[dhcwg] Review Request (Fwd: I-D Action: draft-ietf-roll-mpl-parameter-configuration-00.txt)

[Yusuke DOI <[e-mail]>]

Dear DHC folks,

I'm proposing an DHCPv6 option for configuration of MPL parameters that are (typically) used in wireless mesh networks.

The I-D is just adopted as roll WG draft. May I ask the dhc wg (again) to take a look on it?

I need to apologize I failed to follow a Bernie's suggestion given at last August.

http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/dhcwg/current/msg14587.html

> 2. While it may cost a few octets, I would strongly encourage you to
> use separate fields for some items (such as C_K and DM_K). This will
> cost you one octet but keeps the encoding simpler (flags, C_K, and
> DM_K octets).

I tried to follow the comment, and at the same time, I think it should be aligned with word boundary, *and*, it should be compact as possible because it's intended to be used in wireless mesh networks (I feel too nervous if I waste 24 bits of all of the DHCP responses on the all mesh networks of ours). This results following awkward format. I personally think it is even more simple to make some bitmasking (and we are get used to it) than the following optlen={17|33} format. Currently, the proposal is still in the previous format with some 5-bit field and a bit for a flag.

[the format to have independent C_K/DM_K octet -- *not* included in the I-D]

     (if option_len = 17 )

      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
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |    OPTION_MPL_PARAMETERS      |          option_len           |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |         DM_IMIN               |          DM_IMAX              |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |         DM_T_EXP              |          C_IMIN               |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |         C_IMAX                |          C_T_EXP              |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |         SE_LIFETIME           |    FLAGS      |    C_K        |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |      DM_K     |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

     (if option_len = 33 )
      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
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |    OPTION_MPL_PARAMETERS      |          option_len           |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |          MPL Domain Address  (128bits)                        |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |          (cont'ed)                                            |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |          (cont'ed)                                            |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |          (cont'ed)                                            |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |         DM_IMIN               |          DM_IMAX              |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |         DM_T_EXP              |          C_IMIN               |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |         C_IMAX                |          C_T_EXP              |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |         SE_LIFETIME           |    FLAGS      |    C_K        |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |      DM_K     |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


Thanks,

Yusuke


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: I-D Action: draft-ietf-roll-mpl-parameter-configuration-00.txt
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 07:39:42 -0700
From: [e-mail]
Reply-To: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
CC: [e-mail]


A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
  This draft is a work item of the Routing Over Low power and Lossy networks Working Group of the IETF.

         Title           : MPL Parameter Configuration Option for DHCPv6
         Authors         : Yusuke Doi
                           Matthew Gillmore
	Filename        : draft-ietf-roll-mpl-parameter-configuration-00.txt
	Pages           : 9
	Date            : 2014-03-13

Abstract:
    This draft defines a way to configure MPL parameter set via DHCPv6
    option.  MPL has a set of parameters to control its behavior, and the
    parameter set is often configured as a network-wide parameter because
    the parameter set should be identical for each MPL forwarder in an
    MPL domain.  Using the MPL Parameter Configuration Option defined in
    this document, a network can be configured with a single set of MPL
    parameter easily.


The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-roll-mpl-parameter-configuration/

There's also a htmlized version available at:
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-roll-mpl-parameter-configuration-00


Please note that it may take a couple of minutes from the time of submission
until the htmlized version and diff are available at tools.ietf.org.

Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP at:
ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/

_______________________________________________
I-D-Announce mailing list
[e-mail]
https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/i-d-announce
Internet-Draft directories: http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html
or ftp://ftp.ietf.org/ietf/1shadow-sites.txt