Requirements for Distributed Mobility Management
RFC 7333
Document | Type | RFC - Informational (August 2014; No errata) | |
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Authors | Anthony Chan , Dapeng Liu , Pierrick Seite , Hidetoshi Yokota , Jouni Korhonen | ||
Last updated | 2015-10-14 | ||
Replaces | draft-chan-dmm-requirements | ||
Stream | IETF | ||
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Stream | WG state | Submitted to IESG for Publication | |
Document shepherd | Pete McCann | ||
Shepherd write-up | Show (last changed 2014-01-09) | ||
IESG | IESG state | RFC 7333 (Informational) | |
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Consensus Boilerplate | Yes | ||
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Responsible AD | Brian Haberman | ||
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IANA | IANA review state | Version Changed - Review Needed | |
IANA action state | No IANA Actions |
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) H. Chan, Ed. Request for Comments: 7333 Huawei Technologies Category: Informational D. Liu ISSN: 2070-1721 China Mobile P. Seite Orange H. Yokota Landis+Gyr J. Korhonen Broadcom Communications August 2014 Requirements for Distributed Mobility Management Abstract This document defines the requirements for Distributed Mobility Management (DMM) at the network layer. The hierarchical structure in traditional wireless networks has led primarily to centrally deployed mobility anchors. As some wireless networks are evolving away from the hierarchical structure, it can be useful to have a distributed model for mobility management in which traffic does not need to traverse centrally deployed mobility anchors far from the optimal route. The motivation and the problems addressed by each requirement are also described. Status of This Memo This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes. This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has received public review and has been approved for publication by the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Not all documents approved by the IESG are a candidate for any level of Internet Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 5741. Information about the current status of this document, any errata, and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7333. Chan, et al. Informational [Page 1] RFC 7333 DMM-Reqs August 2014 Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2014 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved. This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of publication of this document. Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. Code Components extracted from this document must include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Simplified BSD License. Table of Contents 1. Introduction ....................................................2 2. Conventions Used in This Document ...............................4 2.1. Requirements Language ......................................4 2.2. Terminology ................................................4 3. Centralized versus Distributed Mobility Management ..............5 3.1. Centralized Mobility Management ............................6 3.2. Distributed Mobility Management ............................7 4. Problem Statement ...............................................8 5. Requirements ...................................................10 6. Security Considerations ........................................16 7. Contributors ...................................................17 8. References .....................................................20 8.1. Normative References ......................................20 8.2. Informative References ....................................21 1. Introduction In the past decade, a fair number of network-layer mobility protocols have been standardized [RFC6275] [RFC5944] [RFC5380] [RFC6301] [RFC5213]. Although these protocols differ in terms of functions and associated message formats, they all employ a mobility anchor to allow a mobile node to remain reachable after it has moved to a different network. Among other tasks that the anchor point performs, the anchor point ensures connectivity by forwarding packets destined to, or sent from, the mobile node. It is a centrally deployed mobility anchor in the sense that the deployed architectures today have a small number of these anchors and the traffic of millions of mobile nodes in an operator network is typically managed by the same anchor. Such a mobility anchor may still have to reside in the subscriber's provider network even when the subscriber is roaming to Chan, et al. Informational [Page 2]Show full document text