Dear Cong Liu, thanks for your feedback - please see inline.
On 30.09.2013 08:47, Cong Liu wrote:
Regarding this draft, I have the following comments for consideration. P14: "This tree can be of lesser routing efficiency than the PIM source register tunnel established in phase one, but provides the advantage of immediate data delivery to receivers that share a MAG with S." - This sentence implicitly indicates that local receivers sharing a MAG with S cannot receive immediate multicast traffic from the S in phase one. In my opinion, even in phase one, the MAG acting as the DR has the related multicast state so that immediate data delivery is possible. If so, the sentence here is not appropriate.
This sentence actually refers to the building of an (S,G)-Tree at the end of PIM phase II. This tree follows reverse unicast routes and thus traverses the LMA-MAG tunnel - this is why it may be of lower efficiency than the forward (register) tunnel in phase I.
What you are referring to is the question of source-local traffic distribution in PIM phase I. According to the way I understand PIM-SM, it does not distribute source-specific traffic locally in Phase I. This is because a local source S generates an (S,G)-State at the sender's local router (DR), but a receiver in ASM requires an (*,G) service.
If (S,G) traffic were distributed locally, then the required (*,G)-Join to the RP would cause duplicate (S,G) traffic arriving at the source-local receiver.
Looking at the spec in Section 3.1 of RFC4601: "At the end of phase one, multicast traffic is flowing encapsulated to the RP, and then natively over the RP tree to the multicast receivers."
Some nits: 1) The term "MLD proxy" and "MLD Proxy" should be unified as MLD proxy or MLD Proxy 2) P14: This tree can be of lesser routing efficiency - This tree can be of less routing efficiency
Thanks, it's fixed. Best regards, Thomas
Thanks! Best Regards, Cong Liu 2013/9/30 Thomas C. Schmidt <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> Hi Dirk, thanks again for your detailed comments. Please see replies inline. On 26.08.2013 18:29, [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: As promised at IETF-87 I did a review of the source multicast mobility draft and think the document is in quite good shape. Being not the distinct expert in details of multicast protocols I am not sure to have understood everything in detail, so please correct me and forgive misunderstandings ... The three scenarios described are 1) the base solution with MLD proxies at MAGs (and optionally also at LMAs) (sect.3) 2) direct routing with or without MLD proxies at MAGs and with native Multicast support at MAG level or above via different established Multicast protocols (sect.4) 3) Routing optimization for direct routing with MLD proxies at MAGs (sect. 5) Right? Yes, this is it. IMHO from the abstract this is not easily to see. We have adjusted the abstract. In any case, it explicitly addresses (enumerates) the three scenarios mentioned abobe. I have some comments and suggestions to increase readability, in addition to some nits found, given in the following: Fig. 1, fig.3 to be placed on single pages to simplify readability. This is a fine-tuning that shall be done with the RFC-editor. In the process of RFC-editing, the boilerplate will change and so will the positioning of floating text and figures. Consistently use re-attach and re-distribute _or_ reattach and redistribute, respectively, throughout document. Is there any implicit meaning of Proxy with respect to proxy? Also MLD Proxy and MLD proxy are both used throughout the document ... Thanks ... this should be corrected, now. p.1 optimizations for synchronizing PMIPv6 with PIM, as well as a peering function for MLD Proxies defined. => optimizations for synchronizing PMIPv6 with PIM, as well as a peering function for MLD Proxies are defined. Thanks, corrected. p.3 Such approaches (partially) follow the business model of providing multicast data services in parallel to PMIPv6 unicast routing. ==> shouldn't one or more references be added here such as to [I-D.ietf-multimob-pmipv6-__ropt], draft-ietf-multimob-fmipv6-__pfmipv6-multicast, draft-ietf-multimob-handover-__optimization ...? Yes, good point: It's added now. needs of receptive use cases => needs of applications for mobile multicast reception of content from few and mainly fixed content sources p.5 A multicast unaware MAG would simply discard these packets in the absence of a multicast routing information base (MRIB). ==> shouldn't one add more information about MRIBs introduced here for non-multicast aware readers such as: Such tables similar to MFIBs mentioned in RFC 6224 ensure that the router is able to correctly route/forward packets with multicast addresses as destinations . O.K. - we've added a brief explanatory insert ... even though I believe that a mulitcast unaware reader will not succeed in taking profit from this document ;) In case of a handover, the MN (unaware of IP mobility) => In case of a handover, the MN (being unaware of IP mobility) O.K., fixed. as soon as network connectivity is reconfigured => as soon as network connectivity is re-established O.K., fixed. p.7 multicast data is => multicast data are Mhmm, my dictionary says "data is" ... "data" is a singular term that subsumes (uncountable) plural ... p.8 In addition, an LMA serving as PIM Designated Router is connected => In addition, an LMA serving as PIM Designated Router (DR) is connected O.K., fixed. incoming interface validation is only performed by RPF checks => incoming interface validation is only performed by RPF (Reverse Path Forwarding) checks O.K., fixed. Notably, running BIDIR PIM [RFC5015] on LMAs remains robust with respect to source location and does not require special configurations or state management for sources. ==> Wouldn't it make sense to add a reason for this, e.g. ... since BIDIR PIM automatically builds trees to allow multicast data to be natively forwarded from sources to receivers without requiring source-specific information ... On the other hand a reference to sect. 4.4 might be perhaps misleading here since this section is not on direct multicast routing?! This is about the nature of BIDIR-PIM. The reason for this property is the bidirectional use of a static (= source-independent) spanning tree ... but explaining the ideas behind BIDIR-PIM may really go too far here ... if readers haven't heard about BIDIR-PIM, the should look up the reference. an IGMP proxy function needs to be deployed at MAGs in exactly the same way as for IPv6. => an IGMP proxy function needs to be deployed at MAGs in exactly the same way as is done for an MLD proxy for IPv6. p.9 For a dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 access network, the MAG proxy instances => For a dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 access network, the MAG proxy instances (i.e. IPMP/MLD proxy functions) In the following, efficiency-related issues remain. => In the following, efficiency-related issues which remain unsolved within the above defined base PMIPv6 multicast source support are described. Here, we would prefer the shorter forms. p.11 upstream will lead traffic into the multicast infrastructure => upstream will transfer traffic into the multicast infrastructure o.k. p.12 configurations have completed => configurations have been completed o.k. traffic from the mobile source continues to be transmitted via the same next-hop router using the same source address => traffic from the mobile source continues to be transmitted via the same next-hop multicast router using the same source address o.k. by aggregating proxies on a lower layer. ==> please clarify: what layer exactly is proposed? PIM DR at MAGs? A lower layer is meant in the (OSI) layered model: Layer 2 or below. in the access network for providing multicast services in parallel to unicast routes. => in the access network for providing multicast services in parallel to unicast routes ( see Fig. 3(b)). O.K. p.13 The following information is needed for all phases of PIM. => The following information is needed for all three phases of PIM as outlined in [RFC4601]. O.K. P.14 configured to not initiated (S,G) shortest path tress for mobile => configured to not initiated (S,G) shortest path trees for mobile Thanks, o.k. mobile source. This tree can be of lesser routing efficiency than => mobile source. This tree can be of lower routing efficiency than o.k. In response, the PIM RP will recognize the known source at a new (tunnel) interface immediately responds with a register stop. => In response, the PIM RP will recognize the known source at a new (tunnel) interface and thus (?) immediately respond with a register stop. O.k., fixed. As the RP had joined the shortest path tree to receive from the source via the LMA, =>As the RP has joined the shortest path tree to receive data from the source via the LMA, Meanwhile replaced. the LMA, it will see an RPF change when data arrives at a new => the LMA, it will see an RPF change when data arrive at a new s.o. In response to an exceeded threshold of packet transmission, DRs of receivers eventually will initiated a source-specific Join for => In response to an exceeded threshold of packet transmission, DRs of receivers eventually will initiate a source-specific Join for Thanks, fixed. this (S,G) tree will range from the receiving DR via the (stable) LMA, the LMA-MAG tunnel to the mobile source => this (S,G) tree will range from the receiving DR via the (stable) LMA, the LMA-MAG tunnel, and the serving MAG to the mobile source (described from leave to root?) o.k. This tree is of higher routing efficiency than established in the previous phase two => This tree is of higher routing efficiency than that established in the previous phase two thanks, o.k. p.15 via the source register tunnel. Tree mainenance eventually triggered => via the source register tunnel. Tree maintenance eventually triggered Thanks, o.k. p.16 BIDIR-PIM MAY be deployed in the access network => BIDIR-PIM [RFC5015] MAY be deployed in the access network Ref has been provided before. remain uneffected by node mobility => remain unaffected by node mobility Thanks, fixed. spanning group tree => spanning tree for the multicast group /multicast spanning tree o.k., thanks. p.17 document. To overcome these deficits, an optimized approach to ==> AFAIU it does mainly cover deficits mentioned in sect. 4, if also those inefficiencies described in 3.2.5 are tackled this should be explained Actually, the main concerns that are addressed in this peering approach are from section 3.2.5, namely the parallel proxy instances, which route via an LMA. We've added text to make this clearer. Following different techniques, these requirements are met in the following solutions. ==> to me it seems to be one solution only (peering between MLD proxies) adapted to several multicast protocol implementations for ASM and SSM Yes, the original text covered also the multiple-upstream proxy, which moved to the appendix now. The text has been corrected now. but provide superior performance in the presence of source- specific signaling (IGMPv3/MLDv2). ==> Wouldn't a reference to RFC 4604 ("Using Internet Group Management Protocol Version 3 (IGMPv3) and Multicast Listener Discovery Protocol Version 2 (MLDv2) for Source-Specific Multicast") make sense or be helpful here? O.k., we've added this. p.18 This filter base Must be updated, if and => This filter base MUST be updated, if and thanks, fixed. In addition, local multicast packets are transferred => In addition, multicast packets from locally attached sources are transferred or: In addition, such locally arriving multicast packets are transferred O.k., reworded. p.19 6. IANA Considerations TODO. ==> to me there seem to be no IANA activities arising from the proposed protocol modifications, right? Yes. p.20 the PMIPv6 domain will not actively terminate group membership prior to departure. => the PMIPv6 domain will in general not actively terminate group membership prior to departure. o.k. p.22 but alternate configuriations => but alternate configurations a state decomposition , if needed => a state decomposition, if needed... Thanks, fixed. Hope this helps. Yes, thanks a lot for this detailed review! Best wishes, Thomas -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:multimob-bounces@ietf.__org <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Samstag, 13. Juli 2013 00:50 To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [multimob] I-D Action: draft-ietf-multimob-pmipv6-__source-04.txt A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories. This draft is a work item of the Multicast Mobility Working Group of the IETF. Title : Mobile Multicast Sender Support in Proxy Mobile IPv6 (PMIPv6) Domains Author(s) : Thomas C. Schmidt Shuai Gao Hong-Ke Zhang Matthias Waehlisch Filename : draft-ietf-multimob-pmipv6-__source-04.txt Pages : 24 Date : 2013-07-12 Abstract: Multicast communication can be enabled in Proxy Mobile IPv6 domains via the Local Mobility Anchors by deploying MLD Proxy functions at Mobile Access Gateways, via a direct traffic distribution within an ISP's access network, or by selective route optimization schemes. This document describes the support of mobile multicast senders in Proxy Mobile IPv6 domains for all three scenarios. Protocol optimizations for synchronizing PMIPv6 with PIM, as well as a peering function for MLD Proxies defined. Mobile sources always remain agnostic of multicast mobility operations. 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