Re: [Ila] Questions about SRv6 mobile user-plane

Jeff Tantsura <[email protected]> Fri, 26 Jan 2018 10:36:05 -0800
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Hi Sri,

My observations are very close to Tom=E2=80=99s.
Is new draft going to address questions asked or there will be follow up?

Thanks!

Regards,
Jeff

> On Jan 26, 2018, at 09:19, Sri Gundavelli (sgundave) <[email protected]> w=
rote:
>=20
> Hi Tom:
>=20
> Marco and myself are planning to publish another proposal on anchor-less m=
obility (leveraging SRv6). That may be of interest to you from ILA point of v=
iew. We will post the draft in one or two weeks.
>=20
>=20
> Regards
> Sri
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
> From: dmm <[email protected]> on behalf of Tom Herbert <tom@quantonium.=
net>
> Date: Friday, January 26, 2018 at 9:13 AM
> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Subject: [DMM] Questions about SRv6 mobile user-plane
>=20
> Hello,
>=20
> I am working on a comparison between ILA and SRv6 for the mobile user-plan=
e. I have some questions/comments about SRv6 and particularly on the example=
 use cases that were depicted in the slides that were presented in IETF100:
>=20
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/100/materials/slides-100-dmm-srv6-for=
-mobile-user-plane/
>=20
> - It's clear from the depicted use cases that extension header insertion i=
s being done by intermediate nodes, but extension header insertion is curren=
tly prohibited by RFC8200. There was an I-D posted on 6man to allow this for=
 SR, but that was met with pushback. Is there going to be followup to resolv=
e this?
>=20
> - For the uplink use cases, this seems to be more like using SR to source r=
oute to an egress router. In other words, it's not strictly related to mobil=
ity. Is there some connection to mobility that I'm missing?
>=20
> - The size or number of SR headers in the uplink cases seems to be larger t=
han necessary (IMO minimizing these is important since each additional sid i=
s ~1% overhead of standard MTU). In this first scenario sid[1]=3DA2::1 and D=
A=3DA2::1-- this seems to be redundant information. Also this depicts a seco=
nd SR being inserted, but the first one should no longer be relevant. Why no=
t just discard the first one and save the overhead? In the second scenario, D=
A is changing from A2::1 to A3::1, but AFAICT that was not done per the SR p=
rocessing. What is the operation that happened here? (it's actaully looks li=
ke an ILA transfomation).
>=20
> - Considering the points above, could this have been done in the following=
 manner to minimize overhead? A1 creates one SRH with one sid and makes DA=3D=
A2. A2 makes DA=3DA3. At A3 SR is processed, DA is restored to Internet addr=
ess, and EH is removed.
>=20
> - For downlink this does see to be relevant to mobility. But I have the sa=
me question, wouldn't it be less overhead to only use one SRH and one sid? i=
.e. A3 creates an SRH with just one sid that is the S:: (identifier in ident=
ifier/locator speak) and set DA to A2, and then A2 sets DA to A1, A1 restore=
s original packet for delivery.
>=20
> - One possible typo. In the last use case slide SA=3DS:: and DA=3DD::, I b=
elieve these should be swapped?
>=20
> Thanks,
> Tom
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> =20
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Hi Sri,<div><br></div><div>My observations a=
re very close to Tom=E2=80=99s.</div><div>Is new draft going to address ques=
tions asked or there will be follow up?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!<br>=
<br><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature">Regards,<div>Jeff</div></div><div><br>On J=
an 26, 2018, at 09:19, Sri Gundavelli (sgundave) &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:sgund=
[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote ty=
pe=3D"cite"><div>

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<div>Hi Tom:</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Marco and myself are planning to publish another proposal on anchor-les=
s mobility (leveraging SRv6). That may be of interest to you from ILA point o=
f view. We will post the draft in one or two weeks.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Regards</div>
<div>Sri</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
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<span style=3D"font-weight:bold">From: </span>dmm &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:dmm-=
[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; on behalf of Tom Herbert &lt;=
<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt;<br>
<span style=3D"font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Friday, January 26, 2018 at 9:=
13 AM<br>
<span style=3D"font-weight:bold">To: </span>"<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]"=
>[email protected]</a>" &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt;,=
 "<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>" &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:il=
[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt;<br>
<span style=3D"font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>[DMM] Questions about SRv6 m=
obile user-plane<br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<div dir=3D"ltr">
<div>Hello,</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I am working on a comparison between ILA and SRv6 for the mobile user-p=
lane. I have some questions/comments about SRv6 and particularly on the exam=
ple use cases that were depicted in the slides that were presented in IETF10=
0:</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<a href=3D"https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/100/materials/slides-100-dmm=
-srv6-for-mobile-user-plane/">https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/100/mater=
ials/slides-100-dmm-srv6-for-mobile-user-plane/</a><br>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>- It's clear from the depicted use cases that extension header insertio=
n is being done by intermediate nodes, but extension header insertion is cur=
rently prohibited by RFC8200. There was an I-D posted on 6man to allow this f=
or SR, but that was met with
 pushback. Is there going to be followup to resolve this?</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>- For the uplink use cases, this seems to be more like using SR to sour=
ce route to an egress router. In other words, it's not strictly related to m=
obility. Is there some connection to mobility that I'm missing?</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>- The size or number of SR headers in the uplink cases seems to be larg=
er than necessary (IMO minimizing these is important since each additional s=
id is ~1% overhead of standard MTU). In this first scenario sid[1]=3DA2::1 a=
nd DA=3DA2::1-- this seems to be
 redundant information. Also this depicts a second SR being inserted, but th=
e first one should no longer be relevant. Why not just discard the first one=
 and save the overhead? In the second scenario, DA is changing from A2::1 to=
 A3::1, but AFAICT that was not
 done per the SR processing. What is the operation that happened here? (it's=
 actaully looks like an ILA transfomation).</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>- Considering the points above, could this have been done in the follow=
ing manner to minimize overhead? A1 creates one SRH with one sid and makes D=
A=3DA2. A2 makes DA=3DA3. At A3 SR is processed, DA is restored to Internet a=
ddress, and EH is removed.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>- For downlink this does see to be relevant to mobility. But I have the=
 same question, wouldn't it be less overhead to only use one SRH and one sid=
? i.e. A3 creates an SRH with just one sid that is the S:: (identifier in id=
entifier/locator speak) and set
 DA to A2, and then A2 sets DA to A1, A1 restores original packet for delive=
ry.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>- One possible typo. In the last use case slide SA=3DS:: and DA=3DD::, I=
 believe these should be swapped?</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Thanks,</div>
<div>Tom</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</span>


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