| roll | Y. Doi |
| Internet-Draft | TOSHIBA Corporation |
| Intended status: Standards Track | M. Gillmore |
| Expires: July 24, 2015 | Itron, Inc |
| January 20, 2015 |
MPL Parameter Configuration Option for DHCPv6
draft-ietf-roll-mpl-parameter-configuration-03
This draft defines a way to configure a parameter set of MPL (Multicast Protocol for Low power and Lossy Networks) via DHCPv6 option. MPL has a set of parameters to control its behavior, and the parameter set is often configured as a network-wide parameter because the parameter set should be identical for each MPL forwarder in an MPL domain. Using the MPL Parameter Configuration Option defined in this document, a network can be configured with a single set of MPL parameter easily.
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Multicast Protocol for Low power and Lossy Networks (MPL) [I-D.ietf-roll-trickle-mcast] defines a protocol to make a multicast network among low power and lossy network e.g. wireless mesh networks. MPL has a set of parameters to control an MPL domain. The parameter controls trade-off between end-to-end delay and network utilization. In most environments, the default parameters are acceptable. However, in some environments, the parameter set must be configured carefully in order to meet the requirements of each environment. According to the MPL draft section 5.4, each parameter in the set should be same for all nodes within an MPL domain. And the MPL draft does not define a method to configure the MPL parameter set.
Some managed wireless mesh networks may have a DHCP server to configure network parameters. MPL parameter set shall be considered as a part of network parameters (nodes in an MPL domain should use an identical parameter set). And a parameter set are required to configure an MPL domain.
This document is to define the way to distribute parameter sets for MPL forwarders as a DHCPv6 [RFC3315] option. This document is intended to follow the guideline [RFC7227].
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].
Per MPL domain, there are following 10 parameters. An MPL domain is defined by an MPL domain address.
One network may have multiple MPL domains with different configurations. To configure more than one MPL domain via DHCP, there may be more than one MPL Parameter Configuration Option given to DHCP clients from a DHCP server.
To distribute a configuration of an MPL domain or a default value for all MPL domains (wildcard) under the network managed by the DHCP server, this document defines a DHCPv6 option format as follows. Short floating point format is used to describe wide range of timer values.
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| OPTION_MPL_PARAMETERS | option_len |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|P| Z | TUNIT | SE_LIFETIME |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| DM_K | DM_IMIN | DM_IMAX >
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
> (cont'ed) | DM_T_EXP | C_K |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| C_IMIN | C_IMAX |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| C_T_EXP |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
(if option_len = 34 )
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| MPL Domain Address >
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
> MPL Domain Address (128bits) >
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
> (cont'ed) >
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
> (cont'ed) >
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
> (cont'ed) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Note that all time values (Trickle timers and expiration periods) are in TUNIT milliseconds precision. For example, if TUNIT is 20 and the data message interval minimum (DATA_MESSAGE_IMIN) is 1000ms, then DM_IMIN shall be set to 50.
Clients MAY request MPL Parameter Configuration Option, as described in RFC3315 [RFC3315], sections 17.1.1, 18.1.1, 18.1.3, 18.1.4, 18.1.5 and 22.7. As a convenience to the reader, we mention here that the client includes requested option codes in Option Request Option.
Clients MUST discard MPL Parameter Configuration Option if it is invalid (e.g. it sets reserved bits or it has timers with reserved exp=7 in Unsigned Short Floating Point).
If a DHCPv6 client requests and receives MPL Parameter Configuration Option, the node MAY join the MPL domain given by the option and act as an MPL forwarder. Each joining node SHOULD configure its MPL forwarder with the given parameter set for the MPL domain.
The priority of MPL Parameter Configuration applied for an MPL Domain is as follows (high to low).
There SHALL be no more than one MPL Parameter Configuration Option for a MPL domain or the wildcard. Thus, the order of DHCPv6 options in the packet has no effect on precedence.
A node MAY leave from an MPL domain if the following two conditions are satisfied. 1) The MPL domain is configured by a DHCPv6 option from a DHCPv6 server previously. 2) The node has received an updated MPL Parameter Configuration Option without a configuration for the MPL domain.
MPL parameter may be updated occasionally. With stateful DHCPv6, updates can be done when the renewal timer expires. Information Refresh Time Option [RFC4242] shall be used to keep each forwarders updated.
To reduce periodical update traffic a node may try to use very long interval between updates. In the case, reconfigure message may be used to keep forwarder parameter sets synchronized.
Sections 17.2.2 and 18.2 of RFC3315 [RFC3315] govern server operation in regards to option assignment. As a convenience to the reader, we mention here that the server will send MPL Parameter Configuration Option only if configured with specific value for MPL Parameter Configuration Option and the client requested it.
Servers SHALL ignore incoming MPL Parameter Configuration Option.
It's never appropriate for a relay agent to add options to a message heading toward the client, and relay agents don't actually construct Relay-Reply messages anyway. There are no additional requirements for relays.
A parameter set for an MPL domain SHOULD NOT be updated more often than two times of expected refresh interval.
If a node with MPL forwarder configured by MPL Parameter configuration Option failed to refresh the option for two times of information refresh time, it SHALL suspend the MPL forwarders of MPL domains configured by the option. MPL forwarders configured by other methods such as static configuration file SHALL NOT be suspended.
A DHCPv6 option code for MPL Parameter Configuration Option needs to be assigned from IANA.
A forged option may cause excessive layer-2 broadcasting. Implementations should set reasonable bounds for each parameter. For example, not too high K, not too low IMIN, etc. These may be implementation dependent or may be derived from MAC/PHY specifications. DHCP server or the network itself shall be trusted by some means including network access control or DHCP authentications.
| [I-D.ietf-roll-trickle-mcast] | Hui, J. and R. Kelsey, "Multicast Forwarding Using Trickle", Internet-Draft draft-ietf-roll-trickle-mcast-11, November 2014. |
| [RFC2119] | Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. |
| [RFC3315] | Droms, R., Bound, J., Volz, B., Lemon, T., Perkins, C. and M. Carney, "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)", RFC 3315, July 2003. |
| [RFC4242] | Venaas, S., Chown, T. and B. Volz, "Information Refresh Time Option for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)", RFC 4242, November 2005. |
| [RFC7227] | Hankins, D., Mrugalski, T., Siodelski, M., Jiang, S. and S. Krishnan, "Guidelines for Creating New DHCPv6 Options", BCP 187, RFC 7227, May 2014. |
Updates on draft-ietf-roll-mpl-configuration-02 to draft-ietf-roll-mpl-configuration-03:
Updates on draft-ietf-roll-mpl-configuration-01 to draft-ietf-roll-mpl-configuration-02:
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Updates on draft-doi-roll-mpl-configuration-05 to draft-ietf-roll-mpl-configuration-00:
This draft introduces dynamic update of MPL parameters. Because the update process is not synchronized, nodes may have inconsistent parameter set.
Inconsistent parameter may reduce performance. On the other hand, it shall work as long as both parameter set are reasonable parameter set for a given communication load. As motivations for parameter update are update on environment, node density, or communication load, operators of MPL networks shall be aware of unupdated nodes and make sure old and new parameter sets are reasonable for expected refresh intervals.