SPRING Working Group R. Gandhi, Ed.
Internet-Draft C. Filsfils
Intended status: Standards Track Cisco Systems, Inc.
Expires: September 6, 2020 D. Voyer
Bell Canada
M. Chen
Huawei
B. Janssens
Colt
March 5, 2020
Performance Measurement Using TWAMP Light and STAMP for Segment Routing
Networks
draft-gandhi-spring-twamp-srpm-07
Abstract
Segment Routing (SR) leverages the source routing paradigm. SR is
applicable to both Multiprotocol Label Switching (SR-MPLS) and IPv6
(SRv6) data planes. This document specifies procedure for sending
and processing probe query and response messages for Performance
Measurement (PM) in Segment Routing networks. The procedure uses the
messages defined in RFC 5357 (Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol
(TWAMP) Light) and Simple Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol (STAMP)
for Delay Measurement, and uses the messages defined in this document
for Loss Measurement. The procedure specified is applicable to SR-
MPLS and SRv6 data planes and is used for both Links and end-to-end
SR Policies.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Conventions Used in This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1. Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.2. Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.3. Reference Topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1. Example Provisioning Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.2. STAMP Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4. Probe Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.1. Probe Query Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.1.1. Delay Measurement Query Message . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.1.2. Loss Measurement Query Message . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.1.3. Probe Query for Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.1.4. Probe Query for End-to-end Measurement for SR Policy 10
4.1.5. Control Code Field in TWAMP Light and STAMP Message
Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.1.6. Loss Measurement Query Message Formats for TWAMP
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.1.7. Loss Measurement Query Message Formats for STAMP . . 15
4.2. Probe Response Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.2.1. One-way Measurement Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.2.2. Two-way Measurement Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.2.3. Loopback Measurement Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.2.4. Loss Measurement Response Message Formats for TWAMP
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.2.5. Loss Measurement Response Message Formats for STAMP . 20
4.3. Node Address TLV for STAMP Message . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.4. Return Path TLV for STAMP Message . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
5. Performance Measurement for P2MP SR Policies . . . . . . . . 23
6. ECMP Support for SR Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
7. Additional Message Processing Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
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7.1. TTL and Hop Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
7.2. Router Alert Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
7.3. UDP Checksum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
8. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
9. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
10. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
10.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
10.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
1. Introduction
Segment Routing (SR) leverages the source routing paradigm and
greatly simplifies network operations for Software Defined Networks
(SDNs). SR is applicable to both Multiprotocol Label Switching (SR-
MPLS) and IPv6 (SRv6) data planes. SR takes advantage of the Equal-
Cost Multipaths (ECMPs) between source and transit nodes, between
transit nodes and between transit and destination nodes. SR Policies
as defined in [I-D.ietf-spring-segment-routing-policy] are used to
steer traffic through a specific, user-defined paths using a stack of
Segments. Built-in SR Performance Measurement (PM) is one of the
essential requirements to provide Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
The One-Way Active Measurement Protocol (OWAMP) defined in [RFC4656]
and Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol (TWAMP) defined in [RFC5357]
provide capabilities for the measurement of various performance
metrics in IP networks using probe messages. These protocols rely on
control-channel signaling to establish a test-channel over an UDP
path. The TWAMP Light [Appendix I in RFC5357] [BBF.TR-390] provides
simplified mechanisms for active performance measurement in Customer
IP networks by provisioning UDP paths and eliminates the control-
channel signaling. These protocols lack support for direct-mode Loss
Measurement (LM) to detect actual Customer data traffic loss which is
required in SR networks.
The Simple Two-way Active Measurement Protocol (STAMP)
[I-D.ietf-ippm-stamp] alleviates the control-channel signaling by
using configuration data model to provision a test-channel.
[I-D.ietf-ippm-stamp-option-tlv] defines TLV extensions for STAMP
messages.
This document specifies procedures for sending and processing probe
query and response messages for Performance Measurement in SR
networks. The procedure uses the messages defined in [RFC5357]
(TWAMP Light) and STAMP (including the TLV extensions) for Delay
Measurement (DM), and uses the messages defined in this document for
Loss Measurement. The procedure specified is applicable to SR-MPLS
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and SRv6 data planes and are used for both Links and end-to-end SR
Policies. This document also defines mechanisms for handling ECMPs
of SR Policies for performance delay measurement. Unless otherwise
specified, the mechanisms defined in [RFC5357],
[I-D.ietf-ippm-stamp], and [I-D.ietf-ippm-stamp-option-tlv] are not
modified by this document. The mechanisms in this document are
defined to work consistently across all of these protocols.
2. Conventions Used in This Document
2.1. Requirements Language
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] [RFC8174]
when, and only when, they appear in all capitals, as shown here.
2.2. Abbreviations
BSID: Binding Segment ID.
DM: Delay Measurement.
ECMP: Equal Cost Multi-Path.
HMAC: Hashed Message Authentication Code.
LM: Loss Measurement.
MPLS: Multiprotocol Label Switching.
NTP: Network Time Protocol.
OWAMP: One-Way Active Measurement Protocol.
PM: Performance Measurement.
PSID: Path Segment Identifier.
PTP: Precision Time Protocol.
SID: Segment ID.
SL: Segment List.
SR: Segment Routing.
SRH: Segment Routing Header.
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SR-MPLS: Segment Routing with MPLS data plane.
SRv6: Segment Routing with IPv6 data plane.
STAMP: Simple Two-way Active Measurement Protocol.
TC: Traffic Class.
TWAMP: Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol.
2.3. Reference Topology
In the reference topology shown below, the sender node R1 initiates a
probe query for performance measurement and the reflector node R5
sends a probe response for the query message received. The probe
response is sent to the sender node R1. The nodes R1 and R5 may be
directly connected via a Link or there exists a Point-to-Point (P2P)
SR Policy [I-D.ietf-spring-segment-routing-policy] on node R1 with
destination to node R5. In case of Point-to-Multipoint (P2MP), SR
Policy originating from source node R1 may terminate on multiple
destination leaf nodes [I-D.voyer-spring-sr-replication-segment].
+-------+ t1 Query t2 +-------+
| | - - - - - - - - - ->| |
| R1 |---------------------| R5 |
| |<- - - - - - - - - - | |
+-------+ t4 Response t3 +-------+
Sender Reflector
Reference Topology
3. Overview
For one-way, two-way and round-trip delay measurements in Segment
Routing networks, the TWAMP Light messages defined in Appendix I of
[RFC5357] are used. For one-way and two-way direct-mode and
inferred-mode loss measurements in Segment Routing networks, the
messages defined in this document are used. One-way loss measurement
provides receive packet loss whereas two-way loss measurement
provides both transmit and receive packet loss. Separate UDP
destination port numbers are user-configured for delay and loss
measurements from the range specified in [I-D.ietf-ippm-stamp]. The
sender uses the UDP port number following the guidelines specified in
Section 6 in [RFC6335]. For both Links and end-to-end SR Policies,
no PM session for delay or loss measurement is created on the
reflector node R5 [RFC5357].
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For Performance Measurement, probe query and response messages are
sent as following:
o For Delay Measurement, the probe messages are sent on the
congruent path of the data traffic by the sender node, and are
used to measure the delay experienced by the actual data traffic
flowing on the Links and SR Policies.
o For Loss Measurement, the probe messages are sent on the congruent
path of the data traffic by the sender node, and are used to
collect the receive traffic counters for the incoming link or
incoming SID where the probe query messages are received at the
reflector node (incoming link or incoming SID needed since the
reflector node does not have PM session state present).
The In-Situ Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (IOAM)
mechanisms for SR-MPLS defined in [I-D.gandhi-spring-ioam-sr-mpls]
and for SRv6 defined in [I-D.ali-spring-ioam-srv6] are used to carry
PM information such as timestamp in-band as part of the data packets,
and are outside the scope of this document.
3.1. Example Provisioning Model
An example of a provisioning model and typical measurement parameters
for each user-configured destination UDP port for performance delay
and loss measurements is shown in the following Figure 1:
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+------------+
| Controller |
+------------+
Destination UDP Port / \ Destination UDP port
Measurement Protocol / \ Measurement Protocol
Measurement Type / \ Measurement Type
Delay/Loss / \ Delay/Loss
Authentication Mode & Key / \ Authentication Mode & Key
Timestamp Format / \ Loss Measurement Mode
Delay Measurement Mode / \
Padding/Packet Size / \
Loss Measurement Mode / \
v v
+-------+ +-------+
| | | |
| R1 |------------| R5 |
| | | |
+-------+ +-------+
Sender Reflector
Figure 1: Example Provisioning Model
Examples of Measurement Protocol is TWAMP Light or STAMP, the
Timestamp Format is PTPv2 [IEEE1588] or NTP and the Loss Measurement
mode is inferred or direct mode. The mechanisms to provision the
sender and reflector nodes are outside the scope of this document.
The reflector node R5 uses the parameters for the timestamp format,
delay measurement mode (i.e. one-way, two-way or loopback mode) and
packet padding size from the received probe query message.
3.2. STAMP Applicability
The Simple Two-way Active Measurement Protocol (STAMP)
[I-D.ietf-ippm-stamp] messages and the STAMP TLVs
[I-D.ietf-ippm-stamp-option-tlv] are equally applicable to the
procedures specified in this document. Recall that the delay
measurement message formats defined for STAMP are backwards
compatible with the delay measurement message formats defined in
[RFC5357].
The STAMP message with a TLV for "direct measurement" can be used for
combined delay + loss measurement [I-D.ietf-ippm-stamp-option-tlv].
However, in order to use only for loss measurement purpose, it
requires the node to support the delay measurement STAMP messages and
timestamp the packets. Furthermore, for hardware-based counter
collection, the optional TLV based processing adds unnecessary
overhead (as counters are not at well-known locations). In addition,
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the TLV cannot be used with TWAMP Light messages and it is not
compatible with the loss measurement messages defined for TWAMP Light
in this document.
4. Probe Messages
4.1. Probe Query Message
In this document, the probe messages defined in [RFC5357] are used
for Delay and Loss measurements for Links and end-to-end SR Policies.
The user-configured destination UDP ports (separate UDP ports for
different delay and loss message formats) are used for identifying
the PM probe messages as described in Appendix I of [RFC5357].
The Sender IPv4 or IPv6 address is used as the source address. When
known, the reflector IPv4 or IPv6 address is used as the destination
address. If not known, the address in the range of 127/8 for IPv4 or
0:0:0:0:0:FFFF:7F00/104 for IPv6 is used as destination address.
This is the case for example, when using SR Policy with IPv4 endpoint
of 0.0.0.0 or IPv6 endpoint of ::0
[I-D.ietf-spring-segment-routing-policy].
4.1.1. Delay Measurement Query Message
The message content for Delay Measurement probe query message using
UDP header [RFC0768], is shown in Figure 2. The DM probe query
message is sent with user-configured Destination UDP port number for
DM. The Destination UDP port cannot be used as Source port, since
the message does not have any indication to distinguish between the
query and response message. The DM probe query message contains the
payload for delay measurement defined in Section 4.1.2 of [RFC5357].
For symmetrical size query and response messages [RFC6038], the DM
probe query message contains the payload format defined in
Section 4.2.1 of [RFC5357].
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+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| IP Header |
. Source IP Address = Sender IPv4 or IPv6 Address .
. Destination IP Address = Reflector IPv4 or IPv6 Address .
. Protocol = UDP .
. .
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| UDP Header |
. Source Port = As chosen by Sender .
. Destination Port = User-configured Port for Delay Measurement.
. .
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| Payload = Message as specified in Section 4.2.1 of RFC 5357 | |
. Payload = Message as specified in Section 4.1.2 of RFC 5357 | .
. Payload = Message specified in Section 4.2 of ietf-ippm-stamp .
. .
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
Figure 2: DM Probe Query Message
Timestamp field is eight bytes and use the format defined in
Section 4.2.1 of [RFC5357]. It is recommended to use the IEEE 1588v2
Precision Time Protocol (PTP) truncated 64-bit timestamp format
[IEEE1588] as specified in [RFC8186], with hardware support in
Segment Routing networks.
4.1.1.1. Delay Measurement Authentication Mode
When using the authenticated mode for delay measurement, the matching
authentication type (e.g. HMAC-SHA-256) and key are user-configured
on both the sender and reflector nodes. A separate user-configured
destination UDP port is used for the delay measurement in
authentication mode due to the different probe message format.
4.1.2. Loss Measurement Query Message
The message content for Loss Measurement probe query message using
UDP header [RFC0768] is shown in Figure 3. The LM probe query
message is sent with user-configured Destination UDP port number for
LM, which is a different Destination UDP port number than DM.
Separate Destination UDP ports are used for direct-mode and inferred-
mode loss measurements. The Destination UDP port cannot be used as
Source port, since the message does not have any indication to
distinguish between the query and response message. The LM probe
query message contains the payload for loss measurement as defined in
Figure 7 and Figure 8.
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+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| IP Header |
. Source IP Address = Sender IPv4 or IPv6 Address .
. Destination IP Address = Reflector IPv4 or IPv6 Address .
. Protocol = UDP .
. .
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| UDP Header |
. Source Port = As chosen by Sender .
. Destination Port = User-configured Port for Loss Measurement .
. .
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| Payload = Message as specified in Figure 7 or 8 |
. for TWAMP Light and STAMP .
. .
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
Figure 3: LM Probe Query Message
4.1.2.1. Loss Measurement Authentication Mode
When using the authenticated mode for loss measurement, the matching
authentication type (e.g. HMAC-SHA-256) and key are user-configured
on both the sender and reflector nodes. A separate user-configured
destination UDP port is used for the loss measurement in
authentication mode due to the different message format.
4.1.3. Probe Query for Links
The probe query message as defined in Figure 2 for delay measurement
and Figure 3 for loss measurement is sent on the congruent path of
the data traffic. The probe messages are pre-routed over the Link
for both delay and loss measurement.
4.1.4. Probe Query for End-to-end Measurement for SR Policy
The performance delay and loss measurement for segment routing is
applicable to both SR-MPLS and SRv6 Policies.
4.1.4.1. Probe Query Message for SR-MPLS Policy
The probe query messages for end-to-end performance measurement of an
SR-MPLS Policy is sent using its SR-MPLS header containing the MPLS
segment list as shown in Figure 4.
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0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Segment(1) | TC |S| TTL |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
. .
. .
. .
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Segment(n) | TC |S| TTL |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| PSID | TC |S| TTL |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Message as shown in Figure 2 for DM or Figure 3 for LM |
. .
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
Figure 4: Probe Query Message for SR-MPLS Policy
The Segment List (SL) can be empty to indicate Implicit NULL label
case for a single-hop SR Policy.
The Path Segment Identifier (PSID)
[I-D.ietf-spring-mpls-path-segment] of the SR-MPLS Policy is used for
accounting received traffic on the egress node for loss measurement.
4.1.4.2. Probe Query Message for SRv6 Policy
An SRv6 Policy setup using the SRv6 Segment Routing Header (SRH) and
a Segment List as defined in [I-D.ietf-6man-segment-routing-header].
For SRv6, network programming is defined in
[I-D.ietf-spring-srv6-network-programming]. The probe query messages
for end-to-end performance measurement of an SRv6 Policy is sent
using its SRH with Segment List as shown in Figure 5.
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| SRH |
. .
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| Message as shown in Figure 2 for DM or Figure 3 for LM |
. (Using IPv6 Source and Destination Addresses) .
. .
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
Figure 5: Probe Query Message for SRv6 Policy
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For delay measurement of SRv6 Policy using SRH, END function END.OTP
[I-D.ietf-6man-spring-srv6-oam] is used with the target SRv6 SID to
punt probe messages on the target node, as shown in Figure 5.
Similarly, for loss measurement of SRv6 Policy, END function END.OP
[I-D.ietf-6man-spring-srv6-oam] is used with target SRv6 SID to punt
probe messages on the target node.
4.1.5. Control Code Field in TWAMP Light and STAMP Message Formats
The Control Code field is defined for delay and loss measurement
probe query and response messages for both TWAMP Light and STAMP
message formats in unauthenticated and authenticated modes. The
modified delay measurement probe query and response message format
for both TWAMP Light and STAMP is shown in Figure 6. This message
format is backwards compatible with the message format defined in
[RFC5357] and STAMP [I-D.ietf-ippm-stamp] as its reflector MUST
ignore the received field (identified as MBZ). Using the same field
in STAMP as in TWAMP Light message format eliminates the need to
define a different mechanism (e.g. using STAMP TLV) for STAMP and
also maintains the consistency of the message formats. The usage of
the Control Code is not limited to the SR networks and can be used
for various bidirectional paths in a network.
. .
. .
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Timestamp |
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Error Estimate | Reserved | Control Code |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
. .
. .
Figure 6: Control Code in TWAMP Light and STAMP DM Message
Control Code: Set as follows in TWAMP Light and STAMP probe query and
response messages.
For a Query:
0x0: Out-of-band Response Requested. Indicates that the probe
response is not required over the same path in the reverse
direction. This is also the default behavior.
0x1: In-band Response Requested. Indicates that this query has
been sent over a bidirectional path and the probe response is
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required over the same path in the reverse direction. The
bidirectional path does not have to be an SR path.
For a Response:
0x1: Error - Invalid Message. Indicates that the operation
failed because the received query message could not be processed.
Reserved: Reserved for future use.
4.1.6. Loss Measurement Query Message Formats for TWAMP Light
In this document, TWAMP Light probe query message formats are defined
for loss measurement as shown in Figure 7 and Figure 8. The message
formats are hardware efficient due to the small size payload and
well-known locations of the counters. They are similar to the delay
measurement message formats (e.g. location of the Counter and
Timestamp) and do not require any backwards compatibility or support
for the existing DM message formats from [RFC5357] as different user-
configured destination UDP port is used for loss measurement.
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Sequence Number |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Transmit Counter |
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|X|B| Reserved | Block Number | Reserved | Control Code |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
. Packet Padding .
. .
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 7: TWAMP Light LM Probe Query Message Format
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0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Sequence Number |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| MBZ (12 octets) |
| |
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Transmit Counter |
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|X|B| Reserved | Block Number | Reserved | Control Code |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| MBZ (4 octets) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| HMAC (16 octets) |
| |
| |
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
. Packet Padding .
. .
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 8: TWAMP Light LM Probe Query Message Format - Authenticated
Mode
Sequence Number (32-bit): As defined in [RFC5357].
Transmit Counter (64-bit): The number of packets or octets sent by
the sender node in the query message and by the reflector node in the
response message. The counter is always written at the well-known
location in the probe query and response messages.
Receive Counter (64-bit): The number of packets or octets received at
the reflector node. It is written by the reflector node in the probe
response message.
Sender Counter (64-bit): This is the exact copy of the transmit
counter from the received query message. It is written by the
reflector node in the probe response message.
Sender Sequence Number (32-bit): As defined in [RFC5357].
Sender TTL: As defined in Section 7.1.
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LM Flags: The meanings of the Flag bits are:
X: Extended counter format indicator. Indicates the use of
extended (64-bit) counter values. Initialized to 1 upon creation
(and prior to transmission) of an LM Query and copied from an LM
Query to an LM response. Set to 0 when the LM message is
transmitted or received over an interface that writes 32-bit
counter values.
B: Octet (byte) count. When set to 1, indicates that the Counter
1-4 fields represent octet counts. The octet count applies to all
packets within the LM scope, and the octet count of a packet sent
or received includes the total length of that packet (but excludes
headers, labels, or framing of the channel itself). When set to
0, indicates that the Counter fields represent packet counts.
Block Number (8-bit): The Loss Measurement using Alternate-Marking
method defined in [RFC8321] requires to color the data traffic. To
be able to compare the transmit and receive traffic counters of the
matching color, the Block Number (or color) of the traffic counters
is carried by the probe query and response messages for loss
measurement.
HMAC: The PM probe message in authenticated mode includes a key
Hashed Message Authentication Code (HMAC) ([RFC2104]) hash. Each
probe query and response messages are authenticated by adding
Sequence Number with Hashed Message Authentication Code (HMAC) TLV.
It can use HMAC-SHA-256 truncated to 128 bits (similarly to the use
of it in IPSec defined in [RFC4868]); hence the length of the HMAC
field is 16 octets.
HMAC uses its own key and the mechanism to distribute the HMAC key is
outside the scope of this document.
In authenticated mode, only the sequence number is encrypted, and the
other payload fields are sent in clear text. The probe message MAY
include Comp.MBZ (Must Be Zero) variable length field to align the
packet on 16 octets boundary.
4.1.7. Loss Measurement Query Message Formats for STAMP
The STAMP loss measurement probe query message uses the same message
format as the TWAMP Light loss measurement probe query message,
except the padding size is 28 bytes in STAMP message in
unauthenticated mode (in Figure 7) and no padding is added in
authenticated mode (in Figure 8). They are similar to the delay
measurement message formats (e.g. location of the Counter and
Timestamp) and do not require any backwards compatibility or support
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for the existing DM message formats from [I-D.ietf-ippm-stamp], as
different user-configured destination UDP port is used for loss
measurement.
4.2. Probe Response Message
The probe response message is sent using the IP/UDP information from
the received probe query message. The content of the probe response
message is shown in Figure 9.
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| IP Header |
. Source IP Address = Reflector IPv4 or IPv6 Address .
. Destination IP Address = Source IP Address from Query .
. Protocol = UDP .
. .
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| UDP Header |
. Source Port = As chosen by Reflector .
. Destination Port = Source Port from Query .
. .
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| DM Payload as specified in Section 4.2.1 of RFC 5357 | |
. DM payload as specified in Section 4.3 of ietf-ippm-stamp | .
. LM Payload as specified in Figure 12 or 13 .
. for TWAMP Light and STAMP .
. .
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
Figure 9: Probe Response Message
4.2.1. One-way Measurement Mode
In one-way performance measurement mode, the probe response message
as defined in Figure 9 is sent back out-of-band to the sender node,
for both Links and SR Policies. The Control Code is set to "Out-of-
band Response Requested". In this delay measurement mode, as per
Reference Topology, all timestamps t1, t2, t3, and t4 are collected
by the probes. However, only timestamps t1 and t2 are needed to
measure one-way delay.
4.2.2. Two-way Measurement Mode
In two-way performance measurement mode, when using a bidirectional
path, the probe response message as defined in Figure 9 is sent back
to the sender node on the congruent path of the data traffic on the
same reverse direction Link or associated reverse SR Policy
[I-D.ietf-pce-sr-bidir-path]. The Control Code is set to "In-band
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Response Requested". In this delay measurement mode, as per
Reference Topology, all timestamps t1, t2, t3, and t4 are collected
by the probes. All four timestamps are needed to measure two-way
delay.
Specifically, the probe response message is sent back on the incoming
physical interface where the probe query message is received. This
is useful for example, in case of two-way measurement mode for Link
delay.
4.2.2.1. Probe Response Message for SR-MPLS Policy
The message content for sending probe response message for two-way
end-to-end performance measurement of an SR-MPLS Policy is shown in
Figure 10.
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Segment(1) | TC |S| TTL |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
. .
. .
. .
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Segment(n) | TC |S| TTL |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Message as shown in Figure 9 |
. .
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
Figure 10: Probe Response Message for SR-MPLS Policy
The Path Segment Identifier (PSID)
[I-D.ietf-spring-mpls-path-segment] of the forward SR Policy in the
probe query can be used to find the associated reverse SR Policy
[I-D.ietf-pce-sr-bidir-path] to send the probe response message for
two-way measurement of SR Policy unless when using STAMP message with
Return Path TLV.
4.2.2.2. Probe Response Message for SRv6 Policy
The message content for sending probe response message on the
congruent path of the data traffic for two-way end-to-end performance
measurement of an SRv6 Policy with SRH is shown in Figure 11.
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+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| SRH |
. .
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| Message as shown in Figure 9 |
. (Using IPv6 Source and Destination Addresses) .
. .
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
Figure 11: Probe Response Message for SRv6 Policy
4.2.3. Loopback Measurement Mode
The Loopback measurement mode can be used to measure round-trip delay
for a bidirectional SR Path. The IP header of the probe query
message contains the destination address equals to the sender address
and the source address equals to the reflector address. Optionally,
the probe query message can carry the reverse path information (e.g.
reverse path label stack for SR-MPLS) as part of the SR header. The
probe messages are not punted at the reflector node and it does not
process them and generate response messages. In this delay
measurement mode, as per Reference Topology, the timestamps t1 and t4
are collected by the probes. Both these timestamps are needed to
measure round-trip delay.
4.2.4. Loss Measurement Response Message Formats for TWAMP Light
In this document, TWAMP Light probe response message formats are
defined for loss measurement as shown in Figure 12 and Figure 13.
The message formats are hardware efficient due to the small size
payload and well-known locations of the counters. They do not
require any backwards compatibility or support for the existing DM
message formats from [RFC5357], as different user-configured
destination UDP port is used for loss measurement.
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0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Sequence Number |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Transmit Counter |
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|X|B| Reserved | Block Number | Reserved | Control Code |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Receive Counter |
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Sender Sequence Number |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Sender Counter |
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|X|B| Reserved |Sender Block Nu| MBZ |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Sender TTL | |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ +
| Packet Padding |
. .
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 12: TWAMP Light LM Probe Response Message Format
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Sequence Number |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| MBZ (12 octets) |
| |
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Transmit Counter |
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|X|B| Reserved | Block Number | Reserved | Control Code |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| MBZ (4 octets) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Receive Counter |
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| MBZ (8 octets) |
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| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Sender Sequence Number |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| MBZ (12 octets) |
| |
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Sender Counter |
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|X|B| Reserved |Sender Block Nu| MBZ |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| MBZ (4 octets) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Sender TTL | |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ +
| MBZ (15 octets) |
| |
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| HMAC (16 octets) |
| |
| |
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
. Packet Padding .
. .
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 13: TWAMP Light LM Probe Response Message Format -
Authenticated Mode
4.2.5. Loss Measurement Response Message Formats for STAMP
The STAMP loss measurement probe response message uses the same
message format as the TWAMP Light loss measurement probe response
message, except the padding size is 3 bytes in STAMP message in
unauthenticated mode (in Figure 12) whereas no padding is added in
authenticated mode (in Figure 13). They do not require any backwards
compatibility or support for the existing DM message formats from
[I-D.ietf-ippm-stamp], as different user-configured destination UDP
port is used for loss measurement.
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4.3. Node Address TLV for STAMP Message
The Node Address TLV is defined for STAMP message
[I-D.ietf-ippm-stamp-option-tlv] in this document and has the
following format shown in Figure 14:
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Type | Length | Address Family |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
~ Address ~
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 14: Node Address TLV Format
The Address Family field indicates the type of the address, and it
SHALL be set to one of the assigned values in the "IANA Address
Family Numbers" registry.
The following Type is defined in this document and it contains Node
Address TLV:
Destination Node Address (value TBA1):
The Destination Node Address TLV is optional. The Destination Node
Address TLV indicates the address of the intended recipient node of
the probe message. The reflector node SHOULD NOT send response if it
is not the intended destination node of the probe query message.
This check is useful for example, for performance measurement of SR
Policy when using the destination address in 127/8 range for IPv4 or
in 0:0:0:0:0:FFFF:7F00/104 range for IPv6.
4.4. Return Path TLV for STAMP Message
For two-way performance measurement, the reflector node needs to send
the probe response message on a specific reverse path. The sender
node can request in the probe query message to the reflector node to
send a response back on a given reverse path (e.g. co-routed
bidirectional path). This way the destination node does not require
any additional SR Policy state.
For one-way performance measurement, the sender node address may not
be reachable via IP route from the reflector node. The sender node
in this case needs to send its reachability path information to the
reflector node.
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[I-D.ietf-ippm-stamp-option-tlv] defines STAMP probe query messages
that can include one or more optional TLVs. The TLV Type (value
TBA2) is defined in this document for Return Path that carries
reverse path for STAMP probe response messages (in the payload of the
message). The format of the Return Path TLV is shown in Figure 15:
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Type = TBA2 | Length | Reserved |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Return Path Sub-TLVs |
. .
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 15: Return Path TLV
The following Type defined for the Return Path TLV contains the Node
Address sub-TLV using the format shown in Figure 14:
o Type (value 0): Return Address. Target node address of the
response different than the Source Address in the query
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Type | Length | Reserved |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Segment(1) |
. .
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
. .
. .
. .
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Segment(n) |
. .
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 16: Segment List Sub-TLV in Return Path TLV
The Segment List Sub-TLV (shown in Figure 16) in the Return Path TLV
can be one of the following Types:
o Type (value 1): SR-MPLS Label Stack of the Reverse SR Path
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o Type (value 2): SR-MPLS Binding SID
[I-D.ietf-pce-binding-label-sid] of the Reverse SR Policy
o Type (value 3): SRv6 Segment List of the Reverse SR Path
o Type (value 4): SRv6 Binding SID [I-D.ietf-pce-binding-label-sid]
of the Reverse SR Policy
The Return Path TLV is optional. The PM sender node MUST only insert
one Return Path TLV in the probe query message and the reflector node
MUST only process the first Return Path TLV in the probe query
message and ignore other Return Path TLVs if present. The reflector
node MUST send probe response message back on the reverse path
specified in the Return Path TLV and MUST NOT add Return Path TLV in
the probe response message.
5. Performance Measurement for P2MP SR Policies
The procedures for delay and loss measurement described in this
document for Point-to-Point (P2P) SR Policies
[I-D.ietf-spring-segment-routing-policy] are also equally applicable
to the Point-to-Multipoint (P2MP) SR Policies as following:
o The sender root node sends probe query messages using the
Replication Segment defined in
[I-D.voyer-spring-sr-replication-segment] for the P2MP SR Policy
as shown in Figure 17.
o Each reflector leaf node sends its IP address in the Source
Address of the probe response messages as shown in Figure 9. This
allows the sender root node to identify the reflector leaf nodes
of the P2MP SR Policy.
o The P2MP root node measures the end-to-end delay and loss
performance for each P2MP leaf node of the P2MP SR Policy.
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Replication SID | TC |S| TTL |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Message as shown in Figure 2 for DM or Figure 3 for LM |
. .
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
Figure 17: Query with Replication Segment for SR-MPLS Policy
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6. ECMP Support for SR Policies
An SR Policy can have ECMPs between the source and transit nodes,
between transit nodes and between transit and destination nodes.
Usage of Anycast SID [RFC8402] by an SR Policy can result in ECMP
paths via transit nodes part of that Anycast group. The PM probe
messages need to be sent to traverse different ECMP paths to measure
performance delay of an SR Policy.
Forwarding plane has various hashing functions available to forward
packets on specific ECMP paths. The mechanisms described in
[RFC8029] and [RFC5884] for handling ECMPs are also applicable to the
performance measurement. In the IP header of the PM probe messages,
sweeping of Destination Addresses in 127/8 range for IPv4 or
0:0:0:0:0:FFFF:7F00/104 range for IPv6 can be used to exercise
particular ECMP paths. As specified in [RFC6437], Flow Label field
in the outer IPv6 header can also be used for sweeping.
The considerations for performance loss measurement for different
ECMP paths of an SR Policy are outside the scope of this document.
7. Additional Message Processing Rules
The processing rules defined in this section are applicable to both
TWAMP Light and STAMP messages for delay and loss measurement for
Links and end-to-end SR Policies.
7.1. TTL and Hop Limit
The TTL field in the IPv4 and MPLS headers of the probe query
messages is set to 255 [RFC5357]. Similarly, the Hop Limit field in
the IPv6 and SRH headers of the probe query messages is set to 255
[RFC5357].
When using the Destination IPv4 Address from the 127/8 range, the TTL
in the IPv4 header is set to 1 [RFC8029]. Similarly, when using the
Destination IPv6 Address from the 0:0:0:0:0:FFFF:7F00/104 range, the
Hop Limit field in the inner IPv6 header is set to 1 whereas in the
outer IPv6 header is set to 255.
For Link performance delay and loss measurements, the TTL and Hop
Limit field in the probe message is set to 1 in both one-way and two-
way measurement modes.
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7.2. Router Alert Option
The Router Alert IP option is not set when using the routable
Destination IP Address in the probe messages.
When using the Destination IPv4 Address from the 127/8 range, to be
able to punt probe packets on the reflector node, the Router Alert IP
Option of value 0x0 [RFC2113] for IPv4 MAY be added [RFC8029].
Similarly, when using the Destination IPv6 Address from the
0:0:0:0:0:FFFF:7F00/104 range, the Router Alert IP Option of value 69
[RFC7506] for IPv6 MAY be added in the destination option header,
Section 4.6 of [RFC8200]. For SRv6 Policy using SRH, it is added in
the inner IPv6 header.
7.3. UDP Checksum
The UDP Checksum Complement for delay and loss measurement messages
follows the procedure defined in [RFC7820] and can be optionally used
with the procedures defined in this document.
For IPv4 and IPv6 probe messages, where the hardware is not capable
of re-computing the UDP checksum or adding checksum complement
[RFC7820], the sender node sets the UDP checksum to 0 [RFC6936]
[RFC8085]. The receiving node bypasses the checksum validation and
accepts the packets with UDP checksum value 0 for the UDP port being
used for PM delay and loss measurements.
8. Security Considerations
The performance measurement is intended for deployment in well-
managed private and service provider networks. As such, it assumes
that a node involved in a measurement operation has previously
verified the integrity of the path and the identity of the far-end
reflector node.
If desired, attacks can be mitigated by performing basic validation
and sanity checks, at the sender, of the counter or timestamp fields
in received measurement response messages. The minimal state
associated with these protocols also limits the extent of measurement
disruption that can be caused by a corrupt or invalid message to a
single query/response cycle.
Use of HMAC-SHA-256 in the authenticated mode protects the data
integrity of the probe messages. SRv6 has HMAC protection
authentication defined for SRH
[I-D.ietf-6man-segment-routing-header]. Hence, PM probe messages for
SRv6 may not need authentication mode. Cryptographic measures may be
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enhanced by the correct configuration of access-control lists and
firewalls.
9. IANA Considerations
IANA is requested to allocate a value for the following optional
Destination Address TLV Type for [I-D.ietf-ippm-stamp-option-tlv] to
be carried in PM probe messages:
o Type TBA1: Destination Node Address TLV
IANA is also requested to allocate a value for the following optional
Return Path TLV Type for [I-D.ietf-ippm-stamp-option-tlv] to be
carried in PM probe query messages:
o Type TBA2: Return Path TLV
IANA is also requested to allocate the values for the following Sub-
TLV Types for the Return Path TLV.
o Type (value 0): Return Address
o Type (value 1): SR-MPLS Label Stack of the Reverse SR Path
o Type (value 2): SR-MPLS Binding SID
[I-D.ietf-pce-binding-label-sid] of the Reverse SR Policy
o Type (value 3): SRv6 Segment List of the Reverse SR Path
o Type (value 4): SRv6 Binding SID [I-D.ietf-pce-binding-label-sid]
of the Reverse SR Policy
10. References
10.1. Normative References
[RFC0768] Postel, J., "User Datagram Protocol", STD 6, RFC 768,
DOI 10.17487/RFC0768, August 1980,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc768>.
[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>.
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[RFC4656] Shalunov, S., Teitelbaum, B., Karp, A., Boote, J., and M.
Zekauskas, "A One-way Active Measurement Protocol
(OWAMP)", RFC 4656, DOI 10.17487/RFC4656, September 2006,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4656>.
[RFC5357] Hedayat, K., Krzanowski, R., Morton, A., Yum, K., and J.
Babiarz, "A Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol (TWAMP)",
RFC 5357, DOI 10.17487/RFC5357, October 2008,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5357>.
[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>.
[I-D.ietf-6man-spring-srv6-oam]
Ali, Z., Filsfils, C., Matsushima, S., Voyer, D., and M.
Chen, "Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM)
in Segment Routing Networks with IPv6 Data plane (SRv6)",
draft-ietf-6man-spring-srv6-oam-03 (work in progress),
December 2019.
[I-D.ietf-ippm-stamp]
Mirsky, G., Jun, G., Nydell, H., and R. Foote, "Simple
Two-way Active Measurement Protocol", draft-ietf-ippm-
stamp-10 (work in progress), October 2019.
[I-D.ietf-ippm-stamp-option-tlv]
Mirsky, G., Xiao, M., Nydell, H., Foote, R., Masputra, A.,
and E. Ruffini, "Simple Two-way Active Measurement
Protocol Optional Extensions", draft-ietf-ippm-stamp-
option-tlv-03 (work in progress), February 2020.
10.2. Informative References
[IEEE1588]
IEEE, "1588-2008 IEEE Standard for a Precision Clock
Synchronization Protocol for Networked Measurement and
Control Systems", March 2008.
[RFC2104] Krawczyk, H., Bellare, M., and R. Canetti, "HMAC: Keyed-
Hashing for Message Authentication", RFC 2104,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2104, February 1997,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2104>.
[RFC2113] Katz, D., "IP Router Alert Option", RFC 2113,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2113, February 1997,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2113>.
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[RFC4868] Kelly, S. and S. Frankel, "Using HMAC-SHA-256, HMAC-SHA-
384, and HMAC-SHA-512 with IPsec", RFC 4868,
DOI 10.17487/RFC4868, May 2007,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4868>.
[RFC5884] Aggarwal, R., Kompella, K., Nadeau, T., and G. Swallow,
"Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for MPLS Label
Switched Paths (LSPs)", RFC 5884, DOI 10.17487/RFC5884,
June 2010, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5884>.
[RFC6038] Morton, A. and L. Ciavattone, "Two-Way Active Measurement
Protocol (TWAMP) Reflect Octets and Symmetrical Size
Features", RFC 6038, DOI 10.17487/RFC6038, October 2010,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6038>.
[RFC6335] Cotton, M., Eggert, L., Touch, J., Westerlund, M., and S.
Cheshire, "Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)
Procedures for the Management of the Service Name and
Transport Protocol Port Number Registry", BCP 165,
RFC 6335, DOI 10.17487/RFC6335, August 2011,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6335>.
[RFC6437] Amante, S., Carpenter, B., Jiang, S., and J. Rajahalme,
"IPv6 Flow Label Specification", RFC 6437,
DOI 10.17487/RFC6437, November 2011,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6437>.
[RFC6936] Fairhurst, G. and M. Westerlund, "Applicability Statement
for the Use of IPv6 UDP Datagrams with Zero Checksums",
RFC 6936, DOI 10.17487/RFC6936, April 2013,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6936>.
[RFC7506] Raza, K., Akiya, N., and C. Pignataro, "IPv6 Router Alert
Option for MPLS Operations, Administration, and
Maintenance (OAM)", RFC 7506, DOI 10.17487/RFC7506, April
2015, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7506>.
[RFC7820] Mizrahi, T., "UDP Checksum Complement in the One-Way
Active Measurement Protocol (OWAMP) and Two-Way Active
Measurement Protocol (TWAMP)", RFC 7820,
DOI 10.17487/RFC7820, March 2016,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7820>.
[RFC8029] Kompella, K., Swallow, G., Pignataro, C., Ed., Kumar, N.,
Aldrin, S., and M. Chen, "Detecting Multiprotocol Label
Switched (MPLS) Data-Plane Failures", RFC 8029,
DOI 10.17487/RFC8029, March 2017,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8029>.
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[RFC8085] Eggert, L., Fairhurst, G., and G. Shepherd, "UDP Usage
Guidelines", BCP 145, RFC 8085, DOI 10.17487/RFC8085,
March 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8085>.
[RFC8186] Mirsky, G. and I. Meilik, "Support of the IEEE 1588
Timestamp Format in a Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol
(TWAMP)", RFC 8186, DOI 10.17487/RFC8186, June 2017,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8186>.
[RFC8200] Deering, S. and R. Hinden, "Internet Protocol, Version 6
(IPv6) Specification", STD 86, RFC 8200,
DOI 10.17487/RFC8200, July 2017,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8200>.
[RFC8321] Fioccola, G., Ed., Capello, A., Cociglio, M., Castaldelli,
L., Chen, M., Zheng, L., Mirsky, G., and T. Mizrahi,
"Alternate-Marking Method for Passive and Hybrid
Performance Monitoring", RFC 8321, DOI 10.17487/RFC8321,
January 2018, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8321>.
[RFC8402] Filsfils, C., Ed., Previdi, S., Ed., Ginsberg, L.,
Decraene, B., Litkowski, S., and R. Shakir, "Segment
Routing Architecture", RFC 8402, DOI 10.17487/RFC8402,
July 2018, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8402>.
[I-D.ietf-spring-segment-routing-policy]
Filsfils, C., Sivabalan, S., Voyer, D., Bogdanov, A., and
P. Mattes, "Segment Routing Policy Architecture", draft-
ietf-spring-segment-routing-policy-06 (work in progress),
December 2019.
[I-D.voyer-spring-sr-replication-segment]
Voyer, D., Filsfils, C., Parekh, R., Bidgoli, H., and Z.
Zhang, "SR Replication Segment for Multi-point Service
Delivery", draft-voyer-spring-sr-replication-segment-02
(work in progress), November 2019.
[I-D.ietf-spring-mpls-path-segment]
Cheng, W., Li, H., Chen, M., Gandhi, R., and R. Zigler,
"Path Segment in MPLS Based Segment Routing Network",
draft-ietf-spring-mpls-path-segment-02 (work in progress),
February 2020.
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Filsfils, C., Dukes, D., Previdi, S., Leddy, J.,
Matsushima, S., and D. Voyer, "IPv6 Segment Routing Header
(SRH)", draft-ietf-6man-segment-routing-header-26 (work in
progress), October 2019.
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[I-D.ietf-spring-srv6-network-programming]
Filsfils, C., Camarillo, P., Leddy, J., Voyer, D.,
Matsushima, S., and Z. Li, "SRv6 Network Programming",
draft-ietf-spring-srv6-network-programming-10 (work in
progress), February 2020.
[I-D.ietf-pce-binding-label-sid]
Sivabalan, S., Filsfils, C., Tantsura, J., Hardwick, J.,
Previdi, S., and C. Li, "Carrying Binding Label/Segment-ID
in PCE-based Networks.", draft-ietf-pce-binding-label-
sid-01 (work in progress), November 2019.
[BBF.TR-390]
"Performance Measurement from IP Edge to Customer
Equipment using TWAMP Light", BBF TR-390, May 2017.
[I-D.gandhi-spring-ioam-sr-mpls]
Gandhi, R., Ali, Z., Filsfils, C., Brockners, F., Wen, B.,
and V. Kozak, "Segment Routing with MPLS Data Plane
Encapsulation for In-situ OAM Data", draft-gandhi-spring-
ioam-sr-mpls-02 (work in progress), August 2019.
[I-D.ali-spring-ioam-srv6]
Ali, Z., Gandhi, R., Filsfils, C., Brockners, F., Kumar,
N., Pignataro, C., Li, C., Chen, M., and G. Dawra,
"Segment Routing Header encapsulation for In-situ OAM
Data", draft-ali-spring-ioam-srv6-02 (work in progress),
November 2019.
[I-D.ietf-pce-sr-bidir-path]
Li, C., Chen, M., Cheng, W., Gandhi, R., and Q. Xiong,
"PCEP Extensions for Associated Bidirectional Segment
Routing (SR) Paths", draft-ietf-pce-sr-bidir-path-01 (work
in progress), February 2020.
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank Thierry Couture for the discussions
on the use-cases for TWAMP Light in Segment Routing. The authors
would also like to thank Greg Mirsky for reviewing this document and
providing useful comments and suggestions. Patrick Khordoc and Radu
Valceanu, both from Cisco Systems have helped significantly improve
the mechanisms defined in this document. The authors would like to
acknowledge the earlier work on the loss measurement using TWAMP
described in draft-xiao-ippm-twamp-ext-direct-loss. The authors
would also like to thank Sam Aldrin for the discussions to check for
broken path.
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Authors' Addresses
Rakesh Gandhi (editor)
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Canada
Email: rgandhi@cisco.com
Clarence Filsfils
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Email: cfilsfil@cisco.com
Daniel Voyer
Bell Canada
Email: daniel.voyer@bell.ca
Mach(Guoyi) Chen
Huawei
Email: mach.chen@huawei.com
Bart Janssens
Colt
Email: Bart.Janssens@colt.net
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