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| Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) I. Moiseenko | Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) I. Moiseenko | |||
| Request for Comments: 9531 Apple, Inc. | Request for Comments: 9531 Apple, Inc. | |||
| Category: Experimental D. Oran | Category: Experimental D. Oran | |||
| ISSN: 2070-1721 Network Systems Research and Design | ISSN: 2070-1721 Network Systems Research and Design | |||
| January 2024 | February 2024 | |||
| Path Steering in Content-Centric Networking (CCNx) and Named Data | Path Steering in Content-Centric Networking (CCNx) and Named Data | |||
| Networking (NDN) | Networking (NDN) | |||
| Abstract | Abstract | |||
| Path steering is a mechanism to discover paths to the producers of | Path steering is a mechanism to discover paths to the producers of | |||
| Information-Centric Networking (ICN) Content Objects and steer | Information-Centric Networking (ICN) Content Objects and steer | |||
| subsequent Interest messages along a previously discovered path. It | subsequent Interest messages along a previously discovered path. It | |||
| has various uses, including the operation of state-of-the-art multi- | has various uses, including the operation of state-of-the-art multi- | |||
| skipping to change at line 132 ¶ | skipping to change at line 132 ¶ | |||
| Architectures | Architectures | |||
| There are a number of important use cases to justify extending ICN | There are a number of important use cases to justify extending ICN | |||
| architectures such as CCNx [RFC8569] or NDN [NDN] to provide these | architectures such as CCNx [RFC8569] or NDN [NDN] to provide these | |||
| capabilities. These are summarized as follows: | capabilities. These are summarized as follows: | |||
| * Support the discovery, monitoring, and troubleshooting of multi- | * Support the discovery, monitoring, and troubleshooting of multi- | |||
| path network connectivity, based on names and name prefixes. | path network connectivity, based on names and name prefixes. | |||
| Analogous functions have been shown to be a crucial operational | Analogous functions have been shown to be a crucial operational | |||
| capability in multicast and multi-path topologies for IP. The | capability in multicast and multi-path topologies for IP. The | |||
| canonical tools are the well-known _traceroute_ and _ping_. For | canonical tools are the well-known _traceroute_ and _ping_. For | |||
| point-to-multipoint MPLS, the more recent MPLS traceroute | point-to-multipoint MPLS, the more recent MPLS traceroute | |||
| [RFC8029] protocol is used. Equivalent diagnostic functions have | [RFC8029] protocol is used. Equivalent diagnostic functions have | |||
| been defined for CCNx through the ICN Ping [RFC9508] and ICN | been defined for CCNx through the ICN Ping [RFC9508] and ICN | |||
| Traceroute [RFC9507] specifications; both of which are capable of | Traceroute [RFC9507] specifications; both of which are capable of | |||
| exploiting path steering, if available. | exploiting path steering, if available. | |||
| * Perform accurate online measurement of network performance, which | * Perform accurate online measurement of network performance, which | |||
| generally requires multiple consecutive packets to follow the same | generally requires multiple consecutive packets to follow the same | |||
| path under control of an application. | path under control of an application. | |||
| skipping to change at line 862 ¶ | skipping to change at line 862 ¶ | |||
| DOI 10.17487/RFC8793, June 2020, | DOI 10.17487/RFC8793, June 2020, | |||
| <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8793>. | <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8793>. | |||
| [RFC9217] Trammell, B., "Current Open Questions in Path-Aware | [RFC9217] Trammell, B., "Current Open Questions in Path-Aware | |||
| Networking", RFC 9217, DOI 10.17487/RFC9217, March 2022, | Networking", RFC 9217, DOI 10.17487/RFC9217, March 2022, | |||
| <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9217>. | <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9217>. | |||
| [RFC9507] Mastorakis, S., Oran, D., Moiseenko, I., Gibson, J., and | [RFC9507] Mastorakis, S., Oran, D., Moiseenko, I., Gibson, J., and | |||
| R. Droms, "Information-Centric Networking (ICN) Traceroute | R. Droms, "Information-Centric Networking (ICN) Traceroute | |||
| Protocol Specification", RFC 9507, DOI 10.17487/RFC9507, | Protocol Specification", RFC 9507, DOI 10.17487/RFC9507, | |||
| January 2024, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9507>. | February 2024, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9507>. | |||
| [RFC9508] Mastorakis, S., Oran, D., Gibson, J., Moiseenko, I., and | [RFC9508] Mastorakis, S., Oran, D., Gibson, J., Moiseenko, I., and | |||
| R. Droms, "Information-Centric Networking (ICN) Ping | R. Droms, "Information-Centric Networking (ICN) Ping | |||
| Protocol Specification", RFC 9508, DOI 10.17487/RFC9508, | Protocol Specification", RFC 9508, DOI 10.17487/RFC9508, | |||
| January 2024, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9508>. | February 2024, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9508>. | |||
| [SCION] de Kater, C., Rustignoli, N., and A. Perrig, "SCION | [SCION] de Kater, C., Rustignoli, N., and A. Perrig, "SCION | |||
| Overview", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft- | Overview", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft- | |||
| dekater-panrg-scion-overview-05, 5 November 2023, | dekater-panrg-scion-overview-05, 5 November 2023, | |||
| <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-dekater- | <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-dekater- | |||
| panrg-scion-overview-05>. | panrg-scion-overview-05>. | |||
| [Song2018] Song, J., Lee, M., and T. Kwon, "SMIC: Subflow-level | [Song2018] Song, J., Lee, M., and T. Kwon, "SMIC: Subflow-level | |||
| Multi-path Interest Control for Information Centric | Multi-path Interest Control for Information Centric | |||
| Networking", Proceedings of the 5th ACM Conference on | Networking", Proceedings of the 5th ACM Conference on | |||
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