Network Working Group                                           G. Bajko
Request for Comments: 5678                                         Nokia
Category: Standards Track                                         S. Das
                                            Telcordia Technologies Inc.
                                                          December 2009


 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCPv4 and DHCPv6) Options for
            IEEE 802.21 Mobility Services (MoS) Discovery

Abstract

  This document defines new Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCPv4
  and DHCPv6) options that contain a list of IP addresses and a list of
  domain names that can be mapped to servers providing IEEE 802.21 type
  of Mobility Service (MoS) (see RFC 5677).  These Mobility Services
  are used to assist a mobile node (MN) in handover preparation
  (network discovery) and handover decision (network selection).  The
  services addressed in this document are the Media Independent
  Handover Services defined in IEEE 802.21.

Status of This Memo

  This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
  Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
  improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
  Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
  and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

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Table of Contents

  1. Introduction ....................................................2
     1.1. Conventions Used in This Document ..........................3
     1.2. Terminology ................................................3
  2. MoS IPv4 Address Option for DHCPv4 ..............................3
  3. MoS Domain Name List Option for DHCPv4 ..........................5
  4. MoS IPv6 Address Option for DHCPv6 ..............................7
  5. MoS Domain Name List Option for DHCPv6 ..........................9
  6. Option Usage ...................................................10
     6.1. Usage of MoS Options for DHCPv4 ...........................10
     6.2. Usage of MoS Options for DHCPv6 ...........................11
  7. Security Considerations ........................................12
  8. IANA Considerations ............................................12
  9. Acknowledgements ...............................................13
  10. References ....................................................13
     10.1. Normative References .....................................13
     10.2. Informative References ...................................14

1.  Introduction

  IEEE 802.21 [IEEE802.21] defines three distinct service types to
  facilitate link layer handovers across heterogeneous technologies:

  a) Information Services (IS)
     IS provides a unified framework to the higher-layer entities
     across the heterogeneous network environment to facilitate
     discovery and selection of multiple types of networks existing
     within a geographical area.  The objective is to help the higher-
     layer mobility protocols acquire a global view of heterogeneous
     networks and perform seamless handover across these networks.

  b) Event Services (ES)
     Events may indicate changes in state and transmission behavior of
     the physical, data link, and logical link layers, or predict state
     changes of these layers.  The Event Service may also be used to
     indicate management actions or command status on the part of the
     network or some management entity.

  c) Command Services (CS)
     The command service enables higher layers to control the physical,
     data link, and logical link layers.  The higher layers may control
     the reconfiguration or selection of an appropriate link through a
     set of handover commands.







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  In IEEE terminology, these services are called Media Independent
  Handover (MIH) services.  While these services may be co-located, the
  different pattern and type of information they provide do not
  necessitate the co-location.

  A mobile node (MN) may make use of any of these MIH service types
  separately or any combination of them [RFC5677].  In practice, a
  Mobility Server may not necessarily host all three of these MIH
  services together; thus, there is a need to discover the MIH service
  types separately.

  This document defines new DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 options and sub-options
  called the MoS IP Address and Domain Name List Options, which allow
  the MN to locate a Mobility Server that hosts the desired service
  type (i.e., IS, ES, or CS) as defined in [IEEE802.21].  Apart from
  manual configuration, this is one of the possible solutions for
  locating a server providing Mobility Services.

1.1.  Conventions Used in This Document

  The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
  "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED",  "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
  document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].

1.2.  Terminology

  Mobility Services: a set of services provided by the network to
  mobile nodes to facilitate handover preparation and handover
  decision.  In this document, Mobility Services refer to the services
  defined in IEEE 802.21 specifications [IEEE802.21]

  Mobility Server: a network node providing Mobility Services.

  MIH: Media Independent Handover, as defined in [IEEE802.21].

  MIH Service: IS, ES, or CS type of service, as defined in
  [IEEE802.21].

2.  MoS IPv4 Address Option for DHCPv4

  This section describes the MoS IPv4 Address Option for DHCPv4.
  Whether the MN receives a MoS address from the local or home network
  will depend on the actual network deployment [RFC5677].  The MoS IPv4
  Address Option begins with an option code followed by a length and
  sub-options.  The value of the length octet does not include itself
  or the option code.  The option layout is depicted below:





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  0  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
                                  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
                                  | Option Code   |    Length     |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |                     Sub-Option 1                              |
  .                                                               .
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |                       ...                                     |
  .                                                               .
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |                     Sub-Option n                              |
  .                                                               .
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

     Option Code

        OPTION-IPv4_Address-MoS (139) - 1 byte

     Length

        An 8-bit field indicating the length of the option excluding
        the 'Option Code' and the 'Length' fields

     Sub-options

        A series of DHCPv4 sub-options

  When the total length of a MoS IPv4 Address Option exceeds 254
  octets, the procedure outlined in [RFC3396] MUST be employed to split
  the option into multiple, smaller options.

  A sub-option begins with a sub-option code followed by a length and
  one or more IPv4 addresses.  The sub-option layout is depicted below:

   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  | Sub-opt Code  |    Length     |    IP Address . . . . .
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  .                                                               .
  .                                                               |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+










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  The sub-option codes are summarized below.

     +--------------+---------------+
     |  Sub-opt     | Service       |
     |   Code       | Name          |
     +==============+===============+
     |    1         |   IS          |
     +--------------+---------------+
     |    2         |   CS          |
     +--------------+---------------+
     |    3         |   ES          |
     +--------------+---------------+

  If the length is followed by a list of IPv4 addresses indicating
  appropriate MIH servers available to the MN for a requested option,
  servers MUST be listed in order of preference and the client should
  process them in decreasing order of preference.  In the case that
  there is no MIH server available, the length is set to 0; otherwise,
  it is a multiple of 4.

  The sub-option has the following format:

          Code Len   IPv4 Address 1    IPv4 Address 2
        +-----+---+---+----+----+----+----+----+---
        |1..3 | n |a1 | a2 |a3  | a4 | a1 |  ...
        +-----+---+---+----+----+----+-----+----+--

3.  MoS Domain Name List Option for DHCPv4

  This section describes the MoS Domain Name List Option for DHCPv4.
  The general format of this option is depicted below:

   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
                                  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
                                  | Option Code   |    Length     |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |                     Sub-Option 1                              |
  .                                                               .
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |                       ...                                     |
  .                                                               .
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |                     Sub-Option n                              |
  .                                                               .
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+






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     Option Code

        OPTION-IPv4_FQDN-MoS (140) - 1 byte

     Length

        An 8-bit field indicating the length of the option excluding
        the 'Option Code' and the 'Length' fields

     Sub-options

        A series of DHCPv4 sub-options.

  When the total length of a MoS Domain Name List Option exceeds 254
  octets, the procedure outlined in [RFC3396] MUST be employed to split
  the option into multiple, smaller options.

  A sub-option begins with a sub-option code followed by a length and
  one or more Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDNs).  The sub-option
  layout is depicted below:

   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  | Sub-opt Code  |    Length     |  FQDN(s) . . . . . .
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  .                                                               .
  .                                                               |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

  The sub-option codes are summarized below.

     +--------------+---------------+
     |  Sub-opt     | Service       |
     |   Code       | Name          |
     +==============+===============+
     |    1         |   IS          |
     +--------------+---------------+
     |    2         |   CS          |
     +--------------+---------------+
     |    3         |   ES          |
     +--------------+---------------+

  Thus, the sub-option for this encoding has the following format:

         Code  Len   DNS name of Mobility Server
        +-----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
        |1..3 | n  | s1 |  s2 |  s3 |  s4 | s5  |  ...
        +-----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--



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  The sub-option begins with a sub-option code followed by a length and
  a sequence of labels that are encoded according to Section 8 of
  [RFC3315].

  The sub-option MAY contain multiple domain names, but these should
  refer to the NAPTR records of different providers, rather than
  different A records within the same provider.  That is, the use of
  multiple domain names is not meant to replace NAPTR and SRV records,
  but rather to allow a single DHCP server to indicate MIH servers
  operated by multiple providers.

  The client MUST try the records in the order listed, applying the
  mechanism described in [RFC5679] for each.  The client only resolves
  the subsequent domain names if attempts to contact the first one
  failed or yielded no common transport protocols between the MN and
  the server.

  As an example, consider the case where the server wants to offer two
  MIH IS servers, "example.com" and "example.net".  These would be
  encoded as follows:

  +-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  |1..3 |26 | 7 |'e'|'x'|'a'|'m'|'p'|'l'|'e'| 3 |'c'|'o'|'m'| 0 |
  +-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  | 7 |'e'|'x'|'a'|'m'|'p'|'l'|'e'| 3 |'n'|'e'|'t'| 0 |
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

4.  MoS IPv6 Address Option for DHCPv6

  This section describes the MoS IPv6 Address Option for DHCPv6.
  Whether the MN receives a MoS address from the local or home network
  will depend on the actual network deployment [RFC5677].  The MoS
  Discovery Option begins with an option code followed by a length and
  sub-options.  The value of the length octet does not include itself
  or the option code.  The option layout is depicted below:















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  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |       Option Code             |           Length              |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |                     Sub-Option 1                              |
  .                                                               .
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |                       ...                                     |
  .                                                               .
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |                     Sub-Option n                              |
  .                                                               .
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

     Option Code

        OPTION-IPv6_Address-MoS (54) - 2 bytes

     Length

        A 16-bit field indicating the length of the option excluding
        the 'Option Code' and the 'Length' fields.

     Sub-options

        A series of DHCPv6 sub-options

  The sub-options follow the same format (except the Sub-opt Code and
  Length value) as described in Section 2.  The value of the Sub-opt
  Code and Length is 2 octets, and the Length does not include itself
  or the Sub-opt Code field.  The sub-option layout is depicted below:

   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  | sub-opt Code                  |     Length                    |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |                   IP Address                                  |
  .                                                               .
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+












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  The sub-option codes are summarized below.

     +----------------+---------------+
     |  Sub-opt Code  | Service Name  |
     +================+===============+
     |    1           |   IS          |
     +----------------+---------------+
     |    2           |   CS          |
     +----------------+---------------+
     |    3           |   ES          |
     +----------------+---------------+

  If the length is followed by a list of IPv6 addresses indicating
  appropriate MIH servers available to the MN for a requested option,
  servers MUST be listed in order of preference and the client should

  process them in decreasing order of preference.  In the case where
  there is no MIH server available, the length is set to 0; otherwise,
  it is a multiple of 16.

5.  MoS Domain Name List Option for DHCPv6

  This section describes the MoS Domain List Option for DHCPv6.  The
  general format of this option is depicted below:

   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |       Option Code             |           Length              |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |                     Sub-Option 1                              |
  .                                                               .
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |                       ...                                     |
  .                                                               .
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |                     Sub-Option n                              |
  .                                                               .
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

     Option Code

        OPTION-IPv6_FQDN-MoS (55) - 2 bytes

     Length

        A 16-bit field indicating the length of the option excluding
        the 'Option Code' and the 'Length' fields




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     Sub-options

        A series of DHCPv6 sub-options

  The sub-options follow the same format (except the Sub-opt Code and
  Length value) as described in Section 3.  The value of the Sub-opt
  Code and Length is 2 octets, and the Length does not include itself
  or the Sub-opt Code field.  The sub-option layout is depicted below:

   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  | sub-opt Code                  |     Length                    |
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  |                   FQDN(s)                                     |
  .                                                               .
  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

  The sub-option codes are summarized below.

     +----------------+---------------+
     |  Sub-opt Code  | Service Name  |
     +================+===============+
     |    1           |   IS          |
     +----------------+---------------+
     |    2           |   CS          |
     +----------------+---------------+
     |    3           |   ES          |
     +----------------+---------------+

  The semantics and content of the DHCPv6 encoding of this option are
  exactly the same as the encoding described in Section 3, except the
  Option Code and Length value.

6.  Option Usage

6.1.  Usage of MoS Options for DHCPv4

  The requesting and sending of the proposed DHCPv4 options follow the
  rules for DHCP options in [RFC2131].

6.1.1.  Mobile Node Behavior

  The mobile node may perform a MoS discovery either during initial
  association with a network or when the mobility service is required.
  It may also try to perform the MoS discovery when it lacks the
  network information for MoS or needs to change the MoS for some
  reasons, for instance, to recover from the single point of failure of
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  In order to discover the IP address or FQDN of a MoS, the mobile node
  (DHCP client) MUST include either a MoS IPv4 Address Option or a MoS
  Domain Name List Option in the Parameter Request List (PRL) in the
  respective DHCP messages as defined in [RFC2131].

  The client MAY include a MoS IPv4 Address Option or a MoS Domain Name
  List Option that includes one or more sub-option(s) with the Sub-opt
  Code or Codes that represent the service(s) the mobile node is
  interested in.  However, a client SHOULD be prepared to accept a
  response from a server that includes other sub-option(s) or does not
  include the requested sub-option(s).

6.1.2.  DHCP Server Behavior

  When the DHCP server receives either a MoS IPv4 Address Option or a
  MoS Domain Name List Option in the PRL, the DHCP server MUST include
  the option in its response message as defined in [RFC2131].

  A server MAY use the sub-options in the received MoS IPv4 Address
  Option or MoS Domain Name List Option from the client's message to
  restrict its response to the client requested sub-options.  In the
  case when the server cannot find any Mobility Server satisfying a
  requested sub-option, the server SHOULD return the MoS Option with
  that sub-option and the length of the sub-option set to 0.

6.2.  Usage of MoS Options for DHCPv6

  The requesting and sending of the proposed DHCPv6 options follow the
  rules for DHCP options in [RFC3315].

6.2.1.  Mobile Node Behavior

  The mobile node may perform the MoS discovery either during initial
  association with a network or when the mobility service is required.
  It may also try to perform the MoS discovery when it lacks the
  network information for MoS or needs to change the MoS for some
  reasons, for instance, to recover from the single point of failure of
  the existing MoS.

  In order to discover the IP address or FQDN of a MoS, the mobile node
  (DHCP client) MUST include either a MoS IPv6 Address Option or a MoS
  Domain Name List Option in the Option Request Option (ORO) in the
  respective DHCP messages as defined in [RFC3315].

  The client MAY include a MoS IPv6 Address Option or a MoS Domain Name
  List Option that includes one or more sub-option(s) with the Sub-opt
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  interested in.  However, a client SHOULD be prepared to accept a
  response from a server that includes other sub-option(s) or does not
  include the requested sub-option(s).

6.2.2.  DHCP Server Behavior

  When the DHCP server receives either a MoS IPv6 Address Option or a
  MoS Domain Name List Option in the ORO, the DHCP server MUST include
  the option in its response message as defined in [RFC3315].

  A server MAY use the sub-options in the received MoS IPv6 Address
  Option or MoS Domain Name List Option from the client's message to
  restrict its response to the client-requested sub-options.  In the
  case when the server cannot find any Mobility Server satisfying a
  requested sub-option, the server SHOULD return the MoS Option with
  that sub-option and the length of the sub-option set to 0.

7.  Security Considerations

  The security considerations in [RFC2131] apply.  If an adversary
  manages to modify the response from a DHCP server or insert its own
  response, an MN could be led to contact a rogue Mobility Server,
  possibly one that then would provide wrong information, event or
  command for handover.

  It is recommended to use either DHCP authentication option described
  in [RFC3118] where available.  This will also protect the denial-of-
  service attacks to DHCP servers.  [RFC3118] provides mechanisms for
  both entity authentication and message authentication.

  In deployments where DHCP authentication is not available, lower-
  layer security services may be sufficient to protect DHCP messages.

  Regarding domain name resolution, it is recommended to consider the
  usage of DNSSEC [RFC4033] and the aspects of DNSSEC Operational
  Practices [RFC4641].  Security considerations described in [RFC5679]
  also apply.

8.  IANA Considerations

  This document defines two new DHCPv4 options as described in Sections
  2 and 3.

  MoS IPv4 Address Option for DHCPv4 (OPTION-IPv4_Address-MoS)    139

  MoS Domain Name List option for DHCPv4 (OPTION-IPv4_FQDN-MoS)   140





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  This document creates a new registry for the Sub-Option fields in the
  MoS DHCPv4 Address and FQDN options called the "IEEE 802.21 Service
  Type" (Section 2 and 3).

      IS                       1
      CS                       2
      ES                       3

  The values '0' and '255' are reserved.  Values '1' through '3' are
  allocated as above, and the rest are available for allocation.  New
  values can be allocated via Standards Action as defined in [RFC5226].

  This document also defines two DHCPv6 options as described in
  Sections 4 and 5.

  MoS IPv6 Address Option for DHCPv6 (OPTION-IPv6_Address-MoS)   54

  MoS Domain Name List option for DHCPv6 (OPTION-IPv6_FQDN-MoS)  55

  This document creates a new registry for the sub-option field in the
  MoS DHCPv6 Address and FQDN options called the "IEEE 802.21 IPv6
  Service Type" (Sections 4 and 5).

       IS                       1
       CS                       2
       ES                       3

  The values '0' and '65535' are reserved.  Values '1' through '3' are
  allocated as above, and the rest are available for allocation.  New
  values can be allocated via Standards Action as defined in [RFC5226].

9.  Acknowledgements

  The authors would like to acknowledge the following individuals for
  their valuable comments: Alfred Hoenes, Bernie Volz, David W.
  Hankins, Jari Arkko, Telemaco Melia, Ralph Droms, Ted Lemon, Vijay
  Devarapalli, and Yoshihiro Ohba.

10.  References

10.1.  Normative References

  [RFC2119]    Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
               Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

  [RFC2131]    Droms, R., "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol", RFC
               2131, March 1997.




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  [RFC3118]    Droms, R., Ed., and W. Arbaugh, Ed., "Authentication for
               DHCP Messages", RFC 3118, June 2001.

  [RFC3315]    Droms, R., Ed., Bound, J., Volz, B., Lemon, T., Perkins,
               C., and M. Carney, "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
               for IPv6 (DHCPv6)", RFC 3315, July 2003.

  [RFC3396]    Lemon, T. and S. Cheshire, "Encoding Long Options in the
               Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCPv4)", RFC 3396,
               November 2002.

  [RFC4033]    Arends, R., Austein, R., Larson, M., Massey, D., and S.
               Rose, "DNS Security Introduction and Requirements", RFC
               4033, March 2005.

  [RFC5226]    Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an
               IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 5226,
               May 2008.

  [RFC5677]    Melia, T., Ed., Bajko, G., Das, S., Golmie, N., and JC.
               Zuniga, "IEEE 802.21 Mobility Services Framework Design
               (MSFD)", RFC 5677, December 2009.

  [RFC5679]    Bajko, G., "Locating IEEE 802.21 Mobility Services Using
               DNS", RFC 5679, December 2009.

10.2.  Informative References

  [RFC4641]    Kolkman, O. and R. Gieben, "DNSSEC Operational
               Practices", RFC 4641, September 2006.

  [IEEE802.21] "IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks
               - Part 21: Media Independent Handover Services", IEEE
               LAN/MAN Std 802.21-2008, January 2009,
               http://www.ieee802.org/21/private/Published%20Spec/
               802.21-2008.pdf (access to the document requires
               membership).

Authors' Addresses

  Gabor Bajko
  Nokia
  EMail: [email protected]


  Subir Das
  Telcordia Technologies Inc.
  EMail: [email protected]



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