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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) G. Ash Request for Comments: 5976 A. Morton Category: Experimental M. Dolly ISSN: 2070-1721 P. Tarapore

                                                             C. Dvorak
                                                             AT&T Labs
                                                         Y. El Mghazli
                                                        Alcatel-Lucent
                                                          October 2010

Y.1541-QOSM: Model for Networks Using Y.1541 Quality-of-Service Classes

Abstract

 This document describes a QoS-NSLP Quality-of-Service model (QOSM)
 based on ITU-T Recommendation Y.1541 Network QoS Classes and related
 guidance on signaling.  Y.1541 specifies 8 classes of Network
 Performance objectives, and the Y.1541-QOSM extensions include
 additional QSPEC parameters and QOSM processing guidelines.

Status of This Memo

 This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
 published for examination, experimental implementation, and
 evaluation.
 This document defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet
 community.  This document is a product of the Internet Engineering
 Task Force (IETF).  It represents the consensus of the IETF
 community.  It has received public review and has been approved for
 publication by the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG).  Not
 all documents approved by the IESG are a candidate for any level of
 Internet Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 5741.
 Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
 and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
 http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5976.

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Table of Contents

 1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   1.1.  Requirements Language  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
 2.  Summary of ITU-T Recommendations Y.1541 and Signaling
     Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   2.1.  Description of Y.1541 Classes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
   2.2.  Y.1541-QOSM Processing Requirements  . . . . . . . . . . .  6
 3.  Additional QSPEC Parameters for Y.1541 QOSM  . . . . . . . . .  7
   3.1.  Traffic Model (TMOD) Extension Parameter . . . . . . . . .  7
   3.2.  Restoration Priority Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
 4.  Y.1541-QOSM Considerations and Processing Example  . . . . . . 10
   4.1.  Deployment Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
   4.2.  Applicable QSPEC Procedures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
   4.3.  QNE Processing Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
   4.4.  Processing Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
   4.5.  Bit-Level QSPEC Example  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
   4.6.  Preemption Behavior  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
 5.  IANA Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
   5.1.  Assignment of QSPEC Parameter IDs  . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
   5.2.  Restoration Priority Parameter Registry  . . . . . . . . . 14
     5.2.1.  Restoration Priority Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
     5.2.2.  Time to Restore Field  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
     5.2.3.  Extent of Restoration Field  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
 6.  Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
 7.  Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
 8.  References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
   8.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
   8.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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1. Introduction

 This document describes a QoS model (QOSM) for Next Steps in
 Signaling (NSIS) QoS signaling layer protocol (QoS-NSLP) application
 based on ITU-T Recommendation Y.1541 Network QoS Classes and related
 guidance on signaling.  [Y.1541] currently specifies 8 classes of
 Network Performance objectives, and the Y.1541-QOSM extensions
 include additional QSPEC [RFC5975] parameters and QOSM processing
 guidelines.  The extensions are based on standardization work in the
 ITU-T on QoS signaling requirements ([Y.1541] and [E.361]), and
 guidance in [TRQ-QoS-SIG].
 [RFC5974] defines message types and control information for the QoS-
 NSLP that are generic to all QOSMs.  A QOSM is a defined mechanism
 for achieving QoS as a whole.  The specification of a QOSM includes a
 description of its QSPEC parameter information, as well as how that
 information should be treated or interpreted in the network.  The
 QSPEC [RFC5975] contains a set of parameters and values describing
 the requested resources.  It is opaque to the QoS-NSLP and similar in
 purpose to the TSpec, RSpec, and AdSpec specified in [RFC2205] and
 [RFC2210].  A QOSM provides a specific set of parameters to be
 carried in the QSPEC object.  At each QoS NSIS Entity (QNE), the
 QSPEC contents are interpreted by the resource management function
 (RMF) for purposes of policy control and traffic control, including
 admission control and configuration of the scheduler.

1.1. Requirements Language

 The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
 "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
 document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119].

2. Summary of ITU-T Recommendations Y.1541 and Signaling Requirements

 As stated above, [Y.1541] is a specification of standardized QoS
 classes for IP networks (a summary of these classes is given below).
 Section 7 of [TRQ-QoS-SIG] describes the signaling features needed to
 achieve end-to-end QoS in IP networks, with Y.1541 QoS classes as a
 basis.  [Y.1541] recommends a flexible allocation of the end-to-end
 performance objectives (e.g., delay) across networks, rather than a
 fixed per-network allocation.  NSIS protocols already address most of
 the requirements; this document identifies additional QSPEC
 parameters and processing requirements needed to support the Y.1541
 QOSM.

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2.1. Description of Y.1541 Classes

 [Y.1541] proposes grouping services into QoS classes defined
 according to the desired QoS performance objectives.  These QoS
 classes support a wide range of user applications.  The classes group
 objectives for one-way IP packet delay, IP packet delay variation, IP
 packet loss ratio, etc., where the parameters themselves are defined
 in [Y.1540].
 Note that [Y.1541] is maintained by the ITU-T and subject to
 occasional updates and revisions.  The material in this section is
 provided for information and to make this document easier to read.
 In the event of any discrepancies, the normative definitions found in
 [Y.1541] take precedence.
 Classes 0 and 1 might be implemented using the Diffserv Expedited
 Forwarding (EF) Per-Hop Behavior (PHB), and they support interactive
 real-time applications [RFC3246].  Classes 2, 3, and 4 might be
 implemented using the Diffserv Assured Forwarding (AFxy) PHB Group,
 and they support data transfer applications with various degrees of
 interactivity [RFC2597].  Class 5 generally corresponds to the
 Diffserv Default PHB, and it has all the QoS parameters unspecified
 consistent with a best-effort service[RFC2474].  Classes 6 and 7
 provide support for extremely loss-sensitive user applications, such
 as high-quality digital television, Time Division Multiplexing (TDM)
 circuit emulation, and high-capacity file transfers using TCP.  These
 classes are intended to serve as a basis for agreements between end-
 users and service providers, and between service providers.  They
 support a wide range of user applications including point-to-point
 telephony, data transfer, multimedia conferencing, and others.  The
 limited number of classes supports the requirement for feasible
 implementation, particularly with respect to scale in global
 networks.
 The QoS classes apply to a packet flow, where [Y.1541] defines a
 packet flow as the traffic associated with a given connection or
 connectionless stream having the same source host, destination host,
 class of service, and session identification.  The characteristics of
 each Y.1541 QoS class are summarized here:
 Class 0:
 Real-time, highly interactive applications, sensitive to jitter.
 Mean delay <= 100 ms, delay variation <= 50 ms, and loss ratio <=
 10^-3.  Application examples include VoIP and video teleconference.

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 Class 1:
 Real-time, interactive applications, sensitive to jitter.  Mean delay
 <= 400 ms, delay variation <= 50 ms, and loss ratio <= 10^-3.
 Application examples include VoIP and video teleconference.
 Class 2:
 Highly interactive transaction data.  Mean delay <= 100 ms, delay
 variation is unspecified, loss ratio <= 10^-3.  Application examples
 include signaling.
 Class 3:
 Interactive transaction data.  Mean delay <= 400 ms, delay variation
 is unspecified, loss ratio <= 10^-3.  Application examples include
 signaling.
 Class 4:
 Low Loss Only applications.  Mean delay <= 1 s, delay variation is
 unspecified, loss ratio <= 10^-3.  Application examples include short
 transactions, bulk data, and video streaming.
 Class 5:
 Unspecified applications with unspecified mean delay, delay
 variation, and loss ratio.  Application examples include traditional
 applications of default IP networks.
 Class 6:
 Applications that are highly sensitive to loss.  Mean delay <= 100
 ms, delay variation <= 50 ms, and loss ratio <= 10^-5.  Application
 examples include television transport, high-capacity TCP transfers,
 and Time-Division Multiplexing (TDM) circuit emulation.
 Class 7:
 Applications that are highly sensitive to loss.  Mean delay <= 400
 ms, delay variation <= 50 ms, and loss ratio <= 10^-5.  Application
 examples include television transport, high-capacity TCP transfers,
 and TDM circuit emulation.
 These classes enable service level agreements (SLAs) to be defined
 between customers and network service providers with respect to QoS
 requirements.  The service provider then needs to ensure that the
 requirements are recognized and receive appropriate treatment across
 network layers.
 Work is in progress to specify methods for combining local values of
 performance metrics to estimate the performance of the complete path.
 See Section 8 of [Y.1541], [RFC5835], and [COMPOSITION].

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2.2. Y.1541-QOSM Processing Requirements

 [TRQ-QoS-SIG] guides the specification of signaling information for
 IP-based QoS at the interface between the user and the network (UNI)
 and across interfaces between different networks (NNI).  To meet
 specific network performance requirements specified for the Y.1541
 QoS classes [Y.1541] , a network needs to provide specific user-plane
 functionality at the UNI and NNI.  Dynamic network provisioning at a
 UNI and/or NNI node allows a traffic contract for an IP flow to be
 dynamically requested from a specific source node to one or more
 destination nodes.  In response to the request, the network
 determines if resources are available to satisfy the request and
 provision the network.
 For implementations to claim compliance with this memo, it MUST be
 possible to derive the following service-level parameters as part of
 the process of requesting service:
 a.  Y.1541 QoS class, 32-bit integer, range: 0-7
 b.  rate (r), octets per second
 c.  peak rate (p), octets per second
 d.  bucket size (b), octets
 e.  maximum packet size (MPS), octets, IP header + IP payload
 f.  Diffserv PHB class [RFC2475]
 g.  admission priority, 32-bit integer, range: 0-2
 Compliant implementations MAY derive the following service-level
 parameters as part of the service request process:
 h.  peak bucket size (Bp), octets, 32-bit floating point number in
     single-precision IEEE floating point format [IEEE754]
 i.  restoration priority, multiple integer values defined in
     Section 3 below
 All parameters except Bp and restoration priority have already been
 specified in [RFC5975].  These additional parameters are defined as
 o  Bp, the size of the peak-rate bucket in a dual-token bucket
    arrangement, essentially setting the maximum length of bursts in
    the peak-rate stream.  For example, see Annex B of [Y.1221]

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 o  restoration priority, as defined in Section 3 of this memo
 Their QSPEC Parameter format is specified in Section 3.
 It MUST be possible to perform the following QoS-NSLP signaling
 functions to meet Y.1541-QOSM requirements:
 a.  accumulate delay, delay variation, and loss ratio across the end-
     to-end connection, which may span multiple domains.
 b.  enable negotiation of Y.1541 QoS class across domains.
 c.  enable negotiation of delay, delay variation, and loss ratio
     across domains.
 These signaling requirements are supported in [RFC5974], and the
 functions are illustrated in Section 4 of this memo.

3. Additional QSPEC Parameters for Y.1541 QOSM

 The specifications in this section extend the QSPEC [RFC5975].

3.1. Traffic Model (TMOD) Extension Parameter

 The traffic model (TMOD) extension parameter is represented by one
 floating point number in single-precision IEEE floating point format
 and one 32-bit reserved field.
    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |M|E|N|r|           15          |r|r|r|r|          1            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  Peak Bucket Size [Bp] (32-bit IEEE floating point number)    |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
                       Figure 1: TMOD Extension
 The Peak Bucket Size term, Bp, is represented as an IEEE floating
 point value [IEEE754] in units of octets.  The sign bit MUST be zero
 (all values MUST be non-negative).  Exponents less than 127 (i.e., 0)
 are prohibited.  Exponents greater than 162 (i.e., positive 35) are
 discouraged, except for specifying a peak rate of infinity.  Infinity
 is represented with an exponent of all ones (255), and a sign bit and
 mantissa of all zeros.

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 The QSPEC parameter behavior for the TMOD extended parameter follows
 that defined in Section 3.3.1 of [RFC5975].  The new parameter (and
 all traffic-related parameters) are specified independently from the
 Y.1541 class parameter.

3.2. Restoration Priority Parameter

 Restoration priority is the urgency with which a service requires
 successful restoration under failure conditions.  Restoration
 priority is achieved by provisioning sufficient backup capacity, as
 necessary, and allowing relative priority for access to available
 bandwidth when there is contention for restoration bandwidth.
 Restoration priority is defined as follows:
    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |M|E|N|r|           16          |r|r|r|r|          1            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Rest. Priority|  TTR  |  EOR  |        (Reserved)             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
               Figure 2: Restoration Priority Parameter
 This parameter has three fields and a reserved area, as defined
 below.
 Restoration Priority Field (8-bit unsigned integer):  3 priority
    values are listed here in the order of lowest priority to highest
    priority:
       0 - best effort
       1 - normal
       2 - high
    These priority values are described in [Y.2172], where best-effort
    priority is the same as Priority level 3, normal priority is
    Priority level 2, and high priority is Priority level 1.  There
    are several ways to elaborate on restoration priority, and the two
    current parameters are described below.
 Time-to-Restore (TTR) Field (4-bit unsigned integer):  Total amount
    of time to restore traffic streams belonging to a given
    restoration class impacted by the failure.  This time period
    depends on the technology deployed for restoration.  A fast
    recovery period of < 200 ms is based on current experience with

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    Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) rings and a slower recovery
    period of 2 seconds is suggested in order to enable a voice call
    to recover without being dropped.  Accordingly, TTR restoration
    suggested ranges are:
       0 - Unspecified Time-to-Restore
       1 - Best Time-to-Restore: <= 200 ms
       2 - Normal Time-to-Restore <= 2 s
 Extent of Restoration (EOR) Field (4-bit unsigned integer):
    Percentage of traffic belonging to the restoration class that can
    be restored.  This percentage depends on the amount of spare
    capacity engineered.  All high-priority restoration traffic, for
    example, may be "guaranteed" at 100% by the service provider.
    Other classes may offer lesser chances for successful restoration.
    The restoration extent for these lower priority classes depend on
    SLAs developed between the service provider and the customer.
       EOR values are assigned as follows:
       0 - unspecified EOR
       1 - high priority restored at 100%;
           medium priority restored at 100%
       2 - high priority restored at 100%;
           medium priority restored at 80%
       3 - high priority restored >= 80%;
           medium priority restored >= 80%
       4 - high priority restored >= 80%;
           medium priority restored >= 60%
       5 - high priority restored >= 60%;
           medium priority restored >= 60%
 Reserved:  These 2 octets are reserved.  The Reserved bits MAY be
    designated for other uses in the future.  Senders conforming to
    this version of the Y.1541 QOSM SHALL set the Reserved bits to
    zero.  Receivers conforming to this version of the Y.1541 QOSM
    SHALL ignore the Reserved bits.

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4. Y.1541-QOSM Considerations and Processing Example

 In this section, we illustrate the operation of the Y.1541 QOSM, and
 show how current QoS-NSLP and QSPEC functionality is used.  No new
 processing capabilities are required to enable the Y.1541 QOSM
 (excluding the two OPTIONAL new parameters specified in Section 3).

4.1. Deployment Considerations

 [TRQ-QoS-SIG] emphasizes the deployment of Y.1541 QNEs at the borders
 of supporting domains.  There may be domain configurations where
 interior QNEs are desirable, and the example below addresses this
 possibility.

4.2. Applicable QSPEC Procedures

 All procedures defined in Section 5.3 of [RFC5975] are applicable to
 this QOSM.

4.3. QNE Processing Rules

 Section 7 of [TRQ-QoS-SIG] describes the information processing in
 Y.1541 QNEs.
 Section 8 of [Y.1541] defines the accumulation rules for individual
 performance parameters (e.g., delay, jitter).
 When a QoS NSIS initiator (QNI) specifies the Y.1541 QoS Class
 number, <Y.1541 QoS Class>, it is a sufficient specification of
 objectives for the <Path Latency>, <Path Jitter>, and <Path BER>
 parameters.  As described in Section 2, some Y.1541 Classes do not
 set objectives for all the performance parameters above.  For
 example, Classes 2, 3, and 4 do not specify an objective for <Path
 Jitter> (referred to as IP Packet Delay Variation).  In the case that
 the QoS Class leaves a parameter unspecified, then that parameter
 need not be included in the accumulation processing.

4.4. Processing Example

 As described in the example given in Section 3.4 of [RFC5975] and as
 illustrated in Figure 3, the QoS NSIS initiator (QNI) initiates an
 end-to-end, interdomain QoS NSLP RESERVE message containing the
 Initiator QSPEC.  In the case of the Y.1541 QOSM, the Initiator QSPEC
 specifies the <Y.1541 QOS Class>, <TMOD>, <TMOD Extension>,
 <Admission Priority>, <Restoration Priority>, and perhaps other QSPEC
 parameters for the flow.  As described in Section 3, the TMOD

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 extension parameter contains the OPTIONAL Y.1541-QOSM-specific terms;
 restoration priority is also an OPTIONAL Y.1541-QOSM-specific
 parameter.
 As Figure 3 below shows, the RESERVE message may cross multiple
 domains supporting different QOSMs.  In this illustration, the
 Initiator QSPEC arrives in a QoS NSLP RESERVE message at the ingress
 node of the local-QOSM domain.  As described in [RFC5974] and
 [RFC5975], at the ingress edge node of the local-QOSM domain, the
 end-to-end, interdomain QoS-NSLP message may trigger the generation
 of a Local QSPEC, and the Initiator QSPEC is encapsulated within the
 messages signaled through the local domain.  The Local QSPEC is used
 for QoS processing in the local-QOSM domain, and the Initiator QSPEC
 is used for QoS processing outside the local domain.  As specified in
 [RFC5975], if any QNE cannot meet the requirements designated by the
 Initiator QSPEC to support an optional QSPEC parameter (i.e., with
 the M bit set to zero for the parameter), the QNE sets the N flag
 (not supported flag) for the parameter to one.  For example, if the
 QNE cannot support the accumulation of end-to-end delay with the
 <Path Latency> parameter, where the M flag for the <Path Latency>
 parameter is set to zero denoting <Path Latency> as an optional
 parameter, the QNE sets the N flag (not supported flag) for the <Path
 Latency> parameter to one.
 Also, the Y.1541-QOSM requires negotiation of the <Y.1541 QoS Class>
 across domains.  This negotiation can be done with the use of the
 existing procedures already defined in [RFC5974].  For example, the
 QNI sets <Desired QoS>, <Minimum QoS>, and <Available QoS> objects to
 include <Y.1541 QoS Class>, which specifies objectives for the <Path
 Latency>, <Path Jitter>, and <Path BER> parameters.  In the case that
 the QoS Class leaves a parameter unspecified, then that parameter
 need not be included in the accumulation processing.  The QNE/domain
 SHOULD set the Y.1541 class and cumulative parameters, e.g., <Path
 Latency>, that can be achieved in the <QoS Available> object (but not
 less than specified in <Minimum QoS>).  This could include, for
 example, setting the <Y.1541 QoS Class> to a lower class than
 specified in <QoS Desired> (but not lower than specified in <Minimum
 QoS>).  If the <Available QoS> fails to satisfy one or more of the
 <Minimum QoS> objectives, the QNE/domain notifies the QNI and the
 reservation is aborted.  Otherwise, the QoS NSIS Receiver (QNR)
 notifies the QNI of the <QoS Available> for the reservation.
 When the available <Y.1541 QoS Class> must be reduced from the
 desired <Y.1541 QoS Class> (say, because the delay objective has been
 exceeded), then there is an incentive to respond with an available
 value for delay in the <Path Latency> parameter.  If the available
 <Path Latency> is 150 ms (still useful for many applications) and the
 desired QoS is Class 0 (with its 100 ms objective), then the response

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 would be that Class 0 cannot be achieved, and Class 1 is available
 (with its 400 ms objective).  In addition, this QOSM allows the
 response to include an available <Path Latency> = 150 ms, making
 acceptance of the available <Y.1541 QoS Class> more likely.  There
 are many long paths where the propagation delay alone exceeds the
 Y.1541 Class 0 objective, so this feature adds flexibility to commit
 to exceed the Class 1 objective when possible.
 This example illustrates Y.1541-QOSM negotiation of <Y.1541 QoS
 Class> and cumulative parameter values that can be achieved end-to-
 end.  The example illustrates how the QNI can use the cumulative
 values collected in <QoS Available> to decide if a lower <Y.1541 QoS
 Class> than specified in <QoS Desired> is acceptable.
   |------|   |------|                           |------|   |------|
   | e2e  |<->| e2e  |<------------------------->| e2e  |<->| e2e  |
   | QOSM |   | QOSM |                           | QOSM |   | QOSM |
   |      |   |------|   |-------|   |-------|   |------|   |      |
   | NSLP |   | NSLP |<->| NSLP  |<->| NSLP  |<->| NSLP |   | NSLP |
   |Y.1541|   |local |   |local  |   |local  |   |local |   |Y.1541|
   | QOSM |   | QOSM |   | QOSM  |   | QOSM  |   | QOSM |   | QOSM |
   |------|   |------|   |-------|   |-------|   |------|   |------|
   -----------------------------------------------------------------
   |------|   |------|   |-------|   |-------|   |------|   |------|
   | NTLP |<->| NTLP |<->| NTLP  |<->| NTLP  |<->| NTLP |<->| NTLP |
   |------|   |------|   |-------|   |-------|   |------|   |------|
     QNI         QNE        QNE         QNE         QNE       QNR
   (End)  (Ingress Edge) (Interior)  (Interior) (Egress Edge)  (End)
              Figure 3: Example of Y.1541-QOSM Operation

4.5. Bit-Level QSPEC Example

 This is an example where the QOS Desired specification contains the
 TMOD-1 parameters and TMOD extended parameters defined in this
 specification, as well as the Y.1541 Class parameter.  The QOS
 Available specification utilizes the Latency, Jitter, and Loss
 parameters to enable accumulation of these parameters for easy
 comparison with the objectives desired for the Y.1541 Class.
 This example assumes that all the parameters MUST be supported by the
 QNEs, so all M-flags have been set to 1.

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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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  Vers.|QType=I|QSPEC Proc.=0/1|0|R|R|R|      Length = 23      |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |E|r|r|r|  Type = 0 (QoS Des.)  |r|r|r|r|      Length = 10      |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |1|E|0|r|    ID = 1 <TMOD-1>    |r|r|r|r|      Length = 5       |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  TMOD Rate-1 [r] (32-bit IEEE floating point number)          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  TMOD Size-1 [b] (32-bit IEEE floating point number)          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  Peak Data Rate-1 [p] (32-bit IEEE floating point number)     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  Minimum Policed Unit-1 [m] (32-bit unsigned integer)         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  Maximum Packet Size [MPS] (32-bit unsigned integer)          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |1|E|N|r|           15          |r|r|r|r|          1            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  Peak Bucket Size [Bp] (32-bit IEEE floating point number)    |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |1|E|N|r|           14          |r|r|r|r|          1            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |Y.1541 QoS Cls.|                (Reserved)                     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |E|r|r|r|  Type = 1 (QoS Avail) |r|r|r|r|      Length = 11      |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |1|E|N|r|           3           |r|r|r|r|          1            |
   +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
   |                Path Latency (32-bit integer)                  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |1|E|N|r|           4           |r|r|r|r|          4            |
   +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
   |          Path Jitter STAT1(variance) (32-bit integer)         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |          Path Jitter STAT2(99.9%-ile) (32-bit integer)        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |       Path Jitter STAT3(minimum Latency) (32-bit integer)     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |       Path Jitter STAT4(Reserved)        (32-bit integer)     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |1|E|N|r|           5           |r|r|r|r|          1            |
   +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
   |             Path Packet Loss Ratio (32-bit floating point)    |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |1|E|N|r|           14          |r|r|r|r|          1            |

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   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |Y.1541 QoS Cls.|                (Reserved)                     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
                Figure 4: An Example QSPEC (Initiator)
 where 32-bit floating point numbers are as specified in [IEEE754].

4.6. Preemption Behavior

 The default QNI behavior of tearing down a preempted reservation is
 followed in the Y.1541 QOSM.  The restoration priority parameter
 described above does not rely on preemption.

5. IANA Considerations

 This section defines additional codepoint assignments in the QSPEC
 Parameter ID registry and establishes one new registry for the
 Restoration Priority Parameter (and assigns initial values), in
 accordance with BCP 26 [RFC5226].  It also defines the procedural
 requirements to be followed by IANA in allocating new codepoints for
 the new registry.

5.1. Assignment of QSPEC Parameter IDs

 This document specifies the following QSPEC parameters, which have
 been assigned in the QSPEC Parameter ID registry created in
 [RFC5975]:
    <TMOD Extension> parameter (Section 3.1, ID=15)
    <Restoration Priority> parameter (Section 3.2, ID=16)

5.2. Restoration Priority Parameter Registry

 The Registry for Restoration Priority contains assignments for 3
 fields in the 4-octet word and a Reserved section of the word.
 This specification creates the following registry with the structure
 as defined below.

5.2.1. Restoration Priority Field

 The Restoration Priority Field is 8 bits in length.
 The following values are allocated by this specification:

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 0-2: assigned as specified in Section 3.2:
    0: best-effort priority
    1: normal priority
    2: high priority
 Further values are as follows:
 3-255: Unassigned
 The registration procedure is Specification Required.

5.2.2. Time to Restore Field

 The Time to Restore Field is 4 bits in length.
 The following values are allocated by this specification:
 0-2: assigned as specified in Section 3.2:
    0 - Unspecified Time-to-Restore
    1 - Best Time-to-Restore: <= 200 ms
    2 - Normal Time-to-Restore <= 2 s
 Further values are as follows:
 3-15: Unassigned
 The registration procedure is Specification Required.

5.2.3. Extent of Restoration Field

 The Extent of Restoration (EOR) Field is 4 bits in length.
 The following values are allocated by this specification:
 0-5: assigned as specified in Section 3.2:
     0 - unspecified EOR
     1 - high priority restored at 100%;
         medium priority restored at 100%

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     2 - high priority restored at 100%;
         medium priority restored at 80%
     3 - high priority restored >= 80%;
         medium priority restored >= 80%
     4 - high priority restored >= 80%;
         medium priority restored >= 60%
     5 - high priority restored >= 60%;
         medium priority restored >= 60%
 Further values are as follows:
 6-15: Unassigned
 The registration procedure is Specification Required.

6. Security Considerations

 The security considerations of [RFC5974] and [RFC5975] apply to this
 document.
 The restoration priority parameter raises possibilities for theft-of-
 service attacks because users could claim an emergency priority for
 their flows without real need, thereby effectively preventing serious
 emergency calls from getting through.  Several options exist for
 countering such attacks, for example:
  1. only some user groups (e.g., the police) are authorized to set the

emergency priority bit

  1. any user is authorized to employ the emergency priority bit for

particular destination addresses (e.g., police or fire

    departments)
 There are no other known security considerations based on this
 document.

7. Acknowledgements

 The authors thank Attila Bader, Cornelia Kappler, Sven Van den Bosch,
 and Hannes Tschofenig for helpful comments and discussion.

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8. References

8.1. Normative References

 [IEEE754]      ANSI/IEEE, "ANSI/IEEE 754-1985, IEEE Standard for
                Binary Floating-Point Arithmetic", 1985.
 [RFC2119]      Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
                Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
 [RFC5974]      Manner, J., Karagiannis, G., and A. McDonald, "NSIS
                Signaling Layer Protocol (NSLP) for Quality-of-Service
                Signaling", RFC 5974, October 2010.
 [RFC5975]      Ash, G., Bader, A., Kappler, C., and D. Oran, "QSPEC
                Template for the Quality-of-Service NSIS Signaling
                Layer Protocol (NSLP)", RFC 5975, October 2010.
 [Y.1221]       ITU-T Recommendation Y.1221, "Traffic control and
                congestion control in IP based networks", March 2002.
 [Y.1540]       ITU-T Recommendation Y.1540, "Internet protocol data
                communication service - IP packet transfer and
                availability performance parameters", December 2007.
 [Y.1541]       ITU-T Recommendation Y.1541, "Network Performance
                Objectives for IP-Based Services", February 2006.
 [Y.2172]       ITU-T Recommendation Y.2172, "Service restoration
                priority levels in Next Generation Networks", June
                2007.

8.2. Informative References

 [COMPOSITION]  Morton, A. and E. Stephan, "Spatial Composition of
                Metrics", Work in Progress, July 2010.
 [E.361]        ITU-T Recommendation E.361, "QoS Routing Support for
                Interworking of QoS Service Classes Across Routing
                Technologies", May 2003.
 [RFC2205]      Braden, B., Zhang, L., Berson, S., Herzog, S., and S.
                Jamin, "Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) --
                Version 1 Functional Specification", RFC 2205,
                September 1997.
 [RFC2210]      Wroclawski, J., "The Use of RSVP with IETF Integrated
                Services", RFC 2210, September 1997.

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 [RFC2474]      Nichols, K., Blake, S., Baker, F., and D. Black,
                "Definition of the Differentiated Services Field (DS
                Field) in the IPv4 and IPv6 Headers", RFC 2474,
                December 1998.
 [RFC2475]      Blake, S., Black, D., Carlson, M., Davies, E., Wang,
                Z., and W. Weiss, "An Architecture for Differentiated
                Services", RFC 2475, December 1998.
 [RFC2597]      Heinanen, J., Baker, F., Weiss, W., and J. Wroclawski,
                "Assured Forwarding PHB Group", RFC 2597, June 1999.
 [RFC3246]      Davie, B., Charny, A., Bennet, J., Benson, K., Le
                Boudec, J., Courtney, W., Davari, S., Firoiu, V., and
                D. Stiliadis, "An Expedited Forwarding PHB (Per-Hop
                Behavior)", RFC 3246, March 2002.
 [RFC5226]      Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing
                an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC
                5226, May 2008.
 [RFC5835]      Morton, A. and S. Van den Berghe, "Framework for
                Metric Composition", RFC 5835, April 2010.
 [TRQ-QoS-SIG]  ITU-T Supplement 51 to the Q-Series, "Signaling
                Requirements for IP-QoS", January 2004.

Authors' Addresses

 Gerald Ash
 AT&T Labs
 200 Laurel Avenue South
 Middletown, NJ  07748
 USA
 EMail: gash5107@yahoo.com
 Al Morton
 AT&T Labs
 200 Laurel Avenue South
 Middletown, NJ  07748
 USA
 Phone: +1 732 420 1571
 Fax:   +1 732 368 1192
 EMail: acmorton@att.com
 URI:   http://home.comcast.net/~acmacm/

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 Martin Dolly
 AT&T Labs
 200 Laurel Avenue South
 Middletown, NJ  07748
 USA
 EMail: mdolly@att.com
 Percy Tarapore
 AT&T Labs
 200 Laurel Avenue South
 Middletown, NJ  07748
 USA
 EMail: tarapore@att.com
 Chuck Dvorak
 AT&T Labs
 180 Park Ave Bldg 2
 Florham Park, NJ  07932
 USA
 Phone: + 1 973-236-6700
 EMail: cdvorak@att.com
 Yacine El Mghazli
 Alcatel-Lucent
 Route de Nozay
 Marcoussis cedex  91460
 France
 Phone: +33 1 69 63 41 87
 EMail: yacine.el_mghazli@alcatel.fr

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