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draft-wang-netconf-adaptive-subscription-05
NETCONF Working Group                                              Q. Wu
Internet-Draft                                                   W. Song
Intended status: Standards Track                                  Huawei
Expires: December 10, 2021                                        P. Liu
                                                            China Mobile
                                                                   Q. Ma
                                                                  Huawei
                                                                 W. Wang
                                                           China Telecom
                                                            June 8, 2021

               Adaptive Subscription to YANG Notification
              draft-wang-netconf-adaptive-subscription-05

Abstract

   This document defines a YANG data model and associated mechanism
   enabling subscriber's adaptive subscriptions to a publisher's event
   streams with various different period intervals to report updates.
   Applying these elements allows servers automatically adjust the
   volume of telemetry traffic and rate of traffic sent from publisher
   to the receivers.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     1.1.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Model Overview  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     2.1.  Subscription Configuration  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     2.2.  YANG RPC  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
       2.2.1.  "establish-subscription" RPC  . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     2.3.  Notifications for Adaptive Subscribed Content . . . . . .   6
   3.  Adaptive Subscription YANG Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   4.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     4.1.  Updates to the IETF XML Registry  . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     4.2.  Updates to the YANG Module Names Registry . . . . . . . .  11
   5.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   6.  Contributors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   7.  Acknowledges  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   8.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     8.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     8.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
   Appendix A.  Example YANG Module  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
     A.1.  "example-wifi-mac" YANG Module  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
   Appendix B.  Adaptive Subscription and Notification Example . . .  18
     B.1.  "edit-config" Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
     B.2.  Create Adaptive Subscription Example  . . . . . . . . . .  19
     B.3.  "adaptive-update" notification example  . . . . . . . . .  21
     B.4.  Changes between Revisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23

1.  Introduction

   YANG-Push subscriptions [RFC8641] allow client applications to
   subscribe to continuous datastore updates without needing to poll.
   It defines a mechanism (i.e.,update trigger) to determine when an
   update record needs to be generated.  Two type of subscriptions are
   introduced in [RFC8641], distinguished by how updates are triggered:
   periodic and on-change.

   o  Periodic subscription allows subscribed data to be streamed to the
      destination at a configured fixed periodic interval

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   o  On-change subscription allows update to be triggered whenever a
      change in the subscribed information is detected.  The periodic
      interval is set to zero value in the on-change subscription case.

   However in some large scale deployments (e.g., wireless network
   performance monitoring) where an increased data collection rate is
   being used, it becomes more likely that a burst of streamed data may
   temporarily overwhelm a receiver and consume expensive network
   resource (e.g., radio resource).  If the rate at which we can collect
   a stream of data is set too low or getting low priority telemetry
   data dropped, these telemetry data are not sufficient to detect and
   diagnose problems and verify correct network behavior.  There is a
   need for a service to configure both clients and servers with
   multiple different period intervals and corresponding subscription
   policy which allows servers/publishers automatically switch to
   different period intervals according to resource usage change without
   the interaction with the remote client, e.g., when the wireless
   signal strength falls below a configured low watermark, the
   subscribed data can be streamed at a higher rate while when the
   wireless signal strength crosses a configured high watermark, the
   subscribed data can be streamed at lower rate.

   This document defines a YANG data model and associated mechanism
   enabling subscriber's adaptive subscriptions to a publisher's event
   streams.  Applying these elements allows servers to automatically
   adjust the volume of telemetry traffic and rate of traffic sent from
   publisher to the receivers.

1.1.  Terminology

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
   "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
   14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
   capitals, as shown here.

   The following terms are defined in [RFC5277] [RFC7950] [RFC3198]
   [RFC8342] [RFC8639] and are not redefined here:

   o  Event

   o  Client

   o  Configuration

   o  Configured subscription

   o  Configuration datastore

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   o  Notification message

   o  Publisher

   o  Receiver

   o  Subscriber

   o  Subscription

   o  On-change subscription

   o  Periodic subscription

2.  Model Overview

   This document defines a YANG module "ietf-adaptive-subscription",
   which augments the "update-trigger" choice defined in the "ietf-yang-
   push" module [RFC8641] with subscription configuration parameters
   that are specific to adaptive subscription.

   In addition to Subscription state notifications defined in [RFC8639]
   and Notifications for Subscribed Content defined in [RFC8641], "ietf-
   adaptive-subscription" YANG module also defines "adaptive-period-
   update" notification to report update interval change.

   The following tree diagrams [RFC8340] provide an overview of the data
   model for "ietf-adaptive-subscription.yang" module.

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module: ietf-adaptive-subscription
  augment /sn:subscriptions/sn:subscription/yp:update-trigger:
    +--rw (adaptive-subscription)?
       +--:(adaptive-subscriptions)
          +--rw adaptive-subscriptions
              +--rw adaptive-period* [name]
                +--rw name                    string
                +--rw xpath-external-eval     string
                +--rw watermark?              uint32
                +--rw period                  centiseconds
                +--rw anchor-time?            yang:date-and-time
  augment /sn:establish-subscription/sn:input/yp:update-trigger:
    +-- (adaptive-subscription)?
       +--:(adaptive-subscriptions)
          +--rw adaptive-subscriptions
             +--rw adaptive-period* [name]
                +--rw name                    string
                +--rw xpath-external-eval     string
                +--rw watermark?              uint32
                +--rw period                  centiseconds
                +--rw anchor-time?            yang:date-and-time
  notifications:
    +---n adaptive-period-update
       +--ro id?                                     sn:subscription-id
       +--ro period                                  centiseconds
       +--ro anchor-time?                            yang:date-and-time
       +--ro (selection-filter)?
          +--:(by-reference)
          |  +--ro selection-filter-ref              selection-filter-ref
          +--:(within-subscription)
             +--ro (filter-spec)?
                +--:(datastore-subtree-filter)
                |  +--ro datastore-subtree-filter?   <anydata> {sn:subtree}?
                +--:(datastore-xpath-filter)
                   +--ro datastore-xpath-filter?     yang:xpath1.0 {sn:xpath}?

2.1.  Subscription Configuration

   For adaptive subscriptions, triggered updates will occur at the
   boundaries of specified time intervals when a trigger condition is
   satisfied.  These boundaries can be calculated from the adaptive
   periodic parameters:

   o  a "period" that defines the new duration between push updates, the
      period can be changed based on trigger condition.

   o  an "anchor-time" update intervals fall on the points in time that
      are a multiple of a "period" from an "anchor-time".  If an

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      "anchor-time" is not provided, then the "anchor-time" MUST be set
      with the creation time of the initial update record.

   o  a "watermark" that defines the threshold value of the targeted
      data object, e.g., it can be lower boundary or upper boundary of
      targeted data object.

   o  a "xpath-external-eval" represents an Evaluation criteria that may
      be applied against event records in an event stream, which is used
      to trigger update interval switch in the server.  It contains
      comparisons of datastore node with its value to the specific
      threshold (i.e., watermark) and associated logical operation in
      the XPath format.  Different from stream-xpath-filter defined in
      [RFC8639], it doesn't influence the event records output
      generation from a publisher.

2.2.  YANG RPC

2.2.1.  "establish-subscription" RPC

   The augmentation of YANG module ietf-yang-push made to RPCs specified
   in YANG module ietf-subscribed-notifications [RFC8639] is introduced.
   This augmentation concerns the "establish- subscription" RPC, which
   is augmented with parameters that are needed to specify adaptive
   subscriptions.  These parameters are same as one defined in
   Section 2.1.

2.3.  Notifications for Adaptive Subscribed Content

   The adaptive update notification is similar to Subscription state
   change notifications defined in [RFC8639].  It is inserted into the
   sequence of notification messages sent to a particular receiver.  The
   adaptive update notification cannot be dropped or filtered out, it
   cannot be stored in replay buffers, and it is delivered only to
   impacted receivers of a subscription.  The identification of adaptive
   update notification is easy to separate from other notification
   messages through the use of the YANG extension "subscription-state-
   notif".  This extension tags a notification as a subscription state
   change notification.

   The objects in the 'adpative-update' notification include:

   o  a "period" that defines the duration between push updates, the
      period can be changed based on trigger condition.

   o  an "anchor-time"; update intervals fall on the points in time that
      are a multiple of a "period" from an "anchor-time".  If an

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      "anchor-time" is not provided, then the "anchor-time" MUST be set
      with the creation time of the initial update record.

   o  A selection filter identifying YANG nodes of interest in a
      datastore.  Filter contents are specified via a reference to an
      existing filter or via an in-line definition for only that
      subscription.  Referenced filters allow an implementation to avoid
      evaluating filter acceptability during a dynamic subscription
      request.  The "case" statement differentiates the options.  Note
      that filter contents are not affected by "xpath-external-eval"
      parameter and "watermark" parameter defined by update trigger.

3.  Adaptive Subscription YANG Module

<CODE BEGINS> file "ietf-adaptive-subscription@2020-02-14.yang"
module ietf-adaptive-subscription {
  yang-version 1.1;
  namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-adaptive-subscription";
  prefix as;
  import ietf-subscribed-notifications {
    prefix sn;
  }
  import ietf-yang-push {
    prefix yp;
  }
  import ietf-yang-types {
    prefix yang;
  }

  organization
    "IETF NETCONF (Network Configuration) Working Group";
  contact
    "";
  description
    "NETCONF Protocol Data Types and Protocol Operations.
     Copyright (c) 2020 IETF Trust and the persons identified as
     the document authors.  All rights reserved.

     Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
     without modification, is permitted pursuant to, and subject
     to the license terms contained in, the Simplified BSD License
     set forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions
     Relating to IETF Documents
     (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info).

     This version of this YANG module is part of RFC xxxx; see
     the RFC itself for full legal notices.";

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  revision 2019-12-15 {
    description
      "Initial revision";
    reference
      "RFCxxx Adaptive subscription to YANG notification.";
  }

  typedef centiseconds {
    type uint32;
    description
      "A period of time, measured in units of 0.01 seconds.";
  }

  typedef seconds {
    type uint32;
    description
      "A period of time, measured in units of 1 seconds.";
  }

  grouping adaptive-subscription-modifiable {
    description
      "This grouping describes the datastore-specific adaptive subscription
       conditions that can be changed during the lifetime of the
       subscription.";
    choice adaptive-subscription {
      description
        "Defines necessary conditions for sending an event record to
               the subscriber.";
      container adaptive-subscriptions {
        list adaptive-period {
          key "name";
          description
            "Defines necessary conditions to switch update interval for
            sending an event record to the subscriber. The event record output
            generation will not be influeced these conditions.";
          leaf name {
            type string {
          length "1..64";
           }
        description
          "The name of the condition to be matched.  A device MAY further
           restrict the length of this name; space and special
           characters are not allowed.";
         }
          leaf xpath-external-eval {
            type string;
            description
              "A XPath string, representing a logical expression,

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               which can contain comparisons of datastore values
               and logical operations in the XPath format.";
          }
          leaf watermark {
            type uint32;
            description
              "The watermark for targeted data object. The high
               watermark, lowe watermark can be specified for the
               targeted data object.";
          }
          leaf period {
            type centiseconds;
            mandatory true;
            description
              "Duration of time that should occur between periodic
               push updates, in units of 0.01 seconds.";
          }
          leaf anchor-time {
            type yang:date-and-time;
            description
              "Designates a timestamp before or after which a series
               of periodic push updates are determined.  The next
               update will take place at a point in time that is a
               multiple of a period from the 'anchor-time'.
               For example, for an 'anchor-time' that is set for the
               top of a particular minute and a period interval of a
               minute, updates will be sent at the top of every
               minute that this subscription is active.";
          }
        }
        description
          "Container for adaptive subscription.";
      }
    }
  }

  augment "/sn:subscriptions/sn:subscription/yp:update-trigger" {
    description
      "This augmentation adds additional subscription parameters
       that apply specifically to adaptive subscription.";
    uses adaptive-subscription-modifiable;
  }
  augment "/sn:establish-subscription/sn:input/yp:update-trigger" {
    description
      "This augmentation adds additional subscription parameters
         that apply specifically to datastore updates to RPC input.";
    uses adaptive-subscription-modifiable;
  }

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  notification adaptive-period-update {
    sn:subscription-state-notification;
    description
      "This notification contains a push update that in turn contains
       data subscribed to via a subscription.  In the case of a
       periodic subscription, this notification is sent for periodic
       updates.  It can also be used for synchronization updates of
       an on-change subscription.  This notification shall only be
       sent to receivers of a subscription.  It does not constitute
       a general-purpose notification that would be subscribable as
       part of the NETCONF event stream by any receiver.";
    leaf id {
      type sn:subscription-id;
      description
        "This references the subscription that drove the
         notification to be sent.";
    }
    leaf period {
      type centiseconds;
      mandatory true;
      description
        "New duration of time that should occur between periodic
         push updates, in units of 0.01 seconds.";
    }
    leaf anchor-time {
      type yang:date-and-time;
      description
        "Designates a timestamp before or after which a series
         of periodic push updates are determined.  The next
         update will take place at a point in time that is a
         multiple of a period from the 'anchor-time'.
         For example, for an 'anchor-time' that is set for the
         top of a particular minute and a period interval of a
         minute, updates will be sent at the top of every
         minute that this subscription is active.";
    }
    uses yp:datastore-criteria {
      refine "selection-filter/within-subscription" {
        description
          "Specifies the selection filter and where it originated
           from.  If the 'selection-filter-ref' is populated, the
           filter in the subscription came from the 'filters'
           container.  Otherwise, it is populated in-line as part
           of the subscription itself.";
      }
    }
  }
}

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<CODE ENDS>

4.  IANA Considerations

4.1.  Updates to the IETF XML Registry

   This document registers two URIs in the IETF XML registry [RFC3688].
   Following the format in [RFC3688], the following registrations are
   requested to be made:

   ---------------------------------------------------------------------
      URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-adaptive-subscription
      Registrant Contact: The IESG.
      XML: N/A, the requested URI is an XML namespace.
   ---------------------------------------------------------------------

4.2.  Updates to the YANG Module Names Registry

   This document registers two YANG modules in the YANG Module Names
   registry [RFC7950]. . Following the format in [RFC6020], the
   following registration has been made:

   ---------------------------------------------------------------------
      Name:         ietf-adaptive-subscription
      Namespace:    urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-adaptive-subscription
      Prefix:       as
      Reference:    RFC xxxx
   ---------------------------------------------------------------------

5.  Security Considerations

   The YANG module specified in this document defines a schema for data
   that is designed to be accessed via network management protocols such
   as NETCONF [RFC6241] or RESTCONF [RFC8040].  The lowest NETCONF layer
   is the secure transport layer, and the mandatory-to-implement secure
   transport is Secure Shell (SSH) [RFC6242].  The lowest RESTCONF layer
   is HTTPS, and the mandatory-to-implement secure transport is TLS
   [RFC8446].

   The NETCONF Configuration Access Control Model (NACM) [RFC8341]
   provides the means to restrict access for particular NETCONF or
   RESTCONF users to a preconfigured subset of all available NETCONF or
   RESTCONF protocol operations and content.

   There are a number of data nodes defined in this YANG module that are
   writable/creatable/deletable (i.e., config true, which is the
   default).  These data nodes may be considered sensitive in some
   network environments.  Write operations (e.g., edit-config) to these

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   data nodes without proper protection can have a negative effect on
   network operations.  These are the subtrees and data nodes and their
   sensitivity/vulnerability:

   o  /sn:subscriptions/sn:subscription/yp:update-trigger/as:adaptive-
      subscriptions/as:adaptive-period/as:watermark

   o  /sn:subscriptions/sn:subscription/yp:update-trigger/as:adaptive-
      subscriptions/as:adaptive-period/as:period

   o  /sn:subscriptions/sn:subscription/yp:update-trigger/as:adaptive-
      subscriptions/as:adaptive-period/as:anchor-time

   o  /sn:establish-subscription/sn:input/yp:update-trigger/as:adaptive-
      subscriptions/as:adaptive-period/as:watermark

   o  /sn:establish-subscription/sn:input/yp:update-trigger/as:adaptive-
      subscriptions/as:adaptive-period/as:period

   o  /sn:establish-subscription/sn:input/yp:update-trigger/as:adaptive-
      subscriptions/as:adaptive-period/as:anchor-time

6.  Contributors

   Michale Wang, Liang Geng for his major contributions to the initial
   modeling and use cases.

      Michale Wang
      Email: wangzitao@huawei.com

      Liang Geng
      China Mobile
      32 Xuanwumen West St, Xicheng District
      Beijing  10053

      Email: gengliang@chinamobile.com

7.  Acknowledges

   We would like to thanks Rob Wilton, Thomas Graf, Andy Bierman for
   valuable review on this document, special thanks to Thmas to organize
   the discussion on several relevant drafts and reach the common
   understanding on the concept and ideas.

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8.  References

8.1.  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>.

   [RFC6241]  Enns, R., Ed., Bjorklund, M., Ed., Schoenwaelder, J., Ed.,
              and A. Bierman, Ed., "Network Configuration Protocol
              (NETCONF)", RFC 6241, DOI 10.17487/RFC6241, June 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6241>.

   [RFC6242]  Wasserman, M., "Using the NETCONF Protocol over Secure
              Shell (SSH)", RFC 6242, DOI 10.17487/RFC6242, June 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6242>.

   [RFC7950]  Bjorklund, M., Ed., "The YANG 1.1 Data Modeling Language",
              RFC 7950, DOI 10.17487/RFC7950, August 2016,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7950>.

   [RFC8040]  Bierman, A., Bjorklund, M., and K. Watsen, "RESTCONF
              Protocol", RFC 8040, DOI 10.17487/RFC8040, January 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8040>.

   [RFC8126]  Cotton, M., Leiba, B., and T. Narten, "Guidelines for
              Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26,
              RFC 8126, DOI 10.17487/RFC8126, June 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8126>.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
              May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.

   [RFC8341]  Bierman, A. and M. Bjorklund, "Network Configuration
              Access Control Model", STD 91, RFC 8341,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8341, March 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8341>.

   [RFC8342]  Bjorklund, M., Schoenwaelder, J., Shafer, P., Watsen, K.,
              and R. Wilton, "Network Management Datastore Architecture
              (NMDA)", RFC 8342, DOI 10.17487/RFC8342, March 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8342>.

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   [RFC8407]  Bierman, A., "Guidelines for Authors and Reviewers of
              Documents Containing YANG Data Models", BCP 216, RFC 8407,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8407, October 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8407>.

   [RFC8446]  Rescorla, E., "The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol
              Version 1.3", RFC 8446, DOI 10.17487/RFC8446, August 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8446>.

   [RFC8641]  Clemm, A. and E. Voit, "Subscription to YANG Notifications
              for Datastore Updates", RFC 8641, DOI 10.17487/RFC8641,
              September 2019, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8641>.

8.2.  Informative References

   [RFC3688]  Mealling, M., "The IETF XML Registry", BCP 81, RFC 3688,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC3688, January 2004,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3688>.

   [RFC6020]  Bjorklund, M., Ed., "YANG - A Data Modeling Language for
              the Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)", RFC 6020,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6020, October 2010,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6020>.

   [RFC8340]  Bjorklund, M. and L. Berger, Ed., "YANG Tree Diagrams",
              BCP 215, RFC 8340, DOI 10.17487/RFC8340, March 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8340>.

Appendix A.  Example YANG Module

   The example YANG module used in this document represents a simple
   wifi mac interface.

   YANG tree diagram for the "example-wifi-mac" module:

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   module: example-wifi-mac
     +--rw clients
        +--ro client* [mac]
           +--ro mac                yang:mac-address
           +--ro rssi?              int8
           +--ro snr?               uint8
           +--ro ss?                uint8
           +--ro phy-rate?          uint16
           +--ro channel-support*   uint8
           +--ro neighbors
           |  +--ro neighbor-bssid?          yang:mac-address
           |  +--ro neighbor-channel?        uint8
           |  +--ro neighbor-rssi?           int8
           |  +--ro neighbor-antenna?        uint8
           |  +--ro channel-load-report?     uint8
           +--ro ssid
              +--ro name?                    string
              +--ro enabled?                 boolean
              +--ro broadcast-filter?        boolean
              +--ro multicast-filter?        boolean
              +--ro ipv6-ndp-filter?         boolean
              +--ro ipv6-ndp-filter-timer?   uint16
              +--ro station-isolation?       boolean

A.1.  "example-wifi-mac" YANG Module

module example-wifi-mac {
  yang-version 1;
  namespace "http://example.com/yang/wifi-mac";
  prefix wifi;

  import ietf-yang-types {
    prefix yang;
  }

  container clients {
    description
      "Top-level container for clients operational state data.";
    list client {
      key "mac";
      config false;
      description
        "List of clients per BSS.";
      leaf mac {
        type yang:mac-address;
        description
          "MAC address of the client.";
      }

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      leaf rssi {
        type int8;
        description
          "The RSSI of this client in dBm. Expressed as negative
           number";
      }
      leaf snr {
        type uint8;
        description
          "The SNR of AP to Client, in dB.";
      }
      leaf ss {
        type uint8;
        description
          "Number of Spatial Streams supported by the client.";
      }
      leaf phy-rate {
        type uint16;
        description
          "Last used PHY rate of connected client.";
      }
      leaf-list channel-support {
        type uint8;
        description
          "List of supported channels.";
      }
      container neighbors {
        description
          "Container for Client beacon reports. Requires 802.11k
           enabled. See Sec. 5.2.7.1 of 802.11k-2008 Standard.";
        leaf neighbor-bssid {
          type yang:mac-address;
          description
            "The BSSID of this neighbor.";
        }
        leaf neighbor-channel {
          type uint8;
          description
            "The channel of this neighbor.";
        }
        leaf neighbor-rssi {
          type int8;
          description
            "The RSSI of this neighbor in dBm, expressed as a negative
             number.";
        }
        leaf neighbor-antenna {
          type uint8;

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          description
            "Antenna details for this neighbor.";
        }
        leaf channel-load-report {
          type uint8;
          description
            "Channel load, as reported by Client to AP
             normalized to 255. See Sec. 10.11.9.3 of 802.11ac-2013
             Spec.";
        }
      }
      container ssid {
        description
          "Top level container for ssids, including configuration
           and state data.";
        leaf name {
          type string;
          description
            "The name of the SSID.";
        }
        leaf enabled {
          type boolean;
          default "true";
          description
            "The desired operational state (up/down) of this SSID.";
        }
        leaf broadcast-filter {
          type boolean;
          description
            "Convert all downstream broadcast ARP to unicast
             only if Station is associated to the AP. Drop packet
             if Station is not associated to the AP. All other
             broadcast, except DHCP, is dropped by the AP.

             DHCP Offers/ACKs are converted to Unicast, over-the-air.";
        }
        leaf multicast-filter {
          type boolean;
          description
            "Drop all downstream Multicast packets.";
        }
        leaf ipv6-ndp-filter {
          type boolean;
          description
            "Neighbor Advertisements will be cached at the AP (or WLC)
             and unicast in response to Neighbor Solicitations.

             Router Advertisements, in response to a Router Solicitation

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             are converted to Unicast for over-the-air transmission.";
        }
        leaf ipv6-ndp-filter-timer {
          type uint16;
          units "seconds";
          description
            "Time, in seconds, the ndp-filter will cache
             Neighbor Advertisements (NA).";
        }
        leaf station-isolation {
          type boolean;
          description
            "Block Station peer to peer communication.";
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Appendix B.  Adaptive Subscription and Notification Example

   The examples within this document use the normative YANG module
   "ietf-adaptive-subscription" as defined in Section 3 and the non-
   normative example YANG module "example-wifi-mac" as defined in
   Appendix A.1.

   This section shows some typical adaptive subscription and
   notification message exchanges.

B.1.  "edit-config" Example

   The client configures adaptive subscription policy parameters on the
   server.  The adaptive subscription configuration parameters require
   the server to support two update intervals (i.e., 5 seconds, 60
   seconds) and scan all clients every 5 seconds in the sampling window
   if the rssi value of client is greater than -65dB in the sampling
   window; If the rssi value of client is less than -65dB, switch to 60
   seconds period value, and then scan all clients every 60 seconds.

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 <rpc message-id="101"
  xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
  <edit-config>
   <target>
    <running/>
   </target>
   <config
    xmlns:xc="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
    <top
     xmlns="http://example.com/schema/1.2/config"
     xmlns:yp="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-push">
     <yp:datastore
      xmlns:ds="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-datastores">
              ds:running
     </yp:datastore>
     <yp:datastore-xpath-filter
      xmlns:ex="https://example.com/sample-data/1.0">
             /ex:example-wifi-mac
     </yp:datastore-xpath-filter>
     <as:adaptive-subscriptions
      xmlns:as="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-adaptive-subscription">
      <as:adaptive-period>
       <as:xpath-external-eval>
             /as:clients/as:client[rssi &lt; -65]
      </as:xpath-external-eval>
      <as:watermark>-65</as:watermark>
       <as:period>60</as:period>
      </as:adaptive-period>
      <as:adaptive-period>
       <as:xpath-external-eval>
             /as:clients/as:client[rssi &ge; -65]
          </as:xpath-external-eval>
       <as:watermark>-65</as:watermark>
       <as:period>5</as:period>
      </as:adaptive-period>
     </as:adaptive-subscriptions>
    </top>
   </config>
  </edit-config>
 </rpc>

B.2.  Create Adaptive Subscription Example

   The subscriber sends an "establish-subscription" RPC with the
   parameters listed in to request the creation of a adaptive
   subscription.  The adaptive subscription configuration parameters
   require the server to scan all clients every 5 seconds if the rssi
   value of client is less than -65dB; If the rssi value of client is

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   great than -65dB, switch to 60 seconds period value, and then report
   all clients every 60 seconds or scan every 5 seconds, collect 12
   measurement values but report the last measurement value or average
   value of 12 measurement values.  (Section 2)

   <netconf:rpc message-id="101"
    xmlns:netconf="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
    <establish-subscription
     xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-subscribed-notifications"
     xmlns:yp="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-push">
     <yp:datastore
      xmlns:ds="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-datastores">
             ds:running
     </yp:datastore>
     <yp:datastore-xpath-filter
      xmlns:ex="https://example.com/sample-data/1.0">
          /ex:example-wifi-mac
     </yp:datastore-xpath-filter>
     <as:adaptive-subscriptions
      xmlns:as="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-adaptive-subscription">
      <as:adaptive-period>
      <as:xpath-external-eval>as:clients/as:client[rssi &lt; -65]
            </as:xpath-external-eval>
       <as:watermark>-65</as:watermark>
       <as:period>5</as:period>
      </as:adaptive-period>
      <as:adaptive-period>
       <as:xpath-external-eval>as:clients/as:client[rssi &ge; -65]
       </as:xpath-external-eval>
       <as:watermark>-65</as:watermark>
       <as:period>60</as:period>
      </as:adaptive-period>
     </as:adaptive-subscriptions>
    </establish-subscription>
   </netconf:rpc>

   In another example, the adaptive subscription configuration
   parameters could also require the server to scan all clients every 5
   seconds and report if the difference between maximum value of client
   rssi and minimum value of client rssi is greater than 0.20 dB in the
   sampling window; If the difference between maximum value of client
   rssi and minimum value of client rssi is less than 0.20 dB, switch to
   60 seconds period value and then scan all clients every 60 seconds
   and report the last measurement value.  If the difference between
   maximum value of client rssi and minimum value of client rssi is
   greater than or equal to 0.20 dB in two consecutive sampling windows,
   then in the second sampling window, only report the measurement value
   not reported by the previous sampling window.

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   <netconf:rpc message-id="101"
    xmlns:netconf="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
    <establish-subscription
     xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-subscribed-notifications"
     xmlns:yp="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-push">
     <yp:datastore
      xmlns:ds="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-datastores">
              ds:running
     </yp:datastore>
     <yp:datastore-xpath-filter
      xmlns:ex="https://example.com/sample-data/1.0">
          /ex:example-wifi-mac
     </yp:datastore-xpath-filter>
     <as:adaptive-subscriptions
      xmlns:as="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-adaptive-subscription">
      <as:data-path>as:clients/as:client</as:data-path>
      <as:target>ssid</as:target>
      <as:adaptive-period>
       <as:xpath-external-eval>
           as:clients/as:client[max(rssi)-min(rssi) &ge; 20]
            </as:xpath-external-eval>
       <as:watermark>20</as:watermark>
       <as:period>5</as:period>
      </as:adaptive-period>
      <as:adaptive-period>
       <as:xpath-external-eval>
           as:clients/as:client[max(rssi)-min(rssi) &lt; 20]
       </as:xpath-external-eval>
       <as:watermark>20</as:watermark>
       <as:period>60</as:period>
      </as:adaptive-period>
     </as:adaptive-subscriptions>
    </establish-subscription>
   </netconf:rpc>

B.3.  "adaptive-update" notification example

   Upon the server switches to from the update interval 5 seconds to the
   new update interval 60 seconds, Before sending event records to
   receivers, the "adaptive-update" notification should be generated and
   sent to the receivers to inform the receivers that the update
   interval value is switched to the new value.

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   <notification
    xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:notification:1.0"
    xmlns:yp="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-push">
    <eventTime>2016-11-21T13:51:00Z</eventTime>
    <adaptive-update
     xmlns="http://example.com/ietf-adaptive-subscription">
     <id>0</id>
     <period>60</period>
     <yp:datastore
      xmlns:ds="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-datastores">
          ds:running
     </yp:datastore>
     <yp:datastore-xpath-filter
      xmlns:ex="https://example.com/sample-data/1.0">
          /ex:example-wifi-mac
     </yp:datastore-xpath-filter>
    </adaptive-update>
   </notification>

B.4.  Changes between Revisions

   v04 -v05

   o  Remove "modify-subscption" RPC usage.

   o  Module update to fix the nits.

   o  Update adaptive subscription Example.

   o  Other Editorial changes.

   v03 - v04

   o  Add missing subtrees and data nodes in the security section;

   o  Change "adaptive-update" notification into "adaptive-period-
      update" notification;

   o  Other Editorial changes.

   v02 - v03

   o  Clarify the difference between low priority telemetry data
      dropping and collection rate switching in the introduction
      section;

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   o  Update the abstract and introduction section to focus on
      collection rate switching in the server without interaction with
      the remote client;

   o  Format usage example and change ssid into rssi in the appendix;

   o  Use boilerplate and reuse the terms in the terminology section.

Authors' Addresses

   Qin Wu
   Huawei
   101 Software Avenue, Yuhua District
   Nanjing, Jiangsu  210012
   China

   Email: bill.wu@huawei.com

   Wei Song
   Huawei
   101 Software Avenue, Yuhua District
   Nanjing, Jiangsu  210012
   China

   Email: songwei80@huawei.com

   Peng Liu
   China Mobile
   32 Xuanwumen West St, Xicheng District
   Beijing  10053

   Email: liupengyjy@chinamobile.com

   Qiufang Ma
   Huawei
   101 Software Avenue, Yuhua District
   Nanjing, Jiangsu  210012
   China

   Email: maqiufang1@huawei.com

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   Wei Wang
   China Telecom
   32 Xuanwumen West St, Xicheng District
   Beijing  102209

   Email: wangw36@chinatelecom.cn

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