ETSI TS 101 569-1 V1.1.1 (2013-10)

Integrated Broadband Cable Telecommunication Networks (CABLE); Cable Network Transition to IPv6 Part 1: IPv6 Transition Requirements

DTS/CABLE-00003

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 27-Oct-2013
• Technical Committee: CABLE - Integrated broadband cable telecommunication networks
• Current Stage: 12 - Completion
• Due Date: 06-Nov-2013
• Completion Date: 28-Oct-2013

Standards Content (Sample)

Technical Specification
Integrated Broadband Cable
Telecommunication Networks (CABLE);
Cable Network Transition to IPv6
Part 1: IPv6 Transition Requirements

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Reference
DTS/CABLE-00003
Keywords
CABLE, IPCable, IPv6
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 13
Foreword . 13
Introduction . 13
1 Scope . 14
2 References . 15
2.1 Normative references . 15
2.2 Informative references . 24
3 Symbols and abbreviations . 25
3.1 Symbols . 25
3.2 Abbreviations . 25
4 Specification Construct . 28
5 Background and Concept of Transition . 28
5.1 Broadband Cable Network Providers . 29
5.2 IP Connectivity in Cable Networks . 29
5.2.1 Customer Host . 30
5.2.2 Home Network . 30
5.2.3 Access Gateway . 30
5.2.4 Access Network . 30
5.2.5 Headend . 31
5.2.6 Internet . 31
5.2.6.1 Transition Technology Summary . 31
6 IPv6 Transition Technologies Specifications . 33
6.1 CPE Specification. 36
6.1.1 Introduction. 36
6.1.2 Functional Description . 36
6.1.3 Summary Base Function: Device Initialization . 37
6.1.3.1 Feature:Device Initialization . 37
6.1.4 Disabled Mode . 37
6.1.5 IPv4 Protocol Enabled Mode . 37
6.1.6 Dual IP Protocol Enabled Mode . 37
6.1.7 IPv6 Protocol Enabled Mode . 38
6.1.8 Transition Technology Provisioning . 38
6.1.9 LAN Functionality . 39
6.1.9.1 Address Assignment. 39
6.1.9.2 DNS. 40
6.1.10 Device Management . 40
6.1.11 Security . 40
6.2 General Requirements for Core Network Elements (AFTR/BR/GN) . 40
6.2.1 Device Management Requirements . 40
6.2.1.1 Feature: LLDP . 40
6.2.1.2 Feature: NTP, IPv4. 41
6.2.1.3 Feature: NTP, IPv6. 41
6.2.1.4 Feature: SSH, IPv4 . 41
6.2.1.5 Feature: SSH, IPv6 . 41
6.2.1.6 Feature: Telnet, IPv4 . 41
6.2.1.7 Feature: Telnet, IPv6 . 41
6.2.1.8 Feature: SNMPv2, IPv4 . 42
6.2.1.9 Feature: SNMPv2, IPv6 . 42
6.2.1.10 Feature: SNMPv3, IPv4 . 42
6.2.1.11 Feature: SNMPv3, IPv6 . 42
6.2.1.12 Feature: Remote Access - TACACS+, IPv4 . 42
6.2.1.13 Feature: Remote Access - TACACS+, IPv6 . 42
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6.2.1.14 Feature: Remote Access - RADIUS, IPv4 . 43
6.2.1.15 Feature: Remote access: Radius, IPv6 . 43
6.2.2 General Specification Performance Requirements . 43
6.2.2.1 Feature: Node Latency below 0,2 ms . 43
6.2.2.2 Feature: Forwarding performance . 43
6.2.3 General Feature Requirements . 43
6.2.3.1 Feature: Load Balancing ECMP . 43
6.2.3.2 Feature: LAG/LACP . 43
6.2.3.3 Feature: Dot1Q interfaces . 44
6.2.3.4 Feature: Traffic monitoring . 44
6.2.3.5 Feature: Netflow IPv4 . 44
6.2.3.6 Feature: Netflow IPv6 . 44
6.2.3.7 Feature: CoPP IPv4 . 45
6.2.3.8 Feature: CoPP IPv6 . 45
6.2.3.9 Feature: ACL support IPv4 . 45
6.2.3.10 Feature: ACL support IPv6 . 45
6.2.3.11 Feature: ISSU . 46
6.2.3.12 Feature: RP / RE redundancy - Non Stop Forwarding - Non Stop Routing . 46
6.2.3.13 Feature: Jumbo Frames IPv4 . 46
6.2.3.14 Feature: Jumbo Frames IPv6 . 46
6.2.3.15 Feature: NDP, NUD, DAD . 46
6.2.3.16 Feature: Ethernet OAM . 47
6.2.3.17 Feature: QoS . 47
6.2.4 Routing Protocol Requirements . 47
6.2.4.1 Feature: Static Routes, IPv4 . 47
6.2.4.2 Feature: Static Routes, IPv6 . 47
6.2.4.3 Feature: OSPFv2 . 48
6.2.4.4 Feature: OSPFv3 . 48
6.2.4.5 Feature: ISIS IPv4 . 48
6.2.4.6 Feature: ISIS IPv6 . 48
6.2.4.7 Feature: BGP IPv4 . 49
6.2.4.8 Feature: BGP IPv6 . 49
6.2.4.9 Feature: MP-BGP IPv4 . 50
6.2.4.10 Feature: MP-BGP IPv6 . 50
6.2.4.11 Feature: BFD IPv4 . 51
6.2.4.12 Feature: BFD IPv6 . 51
6.2.4.13 Feature: Policy Based Routing IPv4 . 51
6.2.4.14 Feature: Policy Based Routing IPv6 . 52
6.2.5 MPLS Requirements . 52
6.2.5.1 Feature: MPLS LDP IPv4 . 52
6.2.6 Service Requirements . 52
6.2.6.1 Feature: IP-VPN's IPv4 . 52
6.2.6.2 Feature: IP-VPN's IPv6 . 52
6.2.6.3 Feature: Point-to-Point L2VPN . 52
6.2.6.4 Feature: VPLS . 53
6.2.6.5 Feature: 6PE . 53
6.2.6.6 Feature: 6VPE . 53
6.3 DS-Lite . 53
6.3.1 DS-Lite Technology Feature Summary . 53
6.3.2 Main DS-Lite RFC References . 58
6.3.3 DS-Lite AFTR CORE Device (LSN/CGN) Specification and Requirements . 59
6.3.4 Hardware/Software Requirements . 59
6.3.4.1 Feature: HA Physical Redundancy NPUs . 59
6.3.4.2 Feature: ISSU . 59
6.3.4.3 Feature: RP/RE redundancy . 59
6.3.4.4 Feature: Shared/Split Re sourc es . 60
6.3.4.5 Feature: Traffic Based Load Balanced NPUs . 60
6.3.5 Performance Requirements . 60
6.3.5.1 Feature: Node latency . 60
6.3.5.2 Feature: Max throughput per NPU . 60
6.3.5.3 Feature: Chassis Throughput . 61
6.3.5.4 Feature: Min Sessions per AFTR Chassis . 61
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6.3.5.5 Feature: Minimum Customer IPv4 Addresses per NPU . 61
6.3.5.6 Feature: Min Customer B4s per NPU . 61
6.3.6 Feature Specifications . 61
6.3.6.1 Feature: Tunnel Identifiers/Client-Customer ID . 61
6.3.6.2 Feature: ICMPv6: Neighbour Discovery and Stateless Auto-Configuration . 62
6.3.6.3 Feature: IPv6 Global Unicast Address Format . 63
6.3.6.4 Feature: DS-Lite timers . 64
6.3.6.5 Feature: Thresholds and Watermarks . 64
6.3.6.6 Feature: Softwire Initialization Dynamic Tunnels . 65
6.3.6.7 Feature: Port Block Allocation per IP . 65
6.3.6.8 Feature: Deterministic NAT / Deterministic Dynamic Allocation and Thresholds . 65
6.3.6.9 Feature: IP Ranges per Chassis . 66
6.3.6.10 Feature: NAT Grouping resource Sharing . 67
6.3.6.11 Feature: Virtual interface per Chassis . 67
6.3.6.12 Feature: NPU to Interface throughput ratio . 67
6.3.6.13 Feature: AFTR Address (es) . 67
6.3.6.14 Feature: Anycast Gateway Address . 68
6.3.6.15 Feature: Mulitple Source Prefix Filtering per AFTR Interface / Address . 68
6.3.6.16 Feature: AFTR Address Withdrawal . 68
6.3.6.17 Feature: Chassis DS-Lite Clustering . 68
6.3.6.18 Feature: Multiple Transition Technology Resource Sharing . 69
6.3.6.19 Feature: NPU / chassis Buffering . 69
6.3.6.20 Feature: Tunnel MTU Sizing . 70
6.3.6.21 Feature: MSS Clamping . 70
6.3.6.22 Feature: DS-Lite Fragmentation and Buffering according to RFC 6333 . 70
6.3.6.23 Feature: Stateful ICMP with PMTU . 71
6.3.6.24 Feature: Port Reservation . 71
6.3.6.25 Feature: Static Port Forwards . 71
6.3.6.26 Feature: PCP Mode . 71
6.3.6.27 Feature: PCP Failure . 72
6.3.6.28 Feature: PCP (SI-ID Extension Base) Multi-session Dynamic Forwarding. 73
6.3.7 Monitoring and Management . 73
6.3.7.1 Feature: LLDP . 73
6.3.7.2 Feature: NTP, IPv4. 73
6.3.7.3 Feature: NTP, IPv6. 73
6.3.7.4 Feature: SSH, IPv4 . 74
6.3.7.5 Feature: SSH, IPv6 . 74
6.3.7.6 Feature: Telnet, IPv4 . 74
6.3.7.7 Feature: Telnet, IPv6 . 74
6.3.7.8 Feature: SNMP DS-Lite General . 74
6.3.7.9 Feature: SNMPv2, IPv4 . 75
6.3.7.10 Feature: SNMPv2, IPv6 . 75
6.3.7.11 Feature: SNMPv3, IPv4 . 75
6.3.7.12 Feature: SNMPv3, IPv6 . 75
6.3.7.13 Feature: Remote Access - TACACS+, IPv4 . 75
6.3.7.14 Feature: Remote Access: TACACS+, IPv6 . 75
6.3.8 DS-Lite CPE Requirements . 76
6.3.8.1 CPE Definition . 78
6.3.8.1.1 Feature: Cable Router B4 Functionality . 78
6.3.8.1.2 Feature: SLAAC . 78
6.3.8.1.3 Feature: DNS . 78
6.3.8.1.4 Feature: IPv6 LAN IP Addressing . 78
6.3.8.1.5 Feature: IPv4 LAN IP Addressing . 78
6.3.8.1.6 Feature: Packet Encapsulation . 79
6.3.8.1.7 Feature: Packet Decapsulation . 79
6.3.8.1.8 Feature: MTU and fragmentation . 79
6.3.8.1.9 Feature: MSS clamping . 80
6.3.8.1.10 Feature: DHCPv4 option 26 . 80
6.3.8.1.11 Feature: Recommendations . 81
6.3.8.1.12 Feature: Inbound sessions . 81
6.3.8.1.13 Feature: Dual Stack Lite QoS using the IPv6 Flow label . 81
6.3.8.1.14 Feature: MIB Support for DS Lite . 82
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6.3.8.1.15 Feature: Port Reservation . 82
6.3.8.1.16 Feature: PCP Mode . 82
6.3.8.1.17 Feature: PCP Failure . 83
6.3.9 DS-Lite Technical Viability . 84
6.4 NAT64 Technology Summary . 84
6.4.1 NAT64 LSN Technology Feature Summary . 86
6.4.2 Main NAT64 RFC References. 89
6.4.3 CORE Device (LSN/CGN) . 90
6.4.4 Hardware / Software Requirements . 90
6.4.4.1 Feature: HA Physical Redundancy NPUs . 90
6.4.4.2 Feature: ISSU . 90
6.4.4.3 Feature: RP / RE redundancy . 90
6.4.4.4 Feature: Shared/Split Re sourc es . 91
6.4.4.5 Feature: Traffic Based Load Balanced NPUs . 91
6.4.5 Performance Requirements . 91
6.4.5.1 Feature: Node latency . 91
6.4.5.2 Feature: Max throughput per NPU . 91
6.4.5.3 Feature: Chassis Throughput . 92
6.4.5.4 Feature: Min Sessions per NAT64 Chassis . 92
6.4.5.5 Feature: Minimum Customer IPv4 Addresses per NPU . 92
6.4.5.6 Feature: Min Customer CPEs per NPU . 92
6.4.6 Feature Specifications . 92
6.4.6.1 Feature: Source Ipv6/Client-Customer ID . 92
6.4.6.2 Feature: ICMPv6: Neighbour Discovery and Stateless Auto-Configuration . 93
6.4.6.3 Feature: IPv6 Global Unicast Address Format . 93
6.4.6.4 Feature: NAT64 LSN timers . 93
6.4.6.5 Feature: NAT64 DNS64 . 93
6.4.6.6 Feature: Thresholds and Watermarks . 94
6.4.6.7 Feature: Port Block Allocation per IP . 94
6.4.6.8 Feature: Deterministic NAT / Deterministic Dynamic thresholds . 94
6.4.6.9 Feature: IP Ranges per Chassis . 96
6.4.6.10 Feature: NAT Grouping resource Sharing . 96
6.4.6.11 Feature: Virtual interface per Chassis . 96
6.4.6.12 Feature: NPU to Interface throughput ratio . 97
6.4.6.13 Feature: NAT64 Address (es) . 97
6.4.6.14 Feature: Anycast Gateway Address . 97
6.4.6.15 Feature: Multiple Source Prefixes per NAT64 Interface. 97
6.4.6.16 Feature: NAT64 Address Withdrawal . 98
6.4.6.17 Feature: Chassis Clustering . 98
6.4.6.18 Feature: Multiple Transition Technology Resource Sharing . 98
6.4.6.19 Feature: NPU / chassis Buffering . 99
6.4.6.20 Feature: NAT64 LSN Fragmentation and Buffering . 99
6.4.6.21 Feature: Stateful ICMP . 99
6.4.6.22 Feature: Port Reservation . 100
6.4.7 Monitoring and Management . 100
6.4.7.1 Feature: LLDP . 100
6.4.7.2 Feature: NTP, IPv4. 100
6.4.7.3 Feature: NTP, IPv6. 100
6.4.7.4 Feature: SSH, IPv4 . 100
6.4.7.5 Feature: SSH, IPv6 . 101
6.4.7.6 Feature: Telnet, IPv4 . 101
6.4.7.7 Feature: Telnet, IPv6 . 101
6.4.7.8 Feature: SNMPv2, IPv4 . 101
6.4.7.9 Feature: SNMPv2, IPv6 . 101
6.4.7.10 Feature: SNMPv3, IPv4 . 101
6.4.7.11 Feature: SNMPv3, IPv6 . 102
6.4.7.12 Feature: Remote Access - TACACS+, IPv4 . 102
6.4.7.13 Feature: Remote Access - TACACS+, IPv6 . 102
6.4.8 NAT64 CPE requirements . 102
6.4.8.1 Feature: WAN Interface Address Requirements . 103
6.4.8.2 Feature: Local Area Networking Interfaces . 103
6.4.8.3 Feature: IP address provision . 103
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6.4.8.4 Feature: Integrated IPv6 Statefull Firewall . 103
6.4.8.5 Feature: Recursive DNS Server . 104
6.4.8.6 Feature: User Interface Provision . 104
6.4.8.7 Feature: Access Control . 104
6.4.8.8 Feature: Device Localization . 104
6.4.8.9 Feature: CPE Device Status Indication . 104
6.4.8.10 Feature: Router Basic Configuration . 105
6.4.8.11 Feature: Advanced router control and configuration. . 105
6.4.8.12 Feature: The CPE device has to implement a Firewall user interface with user accessible
configuration control . 105
6.4.8.13 Feature: User Interface - Parental Control . 106
6.4.8.14 Feature: Wireless Status and configuration . 106
6.4.8.15 Feature: CPE Configuration Options . 106
6.4.9 Technical Viability . 106
6.5 NAT44 . 107
6.5.1 NAT44 Technical Summary . 107
6.5.2 Technical Specifications . 108
6.5.3 Main NAT44 RFC References. 111
6.5.4 CORE Device (LSN/CGN) . 111
6.5.5 Hardware/Software Requirements . 111
6.5.5.1 Feature: HA Physical Redundancy NPUs . 111
6.5.5.2 Feature: ISSU . 111
6.5.5.3 Feature: RP / RE redundancy . 112
6.5.5.4 Feature: Shared/Split Re sourc es . 112
6.5.5.5 Feature: Traffic Based Load Balanced NPUs . 112
6.5.5.6 Feature: Routing and MPLS . 112
6.5.6 Performance Requirements . 113
6.5.6.1 Feature: Node latency . 113
6.5.6.2 Feature: Max throughput per NPU . 113
6.5.6.3 Feature: Chassis Throughput . 113
6.5.6.4 Feature: Min Sessions per NAT44 CGN Chassis. 114
6.5.6.5 Feature: Minimum Customer IPv4 Addresses per NPU . 114
6.5.6.6 Feature: Min Customer CPEs per NPU . 114
6.5.7 Feature Specifications . 114
6.5.7.1 Feature: NAT44 - RFC 4787 . 114
6.5.7.2 Feature: NAT44 - RFC 5382 . 115
6.5.7.3 Feature: NAT44 - RFC 5508 . 115
6.5.7.4 Feature: NAT44 - Network Address and Port Mapping - Endpoint Independent Mapping . 116
6.5.7.5 Feature: NAT44 - Translation Filtering - Endpoint Independent Filtering . 117
6.5.7.6 Feature: NAT44 - Paired IP Address Assignment . 117
6.5.7.7 Feature: NAT44 - Port Parity Assignment .
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