Re: [Lsr] IP layer metrics collected by Edge routers - draft-dunbar-lsr-5g-edge-compute-ospf-ext (was: LSR Presentation Slot request)

[Linda Dunbar <[e-mail]>]

Acee,

The "limited domain" per RFC8799  is a special purposed network that have boundary, e.g. DetNet. For 5G EC, a Limited Domain network could be built specifically for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), as specified by 3GPP 23.748.  This UAV Limited Domain network has routers and links that connect the moving UAVs with the UAV control servers, the analytics functions, and data storages; has boundary and  may not have access to public internet.
Among those routers in the UAV Limited Domain, the routing distance alone is no longer enough in computing the optimal Path. Therefore, IGP is needed to distribute not only link bandwidth, but also the IP layer Metrics specified by draft-dunbar-lsr-5g-edge-compute-ext, specifically:

  *   Capacity Index:

Is used to differentiate the running environment of the attached application server (analytics or data storages) that are identified by their IP addresses.  At some sites, the IP address exposed to the network is the App Layer Load balancer that have  many instances attached.  At other sites,  the IP address exposed is the server instance only.

"Capacity Index", which is a numeric number configured by the Domain Controller on all A-ERs in the domain consistently , is used to represent the capacity of the application server attached to an A-ER.

  *   Site preference index:
Is used to describe some sites are more preferred than others for some flows that are identified by the IP header fields. "Site Preference Index", which is a numeric number configured by the Domain Controller.


  *   IP-Layer Metric for gauging the Load for the attached Prefix (i.e., App Server):
The Load Measurement to an attached IP prefix (App Server) is a weighted combination of the number of packets/bytes to the IP prefix and the number of packets/bytes from the IP prefix which are collected by the A-ER that has the App Server directly attached.
An A-ER only collects those measurement for the prefixes instructed by the Domain Controller .


The work proposed is for the LSR Chartered Work Item "4) Extensions for source-destination routing".
Is this description clear enough to move forward in the LSR WG?

Best regards, Linda Dunbar

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Subject: Re: IP layer metrics collected by Edge routers - draft-dunbar-lsr-5g-edge-compute-ospf-ext (was: LSR Presentation Slot request)

We seem to be in a circular discussion - we're not standardizing loosely-defined metrics that only work in limited domains for OSPF and IS-IS. It is not a question of where.
Acee

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Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at 3:42 PM
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Subject: RE: IP layer metrics collected by Edge routers - draft-dunbar-lsr-5g-edge-compute-ospf-ext (was: LSR Presentation Slot request)

Acee,

Limited domain also needs IS-IS and OSPF  routing protocol (among routers in the limited domain). If not in LSR, where is the right place?

Linda

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Subject: Re: IP layer metrics collected by Edge routers - draft-dunbar-lsr-5g-edge-compute-ospf-ext (was: LSR Presentation Slot request)

Linda - we're not doing routing for limited domains in LSR. It doesn't make any sense to go any further until you fix the draft or abandon it.
Thanks,
Acee

From: Linda Dunbar <[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>>
Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at 1:23 PM
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Subject: RE: IP layer metrics collected by Edge routers - draft-dunbar-lsr-5g-edge-compute-ospf-ext (was: LSR Presentation Slot request)

Acee,

The scope of the draft is for IGP in the  Limited Domains per RFC8799, i.e. the small number of routers in the 5G LDN domain. Not meant for public Internet.

Answers to your questions are inserted below:

Linda

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Subject: Re: IP layer metrics collected by Edge routers - draft-dunbar-lsr-5g-edge-compute-ospf-ext (was: LSR Presentation Slot request)

Hi Linda,

From: Linda Dunbar <[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>>
Date: Monday, July 12, 2021 at 5:41 PM
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Subject: IP layer metrics collected by Edge routers - draft-dunbar-lsr-5g-edge-compute-ospf-ext (was: LSR Presentation Slot request)

Acee,

The draft-dunbar-lsr-5g-edge-compute-ospf-ext has two parts:

-          Aggregated Cost Advertisement

-          IP Layer App-Metrics Advertisements by OSPF

"Aggregated Cost" is only applicable to scenario where all the A-ER can have a consistent algorithm to compute the Aggregated cost.

When it is not possible for all the egress edge routers to have a consistent algorithm to compute the aggregated cost or some routers need all the detailed IP Layer metrics for the App Servers for other purposes, the raw IP layer metrics collected A-ER will be distributed. Only the nodes that are capable of utilizing the metrics will process the sub-TLV.

So, why would these "capable" nodes have a consistent algorithm for using this complex set of metrics but the A-ERs would not have a consistent algorithm for aggregating the cost?
[Linda] Example of the nodes that need the metrics: analytic function (residing on one of the nodes in the LDN);  a small number of UPF functions that need the metrics.


Since only a subset of routers within an IGP domain need to know those detailed metrics, the draft used your suggested  OSPFv2 Extended Prefix Opaque LSA for IPv4 and OSPFv3 Extended LSA with Intra-Area-Prefix TLV to carry the detailed sub-TLVs.  For routers that don't care about those metrics, they can ignore them very easily.

This just doesn't work. All routers in an IGP domain must use the same algorithm. You can't just draw a picture with an LDN directly connected to a couple A-ERs say that the LDNs can use your metrics to route application specific traffic. The problem could possibly be solved with flex algorithm but it would require a lot more specification. I guess with your simple topology different LDNs could use the metrics differently as well? This would explain why you are not concerned with "consistency"...  \
[Linda] The 5G LDN domain  is a limited domain per RFC 8799, and forms its own IGP domain. The "consistency is only for the limited nodes that are configured to utilize the IP layer metrics". The IP Layer metrics is for nodes in this limited domain to supplement the forwarding path computation.

It worth noting that not all hosts (prefix) attached to an A-ER are ANYCAST servers that need network optimization. An A-ER only needs to advertise the App-Metrics for the ANYCAST addresses that match with the configured ACLs.

Note that routes are based on IP prefixes and not applications while the draft uses these two interchangeably.
[Linda] the Applications that need special consideration are identified by its IP address.

Thanks,
Acee


Any other concerns?

Thank you
Linda Dunbar

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Subject: Re: [Lsr] LSR Presentation Slot Requests - IETF111

Speaking as WG member:

Hi Linda,
Even if you've added some IS-IS encodings, the draft still suffers from the fundamental problem of the previous draft. If you can't rely on the A-ERs to consistently calculate an aggregated metric, how can you rely on all the routers in the IGP routing domain to use complex set of metrics to reach the least-loaded app server? Do we really want to talk about this again?
Thanks,
Acee

From: Linda Dunbar <[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>>
Date: Monday, July 12, 2021 at 4:27 PM
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Subject: RE: [Lsr] LSR Presentation Slot Requests - IETF111
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Resent-Date: Monday, July 12, 2021 at 4:27 PM

Yingzhen and LSR Chairs,

We need a 10 minutes slot at IETF111 to present https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-dunbar-lsr-5g-edge-compute/<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fdraft-dunbar-lsr-5g-edge-compute%2F&data=04%7C01%7Clinda.dunbar%40futurewei.com%7C492fc62171624e5792ea08d94636e9d9%7C0fee8ff2a3b240189c753a1d5591fedc%7C1%7C0%7C637618023942568077%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=7f0TuUw7LVnzT2doHdN0CIJ4SinQP7KKzIUA61yBDrg%3D&reserved=0>
Speaker: Linda Dunbar.

This draft adds the IS-IS extension to the draft-dunbar-lsr-5g-edge-compute-ospf-ext-04.

Thank you
Linda Dunbar


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Subject: [Lsr] LSR Presentation Slot Requests - IETF111

Hi all,

The draft agenda for IETF111 has been posted: https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/111/agenda<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdatatracker.ietf.org%2Fmeeting%2F111%2Fagenda&data=04%7C01%7Clinda.dunbar%40futurewei.com%7C492fc62171624e5792ea08d94636e9d9%7C0fee8ff2a3b240189c753a1d5591fedc%7C1%7C0%7C637618023942578032%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=xI%2F46njm9a3I0qx7fDKRaULJ2qygqdDRT4QIBUtkBqQ%3D&reserved=0>.

LSR will have one meeting session: Friday, July 30, 2021 16:00-18:00  Session III PDT

Please send slot requests to [e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>. Please include name of the presenter, pointer to the draft and time estimation including Q&A.

Thanks,
Yingzhen