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draft-li-spring-sr-e2e-ietf-network-slicing







Network Working Group                                              Z. Li
Internet-Draft                                                   J. Dong
Intended status: Standards Track                     Huawei Technologies
Expires: 14 September 2023                                       R. Pang
                                                            China Unicom
                                                                  Y. Zhu
                                                           China Telecom
                                                           13 March 2023


          Segment Routing for End-to-End IETF Network Slicing
             draft-li-spring-sr-e2e-ietf-network-slicing-06

Abstract

   IETF network slices can be used to meet the connectivity and
   performance requirements of different services or customers in a
   shared network.  An IETF network slice can be realized by mapping a
   set of connectivity constructs to a network resource partition (NRP).
   In some network scenarios, an end-to-end IETF network slice may span
   multiple network domains.  Within each domain, traffic of the end-to-
   end network slice service is mapped to an intra-domain NRP.

   When segment routing (SR) is used to provide multi-domain IETF
   network slices, information of the intra-domain NRP can be specified
   using special SR binding segments which are called NRP binding
   segments (NRP BSID).  Then a multi-domain IETF network slice can be
   specified using a list of NRP BSIDs in the packet, each of which is
   used by the corresponding domain edge nodes to steer the traffic of
   the end-to-end IETF network slice into the specific intra-domain NRP.

   This document describes the functionality of the NRP binding segment
   and its instantiation in SR-MPLS and SRv6 data planes.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     1.1.  Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Segment Routing for IETF E2E Network Slicing  . . . . . . . .   4
   3.  SRv6 NRP Behaviors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     3.1.  End.B6NRP.Encaps  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     3.2.  End.NRP.Encaps  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     3.3.  End.BNRP.Encaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   4.  SR-MPLS NRP BSIDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   5.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   7.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   8.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     8.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     8.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13

1.  Introduction

   [I-D.ietf-teas-ietf-network-slices] introduces the concept and the
   characteristics of IETF network slices, and describes a general
   framework for IETF network slice management and operation.  It also
   introduces the concept of the Network Resource Partition (NRP), which
   is a collection of resources identified in the underlay network.  An
   IETF network slice can be realized by mapping a set of connectivity
   constructs to a network resource partition (NRP).
   [I-D.ietf-teas-enhanced-vpn] describes the framework and the
   candidate component technologies for providing enhanced VPN (VPN+)
   services based on VPN and Traffic Engineering (TE) technologies.
   Enhanced VPN (VPN+) can be used for the realization of IETF network
   slices.



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   [I-D.ietf-teas-nrp-scalability] describes the scalability
   considerations in the control plane and data plane of NRPs and
   provides suggestions to improve the scalability of NRPs.  In the data
   plane, it proposes to carry an NRP-ID in the data packet to determine
   the set of resources reserved for the corresponding NRP.
   [I-D.ietf-6man-enhanced-vpn-vtn-id] describes the mechanism of
   carrying the VTN resource ID (which is equivalent to NRP-ID) of a
   network domain in the IPv6 Hop-by-Hop (HBH) extension header.

   An end-to-end IETF network slice may span multiple network domains.
   Within each domain, traffic of the end-to-end network slice service
   needs to be mapped to an intra-domain NRP.  On the domain edge nodes,
   the NRP in the local domain used for carrying the end-to-end network
   slice needs to be determined.  [I-D.li-teas-composite-network-slices]
   introduces the network slice related identifiers with different
   network scope.  It also describes the approach of mapping the multi-
   domain NRP-ID to the intra-domain NRP-IDs at the network domain
   border nodes.

   In SR networks, an NRP can be established and represented using
   either a set of NRP-specific resource-aware segments
   [I-D.ietf-spring-resource-aware-segments]
   [I-D.ietf-spring-sr-for-enhanced-vpn], or an NRP-ID which can
   identify the set of network resources allocated to an NRP.

   When segment routing (SR) is used to provide end-to-end IETF network
   slices, information of the intra-domain NRP can be specified using
   special SR binding segments called NRP binding segments and indicated
   by Segment Identifiers (SIDs) called NRP binding segment identifiers
   (NRP BSID).  Then an inter-domain NRP can be specified using a list
   of NRP BSIDs in the packet, each of which is used by the
   corresponding domain edge nodes to steer the traffic of the end-to-
   end IETF network slice into the specific intra-domain NRP.

   This document describes the functionality of the NRP binding segment
   and its instantiation in SR-MPLS and SRv6 data plane.

1.1.  Requirements Language

   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.







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2.  Segment Routing for IETF E2E Network Slicing

   With Segment Routing, there are several optional approaches to steer
   the end-to-end network slice traffic into the intra-domain NRPs.
   These approaches can be classified into two categories.

   The first category of the approaches are to use an NRP BSID to steer
   traffic to an SR Policy which is associated with an intra-domain NRP.
   This is called the NRP Traffic Engineering (NRP-TE) BSID.  There are
   two variants in terms of the detailed behavior:

   *  The first variant is to use an NRP BSID to specify the mapping of
      traffic to an SR policy which consists of list of resource-aware
      segments [I-D.ietf-spring-resource-aware-segments] associated with
      a intra-domain NRP.

   *  The second variant is to use an NRP BSID to specify the mapping of
      traffic to an SR policy which is associated with an intra-domain
      NRP-ID.

   The second category of approaches are to use an NRP BSID to steer
   traffic to follow the shortest path within an intra-domain NRP.  This
   is called the NRP Best Effort (NRP-BE) BSID.  There are two variants
   in terms of the detailed behavior:

   *  The first variant is to use an NRP BSID to determine an intra-
      domain NRP-ID, and instruct the domain edge node to encapsulate
      the intra-domain NRP-ID into the packet.

   *  The second variant is to use an NRP BSID to specify the mapping of
      traffic to an intra-domain NRP, the intra-domain NRP-ID is
      specified in some fields of the packet by the ingress node of the
      end-to-end network slice, and is obtained and encapsulated into
      the packet at the domain edge node.

   The behavior of the NRP-TE BSID is similar to the function of the
   existing SR BSID, the difference is that it is associated with a
   particular intra-domain NRP.  The behavior of the NRP-BE BSID is
   different from the existing SR BSID.  The instantiation of the NRP
   BSIDs in SR-MPLS and SRv6 are described in the following sections.











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3.  SRv6 NRP Behaviors

   [RFC8986] defines the SRv6 Network Programming concept and specifies
   the base set of SRv6 behaviors.  The SRv6 End.B6.Encaps behavior is
   defined to bind to an SRv6 Policy with encapsulation, and it can be
   used for the first variant of the NRP-TE BSID.  In this case, the
   SRv6 End.B6 encaps function is used to steer the network slice
   traffic to an SRv6 Policy, which consists of candidate paths built
   with resource-aware SRv6 segment lists that are associated with an
   intra-domain NRP.

   For other types and variants of NRP binding segments as described in
   section 2, three new SRv6 behaviors are defined as shown in the
   following subsections.

3.1.  End.B6NRP.Encaps

   A new SRv6 function called End.B6NRP.Encaps: Endpoint bound to an
   SRv6 Policy with IPv6 NRP encapsulation is defined.  This is a
   variation of the End behavior.  It instructs the endpoint node to
   determine an SRv6 Policy in a specific NRP of the local-domain, and
   encapsulate both the SID list and the NRP-ID specified by the SRv6
   Policy in a new IPv6 header.

   Any SID instance of this behavior is associated with an SR Policy B,
   an NRP-ID V, and a source address A.

   When node N receives a packet whose IPv6 DA is S, and S is a local
   End.B6NRP.Encaps SID, N does the following:






















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   S01. When an SRH is processed {
   S02.   If (Segments Left == 0) {
   S03.      Stop processing the SRH, and proceed to process the next
                header in the packet, whose type is identified by
                the Next Header field in the routing header.
   S04.   }
   S05.   If (IPv6 Hop Limit <= 1) {
   S06.      Send an ICMP Time Exceeded message to the Source Address
                with Code 0 (Hop limit exceeded in transit),
                interrupt packet processing, and discard the packet.
   S07.   }
   S08.   max_LE = (Hdr Ext Len / 2) - 1
   S09.   If ((Last Entry > max_LE) or (Segments Left > Last Entry+1)) {
   S10.      Send an ICMP Parameter Problem to the Source Address
                with Code 0 (Erroneous header field encountered)
                and Pointer set to the Segments Left field,
                interrupt packet processing, and discard the packet.
   S11.   }
   S12.   Decrement IPv6 Hop Limit by 1
   S13.   Decrement Segments Left by 1
   S14.   Update IPv6 DA with Segment List[Segments Left]
   S15.   Push a new IPv6 header with its own SRH containing B, and
             set the NRP-ID in the HBH header to V
   S16.   Set the outer IPv6 SA to A
   S17.   Set the outer IPv6 DA to the first SID of B
   S18.   Set the outer Payload Length, Traffic Class, Flow Label,
             Hop Limit, and Next Header fields
   S19.   Submit the packet to the egress IPv6 FIB lookup for
             transmission to the new destination
   S20. }

     | Note:
     | Comparing with the End.B6.Encaps behavior, the difference is
     | in step 15, which includes the setting of the NRP-ID in the
     | IPv6 HBH header

3.2.  End.NRP.Encaps

   A new SRv6 function called End.NRP.Encaps: Endpoint with IPv6 NRP
   encapsulation is defined.  This is a variation of the End behavior.
   It instructs the endpoint node to determine the corresponding NRP-ID
   of the local domain based on the mapping relationship between the
   End.NRP.Encaps SID and the intra-domain NRPs maintained on the
   endpoint.  Then the NRP-ID is carried in the IPv6 HBH header of the
   packet.

   Any SID instance of this behavior is associated with an NRP-ID V.




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   When node N receives a packet whose IPv6 DA is S, and S is a local
   End.NRP.Encaps SID, N does the following:

   S01. When an SRH is processed {
   S02.   If (Segments Left == 0) {
   S03.      Stop processing the SRH, and proceed to process the next
                header in the packet, whose type is identified by
                the Next Header field in the routing header.
   S04.   }
   S05.   If (IPv6 Hop Limit <= 1) {
   S06.      Send an ICMP Time Exceeded message to the Source Address
                with Code 0 (Hop limit exceeded in transit),
                interrupt packet processing, and discard the packet.
   S07.   }
   S08.   max_LE = (Hdr Ext Len / 2) - 1
   S09.   If ((Last Entry > max_LE) or (Segments Left > Last Entry+1)) {
   S10.      Send an ICMP Parameter Problem to the Source Address
                with Code 0 (Erroneous header field encountered)
                and Pointer set to the Segments Left field,
                interrupt packet processing, and discard the packet.
   S11.   }
   S12.   Decrement IPv6 Hop Limit by 1
   S13.   Decrement Segments Left by 1
   S14.   Update IPv6 DA with Segment List [Segments Left]
   S15.   Set the NRP-ID in the HBH header to V
   S16.   Submit the packet to the egress IPv6 FIB lookup for
             transmission to the new destination
   S17. }

     | Note:
     | Comparing with the End.B6NRP.Encaps behavior, the difference is
     | in step 15 to 17, which does not need to include an SRH
     | in the IPv6 header

3.3.  End.BNRP.Encaps

   A new SRv6 function called End.BNRP.Encaps: Endpoint bound to an IPv6
   NRP with encapsulation is defined.  This is a variation of the End
   behavior.  For the End.BNRP SID, its corresponding NRP-ID is
   specified by the ingress node of the SRv6 path of the inter-domain
   NRP, and is carried in some fields of the packet.  It instructs the
   endpoint node to obtain the corresponding NRP-ID from the received
   packet, and encapsulate it into the IPv6 HBH header of the packet for
   further forwarding.  Through the End.BNRP.Encaps behavior, the
   ingress node can flexibly specify the intra-domain NRPs the packet
   needs to traverse in the multi-domain network.

   Any SID instance of this behavior is associated with an NRP-ID V.



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   There can be several options to carry the intra-domain NRP-ID
   corresponding to the End.BNRP.Encaps behavior:

   1.  The NRP-ID is carried in the argument field of the
       End.BNRP.Encaps SID.

   2.  The NRP-ID is carried in the SRH TLV field.

   3.  The NRP-ID is carried in the next SID following the
       End.BNRP.Encaps SID in the SID list.

   Editor's note: In the current version of this document, the option 1
   is further specified.  The use of other options is for further study.

   When an ingress node of an end-to-end SR path of the inter-domain NRP
   encapsulates an End.BNRP.Encaps SID in the SID list, it SHOULD put
   the intra-domain NRP-ID which the packet is expected to be steered to
   in that domain into the argument part of the corresponding SID.

   Any SID instance of this behavior contains one NRP-ID V in its
   argument.

   When node N receives a packet whose IPv6 DA is S, and S is a local
   End.BNRP.Encaps SID, N does the following:



























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   S01. When an SRH is processed {
   S02.   If (Segments Left == 0) {
   S03.      Stop processing the SRH, and proceed to process the next
                header in the packet, whose type is identified by
                the Next Header field in the routing header.
   S04.   }
   S05.   If (IPv6 Hop Limit <= 1) {
   S06.      Send an ICMP Time Exceeded message to the Source Address
                with Code 0 (Hop limit exceeded in transit),
                interrupt packet processing, and discard the packet.
   S07.   }
   S08.   max_LE = (Hdr Ext Len / 2) - 1
   S09.   If ((Last Entry > max_LE) or (Segments Left > Last Entry+1)) {
   S10.      Send an ICMP Parameter Problem to the Source Address
                with Code 0 (Erroneous header field encountered)
                and Pointer set to the Segments Left field,
                interrupt packet processing, and discard the packet.
   S11.   }
   S12.   Obtain the NRP-ID V from the argument part of the IPv6 DA
   S13.   Decrement IPv6 Hop Limit by 1
   S14.   Decrement Segments Left by 1
   S15.   Update IPv6 DA with Segment List [Segments Left]
   S16.   Set the NRP-ID in the HBH header to V
   S17.   Submit the packet to the egress IPv6 FIB lookup for
             transmission to the new destination
   S18. }

     | Note:
     | Comparing with the End.NRP.Encaps behavior, the difference is
     | in the new step 12, which is to obtain the NRP-ID from the
     | current IPv6 DA.

4.  SR-MPLS NRP BSIDs

   [I-D.li-mpls-enhanced-vpn-vtn-id] describes the mechanism of carrying
   the VTN ID in the MPLS extension header.  The VTN ID is equivalent to
   an NRP-ID.

   With the SR-MPLS data plane, SR-MPLS BSIDs can be allocated by a
   domain edge node for different NRP Binding behaviors described in
   section 2.










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   For the first variant of NRP-TE BSID, an SR-MPLS BSID is bound to an
   SR Policy which consists of candidate paths built with resource-aware
   segment lists associated with an intra-domain NRP.  When a node
   receives a packet with a locally assigned NRP-TE BSID, it determines
   the corresponding segment list which consists of the resource-aware
   segments of a intra-domain NRP, and encapsulates the SID list to the
   MPLS label stack.

   For the second variant of the NRP-TE BSID, an SR-MPLS BSID is bound
   to an SR Policy associated with an intra-domain NRP-ID.  When a node
   receives a packet with a locally assigned NRP-TE BSID, it determines
   the corresponding SID list and the intra-domain NRP-ID, and
   encapsulates the packet with both the SID list and an MPLS VTN
   extension header which carries the intra-domain NRP-ID.  Note this
   requires to assign a separate NRP BSID for each SR policy in the
   intra-domain NRPs which the node participates in.

   For the first variant of the NRP-BE BSID, an SR-MPLS BSID is bound to
   the shortest path in an intra-domain NRP.  When a node receives a
   packet with a locally assigned NRP-BE BSID, it determines the
   corresponding intra-domain NRP-ID based on the mapping relationship
   between the NRP-BE BSID and the intra-domain NRPs, and encapsulates
   the packet with an MPLS VTN extension header which carries the intra-
   domain NRP-ID.  Note this requires to assign a separate NRP-BE BSID
   for each intra-domain NRP.

   For the second variant of the NRP-BE BSID, an SR-MPLS BSID is bound
   to the shortest path in an intra-domain NRP, the NRP-ID is specified
   by the E2E SR path ingress node of the inter-domain NRP and is
   carried in the MPLS VTN extension header.  When a node receives a
   packet with a locally assigned NRP-BE BSID, it obtains the
   corresponding intra-domain NRP-ID from an NRP-ID list carried in the
   packet, then encapsulates the obtained intra-domain NRP-ID into the
   MPLS VTN extension header of the packet.

5.  IANA Considerations

   IANA is requested to assign the following code points from the "SRv6
   Endpoint Behaviors" sub-registry in the "Segment-routing with IPv6
   data plane (SRv6) Parameters" registry:

+-------+--------+------------------------------------------+-----------+
| Value |  Hex   |             Endpoint Behavior            | Reference |
+-------+--------+------------------------------------------+-----------+
|  TBA1 |        | End.BNRP.Encaps                          | [This ID] |
|  TBA2 |        | End.NRP                                  | [This ID] |
|  TBA3 |        | End.BNRP                                 | [This ID] |
+-------+--------+------------------------------------------+-----------+



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6.  Security Considerations

   The security considerations of segment routing [RFC8402] [RFC8754]
   applies to this document.

7.  Acknowledgements

   The authors would like to thank Zhibo Hu and Yawei Zhang for their
   review and valuable comments.

8.  References

8.1.  Normative References

   [I-D.ietf-spring-resource-aware-segments]
              Dong, J., Bryant, S., Miyasaka, T., Zhu, Y., Qin, F., Li,
              Z., and F. Clad, "Introducing Resource Awareness to SR
              Segments", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-
              spring-resource-aware-segments-06, 11 October 2022,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-spring-
              resource-aware-segments-06>.

   [I-D.ietf-teas-enhanced-vpn]
              Dong, J., Bryant, S., Li, Z., Miyasaka, T., and Y. Lee, "A
              Framework for Enhanced Virtual Private Network (VPN+)",
              Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-teas-
              enhanced-vpn-12, 23 January 2023,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-teas-
              enhanced-vpn-12>.

   [I-D.ietf-teas-ietf-network-slices]
              Farrel, A., Drake, J., Rokui, R., Homma, S., Makhijani,
              K., Contreras, L. M., and J. Tantsura, "A Framework for
              IETF Network Slices", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft,
              draft-ietf-teas-ietf-network-slices-19, 21 January 2023,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-teas-
              ietf-network-slices-19>.

   [I-D.li-teas-composite-network-slices]
              Li, Z., Dong, J., Pang, R., Zhu, Y., and L. M. Contreras,
              "Realization of Composite IETF Network Slices", Work in
              Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-li-teas-composite-network-
              slices-00, 13 March 2023,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/api/v1/doc/document/draft-
              li-teas-composite-network-slices/>.






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   [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>.

   [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>.

   [RFC8986]  Filsfils, C., Ed., Camarillo, P., Ed., Leddy, J., Voyer,
              D., Matsushima, S., and Z. Li, "Segment Routing over IPv6
              (SRv6) Network Programming", RFC 8986,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8986, February 2021,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8986>.

8.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.ietf-6man-enhanced-vpn-vtn-id]
              Dong, J., Li, Z., Xie, C., Ma, C., and G. S. Mishra,
              "Carrying Virtual Transport Network (VTN) Information in
              IPv6 Extension Header", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft,
              draft-ietf-6man-enhanced-vpn-vtn-id-02, 24 October 2022,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-6man-
              enhanced-vpn-vtn-id-02>.

   [I-D.ietf-spring-sr-for-enhanced-vpn]
              Dong, J., Bryant, S., Miyasaka, T., Zhu, Y., Qin, F., Li,
              Z., and F. Clad, "Segment Routing based Virtual Transport
              Network (VTN) for Enhanced VPN", Work in Progress,
              Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-spring-sr-for-enhanced-vpn-04,
              11 October 2022, <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/
              draft-ietf-spring-sr-for-enhanced-vpn-04>.

   [I-D.ietf-teas-nrp-scalability]
              Dong, J., Li, Z., Gong, L., Yang, G., Guichard, J.,
              Mishra, G. S., Qin, F., Saad, T., and V. P. Beeram,
              "Scalability Considerations for Network Resource
              Partition", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-
              teas-nrp-scalability-01, 24 October 2022,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-teas-
              nrp-scalability-01>.

   [I-D.li-mpls-enhanced-vpn-vtn-id]
              Li, Z. and J. Dong, "Carrying Virtual Transport Network
              (VTN) Information in MPLS Packet", Work in Progress,
              Internet-Draft, draft-li-mpls-enhanced-vpn-vtn-id-03, 16
              October 2022, <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/
              draft-li-mpls-enhanced-vpn-vtn-id-03>.



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   [RFC8402]  Filsfils, C., Ed., Previdi, S., Ed., Ginsberg, L.,
              Decraene, B., Litkowski, S., and R. Shakir, "Segment
              Routing Architecture", RFC 8402, DOI 10.17487/RFC8402,
              July 2018, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8402>.

   [RFC8754]  Filsfils, C., Ed., Dukes, D., Ed., Previdi, S., Leddy, J.,
              Matsushima, S., and D. Voyer, "IPv6 Segment Routing Header
              (SRH)", RFC 8754, DOI 10.17487/RFC8754, March 2020,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8754>.

Authors' Addresses

   Zhenbin Li
   Huawei Technologies
   Huawei Campus, No. 156 Beiqing Road
   Beijing
   100095
   China
   Email: lizhenbin@huawei.com


   Jie Dong
   Huawei Technologies
   Huawei Campus, No. 156 Beiqing Road
   Beijing
   100095
   China
   Email: jie.dong@huawei.com


   Ran Pang
   China Unicom
   Email: pangran@chinaunicom.cn


   Yongqing Zhu
   China Telecom
   Email: zhuyq8@chinatelecom.cn













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