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Network Working Group                Nabil Bitar (Editor)
Internet Draft                       Verizon 
                                     Raymond Zhang (Editor)                   
                                     BT Infonet  
Intended Status: Informational       Kenji Kumaki (Editor)                   
                                     KDDI Corporation 
                  
                                         
Expires: April 2007                  October 2006 


 
     Inter-AS Requirements for the Path Computation Element  
                  Communication Protocol (PCECP)  
                                      
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Abstract 
    
   Multiprotocol Label Switching Traffic Engineered (MPLS-TE) 
   LabelSwitched Paths (LSPs) may be established wholly within an 
   Autonomous System (AS) or may cross AS boundaries. 
    
   The Path Computation Element (PCE) is a component that is capable of 
   computing paths for MPLS-TE LSPs. The PCE Communication 
   Protocol(PCECP) is defined to allow communication between Path 
   Computation Clients (PCCs) and PCEs, and between PCEs. The PCECP is 
   used to request paths and to supply computed paths in responses. 
   Generic requirements for the PCECP are set out in "Path Computation 
   Element(PCE) Communication Protocol Generic Requirements", RFC 4657. 
   This document extends those requirements to cover the use of PCECP 
   in support of inter-AS MPLS-TE. 
    
Conventions used in this document  
        
   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 RFC 2119.  
    
   Table of Contents 
    
   1. Introduction.....................................................3 
   2. Definitions......................................................3 
   3. Reference Model..................................................4 
   4. Detailed PCECP Requirements for Inter-AS Computation.............5 
   4.1. PCE Communication Protocol Requirements........................5 
   4.1.1. Requirements for path computation requests...................5 
   4.1.2. Requirements for path computation responses..................6 
   4.2. Scalability and Performance Requirements.......................7 
   4.3. Management, Aliveness Detection, and Recovery Requirements.....8 
   4.4. Confidentiality................................................8 
   4.5. Policy Controls Affecting inter-AS PCECP.......................9 
   4.5.1. Inter-AS PCE Peering Policy Controls.........................9 
   4.5.2. Inter-AS PCE Reinterpretation Policies......................10 
   5. Security Considerations.........................................10 
   6. IANA Considerations.............................................11 
   7. Acknowledgments.................................................11 
   8. Authors' Addresses..............................................11 
   9. Normative References............................................11 
   10. Informative References.........................................12 
    
 
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1. Introduction 
 
   [RFC4216] defines the scenarios motivating the deployment of inter-
   AS Multiprotocol Label Switching Traffic Engineering (MPLS-TE). 
   [RFC4216] specifies the requirements for inter-AS MPLS-TE when the 
   ASs are under the administration of one Service Provider (SP) or the 
   administration of different SPs. 
 
   Three signaling options are defined for setting up an inter-AS TE 
   LSP: 
       1) contiguous TE LSP as documented in [INTERD-TESIG]; 
       2) Stitched inter-AS TE LSP discussed in [LSP-STITCHING]; 
       3) nested TE LSP as in [RFC4206]. 
 
   [INTERD-TE-PDPC] defines mechanisms for the computation of inter-
   domain TE LSPs using network elements along the signaling paths to 
   compute per-domain path segments. The mechanisms in [INTERD-TE-PDPC] 
   do not guarantee an optimum path across multiple ASs where an 
   optimum path for an LSP is one that has the smallest cost, according 
   to a normalized TE metric (based upon a TE-metric or IGP metric 
   adopted in each transit AS) among all possible paths that satisfy 
   the LSP TE-constraints.  
 
   The Path Computation Element (PCE) [RFC4655] is a component that is 
   capable of computing paths for MPLS-TE LSPs. The requirements for a 
   PCE have come from Service Provider (SP) demands to compute optimum 
   paths across multiple domains, and to be able to separate the path 
   computation elements from the forwarding elements. 
 
   The PCE Communication Protocol (PCECP) is defined to allow 
   communication between Path Computation Clients (PCCs) and PCEs, and 
   between PCEs. The PCECP is used to request paths and to supply 
   computed paths in responses. Generic requirements for the PCECP are 
   discussed in [RFC4657]. This document provides a set of PCECP 
   requirements that are specific to MPLS-TE inter-AS path computation. 
 
2. Definitions 
 
   This document adopts the definitions and acronyms defined in Section 
   3 of [RFC4216] and Section 2 of [RFC4655]. In addition, we use the 
   following terminology:  
 
 
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   PCECP: PCE Communication Protocol  
 
   Inter-AS (G)MPLS-TE path: An MPLS-TE or Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) 
   path that traverses two or more ASs. 
 
   Intra-AS (G)MPLS-TE path: An MPLS-TE or GMPLS path that is confined 
   to a single AS. It may traverse one or more IGP areas. 
 
   Intra-AS PCE: A PCE responsible for computing MPLS-TE or GMPLS paths 
   remaining within a single AS. 
 
   Inter-AS PCE: A PCE responsible for computing inter-AS MPLS-TE or 
   GMPLS paths or path segments, possibly by cooperating with intra-AS 
   PCEs.  
 
3. Reference Model 
    
   Figure 1 depicts the reference model for PCEs in an inter-AS 
   application. We refer to two types of PCE functions in this 
   document: inter-AS PCEs and intra-AS PCEs. Inter-AS PCEs perform the 
   procedures needed for inter-AS MPLS-TE or GMPLS path computation 
   while intra-AS PCEs perform the functions needed for intra-AS MPLS-
   TE or GMPLS path computation. 
    
   Following is a scenario that depicts the interaction among PCCs,
   inter-AS PCEs and intra-area PCEs based on Figure 1. R1 in AS1 
   wants to setup a TE-LSP or a GMPLS path with certain constraints 
   to R7 in AS3. R1 determines, using mechanisms out of the scope of
   this document, that R7 is an AS-external route and that it needs to 
   contact Inter-AS PCE1 to compute the path. R1, as a PCC, sends a 
   PCECP path request to PCE1. PCE1 determines that R7 is reachable via 
   AS2 and that PCE2 is the PCE to ask for path computation across AS2. 
   PCE1 sends a PCECP path request to PCE2. Inter-AS PCE2 in turn sends 
   a PCECP path request to Intra-AS PCE R4 to compute a path within AS2 
   (In certain cases, the same router such R3 can assume both inter-AS 
   and intra-AS path computation functions). R4 returns a PCECP path 
   response to PCE2 with ASBR3 as the entry point to AS2 from AS1 and 
   ASBR7 as the exit point to AS3. PCE2 then sends a PCECP path request 
   to PCE3 to compute the path segment across AS3, starting at ASBR7 and 
   terminating at R7. PCE3 returns a PCECP path response to PCE2 with 
   the path segment ASBR7-R7. PCE2 then return path ASBR3-ASBR7-R7 to 
   PCE1 which in turn returns path ASBR1-ASBR3-ASBR7-R7 to PCC R1. 
    
   As described in the above scenario, in general, a PCC may contact an 
   inter-AS PCE to request an inter-AS path, and that PCE may supply 
   the path itself, or may solicit the services of other PCEs which 
 
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   may, themselves be inter-AS PCEs, or may be intra-AS PCEs with the 
   responsibility for computing path segments within just one AS. 
    
   This document describes the PCE Communication Protocol requirements 
   for inter-AS path computation. That is, for PCCs to communicate path 
   requests for inter-AS paths to a PCE, and for the PCE to respond. It 
   also includes the requirements for PCEs to communicate inter-AS path 
   requests and responses.  
 
             Inter-AS        Inter-AS              Inter AS   
        PCC <->PCE1<--------->PCE2<--------------->PCE3   
         ::     ::             ::                   ::   
         R1---ASBR1====ASBR3---R3---ASBR5====ASBR7---R5---R7   
         |      |        |            |        |           |       
         |      |        |            |        |           |   
         R2---ASBR2====ASBR4---R4---ASBR6====ASBR8---R6---R8   
                               ::   
                             Intra-AS   
                               PCE   
         <==AS1=>        <====AS2======>       <=====AS3===>   
         
      Figure 1 Inter and Intra-AS PCE Reference Model   
     
 
    
4. Detailed PCECP Requirements for Inter-AS Computation 
 
   This section discusses detailed PCECP requirements for inter-AS 
   MPLS-TE and GMPLS. Depending on the deployment environment, some or 
   all of the requirements described here may be utilized. 
   Specifically, some requirements are more applicable to inter-
   provider inter-AS MPLS-TE and GMPLS operations than to intra-
   provider operations. 
 
    4.1. PCE Communication Protocol Requirements 
 
   Requirements specific to inter-AS PCECP path computation requests 
   and responses are discussed in Sections 4.1.1 and 4.1.2, 
   respectively. 
 
4.1.1. Requirements for path computation requests 
 
   The following are inter-AS specific requirements for PCECP requests 
   for path computation: 
    
 
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   1. [RFC4657] states the requirement for a priority level to be 
   associated with each path computation request. This document does 
   not change that requirement, but in addition it MUST be possible for 
   an inter-AS PCE to apply local policy to vary the priority of path 
   computation requests received across AS borders. PCECP MAY include a 
   mechanism to inform the requesting inter-AS PCE of the change in 
   priority that was applied. 
    
   2. A path computation request by an inter-AS PCE or a PCC to another 
   inter-AS PCE MUST be able to specify the sequence of ASs and/or 
   ASBRs across the network by providing ASBRs and/or ASs as hops in 
   the desired path of the LSP to the destination. For instance, an 
   inter-AS PCE MUST be be able to specify to the inter-AS PCE serving 
   the neighboring AS a preferred ASBR for exiting to that AS and reach 
   the destination. That is, where multiple ASBRs exist, the requester 
   MUST be able to indicate a non-mandatory preference for one of them.  
            
   3. PCECP MUST allow a requester to provide a list of Ass and/or 
   ASBRs to be excluded from the computed path. 
    
   4. A PCECP path request from one inter-AS PCE to another MUST 
   include the previous AS number in the path of the LSP to enable the 
   correct application of local policy at the second inter-AS PCE. 
    
   5. A path computation request from a PCC to an inter-AS PCE or an 
   inter-AS PCE to another MUST be able to specify the need for 
   protection against node, link, or SRLG failure using 1:1 detours or 
   facility backup. It MUST be possible to request protection across 
   all ASs or across specific ASs. 
    
   6. The disjoint path requirements specified in [RFC4657] are 
   extended such that it MUST be possible to apply a constraint of AS-
   diversity in the computation of a set of two or more paths. 
    
   7. A PCECP path computation request message MUST be able to identify 
   the scope of diversified path computation to be end-to-end (i.e., 
   between the endpoints of the (G)MPLS-TE tunnel) or to be limited to 
   a specific AS.  
 
4.1.2. Requirements for path computation responses 
      
   The following are inter-AS specific requirements for PCECresponses  
   for path computation:  
  
   1. A PCECP path computation response from one inter-AS PCE to 
another MUST be able to include ASBRs and ASs in the computed path to 
maintain path segment and topology confidentiality.   
 
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   2. A PCECP path computation response from one inter-AS PCE to the 
requesting inter-AS PCE MUST be able to carry an identifier for a path 
segment it computes to preserve path segment and topology 
confidentiality. The objective of the identifier is to be included in 
the LSP signaling, out of scope of this document, to be used for path 
expansion during LSP signaling. 
 
   3. If a constraint for a desired ASBR (see Section 4.1.1, 
requirement 3) cannot be satisfied by a PCE, PCECP SHOULD allow the PCE 
to notify the requester of that fact in a positive path computation 
response. 
 
   4. A PCECP path computation request from an inter-AS PCE to a 
requesting inter-AS PCE or a PCC MUST be able to carry a cumulative 
inter-AS path cost. Path cost normalization across ASs is out of the 
scope of this document. 
 
   5. A PCECP path computation response from an inter-AS PCE to a PCC 
SHOULD be able to carry the intra-AS cost of the path segment within 
the PCC AS. 
    
      
   6. A PCECP path computation response MUST be able to identify 
diversified paths for the same (G)MPLS-TE LSP. End-to-end (i.e., 
between the two endpoints of the (G)MPLS-TE tunnel) disjoint paths are 
paths that do not share nodes, links or SRLGs except for the LSP head-
end and tail-end. In cases where diversified path segments are desired 
within one or more ASes, the disjoint path segments may share only the 
ASBRs of the first AS and the ASBR of the last AS across these ASes.  
 
    4.2. Scalability and Performance Requirements 
      
    PCECP design for use in the inter-AS case SHOULD consider the 
    following criteria: 
 
        - PCE message processing load. 
        - Scalability as a function of the following parameters:  
          - number of PCCs within the scope of an inter-AS PCE   
          - number of intra-AS PCEs within the scope of an inter-AS PCE  
          - number of peering inter-AS PCEs per inter-AS PCE 
        - Added complexity caused by inter-AS features. 
 
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    4.3. Management, Aliveness Detection, and Recovery Requirements 
 
    [RFC4657] specifies generic requirements for PCECP management. 
    This document addresses new requirements that apply to inter-AS 
    operations. 
     
    The PCECP MIB module MUST provide objects to control the behavior 
    of PCECP in inter-AS applications, including the ASs within the 
    scope of an inter-AS PCE, neighboring ASs with whose inter-AS 
    PCE(s) the inter-AS PCE MUST not communicate, neighboring ASs with 
    whose inter-AS PCEs the inter-AS PCE can communicate, 
    confidentiality policies, and traffic engineering policies. Each 
    of these two latter requirements SHOULD be applicable on inter-AS 
    PCE-pair basis or neighboring AS basis (i.e., apply to all inter-
    AS PCEs that belong to a neighboring AS).    
      
    The built-in diagnostic tools MUST enable failure detection and 
    status checking of PCC/PCE-PCE PCECP. Diagnostic tools include 
    statistics collection on the historical behavior of PCECP as 
    specified in [RFC4657], but additionally it MUST be possible to 
    analyze this statistics on a neighboring AS basis (i.e., across 
    the inter-AS PCEs that belong to a neighboring AS).  
 
    The MIB module MUST support trap functions when thresholds are 
    crossed or when important events occur as stated in [RFC4657]. 
    These thresholds SHOULD be specifiable per neighbor AS as well as 
    per peer inter-AS PCE and traps should be accordingly generated.  
 
    Basic liveliness detection for PCC/PCE-PCE communication is 
    described in [RFC4657]. The  PCECP MIB module SHOULD allow control 
    of liveliness check behavior by providing a liveliness message 
    frequency MIB object and this frequency object SHOULD be specified 
    per inter-AS PCE peer. In addition, there SHOULD be a MIB object 
    that specifies the dead-interval as a multiplier of the liveliness 
    message frequency so that if no liveliness message is received 
    within that time from an inter-AS PCE, the inter-AS PCE is declared 
    unreachable. 
 
    4.4. Confidentiality 
 
 
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    Confidentiality mainly applies to inter-provider (inter-AS) PCE 
    communication. It is about protecting the information exchanged 
    between PCEs and about protecting the topology information within 
    a provider's network. Confidentiality rules may also apply among 
    ASs under a single provider. Each SP will in most cases designate 
    some PCEs for inter-AS MPLS-TE or GMPLS path computation within 
    its own administrative domain and some other PCEs for inter-
    provider inter-AS MPLS-TE or GMPLS path computation. Among the 
    inter-provider-scoped inter-AS PCEs in each SP domain, there may 
    also be a subset of the PCEs specifically enabled for path 
    computation across a specific set of ASs of different peer SPs. 
 
    PCECP SHOULD allow an SP to hide from other SPs the set of hops 
    within its own ASs that are traversed by an inter-AS inter-
    provider LSP (c.f., Section 5.2.1 of [RFC4216]). In a multi-SP 
    administrative domain environment, SPs may want to hide their 
    network topologies for security or commercial reasons. Thus, for 
    each inter-AS LSP path segment an inter-AS PCE computes, it may 
    return to the requesting inter-AS PCE an inter-AS TE LSP path 
    segment from its own ASs without detailing the explicit intra-AS 
    hops. As stated earlier, PCECP responses SHOULD be able to carry 
    path-segment identifiers that replace the details of that path 
    segment. The potential use of that identifier for path expansion, 
    for instance, during LSP signaling is out of the scope of this 
    document. 
 
    4.5. Policy Controls Affecting inter-AS PCECP 
 
    Section 5.2.2 of [RFC4216] discusses the policy control 
    requirements for inter-AS RSVP-TE signaling at the AS boundaries 
    for the enforcement of interconnect agreements, attribute/parameter 
    translation and security hardening. 
 
    This section discusses those policy control requirements that are 
    similar to what are discussed in section 5.2.2 of [RFC4216], for 
    PCECP. Please note that SPs may still require policy controls 
    during signaling of LSPs to enforce their bilateral or multi-
    lateral agreements at AS boundaries, but signaling is out of scope 
    for this document. 
 
4.5.1. Inter-AS PCE Peering Policy Controls 
 
 
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       An inter-AS PCE sends path computation requests to its 
       neighboring inter-AS PCEs, and an inter-AS PCE that receives 
       such a request enforces policies applicable to the sender of the 
       request. These policies may include rewriting some of the 
       parameters, or rejecting requests based on parameter values. 
       Such policies may be applied for PCEs belonging to different SPs 
       or to PCEs responsible for ASs within a single SP administrative 
       domain. Parameters that might be subject to policy include 
       bandwidth, setup/holding priority, Fast Reroute request, 
       Differentiated Services Traffic Engineering (DS-TE) Class Type 
       (CT), and others as specified in section 5.2.2.1 of [RFC4216]. 
        
       For path computation requests that are not compliant with 
       locally configured policies, PCECP SHOULD enable a PCE to send 
       an error message to the requesting PCC or PCE indicating that 
       the request has been rejected because a specific parameter did 
       not satisfy the local policy. 
 
4.5.2. Inter-AS PCE Reinterpretation Policies 
 
       Each SP may have different definitions in its use of, for 
       example, DS-TE TE classes. An inter-AS PCE receiving a path 
       computation request needs to interpret the parameters and 
       constraints and adapt them to the local environment. 
       Specifically, a request constructed by a PCC or PCE in one AS 
       may have parameters and constraints that should be interpreted 
       differently by the receiving PCE that is in a different AS. A 
       list of signaling parameters subject to policy reinterpretation 
       at AS borders can be found in section 5.2.2.2 of [RFC4216], and 
       the list for patch computation request parameters and 
       constraints is the same. In addition, the transit SPs along the 
       inter-AS TE path may be GMPLS transport providers which may 
       require reinterpretation of MPLS specific PCECP path request 
       objects to enable path computation over a GMPLS network. 
 
5. Security Considerations 
    
   Security concerns arise between any two communicating 
   elements especially when the elements belong to different 
   administrative entities. In this case, there are security concerns 
   that need to be addressed for communication among inter-AS PCEs and 
   other PCEs in a single SP administrative domain as well among inter-
   AS PCEs under different SP administrative domains. [RFC4657] 
 
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   specifies requirements on PCECP to protect against spoofing, 
   snooping and DoS attacks. These requirements become especially 
   important in the multi-AS case. An inter-AS PCE MUST be able to 
   authenticate a peering inter-AS PCE as a legitimate peer. Since 
   inter-AS PCEs can be auto-discovered by an inter-AS PCE and peering 
   sessions are formed dynamically, mechanisms for securely exchanging 
   authentication keys across SP boundaries MUST be defined. The 
   autodiscovery process itself MUST also be authenticated. 
 
6. IANA Considerations  
 
   This document makes no requests for IANA action. 
 
7. Acknowledgments  
 
   We would like to thank Adrian Farrel, Jean-Philippe Vasseur, and 
   Jean Louis Le Roux for their useful comments and suggestions.  
 
8. Authors' Addresses 
 
   Nabil Bitar 
   Verizon 
   40 Sylvan Road 
   Waltham, MA 02451 
   Email: nabil.n.bitar@verizon.com 
         
   Kenji Kumaki 
   KDDI Corporation 
   Garden Air Tower 
   Iidabashi, Chiyoda-ku, 
   Tokyo 102-8460, JAPAN 
   Phone: +81-3-6678-3103 
   Email: ke-kumaki@kddi.com 
         
   Raymond Zhang 
   BT INFONET Services Corporation 
   2160 E. Grand Ave. 
   El Segundo, CA 90245 USA 
   Email: Raymond_zhang@bt.infonet.com 
 
9. Normative References 
 
   [RFC4216] Zhang and Vasseur, "MPLS Inter-AS Traffic Engineering 
   Requirements", RFC 4216, November 2005. 
 
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   [RFC4655] Farrel, A., Vasseur, J.P, & Ash, J., "A Path Computation 
   Element (PCE)-Based Architecture", RFC 4655, August 2006.  
 
   [RFC4657] Ash, J., Le Roux, J.L, et al., "PCE Communication Protocol 
   Generic Requirements", RFC 4657, September 2006. 
 
10. Informative References   
 
   [INTERD-TESIG] Ayyangar, A., and Vasseur, J.P, "Inter domain GMPLS 
   Traffic Engineering - RSVP-TE extensions", draft-ietf-ccamp-inter-
   domain-rsvp-te-03.txt, March 2006 (Work in Progress)   
 
   [LSP-STITCHING] Ayyangar A., Vasseur J,P., "Label Switched Path 
   Stitching with Generalized MPLS Traffic Engineering", draft-ietf-
   ccamp-lsp-stitching-03.txt, March 2006, (work in progress).   
 
   [RFC4206] Kompella, K., Rekhter, Y., "Label switched Paths(LSP)  
   Hierarchy with Generalized MPLS TE", RFC4206, October 2005.   
 
   [INTERD-TE-PDPC] Vasseur,J.P, Ayyangar, A., and Zhang, R., "A Per-
   domain path computation method for establishing Inter-domain Traffic 
   Engineering (TE) Label Switched Paths (LSPs)", draft-ietf-ccamp-inter
   -domain-pd-path-comp-03.txt, August 2006, (Work in Progress).  
 
 
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