Take it to 3GPP John, they will accept it.

Behcet

On Wed, May 7, 2025 at 4:52 AM Satoru Matsushima <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi John, thanks for more clarifications. But I'm still unclear on the
> following points:
>
> 1. The figure 3 in the draft does not exactly follow the info model
> defined in TS28.541, which is confusing.
>
> 2. As TS28.541 defined, "ATTACHMENT_CIRCUIT" name in a "connectionPointId"
> seems to be the glue to bind an attachment circuit with UDP source port to
> an EP_Transport. But there is no text to describe that idea in the draft,
> nor in TS28.541.
>
> 3. TS28.541 also specifies a yang model,
> "3gpp_ns_nrm_networkslicesubnet.yang". A grouping "ConnectionPointInfoGrp"
> has a leaf "connectionPointId" to be used in another grouping
> "EPTransportGrp". But there is no other container or grouping using the
> EPTransportGrp in that yang model. So how to use the attachment circuit
> with UDP source port by TS28.541 compliant implementation is still unclear.
>
> Best regards,
> --satoru
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM Kaippallimalil John <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Satoru,
>>
>> Thank you for reviewing the changes in 3.3, rev 18 and for the detailed
>> comments.
>>
>> The text in the draft should be revised. Broad outline of revision:
>> - EP_Transport/.../ATTACHMENT_CIRCUIT with UDP source port number/range
>> is provisioned (before PDU session setup) for each slice (S-NSSAI) that the
>> 3GPP UP node supports.
>>   This uses data structures in 28.541 (details in response - email below).
>> - During PDU session setup, N2/N4 signaling carries S-NSSAI for the PDU
>> session and is provided to the 3GPP user plane nodes.
>>    N2/N4 signaling is in 23.502, 4.3.2 and 38.413 (NGAP - N2), 29.244
>> (PFCP - N4).
>> The ATTACHMENT_CIRCUIT /UDP source port number can thus be associated and
>> used when forwarding a GTP-U packet.
>>
>> Detailed responses and proposed text changes are inline below and tagged
>> [-- Response --].
>>
>> Regards,
>> John
>>
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Satoru Matsushima <[email protected]>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2025 9:40 AM
>> > To: Kaippallimalil John <[email protected]>
>> > Cc: dmm <[email protected]>; dmm-chairs <[email protected]>; Charles Eckel
>> > (eckelcu) <[email protected]>; Lionel Morand <[email protected]>
>> > Subject: Re: draft-ietf-dmm-tn-aware-mobility-18
>> >
>> > Hi John, thank you for the update.
>> >
>> > As you mentioned, I reviewed section 3.3 in terms of both the prior to
>> PDU
>> > session establishment, and during PDU session establishment.
>> >
>> > In section 3.3 para 2, the draft says below:
>> >
>> > > 3GPP user plane nodes (gNB, UPF) are provisioned with GTP transport
>> > > interface information parameters in [TS.28.541-3GPP] for an S-NSSAI.
>> > >
>> >
>> > But I couldn't find exact IOC or attribute defined in TS28.541 to bind
>> GTP
>> > transport interface info parameters for an S-NSSAI.
>> > Can you please indicate where the IOC and/or the attribute defined in
>> > TS28.541?
>>  [-- Response 1--]: Good point - 3GPP only configures S-NSSAI in N4/N2,
>> and does not carry the S-NSSAI in GTP-U.
>> The text "for an S-NSSAI" should be removed. The sentence could be
>> revised to:
>>     "The 3GPP user plane nodes (gNB, UPF) are provisioned with GTP
>> transport interface information parameters in [TS.28.541-3GPP].
>> Each EP_Transport is configured with ATTACHMENT_CIRCUIT containing UDP
>> source port number/range for each of the slices (S-NSSAI) supported by the
>> 3GPP user plane node.
>> The "ATTACHMENT_CIRCUIT" is an enumerated value in connectionPointId
>> (externalEndPointRefList) attribute in EP_Transport."
>>
>> >
>> > Also in section 3.3 para 3, the draft says below:
>> >
>> > > During PDU session setup, the 5G control plane configures parameters
>> > > to setup the user plane for the PDU session across F1-U, N3 and N9
>> > > interfaces. They include the S-NSSAI and corresponding EP_Transport
>> > > information which contains the IP address interface of the GTP-U
>> > > destination and the connectionPointID with attachment circuit
>> > > information. The 3GPP user plane node can now associate the
>> > > provisioned slice and EP_transport to that signaled for the PDU
>> > > session.
>> > >
>> >
>> > I suppose that the above text implies N2, or N4 interface procedures
>> since it
>> > describes PDU session establishment.
>> > But I couldn't find neither EP_Transport nor connectionPointID
>> parameters in
>> > both the N2 (TS38.413) and N4 (TS29.244).
>> > So can you please indicate where those parameters are included in the
>> N2 and
>> > N4?
>>      [-- Response 2 --]: Agree, EP_Transport and connectionPointID are
>> not configured per PDU session, only the S-NSSAI is.
>> Will revise the text to reflect this:
>> " During PDU session setup, the 5G control plane configures parameters to
>> setup the user plane for the PDU session across F1-U, N3 and N9 interfaces.
>> They include the S-NSSAI which allows for the previously configured
>> EP_Transport/ATTACHMENT_CIRCUIT (with UDP source port number/range)
>> to be used when forwarding a GTP-U packet belonging to the PDU session."
>>
>> >
>> > In addition, the Fig.3 in the draft depicts EP_Transport info model
>> which
>> > includes some attributes of the connectionPointIDType, and the
>> > connectionPointID.
>> > But I couldn't find those attributes in EP_Transport IOC in TS28.541.
>> > So can you please indicate where those attributes are defined in
>> EP_Transport
>> > IOC?
>>       [-- Response --]: TS28.541, section 6.3.18 : EP_Transport
>> Attributes ( 6.3.18.2) refers to externalEndPointRefList (defined in 6.4.1).
>> 6.4.1 (externalendPointRefList identifies a list of ConnectionPointInfo
>> (6.3.41) -> connectionPointIdType (6.4.1) - one of which is
>> "ATTACHMENT_CIRCUIT".
>> I did not add these pointers to sections in the specification since the
>> slice mapping concepts in the draft/RFC should be possible to use even as
>> 3GPP standards evolve.
>>
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> > --satoru
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > > 2025/04/22 4:26、Kaippallimalil John
>> > <[email protected]>のメール:
>> > >
>> > > Hi All,
>> > >  I do appreciate all the detailed reviews and comments after rev 17,
>> and
>> > during IETF 122 dmm session.
>> > > The following updates have been made to address comments:
>> > > • Comment that slice types listed in section 1 should be exemplary
>> > > (updated in first para, section 1)
>> > >
>> > > • Clarify relation between 5QI/slices. Updated in section 2 (snippet
>> below):
>> > > “The TN PE does not consider 5QI in the DSCP or GTP-U header for
>> mapping
>> > the 5G slice. 3GPP QoS with 5QI and corresponding DSCP mapping can be
>> > applied to traffic flows  in PDU sessions in the slice independently.”
>> > >
>> > > • Comment in IETF 122: “S-NSSAI and relation to EP_Transport is not
>> clear”
>> > > Revised section 3 as follows.
>> > > Split the original section 3.2 into 2 sections (3.2 and 3.3) as that
>> section was
>> > getting too long.
>> > > Aspects of 3GPP slice configuration are now in section 3.2 and no
>> changes to
>> > the text there were needed.
>> > > Text in section 3.3 is revised to describe configuration related to
>> S-NSSAI,
>> > EP_Transport on 3GPP nodes and IP PE, both prior to PDU session
>> > establishment, and during PDU session establishment.
>> > > The changes can be found in paragraphs 2 and 3 of section 3.3.
>> > > Also, a few changes in section 5.1 to link the changes in 3.3 to the
>> ACaaS
>> > extension for UDP tunnel.
>> > >
>> > > And thank you - Charles and Lionel - for volunteering to review this
>> new
>> > revision.
>> > >  Links to the new revision:
>> > > Datatracker:
>> > >
>> > https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdata
>> > > tracker.ietf.org%2Fdoc%2Fdraft-ietf-dmm-tn-aware-
>> > mobility%2F&data=05%7
>> > >
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>> > >  Best Regards,
>> > > John
>> >
>>
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