Subject: [MEXT] FW: Proposal for new Flow Idenfication option format

From: Hesham Soliman <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:07:28 +1000

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> From: Hesham Soliman <[email-masked]>
> Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:57:48 +1000
> To: Conny Larsson <[email-masked]>
> Conversation: [MEXT] Proposal for new Flow Idenfication option format
> Subject: Re: [MEXT] Proposal for new Flow Idenfication option format
> 
> Hi Conny, 
> 
> The new option will support the different formats as we discussed, don't worry
> :). The draft will be out soon.
> 
> Hesham
> 
> 
> On 23/04/09 8:49 PM, "Conny Larsson" <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Hesham,
>> 
>> As there seems to be multiple proposals for the flow descriptor format I
>> believe there is a need for a revised format of the Flow Identification
>> option defined in draft-ietf-mext-flow-binding-01.txt.
>> 
>> My proposal would be as follows:
>> 
>> Flow Identification option:
>> ===========================
>> This option includes information about the type of flow identification
>> format that follows. Exactly one option MUST be present in the message.
>> 
>> 0                   1                   2                   3
>> 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 Type   |  Option Len   |   Format      |               |
>> +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
>> 
>> Option Type
>>    TBD
>> 
>> Option Len
>>    Length of option in octets.
>> 
>> Format
>>    01   Format type 1
>>    02   Format type 2
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Flow Descriptor:
>> ================
>> This option identifies a specific flow. There MAY exist multiple
>> Flow Descriptor options in one Flow Identification option
>> 
>> 0                   1                   2                   3
>> 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 Type   |  Option Len   |   Flow Description            |
>> +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               +
>> .                                                               .
>> .                                                               .
>> +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
>> 
>> Option Type
>>    TBD
>> 
>> Option Len
>>    Length of the Flow Description in octets
>> 
>> Flow Description
>>    Defined in a separate document per format type
>> 
>> 
>> Regards
>> Conny
>> 
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