Working Group Z. Cao Internet-Draft D. Liu Intended status: Informational H. Deng Expires: September 9, 2010 China Mobile March 8, 2010 Light-weight IP Stack for Lossy and Low-power Networks draft-cao-lightweight-ip-01 Abstract This document describes the requirements for a new lightweight IP stack for the Low-power and Lossy Networks, such as wireless sensor networks, 802.15.4 enabled networks, and Machine-to-Machine type communication (M2M). Status of this Memo This Internet-Draft is submitted to IETF in full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet- Drafts. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. 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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 BSD License. Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. Characteristics of LLN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.1. Latency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.2. Low Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.3. Data Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.4. Small Packets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.5. Asymmetry Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.6. Packet Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3. Requirements for Lightweight IP Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3.1. ICMP for network maintenance and debug . . . . . . . . . . 5 3.2. Specific API for enhanced performance . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3.3. Simplified Neighbor Discovery Protocol . . . . . . . . . . 5 3.4. Simplified IPsec/IKE support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Cao, et al. Expires September 9, 2010 [Page 2] Internet-Draft LwIP March 2010 1. Introduction This document describes the requirements for a new lightweight IP stack for the Low-power and Lossy Networks, such as wireless sensor networks, 802.15.4 enabled networks, and Machine-to-Machine type communication (M2M). Multiple implementations of IP stack exist for the Internet of Things. There is a need of standardizing these efforts to increase interoperations among them. Cao, et al. Expires September 9, 2010 [Page 3] Internet-Draft LwIP March 2010 2. Characteristics of LLN 2.1. Latency The latency of M2M link is high mostly due to the low data rate. 2.2. Low Power Typically, some or all devices are battery operated. 2.3. Data Rates The data rate for 802.15.4-2006 is 20-250 Kbps. The data rate required for 802.15.4g is 40-1000 Kbps. 2.4. Small Packets Applications within LoWPANs are expected to originate small packets. Adding all layers for IP connectivity should still allow transmission in one frame without incurring excessive fragmentation and reassembly. Furthermore, protocols must be designed or chosen so that the individual "control/protocol packets" fit within a single 802.15.4 frame. Along these lines, IPv6's requirement of sub-IP reassembly may pose challenges for low-end LoWPAN devices that do not have enough RAM or storage for a 1280-octet packet. 2.5. Asymmetry Link Due to the power constrain, some node may only be able to receive packets but not able to send packets. This results into asymmetry links in the network. 2.6. Packet Loss Packet loss is high due to the unstable of LLN. Cao, et al. Expires September 9, 2010 [Page 4] Internet-Draft LwIP March 2010 3. Requirements for Lightweight IP Stack 3.1. ICMP for network maintenance and debug TBD. 3.2. Specific API for enhanced performance TBD. 3.3. Simplified Neighbor Discovery Protocol This is introduced in [I.D-6LOWPAN-ND] 3.4. Simplified IPsec/IKE support TBD. Cao, et al. Expires September 9, 2010 [Page 5] Internet-Draft LwIP March 2010 4. Security Considerations TBD. Cao, et al. Expires September 9, 2010 [Page 6] Internet-Draft LwIP March 2010 5. IANA Considerations This document does not require any IANA actions. Cao, et al. Expires September 9, 2010 [Page 7] Internet-Draft LwIP March 2010 6. Normative References [I.D-6LOWPAN-ND] Shelby, Z., "6LoWPAN Neighbor Discovery", draft-ietf-6lowpan-nd-06.txt (work in progress), September 2009. [RFC4919] Kushalnagar, N., Montenegro, G., and C. Schumacher, "IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks (6LoWPANs): Overview, Assumptions, Problem Statement, and Goals", RFC 4919, August 2007. [RFC4944] Montenegro, G., Kushalnagar, N., Hui, J., and D. Culler, "Transmission of IPv6 Packets over IEEE 802.15.4 Networks", RFC 4944, September 2007. Cao, et al. Expires September 9, 2010 [Page 8] Internet-Draft LwIP March 2010 Authors' Addresses Zhen Cao China Mobile Unit2, 28 Xuanwumenxi Ave,Xuanwu District Beijing 100053 China Email: zehn.cao@gmail.com Dapeng Liu China Mobile Unit2, 28 Xuanwumenxi Ave,Xuanwu District Beijing 100053 China Email: liudapeng@chinamobile.com Hui Deng China Mobile Unit2, 28 Xuanwumenxi Ave,Xuanwu District Beijing 100053 China Email: denghui@chinamobile.com Cao, et al. Expires September 9, 2010 [Page 9]