Re: [tsvwg] Advance notice on request to poll TSVWG for adoption of draft-kaippallimalil-tsvwg-media-hdr-wireless-03

[Kaippallimalil John <[e-mail]>]

Hi,

And I forgot to add another important update in the draft.
see slide 4 in https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/118/materials/slides-118-tsvwg-sessa-92-media-header-extensions-for-wireless-networks

The figure UC2 MED in outer tunnel – in this case, MED is sent in an outer tunnel between the server (UDP source) and wireless node (UDP destination) only.

But even for the other use case (UC1), it doesn’t look like the behavior of UDP options is altered in any distinguishable way (but we can debate that).

BR,
John


From: tsvwg <[e-mail]> On Behalf Of Kaippallimalil John
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Subject: Re: [tsvwg] Advance notice on request to poll TSVWG for adoption of draft-kaippallimalil-tsvwg-media-hdr-wireless-03

Hi Tom, Joe,

With regard to the concerns from Tom and Joe, the behavior needed is outlined in slide 3 of: https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/118/materials/slides-118-tsvwg-sessa-92-media-header-extensions-for-wireless-networks

IPv6 HBP does not currently provide the capability needed:

  1.  IPv6 HBH (MED in this case) is provisioned in the “Application Provider” (AP) domain. And the service provided in the same domain (AP domain in this case)
But that is not what we want. MED is inserted by AP domain, and read in the wireless provider domain.
  2.  The data in MED is sent per packet and changing for each packet – also not the way FAST /IPv6 HBH is designed to be used.
  3.  Every router on path is going to read/process the IPv6 HBH option. This is also not what is intended.
Only the wireless router acting on behalf on the client, with explicit provisioning (session setup, policy in figure) needs to read.

The difference will be more obvious when (if) we need to consider encrypted metadata.
(PS: In this draft, we don’t see the need to encrypt the metadata as the signals are purely advisory and does not leak content or user information.)
However, if we decided that encryption was needed:

  *   With FAST/ IPv6 HBH, the key management is for the Application Domain (AP) to read, not the wireless domain. (otherwise involves complex multi-domain key agreements).
  *   With MED, the client to Wireless-CP/Policy signaling can install the MED keys in a simple manner (in 3GPP domain, that would just be small extensions)

But just to be clear, in the draft, the metadata (MED) and its handling is completely separated from the container/transport (UDP options).
If IPv6 HBH  or other transport can evolve to support this kind of handling needed, then the draft can be updated to use MED and that (other) transport.
The key aspect in the draft is the metadata (MED) and how it should be processed on path.

Regards,
John


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Subject: Re: [tsvwg] Advance notice on request to poll TSVWG for adoption of draft-kaippallimalil-tsvwg-media-hdr-wireless-03

+1 ;-)
—
Dr. Joe Touch, temporal epistemologist
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On Oct 27, 2023, at 2:55 PM, Tom Herbert <tom=[e-mail]<mailto:tom=[e-mail]>> wrote:

On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 2:26 PM Spencer Dawkins at IETF
<[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:

Dear TSVWG,

We have requested a slot during the IETF 118 meeting to propose that the co-chairs poll the working group for adoption of https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-kaippallimalil-tsvwg-media-hdr-wireless/, as a basis for further work.

The chairs have given us a 15-minute slot during the Thursday TSVWG session.

Face-to-face meeting time is precious, so we thought it would be helpful if we invited people to look over the draft, and let us know if you see significant impediments to adopting this draft. That would reduce the time we need in the meeting itself.

Hi Spencer,

I believe that the use of UDP Options to carry information that is
processed by intermediate nodes is a significant impediment to
adoption.
From the draft: "The Wireless Node is responsible for forwarding
packets to the Client over the Wireless Network.  The Wireless Node
inspects metadata but does not alter the UDP option."

There was discussion on the list and I believe that there is general
consensus that UDP Options are neither designed nor intended to carry
network layer information like this. They are for carrying End-to-End
transport layer information.

IMO the proper alternative for carrying network layer information is
Hop-by-Hop Options like in FAST
(https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-herbert-fast-04.txt).

Tom





As a reminder,

This draft has been presented at IETF 116, 117 and now 118
We had considerable discussion at previous IETF meetings and on the TSVWG mailing list
That feedback has been uniformly helpful, and we've taken it into consideration in the -03 update.
Adoption has been discussed previously at IETF 117

The updated draft (-03) is described in slides that are uploaded at https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-kaippallimalil-tsvwg-media-hdr-wireless/

A diff from version -02, discussed at IETF 117, is here: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-kaippallimalil-tsvwg-media-hdr-wireless/

Please feel free to follow up on this mailing list, or privately with the document authors.

Best,

Spencer