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CCAMP Working Group The requirement of slicing network resources with desired quality of service is emerging at every network technology, including the Optical Transport Networks (OTN). As a part of the transport network, OTN can provide hard pipes with guaranteed data isolation and deterministic low latency, which are highly demanded in the Service Level Agreement (SLA). This document describes a framework for OTN network slicing and a YANG data model augmentation of the OTN topology model. Additional YANG data model augmentations will be defined in a future version of this draft.

The requirement of slicing network resources with desired quality of service is emerging at every network technology, including the Optical Transport Networks (OTN). As a part of the transport network, OTN can provide hard pipes with guaranteed data isolation and deterministic low latency, which are highly demanded in the Service Level Agreement (SLA). This document describes a framework for OTN network slicing and a YANG data model augmentation of the OTN topology model. Additional YANG data model augmentations will be defined in a future version of this draft.

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 BCP 14 when, and only when, they appear in all capitals, as shown here. The terminology for describing YANG data models is found in .

In this document, names of data nodes and other data model objects are prefixed using the standard prefix associated with the corresponding YANG imported modules, as shown in . Prefix YANG Module Reference yang ietf-yang-types inet ietf-inet-types nt ietf-network-topology nw ietf-network-topology tet ietf-te-topology te-types ietf-te-types otnt ietf-otn-topology [RFCYYYY] l1-types ietf-layer1-types [RFCZZZZ] tns ietf-transport-network-slice RFCXXXX otns ietf-otn-slice RFCXXXX otns-mpi ietf-otn-slice-mpi RFCXXXX RFC Editor Note: Please replace XXXX with the RFC number assigned to this document. Please replace YYYY with the RFC number assigned to . Please replace ZZZZ with the RFC number assigned to . Please remove this note.

An OTN slice is an OTN virtual network topology connecting a number of OTN endpoints using a set of shared or dedicated OTN network resources to satisfy specific service level objectives (SLOs). An OTN slice is a technology-specific realization of an IETF network slice in the OTN domain, with the capability of configuring slice resources in the term of OTN technologies. Therefore, all the terms and definitions concerning network slicing as defined in apply to OTN slicing. An OTN slice can span multiple OTN administrative domains, encompassing access links, intra-domain paths, and inter-domain links. An OTN slice may include multiple endpoints, each associated with a set of physical or logical resources, e.g. optical port or time slots, at the termination point (TP) of an access link or inter-domain link at an OTN provider edge (PE) equipment. An end-to-end OTN slice may be composed of multiple OTN segment slices in a hierarchical or sequential (or stitched) combination. illustrates the scope of OTN slices in multi-domain environment.

<- OTN Segment Slice 1 ---> <-- OTN Segment Slice 2 --> +-------------------------+ +-----------------------+ | +-----+ +-------+ | | +-------+ +-----+| +----+ | | OTN | | OTN | | | | OTN | | OTN || +----+ | CE +-+-o PE +-...--+ Borde o--+--+-o Borde +-...--+ PE o+--+ CE | +----+||/| | | Node |\ || | | Node | | || |+----+ |||+-----+ +-------+| || | +-------+ +-----+| | ||| OTN Domain 1 | || | OTN Domain 2 | | |++----------------------+-+| +-----------------------+ | | | | | | | +-----+ +-----------+ | | | | | | | V V V V V Access OTN Slice Inter-domain Access Link Endpoint Link Link ]]>

OTN slices may be pre-configured by the management plane and presented to the customer via the northbound interface (NBI), or be dynamically provisioned by a higher layer slice controller, e.g., an IETF network slice controller (IETF NSC) through the NBI. The OTN slice is provided by a service provider to a customer to be used as though it was part of the customer’s own networks.

For end business customers (like OTT or enterprises), leased lines have the advantage of providing high-speed connections with low costs. On the other hand, the traffic control of leased lines is very challenging due to rapid changes in service demands. Carriers are recommended to provide network-level slicing capabilities to meet this demand. Based on such capabilities, private network users have full control over the sliced resources which have been allocated to them and which could be used to support their leased lines, when needed. Users may formulate policies based on the demand for services and time to schedule the resources from the entire network’s perspective flexibly. For example, the bandwidth between any two points may be established or released based on the time or monitored traffic characteristics. The routing and bandwidth may be adjusted at a specific time interval to maximize network resource utilization efficiency.

Co-construction and sharing of a network are becoming a popular means among service providers to reduce networking building CAPEX. For Co- construction and sharing case, there are typically multiple co- founders for the same network. For example, one founder may provide optical fibres and another founder may provide OTN equipment, while each occupies a certain percentage of the usage rights of the network resources. In this scenario, the network O&M is performed by a certain founder in each region, where the same founder usually deploys an independent management and control system. The other founders of the network use each other’s management and control system to provision services remotely. In this scenario, different founders’ network resources need to be automatically (associated) divided, isolated, and visualized. All founders may share or have independent O&M capabilities, and should be able to perform service- level provisioning in their respective slices.

In the optical resource wholesale market, smaller, local carriers and wireless carriers may rent resources from larger carriers, or infrastructure carriers instead of building their networks. Likewise, international carriers may rent resources from respective local carriers and local carriers may lease their owned networks to each other to achieve better network utilization efficiency. From the perspective of a resource provider, it is crucial that a network slice is timely configured to meet traffic matrix requirements requested by its tenants. The support for multi-tenancy within the resource provider’s network demands that the network slices are qualitatively isolated from each other to meet the requirements for transparency, non-interference, and security. Typically, a resource purchaser expects to use the leased network resources flexibly, just like they are self-constructed. Therefore, the purchaser is not only provided with a network slice, but also the full set of functionalities for operating and maintaining the network slice. The purchaser also expects to, flexibly and independently, schedule and maintain physical resources to support their own end-to-end automation using both leased and self-constructed network resources.

Vertical industry slicing is an emerging category of network slicing due to the high demand for private high-speed network interconnects for industrial applications. In this scenario, the biggest challenge is to implement differentiated optical network slices based on the requirements from different industries. For example, in the financial industry, to support high-frequency transactions, the slice must ensure to provide the minimum latency along with the mechanism for latency management. For the healthcare industry, online diagnosis network and software capabilities to ensure the delivery of HD video without frame loss. For bulk data migration in data centers, the network needs to support on-demand, large-bandwidth allocation. In each of the aforementioned vertical industry scenarios, the bandwidth shall be adjusted as required to ensure flexible and efficient network resource usage.

In an end-to-end network slicing scenario such as 5G network slicing , an IETF network slice provides the required connectivity between other different segments of an end-to-end network slice, such as the Radio Access Network (RAN) and the Core Network (CN) segments, with a specific performance commitment. An IETF network slice could be composed of network slices from multiple technological and administrative domains. An IETF network slice can be realized by using or combining multiple underlying OTN slices with OTN resources, e.g., ODU time slots or ODU containers, to achieve end-to-end slicing across the transport domain.

OTN slices may be abstracted differently depending on the requirement contained in the configuration provided by the slice customer. Whereas the customer requests an OTN slice to provide connectivity between specified endpoints, an OTN slice can be abstracted as a set of endpoint-to-endpoint links, with each link formed by an end-to-end tunnel across the underlying OTN networks. The resources associated with each link of the slice is reserved and commissioned in the underlying physical network upon the completion of configuring the OTN slice and all the links are active. An OTN slice can also be abstracted as an abstract topology when the customer requests the slice to share resources between multiple endpoints and to use the resources on demand. The abstract topology may consist of virtual nodes and virtual links, and their associated resources are reserved but not commissioned across the underlying OTN networks. The customer can later commission resources within the slice dynamically using the NBI provided by the service provider. An OTN slice could use abstract topology to connect endpoints with shared resources to optimize the resource utilization, and connections can be activated within the slice as needed. It is worth noting that those means to abstract an OTN slice are similar to the Virtual Network (VN) abstraction defined for higher-level interfaces in , in which context a connectivity-based slice corresponds to Type 1 VN and a resource-based slice corresponds to Type 2 VN, respectively. A particular resource in an OTN network, such as a port or link, may be sliced with one of the two granularity levels: Link-based slicing, in which a link and its associated link termination points (LTPs) are dedicatedly allocated to a particular OTN slice. Tributary-slot based slicing, in which multiple OTN slices share the same link by allocating different OTN tributary slots in different granularities. Furthermore, an OTN switch is typically fully non-blocking switching at the lowest ODU container granularity, it is desirable to specify just the total number of ODU containers in the lowest granularity (e.g. ODU0), when configuring tributary-slot based slicing on links and ports internal to an OTN network. In multi-domain OTN network scenarios where separate OTN slices are created on each of the OTN networks and are stitched at inter-domain OTN links, it is necessary to specify matching tributary slots at the endpoints of the inter-domain links. In some real network scenarios, OTN network resources including tributary slots are managed explicitly by network operators for network maintenance considerations. Therefore, an OTN slice controller shall support configuring an OTN slice with both options. An OTN slice controller (OTN-SC) is a logical function responsible for the life-cycle management of OTN slices instantiated within the corresponding OTN network domains. The OTN-SC provides technology-specific interfaces at its northbound (OTN-SC NBI) to allow a higher-layer slice controller, such as an IETF network slice controller (NSC) or an orchestrator, to request OTN slices with OTN-specific requirements. The OTN-SC interfaces at the southbound using the MDSC-to-PNC interface (MPI) with a Physical Network Controller (PNC) or Multi-Domain Service Orchestrator (MDSC), as defined in the ACTN control framework . The logical function within the OTN-SC is responsible for translating the OTN slice requests into concrete slice realization which can be understood and provisioned at the southbound by the PNC or MDSC. The presence of OTN-SC provides multiple options for a high-level slice controller or an orchestrator to configure and realize slicing in OTN networks, depending on whether a customer’s slice request is technology agnostic or technology specific: Option 1[opt.1]: An IETF NSC receives a technology-agnostic slice request from the IETF NSC NBI and realizes full or part of the slice in OTN networks directly through MPI provided by the PNC or MDSC. The IETF NSC is responsible for mapping a technology-agnostic slicing request into an OTN technology-specific realization. In this option, the OTN-SC is not used. Option 2[opt.2]: An IETF NSC receives a technology-agnostic slice request from the IETF NSC NBI and delegates the request to the OTN-SC through the OTN-SC NBI, which is OTN technology specific. The OTN-SC in turn realizes the slice in single or multi domain OTN networks by working with the underlying PNC or MDSC. In this option, the OTN-SC is considered as a realization of IETF NSC, i.e., an NS realizer as per , when the underlying network is OTN. The OTN-SC is also a subordinate slice controller of the IETF NSC, which is consistent with the hierarchical control of slices defined by the IETF network slice framework. Option 3[opt.3]: An OTN-aware orchestrator may request an OTN technology-specific slice with OTN-specific SLOs through the OTN-SC NBI to the OTN-SC. The OTN-SC in turn realizes the slice in single or multi domain OTN networks by working with the underlying PNC or MDSC An OTN slice may be realized by using standard MPI interfaces, control plane, network management system (NMS) or any other proprietary interfaces as needed. Examples of such interfaces include the abstract TE topology , TE tunnel ,L1VPN, or Netconf/YANG based interfaces such as OpenConfig. Some of these interfaces, such as the TE tunnel model, are suitable for creating connectivity-based OTN slices which represent a slice as a set of TE tunnels, while other interfaces such as the TE topology model are more suitable for creating resource-based OTN slices which represent a slice as a topology. The OTN-SC NBI is a technology-specific interface that augments the IETF NSC NBI, which is technology- agnostic. illustrates the OTN slicing control hierarchy , the positioning of the OTN slicing interfaces as well as the options for OTN slice configuration.

OTN-SC functionalities may be recursive such that a higher-level OTN-SC may designate the creation of OTN slices to a lower-level OTN-SC in a recursive manner. This scenario may apply to the creation of OTN slices in multi-domain OTN networks, where multiple domain-wide OTN slices provisioned by lower-layer OTN-SCs are stitched to support a multi-domain OTN slice provisioned by the higher-level OTN-SC. Alternatively, the OTN-SC may interface with an MDSC, which in turn interfaces with multiple PNCs through the MPI to realize OTN slices in multi-domain OTN networks without OTN-SC recursion. illustrates both options for OTN slicing in multi-domain.

OTN-SC functionalities are logically independent and may be deployed in different combinations to cater to the realization needs. In reference to the ACTN control framework , an OTN-SC may be deployed as an independent network function; together with a Physical Network Controller (PNC) for single-domain or with a Multi-Domain Service Orchestrator (MDSC)for multi-domain; together with a higher-level network slice controller to support end-to-end network slicing;

introduces a mechanism for an IETF network slice controller to realize network slices by constructing Network Resource Partitions (NRP). A NRP is a collection of resources identified in the underlay network to facilitate the mapping of network slices onto available network resources. An NRP is a scope view of a topology and may be considered as a topology in its own right. Thus, in traffic-engineered (TE) networks including OTN, an NRP may be simply represented as an abstract TE topology defined by . For OTN networks, An NRP may be represented as an abstract OTN topology defined by . The NRP may be used to address the scalability issues where there may be considerable numbers of control and data plane states required to be stored and programmed if network slices are mapped directly to the underlay topology. NRP is internal to a network slice controller, and use of NRPs is optional yet could benefit a network slice realization in large-scale networks, including OTN networks. For connectivity-based OTN slices, a connection within an OTN slice is typically realized by an OTN tunnel in the underlay topology and resources are reserved by the tunnel, thus use of NRP is optional in this case. For resource-based OTN slices, the OTN-SC may map an OTN slice directly onto the underlay TE topology presented by the subtended network controller (MDSC or PNC) without creating NRP topologies. Due to the need for reserving resources, the OTN-SC needs to color corresponding link resources of the underlay topology with a slice identifier and maintain the coloring to keep track of the mapping of OTN slices. The OTN-SC may push the colored topology to the subtended MDSC or PNC using the MPI model defined in this draft. Alternatively, an OTN slice may be mapped to a NRP as an overlay abstract OTN TE topology on top of the underlay topology. The corresponding link resources allocated to the slice is encapsulated in and tracked by the abstract topology, and a given link or port in the NRP topology represents resources that are reserved in the underlay topology. One slice topology for a resource-based OTN slice is typically realized by one dedicated NRP topology, and all the resources within that NRP topology are reserved for the OTN slice. In this case, the use of NRP eliminates the need for coloring links in the underlay topology, and the NRP topology may be pushed directly to the subtended MDSC or PNC by the OTN-SC. Multiple OTN slices may be mapped to the same NRP, and a single connectivity construct of the slice may be mapped to only one NRP, as per . illustrates the relationship between OTN slices and NRP.

For the configuration of connectivity-based OTN slices, existing models such as the TE tunnel interface may be used and no addition is needed. This model is addressing the case for configuring resource-based OTN slices, where the model permits to reserve resources exploiting the common knowledge of an underlying virtual topology between the OTN-SC and the subtended network controller (MDSC or PNC). The slice is configured by marking corresponding link resources on the TE topology received from the underlying MDSC or PNC with a slice identifier and OTN-specific resource requirements, e.g. the number of ODU time slots or the type/number of ODU containers. The MDSC or PNC, based on the marked resources by the OTN-SC, will update the underlying TE topology with new TE link for each of the colored links to keep booked the reserved OTN resources e.g. time slots or ODU containers.

../../../../../nt:link/link-id ]]>

file "ietf-otn-slice-mpi@2022-07-09.yang" module ietf-otn-slice-mpi { yang-version 1.1; namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-otn-slice-mpi"; prefix "otns-mpi"; import ietf-network { prefix "nw"; reference "RFC 8345: A YANG Data Model for Network Topologies"; } import ietf-network-topology { prefix "nt"; reference "RFC 8345: A YANG Data Model for Network Topologies"; } import ietf-te-topology { prefix "tet"; reference "RFC8795: YANG Data Model for Traffic Engineering (TE) Topologies"; } import ietf-otn-topology { prefix "otnt"; reference "I-D.ietf-ccamp-otn-topo-yang: A YANG Data Model for Optical Transport Network Topology"; } import ietf-layer1-types { prefix "l1-types"; reference "I-D.ietf-ccamp-layer1-types: A YANG Data Model for Layer 1 Types"; } organization "IETF CCAMP Working Group"; contact "WG Web: WG List: Editor: Haomian Zheng Editor: Italo Busi Editor: Aihua Guo Editor: Sergio Belotti "; description "This module defines a YANG data model for network slice realization in Optical Transport Networks (OTN). The model fully conforms to the Network Management Datastore Architecture (NMDA). Copyright (c) 2022 IETF Trust and the persons identified as authors of the code. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, is permitted pursuant to, and subject to the license terms contained in, the Revised BSD License set forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (https://trustee.ietf.org/license-info). This version of this YANG module is part of RFC XXXX; see the RFC itself for full legal notices."; revision "2022-07-09" { description "Latest revision of MPI YANG model for OTN slicing."; reference "draft-ietf-ccamp-yang-otn-slicing-02: Framework and Data Model for OTN Network Slicing"; } /* * Groupings */ grouping otn-link-slice-profile { description "Profile of an OTN link slice."; choice otn-slice-granularity { default "link"; description "Link slice granularity."; case link { leaf slice-id { type uint32; description "Slice identifier"; } } case link-resource { list slices { key slice-id; description "List of slices."; leaf slice-id { type uint32; description "Slice identifier"; } choice technology { description "Data plane technology types."; case otn { choice slice-bandwidth { description "Bandwidth specification for OTN slices."; case containers { uses l1-types:otn-link-bandwidth; } case time-slots { leaf otn-ts-num { type uint32; description "Number of OTN tributary slots allocated for the slice."; } } } } } leaf sliced-link-ref { type leafref { path "../../../../../nt:link/nt:link-id"; } config false; description "Relative reference to virtual links generated from this TE link."; } } } } } /* * Augments */ augment "/nw:networks/nw:network/nt:link/tet:te/" + "tet:te-link-attributes" { when "../../../nw:network-types/tet:te-topology/" + "otnt:otn-topology" { description "Augmentation parameters apply only for networks with OTN topology type."; } description "Augment OTN TE link attributes with slicing profile."; uses otn-link-slice-profile; } } ]]>

The YANG model for OTN-SC NBI is OTN-technology specific, but shares many common constructs and attributes with generic network slicing YANG models. Furthermore, the OTN-SC NBI YANG is expected to support both connectivity-based and resource-based slice configuration, which is likely a common requirement for supporting slicing at other transport network layers, e.g. WDM or MPLS(-TP). Therefore, the OTN-SC NBI YANG model is designed into two models, a common base model for transport network slicing, and an OTN slicing model which augments the base model with OTN technology-specific constructs. The base model defines a transport network slice (TNS) with the following constructs and attributes: Common attributes, which include a set of common attributes like slice identifier, name, description, and names of customers who use the slice. Endpoints, which represent conceptual points of connection from a customer device to the TNS. An endpoint is mapped to specific physical or virtual resources of the customer and provider, and such mapping is pre-negotiated and known to both the customer and provider prior to the slice configuration. The mechanism for endpoint negotiation is outside the scope of this draft. Network topology, which represent set of shared, reserved resources organized as a virtual topology between all of the endpoints. A customer could use such network topology to define detailed connectivity path traversing the topology, and allow sharing of resources between its multiple endpoint pairs. Connectivity matrix, which represent the intended virtual connections between the endpoints within a TNS. A connectivity matrix entry could be associated with an explicit path over the above network topology. Service-level objectives (SLOs) associated with different objects, including the TNS, node, link, termination point, and explicit path, within a TNS.

../../../node/node-id | +--rw source-tp? leafref +--rw destination +--rw dest-node? -> ../../../node/node-id +--rw dest-tp? leafref augment /ietf-nss:network-slice-services/ietf-nss:slice-service /ietf-nss:connection-groups/ietf-nss:connection-group /ietf-nss:connectivity-construct: +--rw topology-id? leafref +--rw explicit-path* [tp-id] +--rw tp-id leafref ]]>

file "ietf-transport-network-slice@2022-07-09.yang" module ietf-transport-network-slice { yang-version 1.1; namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-transport-network-slice"; prefix "tns"; import ietf-inet-types { prefix inet; reference "RFC 6991: Common YANG Data Types"; } import ietf-te-types { prefix "te-types"; reference "RFC 8776: Traffic Engineering Common YANG Types"; } import ietf-network-slice-service { prefix "ietf-nss"; reference "draft-ietf-teas-ietf-network-slice-nbi-yang-00: IETF Network Slice Service YANG Model"; } organization "IETF CCAMP Working Group"; contact "WG Web: WG List: Editor: Haomian Zheng Editor: Italo Busi Editor: Aihua Guo Editor: Sergio Belotti "; description "This module defines a base YANG data model for configuring generic network slices in optical transport networks, e.g., Optical Transport Network (OTN). The model fully conforms to the Network Management Datastore Architecture (NMDA). Copyright (c) 2022 IETF Trust and the persons identified as authors of the code. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, is permitted pursuant to, and subject to the license terms contained in, the Revised BSD License set forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (https://trustee.ietf.org/license-info). This version of this YANG module is part of RFC XXXX; see the RFC itself for full legal notices."; revision "2022-07-09" { description "Latest revision of NBI YANG model for OTN slicing."; reference "draft-ietf-ccamp-yang-otn-slicing-02: Framework and Data Model for OTN Network Slicing"; } /* * Identities */ identity isolation-level { description "Base identity for the isolation-level."; reference "GSMA-NS-Template: Generic Network Slice Template, Version 3.0."; } identity no-isolation { base isolation-level; description "Network slices are not separated."; } identity physical-isolation { base isolation-level; description "Network slices are physically separated (e.g. different rack, different hardware, different location, etc.)."; } identity logical-isolation { base isolation-level; description "Network slices are logically separated."; } identity process-isolation { base physical-isolation; description "Process and threads isolation."; } identity physical-memory-isolation { base physical-isolation; description "Process and threads isolation."; } identity physical-network-isolation { base physical-isolation; description "Process and threads isolation."; } identity virtual-resource-isolation { base logical-isolation; description "A network slice has access to specific range of resources that do not overlap with other network slices (e.g. VM isolation)."; } identity network-functions-isolation { base logical-isolation; description "NF (Network Function) is dedicated to the network slice, but virtual resources are shared."; } identity service-isolation { base logical-isolation; description "NSC data are isolated from other NSCs, but virtual resources and NFs are shared."; } /* * Groupings */ grouping slo-sle-policy { description "Policy grouping for Transport Network Slices."; container slo-sle-policy { description "SLO/SLE policy container"; leaf optimization-criterion { type identityref { base te-types:objective-function-type; } description "Optimization criterion applied to this topology."; } leaf delay-tolerance { type boolean; description "'true' if is not too critical how long it takes to deliver the amount of data."; reference "GSMA-NS-Template: Generic Network Slice Template, Version 3.0."; } leaf-list periodicity { type uint64; units seconds; description "A list of periodicities supported by the network slice."; reference "GSMA-NS-Template: Generic Network Slice Template, Version 3.0."; } leaf isolation-level { type identityref { base isolation-level; } description "A network slice instance may be fully or partly, logically and/or physically, isolated from another network slice instance. This attribute describes different types of isolation:"; } } } grouping network-topology-def { description "Network topology definition"; uses slo-sle-policy; list node { key "node-id"; description "The inventory of nodes of this topology."; leaf node-id { type inet:uri; description "Node identifier."; } uses slo-sle-policy; list termination-point { key "tp-id"; description "TP identifier"; leaf tp-id { type inet:uri; description "Termination point identifier."; } leaf sdp-id { type leafref { path "/ietf-nss:network-slice-services"+ "/ietf-nss:slice-service"+ "[ietf-nss:service-id=current()"+ "/../../../../../ietf-nss:service-id]"+ "/ietf-nss:sdps/ietf-nss:sdp/ietf-nss:sdp-id"; } description "Relative reference to SDP id."; } } } list link { key "link-id"; description "Link identifier."; leaf link-id { type inet:uri; description "Link identifier."; } uses slo-sle-policy; container source { description "Link source node"; leaf source-node { type leafref { path "../../../node/node-id"; } description "Source node identifier, must be in same topology."; } leaf source-tp { type leafref { path "../../../node[node-id=current()/../"+ "source-node]/termination-point/tp-id"; } description "Termination point within source node that terminates the link."; } } container destination { description "Link destination node"; leaf dest-node { type leafref { path "../../../node/node-id"; } description "Destination node identifier, must be in same topology."; } leaf dest-tp { type leafref { path "../../../node[node-id=current()/../"+ "dest-node]/termination-point/tp-id"; } description "Termination point within destination node that terminates the link."; } } } } grouping topology-ref { description "Grouping for network topology reference."; leaf topology-id { type leafref { path "../../../../network-topologies/network-topology"+ "/topology-id"; } description "Relative reference to network topology id."; } uses explicit-path; } grouping explicit-path { description "Explicit path for a connectivity matrix entry"; list explicit-path { key "tp-id"; description "List of TPs within a network topology that form a path."; leaf tp-id { type leafref { path "/ietf-nss:network-slice-services"+ "/ietf-nss:slice-service"+ "[ietf-nss:service-id=current()"+ "/../../../../../ietf-nss:service-id]"+ "/network-topologies"+ "/network-topology[topology-id=current()"+ "/../../topology-id]/node/termination-point"+ "/tp-id"; } description "Relative reference to TP id."; } } } /* * Augmented data nodes */ augment "/ietf-nss:network-slice-services" + "/ietf-nss:slice-service" { description "Augment IETF network slice services to include network topologies."; container network-topologies { description "Set of network topologies referenced by network slices"; list network-topology { key "topology-id"; description "List of network topologies"; leaf topology-id { type string; description "Topology identifier"; } uses network-topology-def; } } } augment "/ietf-nss:network-slice-services" + "/ietf-nss:slice-service" + "/ietf-nss:connection-groups" + "/ietf-nss:connection-group" + "/ietf-nss:connectivity-construct"{ description "Add toplogy id and explicit path to a connectivity construct"; uses topology-ref; } } ]]>

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To ensure the security and controllability of physical resource isolation, slice-based independent operation and management are required to achieve management isolation. Each optical slice typically requires dedicated accounts, permissions, and resources for independent access and O&M. This mechanism is to guarantee the information isolation among slice tenants and to avoid resource conflicts. The access to slice management functions will only be permitted after successful security checks.

The YANG module specified in this document defines a schema for data that is designed to be accessed via network management protocols such as NETCONF or RESTCONF . The lowest NETCONF layer is the secure transport layer, and the mandatory-to-implement secure transport is Secure Shell (SSH) . The lowest RESTCONF layer is HTTPS, and the mandatory-to-implement secure transport is TLS . The NETCONF access control model provides the means to restrict access for particular NETCONF or RESTCONF users to a preconfigured subset of all available NETCONF or RESTCONF protocol operations and content. There are a number of data nodes defined in this YANG module that are writable/creatable/deletable (i.e., config true, which is the default). These data nodes may be considered sensitive or vulnerable in some network environments. Write operations (e.g., edit-config) to these data nodes without proper protection can have a negative effect on network operations. Considerations in Section 8 of are also applicable to their subtrees in the module defined in this document. Some of the readable data nodes in this YANG module may be considered sensitive or vulnerable in some network environments. It is thus important to control read access (e.g., via get, get-config, or notification) to these data nodes. Considerations in Section 8 of are also applicable to their subtrees in the module defined in this document.

It is proposed to IANA to assign new URIs from the “IETF XML Registry” as follows:

This document registers a YANG module in the YANG Module Names registry .

3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) GSMA Association In many standards track documents several words are used to signify the requirements in the specification. These words are often capitalized. This document defines these words as they should be interpreted in IETF documents. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. RFC 2119 specifies common key words that may be used in protocol specifications. This document aims to reduce the ambiguity by clarifying that only UPPERCASE usage of the key words have the defined special meanings. YANG is a data modeling language used to model configuration data, state data, Remote Procedure Calls, and notifications for network management protocols. This document describes the syntax and semantics of version 1.1 of the YANG language. YANG version 1.1 is a maintenance release of the YANG language, addressing ambiguities and defects in the original specification. There are a small number of backward incompatibilities from YANG version 1. This document also specifies the YANG mappings to the Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF). This document introduces a collection of common data types to be used with the YANG data modeling language. This document obsoletes RFC 6021. This document defines an abstract (generic, or base) YANG data model for network/service topologies and inventories. The data model serves as a base model that is augmented with technology-specific details in other, more specific topology and inventory data models. This document defines a YANG data model for representing, retrieving, and manipulating Traffic Engineering (TE) Topologies. The model serves as a base model that other technology-specific TE topology models can augment. This document defines a collection of common data types and groupings in YANG data modeling language. These derived common types and groupings are intended to be imported by modules that model Traffic Engineering (TE) configuration and state capabilities. Huawei Technologies Huawei Technologies Volta Networks Nokia Telefonica This document describes a YANG data model to describe the topologies of an Optical Transport Network (OTN). It is independent of control plane protocols and captures topological and resource related information pertaining to OTN. This model enables clients, which interact with a transport domain controller, for OTN topology related operations such as obtaining the relevant topology resource information. Huawei Technologies Huawei Technologies This document defines a collection of common data types and groupings in the YANG data modeling language for use with layer 1 networks. These derived common types and groupings are intended to be imported by modules that specify OTN networks, such as topology, tunnel, client signal adaptation and service. Old Dog Consulting Juniper Networks Ciena NTT Futurewei Telefonica Microsoft Inc. This document describes network slicing in the context of networks built from IETF technologies. It defines the term "IETF Network Slice" and establishes the general principles of network slicing in the IETF context. The document discusses the general framework for requesting and operating IETF Network Slices, the characteristics of an IETF Network Slice, the necessary system components and interfaces, and how abstract requests can be mapped to more specific technologies. The document also discusses related considerations with monitoring and security. This document also provides definitions of related terms to enable consistent usage in other IETF documents that describe or use aspects of IETF Network Slices. Traffic Engineered (TE) networks have a variety of mechanisms to facilitate the separation of the data plane and control plane. They also have a range of management and provisioning protocols to configure and activate network resources. These mechanisms represent key technologies for enabling flexible and dynamic networking. The term "Traffic Engineered network" refers to a network that uses any connection-oriented technology under the control of a distributed or centralized control plane to support dynamic provisioning of end-to- end connectivity.Abstraction of network resources is a technique that can be applied to a single network domain or across multiple domains to create a single virtualized network that is under the control of a network operator or the customer of the operator that actually owns the network resources.This document provides a framework for Abstraction and Control of TE Networks (ACTN) to support virtual network services and connectivity services. Telefonica Ciena Microsoft Huawei IBM Corporation Huawei Nokia This document describes the major functional components of an IETF Network Slice Controller (NSC) as well as references the data models required for supporting the requests of IETF network slices and their realization. Juniper Networks Cisco Systems Inc Volta Networks Juniper Networks Individual Telefonica This document defines a YANG data model for the provisioning and management of Traffic Engineering (TE) tunnels, Label Switched Paths (LSPs), and interfaces. The model is divided into YANG modules that classify data into generic, device-specific, technology agnostic, and technology-specific elements. This model covers data for configuration, operational state, remote procedural calls, and event notifications. This document provides a framework and service level requirements for Layer 1 Virtual Private Networks (L1VPNs). This framework is intended to aid in developing and standardizing protocols and mechanisms to support interoperable L1VPNs.The document examines motivations for L1VPNs, high level (service level) requirements, and outlines some of the architectural models that might be used to build L1VPNs. This memo provides information for the Internet community. The Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) defined in this document provides mechanisms to install, manipulate, and delete the configuration of network devices. It uses an Extensible Markup Language (XML)-based data encoding for the configuration data as well as the protocol messages. The NETCONF protocol operations are realized as remote procedure calls (RPCs). This document obsoletes RFC 4741. [STANDARDS-TRACK] This document describes an HTTP-based protocol that provides a programmatic interface for accessing data defined in YANG, using the datastore concepts defined in the Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF). This document describes a method for invoking and running the Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) within a Secure Shell (SSH) session as an SSH subsystem. This document obsoletes RFC 4742. [STANDARDS-TRACK] This document specifies version 1.3 of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol. TLS allows client/server applications to communicate over the Internet in a way that is designed to prevent eavesdropping, tampering, and message forgery.This document updates RFCs 5705 and 6066, and obsoletes RFCs 5077, 5246, and 6961. This document also specifies new requirements for TLS 1.2 implementations. The standardization of network configuration interfaces for use with the Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) or the RESTCONF protocol requires a structured and secure operating environment that promotes human usability and multi-vendor interoperability. There is a need for standard mechanisms to restrict NETCONF or RESTCONF protocol access for particular users to a preconfigured subset of all available NETCONF or RESTCONF protocol operations and content. This document defines such an access control model.This document obsoletes RFC 6536. This document describes an IANA maintained registry for IETF standards which use Extensible Markup Language (XML) related items such as Namespaces, Document Type Declarations (DTDs), Schemas, and Resource Description Framework (RDF) Schemas. YANG is a data modeling language used to model configuration and state data manipulated by the Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF), NETCONF remote procedure calls, and NETCONF notifications. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

This document was prepared using kramdown. Previous versions of this document were prepared using 2-Word-v2.0.template.dot. The authors would like to thank Adrian Farrel, Danielle Ceccarelli, Igor Bryskin, Bo Wu, Gyan Mishra, Joel M. Halpen, Dhruv Dhoddy and Loa Andersson for providing valuable insights.