Transport Area Working Group                                G. Fairhurst
Internet-Draft                                    University of Aberdeen
Updates: 2474 (if approved)                               April 03, 2018
Intended status: Standards Track
Expires: October 03, 2018

IANA Assignment of DSCP Pool 3 (xxxx01) Values to require Publication of
             a Standards Track or Best Current Practice RFC
                 draft-ietf-tsvwg-iana-dscp-registry-02

Abstract

   The Differentiated Services (Diffserv) architecture specifies use of
   a field in the IPv4 and IPv6 packet headers to carry Diffserv
   Codepoint (DSCP) values.  The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
   (IANA) maintains a registry of assigned DSCP values.

   This update to RFC2474 changes the IANA assignment method for Pool 3
   of the registry (i.e., DSCP values of the form xxxx01) to Standards
   Action, i.e., values are assigned through a Standards Track or Best
   Current Practice RFC. The update also removes permission for
   experimental and Local Use of the Codepoints that form Pool 3 of the
   DSCP registry; Pool 1 Codepoints (i.e., DSCP values of the form
   xxxx11) remain available for these purposes.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2
   2.  Terminology  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   3.  The update to RFC2474  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
   4.  Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
   5.  IANA Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
   6.  Acknowledgments  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
   7.  References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
     7.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
     7.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
   Appendix A. Revision Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
   Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6

.  Introduction

   The Differentiated Services (Diffserv) [RFC2475] architecture
   (updated by [RFC3260]) provides scalable service differentiation in
   the Internet.  Diffserv uses the six most significant bits of the
   former IPv4 Type of Service (TOS) octet or the former IPV6 Traffic
   Class octet to convey the field, which is used to carry the Diffserv
   Codepoint (DSCP). This DSCP value is used to select a Diffserv Per
   hop Behaviour, PHB.

   The six bit field is capable of conveying 64 distinct codepoints, and
   this codepoint space has been divided into three pools for the
   purpose of codepoint assignment and management (as shown in figure
   1). Pool 1 comprises 32 codepoints [RFC2474].  These are assigned by
   Standards Action, as defined in [RFC8126].  Pool 2 comprises a pool
   of 16 codepoints reserved for experimental or Local Use (EXP/LU) as
   defined in [RFC2474], and Pool 3 comprises 16 codepoints, which were
   specified as "initially available for experimental or local use, but
   which should be preferentially utilized for standardized assignments
   if Pool 1 is ever exhausted" [RFC2474].











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   +------+------------------+
   | Pool | Codepoint Space |
   +------+------------------+
   |  1   |      xxxxx0      |
   +------+------------------+
   |  2   |      xxxx11      |
   +------+------------------+
   |  3   |      xxxx01      |
   +------+------------------+

   Figure 1: Format of the field for codepoints allocated in the
   three IANA pools (where 'x' refers to either '0' or '1').


   At the time of writing this document, 23 of the 32 Pool 1 codepoints
   have currently been assigned.

   Although Pool 1 has not yet been completely exhausted, this document
   changes the IANA registration policy of Pool 3 to assignment by
   Standards Action, i.e., values are assigned by Standards Track or
   Best Current Practice RFCs.  The rationale for this update is a need
   to assign codepoints for particular PHBs that are unable to use any
   of the unassigned values in Pool 1.

   An example is the need to assign a suitable recommended default
   codepoint for the Lower Effort (LE) per-hop behavior (PHB) [I-D.ietf-
   tsvwg-le-phb].  The LE PHB is designed to protect best-effort (BE)
   traffic (packets forwarded with the default PHB) from LE traffic in
   congestion situations, i.e., when resources become scarce, best-
   effort traffic has precedence over LE traffic and may preempt it.
   The continued presence of bleaching of the IP precedence field,
   setting the first three bits of the former TOS byte to zero (i.e.,
   zeroing the top three bits of the DSCP) in deployed networks
   motivates the desire for the LE PHB to use a DSCP with a zero value
   for the first three bits [I-D.ietf-tsvwg-le-phb].  At the same time,
   it is also important to reduce the likelihood of priority inversion
   caused by unintentional re-mapping of other (higher assurance)
   traffic to the DSCP used for this PHB. The absence of unassigned
   codepoints in Pool 1 that exhibit these important properties
   motivates assigning a Pool 3 codepoint as the default that is
   recommended for use with this PHB.

   To allow the IETF to utilise Pool 3 codepoints, this document
   requests IANA to to manage Pool 3 assignments for DSCP values in Pool
   3 via the Standards Action policy [RFC8126].  This assignment method
   requires publication of a Standards Track or Best Current Practice
   RFC.

.  Terminology

   This document assumes familiarity with the terminology used in
   [RFC2475] updated by [RFC3260].


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

.  The update to RFC2474

   This document updates section 6 of [RFC2474], in the following ways.

   It updates the following text concerning the assignment method:

   OLD: which are initially available for experimental or local use, but
      which should be preferentially utilized for standardized
      assignments if Pool 1 is ever exhausted.

   NEW: which are utilized for standardized assignments (replacing the
      previous availability for experimental or local use).

   It removes the footnote in RFC2474 relating to Pool 3:

   DELETE: "(*) may be utilized for future Standards Action allocations
      as necessary"

   The new registry contents are shown in Figure 2.

                 Pool        Codepoint space          Assignment Policy
                 ----        ---------------          -----------------

                 1            xxxxx0                 Standards Action
                 2            xxxx11                 EXP/LU
                 3            xxxx01                 Standards Action

                 Figure 2: Updated Assignment Policy for the DSCP Registry

.  Security Considerations

   Security considerations for the use of DSCP values are described in
   the RFCs that define their usage.  This document does not present new
   security considerations.

.  IANA Considerations

   This section requests IANA to change the use of Pool 3 in the DSCP
   registry and to manage this pool using a Standards Action assignment
   method.

   This requests IANA to make the following changes to the
   Differentiated Services field Codepoints (DSCP) Registry, made
   available at [Registry].

   The previous registry text:



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      3 xxxx01 Experimental or Local Use May be utilized for future
      Standards Action allocations as necessary.

   is replaced with the following registry text:

      3 xxxx01 Standards Action.

   To manage codepoints in Pool 3, IANA is requested to create and
   maintain a "Pool 3 Codepoints" entry.  Pool 3 of the registry is to
   be created initially empty, with a format identical to that used for
   "Pool 1 Codepoints".

   The Registration Procedure for use of Pool 3 is "Standards Action"
   [RFC8126].  IANA is expected to normally make assignments from Pool
   1, until this Pool is exhausted, but MAY make assignments from Pool 3
   where the format of the codepoint has properties that are needed for
   a specific PHB. The required characteristics for choosing the DSCP
   value MUST be explained in the IANA considerations of the document
   that requests any assignment from Pool 3

   IANA is requested to reference RFC3260 and this current document.

.  Acknowledgments

   G. Fairhurst received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020
   research and innovation program 2014-2018 under grant agreement No.
   644334 (NEAT).

.  References

7.1.  Normative References

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, DOI 10.17487/
              RFC2119, March 1997, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/
              rfc2119>.

   [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, DOI
              10.17487/RFC2474, December 1998, <http://www.rfc-
              editor.org/info/rfc2474>.

   [RFC3260]  Grossman, D., "New Terminology and Clarifications for
              Diffserv", RFC 3260, DOI 10.17487/RFC3260, April 2002,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3260>.

7.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.ietf-tsvwg-le-phb]
              Bless, R., "A Lower Effort Per-Hop Behavior (LE PHB)",
              Internet-Draft draft-ietf-tsvwg-le-phb-02, June 2017.


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   [RFC2475]  Blake, S., Black, D., Carlson, M., Davies, E., Wang, Z.
              and W. Weiss, "An Architecture for Differentiated
              Services", RFC 2475, DOI 10.17487/RFC2475, December 1998,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2475>.

   [RFC8126]  Cotton, M., Leiba, B. and T. Narten, "Guidelines for
              Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26,
              RFC 8126, DOI 10.17487/RFC8126, June 2017, <https://www
              .rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8126>.

   [Registry]
              IANA, "Differentiated Services Field Codepoints (DSCP),
              https://www.iana.org/assignments/dscp-registry/dscp-
              registry.xhtml", .

Appendix A.  Revision Notes

   Note to RFC-Editor: please remove this entire section prior to
   publication.

   Individual submission as draft -00.

   o  This is the initial version of the document.

   o  Advice in this rev.  from Michelle Cotton on the IANA procedure.

   o  Thanks to Brian Carpenter for helpful inputs to this ID.

   Individual submission as draft -01.

   o  Thanks to Roland Bless for review comments.

   Individual submission as draft -02 (author requests adoption as a
   TSVWG WG draft).

   o  Thanks to David Black for review comments in preparing rev -02.

   Working Group submission as draft -00

   o  Adopted by the TSVWG working group.

   Working Group submission as draft -01

   o  Fixed exploded acronyms.

   Working Group submission as draft -02

   o  Corrections after WGLC.

Author's Address




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   Godred Fairhurst
   University of Aberdeen
   Department of Engineering
   Fraser Noble Building
   Aberdeen, AB24 3UE
   Scotland

   Email: gorry@erg.abdn.ac.uk
   URI:   http://www.erg.abdn.ac.uk/












































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