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Network Working Group                                         R. Stewart
Internet-Draft                                                    P. Lei
Expires: February 27, 2006                           Cisco Systems, Inc.
                                                               M. Tuexen
                                      Muenster Univ. of Applied Sciences
                                                         August 26, 2005


        Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) Stream Reset
                    draft-stewart-sctpstrrst-00.txt

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Abstract

   Many applications that desire to use SCTP have requested the ability
   to "reset" a stream.  The intention of resetting a stream is to start
   the numbering sequence of the stream back at 'zero' with a
   corresponding notification to the upper layer that this act as been
   performed.  The applications that have requested this feature
   normally desire it so that they can "re-use" streams for different



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   purposes but still utilize the stream sequence number for the
   application to track the message flows.  Thus, without this feature,
   a new use on an old stream would result in message numbers larger
   than expected without a protocol mechanism to "start the streams back
   at zero".


Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   2.  Conventions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   3.  Data Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
     3.1.  STREAM RESET Chunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
     3.2.  New Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
       3.2.1.  Stream Reset Request Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
       3.2.2.  Stream Reset Response Parameter  . . . . . . . . . . .  5
   4.  Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
     4.1.  Sender side procedures for the Stream Reset Chunk  . . . .  7
       4.1.1.  Sender side procedures for a user requested Stream
               Reset Request Parameter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
       4.1.2.  Sender side procedures for a peer requested Stream
               Reset Request Parameter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
       4.1.3.  Sender side procedures for the Stream Reset
               Response Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
     4.2.  Receiver side procedures for the Stream Reset Chunk  . . .  9
       4.2.1.  Receiver side procedures for the Stream Reset
               Request Parameter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
       4.2.2.  Receiver side procedures for the Stream Reset
               Response Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
     4.3.  Various Examples of the Stream Reset procedures  . . . . . 11
   5.  Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
   6.  Iana Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
   7.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
   Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
   Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . . . . . 15
















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1.  Introduction

   Many applications that desire to use RFC2960 [5] have requested the
   ability to "reset" a stream.  The intention of resetting a stream is
   to start the numbering sequence of the stream back at 'zero' with a
   corresponding notification to the upper layer that this act as been
   performed.  The applications that have requested this feature
   normally desire it so that they can "re-use" streams for different
   purposes but still utilize the stream sequence number for the
   application to track the message flows.  Thus, without this feature,
   a new use on an old stream would result in message numbers larger
   than expected without a protocol mechanism to "start the streams back
   at zero".

   [ Editors note: We probably need to add more text here ]


2.  Conventions

   The keywords MUST, MUST NOT, REQUIRED, SHALL, SHALL NOT, SHOULD,
   SHOULD NOT, RECOMMENDED, NOT RECOMMENDED, MAY, and OPTIONAL, when
   they appear in this document, are to be interpreted as described in
   RFC2119 [4].


3.  Data Formats

   This section examines all new data formats defined by this document.
   All transported integer numbers are in "network byte order" a.k.a.,
   Big Endian, unless otherwise noted.

3.1.  STREAM RESET Chunk

   This document adds one new chunk type to SCTP.  The suggested value
   for this chunk is 0x82 hex or 130 decimal.  The range selected by
   IANA must have the upper bit (or ignore big) set and the next to
   highest bit (or the report bit) cleared.  The chunk has the following
   format:



        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 = 0x82   |  Chunk Flags  |      Chunk Length             |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                    Stream Reset Parameter                     |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+



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   Chunk Type This field holds the IANA defined chunk type for the
      STREAM RESET chunk.

   Chunk Flags This field is set to 0 by the sender and ignored by the
      receiver.

   Chunk Length This field holds the length of the chunk, including the
      Chunk Type, Chunk Flags and Chunk Length.

   Stream Reset Parameter This field holds exactly one and only one
      Stream Reset Request Parameter or Stream Reset Response Parameter.

   Note each STREAM RESET chunk holds one and only one parameter.  A
   STREAM RESET chunk MUST NOT have multiple parameters contained within
   it.  This rule is made to simplify stream reset processing.  Note
   also that a sender may only have two STREAM RESET chunks in flight at
   any one single time.  One being a STREAM RESET holding a request
   parameter, and optionally a second being a STREAM RESET holding a
   response parameter.

3.2.  New Parameters

   This section identifies two new parameters, their formats, and in
   what chunk type these parameters may appear.

3.2.1.  Stream Reset Request Parameter

   This parameter is used by the sender to request a stream, a list of
   streams or all streams to be reset.


        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
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |     Parameter Type = 0x000d   |      Parameter Length         |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |  Reserved |R|Y|               Reserved                        |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |               Stream Reset Sequence Number                    |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |  Stream Number 1 (optional)   |    Stream Number 2 (optional) |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       /                            ......                             /
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |  Stream Number N-1 (optional) |    Stream Number N (optional) |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+





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   Parameter Type - This field holds the IANA defined parameter type for
      Stream Reset Request Parameter.  The suggested value of this field
      for IANA is 0x000d.

   Parameter Length - This field holds the length of the parameter.

   Y bit - The 'Y' Bit, when set to '1' indicates that the receiver is
      requested to reset the stream sequence numbers it is sending.  If
      the 'Y' bit is '0' then this message requests no action on the
      receivers sending stream sequence numbers.

   R bit - The 'R' bit, if set to '1', requests that the receiver send a
      stream reset request to the sender, asking to reset its sending
      stream sequence numbers.  If the 'R' bit is clear, then no
      reciprocal reset request is asked for.

   Stream Reset Sequence Number - This field(s) hold a 32 bit unsigned
      integer.  The value is a monotonically increasing number that is
      initialized to the same value as the Initial TSN number.

   Stream Number N - This optional field, if included, is used to
      indicates specific streams that are to be reset.  If no streams
      are listed, then ALL streams are to be reset.

   Parameter Appearance - This parameter can appear in a STREAM RESET
      chunk.  This parameter MUST NOT appear in any other chunk type.
      Note also that only ONE Stream Reset Parameter SHOULD appear in
      any single Stream Reset Chunk.  However a sender MAY place a
      'Stream Reset Parameter' and a 'Stream Reset Response Parameter'
      in separate STREAM RESET chunks, bundled together in one packet.

3.2.2.  Stream Reset Response Parameter

   This parameter is used by the receiver of a stream reset request
   parameter to respond to the stream reset request.
















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        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
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |     Parameter Type = 0x000e   |      Parameter Length         |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       | Reserved  |D|P|               Reserved                        |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |               Stream Reset Sequence Number                    |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                     Next Unassigned TSN                       |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                Cumulative Acknowledgment Point               |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |  Stream Number 1 (optional)   |    Stream Number 2 (optional) |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       /                            ......                             /
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |  Stream Number N-1 (optional) |    Stream Number N (optional) |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


   Parameter Type - This field holds the IANA defined parameter type for
      Stream Reset Response Parameter.  The suggested value of this
      field for IANA is 0x000e.

   Parameter Type Length - This field holds the length of the parameter.

   P bit - The 'P' Bit, when set to '1', indicates that the sender of
      the stream reset request has performed the stream reset that was
      requested.

   D bit - The 'D' bit, if set to '1', indicates that the stream reset
      that was requested is denied. - These two bits are mutually
      exclusive.  A response parameter MUST have only one of these two
      bits set and MUST NOT have both of these two bits set.  Note that
      both bits MAY be set to 0.

   Stream Reset Sequence Number This field(s) hold a 32 bit unsigned
      integer.  The value is copied from the Stream Reset Request
      parameter and is used by the receiver to tie the request to the
      response.

   Next Unassigned TSN This value holds the NEXT TSN that the sender
      will assign for a new data chunk.  This value is sometimes called
      SND.NXT.






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   Cumulative Acknowledgement Point This value holds the cumulative TSN
      that the sender has acknowledged.  In other words, this value is
      the same one that will be placed in the next outgoing SACK.

   Stream Number N These fields are filled with the stream numbers that
      were RESET.  If no stream numbers are listed ALL streams were
      reset.

   Parameter Appearance This parameter can appear in a STREAM RESET
      chunk.  This parameter MUST NOT appear in any other chunk type.


4.  Procedures

   This section defines the procedures used by both the sender and
   receiver of a stream reset.  We also give various example stream
   reset scenarios.

4.1.  Sender side procedures for the Stream Reset Chunk

   This section describes the procedures related to the sending of
   Stream Reset Chunks.  A Stream Reset Chunk is a composition of a Tag
   Length Value (TLV) parameters.  A single Stream Reset Chunk normally
   carries either a 'Stream Reset Request Parameter', or a 'Stream Reset
   Response Parameter'.

4.1.1.  Sender side procedures for a user requested Stream Reset Request
        Parameter

   On occasion an SCTP sender will request a reset for all of its
   streams, a list of streams, or a single stream by its upper layer.
   When such a request is made the SCTP sender MUST determine if the
   request is:

   A1) To be made to the local sender side streams (in other words, the
      outgoing streams sequence numbers of the sender of this message).
      In such a case the R bit MUST be set to '1' and the Y bit MUST be
      set to '0' in the outgoing Stream Reset Request.

   A2) To be made to the peer's sender side streams (i.e. the incoming
      stream sequence numbers of the sender of this message).  In such a
      case the sender MUST set the R bit to '0' and set the Y bit to '1'
      in the outgoing Stream Reset Request.

   A3) To be made to both the local and the remote peer streams sequence
      numbers.  In such a case the sender MUST set the R bit AND the Y
      bit to '1'.




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   Next the sender should assign the next stream reset sequence number.
   After assigning the sequence number to the Stream Reset Request the
   number MUST be incremented by '1'.

   Finally if a list of streams is provided these should be appended to
   the Stream Reset Request.  Once the parameter is assembled it MUST be
   placed inside a Stream Reset Chunk.  One and only one Stream Reset
   Request SHOULD be placed in a Stream Reset Chunk.  A sender MUST NOT
   place more than one Stream Reset Request Parameter into a Stream
   Reset Chunk and a sender MUST NOT have more than one Stream Reset
   Request outstanding at any one time.  Note that if the sender has a
   Stream Reset Response it MAY be included in a separate outgoing
   Stream Reset Chunk.

   After packaging the Stream Reset Chunk and sending it to the peer the
   sender MUST start a 'Stream Reset Timer'.  This timer MUST use the
   same value as SCTP's Data transmission timer (i.e. the RTO timer) and
   MUST use exponential backoff doubling the value at every expiration.
   If the timer does expire, besides doubling the value, the sender MUST
   retransmit the Stream Reset Chunk, increment the appropriate error
   counts (both for the association and the destination), and do
   threshold management possibly destroying the association if SCTP
   retransmission thresholds are surpassed.

4.1.2.  Sender side procedures for a peer requested Stream Reset Request
        Parameter

   When a Stream Reset Request Parameter arrives from a peer and has the
   'R' bit set to 1, a automatic Stream Reset Request MUST be generated
   if the response to the request will have the P bit set to 1.  In such
   a case the sender MUST compose the Stream Reset Request Parameter in
   the following way:

   B1) The R bit MUST be set to '0'.

   B3) The Y bit MUST be set to '1'.

   B4) The list of streams MUST be copied from the incoming Stream Reset
      Request that is causing this request to be generated if one is
      attached.

   B5) An outgoing stream reset sequence number must be assigned using
      the same method as described previously in Section 4.1.1.

4.1.3.  Sender side procedures for the Stream Reset Response Parameter

   When an implementation receives a Stream Reset Request it MUST
   respond with a Stream Reset Response in the following manner:



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   C1) The implementation MUST set either the P bit or the D bit to '1'.
      The P bit MUST only be set if the operation was performed.  The D
      bit MUST only be set if the operation is refused.  If no operation
      was requested (the Y bit was set to 0) then both the P and D bit
      MUST be set to 0.

   C2) If the P bit is set to 1 and the R bit was set on the incoming
      request, a stream reset request must be generated as defined in
      Section 4.1.2.

   C3) The Stream Sequence number is copied from the Stream Sequence
      field of the incoming request.

   C4) The Next Unassigned TSN MUST be set to the next TSN that will be
      assigned.  Note this is NOT necessarily the next TSN that will be
      transmitted.

   C5) The Cumulative Acknowledgment Point MUST be set to the same value
      that would be placed in any outgoing SACK.

   C6) Any Stream Number's MUST be copied from the Stream Reset Request
      Parameter to the outgoing Stream Reset Response.

   [Editors note: The above may be redundant with the next section and
   we may want to remove it, I am not sure and must reread this
   carefully since it is tricky to get the synchronization right and
   this may be why things appear to be double listed. ]

4.2.  Receiver side procedures for the Stream Reset Chunk

   Upon reception of a Stream Reset Chunk each parameter within it
   should be processed as described in the following sections.

4.2.1.  Receiver side procedures for the Stream Reset Request Parameter

   When a Stream Reset Request arrives the receiver MUST always respond
   with a stream reset response.  Its response MUST either indicate that
   the operation was performed with the P bit set to '1' and the D bit
   set to '0', that the operation was denied with the D bit set to '1'
   and the P bit set to '0', or that no operation was performed (The Y
   bit in the request was '0') by setting the P and D bit to '0'.

   The decision to deny a stream reset request is an administrative
   decision and may be user configurable even after the association has
   formed.  If for whatever reason the endpoint does NOT wish to reset
   any streams it MUST send a stream reset response as described in
   Section 4.1.3 setting the D bit to '1' and take no further action.




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   In the case that the endpoint is willing to perform a stream reset
   the following steps SHOULD be followed after sending a stream reset
   response.  Note that if the Y bit is set to '0' in the request then
   the response SHOULD have both P and D bit set to '0'.  If the Y bit
   is set to '1' then the P bit MUST be set to '1'.

   D1) If the R bit is set, a stream reset request MUST be formulated as
      described in Section 4.1.2 and sent to the peer.  This request
      SHOULD be held and sent with the Stream Reset Response generated
      by processing the incoming request.

   D2) If the Y bit is set to 0 no action is performed on the local
      streams and processing of this parameter is complete (no further
      steps are taken).

   D3) If no stream number are listed in the parameter, then all
      outgoing streams MUST be reset to '0'.  If specific stream number
      are listed, then only these specific streams MUST be reset to '0'
      and all other non-listed streams remain unchanged.

4.2.2.  Receiver side procedures for the Stream Reset Response Parameter

   On receipt of a Stream Reset Response Parameter the following MUST be
   performed:

   E1) Compare the Stream Reset Sequence Number to the sending stream
      reset sequence number.  If the sequence numbers DO NOT match
      silently discard this response.  If the sequence numbers DO match,
      increment the sending stream reset sequence number by 1 and
      continue processing this response with steps E2 - E4.

   E2) Stop the Stream Reset Timer, if one is running.

   E3) Examine the Next Unassigned TSN number.  If the next unassigned
      TSN number is one greater than the Cumulative Ack point that the
      local endpoint is sending to the peer then all TSN's in flight are
      accounted for.  Perform the following steps:

      E3.1) If no streams are listed in the incoming parameter then
         reset all incoming stream sequence numbers to next expect
         stream sequence '0'.

      E3.2) If the specific streams are listed in the incoming parameter
         then for each stream listed in the Stream Number fields, reset
         the next expected incoming stream number to 0.






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      E3.3) Optionally an Upper Layer Notification SHOULD be sent to
         inform the local endpoint that the streams have been reset.

      E3.4) When all streams effected have been reset the processing for
         this parameter is complete.

   E4) If the Next Unassigned TSN number is greater than the cumulative
      acknowledgment point by 1, then the endpoint must enter "deferred
      reset processing".  In this mode, any TSN number for the effected
      streams MUST be queued locally and held until the Cumulative
      Acknowledgment point reaches one less then the 'Next Unassigned
      TSN number'.  When the Cumulative Acknowledgment point reaches 1
      less than the Next Unassigned TSN number then steps E3.1 - E3.3
      MUST be followed.  After which all queued chunks should be de-
      queued and processed in the normal manner.

   Note that the effect of deferred reset processing is that each
   receiving side will synchronize its expected stream sequence numbers
   at the precise time that the peer reset its sending sequence numbers.
   This allows the receiver to always stay in correct sequence with its
   peer's stream sequence numbers.

4.3.  Various Examples of the Stream Reset procedures

   The following examples illustrates an Endpoint A resetting all
   streams in both directions.




   E-A                                                       E-Z
   -------[STR_RESET(REQ:Y=1,R=1)]------------------->
   <---[STR_RESET (RESP:P=1,D=0)STR_RESET(REQ:Y=1,R=0)]-
   -------[STR_RESET(RESP:P=1,D=0)]-------------------------->


   The following example illustrates an Endpoint A resetting stream 1
   and 2 for just its outgoing streams.




   E-A                                                       E-Z
   -------[STR_RESET(REQ:Y=0,R=1)1,2]------------------>
   <-[STR_RESET({RESP:P=0,D=0}1,2)STR_RESET({REQ:Y=1,R=0}1,2)]--
   ------[STR_RESET(RESP:P=1,D=0)1,2]--------------------->





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   The following example illustrates an Endpoint A resetting stream 1
   and 2 for just its incoming streams.



   E-A                                               E-Z
   ------[STR_RESET(REQ:Y=1,R=0)1,2]-------->
   <-----[STR_RESET(RESP:P=1,D=0)1,2]-------




5.  Security Considerations

   Having the ability to reset a stream should not pose any additional
   security risk to SCTP.  An attacker that can successfully inject a
   stream reset would also be able to inject data or other malicious
   information into an association such as an ABORT.


6.  Iana Considerations

   This document defines one new chunk type and two new parameter types.
   This document recommends the values of 0x82 for the chunk type and
   0x000d and 0x000e for the new parameter types.  However IANA may
   assign any free chunk or parameter type as long it is from the same
   chunk or parameter pool.  In the case of the chunk, it MUST be from
   the pool of chunks with the upper two bits set to '10'.  In the case
   of the parameters, it MUST be from the pool whose upper bits are set
   to '00'.

7.  Normative References

   [1]  Rekhter, Y., Moskowitz, R., Karrenberg, D., Groot, G., and E.
        Lear, "Address Allocation for Private Internets", BCP 5,
        RFC 1918, February 1996.

   [2]  Bradner, S., "The Internet Standards Process -- Revision 3",
        BCP 9, RFC 2026, October 1996.

   [3]  Bradner, S., "IETF Rights in Contributions", RFC 3667,
        February 2004.

   [4]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement
        Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

   [5]  Stewart, R., Xie, Q., Morneault, K., Sharp, C., Schwarzbauer,
        H., Taylor, T., Rytina, I., Kalla, M., Zhang, L., and V. Paxson,



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        "Stream Control Transmission Protocol", RFC 2960, October 2000.


















































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Authors' Addresses

   Randall R. Stewart
   Cisco Systems, Inc.
   4875 Forest Drive
   Suite 200
   Columbia, SC  29206
   USA

   Phone:
   Email: rrs@cisco.com


   Peter Lei
   Cisco Systems, Inc.
   8735 West Higgins Road
   Suite 300
   Chicago, IL  60631
   USA

   Phone:
   Email: peterlei@cisco.com


   Michael Tuexen
   Muenster Univ. of Applied Sciences
   Stegerwaldstr. 39
   48565 Steinfurt
   Germany

   Email: tuexen@fh-muenster.de




















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