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    <title abbrev="Extensions for MPLS-TP OAM Conf">Configuration of pro-active MPLS-TP Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) Functions Using RSVP-TE</title>

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    <area>Signaling</area>
    <workgroup>CCAMP Working Group</workgroup>
    <keyword>RSVP-TE</keyword>
    <keyword>GMPLS</keyword>
    <keyword>MPLS</keyword>
    <keyword>MPLS-TP</keyword>

    <abstract>
      <t>This specification describes the configuration of pro-active MPLS-TP Operations, 
	Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) Functions for a given LSP using a common set 
	of TLVs that can be carried on RSVP-TE protocol.</t>
    </abstract>
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  <middle>
    <section title="Introduction">
  
      <t>This document describes the configuration of pro-active MPLS-TP Operations, 
	Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) Functions for a given LSP using a common 
	set of TLVs carried on RSVP-TE [RFC3209] but reusable also for LSP Ping [BFD-Ping] as defined in [LSP-PING CONF].  
	In particular it specifies the mechanisms necessary to establish MPLS-TP OAM 
	entities monitoring an LSP and defines information elements and procedures to 
	configure pro-active MPLS OAM functions.  Initialization and control of on-demand 
	MPLS OAM functions are expected to be carried out by directly accessing network nodes 
	via a management interface; hence configuration and control of on-demand OAM functions 
	are out-of-scope for this document.</t>

      <t>Pro-active MPLS OAM is based on the Bidirectional Forwarding
	Detection (BFD) protocol [RFC5880].  Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
	(BFD), as described in [RFC5880], defines a protocol that provides low-
	overhead, short-duration detection of failures in the path between
	two forwarding engines, including the interfaces, data link(s), and
	to the extent possible the forwarding engines themselves.  BFD can be
	used to track the liveliness and detect data plane failures of MPLS-TP point-to-point 
	and might also be extended to p2mp connections.</t>

      <t>MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) describes a profile of MPLS that
	enables operational models typical in transport networks, while
	providing additional OAM, survivability and other maintenance
	functions not currently supported by MPLS.  [RFC5860] defines the requirements 
	for the OAM functionality of MPLS-TP.</t>

      <t>BFD has been chosen to be the basis of pro-active MPLS-TP OAM functions. 
	MPLS-TP OAM extensions for transport applications, for which this document specifies 
	the configuration, are specified in [BFD-CCCV], [MPLS-PM], and [MPLS-FMS].</t>
      
      <section title="Contributing Authors"> 
	<t>This document is the result of a large team of authors and contributors.  The following is a list of the co-authors:</t>

<t>
<list>
<t>John Drake</t>
<t>Benoit Tremblay</t>
</list>
</t>
      </section>
   
      <section title ="Requirements Language">
	<t>
	  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 <xref
							    target="RFC2119">RFC 2119</xref>.
	</t>
      </section>

      <section title="Overview of BFD OAM operation"> 
	<t>BFD is a simple hello protocol that in many respects is similar to
	  the detection components of well-known routing protocols.  A pair of systems transmits BFD packets periodically over each path between the
	  two systems, and if a system stops receiving BFD packets for long
	  enough, some component in that particular bidirectional path to the
	  neighboring system is assumed to have failed.  Systems may also
	  negotiate to not send periodic BFD packets in order to reduce
	  overhead.</t>

	<t>A path is only declared to be operational when two-way communication 
	  has been established between systems, though this does not preclude
	  the use of unidirectional links to support bidirectional paths 
	  (co-routed or bidirectional or associated bidirectional).</t>

	<t>Each system estimates how quickly it can send and receive BFD packets
	  in order to come to an agreement with its neighbor about how rapidly
	  detection of failure will take place.  These estimates can be
	  modified in real time in order to adapt to unusual situations.  This
	  design also allows for fast systems on a shared medium with a slow
	  system to be able to more rapidly detect failures between the fast
	  systems while allowing the slow system to participate to the best of
	  its ability.</t>

	<t>The ability of each system to control the BFD packet transmission
	  rate in both directions provides a mechanism for congestion control,
	  particularly when BFD is used across multiple network hops.</t>

	<t>As recommended in [BFD-CCCV], the BFD tool needs to be extended for the
	  proactive CV functionality by the addition of an unique identifier in order to meet the requirements.  The document in [BFD-CCCV] specifies the BFD
	  extension and behavior to meet the requirements for MPLS-TP proactive
	  Continuity Check and Connectivity Verification functionality and the
	  RDI functionality as defined in [RFC5860].</t>

      </section>
    </section>


    
    <section title="Overview of MPLS OAM for Transport Applications">
      <t>[MPLS-TP-OAM-FWK] describes how MPLS OAM mechanisms are operated 
	to meet transport requirements outlined in [RFC5860].</t>
      
      <t>[BFD-CCCV] specifies two BFD operation modes: 1) "CC mode", 
	which uses periodic BFD message exchanges with symmetric timer settings, 
	supporting Continuity Check, 2) "CV/CC mode" which sends unique 
	maintenance entity identifiers in the periodic BFD messages supporting 
	Connectivity Verification as well as Continuity Check.</t>
      
      <t>[MPLS-PM] specifies mechanisms for performance monitoring of LSPs, 
	in particular it specifies loss and delay measurement OAM functions.</t>
      
      <t>[MPLS-FMS] specifies fault management signals with which a server 
	LSP can notify client LSPs about various fault conditions to suppress 
	alarms or to be used as triggers for actions in the client LSPs. 
	The following signals are defined: Alarm Indication Signal (AIS),
	Link Down Indication (LDI) and Locked Report (LKR). To indicate client 
	faults associated with the attachment circuits Client Signal Failure 
	Indication (CSF) can be used. CSF is described in [MPLS-TP-OAM-FWK]
	and in the context of this document is for further study.</t>
      
      <t>[MPLS-TP-OAM-FWK] describes the mapping of fault conditions to 
	consequent actions. Some of these mappings may be configured by the 
	operator, depending on the application of the LSP. The following defects 
	are identified: Loss Of Continuity (LOC), Misconnectivity, 
	MEP Misconfiguration and Period Misconfiguration. Out of these defect 
	conditions, the following consequent actions may be configurable: 
	1) whether or not the LOC defect should result in blocking the outgoing 
	data traffic; 2) whether or not the "Period Misconfiguration defect" 
	should result a signal fail condition.</t>
      

    </section>

    <section title="Theory of Operations">
      <section title="MPLS OAM Configuration Operation Overview">

	<t>RSVP-TE, or in alternative LSP Ping [LSP-PING CONF], can be used to simply establish (i.e., bootstrap) a BFD session 
	  or it can selectively enable and configure all pro-active MPLS OAM functions.  
	  For this specification, BFD MUST be run in asynchronous mode and both sides should 
	  be in active mode.</t>

	<t>In the simplest scenario RSVP-TE, or in alternative LSP Ping [LSP-PING CONF], is used only to bootstrap the BFD session.  
	  In this case the initiating node includes an 'OAM Configuration TLV' in the message it 
	  sends to the receiving node at the other end of the LSP. The OAM Type in the 
	  'OAM Configuration TLV' is set to 'MPLS OAM', the CC OAM Function flag is set, 
	  and a 'BFD Configuration sub-TLV' is included.  The sub-TLV carries a 'Local Discriminator 
	  sub-TLV' with the discriminator value selected by the initiating node for the BFD session 
	  associated with the LSP. The N flag in the 'BFD Configuration sub-TLV' MUST be set to enable 
	  timer negotiation/re-negotiation via BFD Control Messages.</t>

	<t>The receiving node MUST use the Local Discriminator value it receives to 
	  identify the remote end of the BFD session.  The receiving node must send a 
	  message to the initiating node that includes an 'OAM Configuration TLV' containing 
	  the same values as it received, except for the 'Local Discriminator sub-TLV', which 
	  contains the local discriminator value selected by the receiving node for the BFD session.</t>

	<t>Timer negotiation is performed in subsequent BFD control messages.  
	  This operation is similar to LSP Ping based bootstrapping described in [RFC5884].</t>

	<t>If timer negotiation is to be done using the TLVs defined in this document rather 
	  than with BFD Control Messages, the N flag MUST be cleared and a 'Timer Negotiation 
	  Parameters sub-TLV' MUST be present in the 'BFD Configuration sub-TLV'.  
	  In this case, there are two configuration options, symmetric and asymmetric.  
	  If symmetric configuration is used, the S flag in 'BFD Configuration sub-TLV' MUST be set.  
	  If the flag is cleared, the configuration is completed asymmetrically in the two directions.  
	  Section 3.3.2 includes a detailed explanation of such configuration.</t>

	<t>In the case of the "CV/CC mode" OAM [BFD-CCCV], the "CV" flag MUST be set in 
	  addition to the CC flag in the "OAM Configuration TLV".  The information required 
	  to support this functionality is defined in [MPLS-TP-IDENTIF]. If RSVP-TE is used, 
	  this information is found respectively in the SESSION and SENDER_TEMPLATE object with 
	  no need of further sub-TLV as described in section 3.2. In case of LSP Ping configuration this information is supplied by an additional sub-TLV, but this is defined in [LSP-PING CONF] and it is outside the scope of this document.</t>
      </section>

      <section title="OAM Configuration TLV">
        <t>The "OAM Configuration TLV" is depicted in the following figure. 
	  It specifies the OAM functions that are to be used for the subject LSP and it is defined in 
	  [OAM-CONF-FWK].  For RSVP-TE, the "OAM Configuration TLV" is carried in the LSP_ATTRIBUTES 
	  object in Path and Resv messages.</t>

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    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
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	<t>Type: indicates the "OAM Configuration TLV" (2) (IANA to assign).</t>

	<t>OAM Type: one octet that specifies the technology specific OAM Type.
	  If the requested OAM Type is not supported, an error must be
	  generated: "OAM Problem/Unsupported OAM Type".</t>

	<t>This document defines a new OAM Type: "MPLS OAM" (suggested value 2, IANA to assign) 
	  from the "RSVP-TE OAM Configuration Registry".  The "MPLS OAM" type is set to request 
	  the establishment of OAM functions for MPLS-TP LSPs.  The specific OAM functions are 
	  specified in the "Function Flags" sub-TLV as depicted in [OAM-CONF-FWK].</t>

	<t>The receiving edge LSR when the MPLS-TP OAM Type is requested should check
	  which OAM Function Flags are set in the "Function Flags TLV" and look
	  for the corresponding technology specific configuration TLV.</t>

	<t>Additional corresponding sub-TLVs are as follows:</t>

	<t><list>
	    <t>- "BFD Configuration sub-TLV", which MUST be included if the 
	      CC OAM Function flag is set. This sub-TLV MUST carry a 
	      "BFD Local Discriminator sub-TLV" and a "Timer Negotiation 
	      Parameters sub-TLV" if the N flag is cleared.</t>

	    <t>- "MPLS OAM PM Loss sub-TLV", which MAY be included if 
	      the PM/Loss OAM Function flag is set. If the "MPLS OAM PM 
	      Loss sub-TLV" is not included, default configuration values
	      are used.</t>

	    <t>- "MPLS OAM PM Delay sub-TLV", which MAY be included 
	      if the PM/Delay OAM Function flag is set. If the "MPLS 
	      OAM PM Delay sub-TLV" is not included, default configuration 
	      values are used.</t>

	    <t>- "MPLS OAM FMS sub-TLV", which MAY be included if the FMS 
	      OAM Function flag is set. If the "MPLS OAM FMS sub-TLV" 
	      is not included, default configuration values are used.</t>

	    <t>- Moreover, 'Unique MEP-ID of Source', MUST be included in case the configuration is done with LSP Ping and CV flag is set as defined in [LSP-PING CONF]. But this is outside the scope of this document.</t>

	</list></t>

	<t>Moreover, if the CV flag is set, the CC flag MUST be set at the 
	  same time. The format of an MPLS-TP CV/CC message is shown in 
	  [BFD-CCCV] and it requires, together with the BFD control packet 
	  information, the "Unique MEP-ID of source of BFD packet". 
	  [MPLS-TP-IDENTIF] defines the composition of such identifier as:</t>

	<t><"Unique MEP-ID of source of BFD packet"> ::= <src_node_id><src_tunnel_num><lsp_num></t>

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	  </figure>                                                                                                  
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	<t>GMPLS signaling [RFC3473] uses a 5-tuple to uniquely identify an 
	  LSP within an operator's network.  This tuple is composed of a Tunnel 
	  Endpoint Address, Tunnel_ID, Extended Tunnel ID, and Tunnel Sender 
	  Address and (GMPLS) LSP_ID.</t>

	<t>Hence, the following mapping is used without the need of redefining 
	  a new TLV for MPLS-TP proactive CV purpose.</t>

	<t>
	  <list>

	    <t>- Tunnel ID = src_tunnel_num</t>

	    <t>- Tunnel Sender Address = src_node_id</t>

	    <t>- LSP ID = LSP_Num</t>

	  </list>
	</t>

	<t>"Tunnel ID" and "Tunnel Sender Address" are included in 
	  the "SESSION" object [RFC3209], which is mandatory in both Path 
	  and Resv messages.</t>

	<t>"LSP ID" will be the same on both directions and it is 
	  included in the "SENDER_TEMPLATE" object [RFC3209] which 
	  is mandatory in Path messages.</t>

	<t>In case the configuration is done via LSP Ping [LSP-PING CONF] the 'Unique MEP-ID of Source' is needed to supply this information but this is defined in [LSP-PING CONF] and it is outside the scope of this document.</t>

	<t>[Author's note: the same "Unique MEP-ID of source" 
	  will be likely required for Performance monitoring purposes. 
	  However for the moment in [MPLS-PM] it is stated: "The question 
	  of ACH TLV usage and the manner of supporting metadata such as authentication 
	  keys and node identifiers is deliberately omitted.  These issues will be addressed 
	  in a future version of the document."]</t>

      </section>

      <section title="BFD Configuration TLV">
	<t>The "BFD Configuration TLV" (depicted below) is defined for BFD OAM
	  specific configuration parameters.  The "BFD Configuration TLV" is
	  carried as a sub-TLV of the "OAM Configuration TLV".</t>

	<t>This new TLV accommodates generic BFD OAM information and carries
	  sub-TLVs.</t>

	<t>
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   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |Vers.| PHB |N|S|      Reserved (set to all 0s)                 |      
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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	  </figure>                                                                                                  
	</t>



	<t>Type: indicates a new type, the "BFD 
	  Configuration TLV" (IANA to define).</t>

	<t>Length: indicates the total length including sub-TLVs.</t>

	<t>Version: identifies the BFD protocol version. If a node does not 
	  support a specific BFD version an error must be generated: 
	   "OAM Problem/Unsupported OAM Version &rdquo".</t>

	<t>PHB: Identifies the Per-Hop Behavior (PHB) to be used for 
	  periodic continuity monitoring messages.</t>   

	<t>BFD Negotiation (N): If set timer negotiation/re-negotiation 
	  via BFD Control Messages is enabled, when cleared it is disabled.</t>

	<t>The "BFD Configuration TLV" MUST include the following sub-TLVs
	  in the Path message:</t>  

	<t><list>
	    <t>- "Local Discriminator sub-TLV";</t>

	    <t>- "Negotiation Timer Parameters sub-TLV" if N flag is cleared.</t>
	</list></t>

	<t>The "BFD Configuration TLV" MUST include the following 
	  sub-TLVs in the Resv message:</t>

	<t><list>
	    <t>- "Local Discriminator sub-TLV;"</t>

	    <t>- "Negotiation Timer Parameters sub-TLV" if:
	      <list>
		<t>- N flag and S are cleared </t>
		<t>- N flag is cleared and S flag is set and a timing value 
		  higher than the one received needs to be used</t>
	      </list>
	    </t>
	</list></t>

      <section title="Local Discriminator sub-TLV">

	<t>The "Local Discriminator sub-TLV" is carried as a sub-TLV of the BFD
	  Configuration sub-TLV.  It is depicted below.</t>

	<t>
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	</t>

	<t>Type: indicates a new type, the Local Discriminator sub TLV (1) 
	  (IANA to define).</t>

	<t>Length: indicates the TLV total length in octets.</t>

	<t>Local Discriminator: A unique, nonzero discriminator value generated
	  by the transmitting system and referring to itself, used to
	  demultiplex multiple BFD sessions between the same pair of systems.</t>
          
      </section>

      <section title="Negotiation Timer Parameters">
	<t>The "Negotiation Timer Parameters sub-TLV" is depicted below.</t>

	<t>
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       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |         Acceptable Min. Asynchronous RX interval              |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |               Required Echo TX Interval                       |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |  Detect. Mult.|           Reserved                            |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
             ]]></artwork>                                             
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	</t>

	<t>Type: indicates a new type, the "Negotiation Timer Parameters 
	  sub-TLV" (IANA to define).</t>

	<t>Length: indicates the TLV total length in octets.</t>

	<t>Acceptable Min. Asynchronous TX interval: in case of S 
	  (symmetric) flag set in the "BFD Configuration" TLV, 
	  it expresses the desired time interval (in microseconds) at
	  which the LER initiating the signaling intends to both transmit 
	  and receive BFD periodic control packets. If the receiving edge LSR can 
	  not support such value, it is allowed to reply back with an interval 
	  greater than the one proposed.</t>

	<t>In case of S (symmetric) flag cleared in the "BFD 
	  Configuration TLV", this field expresses the desired 
	  time interval (in microseconds) at which a edge LSR intends to 
	  transmit BFD periodic control packets in its transmitting direction.</t>

	<t>Acceptable Min. Asynchronous RX interval: in case of S 
	  (symmetric) flag set in the "BFD Configuration TLV", this 
	  field MUST be equal to "Acceptable Min. Asynchronous TX interval" 
	  and has no additional meaning respect to the one described for 
	  "Acceptable Min. Asynchronous TX interval".</t>

	<t>In case of S (symmetric) flag cleared in the "BFD Configuration 
	  TLV", it expresses the minimum time interval (in microseconds) 
	  at which edge LSRs can receive BFD periodic control packets. In case 
	  this value is greater than the "Acceptable Min. Asynchronous TX 
	  interval" received from the other edge LSR, such edge LSR MUST adopt the 
	  interval expressed in this "Acceptable Min. Asynchronous RX interval".</t>

	<t>Required Echo TX Interval: the minimum interval, in microseconds,
	  between received BFD Echo packets that this system is capable of
	  supporting, less any jitter applied by the sender as described in
	  [RFC5880] sect. 6.8.9.  This value is also an indication for the
	  receiving system of the minimum interval between transmitted BFD Echo
	  packets.  If this value is zero, the transmitting system does not
	  support the receipt of BFD Echo packets.  If the receiving system can
	  not support this value an error MUST be generated "Unsupported BFD TX
	  rate interval".</t>

	<t>Detection time multiplier: The negotiated transmit interval,
	  multiplied by this value, provides the Detection Time for the
	  receiving system in Asynchronous mode.</t>

      </section>
    </section>


      <section title="MPLS OAM PM Loss TLV">
	<t>The "MPLS OAM PM Loss TLV" depicted below is carried 
	  as a sub-TLV of the "OAM Configuration TLV".</t>
	
	<t>
          <figure>
            <artwork><![CDATA[
        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
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |  PM Loss Type (3) (IANA)      |          Length = 16          |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |Vers.|E|C|     |           Reserved                      | PHB |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                    Measurement Interval                       |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                      Loss Threshold                           |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
]]></artwork>                                             
	  </figure>                                                                                                  
	</t>
	
	<t>Type: indicates a new type, the "PM Loss" (IANA to define).</t>
	
	<t>Length: indicates the TLV total length in octets.</t>
	
	<t>Version: indicates the Loss measurement protocol version.</t>
	
	<t>Configuration Flags:
	  <list>
	    <t>- E: exclude from the Loss Measurement all G-ACh messages</t>
	    <t>- C: require the use of a counter in the "Querier Context" 
	      field described in [MPLS-PM]</t>
	    <t>- Remaining bits: Reserved for future specification and set to 0.</t>
	  </list>
	</t>

	<t>PHB: identifies the per-hop behavior of packets with 
	  loss information.</t>	

	<t>Measurement Interval: the time interval (in microseconds) 
	  at which Loss Measurement query messages MUST be sent on both 
	  directions. If the edge LSR receiving the Path message can not support 
	  such value, it can reply back with a higher interval.</t>	

	<t>Loss Threshold: the threshold value of lost packets over 
	  which protections MUST be triggered.</t>
      </section>	

	<section title="MPLS OAM PM Delay TLV">
	  <t>The "MPLS OAM PM Delay TLV" depicted below is 
	    carried as a sub-TLV of the "OAM Configuration TLV".</t>

	<t>
          <figure>
            <artwork><![CDATA[ 
        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
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |  PM Delay Type (4) (IANA)     |          Length = 16          |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |Vers.| Flags   |           Reserved                      | PHB |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                    Measurement Interval                       |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                      Delay Threshold                          |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
             ]]></artwork>                                             
	  </figure>                                                                                                  
	</t>

	  <t>Type: indicates a new type, the "PM Delay" (IANA to define).</t>

	  <t>Length: indicates the TLV total length in octets.</t>

	  <t>Version: indicates the Delay measurement protocol version.</t>

	  <t>Configuration Flags:
	    <list>
	      <t>- E: exclude from the Loss Measurement all G-ACh messages</t>

	      <t>- C: require the use of a counter in the "Querier Context" field 
		described in [MPLS-PM]</t>

	      <t>- Remaining bits: Reserved for future specification and set to 0.</t>

	    </list>
	  </t>

	  <t>PHB: - identifies the per-hop behavior of packets with delay 
	    information.</t>

	  <t>Measurement Interval: the time interval (in microseconds) 
	    at which Delay Measurement query messages MUST be sent on both 
	    directions. If the edge LSR receiving the Path message can not support 
	    such value, it can reply back with a higher interval.</t>

	  <t>Delay Threshold: the threshold value of lost packets over which 
	    protections MUST be triggered.</t>

	  <t>[Author's note: TBD if we want to include the timestamp 
	    format negotiation as in [MPLS-PM] 4.2.5.]</t>

	</section>

	<section title="MPLS OAM FMS TLV">
	  <t>The "MPLS OAM FMS TLV" depicted below is carried as a sub-TLV of the 
	    "OAM Configuration TLV".</t>
	<t>
          <figure>
            <artwork><![CDATA[ 
       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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |           Type (5)  (IANA)    |        Length (12)            |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |A|D|L|C|                      Reserved       |         |E| PHB |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                      Refresh Timer                            |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
             ]]></artwork>                                             
	  </figure>                                                                                                  
	</t>

	  <t>Type: indicates a new type, the "PM Delay" (IANA to define).</t>

	  <t>Length: indicates the TLV total length in octets.</t>

	  <t>Signal Flags: are used to enable the following signals:
	    <list>
	      <t>- A: Alarm Indication Signal (AIS) as described in [MPLS-FMS]</t>

	      <t>- D: Link Down Indication (LDI) as described in [MPLS-FMS]</t>

	      <t>- L: Locked Report (LKR) as described in [MPLS-FMS]</t>

	      <t>- C: Client Signal Failure (CSF) as described in [MPLS-CSF]</t>
	    </list>
	  </t>

	  <t>Configuration Flags:
	    <list>
	      <t>- E: used to enable/disable explicitly clearing faults</t>
	      <t>- PHB: identifies the per-hop behavior of packets with fault
		management information</t>
	    </list>
	  </t>
	  <t>Refresh Timer: indicates the refresh timer (in microseconds) 
	    of fault indication messages. If the edge LSR receiving the Path message 
	    can not support such value, it can reply back with a higher interval.</t>

	</section>
    </section>

    <!-- Possibly a 'Contributors' section ... -->

    <section anchor="IANA" title="IANA Considerations">
      
      <t>This document specifies the following new TLV types:</t>
      <t><list>
	  <t>- "BFD Configuration" type: 2;</t>
	  <t>- "MPLS OAM PM Loss" type: 3;</t>
	  <t>- "MPLS OAM PM Delay" type: 4;</t>
	  <t>- "MPLS OAM PM FMS" type: 5.</t>
      </list> </t>

      <t>sub-TLV types to be carried in the "BFD Configuration sub-TLV":
	<list>
	  <t>- "Local Discriminator" sub-TLV type: 1;</t>
	  <t>- "Negotiation Timer Parameters" sub-TLV type: 2.</t>
	</list>
      </t>
      
    </section>

    <section title="BFD OAM configuration errors">
      <t>In addition to error values specified in [OAM-CONF-FWK] and [ETH-OAM] 
	this document defines the following values for the "OAM Problem" Error Code:</t>

      <t><list>
	  <t>- "MPLS OAM Unsupported Functionality";</t>
	  <t>- "OAM Problem/Unsupported TX rate interval".</t>
	</list>
      </t>

    </section>

    <section title="Acknowledgements">
      <t>The authors would like to thank David Allan, 
	Lou Berger, Annamaria Fulignoli, Eric Gray, Andras Kern, David Jocha and David Sinicrope 
	for their useful comments.</t>
    </section>

    <section anchor="Security" title="Security Considerations">
      <t>The signaling of OAM related parameters and the automatic establishment of OAM 
	entities introduces additional security
	considerations to those discussed in [RFC3473].  In particular, a
	network element could be overloaded, if an attacker would request
	liveliness monitoring, with frequent periodic messages, for a high
	number of LSPs, targeting a single network element.</t>

      <t>Security aspects will be covered in more detailed in subsequent
	versions of this document.</t>
    </section>
  </middle>

  <!--  *****BACK MATTER ***** -->

  <back>
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    <references title="Normative References">
      <!--?rfc include="http://xml.resource.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.2119.xml"?-->

      <?rfc include="reference.RFC.3471"?>
      <?rfc include="reference.RFC.2119"?>
      <?rfc include="reference.RFC.5586"?>
      <?rfc include="reference.RFC.5654"?>
      <?rfc include="reference.RFC.5880"?>
      <?rfc include="reference.RFC.3209"?>
      <?rfc include="reference.RFC.3473"?>
      <?rfc include="reference.RFC.5884"?>
	  <?rfc include="reference.RFC.5860"?>

      <reference anchor="OAM-CONF-FWK"
		 target="draft-ietf-ccamp-oam-configuration-fwk">
        <!-- the following is the minimum to make xml2rfc happy -->

        <front>
          <title>OAM Configuration Framework for GMPLS RSVP-TE</title>

          <author initials="A" surname="Takacs">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <author initials="D" surname="Fedyk">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <author initials="J" surname="van He">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <date year="2009" />
        </front>
      </reference>

      <reference anchor="MPLS-TP-IDENTIF"
		 target="draft-ietf-mpls-tp-identifiers">
        <!-- the following is the minimum to make xml2rfc happy -->

        <front>
          <title>MPLS-TP Identifiers</title>

          <author initials="M" surname="Bocci">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <author initials="G" surname="Swallow">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>
		  
		  <author initials="E" surname="Gray">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <date year="2010" />
        </front>
      </reference>

      <reference anchor="MPLS-PM"
		 target="draft-ietf-mpls-tp-loss-delay">
        <!-- the following is the minimum to make xml2rfc happy -->

        <front>
          <title>Packet Loss and Delay Measurement for the MPLS Transport Profile</title>

          <author initials="S" surname="Bryant">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <author initials="D" surname="Frost">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <date year="2010" />
        </front>
      </reference>
	  
	        <reference anchor="MPLS-PM-Profile"
		 target="draft-ietf-mpls-tp-loss-delay-profile">
        <!-- the following is the minimum to make xml2rfc happy -->

        <front>
          <title>A Packet Loss and Delay Measurement Profile for MPLS-based Transport Networks</title>

          <author initials="S" surname="Bryant">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <author initials="D" surname="Frost">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <date year="2010" />
        </front>
      </reference>

      <reference anchor="MPLS-FMS"
		 target="draft-ietf-mpls-tp-fault">
        <!-- the following is the minimum to make xml2rfc happy -->
	
        <front>
          <title>MPLS Fault Management OAM</title>
	  
          <author initials="G" surname="Swallow">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>
	  
          <author initials="A" surname="Fulignoli">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>
	  
          <author initials="M" surname="Vigoureux">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>
		  
		   <author initials="S" surname="Boutros">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>
		  
		  <author initials="D" surname="Ward">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>
	  
          <date year="2009" />
        </front>
      </reference>

      <reference anchor="MPLS-CSF"
		 target="draft-he-mpls-tp-csf">
	<!-- the following is the minimum to make xml2rfc happy -->
	
	<front>
	  <title>Indication of Client Failure in MPLS-TP</title>
	  
	  <author initials="J" surname="He">
	    <organization></organization>
	  </author>
	  
	  <author initials="H" surname="Li">
	    <organization></organization>
	  </author>
	  
	  <author initials="E" surname="Bellagamba">
	    <organization></organization>
	  </author>
	  
	  <date year="2010" />
	</front>
      </reference>
      
    </references>

    <references title="Informative References">

<reference anchor="LSP-PING CONF"
		 target="draft-ietf-mpls-lsp-ping-mpls-tp-oam-conf">
        <!-- the following is the minimum to make xml2rfc happy -->

        <front>
          <title>Configuration of pro-active MPLS-TP Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) Functions Using LSP Ping</title>

          <author initials="E" surname="Bellagamba">
            <organization>Ericsson</organization>
          </author>

          <author initials="L" surname="Andersson">
            <organization>Ericsson</organization>
          </author>

          <author initials="D" surname="Ward">
            <organization>Cisco</organization>
          </author>

          <author initials="P" surname="Skölström">
            <organization>Acreo</organization>
          </author>

          <date year="2010" />
        </front>
      </reference>

<reference anchor="BFD-CCCV"
		 target="draft-ietf-mpls-tp-bfd-cc-cv-rdi">
        <!-- the following is the minimum to make xml2rfc happy -->

        <front>
          <title>Proactive Connectivity Verification, Continuity Check and Remote Defect indication for MPLS Transport Profile</title>

          <author initials="D" surname="Allan">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <author initials="G" surname="Swallow">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <author initials="J" surname="Drake">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <date year="2010" />
        </front>
      </reference>

<reference anchor="BFD-Ping"
		 target="draft-ietf-mpls-tp-lsp-ping-bfd-procedures-02">
        <!-- the following is the minimum to make xml2rfc happy -->

        <front>
          <title>LSP-Ping and BFD encapsulation over ACH</title>

          <author initials="N" surname="Bahadur">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <author initials="R" surname="Aggarwal">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <author initials="D" surname="Ward">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

	  <author initials="T" surname="Nadeau">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

	  <author initials="N" surname="Sprecher">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

	  <author initials="Y" surname="Weingarten">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <date year="2010" />
        </front>
      </reference>

   <reference anchor="MPLS-TP-OAM-FWK"
		 target="draft-ietf-mpls-tp-oam-framework">
        <!-- the following is the minimum to make xml2rfc happy -->

        <front>
          <title>Operations, Administration and Maintenance Framework for MPLS-based Transport Networks</title>

          <author initials="M" surname="Bocci">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <author initials="D" surname="Allan">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <date year="2010" />
        </front>
      </reference>

      <?rfc include="reference.RFC.4447"?>
	  <?rfc include="reference.RFC.5921"?>

      <reference anchor="ETH-OAM"
		 target="draft-ietf-ccamp-rsvp-te-eth-oam-ext">
        <!-- the following is the minimum to make xml2rfc happy -->

        <front>
          <title>GMPLS RSVP-TE Extensions for Ethernet OAM</title>

          <author initials="A" surname="Takacs">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <author initials="B" surname="Gero">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <author initials="D" surname="Fedyk">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <author initials="D" surname="Mohan">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <author initials="D" surname="Long">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <date year="2009" />
        </front>
      </reference>

        <reference anchor="MPLS-TP OAM Analysis"
		 target="draft-ietf-mpls-tp-oam-analysis">
        <!-- the following is the minimum to make xml2rfc happy -->

        <front>
          <title>MPLS-TP OAM Analysis</title>

          <author initials="N" surname="Sprecher">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <author initials="Y" surname="Weingarten">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>
		  
			<author initials="E" surname="Bellagamba">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <date year="2011" />
        </front>
      </reference>

      <reference anchor="LSP Ping"
		 target="RFC 3479">
        <!-- the following is the minimum to make xml2rfc happy -->

        <front>
          <title>Detecting Multi-Protocol Label Switched (MPLS) Data Plane Failures</title>

          <author initials="K" surname="Kompella">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <author initials="G" surname="Swallow">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <date year="2006" />
        </front>
      </reference>


    </references>

    <section anchor="app-additional" title="Additional Stuff">
      <t>This becomes an Appendix.</t>
    </section>

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