"message_type" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/message_type_def"},
"sequence_num" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/sequence_num_def"},
"version" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/version_def"},
"keep_alive_reason" : {"$ref": "definitions.json#/keep_alive_reason"},
"unique_session_id" : {"$ref": "definitions.json#/unique_session_id"},
"connection_id" : {"$ref": "definitions.json#/connection_id"},
"delivery_node_id" : {"$ref": "definitions.json#/connection_id"}
},
"type": "object"
}
C.3.22. MX Keep Alive Response
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
"additionalProperties": false,
"id": "http://www.ietf.org/mams/mx_keep_alive_rsp.json",
"properties": {
"message_type" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/message_type_def"},
"sequence_num" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/sequence_num_def"},
"version" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/version_def"},
"unique_session_id" : {"$ref": "definitions.json#/unique_session_id"}
},
"type": "object"
}
C.3.23. MX Session Termination Request
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{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
"additionalProperties": false,
"id": "http://www.ietf.org/mams/mx_keep_alive_req.json",
"properties": {
"message_type" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/message_type_def"},
"sequence_num" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/sequence_num_def"},
"version" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/version_def"},
"unique_session_id" : { "$ref": "definitions.json#/unique_session_id" },
"reason" : {
"enum" : [
"MX_NORMAL_RELEASE",
"MX_NO_RESPONSE",
"INTERNAL_ERROR"
],
"type" : "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
}
C.3.24. MX Session Termination Response
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
"additionalProperties": false,
"id": "http://www.ietf.org/mams/mx_session_termination_resp.json",
"properties": {
"message_type" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/message_type_def"},
"sequence_num" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/sequence_num_def"},
"version" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/version_def"},
"unique_session_id" : { "$ref": "definitions.json#/unique_session_id" }
},
"type": "object"
}
C.3.25. MX Network Analytics Request
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{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
"additionalProperties": false,
"id": "http://www.ietf.org/mams/mx_network_analytics_req.json",
"properties": {
"message_type" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/message_type_def"},
"sequence_num" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/sequence_num_def"},
"version" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/version_def"},
"unique_session_id" : { "$ref": "definitions.json#/unique_session_id" },
"params" : {
"items" : {"$ref": "definitions.json#/predict_param_name"},
"type" : "array"
}
},
"type": "object"
}
C.3.26. MX Network Analytics Response
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{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
"additionalProperties": false,
"definitions" : {
"ParamPredictions" : {
"param_name" : {"$ref" : "definitions.json#/predict_param_name"},
"additional_param" : {"$ref" : "definitions.json#/predict_add_param_name"},
"prediction" : { "type" : "integer" },
"likelihood" : { "type" : "integer" },
"validity_time" : { "type" : "integer" }
},
"MXAnalyticsList" : {
"connection_id" : { "$ref" : "definitions.json#/connection_id" },
"connection_type" : { "$ref" : "definitions.json#/connection_type" },
"predictions " : {
"items" : { "$ref" : "#definitions/ParamPredictions" },
"type" : "array"
}
}
},
"id": "http://www.ietf.org/mams/mx_network_analytics_resp.json",
"properties": {
"message_type" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/message_type_def"},
"sequence_num" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/sequence_num_def"},
"version" : {"$ref": "mx_base_def.json#/version_def"},
"param_list" : {
"items" : {"$ref": "#definitions/MXAnalyticsList"},
"type" : "array"}
},
"type": "object"
}
C.4. Examples in JSON
C.4.1. MX Discover
{
"version" : "1.0",
"message_type" : "mx_discover",
"sequence_num" : 1
}
C.4.2. MX System Update
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{
"version" : "1.0",
"message_type" : "mx_system_info",
"sequence_num" : 2,
"ncm_connections" : [
{
"connection_id" : 0,
"connection_type" : "lte",
"ncm_end_point" : {
"ip_address" : "192.168.1.10",
"port" : 1234
}
},
{
"connection_id" : 1,
"connection_type" : "wifi",
"ncm_end_point" : {
"ip_address" : "192.168.1.10",
"port" : 1234
}
}
]
}
C.4.3. MX Capability Request
{
"version" : "1.0",
"message_type" : "mx_capability_req",
"sequence_num" : 3,
"feature_active" : [
{
"feature_name" : "lossless_switching",
"active" : true
},
{
"feature_name" : "fragmentation",
"active" : false
}
],
"num_anchor_connections" : 2,
"anchor_connections" : [
{
"connection_id" : 0,
"connection_type" : "lte"
},
{
"connection_id" : 1,
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"connection_type" : "wifi"
}
],
"num_delivery_connections" : 2,
"delivery_connections" : [
{
"connection_id" : 0,
"connection_type" : "lte"
},
{
"connection_id" : 1,
"connection_type" : "wifi"
}
],
"convergence_methods" : [
{
"method" : "Trailer_Based",
"supported" : true
},
{
"method" : "MPTCP_Proxy",
"supported" : false
}
],
"adaptation_methods" : [
{
"method" : "UDP_without_DTLS",
"supported" : false
},
{
"method" : "UDP_with_TLS",
"supported" : false
},
{
"method" : "IPSec",
"supported" : true
},
{
"method" : "Client_NAT",
"supported" : false
}
]
}
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C.4.4. MX Capability Response
{
"version" : "1.0",
"message_type" : "mx_capability_resp",
"sequence_num" : 3,
"feature_active" : [
{
"feature_name" : "lossless_switching",
"active" : true
},
{
"feature_name" : "fragmentation",
"active" : false
}
],
"num_anchor_connections" : 2,
"anchor_connections" : [
{
"connection_id" : 0,
"connection_type" : "lte"
},
{
"connection_id" : 1,
"connection_type" : "wifi"
}
],
"num_delivery_connections" : 2,
"delivery_connections" : [
{
"connection_id" : 0,
"connection_type" : "lte"
},
{
"connection_id" : 1,
"connection_type" : "wifi"
}
],
"convergence_methods" : [
{
"method" : "Trailer_Based",
"supported" : true
},
{
"method" : "MPTCP_Proxy",
"supported" : false
}
],
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"adaptation_methods" : [
{
"method" : "UDP_without_DTLS",
"supported" : false
},
{
"method" : "UDP_with_TLS",
"supported" : false
},
{
"method" : "IPSec",
"supported" : true
},
{
"method" : "Client_NAT",
"supported" : false
}
],
"unique_session_id" : {
"ncm_id" : 110,
"session_id" : 1111
}
}
C.4.5. MX Capacity Ack
{
"version" : "1.0",
"message_type" : "mx_capability_ack",
"sequence_num" : 3,
"unique_session_id" : {
"ncm_id" : 110,
"session_id" : 1111
},
"capability_ack" : "MX ACCEPT"
}
C.4.6. MX Reconfiguration Request
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{
"version" : "1.0",
"message_type" : "mx_reconf_req",
"sequence_num" : 4,
"unique_session_id" : {
"ncm_id" : 110,
"session_id" : 1111
},
"reconf_action" : "setup",
"connection_id" : 0,
"ip_address" : "192.168.110.1",
"ssid" : "SSID_1",
"mtu_size" : 1300,
"connection_status" : "connected",
"delivery_node_id" : "2A12C"
}
C.4.7. MX Reconfiguration Response
{
"version" : "1.0",
"message_type" : "mx_reconf_rsp",
"sequence_num" : 4
}
C.4.8. MX UP Setup Configuration Request
{
"version": "1.0",
"message_type": "mx_up_setup_conf_req",
"sequence_num": 5,
"num_anchor_connections": 2,
"anchor_connections": [{ "connection_id": 1,
"connection_type": "wifi",
"num_active_mx_conf" : 2,
"convergence_config" : [
{
"mx_configuration_id" : 1,
"convergence_method": "Trailer_Based",
"convergence_method_params": {},
"num_delivery_connections": 2,
"delivery_connections": [{
"connection_id": 0,
"connection_type": "lte",
"adaptation_method": "UDP_without_DTLS",
"adaptation_method_param": {
"tunnel_ip_addr": "6.6.6.6",
"tunnel_end_port": 9999,
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"mx_header_optimization": true
}
},
{
"connection_id": 1,
"connection_type": "wifi"
}
]
},
{
"mx_configuration_id" : 2,
"convergence_method": "Trailer_Based",
"convergence_method_params": {},
"num_delivery_connections": 1,
"delivery_connections": [{
"connection_id": 0,
"connection_type": "lte",
"adaptation_method": "UDP_without_DTLS",
"adaptation_method_param": {
"tunnel_ip_addr": "6.6.6.6",
"tunnel_end_port": 8877
}
}
]
}
]
},
{
"connection_id": 0,
"connection_type": "lte",
"udp_port": 8888,
"num_delivery_connections": 2,
"delivery_connections": [{
"connection_id": 0,
"connection_type": "lte"
},
{
"connection_id": 1,
"connection_type": "wifi",
"adaptation_method": "UDP_without_DTLS",
"adaptation_method_param": {
"tunnel_ip_addr": "192.168.3.3",
"tunnel_end_port": "6000"
}
}
]
}
]
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}
C.4.9. MX UP Setup Confirmation
{
"version" : "1.0",
"message_type" : "mx_up_setup_cnf",
"sequence_num" : 5,
"unique_session_id" : {
"ncm_id" : 110,
"session_id" : 1111
},
"probe_param" : {
"probe_port" : 48700,
"anchor_conn_id" : 0,
"mx_configuration_id" : 1
},
"num_delivery_conn" : 2,
"client_params" : [
{
"connection_id" : 0,
"adapt_param" : {
"udp_adapt_port" : 51000
}
},
{
"connection_id" : 1,
"adapt_param" : {
"udp_adapt_port" : 52000
}
}
]
}
C.4.10. MX Traffic Steering Request
{
"version" : "1.0",
"message_type" : "mx_traffic_steering_req",
"sequence_num" : 6,
"connection_id" : 0,
"mx_configuration_id" : 1,
"downlink_delivery" : [
{
"connection_id" : 0
},
{
"connection_id" : 1
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}
],
"default_uplink_delivery" : 0,
"uplink_delivery" : [
{
"ul_tft" : {
"remote_addr_mask" : "10.10.0.0/24",
"local_addr_mask" : "192.168.0.0/24",
"protocol_type" : 6,
"loca_port_range" : {
"start" : 100,
"end" : 1000
},
"remote_port_range" : {
"start" : 100,
"end" : 1000
},
"traffic_class" : 20,
"flow_label" : 100
},
"conn_list" : [
{
"connection_id" : 1
}
]
},
{
"ul_tft" : {
"remote_addr_mask" : "10.10.0.0/24",
"local_addr_mask" : "192.168.0.0/24",
"protocol_type" : 6,
"local_port_range" : {
"start" : 2000,
"end" : 2000
},
"remote_port_range" : {
"start" : 100,
"end" : 1000
},
"traffic_class" : 20,
"flow_label" : 50
},
"conn_list" : [
{
"connection_id" : 1
}
]
}
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],
"feature_activation" : [
{
"feature_name" : "dl_aggregation",
"active" : true
},
{
"feature_name" : "ul_aggregation",
"active" : false
}
]
}
C.4.11. MX Traffic Steering Response
{
"version": "1.0",
"message_type": "mx_traffic_steering_rsp",
"sequence_num": 6,
"unique_session_id": {
"ncm_id": 110,
"session_id": 1111
},
"feature_activation": [{
"feature_name": "lossless_switching",
"active": true
},
{
"feature_name": "fragmentation",
"active": false
}
]
}
C.4.12. MX Application MADP Association Request
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{
"version": "1.0",
"message_type": "mx_app_madp_assoc_req",
"sequence_num": 6,
"unique_session_id": {
"ncm_id": 110,
"session_id": 1111
},
"app_madp_assoc_list": [{
"connection_id" : 0,
"mx_configuration_id" : 1,
"ul_tft_list": [{
"protocol_type": 17,
"local_port_range": {
"start": 8888,
"end": 8888
}
}],
"dl_tft_list": [{
"protocol_type": 17,
"remote_port_range": {
"start": 8888,
"end": 8888
}
}]
}
]
}
C.4.13. MX Application MADP Association Response
{
"version": "1.0",
"message_type": "mx_app_madp_assoc_resp",
"sequence_num": 6,
"is_success": true
}
C.4.14. MX Path Estimation Request
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{
"version" : "1.0",
"message_type" : "mx_path_est_req",
"sequence_num" : 7,
"connection_id" : 0,
"init_probe_test_duration_ms" : 100,
"init_probe_test_rate_Mbps" : 10,
"init_probe_size_bytes" : 1000,
"init_probe_ack_req" : "yes",
"active_probe_freq_ms" : 10000,
"active_probe_size_bytes" : 1000,
"active_probe_duration_sec" : 10,
"active_probe_ack_req" : "no"
}
C.4.15. MX Path Estimation Results
{
"version" : "1.0",
"message_type" : "mx_path_est_results",
"sequence_num" : 8,
"unique_session_id" : {
"ncm_id" : 110,
"session_id" : 1111
},
"connection_id" : 0,
"init_probe_results" : {
"lost_probes_percentage" : 1,
"probe_rate_Mbps" : 9.9
},
"active_probe_results" : {
"avg_tput_last_probe_duration_Mbps" : 9.8
}
}
C.4.16. MX SSID Indication
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{
"version" : "1.0",
"message_type" : "mx_ssid_indication",
"sequence_num" : 9,
"ssid_list" : [
{
"ssid_type" : "ssid",
"ssid_id" : "SSID_1"
},
{
"ssid_type" : "bssid",
"ssid_id" : "xxx-yyy"
}
]
}
C.4.17. MX Measurements Configuration
{
"version" : "1.0",
"message_type" : "mx_measurement_conf",
"sequence_num" : 10,
"measurement_configuration" : [
{
"connection_id" : 0,
"connection_type" : "wi-fi",
"meas_rep_conf" : [
{
"meas_rep_param" : "WLAN_RSSI",
"meas_threshold" : {
"high" : -10,
"low" : -15
},
"meas_period_ms" : 500
},
{
"meas_rep_param" : "WLAN_LOAD",
"meas_threshold" : {
"high" : -10,
"low" : -15
},
"meas_period_ms" : 500
},
{
"meas_rep_param" : "EST_UL_TPUT",
"meas_threshold" : {
"high" : 100,
"low" : 30
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},
"meas_period_ms" : 500
}
]
},
{
"connection_id" : 1,
"connection_type" : "lte",
"meas_rep_conf" : [
{
"meas_rep_param" : "LTE_RSRP",
"meas_threshold" : {
"high" : -10,
"low" : -15
},
"meas_period_ms" : 500
},
{
"meas_rep_param" : "LTE_RSRQ",
"meas_threshold" : {
"high" : -10,
"low" : -15
},
"meas_period_ms" : 500
}
]
}
]
}
C.4.18. MX Measurements Report
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{
"version" : "1.0",
"message_type" : "mx_measurement_report",
"sequence_num" : 11,
"unique_session_id" : {
"ncm_id" : 110,
"session_id" : 1111
},
"measurment_reports" : [
{
"connection_id" : 0,
"connection_type" : "wi-fi",
"delivery_node_id" : "2021A",
"measurements" : [
{
"measurement_type" : "WLAN_RSSI",
"measurement_value" : -12
},
{
"measurement_type" : "UL_TPUT",
"measurement_value" : 10
},
{
"measurement_type" : "EST_UL_TPUT",
"measurement_value" : 20
}
]
},
{
"connection_id" : 1,
"connection_type" : "lte",
"delivery_node_id" : "12323",
"measurements" : [
{
"measurement_type" : "LTE_RSRP",
"measurement_value" : -12
},
{
"measurement_type" : "LTE_RSRQ",
"measurement_value" : -12
}
]
}
]
}
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C.4.19. MX Keep Alive Request
{
"version" : "1.0",
"message_type" : "mx_keep_alive_req",
"sequence_num" : 12,
"keep_alive_reason" : "Handover",
"unique_session_id" : {
"ncm_id" : 110,
"session_id" : 1111
},
"connection_id" : 0,
"delivery_node_id" : "2021A"
}
C.4.20. MX Keep Alive Response
{
"version" : "1.0",
"message_type" : "mx_keep_alive_rsp",
"sequence_num" : 12,
"unique_session_id" : {
"ncm_id" : 110,
"session_id" : 1111
}
}
C.4.21. MX Session Termination Request
{
"version" : "1.0",
"message_type" : "mx_session_termination_req",
"sequence_num" : 13,
"unique_session_id" : {
"ncm_id" : 110,
"session_id" : 1111
},
"reason" : "MX_NORMAL_RELEASE"
}
C.4.22. MX Session Termination Response
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{
"version" : "1.0",
"message_type" : "mx_session_termination_resp",
"sequence_num" : 13,
"unique_session_id" : {
"ncm_id" : 110,
"session_id" : 1111
}
}
C.4.23. MX Network Analytics Request
{
"version" : "1.0",
"message_type" : "mx_network_analytics_req",
"sequence_num" : 20,
"unique_session_id" : {
"ncm_id" : 110,
"session_id" : 1111
},
"parmas" : [
"jitter",
"latency"
]
}
C.4.24. MX Network Analytics Response
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{
"version": "1.0",
"message_type": "mx_network_analytics_resp",
"sequence_num": 20,
"param_list": [{
"connection_id": 1,
"connection_type": "wifi",
"predictions": [{
"param_name": "jitter",
"prediction": 100,
"likelihood": 50,
"validity_time": 10
},
{
"param_name": "latency",
"prediction": 19,
"likelihood": 40,
"validity_time": 10
}
]
},
{
"connection_id": 2,
"connection_type": "lte",
"predictions": [{
"param_name": "jitter",
"prediction": 10,
"likelihood": 80,
"validity_time": 10
},
{
"param_name": "latency",
"prediction": 4,
"likelihood": 60,
"validity_time": 10
}
]
}
]
}
Appendix D. Definition of APIs provided by CCM to the applications at
the client
This section provides an example implementation of the APIs exposed
by the CCM to the Applications on the client, documented with OpenAPI
using Swagger 2.0.
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{
"swagger": "2.0",
"info": {
"version": "1.0.0",
"title": "Client Connection Manager (CCM)",
"description": "API provided by CCM towards Application on a MAMS client."
},
"host": "MAMS.ietf.org",
"basePath": "/ccm/v1.0",
"schemes": [
"https"
],
"consumes": [
"application/json"
],
"produces": [
"application/json"
],
"paths": {
"/capabilities": {
"get": {
"description": "This API can be used by application to request for capabilities of the CCM.",
"produces": [
"application/json",
"text/html"
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK",
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/capability"
}
},
"default": {
"description": "unexpected error",
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/errorModel"
}
}
}
}
},
"/app_requirements": {
"post": {
"description": "This API is used by N-MADP to report any kind of MAMS user specific errors to NCM.",
"produces": [
"application/json",
"text/html"
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],
"parameters": [
{
"name": "app-requirements",
"in": "body",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/app-requirements"
}
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK"
},
"default": {
"description": "unexpected error",
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/errorModel"
}
}
}
}
},
"/predictive_link_params": {
"get": {
"description": "This API is used by applications to get the information about predicted parameters for each delivery connection.",
"produces": [
"application/json",
"text/html"
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK",
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/link-params"
}
},
"default": {
"description": "unexpected error",
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/errorModel"
}
}
}
}
}
},
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"definitions": {
"connection-id": {
"type": "integer",
"format": "uint8"
},
"connection-type": {
"enum": [
"wi-fi",
"5g-nr",
"multi-fire",
"lte"
],
"type": "string"
},
"features": {
"enum": [
"lossless_switching",
"fragmentation",
"concatenation",
"uplink_aggregation",
"downlink_aggregation",
"measurement"
],
"type": "string"
},
"adaptation-methods": {
"enum": [
"UDP_without_DTLS",
"UDP_with_DTLS",
"IPSec",
"Client_NAT"
],
"type": "string"
},
"convergence-methods": {
"enum": [
"Trailer_Based",
"MPTCP_Proxy",
"GRE_Aggregation_Proxy"
],
"type": "string"
},
"connection": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"conn-id": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/connection-id"
},
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"conn-type": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/connection-type"
}
}
},
"convergence-parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"conv-param-name": {
"type": "string"
},
"conv-param-value": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"convergence-details": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"conv-method": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/convergence-methods"
},
"conv-params": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/convergence-parameters"
}
}
}
},
"capability": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"connections": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/connection"
}
},
"features": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/features"
}
},
"adapt-methods": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
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"$ref": "#/definitions/adaptation-methods"
}
},
"conv-methods": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/convergence-details"
}
}
}
},
"qos-param-name": {
"enum": [
"jitter",
"latency",
"bandwidth"
],
"type": "string"
},
"qos-param": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"qos-param-name": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/qos-param-name"
},
"qos-param-value": {
"type": "integer"
}
}
},
"port-range": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"start": {
"type": "integer"
},
"end": {
"type": "integer"
}
}
},
"protocol-type": {
"type": "integer"
},
"stream-features": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"proto": {
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"$ref": "#/definitions/protocol-type"
},
"port-range": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/port-range"
},
"traffic-qos": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/qos-param"
}
}
},
"app-requirements": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"num-streams": {
"type": "integer"
},
"stream-feature": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/stream-features"
}
}
}
},
"param-name": {
"enum": [
"bandwidth",
"jitter",
"latency",
"signal_quality"
],
"type": "string"
},
"additional-param-name": {
"enum": [
"lte-rsrp",
"lte-rspq",
"nr-rsrp",
"nr-rsrq",
"wifi-rssi"
],
"type": "string"
},
"link-parameter": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"connection": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/connection"
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},
"param": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/param-name"
},
"additional-param": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/additional-param-name"
},
"prediction": {
"type": "integer"
},
"likelihood": {
"type": "integer"
},
"validity_time": {
"type": "integer"
}
}
},
"link-params": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/link-parameter"
}
},
"errorModel": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Error indication containing the error code and message.",
"required": [
"code",
"message"
],
"properties": {
"code": {
"type": "integer",
"format": "int32"
},
"message": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}
}
}
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Appendix E. Implementation Example using Python for MAMS Client and
Server
E.1. Client Side Implementation
A simple client side implementation using python can be as following:
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#!/usr/bin/env python
import asyncio
import websockets
import json
import ssl
import time
import sys
context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS)
context.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_REQUIRED
context.set_ciphers("RSA")
context.check_hostname = False
context.load_verify_locations("/home/mecadmin/certs/rootca.pem")
discoverMsg = {'version':'1.0',
'message_type':'mx_discover'}
MXCapabilityRes = { 'version':'1.0',
'message_type':'mx_capability_res',
'FeatureActive':[{'feature_name':'fragmentation', 'active':'yes'}, {'feature_name':'lossless_switching', 'active':'yes'}],
'num_anchor_connections':1,
'anchor_connections':[{'connection_id':0, 'connection_type':'lte'}],
'num_delivery_connections':1,
'delivery_connections':[{'connection_id':1, 'connection_type':"wifi"}],
'convergence_methods':[{'method':'trailer_based', 'supported':'true'}],
'adaptation_methods':[{'method':'client_nat', 'supported':'false'}]
}
async def hello():
async with websockets.connect('wss://localhost:8765', ssl=context) as websocket:
try:
loopFlag=False
while True:
await websocket.send(json.dumps(discoverMsg))
json_message = await websocket.recv()
message = json.loads(json_message)
if "message_type" in message.keys():
print("Recieved message:{}".format(message["message_type"]),"version:{}".format(message["version"]))
if message["message_type"] == "mx_capability_req" :
await websocket.send(json.dumps(MXCapabilityRes))
loopFlag=True
while(loopFlag==True):
pass
except:
print("Client stopped")
asyncio.get_event_loop().run_until_complete(hello())
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E.2. Server Side Implementation
A server client side implementation using python can be as following:
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#!/usr/bin/env python
import asyncio
import websockets
import json
import ssl
ctx = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS)
#ctx.set_ciphers("RSA-AES256-SHA")
ctx.load_verify_locations("/home/mecadmin/certs/rootca.pem")
certfile = "/home/mecadmin/certs/server.pem"
keyfile = "/home/mecadmin/certs/serverkey.pem"
ctx.load_cert_chain(certfile, keyfile, password=None)
MXCapabilityReq = { 'version':'1.0',
'message_type':'mx_capability_req',
'FeatureActive':[{'feature_name':'fragmentation', 'active':'yes'}, {'feature_name':'lossless_switching', 'active':'yes'}],
'num_anchor_connections':1,
'anchor_connections':[{'connection_id':0, 'connection_type':'lte'}],
'num_delivery_connections':1,
'delivery_connections':[{'connection_id':1, 'connection_type':"wifi"}],
'convergence_methods':[{'method':'trailer_based', 'supported':'true'}],
'adaptation_methods':[{'method':'client_nat', 'supported':'false'}]
}
async def hello(websocket, path):
try:
while True:
name = await websocket.recv()
msg = json.loads(name)
if "message_type" in msg.keys():
print("Recieved message:{}".format(msg["message_type"]),"version:{}".format(msg["version"]))
if msg['message_type'] == 'mx_discover':
await websocket.send(json.dumps(MXCapabilityReq))
except:
print("client disconnected")
try:
start_server = websockets.serve(hello, 'localhost', 8765,ssl=ctx)
asyncio.get_event_loop().run_until_complete(start_server)
asyncio.get_event_loop().run_forever()
except:
print("server stopped")
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Authors' Addresses
Satish Kanugovi
Nokia
Email: satish.k@nokia.com
Florin Baboescu
Broadcom
Email: florin.baboescu@broadcom.com
Jing Zhu
Intel
Email: jing.z.zhu@intel.com
Julius Mueller
AT&T
Email: jm169k@att.com
SungHoon Seo
Korea Telecom
Email: sh.seo@kt.com
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