Traffic Selectors for Flow Bindings

defines the format for the traffic selector sub-option. The following values of the TS Format field, are defined in this specification for binary traffic selectors. TS Format: 1 IPv4 binary traffic selector 2 IPv6 binary traffic selector

If the TS Format field of the traffic selector sub-option indicates "IPv4 binary traffic selector", then the traffic selector is formatted as shown below. The alignment requirement for this sub-option is: 4n if A, B, C, D, E, or F is set 2n if G, H, I, or J is set n if K, L, M, or N is set

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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |Sub-opt Type | Sub-Opt Len | TS Format | Reserved | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M|N| Reserved | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | (A)Start Source Address | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | (B)End Source Address | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | (C)Start Destination Address | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | (D)End Destination Address | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | (E)Start IPsec SPI | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | (F)End IPsec SPI | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | (G)Start Source port | (H)End Source port | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | (I)Start Destination port | (J)End Destination port | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | (K)Start DS | (L)End DS |(M)Start Prot. | (N) End Prot. | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Flags (A-N) Each flag indicates whether the corresponding field is present in the message (A)Start Source Address This field identifies the first source address, from the range of 32-bit IPv4 addresses to be matched, on data packets sent from a corresponding node to the mobile node as seen by the home agent. In other words this is one of the addresses of the correspondent node. (B)End Source Address If more than one contiguous source address needs to be matched then this field can be used to indicate the end value of a range starting from the value of the Start Source Address field. This field MUST NOT be included unless the Start Source Address field is included. When this field is included the receiver will match all of the addresses between fields (A) and (B), inclusive of (A) and (B). (C)Start Destination Address This field identifies the first destination address, from the range of 32-bit IPv4 addresses to be matched, on data packets sent from a corresponding node to the mobile node as seen by the home agent. In other words this is one of the registered home addresses of the mobile node. (D)End Destination Address If more than one contiguous destination address needs to be matched then this field can be used to indicate the end value of a range starting from the value of the Start Destination Address field. This field MUST NOT be included unless the Start Destination Address field is included. When this field is included the receiver will match all of the addresses between fields (C) and (D), inclusive of (C) and (D). (E)Start IPsec SPI - Security Parameter Index This field identifies the first 32-bit IPsec SPI value, from the range of SPI values to be matched, on data packets sent from a corresponding node to the mobile node as seen by the home agent. This field is defined in . (F)End IPsec SPI - Security Parameter Index If more than one contiguous SPI values need to be matched then this field can be used to indicate the end value of a range starting from the value of the Start IPsec SPI field. This field MUST NOT be included unless the Start IPsec SPI field is included. When this field is included the receiver will match all of the SPI values between fields (E) and (F), inclusive of (E) and (F). (G)Start Source Port This field identifies the first 16-bit source port number, from the range of port numbers to be matched, on data packets sent from a corresponding node to the mobile node as seen by the home agent. This is from the range of port numbers defined by IANA (http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers) (H)End Source Port If more than one contiguous source port numbers need to be matched then this field can be used to indicate the end value of a range starting from the value of the Start Source Port field. This field MUST NOT be included unless the Start Source Port field is included. When this field is included the receiver will match all of the port numbers between fields (G) and (H), inclusive of (G) and (H). (I)Start Destination Port This field identifies the first 16-bit destination port number, from the range of port numbers to be matched, on data packets sent from a corresponding node to the mobile node as seen by the home agent. (J)End Destination Port If more than one contiguous destination port numbers need to be matched then this field can be used to indicate the end value of a range starting from the value of the Start Destination Port field. This field MUST NOT be included unless the Start Destination Port field is included. When this field is included the receiver will match all of the port numbers between fields (I) and (J), inclusive of (I) and (J). (K)Start DS - Differential Services This field identifies the first differential services value, from the range of differential services values to be matched, on data packets sent from a corresponding node to the mobile node as seen by the home agent. Note that this field is called Type of Service field in . then clarified that the field has been redefined as 6 bits DS field and 2 bits reserved, later claimed by Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) . For the purpose of this specification the (K)Start DS field is 8 bits long, were the 6 most significant bits indicating the DS field to be matched and the 2 least significant bit's value MUST be ignored in any comparision. (L)End DS - Differential Services If more than one contiguous DS values need to be matched then this field can be used to indicate the end value of a range starting from the value of the Start DS field. This field MUST NOT be included unless the Start DS field is included. When this field is included, it MUST be coded the same way as defined for (K). When this field is included the receiver will match all of the values between fields (K) and (L), inclusive of (K) and (L). (M)Start Protocol This field identifies the first 8-bit protocol value, from the range of protocol values to be matched, on data packets sent from a corresponding node to the mobile node as seen by the home agent. (N)End Protocol If more than one contiguous protocol values need to be matched then this field can be used to indicate the end value of a range starting from the value of the Start Protocol field. This field MUST NOT be included unless the Start Protocol field is included. When this field is included the receiver will match all of the values between fields (M) and (N), inclusive of (M) and (N). Reserved Reserved for future use. These bits MUST be set to zero by the sender and ignored by the receiver.

If the TS Format field of the traffic selector sub-option indicates "IPv6 binary traffic selector", then the traffic selector is formatted as follows: The alignment requirement for this sub-option is: 8n if A, B, C, or D is set 4n if E, F, G, or H is set 2n if I, J, K, or L is set n if M, N, O, or P is set

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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |Sub-opt Type | Sub-Opt Len | TS Format | Reserved | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M|N|O|P| Reserved | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | | + + | | + (A)Start Source Address + | | + + | | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | | + + | | + (B)End Source Address + | | + + | | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | | + + | | + (C)Start Destination Address + | | + + | | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | | + + | | + (D)End Destination Address + | | + + | | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | (E)Start IPsec SPI | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | (F)End IPsec SPI | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | (G)Start Flow Label | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | (H)End Flow Label | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | (I)Start Source port | (J)End Source port | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | (K)Start Destination port | (L)End Destination port | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | (M)Start TC | (N)End TC | (O)Start NH | (P) End NH | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Flags (A-P) Each flag indicates whether the corresponding field is present in the message (A)Start Source Address This field identifies the first source address, from the range of 128-bit IPv6 addresses to be matched, on data packets sent from a corresponding node to the mobile node as seen by the home agent. In other words this is one of the addresses of the correspondent node. (B)End Source Address If more than one contiguous source address needs to be matched then this field can be used to indicate the end value of a range starting from the value of the Start Source Address field. This field MUST NOT be included unless the Start Source Address field is included. When this field is included the receiver will match all of the addresses between fields (A) and (B), inclusive of (A) and (B). (C)Start Destination Address This field identifies the first destination address, from the range of 128-bit IPv6 addresses to be matched, on data packets sent from a corresponding node to the mobile node as seen by the home agent. In other words this is one of the registered home addresses of the mobile node. (D)End Destination Address If more than one contiguous destination address needs to be matched then this field can be used to indicate the end value of a range starting from the value of the Start Destination Address field. This field MUST NOT be included unless the Start Destination Address field is included. When this field is included the receiver will match all of the addresses between fields (C) and (D), inclusive of (C) and (D). (E)Start IPsec SPI - Security Parameter Index This field identifies the first 32-bit IPsec SPI value, from the range of SPI values to be matched, on data packets sent from a corresponding node to the mobile node as seen by the home agent. This field is defined in . (F)End IPsec SPI - Security Parameter Index If more than one contiguous SPI values need to be matched then this field can be used to indicate the end value of a range starting from the value of the Start IPsec SPI field. This field MUST NOT be included unless the Start IPsec SPI field is included. When this field is included the receiver will match all of the SPI values between fields (E) and (F), inclusive of (E) and (F). (G)Start Flow Label This field identifies the first flow label value, from the range of flow label values to be matched, on data packets sent from a corresponding node to the mobile node as seen by the home agent. According to the flow label is 20-bits long. For the purpose of this specification the sender of this option MUST prefix the flow label value with 12-bits of "0" before inserting it in the (G)Start Flow Label field. The receiver SHOULD ignore the first 12-bits of this field before using it for comparisons with flow labels in packets. (H)End Flow Label If more than one contiguous flow label values need to be matched then this field can be used to indicate the end value of a range starting from the value of the Start Flow Label field. This field MUST NOT be included unless the Start Flow Label field is included. When this field is included the receiver will match all of the flow label values between fields (G) and (H), inclusive of (G) and (H). When this field is included, it MUST be coded the same way as defined for (G). (I)Start Source Port This field identifies the first 16-bit source port number, from the range of port numbers to be matched, on data packets sent from a corresponding node to the mobile node as seen by the home agent. (J)End Source Port If more than one contiguous source port numbers need to be matched then this field can be used to indicate the end value of a range starting from the value of the Start Source Port field. This field MUST NOT be included unless the Start Source Port field is included. When this field is included the receiver will match all of the port numbers between fields (I) and (J), inclusive of (I) and (J). (K)Start Destination Port This field identifies the first 16-bit destination port number, from the range of port numbers to be matched, on data packets sent from a corresponding node to the mobile node as seen by the home agent. (L)End Destination Port If more than one contiguous destination port numbers need to be matched then this field can be used to indicate the end value of a range starting from the value of the Start Destination Port field. This field MUST NOT be included unless the Start Destination Port field is included. When this field is included the receiver will match all of the port numbers between fields (K) and (L), inclusive of (K) and (L). (M)Start TC - Traffic Class This field identifies the first traffic class value, from the range of traffic class values to be matched, on data packets sent from a corresponding node to the mobile node as seen by the home agent. This field is equivalent to the Start DS field in the IPv4 traffic selector in . As per , the field is defined as 6 bits DS field and 2 bits reserved, later claimed by Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) . For the purpose of this specification the (M)Start TC field is 8 bits long, where the 6 most significant bits indicating the DS field to be matched and the 2 least significant bit's value MUST be (N)End TC - Traffic Class If more than one contiguous TC values need to be matched then this field can be used to indicate the end value of a range starting from the value of the Start TC field. This field MUST NOT be included unless the Start TC field is included. When this field is included, it MUST be coded the same way as defined for (M). When this field is included the receiver will match all of the values between fields (M) and (N), inclusive of (M) and (N). (O)Start NH - Next Header This field identifies the first 8-bit next header value, from the range of next header values to be matched, on data packets sent from a corresponding node to the mobile node as seen by the home agent. (P)End NH - Next Header If more than one contiguous next header values need to be matched then this field can be used to indicate the end value of a range starting from the value of the Start NH field. This field MUST NOT be included unless the Start next header field is included. When this field is included the receiver will match all of the values between fields (O) and (P), inclusive of (O) and (P). Reserved Reserved for future use. These bits MUST be set to zero by the sender and ignored by the receiver.