CCAMP Working Group D. Papadimitriou - Editor Internet Draft (Alcatel) Category: Standard Track Expiration Date: June 2004 January 2004 Generalized MPLS Signalling Extensions for G.709 Optical Transport Networks Control draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-g709-05.txt Status of this Memo This document is an Internet-Draft and is in full conformance with all provisions of Section 10 of RFC2026 [1]. 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. It is inappropriate to use Internet- Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html. Abstract This document is a companion to the Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) signalling documents. It describes the technology specific information needed to extend GMPLS signalling to control Optical Transport Networks (OTN); it also includes the so-called pre-OTN developments. *** DISCLAIMER *** In this document, the presented views on ITU-T G.709 OTN Recommendation (and referenced) are intentionally restricted as needed from the GMPLS perspective within the IETF CCAMP WG context. Hence, the objective of this document is not to replicate the content of the ITU-T OTN recommendations. Therefore, the reader interested in going into more details concerning the corresponding technologies is strongly invited to consult the corresponding ITU- T documents (also referenced in this memo). D.Papadimitriou (Editor) et al. - Expires June 2004 1 draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-g709-05.txt January 2004 Table of Content Status of this Memo ............................................. 1 Abstract ........................................................ 1 Table of Content ................................................ 2 1. Introduction ................................................. 2 2. GMPLS Extensions for G.709 - Overview ........................ 3 3. Generalized Label Request .................................... 4 3.1 Technology Independent Part ................................. 4 3.1.1. LSP Encoding Type ........................................ 5 3.1.2. Switching-Type ........................................... 5 3.1.3. Generalized-PID (G-PID) .................................. 6 3.2. G.709 Traffic-Parameters ................................... 7 3.2.1. Signal Type (ST).......................................... 7 3.2.2. Number of Multiplexed Components (NMC) ................... 8 3.2.3. Number of Virtual Components (NVC) ....................... 9 3.2.4. Multiplier (MT) .......................................... 9 3.2.5. Reserved Fields .......................................... 9 4. Generalized Label ............................................ 9 4.1. ODUk Label Space .......................................... 10 4.2. Label Distribution Rules .................................. 11 4.3. OCh Label Space ........................................... 12 5. Examples .................................................... 12 6. Signalling Protocol Extensions .............................. 13 6.1. RSVP-TE Details ........................................... 13 6.2. CR-LDP Details ............................................ 14 7. Security Considerations ..................................... 15 8. IANA Considerations ......................................... 15 9. Acknowledgments ............................................. 15 10. Intellectual Property Notice ............................... 16 11. References ................................................. 16 11.1 Normative References ...................................... 16 12. Contributors ............................................... 17 13. Author's Address ........................................... 18 Appendix 1 - Abbreviations ..................................... 19 Appendix 2 - G.709 Indexes ..................................... 19 Full Copyright Statement ....................................... 21 Conventions used in this document: 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 RFC-2119. In addition, the reader is assumed to be familiar with the terminology used in ITU-T [ITUT-G709] as well as [RFC3471], [RFC3473] and [RFC3472]. Abbreviations used in this document are detailed in Appendix 1. D.Papadimitriou (Editor) et al. - Expires June 2004 2 draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-g709-05.txt January 2004 1. Introduction Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) extends MPLS from supporting Packet Switching Capable (PSC) interfaces and switching to include support of three new classes of interfaces and switching: Time- Division Multiplex (TDM), Lambda Switch (LSC) and Fiber-Switch (FSC) Capable. A functional description of the extensions to MPLS signaling needed to support these new classes of interfaces and switching is provided in [RFC3471]. [RFC3473] describes RSVP-TE specific formats and mechanisms needed to support all four classes of interfaces, and CR-LDP extensions can be found in [RFC3472]. This document presents the technology details that are specific to G.709 Optical Transport Networks (OTN) as specified in the ITU-T G.709 recommendation [ITUT-G709] (and referenced documents), including pre-OTN developments. Per [RFC3471], G.709 technology specific parameters are carried through the signaling protocol in dedicated traffic parameter objects. The G.709 traffic parameters defined hereafter (see Section 3.2) MUST be used when the label is encoded as defined in this document. Moreover, the label MUST be encoded as defined in Section 4 when these G.709 traffic parameters are used. Note: in the context of this memo, by pre-OTN developments, one refers to Optical Channel, Digital Wrapper and Forward Error Correction (FEC) solutions that are not fully G.709 compliant. Details concerning pre-OTN Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)/ Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) based solutions including Optical Sections (OS), Regenerator Section (RS)/Section and Multiplex Section (MS)/ Line overhead transparency are covered in [GMPLS-SONET-SDH]. 2. GMPLS Extensions for G.709 - Overview Although G.709 defines several networking layers (OTS, OMS, OPS, OCh, OChr constituting the optical transport hierarchy and OTUk, ODUk constituting the digital transport hierarchy) only the OCh (Optical Channel) and the ODUk (Optical Channel Data Unit) layers are defined as switching layers. Both OCh (but not OChr) and ODUk layers include the overhead for supervision and management. The OCh overhead is transported in a non-associated manner (so also referred to as the non-associated overhead û naOH) in the OTM Overhead Signal (OOS), together with the OTS and OMS non-associated overhead. The OOS is transported via a dedicated wavelength referred to as the Optical Supervisory Channel (OSC). It should be noticed that the naOH is only functionally specified and as such open to vendor specific solutions. The ODUk overhead is transported in an associated manner as part of the digital ODUk frame. As described in [ITUT-G709], in addition to the support of ODUk mapping into OTUk (k = 1, 2, 3), [ITUT-G.709] supports ODUk D.Papadimitriou (Editor) et al. - Expires June 2004 3 draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-g709-05.txt January 2004 multiplexing. It refers to the multiplexing of ODUj (j = 1, 2) into an ODUk (k > j) signal, in particular: - ODU1 into ODU2 multiplexing - ODU1 into ODU3 multiplexing - ODU2 into ODU3 multiplexing - ODU1 and ODU2 into ODU3 multiplexing Therefore, adapting GMPLS to control G.709 OTN, can be achieved by considering that: - a Digital Path layer by extending the previously defined "Digital Wrapper" in [GMPLS-SIG] corresponding to the ODUk (digital) path layer. - an Optical Path layer by extending the "Lambda" concept defined in [GMPLS-SIG] to the OCh (optical) path layer. - a label space structure by considering a tree whose root is an OTUk signal and leaves the ODUj signals (k >= j); enabling to identify the exact position of a particular ODUj signal in an ODUk multiplexing structure. Thus, the GMPLS signalling extensions for G.709 need to cover the Generalized Label Request, the Generalized Label as well as the specific technology dependent objects included in the so-called traffic parameters as specified in [GMPLS-SONET-SDH] for SONET/SDH networks. Moreover, since the multiplexing in the digital domain (such as ODUk multiplexing) has been specified in the amended version of the G.709 ITU-T recommendation (October 2001), this document also proposes a label space definition suitable for that purpose. Notice also that one directly uses the G.709 ODUk (i.e. Digital Path) and OCh (i.e. Optical Path) layers in order to define the corresponding label spaces. 3. Generalized Label Request The Generalized Label Request as defined in [RFC3471], includes a technology independent part and a technology dependent part (i.e. the traffic parameters). In this section, both parts are extended to accommodate the GMPLS Signalling to the G.709 transport plane recommendation (see [ITUT-G709]). 3.1 Technology Independent Part As defined in [RFC3471], the LSP Encoding Type, the Switching Type and the Generalized Protocol Identifier (Generalized-PID) constitute the technology independent part of the Generalized Label Request. The encoding of the corresponding RSVP-TE object and CR-LDP TLV is specified in [RFC3473] Section 2.1 and [RFC3472] Section 2.1, respectively. As mentioned here above, this document extends the LSP Encoding Type, Switching Type and G-PID (Generalized-PID) values to accommodate G.709 recommendation [ITUT-G709]. D.Papadimitriou (Editor) et al. - Expires June 2004 4 draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-g709-05.txt January 2004 3.1.1 LSP Encoding Type Since G.709 defines two networking layers (ODUk layers and OCh layer), the LSP Encoding Type code-points can reflect these two layers currently defined in [RFC3471] as "Digital Wrapper" and "Lambda" code. The LSP Encoding Type is specified per networking layer or more precisely per group of functional networking layer: the ODUk layers and the OCh layer. Therefore, the current "Digital Wrapper" code-point defined in [RFC3471] can be replaced by two separated code-points: - code-point for the G.709 Digital Path layer - code-point for the non-standard Digital Wrapper layer In the same way, two separated code-points can replace the current defined "Lambda" code-point: - code-point for the G.709 Optical Channel layer - code-point for the non-standard Lambda layer (also referred to as Lambda layer which includes the pre-OTN Optical Channel layer) Consequently, the following additional code-points for the LSP Encoding Type are defined: Value Type ----- ---- 12 G.709 ODUk (Digital Path) 13 G.709 Optical Channel Moreover, the code-point for the G.709 Optical Channel (OCh) layer will indicate the capability of an end-system to use the G.709 non- associated overhead (naOH) i.e. the OTM Overhead Signal (OOS) multiplexed into the OTM-n.m interface signal. 3.1.2 Switching Type The Switching Type indicates the type of switching that should be performed at the termination of a particular link. This field is only needed for links that advertise more than one type of switching capability (see [GMPLS-RTG]). Here, no additional values are to be considered in order to accommodate G.709 switching types since an ODUk switching (and so LSPs) belongs to the TDM class while an OCh switching (and so LSPs) to the Lambda class (i.e. LSC). Moreover, in a strict layered G.709 network, when a downstream node receives a Generalized Label Request including one of these values for the Switching Type field, this value SHOULD be ignored. D.Papadimitriou (Editor) et al. - Expires June 2004 5 draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-g709-05.txt January 2004 3.1.3 Generalized-PID (G-PID) The G-PID (16 bits field) as defined in [RFC3471], identifies the payload carried by an LSP, i.e. an identifier of the client layer of that LSP. This identifier is used by the endpoints of the G.709 LSP. The G-PID can take one of the following values when the client payload is transported over the Digital Path layer, in addition to the payload identifiers defined in [RFC3471]: - CBRa: asynchronous Constant Bit Rate i.e. mapping of STM-16/OC- 48, STM-64/OC-192 and STM-256/OC-768 - CBRb: bit synchronous Constant Bit Rate i.e. mapping of STM- 16/OC-48, STM-64/OC-192 and STM-256/OC-768 - ATM: mapping at 2.5, 10 and 40 Gbps - BSOT: non-specific client Bit Stream with Octet Timing i.e. Mapping of 2.5, 10 and 40 Gbps Bit Stream - BSNT: non-specific client Bit Stream without Octet Timing i.e. Mapping of 2.5, 10 and 40 Gbps Bit Stream - ODUk: transport of Digital Paths at 2.5, 10 and 40 Gbps - ESCON: Enterprise Systems Connection - FICON: Fiber Connection The G-PID can take one of the following values when the client payload is transported over the Optical Channel layer, in addition to the payload identifiers defined in [RFC3471]: - CBR: Constant Bit Rate i.e. mapping of STM-16/OC-48, STM-64/OC-192 and STM-256/OC-768 - OTUk/OTUkV: transport of Digital Section at 2.5, 10 and 40 Gbps Also, when client payloads such as Ethernet MAC/PHY and IP/PPP are encapsulated through the Generic Framing Procedure (GFP) as described in ITU-T G.7041, dedicated G-PID values are defined. In order to include pre-OTN developments, the G-PID field can take one of the values (currently defined in [RFC3471]) when the following client payloads are transported over a so-called lambda LSP: - Ethernet PHY (1 Gbps and 10 Gbps) - Fiber Channel The following table summarizes the G-PID with respect to the LSP Encoding Type: Value G-PID Type LSP Encoding Type ----- ---------- ----------------- 47 G.709 ODUj G.709 ODUk (with k > j) 48 G.709 OTUk(v) G.709 OCh ODUk mapped into OTUk(v) 49 CBR/CBRa G.709 ODUk, G.709 OCh 50 CBRb G.709 ODUk D.Papadimitriou (Editor) et al. - Expires June 2004 6 draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-g709-05.txt January 2004 51 BSOT G.709 ODUk 52 BSNT G.709 ODUk 53 IP/PPP (GFP) G.709 ODUk (and SDH) 54 Ethernet MAC (framed GFP) G.709 ODUk (and SDH) 55 Ethernet PHY (transparent GFP) G.709 ODUk (and SDH) 56 ESCON G.709 ODUk, Lambda, Fiber 57 FICON G.709 ODUk, Lambda, Fiber 58 Fiber Channel G.709 ODUk, Lambda, Fiber Note: Value 49 and 50 includes mapping of SDH The following table summarizes the update of the G-PID values defined in [RFC3471]: Value G-PID Type LSP Encoding Type ----- ---------- ----------------- 32 ATM Mapping SDH, G.709 ODUk 33 Ethernet PHY SDH, G.709 OCh, Lambda, Fiber 34 Sonet/SDH G.709 OCh, Lambda, Fiber 35 Reserved (SONET Dep.) G.709 OCh, Lambda, Fiber 3.2 G.709 Traffic-Parameters When G.709 Digital Path Layer or G.709 Optical Channel Layer is specified in the LSP Encoding Type field, the information referred to as technology dependent information (or simply traffic- parameters) is carried additionally to the one included in the Generalized Label Request and is defined as follows: 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Signal Type | Reserved | NMC | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | NVC | Multiplier (MT) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Reserved | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ In this frame, NMC stands for Number of Multiplexed Components, NVC for Number of Virtual Components and MT for Multiplier. Each of these fields is tailored to support G.709 LSP requests. 3.2.1 Signal Type (ST) This field (8 bits) indicates the type of G.709 Elementary Signal that comprises the requested LSP. The permitted values are: Value Type ----- ---- 0 Irrelevant 1 ODU1 (i.e. 2.5 Gbps) 2 ODU2 (i.e. 10 Gbps) D.Papadimitriou (Editor) et al. - Expires June 2004 7 draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-g709-05.txt January 2004 3 ODU3 (i.e. 40 Gbps) 4 Reserved 5 Reserved 6 OCh at 2.5 Gbps 7 OCh at 10 Gbps 8 OCh at 40 Gbps 9-255 Reserved The value of the Signal Type field depends on LSP Encoding Type value defined in Section 3.1.1 and [RFC3471]: - if the LSP Encoding Type value is the G.709 Digital Path layer then the valid values are the ODUk signals (k = 1, 2 or 3) - if the LSP Encoding Type value is the G.709 Optical Channel layer then the valid values are the OCh at 2.5, 10 or 40 Gbps - if the LSP Encoding Type is "Lambda" (which includes the pre-OTN Optical Channel layer) then the valid value is irrelevant (Signal Type = 0) - if the LSP Encoding Type is "Digital Wrapper", then the valid value is irrelevant (Signal Type = 0) Several transforms can be sequentially applied on the Elementary Signal to build the Final Signal being actually requested for the LSP. Each transform application is optional and must be ignored if zero, except the Multiplier (MT) that cannot be zero and must be ignored if equal to one. Transforms must be applied strictly in the following order: - First, virtual concatenation (by using the NVC field) can be optionally applied directly on the Elementary Signal to form a Composed Signal - Second, a multiplication (by using the Multiplier field) can be optionally applied either directly on the Elementary Signal, or on the virtually concatenated signal obtained from the first phase. The resulting signal is referred to as Final Signal. 3.2.2 Number of Multiplexed Components (NMC) The NMC field (16 bits) indicates the number of ODU tributary slots used by an ODUj when multiplexed into an ODUk (k > j) for the requested LSP. This field is not applicable when an ODUk is mapped into an OTUk and irrelevant at the Optical Channel layer. In both cases, it MUST be set to zero (NMC = 0) when sent and should be ignored when received. When applied at the Digital Path layer, in particular for ODU2 connections multiplexed into one ODU3 payload, the NMC field specifies the number of individual tributary slots (NMC = 4) constituting the requested connection. These components are still processed within the context of a single connection entity. For all other currently defined multiplexing cases (see Section 2), the NMC field is set to 1. D.Papadimitriou (Editor) et al. - Expires June 2004 8 draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-g709-05.txt January 2004 3.2.3 Number of Virtual Components (NVC) The NVC field (16 bits) is dedicated to ODUk virtual concatenation (i.e. ODUk Inverse Multiplexing) purposes. It indicates the number of ODU1, ODU2 or ODU3 Elementary Signals that are requested to be virtually concatenated to form an ODUk-Xv signal. By definition, these signals MUST be of the same type. This field is set to 0 (default value) to indicate that no virtual concatenation is requested. Note that the current usage of this field only applies for G.709 ODUk LSP i.e. values greater than zero, are only acceptable for ODUk Signal Types. Therefore, it MUST be set to zero (NVC = 0) when requesting a G.709 OCh LSP and should be ignored when received. 3.2.4 Multiplier (MT) The Multiplier field (16 bits) indicates the number of identical Elementary Signals or Composed Signals requested for the LSP i.e. that form the Final Signal. A Composed Signal is the resulting signal from the application of the NMC and NVC fields to an elementary Signal Type. GMPLS signalling currently implies that all the Composed Signals must be part of the same LSP. This field is set to one (default value) to indicate that exactly one instance of a signal is being requested. Intermediate and egress nodes MUST verify that the node itself and the interfaces on which the LSP will be established can support the requested multiplier value. If the requested values can not be supported, the receiver node MUST generate a PathErr/NOTIFICATION message (see Section 6.1/6.2, respectively). Zero is an invalid value. If received, the node MUST generate a PathErr/NOTIFICATION message (see Section 6.1/6.2, respectively). 3.2.5 Reserved Fields The reserved fields (8 bits in row 1 and 32 bits fields in row 3) are dedicated for future use. Reserved bits SHOULD be set to zero when sent and MUST be ignored when received. 4. Generalized Label This section describes the Generalized Label value space for Digital Paths and Optical Channels. The Generalized Label is defined in [RFC3471]. The format of the corresponding RSVP-TE object and CR-LDP TLV is specified in [RFC3473] Section 2.2 and [RFC3472] Section 2.2, respectively. The label distribution rules detailed in Section 4.2 follow (when applicable) the ones defined in [GMPLS-SONET-SDH]. D.Papadimitriou (Editor) et al. - Expires June 2004 9 draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-g709-05.txt January 2004 4.1 ODUk Label Space At the Digital Path layer (i.e. ODUk layers), G.709 defines three different client payload bit rates. An Optical Data Unit (ODU) frame has been defined for each of these bit rates. ODUk refers to the frame at bit rate k, where k = 1 (for 2.5 Gbps), 2 (for 10 Gbps) or 3 (for 40 Gbps). In addition to the support of ODUk mapping into OTUk, the G.709 label space supports the sub-levels of ODUk multiplexing. ODUk multiplexing refers to multiplexing of ODUj (j = 1, 2) into an ODUk (k > j), in particular: - ODU1 into ODU2 multiplexing - ODU1 into ODU3 multiplexing - ODU2 into ODU3 multiplexing - ODU1 and ODU2 into ODU3 multiplexing More precisely, ODUj into ODUk multiplexing (k > j) is defined when an ODUj is multiplexed into an ODUk Tributary Unit Group (i.e. an ODTUG constituted by ODU tributary slots) which is mapped into an OPUk. The resulting OPUk is mapped into an ODUk and the ODUk is mapped into an OTUk. Therefore, the label space structure is a tree whose root is an OTUk signal and leaves the ODUj signals (k >= j) that can be transported via the tributary slots and switched between these slots. A G.709 Digital Path layer label identifies the exact position of a particular ODUj signal in an ODUk multiplexing structure. The G.709 Digital Path Layer label or ODUk label has the following 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Reserved | t3 | t2 |t1| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Reserved bits MUST be set to zero when sent and SHOULD be ignored when received. The specification of the fields t1, t2 and t3 self-consistently characterizes the ODUk label space. The value space for the t1, t2 and t3 fields is defined as follows: 1. t1 (1-bit): - t1=1 indicates an ODU1 signal. - t1 is not significant for the other ODUk signal types (t1=0). 2. t2 (3-bit): - t2=1 indicates a not further sub-divided ODU2 signal. - t2=2->5 indicates the tributary slot (t2th-2) used by the ODU1 in an ODTUG2 mapped into an ODU2 (via OPU2). D.Papadimitriou (Editor) et al. - Expires June 2004 10 draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-g709-05.txt January 2004 - t2 is not significant for an ODU3 (t2=0). 3. t3 (6-bit): - t3=1 indicates a not further sub-divided ODU3 signal. - t3=2->17 indicates the tributary slot (t3th-1) used by the ODU1 in an ODTUG3 mapped into an ODU3 (via OPU3). - t3=18->33 indicates the tributary slot (t3th-17) used by the ODU2 in an ODTUG3 mapped into an ODU3 (via OPU3). Note: in case of ODU2 into ODU3 multiplexing, 4 labels are required to identify the 4 tributary slots used by the ODU2; these tributary time slots have to be allocated in ascending order. If the label sub-field value t[i]=1 (i, j = 1, 2 or 3) and t[j]=0 (j > i), the corresponding ODUk signal ODU[i] is directly mapped into the corresponding OTUk signal (k=i). This is referred to as the mapping of an ODUk signal into an OTUk of the same order. Therefore, the numbering starts at 1; zero is used to indicate a non- significant field. A label field equal to zero is an invalid value. Examples: - t3=0, t2=0, t1=1 indicates an ODU1 mapped into an OTU1 - t3=0, t2=1, t1=0 indicates an ODU2 mapped into an OTU2 - t3=1, t2=0, t1=0 indicates an ODU3 mapped into an OTU3 - t3=0, t2=3, t1=0 indicates the ODU1 in the second tributary slot of the ODTUG2 mapped into an ODU2 (via OPU2) mapped into an OTU2 - t3=5, t2=0, t1=0 indicates the ODU1 in the fourth tributary slot of the ODTUG3 mapped into an ODU3 (via OPU3) mapped into an OTU3 4.2 Label Distribution Rules In case of ODUk in OTUk mapping, only one of label can appear in the Generalized Label. In case of ODUj in ODUk (k > j) multiplexing, the explicit ordered list of the labels in the multiplex is given (this list can be restricted to only one label when NMC = 1). Each label indicates a component (ODUj tributary slot) of the multiplexed signal. The order of the labels must reflect the order of the ODUj into the multiplex (not the physical order of tributary slots). In case of ODUk virtual concatenation, the explicit ordered list of all labels in the concatenation is given. Each label indicates a component of the virtually concatenated signal. The order of the labels must reflect the order of the ODUk to concatenate (not the physical order of time-slots). This representation limits virtual concatenation to remain within a single (component) link. In case of multiplexed virtually concatenated signals, the first set of labels indicates the components (ODUj tributary slots) of the first virtually concatenated signal, the second set of labels indicates the components (ODUj tributary slots) of the second virtually concatenated signal, and so on. D.Papadimitriou (Editor) et al. - Expires June 2004 11 draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-g709-05.txt January 2004 In case of multiplication (i.e. when using the MT field), the explicit ordered list of all labels taking part in the composed signal is given. The above representation limits multiplication to remain within a single (component) link. In case of multiplication of multiplexed/virtually concatenated signals, the first set of labels indicates the components of the first multiplexed/virtually concatenated signal, the second set of labels indicates components of the second multiplexed/virtually concatenated signal, and so on. Note: as defined in [RFC3471], label field values only have significance between two neighbors, and the receiver may need (in some particular cases) to convert the received value into a value that has local significance. 4.3 Optical Channel Label Space At the Optical Channel layer, the label space must be consistently defined as a flat space whose values reflect the local assignment of OCh identifiers corresponding to the OTM-n.m sub-interface signals (m = 1, 2 or 3). Note that these identifiers do not cover OChr since the corresponding Connection Function (OChr-CF) between OTM- nr.m/OTM-0r.m is not defined in [ITUT-G798]. The OCh label space values are defined by either absolute values (i.e. channel identifiers or Channel ID also referred to as wavelength identifiers) or relative values (channel spacing also referred to as inter-wavelength spacing). The latter is strictly confined to a per-port label space while the former could be defined as a local or a global (per node) label space. Such an OCh label space is applicable to both OTN Optical Channel layer and pre-OTN Optical Channel layer. Optical Channel label encoding (and distribution) rules are defined in [RFC3471]. They MUST be used for the Upstream Label, the Suggested Label and the Generalized Label. 5. Examples The following examples are given in order to illustrate the processing described in the previous sections of this document. 1. ODUk in OTUk mapping: when one ODU1 (ODU2 or ODU3) signal is directly transported in an OTU1 (OTU2 or OTU3), the upstream node requests results simply in an ODU1 (ODU2 or ODU3) signal request. In such conditions, the downstream node has to return a unique label since the ODU1 (ODU2 or ODU3) is directly mapped into the corresponding OTU1 (OTU2 or OTU3). Since a single ODUk signal is requested (Signal Type = 1, 2 or 3), the downstream node has to return a single ODUk label which can be for instance one of the following when the Signal Type = 1: D.Papadimitriou (Editor) et al. - Expires June 2004 12 draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-g709-05.txt January 2004 - t3=0, t2=0, t1=1 indicating a single ODU1 mapped into an OTU1 - t3=0, t2=1, t1=0 indicating a single ODU2 mapped into an OTU2 - t3=1, t2=0, t1=0 indicating a single ODU3 mapped into an OTU3 2. ODU1 into ODUk multiplexing (k > 1): when one ODU1 is multiplexed into the payload of a structured ODU2 (or ODU3), the upstream node requests results simply in a ODU1 signal request. In such conditions, the downstream node has to return a unique label since the ODU1 is multiplexed into one ODTUG2 (or ODTUG3). The latter is then mapped into the ODU2 (or ODU3) via OPU2 (or OPU3) and then mapped into the corresponding OTU2 (or OTU3). Since a single ODU1 multiplexed signal is requested (Signal Type = 1 and NMC = 1), the downstream node has to return a single ODU1 label which can take for instance one of the following values: - t3=0,t2=4,t1=0 indicates the ODU1 in the third TS of the ODTUG2 - t3=2,t2=0,t1=0 indicates the ODU1 in the first TS of the ODTUG3 - t3=7,t2=0,t1=0 indicates the ODU1 in the sixth TS of the ODTUG3 3. ODU2 into ODU3 multiplexing: when one unstructured ODU2 is multiplexed into the payload of a structured ODU3, the upstream node requests results simply in a ODU2 signal request. In such conditions, the downstream node has to return four labels since the ODU2 is multiplexed into one ODTUG3. The latter is mapped into an ODU3 (via OPU3) and then mapped into an OTU3. Since an ODU2 multiplexed signal is requested (Signal Type = 2, and NMC = 4), the downstream node has to return four ODU labels which can take for instance the following values: - t3=18, t2=0, t1=0 (first part of ODU2 in first TS of ODTUG3) - t3=22, t2=0, t1=0 (second part of ODU2 in fifth TS of ODTUG3) - t3=23, t2=0, t1=0 (third part of ODU2 in sixth TS of ODTUG3) - t3=26, t2=0, t1=0 (fourth part of ODU2 in ninth TS of ODTUG3) 4. When a single OCh signal of 40 Gbps is requested (Signal Type = 8), the downstream node must return a single wavelength label as specified in [RFC3471]. 5. When requesting multiple ODUk LSP (i.e. with a multiplier (MT) value > 1), an explicit list of labels is returned to the requestor node. When the downstream node receives a request for a 4 x ODU1 signal (Signal Type = 1, NMC = 1 and MT = 4) multiplexed into a ODU3, it returns an ordered list of four labels to the upstream node: the first ODU1 label corresponding to the first signal of the LSP, the second ODU1 label corresponding to the second signal of the LSP, etc. For instance, the corresponding labels can take the following values: - First ODU1: t3=2, t2=0, t1=0 (in first TS of ODTUG3) D.Papadimitriou (Editor) et al. - Expires June 2004 13 draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-g709-05.txt January 2004 - Second ODU1: t3=10, t2=0, t1=0 (in ninth TS of ODTUG3) - Third ODU1: t3=7, t2=0, t1=0 (in sixth TS of ODTUG3) - Fourth ODU1: t3=6, t2=0, t1=0 (in fifth TS of ODTUG3) 6. Signalling Protocol Extensions This section specifies the [RFC3473] and [RFC3472] protocol extensions needed to accommodate G.709 traffic parameters. 6.1 RSVP-TE Details For RSVP-TE, the G.709 traffic parameters are carried in the G.709 SENDER_TSPEC and FLOWSPEC objects. The same format is used both for SENDER_TSPEC object and FLOWSPEC objects. The content of the objects is defined above in Section 3.2. The objects have the following class and type for G.709: - G.709 SENDER_TSPEC Object: Class = 12, C-Type = TBA - G.709 FLOWSPEC Object: Class = 9, C-Type = TBA There is no Adspec associated with the SONET/SDH SENDER_TSPEC. Either the Adspec is omitted or an Int-serv Adspec with the Default General Characterization Parameters and Guaranteed Service fragment is used, see [RFC2210]. For a particular sender in a session the contents of the FLOWSPEC object received in a Resv message SHOULD be identical to the contents of the SENDER_TSPEC object received in the corresponding Path message. If the objects do not match, a ResvErr message with a "Traffic Control Error/Bad Flowspec value" error SHOULD be generated. Intermediate and egress nodes MUST verify that the node itself and the interfaces on which the LSP will be established can support the requested Signal Type, NMC and NVC values (as defined in Section 3.2). If the requested value(s) can not be supported, the receiver node MUST generate a PathErr message with a "Traffic Control Error/Service unsupported" indication (see [RFC2205]). In addition, if the MT field is received with a zero value, the node MUST generate a PathErr message with a "Traffic Control Error/Bad Tspec value" indication (see [RFC2205]). 6.2 CR-LDP Details For CR-LDP, the G.709 traffic parameters are carried in the G.709 Traffic Parameters TLV. The content of the TLV is defined in Section 3.2. The header of the TLV has the following 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |U|F| Type | Length | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ D.Papadimitriou (Editor) et al. - Expires June 2004 14 draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-g709-05.txt January 2004 The type field indicates G.709 traffic parameters: 0xTBA Intermediate and egress nodes MUST verify that the node itself and the interfaces on which the LSP will be established can support the requested Signal Type, NMC and NVC values (as defined in Section 3.2). If the requested value(s) can not be supported, the receiver node MUST generate a NOTIFICATION message with a "Resource Unavailable" status code (see [RFC3212]). In addition, if the MT field is received with a zero value, the node MUST generate a NOTIFICATION message with a "Resource Unavailable" status code (see [RFC3212]). 7. Security Considerations This draft introduces no new security considerations to either [RFC3473] or [RFC3472]. GMPLS security is described in section 11 of [RFC3471] and refers to [RFC3209] for RSVP-TE and to [RFC3212] for CR-LDP. 8. IANA Considerations Three values have to be defined by IANA for this document: Two RSVP C-Types in registry: http://www.iana.org/assignments/rsvp-parameters - A G.709 SENDER_TSPEC object: Class = 12, C-Type = TBA (see section 6.1). - A G.709 FLOWSPEC object: Class = 9, C-Type = TBA (see section 6.1). One LDP TLV Type in registry: http://www.iana.org/assignments/ldp-namespaces - A Type field value for the G.709 Traffic Parameters TLV (see section 6.2). 9. Acknowledgments The authors would like to thank Jean-Loup Ferrant, Mathieu Garnot, Massimo Canali, Germano Gasparini and Fong Liaw for their constructive comments and inputs as well as James Fu, Siva Sankaranarayanan and Yangguang Xu for their useful feedback. This draft incorporates (upon agreement) material and ideas from draft-lin-ccamp-ipo-common-label-request-00.txt. D.Papadimitriou (Editor) et al. - Expires June 2004 15 draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-g709-05.txt January 2004 10. Intellectual Property Notice The IETF takes no position regarding the validity or scope of any intellectual property or other rights that might be claimed to pertain to the implementation or use of the technology described in this document or the extent to which any license under such rights might or might not be available; neither does it represent that it has made any effort to identify any such rights. Information on the IETF's procedures with respect to rights in standards-track and standards-related documentation can be found in BCP-11. Copies of claims of rights made available for publication and any assurances of licenses to be made available, or the result of an attempt made to obtain a general license or permission for the use of such proprietary rights by implementors or users of this specification can be obtained from the IETF Secretariat. The IETF invites any interested party to bring to its attention any copyrights, patents or patent applications, or other proprietary rights which may cover technology that may be required to practice this standard. Please address the information to the IETF Executive Director. 11. References 11.1 Normative References [ITUT-G707] ITU-T, "Network node interface for the synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH)," G.707 Recommendation, October 2000. [ITUT-G709] ITU-T, "Interface for the Optical Transport Network (OTN)," G.709 Recommendation (and Amendment 1), February 2001 (October 2001). [ITUT-G798] ITU-T, "Characteristics of Optical Transport Network Hierarchy Equipment Functional Blocks," G.798 Recommendation, October 2001. [ITUT-G872] ITU-T, version 2.0, "Architecture of Optical Transport Network," G.872 Recommendation, October 2001. [GMPLS-ARCH] Mannie, E. (Editor) et al., "Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Architecture," Internet Draft (work in progress), draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls- architecture-07.txt, May 2003. [GMPLS-RTG] Kompella, K. (Editor) et al., "Routing Extensions in Support of Generalized MPLS," Internet Draft (work in progress), draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-routing-09.txt, October 2003. [GMPLS-SONET-SDH] Mannie, E. and Papadimitriou, D. (Editors) et al., "Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching Extensions D.Papadimitriou (Editor) et al. - Expires June 2004 16 draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-g709-05.txt January 2004 for SONET and SDH Control," Internet Draft (work in progress), draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-sonet-sdh-08.txt, February 2003. [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels," BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. [RFC2205] Braden, R., et al., "Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) -- Version 1 Functional Specification," RFC 2205, September 1997. [RFC2210] Wroclawski, J., "The Use of RSVP with IETF Integrated Services," RFC 2210, September 1997 [RFC3036] Andersson, L. et al., "LDP Specification," RFC 3036, January 2001. [RFC3209] Awduche, D. et al., "RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels," RFC 3209, December 2001. [RFC3212] Jamoussi, B. (Editor) et al., "Constraint-Based LSP Setup using LDP," RFC 3212, January 2002. [RFC3471] Berger, L. (Editor) et al., "Generalized Multi- Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Signaling - Functional Description," RFC 3471, January 2003. [RFC3472] Berger, L. (Editor) et al., "Generalized Multi- Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Signaling - Constraint-based Routed Label Distribution Protocol (CR-LDP) Extensions," RFC 3472, January 2003. [RFC3473] Berger, L. (Editor) et al., "Generalized Multi- Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Signaling Resource ReserVation Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) Extensions," RFC 3473, January 2003. 12. Contributors Alberto Bellato (Alcatel) Via Trento 30, I-20059 Vimercate, Italy Email: alberto.bellato@alcatel.it Sudheer Dharanikota (Consult) Email: sudheer@ieee.org Michele Fontana (Alcatel) Via Trento 30, I-20059 Vimercate, Italy Email: michele.fontana@alcatel.it Nasir Ghani (Sorrento Networks) D.Papadimitriou (Editor) et al. - Expires June 2004 17 draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-g709-05.txt January 2004 9990 Mesa Rim Road, San Diego, CA 92121, USA Email: nghani@sorrentonet.com Gert Grammel (Alcatel) Lorenzstrasse, 10, 70435 Stuttgart, Germany Email: gert.grammel@alcatel.de Dan Guo (Turin Networks) 1415 N. McDowell Blvd, Petaluma, CA 94954, USA Email: dguo@turinnetworks.com Juergen Heiles (Siemens) Hofmannstr. 51, D-81379 Munich, Germany Email: juergen.heiles@siemens.com Jim Jones (Alcatel) 3400 W. Plano Parkway, Plano, TX 75075, USA Email: jim.d.jones@alcatel.com Zhi-Wei Lin (Lucent) 101 Crawfords Corner Rd, Rm 3C-512 Holmdel, New Jersey 07733-3030, USA Email: zwlin@lucent.com Eric Mannie (Consult) Email: eric_mannie@hotmail.com Maarten Vissers (Alcatel) Lorenzstrasse, 10, 70435 Stuttgart, Germany Email: maarten.vissers@alcalel.de Yong Xue (WorldCom) 22001 Loudoun County Parkway, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA Email: yong.xue@wcom.com 13. Author's Address Dimitri Papadimitriou (Alcatel) Francis Wellesplein 1, B-2018 Antwerpen, Belgium Phone: +32 3 240-8491 Email: dimitri.papadimitriou@alcatel.be D.Papadimitriou (Editor) et al. - Expires June 2004 18 draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-g709-05.txt January 2004 Appendix 1 - Abbreviations BSNT Bit Stream without Octet Timing BSOT Bit Stream with Octet Timing CBR Constant Bit Rate ESCON Enterprise Systems Connection FC Fiber Channel FEC Forward Error Correction FICON Fiber Connection FSC Fiber Switch Capable GCC General Communication Channel GFP Generic Framing Procedure LSC Lambda Switch Capable LSP Label Switched Path MS Multiplex Section naOH non-associated Overhead NMC Number of Multiplexed Components NVC Number of Virtual Components OCC Optical Channel Carrier OCG Optical Carrier Group OCh Optical Channel (with full functionality) OChr Optical Channel (with reduced functionality) ODTUG Optical Date Tributary Unit Group ODU Optical Channel Data Unit OH Overhead OMS Optical Multiplex Section OMU Optical Multiplex Unit OOS OTM Overhead Signal OPS Optical Physical Section OPU Optical Channel Payload Unit OSC Optical Supervisory Channel OTH Optical Transport Hierarchy OTM Optical Transport Module OTN Optical Transport Network OTS Optical Transmission Section OTU Optical Channel Transport Unit OTUkV Functionally Standardized OTUk PPP Point to Point Protocol PSC Packet Switch Capable RES Reserved RS Regenerator Section TTI Trail Trace Identifier TDM Time Division Multiplex Appendix 2 - G.709 Indexes - Index k: The index "k" is used to represent a supported bit rate and the different versions of OPUk, ODUk and OTUk. k=1 represents an approximate bit rate of 2.5 Gbit/s, k=2 represents an approximate bit rate of 10 Gbit/s, k = 3 an approximate bit rate of 40 Gbit/s and k = 4 an approximate bit rate of 160 Gbit/s (under definition). The exact bit-rate values are in kbits/s: . OPU: k=1: 2 488 320.000, k=2: 9 995 276.962, k=3: 40 150 519.322 D.Papadimitriou (Editor) et al. - Expires June 2004 19 draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-g709-05.txt January 2004 . ODU: k=1: 2 498 775.126, k=2: 10 037 273.924, k=3: 40 319 218.983 . OTU: k=1: 2 666 057.143, k=2: 10 709 225.316, k=3: 43 018 413.559 - Index m: The index "m" is used to represent the bit rate or set of bit rates supported on the interface. This is a one or more digit ôkö, where each ôkö represents a particular bit rate. The valid values for m are (1, 2, 3, 12, 23, 123). - Index n: The index "n" is used to represent the order of the OTM, OTS, OMS, OPS, OCG and OMU. This index represents the maximum number of wavelengths that can be supported at the lowest bit rate supported on the wavelength. It is possible that a reduced number of higher bit rate wavelengths are supported. 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