Internet DRAFT - draft-ietf-core-conditional-attributes
draft-ietf-core-conditional-attributes
CoRE Working Group M. Koster
Internet-Draft Dogtiger Labs
Intended status: Informational A. Soloway
Expires: 18 July 2023 Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
B. Silverajan, Ed.
Tampere University
14 January 2023
Conditional Attributes for Constrained RESTful Environments
draft-ietf-core-conditional-attributes-06
Abstract
This specification defines Conditional Notification and Control
Attributes that work with CoAP Observe (RFC7641).
Editor note
The git repository for the draft is found at https://github.com/core-
wg/conditional-attributes/
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Conditional Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.1. Conditional Notification Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.1.1. Greater Than (c.gt) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.1.2. Less Than (c.lt) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.1.3. Change Step (c.st) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1.4. Notification Band (c.band) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1.5. Edge (c.edge) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.2. Conditional Control Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.2.1. Minimum Period (c.pmin) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.2.2. Maximum Period (c.pmax) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.2.3. Minimum Evaluation Period (c.epmin) . . . . . . . . . 8
3.2.4. Maximum Evaluation Period (c.epmax) . . . . . . . . . 8
3.2.5. Confirmable Notification (c.con) . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.3. Server processing of Conditional Attributes . . . . . . . 9
4. Implementation Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
7. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
8. Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
9. Changelog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
10. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Appendix A. Pseudocode: Processing Conditional Attributes . . . 13
Appendix B. Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
B.1. Minimum Period (c.pmin) example . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
B.2. Maximum Period (c.pmax) example . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
B.3. Greater Than (c.gt) example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
B.4. Greater Than (c.gt) and Period Max (c.pmax) example . . . 17
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
1. Introduction
IETF Standards for machine-to-machine communication in constrained
environments describe the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)
[RFC7252], a RESTful application protocol, as well as a set of
related information standards that may be used to represent machine
data and machine metadata in REST interfaces.
This specification defines Conditional Notification and Control
Attributes for use with CoAP Observe [RFC7641].
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2. Terminology
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in
BCP 14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
capitals, as shown here.
This specification requires readers to be familiar with all the terms
and concepts that are discussed in [RFC7252] and [RFC7641]. This
specification makes use of the following additional terminology:
Notification Band: A resource value range that may be bounded by a
minimum and maximum value or may be unbounded having either a
minimum or maximum value.
3. Conditional Attributes
This specification defines conditional attributes for use with CoRE
Observe [RFC7641]. Conditional attributes provide fine-grained
control of notification and synchronization of resource states. When
observing a resource, a CoAP client conveys conditional attributes as
metadata using the query component of a CoAP URI. A conditional
attribute can be represented as a "name=value" query parameter or
simply a "name" without a value. Multiple conditional attributes in
a query component are separated with an ampersand "&". A resource
marked as Observable in its link description SHOULD support these
conditional attributes.
Note: In this draft, we assume that there are finite quantization
effects in the internal or external updates to the value representing
the state of a resource; specifically, that a resource state may be
updated at any time with any valid value. We therefore avoid any
continuous-time assumptions in the description of the conditional
attributes and instead use the phrase "sampled value" to refer to a
member of a sequence of values that may be internally observed from
the resource state over time.
3.1. Conditional Notification Attributes
Conditional Notification Attributes define the conditions that
trigger a notification. Conditional Notification Attributes SHOULD
be evaluated on all potential notifications from a resource, whether
resulting from an internal server-driven sampling process or from
external update requests to the server.
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The set of Conditional Notification Attributes defined here allows a
client to control how often a notification is received and how much a
representation state should change in order to trigger a
notification. One or more Conditional Notification Attributes MAY be
included in an Observe request.
Conditional Notification Attributes are defined below:
+===================+========+=================+
| Attribute | Name | Value |
+===================+========+=================+
| Greater Than | c.gt | xs:decimal |
+-------------------+--------+-----------------+
| Less Than | c.lt | xs:decimal |
+-------------------+--------+-----------------+
| Change Step | c.st | xs:decimal (>0) |
+-------------------+--------+-----------------+
| Notification Band | c.band | (none) |
+-------------------+--------+-----------------+
| Edge | c.edge | xs:boolean |
+-------------------+--------+-----------------+
Table 1: Conditional Notification Attributes
3.1.1. Greater Than (c.gt)
When present, Greater Than indicates the upper limit value the
sampled value SHOULD cross before triggering a notification. A
notification is sent whenever the sampled value crosses the specified
upper limit value, relative to the last reported value, and the time
for "c.pmin" has elapsed since the last notification. The sampled
value is sent in the notification. If the value continues to rise,
no notifications are generated as a result of "c.gt". If the value
drops below the upper limit value then a notification is sent,
subject again to the "c.pmin" time.
The Greater Than parameter can only be supported on resources with a
scalar numeric value.
3.1.2. Less Than (c.lt)
When present, Less Than indicates the lower limit value the resource
value SHOULD cross before triggering a notification. A notification
is sent whenever the sampled value crosses the specified lower limit
value, relative to the last reported value, and the time for "c.pmin"
has elapsed since the last notification. The sampled value is sent
in the notification. If the value continues to fall no notifications
are generated as a result of "c.lt". If the value rises above the
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lower limit value then a new notification is sent, subject to the
"c.pmin" time.
The Less Than parameter can only be supported on resources with a
scalar numeric value.
3.1.3. Change Step (c.st)
When present, Change step indicates how much the value representing a
resource state SHOULD change before triggering a notification,
compared to the previous resource state. Upon reception of a query
including the "c.st" attribute, the current resource state
representing the most recently sampled value is reported, and then
set as the last reported value (last_rep_v). When a subsequent
sampled value or update of the resource state differs from the last
reported state by an amount, positive or negative, greater than or
equal to st, and the time for "c.pmin" has elapsed since the last
notification, a notification is sent and the last reported value is
updated to the new resource state sent in the notification. The
change step MUST be greater than zero otherwise the receiver MUST
return a CoAP error code 4.00 "Bad Request" (or equivalent).
The Change Step parameter can only be supported on resources with a
scalar numeric value.
Note: due to sampling and other constraints, e.g. "c.pmin", the
change in resource states received in two sequential notifications
may differ by more than "c.st".
3.1.4. Notification Band (c.band)
The Notification Band attribute allows a bounded or unbounded (based
on a minimum or maximum) value range that may trigger multiple
notifications. This enables use cases where different ranges result
in differing behaviour. For example, in monitoring the temperature
of machinery, whilst the temperature is in the normal operating
range, only periodic updates are needed. However as the temperature
moves to more abnormal ranges more frequent state updates may be sent
to clients.
Without a notification band, a transition across a Less Than (c.lt),
or Greater Than (c.gt) limit only generates one notification. This
means that it is not possible to describe a case where multiple
notifications are sent so long as the limit is exceeded.
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The "c.band" attribute works as a modifier to the behaviour of "c.gt"
and "c.lt". Its use is determined only by its presence, and not its
value. Therefore, if "c.band" is present in a query, "c.gt", "c.lt"
or both, MUST be included.
When "c.band" is present with "c.lt" but without "c.gt", the lower
bound for the notification band (notification band minimum) is
defined. Notifications occur when the resource value is equal to or
above the notification band minimum. No maximum values exist for the
band.
When "c.band" is present with "c.gt" but without "c.lt", the upper
bound for the notification band (notification band maximum) is
defined. Notifications occur when the resource value is equal to or
below the notification band maximum. No minimum values exist for the
band.
If "c.band" is specified in which the value of "c.gt" is less than
that of "c.lt", in-band notification occurs. That is, notification
occurs whenever the resource value is between the "c.gt" and "c.lt"
values, including equal to "c.gt" or "c.lt".
If "c.band" is specified in which the value of "c.gt" is greater than
that of "c.lt", out-of-band notification occurs. That is,
notification occurs when the resource value not between the "c.gt"
and "c.lt" values, excluding equal to "c.gt" and "c.lt".
The Notification Band parameter can only be supported on resources
with a scalar numeric value.
3.1.5. Edge (c.edge)
When present, the Edge attribute indicates interest for receiving
notifications of either the falling edge or the rising edge
transition of a boolean resource state. When the value of the
"c.edge" attribute is 0 (False), the server notifies the client each
time a resource state changes from True to False. When the value of
the "c.edge" attribute is 1 (True), the server notifies the client
each time a resource state changes from False to True.
The "c.edge" attribute can only be supported on resources with a
boolean value.
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3.2. Conditional Control Attributes
Conditional Control Attributes define the time intervals between
consecutive notifications as well as the cadence of the evaluation of
the conditions that trigger a notification. Conditional Control
Attributes can be used to configure the internal server-driven
sampling process for performing evaluations of the conditions of a
resource. One or more Conditional Control Attributes MAY be included
in an Observe request.
Conditional Control Attributes are defined below:
+===============================+=========+=================+
| Attribute | Name | Value |
+===============================+=========+=================+
| Minimum Period (s) | c.pmin | xs:decimal (>0) |
+-------------------------------+---------+-----------------+
| Maximum Period (s) | c.pmax | xs:decimal (>0) |
+-------------------------------+---------+-----------------+
| Minimum Evaluation Period (s) | c.epmin | xs:decimal (>0) |
+-------------------------------+---------+-----------------+
| Maximum Evaluation Period (s) | c.epmax | xs:decimal (>0) |
+-------------------------------+---------+-----------------+
| Confirmable Notification | c.con | xs:boolean |
+-------------------------------+---------+-----------------+
Table 2: Conditional Control Attributes
3.2.1. Minimum Period (c.pmin)
When present, Minimum Period indicates the minimum time, in seconds,
between two consecutive notifications (whether or not the resource
state has changed). In the absence of this parameter, the minimum
period is up to the server. Minimum Period MUST be greater than zero
otherwise the receiver MUST return a CoAP error code 4.00 "Bad
Request" (or equivalent).
A server MAY update the resource state with the last sampled value
that occurred during the "c.pmin" interval, after the "c.pmin"
interval expires.
Note: due to finite quantization effects, the time between
notifications may be greater than "c.pmin" even when the sampled
value changes within the "c.pmin" interval. "c.pmin" may or may not
be used to drive the internal sampling process.
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3.2.2. Maximum Period (c.pmax)
When present, Maximum Period indicates the maximum time, in seconds,
between two consecutive notifications (regardless of whether or not
the resource state has changed). In the absence of this parameter,
the maximum period is up to the server. Maximum Period MUST be
greater than zero and MUST be greater than or equal to Minimum Period
(if present), otherwise the receiver MUST return a CoAP error code
4.00 "Bad Request" (or equivalent).
3.2.3. Minimum Evaluation Period (c.epmin)
When present, Minimum Evaluation Period indicates the minimum time,
in seconds, the client recommends to the server to wait between two
consecutive evaluations of the conditions of a resource, since the
client has no interest in the server doing more frequent evaluations.
When the value of Minimum Evaluation Period expires after the
previous evaluation, the server MAY immediately perform a new
evaluation. In the absence of this parameter, the minimum evaluation
period is not defined and thus not used by the server. The server
MAY use "c.pmin", if defined, as a guidance on the desired evaluation
cadence. Minimum Evaluation Period MUST be greater than zero,
otherwise the receiver MUST return a CoAP error code 4.00 "Bad
Request" (or equivalent).
3.2.4. Maximum Evaluation Period (c.epmax)
When present, Maximum Evaluation Period indicates the maximum time,
in seconds, the server MAY wait between two consecutive evaluations
of the conditions of a resource. When the value of Maximum
Evaluation Period expires after the previous evaluation, the server
MUST immediately perform a new evaluation. In the absence of this
parameter, the maximum evaluation period is not defined and thus not
used by the server. Maximum Evaluation Period MUST be greater than
zero and MUST be greater than Minimum Evaluation Period (if present),
otherwise the receiver MUST return a CoAP error code 4.00 "Bad
Request" (or equivalent).
3.2.5. Confirmable Notification (c.con)
When present with a value of 1 (True), Confirmable Notification
indicates a notification MUST be confirmable, i.e., the server MUST
send the notification in a confirmable CoAP message, to request an
acknowledgement from the client. When present with a value of 0
(False), Confirmable Notification indicates a notification can be
confirmable or non-confirmable, i.e., it can be sent in a confirmable
or a non-confirmable CoAP message.
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3.3. Server processing of Conditional Attributes
Conditional Notification Attributes and Conditional Control
Attributes may be present in the same query. However, they are not
defined at multiple prioritization levels. The server sends a
notification whenever any of the parameter conditions are met, upon
which it updates its last notification value and time to prepare for
the next notification. Only one notification occurs when there are
multiple conditions being met at the same time. As a general
example, the pseudocode illustrated in Appendix A shows one way to
determine when a notification is to be sent.
4. Implementation Considerations
When "c.pmax" and "c.pmin" are equal, the expected behaviour is that
notifications will be sent every (c.pmin == c.pmax) seconds.
However, these notifications can only be fulfilled by the server on a
best effort basis. Because "c.pmin" and "c.pmax" are designed as
acceptable tolerance bounds for sending state updates, a query from
an interested client containing equal "c.pmin" and "c.pmax" values
must not be seen as a hard real-time scheduling contract between the
client and the server.
The use of the notification band minimum and maximum allows for a
synchronization whenever a change in the resource value occurs.
Theoretically this could occur in-line with the server internal
sample period or as defined by the "c.epmin" and "c.epmax" values for
determining the resource value. Implementors SHOULD consider the
resolution needed before updating the resource, e.g. updating the
resource when a temperature sensor value changes by 0.001 degree
versus 1 degree.
When a server has multiple observations with different measurement
cadences as defined by the "c.epmin" and "c.epmax" values, the server
MAY evaluate all observations when performing the measurement of any
one observation.
This specification defines conditional attributes that can be used
with CoAP Observe relationships between CoAP clients and CoAP
servers. However, it is recognised that the presence of one or more
proxies between a client and a server can interfere with clients
receiving resource updates, if a proxy does not supply resource
representations when the value remains unchanged (e.g. if "c.pmax" is
set, and the server sends multiple updates when the resource state
contains the same value). A server SHOULD use the Max-Age option to
mitigate this by setting Max-Age to be less than or equal to
"c.pmax".
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5. Security Considerations
The security considerations in Section 11 of [RFC7252] apply.
Additionally, the security considerations in Section 7 of [RFC7641]
also apply.
6. IANA Considerations
This specification requests a new Conditional Attributes registry to
ensure attributes map uniquely to parameter names.
Note to IANA: Please replace "RFC XXXX" with the assigned RFC number
in the table below.
+====================+===========+=================+===========+
| Attribute | Parameter | Value | Reference |
+====================+===========+=================+===========+
| Minimum Period (s) | c.pmin | xs:decimal (>0) | RFC XXXX |
+--------------------+-----------+-----------------+-----------+
| Maximum Period (s) | c.pmax | xs:decimal (>0) | RFC XXXX |
+--------------------+-----------+-----------------+-----------+
| Minimum Evaluation | c.epmin | xs:decimal (>0) | RFC XXXX |
| Period (s) | | | |
+--------------------+-----------+-----------------+-----------+
| Maximum Evaluation | c.epmax | xs:decimal (>0) | RFC XXXX |
| Period (s) | | | |
+--------------------+-----------+-----------------+-----------+
| Confirmable | c.con | xs:boolean | RFC XXXX |
| Notification | | | |
+--------------------+-----------+-----------------+-----------+
| Greater Than | c.gt | xs:decimal | RFC XXXX |
+--------------------+-----------+-----------------+-----------+
| Less Than | c.lt | xs:decimal | RFC XXXX |
+--------------------+-----------+-----------------+-----------+
| Change Step | c.st | xs:decimal (>0) | RFC XXXX |
+--------------------+-----------+-----------------+-----------+
| Notification Band | c.band | (none) | RFC XXXX |
+--------------------+-----------+-----------------+-----------+
| Edge | c.edge | xs:boolean | RFC XXXX |
+--------------------+-----------+-----------------+-----------+
Table 3
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7. Acknowledgements
Hannes Tschofenig and Mert Ocak highlighted syntactical corrections
in the usage of pmax and pmin in a query. David Navarro proposed
allowing for pmax to be equal to pmin. Marco Tiloca provided an
extensive review.
8. Contributors
Christian Groves
Australia
email: cngroves.std@gmail.com
Zach Shelby
ARM
Vuokatti
FINLAND
phone: +358 40 7796297
email: zach.shelby@arm.com
Matthieu Vial
Schneider-Electric
Grenoble
France
phone: +33 (0)47657 6522
eMail: matthieu.vial@schneider-electric.com
Jintao Zhu
Huawei
Xi’an, Shaanxi Province
China
email: jintao.zhu@huawei.com
9. Changelog
draft-ietf-core-conditional-attributes-06
* Removed code block from Section 3.5
* Added an appendix containing pseudocode for server processing.
draft-ietf-core-conditional-attributes-05
* Multiple (mostly editorial) clarifications and updates based on
review comments on mailing list from Marco Tiloca.
draft-ietf-core-conditional-attributes-04
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* Reference code updated to include behaviour for edge attribute.
draft-ietf-core-conditional-attributes-03
* Attribute names updated to create uniqueness for use as
conditional observe attributes.
draft-ietf-core-conditional-attributes-02
* Clarifications on usage and value of the band parameter
* Implementation considerations for proxies added
* Security considerations added
* IANA considerations added
draft-ietf-core-conditional-attributes-01
* Clarifications on True and False values for Edge and Con
Attributes
* Alan Soloway added as author
draft-ietf-core-conditional-attributes-00
* Conditional Atttributes section from draft-ietf-core-dynlink-13
separated into own WG draft
10. Normative References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
[RFC7252] Shelby, Z., Hartke, K., and C. Bormann, "The Constrained
Application Protocol (CoAP)", RFC 7252,
DOI 10.17487/RFC7252, June 2014,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7252>.
[RFC7641] Hartke, K., "Observing Resources in the Constrained
Application Protocol (CoAP)", RFC 7641,
DOI 10.17487/RFC7641, September 2015,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7641>.
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[RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.
Appendix A. Pseudocode: Processing Conditional Attributes
This appendix is informative. It describes the possible logic of how
a server processes conditional attributes to determine when to send a
notification to a client.
Note: The pseudocode is not exhaustive nor should it be treated as
reference code. It depicts a subset of the conditional attributes
described in this document.
// struct Resource {
//
// bool band;
// int pmin;
// int pmax;
// int epmin;
// int epmax;
// int st;
// int gt;
// int lt;
//
// time_t last_sampled_time;
// time_t last_rep_time;
// int curr_state;
// int prev_state;
//
// ...
//
// };
boolean is_notifiable( Resource * r ) {
time_t curr_time = get_current_time();
#define BAND_EXISTS ( r->band )
#define LT_EXISTS ( r->lt )
#define GT_EXISTS ( r->gt )
#define EPMIN_TRUE ( curr_time - r->last_sampled_time >= r->epmin )
#define EPMAX_TRUE ( curr_time - r->last_sampled_time > r->epmax )
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#define PMIN_TRUE ( curr_time - r->last_reported_time >= r->pmin )
#define PMAX_TRUE ( curr_time - r->last_reported_time > r->pmax )
#define LT_TRUE ( r->curr_state < r->lt ^ r->prev_state < r->lt )
#define GT_TRUE ( r->curr_state > r->gt ^ r->prev_state > r->gt )
#define ST_TRUE ( abs( r->curr_state - r->prev_state ) >= r->st )
#define INBAND_TRUE ( gt < lt && (gt <= curr_state && curr_state <= lt ))
#define OUTOFBAND_TRUE ( lt < gt && (gt < curr_state || curr_state < lt ))
#define BANDMIN_TRUE ( r->lt <= r->curr_state)
#define BANDMAX_TRUE (r->curr_state <= r->gt)
if PMAX_TRUE {
return true;
}
if PMIN_TRUE {
if !BAND_EXISTS {
if LT_TRUE || GT_TRUE || ST_TRUE {
return true;
}
}
else {
if ( ( BANDMIN_TRUE && !GT_EXISTS) || (BANDMAX_TRUE && !LT_EXISTS) || INBAND_TRUE || OUTOFBAND_TRUE ) {
return true;
}
}
}
return false;
}
Figure 1: Pseudocode showing the logic for processing conditional
attributes
Appendix B. Examples
This appendix is informative. It provides some examples of the use
of Conditional Attributes.
Note: For brevity only the method or response code is shown in the
header field.
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B.1. Minimum Period (c.pmin) example
Observed CLIENT SERVER Actual
t State | | State
____________ | | ____________
1 | |
2 unknown | | 18.5 Cel
3 +----->| Header: GET
4 | GET | Token: 0x4a
5 | | Uri-Path: temperature
6 | | Uri-Query: c.pmin="10"
7 | | Observe: 0 (register)
8 | |
9 ____________ |<-----+ Header: 2.05
10 | 2.05 | Token: 0x4a
11 18.5 Cel | | Observe: 9
12 | | Payload: "18.5 Cel"
13 | | ____________
14 | |
15 | | 23 Cel
16 | |
17 | |
18 | |
19 | | ____________
20 ____________ |<-----+ Header: 2.05
21 | 2.05 | 26 Cel Token: 0x4a
22 26 Cel | | Observe: 20
23 | | Payload: "26 Cel"
24 | |
25 | |
Figure 2: Client registers and receives one notification of the
current state and one of a new state state when c.pmin time
expires.
B.2. Maximum Period (c.pmax) example
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Observed CLIENT SERVER Actual
t State | | State
____________ | | ____________
1 | |
2 unknown | | 18.5 Cel
3 +----->| Header: GET
4 | GET | Token: 0x4a
5 | | Uri-Path: temperature
6 | | Uri-Query: c.pmax="20"
7 | | Observe: 0 (register)
8 | |
9 ____________ |<-----+ Header: 2.05
10 | 2.05 | Token: 0x4a
11 18.5 Cel | | Observe: 9
12 | | Payload: "18.5 Cel"
13 | |
14 | |
15 | | ____________
16 ____________ |<-----+ Header: 2.05
17 | 2.05 | 23 Cel Token: 0x4a
18 23 Cel | | Observe: 16
19 | | Payload: "23 Cel"
20 | |
21 | |
22 | |
23 | |
24 | |
25 | |
26 | |
27 | |
28 | |
29 | |
30 | |
31 | |
32 | |
33 | |
34 | |
35 | |
36 | | ____________
37 ____________ |<-----+ Header: 2.05
38 | 2.05 | 23 Cel Token: 0x4a
39 23 Cel | | Observe: 37
40 | | Payload: "23 Cel"
41 | |
42 | |
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Figure 3: Client registers and receives one notification of the
current state, one of a new state and one of an unchanged state
when c.pmax time expires.
B.3. Greater Than (c.gt) example
Observed CLIENT SERVER Actual
t State | | State
____________ | | ____________
1 | |
2 unknown | | 18.5 Cel
3 +----->| Header: GET
4 | GET | Token: 0x4a
5 | | Uri-Path: temperature
6 | | Uri-Query: c.gt=25
7 | | Observe: 0 (register)
8 | |
9 ____________ |<-----+ Header: 2.05
10 | 2.05 | Token: 0x4a
11 18.5 Cel | | Observe: 9
12 | | Payload: "18.5 Cel"
13 | |
14 | |
15 | | ____________
16 ____________ |<-----+ Header: 2.05
17 | 2.05 | 26 Cel Token: 0x4a
18 26 Cel | | Observe: 16
29 | | Payload: "26 Cel"
20 | |
21 | |
Figure 4: Client registers and receives one notification of the
current state and one of a new state when it passes through the
greater than threshold of 25.
B.4. Greater Than (c.gt) and Period Max (c.pmax) example
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Observed CLIENT SERVER Actual
t State | | State
____________ | | ____________
1 | |
2 unknown | | 18.5 Cel
3 +----->| Header: GET
4 | GET | Token: 0x4a
5 | | Uri-Path: temperature
6 | | Uri-Query: c.pmax=20;c.gt=25
7 | | Observe: 0 (register)
8 | |
9 ____________ |<-----+ Header: 2.05
10 | 2.05 | Token: 0x4a
11 18.5 Cel | | Observe: 9
12 | | Payload: "18.5 Cel"
13 | |
14 | |
15 | |
16 | |
17 | |
18 | |
19 | |
20 | |
21 | |
22 | |
23 | |
24 | |
25 | |
26 | |
27 | |
28 | |
29 | | ____________
30 ____________ |<-----+ Header: 2.05
31 | 2.05 | 23 Cel Token: 0x4a
32 23 Cel | | Observe: 30
33 | | Payload: "23 Cel"
34 | |
35 | |
36 | | ____________
37 ____________ |<-----+ Header: 2.05
38 | 2.05 | 26 Cel Token: 0x4a
39 26 Cel | | Observe: 37
40 | | Payload: "26 Cel"
41 | |
42 | |
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Figure 5: Client registers and receives one notification of the
current state, one when c.pmax time expires and one of a new
state when it passes through the greater than threshold of 25.
Authors' Addresses
Michael Koster
Dogtiger Labs
524 H Street
Antioch, CA, 94509
United States of America
Email: michaeljohnkoster@gmail.com
Alan Soloway
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
5775 Morehouse Drive
San Diego, 92121
United States of America
Email: asoloway@qti.qualcomm.com
Bilhanan Silverajan (editor)
Tampere University
Kalevantie 4
FI-33100 Tampere
Finland
Email: bilhanan.silverajan@tuni.fi
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