Internet DRAFT - draft-sx-mpls-detnet-bounded-latency

draft-sx-mpls-detnet-bounded-latency







MPLS Working Group                                               X. Song
Internet-Draft                                                  Q. Xiong
Intended status: Standards Track                               ZTE Corp.
Expires: 18 April 2024                                         R. Gandhi
                                                     Cisco Systems, Inc.
                                                         16 October 2023


      MPLS Encapsulation for Deterministic Latency Network Action
                draft-sx-mpls-detnet-bounded-latency-01

Abstract

   This document specifies formats and principles for the MPLS header
   which contains the Deterministic Latency Network Action (DLNA)
   option, designed for use over a DetNet network with MPLS data plane.
   It enables guaranteed latency support and makes scheduling decisions
   for time-sensitive service running on DetNet nodes that operate
   within a constrained network domain.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     2.1.  Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     2.2.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   3.  DetNet DLNA Option  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     3.1.  Queuing delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     3.2.  DLNA Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   4.  MPLS Extension for DLNA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     4.1.  DetNet MPLS Header for DLNA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     4.2.  MPLS In-Stack DLNA Network Action . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     4.3.  MPLS Post-Stack DLNA Network Action . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   5.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   7.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   8.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     8.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     8.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13

1.  Introduction

   As specified in [RFC8655] and [RFC8938], Deterministic Networking
   (DetNet) operates at the IP layer and delivers service with low data
   loss rates and bounded latency guarantee within a network domain.

   As defined in [RFC8964], the DetNet MPLS data plane provides a
   foundation of building blocks to enable PREOF (Packet Replication,
   Elimination and Ordering Functions (PREOF)) functions to DetNet
   service and forwarding sub-layer.  The DetNet service sub-layer
   includes a DetNet Control Word (d-CW), service label (S-Label), an
   aggregation label (A-Label) in special case of S-Label used for
   aggregation.  The DetNet forwarding sub-layer supports one or more
   forwarding labels (F-Labels) used to forward a DetNet flow over MPLS
   domains.  The DetNet forwarding sub-layer provides corresponding
   forwarding assurance with IETF existing functions using resource
   allocations and explicit routes.  But these functions may not be
   enough to provide the deterministic latency (including bounded



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   latency, low packet loss and in-order delivery) assurance.  Because
   latency variation in one DetNet system results in the need for extra
   buffer space in the next-hop DetNet system(s), which in turn
   increases the worst-case per-hop latency.  So standard queuing and
   scheduling algorithms are required to compute and reserve the
   sufficient buffer space for DetNet nodes along the path of DetNet
   flows.

   To support time-sensitive service with ultra-low loss rates and
   deterministic latency, it is required to apply feasible scheduling
   mechanisms to specific applications for deterministic networking.  As
   described in [RFC9320], the end-to-end bounded latency is considered
   as the sum of non-queuing and queuing delay bounds along with the
   queuing mechanisms.  The value for non-queuing delay bounds (which
   consist of packet output delay, link delay, frame preemption delay
   and processing delay) is relative with the physical capability of on-
   used networks and can be considered to be stable.  The unstable
   latency delay bounds are mainly from queuing delay and regulation
   delay.  The regulation delay is mainly from regulation policy.  To
   simplify the question this draft assumes there is no regulation
   policy.  So the question is left to address the selection for queuing
   mechanisms and queuing delay information encapsulation in data plane.

   The queuing mechanisms, as mentioned in [RFC9320] and [RFC8655],
   which include Time Aware Shaping IEEE802.1Qbv, Asynchronous Traffic
   Shaping IEEE802.1Qcr, cyclic-scheduling queuing mechanism proposed in
   IEEE802.1Qch.  There are also discussions on new queuing or
   scheduling mechanisms such as [I-D.peng-6man-deadline-option] and
   [I-D.dang-queuing-with-multiple-cyclic-buffers].  In terms of delay
   guarantee for different applications, to select the right scheduling/
   queuing mechanism applied to a specific application is required.
   Based on the existing DetNet MPLS encapsulations and mechanisms
   [RFC8964], the draft defines the encoding format for Deterministic
   Latency Network Action (DLNA) option in MPLS data plane.

   MPLS Network Actions (MNA) are used to indicate actions for LSPs and/
   or MPLS packets and to transfer data needed for these actions.
   [I-D.ietf-mpls-mna-hdr] defines the MNA solution for carrying Network
   Actions with In-Stack Data and associated Ancillary Data (AD) (i.e.,
   in the MPLS label stack).  [I-D.jags-mpls-ps-mna-hdr] defines the MNA
   solution for carrying Network Actions with Post-Stack Data and
   associated Ancillary Data (i.e., below the bottom of the MPLS label
   stack).  This draft describes MNA solutions for DLNA in DetNet.

2.  Conventions






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2.1.  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.

2.2.  Terminology

   Refer to [RFC8655], [RFC8964], [I-D.ietf-mpls-mna-hdr] and [RFC9320]
   for the key terms used in this document.

   Deterministic Latency (DL):the bound of network latency and delay
   variation between two DetNet endpoints.  It may includes parameters
   such as bounded latency, bounded delay variation, etc.

   Deterministic Latency Network Action (DLNA): used to indicate
   deterministic latency network action for MPLS data plane.

3.  DetNet DLNA Option

3.1.  Queuing delay

   [RFC8655] provides the architecture for deterministic networking
   (DetNet) which enables the service delivery of DetNet flows with
   extremely low packet loss rates and deterministic latency.  The
   forwarding sub-layer provides corresponding forwarding assurance but
   can not provide the deterministic latency (including bounded latency,
   low packet loss and in-order delivery).  As described at [RFC9320],
   the end-to-end bounded latency for one DetNet flow is the sum of
   delay bound of non-queuing and queuing processing latency.  The delay
   bound for non-queuing processing may include output delay, link
   delay, frame preemption delay, and processing delay, the delay bound
   for queuing processing may include regulator delay, queuing delay.
   It is assumed that the delay of non-queuing processing is fixed or be
   ignorable, the delay of queuing processing is variable.  To realize
   the guarantee of bounded latency service it is important to select
   right queuing methodology applied to specific applications and carry
   necessary queuing delay information for computation of end-to-end
   latency.










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3.2.  DLNA Option

   The DetNet data plane encapsulation in transport network with MPLS
   data plane is specified in [RFC8964].
   [I-D.xiong-detnet-data-fields-edp] has proposed a commom DetNet data
   fields for enhanced DetNet data plane and defined a DLNA option to
   carry queuing-based metadata.This document provides additional
   encapsulation for the DLNA in MPLS data plane.

   The DetNet routers in data plane perform MPLS forwarding functions to
   choose a feasible way with sufficient network resources for the
   incoming packets, and makes right selection on the queuing or
   scheduling mechanisms applied for specific DetNet flows to satisfy
   strict QoS criteria in the forwarding output port.  The information
   for the queuing or scheduling mechanisms are carried in DetNet DLNA
   header.  Refer to [I-D.stein-srtsn], considering the time latency
   information are processed per hop so the time latency informations
   (such as deadline time, cycle identify, etc.) of each DetNet node for
   DetNet flows are expected to be carried as a set of lists of LSEs in
   MPLS data plane.

4.  MPLS Extension for DLNA

4.1.  DetNet MPLS Header for DLNA

   The DetNet MPLS header follows [RFC8964].  To support deterministic
   bounded latency service this draft introduces 2 options to carry
   DetNet DLNA data using MPLS MNA solutions.  As shown in figure 1, the
   MNA label is inserted to indicate the recognition of MPLS Network
   Actions, the DetNet DLNA can be carried in or after MPLS Label Stack.

   Option 1, the DetNet IS-DLNA are inserted to MPLS In-Stack

   Option 2, the DetNet PS-DLNA are located to MPLS Post-Stack

   The format for MPLS DetNet IS-DLNA follows MNA (MPLS Network Action)
   encapsulation specified in [I-D.ietf-mpls-mna-hdr] and
   [I-D.ietf-mpls-mna-fwk], which is comprised of a set of Label Stack
   Entries (LSEs) that carry the DetNet DLNA Network Action Indicator
   and Ancillary Data to perform DLNA actions for MPLS packets.  The
   format for MPLS DetNet PS-DLNA refers to [I-D.jags-mpls-ps-mna-hdr].
   The detailed DetNet IS-DLNA and PS-DLNA encapsulation refers to the
   following section in the draft.








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           +---------------------------+
           |       DetNet App-Flow     |
           |       Payload Packet      |
           +---------------------------+--\
           |   DetNet PS-DLNA (OPT 2)  |   \
           +---------------------------+   |
           |     DetNet Control Word   |   |
           +---------------------------+   |
           |          S-Label          |   | DetNet
           +---------------------------+   | Data Plane
           |  DetNet IS-DLNA (OPT 1)   |   | MPLS Encapsulation
           +---------------------------+   |
           |          MNA Label        |   |
           +---------------------------+   |
           |          F-Label(s)       |   /
           +---------------------------+--/
           |         Data-Link         |
           +---------------------------+
           |          Physical         |
           +---------------------------+

                        Figure 1: DetNet MPLS Header

4.2.  MPLS In-Stack DLNA Network Action


    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |     MNA Label = bSPL (TBA)            | TC  |S|      TTL      |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                         Figure 2: bSP-Label Format

   MNA Label:

   A new bSPL value is to be assigned by IANA.  It is used to indicate
   the presence of the MPLS Network Action Sub-Stack (NASS).  The
   assignment for this field value refers to [I-D.ietf-mpls-mna-hdr].

   The MPLS In-Stack Data encoding format for DLNA option is shown in
   the figure 3.  The format provides DLNA Indicator to describe the set
   of the DLNA network action.  Its detailed information is carried in
   the following Ancillary Data for the present DLNA network action.








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    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |IS-DLNA=TBA1 |                Flag           |S|  Data |  NAL  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |1|             AD LSE1                       |S|    AD LSE1    |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |1|             AD LSE2                       |S|    AD LSE2    |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                 ...  ...  ...                                 |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |1|             AD LSEn                       |S|    AD LSEn    |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                  Figure 3: MPLS In-Stack Format for DLNA

   IS-DLNA (7 bits): This is the first 7-bit value in the Label Field.
   The value is used to indicate DLNA network action with In-Stack Data
   and to be assigned by IANA as value TBA1.

   Flag (16 bits): identifies the type of queuing mechanisms used in the
   network.  The queuing type format is defined in section 4.2 of
   [I-D.xiong-detnet-data-fields-edp].

   S (1 bit) : The Bottom of Stack [RFC3032].

   Data (4 bits) : Reserved bits for future use.

   NAL (4 bits): The DLNA action length.  It indicates the number of AD
   LSEs in the sub-stack.

   The first bit in the Label field of the following AD LSEs MUST be set
   to "1".  As specified in [I-D.ietf-mpls-mna-hdr] this is to prevent
   aliasing the label field with other bSPLs on the legacy routers.

   Ancillary Data:

   The 19-bit Label field and 4-bit TC field and 8-bit TTL field (except
   S bit) in the additional LSEs are used to carry the Ancillary Data
   for specific DLNA latency information.

   The Ancillary Data LSE1 is expected to carry the latency information
   DLNA option data defined in section 4.2.2 of
   [I-D.xiong-detnet-data-fields-edp] of the edge DetNet node.  Depend
   on specific queuing mechanisms used in the network the DLNA field
   length for the latency information for one DetNet node is variable.
   The specific queuing (including cycle, deadline, etc.) data
   encapsulation are described in [I-D.xiong-detnet-data-fields-edp].




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   The first AD LSE is expected to carry the latency information for
   edge DetNet node.  When the length of latency information is more
   than 32bits less than 64bits, both AD LSE1 and LSE2 are expected to
   carry the latency information for edge DetNet node.  In this case,
   the DLNA option data of next hop is carried in AD LSE3 and LSE4.
   Along the path of DetNet flows the AD LSE(n-1) and LSEn carry the
   DLNA option data for the peer edge DetNet node.  With the DetNet
   flows are being forwarded in its output ports the corresponding node
   latency information carried in DLNA options are processed hop by hop.

4.3.  MPLS Post-Stack DLNA Network Action

   There are some limitaions to use MPLS In-Stack Data for DLNA.  For
   example, the total length for In-Stack Data LSEs seems small (no more
   than 16LSEs), but on the other hand the latency information of each
   nodes (nodes number may be more than 16 in DetNet) along the path of
   DetNet flows needs be carried in the MPLS sub-stack.  Besides, HBH
   scenario brings high packet overload and low encapsulation
   efficiency.  This document does not exclude MNA Post-Stack solution
   for carrying DLNA.

   The MPLS Post-Stack format for DLNA Network Action refers to
   [I-D.ietf-mpls-mna-hdr] and [I-D.jags-mpls-ps-mna-hdr] and shown in
   figure 4.


    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |           Label=MNA bSPL              | TC  |S|    TTL        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | MNA Opcode  |  Ancillary Data (AD)    |1|IHS|S| Res |U| NASL=0|
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   ~                                                               ~
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |            Label                            |1|               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+<-+
   |0 0 0 0|                  Sequence Number                      |d-CW
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+<-+
   |N N N N|Version| PS-MNA-LEN    | TYPE = POST-STACK-MNA         | TH
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-|<-+
   |PS-DLNA=TBA2 |      DLNA Ancillary Data      |R|R| PS-DLNA-LEN |  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+  |
   |                                                               |  D
   |                                                               |  L
   ~             DLNA Option and Ancillary Data                    ~  A
   |                                                               |  |
   |                                                               |  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+<-+



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                 Figure 4: MPLS Post-Stack Format for DLNA

   As specified at [I-D.ietf-mpls-mna-hdr], The header for In-Stack
   Network Action encodes:

   P (1 Bit) : This document sets the value to 1 to identify the
   presence of Post-Stack Network Action.

   IHS (2 Bit) : Indicates the combined scope of the In-Stack and the
   Post-Stack Network Actions.

   U (1 Bit) : Indicates the combined Unknown Action Handling of the In-
   Stack and the Post-Stack Network Actions.

   As specified at [I-D.jags-mpls-ps-mna-hdr], The header for Post-Stack
   Network Action encodes:

   Sequence Number: The format of DetNet Control Word (d-CW) refers to
   [RFC8964].

   NNNN (4 bits): This first nibble identifies the start of the Post-
   Stack Network Actions.  A new value can be assigned by IANA.  Generic
   Associated Channel (0001b) can be used instead.  The assignment for
   this field value is out of the scope of this draft.

   Version (4 bits): This is Post-Stack MNA version.

   PS-MNA-LEN (8 bits): Post-Stack MNA Total Length in words.  This
   excludes the Post-Stack Top header.

   TYPE (16 bits): Type is set to POST-STACK-MNA.  In case of DetNet
   MPLS, this is DLNA Type.

   PS-DLNA (7 bits): Post-Stack Network Action Opcode.  The value is
   used to indicate DLNA network action with Post-Stack Data and to be
   assigned by IANA as value TBA2.

   DLNA Ancillary Data (16 bits): Post-Stack Ancillary Data associated
   with the DLNA.

   R (2 bits): Reserved bits.

   PS-DLNA-LEN (7 bits): Post-Stack DLNA Network Action Length.  The
   number of LSEs of the following Ancillary Data.

   The MPLS DLNA Network Action encapsulation with Post-Stack Data
   refers to the latest MPLS WG discussions and follows the encoding
   principles of the MNA Post-Stack Data speicified at MPLS WG.



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5.  IANA Considerations

   This document requests two new IANA-managed code-points for DetNet
   application processing.  IANA maintains the "In-Stack MNA Opcode"
   registry when created from IANA request in [I-D.ietf-mpls-mna-hdr].
   IANA is requested to allocate a value for In-Stack Network Action
   Opcode for DLNA application from this registry:

                  +=======+=============+===============+
                  | Value | Description | Reference     |
                  +=======+=============+===============+
                  | TBA1  | IS-DLNA     | this document |
                  +-------+-------------+---------------+

                       Table 1: In-Stack DLNA Network
                               Action Opcode

   IANA maintains the "Post-Stack MNA Opcode" registry when created from
   IANA request in [I-D.jags-mpls-ps-mna-hdr].  IANA is requested to
   allocate a value for Post-Stack Network Action Opcode for DLNA
   application from this registry:

                  +=======+=============+===============+
                  | Value | Description | Reference     |
                  +=======+=============+===============+
                  | TBA2  | PS-DLNA     | this document |
                  +-------+-------------+---------------+

                      Table 2: Post-Stack DLNA Network
                               Action Opcode

6.  Security Considerations

   Security considerations for DetNet are covered in the DetNet
   Architecture RFC8655 and DetNet Security Considerations [RFC9055].
   MPLS security considerations are covered in [RFC8964], [RFC3031],
   [RFC3032].  These security considerations also apply to this
   document.  The MNA security considerations speicified at
   [I-D.ietf-mpls-mna-hdr] and [I-D.jags-mpls-ps-mna-hdr] are also
   applicable to the procedures defined in this document.

7.  Acknowledgements

   The authors would like to acknowledge Shaofu Peng for his thorough
   review and very helpful comments.

8.  References




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8.1.  Normative References

   [I-D.ietf-mpls-mna-hdr]
              Rajamanickam, J., Gandhi, R., Zigler, R., Song, H., and K.
              Kompella, "MPLS Network Action (MNA) Sub-Stack Solution",
              Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-mpls-mna-hdr-
              03, 6 September 2023,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-mpls-
              mna-hdr-03>.

   [I-D.jags-mpls-ps-mna-hdr]
              Rajamanickam, J., Gandhi, R., Zigler, R., Li, T., and J.
              Dong, "Post-Stack MPLS Network Action (MNA) Solution",
              Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-jags-mpls-ps-mna-
              hdr-00, 10 March 2023,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-jags-mpls-ps-
              mna-hdr-00>.

   [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>.

   [RFC8964]  Varga, B., Ed., Farkas, J., Berger, L., Malis, A., Bryant,
              S., and J. Korhonen, "Deterministic Networking (DetNet)
              Data Plane: MPLS", RFC 8964, DOI 10.17487/RFC8964, January
              2021, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8964>.

8.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.dang-queuing-with-multiple-cyclic-buffers]
              Liu, B. and J. Dang, "A Queuing Mechanism with Multiple
              Cyclic Buffers", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-
              dang-queuing-with-multiple-cyclic-buffers-00, 22 February
              2021, <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-dang-
              queuing-with-multiple-cyclic-buffers-00>.

   [I-D.ietf-mpls-mna-fwk]
              Andersson, L., Bryant, S., Bocci, M., and T. Li, "MPLS
              Network Actions Framework", Work in Progress, Internet-
              Draft, draft-ietf-mpls-mna-fwk-04, 5 September 2023,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-mpls-
              mna-fwk-04>.




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   [I-D.peng-6man-deadline-option]
              Peng, S., Tan, B., and P. Liu, "Deadline Option", Work in
              Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-peng-6man-deadline-option-
              01, 11 July 2022, <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/
              draft-peng-6man-deadline-option-01>.

   [I-D.stein-srtsn]
              Stein, Y. J., "Segment Routed Time Sensitive Networking",
              Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-stein-srtsn-01, 29
              August 2021, <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-
              stein-srtsn-01>.

   [I-D.xiong-detnet-data-fields-edp]
              Xiong, Q., Liu, A., Gandhi, R., and D. Yang, "Data Fields
              for DetNet Enhanced Data Plane", Work in Progress,
              Internet-Draft, draft-xiong-detnet-data-fields-edp-01, 10
              July 2023, <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-
              xiong-detnet-data-fields-edp-01>.

   [RFC3031]  Rosen, E., Viswanathan, A., and R. Callon, "Multiprotocol
              Label Switching Architecture", RFC 3031,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC3031, January 2001,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3031>.

   [RFC3032]  Rosen, E., Tappan, D., Fedorkow, G., Rekhter, Y.,
              Farinacci, D., Li, T., and A. Conta, "MPLS Label Stack
              Encoding", RFC 3032, DOI 10.17487/RFC3032, January 2001,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3032>.

   [RFC8655]  Finn, N., Thubert, P., Varga, B., and J. Farkas,
              "Deterministic Networking Architecture", RFC 8655,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8655, October 2019,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8655>.

   [RFC8938]  Varga, B., Ed., Farkas, J., Berger, L., Malis, A., and S.
              Bryant, "Deterministic Networking (DetNet) Data Plane
              Framework", RFC 8938, DOI 10.17487/RFC8938, November 2020,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8938>.

   [RFC9055]  Grossman, E., Ed., Mizrahi, T., and A. Hacker,
              "Deterministic Networking (DetNet) Security
              Considerations", RFC 9055, DOI 10.17487/RFC9055, June
              2021, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9055>.

   [RFC9320]  Finn, N., Le Boudec, J.-Y., Mohammadpour, E., Zhang, J.,
              and B. Varga, "Deterministic Networking (DetNet) Bounded
              Latency", RFC 9320, DOI 10.17487/RFC9320, November 2022,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9320>.



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Authors' Addresses

   Xueyan Song
   ZTE Corp.
   China
   Email: song.xueyan2@zte.com.cn


   Quan Xiong
   ZTE Corp.
   China
   Email: xiong.quan@zte.com.cn


   Rakesh Gandhi
   Cisco Systems, Inc.
   Canada
   Email: rgandhi@cisco.com

































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