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Network Working Group                                           D. Cheng
Internet-Draft                                                    Huawei
Intended status: Standards Track                             J. Korhonen
Expires: May 18, 2017                               Broadcom Corporation
                                                            M. Boucadair
                                                                  Orange
                                                            S. Sivakumar
                                                           Cisco Systems
                                                       November 14, 2016


       RADIUS Extensions for IP Port Configuration and Reporting
                draft-ietf-radext-ip-port-radius-ext-17

Abstract

   This document defines three new RADIUS attributes.  For devices that
   implement IP port ranges, these attributes are used to communicate
   with a RADIUS server in order to configure and report IP transport
   ports, as well as mapping behavior for specific hosts.  This
   mechanism can be used in various deployment scenarios such as
   Carrier-Grade NAT, IPv4/IPv6 translators, Provider WLAN Gateway, etc.
   This document defines a mapping between some RADIUS attributes and
   IPFIX Information Element Identifiers.

Requirements Language

   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 RFC 2119 [RFC2119].

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Copyright Notice

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   3.  Extensions of RADIUS Attributes and TLVs  . . . . . . . . . .   5
     3.1.  Extended Attributes for IP Ports  . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
       3.1.1.  IP-Port-Limit-Info Attribute  . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
       3.1.2.  IP-Port-Range Attribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
       3.1.3.  IP-Port-Forwarding-Map  Attribute . . . . . . . . . .  11
     3.2.  RADIUS TLVs for IP Ports  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
       3.2.1.  IP-Port-Type TLV  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
       3.2.2.  IP-Port-Limit TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
       3.2.3.  IP-Port-Ext-IPv4-Addr TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
       3.2.4.  IP-Port-Int-IPv4-Addr TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
       3.2.5.  IP-Port-Int-IPv6-Addr TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
       3.2.6.  IP-Port-Int-Port TLV  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
       3.2.7.  IP-Port-Ext-Port TLV  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
       3.2.8.  IP-Port-Alloc TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
       3.2.9.  IP-Port-Range-Start TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
       3.2.10. IP-Port-Range-End TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
       3.2.11. IP-Port-Local-Id TLV  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
   4.  Applications, Use Cases and Examples  . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
     4.1.  Managing CGN Port Behavior using RADIUS . . . . . . . . .  24
       4.1.1.  Configure IP Port Limit for a User  . . . . . . . . .  24
       4.1.2.  Report IP Port Allocation/Deallocation  . . . . . . .  26
       4.1.3.  Configure Forwarding Port Mapping . . . . . . . . . .  28
       4.1.4.  An Example  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30
     4.2.  Report Assigned Port Set for a Visiting UE  . . . . . . .  31
   5.  Table of Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  32
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  33
   7.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  34
     7.1.  IANA Considerations on New IPFIX Information
           Elements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  34



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     7.2.  IANA Considerations on New RADIUS Attributes  . . . . . .  34
     7.3.  IANA Considerations on New RADIUS TLVs  . . . . . . . . .  35
   8.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  35
   9.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  36
     9.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  36
     9.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  37
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  39

1.  Introduction

   In a broadband network, customer information is usually stored on a
   RADIUS server [RFC2865].  At the time when a user initiates an IP
   connection request, if this request is authorized, the RADIUS server
   will populate the user's configuration information to the Network
   Access Server (NAS), which is often referred to as a Broadband
   Network Gateway (BNG) in broadband access networks.  The Carrier-
   Grade NAT (CGN) function may also be implemented on the BNG.  Within
   this document, the CGN may perform NAT44 [RFC3022], NAT64 [RFC6146],
   or Dual-Stack Lite AFTR [RFC6333] function.  In such case, the CGN IP
   transport port (e.g., TCP/UDP port) mapping(s) behavior(s) can be
   part of the configuration information sent from the RADIUS server to
   the NAS/BNG.  The NAS/BNG may also report to the RADIUS Server the IP
   port mapping behavior applied by the CGN to a user session to the
   RADIUS server, as part of the accounting information sent from the
   NAS/BNG to a RADIUS server.

   When IP packets traverse the CGN, it performs mapping on the IP
   transport (e.g., TCP/UDP) source port as required.  An IP transport
   source port, along with source IP address, destination IP address,
   destination port and protocol identifier if applicable, uniquely
   identify a mapping.  Since the number space of IP transport ports in
   CGN's external realm is shared among multiple users assigned with the
   same IPv4 address, the total number of a user's simultaneous IP
   mappings is likely to be subject to port quota (see Section 5 of
   [RFC6269]).

   The attributes defined in this document may also be used to report
   the assigned port range in some deployments such as Provider WLAN
   [I-D.gundavelli-v6ops-community-wifi-svcs].  For example, a visiting
   host can be managed by a CPE (Customer Premises Equipment ) which
   will need to report the assigned port range to the service platform.
   This is required for identification purposes (see TR-146 [TR-146] for
   more details).

   This document proposes three new attributes as RADIUS protocol's
   extensions, and they are used for separate purposes as follows:





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   1.  IP-Port-Limit-Info: This attribute may be carried in a RADIUS
       Access-Accept, Access-Request, Accounting-Request or CoA-Request
       packet.  The purpose of this attribute is to limit the total
       number of IP source transport ports allocated to a user,
       associated with one or more IPv4 or IPv6 addresses.

   2.  IP-Port-Range: This attribute may be carried in a RADIUS
       Accounting-Request packet.  The purpose of this attribute is for
       an address sharing device (e.g., a CGN) to report to the RADIUS
       server the range of IP source transport ports that have been
       allocated or deallocated for a user.  The port range is bound to
       an external IPv4 address.

   3.  IP-Port-Forwarding-Map: This attribute may be carried in RADIUS
       Access-Accept, Access-Request, Accounting-Request or CoA-Request
       packet.  The purpose of this attribute is to specify how an IP
       internal source transport port together with its internal IPv4 or
       IPv6 address are mapped to an external source transport port
       along with the external IPv4 address.

   IPFIX Information Elements [RFC7012] can be used for IP flow
   identification and representation over RADIUS.  This document
   provides a mapping between some RADIUS TLVs and IPFIX Information
   Element Identifiers.  A new IPFIX Information Element is defined by
   this document (see Section 3.2.2).

   IP protocol numbers (refer to [ProtocolNumbers]) can be used for
   identification of IP transport protocols (e.g., TCP [RFC0793], UDP
   [RFC0768], DCCP [RFC4340], and SCTP [RFC4960]) that are associated
   with some RADIUS attributes.

   This document focuses on IPv4 address sharing.  IPv6 prefix sharing
   mechanisms (e.g., NPTv6) are out of scope.

2.  Terminology

   This document makes use of the following terms:

   o  IP Port: refers to IP transport port (e.g., TCP port number, UDP
      port number).

   o  IP Port Type: refers to the IP transport protocol as indicated by
      the IP transport protocol number, refer to (refer to
      [ProtocolNumbers])

   o  IP Port Limit: denotes the maximum number of IP ports for a
      specific (or all) IP transport protocol(s), that a device
      supporting port ranges can use when performing port number



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      mappings for a specific user/host.  Note, this limit is usually
      associated with one or more IPv4/IPv6 addresses.

   o  IP Port Range: specifies a set of contiguous IP ports, indicated
      by the lowest numerical number and the highest numerical number,
      inclusively.

   o  Internal IP Address: refers to the IP address that is used by a
      host as a source IP address in an outbound IP packet sent towards
      a device supporting port ranges in the internal realm.  The
      internal IP address may be IPv4 or IPv6.

   o  External IP Address: refers to the IP address that is used as a
      source IP address in an outbound IP packet after traversing a
      device supporting port ranges in the external realm.  This
      document assumes that the external IP address is an IPv4 address.

   o  Internal Port: is an IP transport port, which is allocated by a
      host or application behind an address sharing device for an
      outbound IP packet in the internal realm.

   o  External Port: is an IP transport port, which is allocated by an
      address sharing device upon receiving an outbound IP packet in the
      internal realm, and is used to replace the internal port that is
      allocated by a user or application.

   o  External realm: refers to the networking segment where external IP
      addresses are used as source addresses of outbound packets
      forwarded by an address sharing device.

   o  Internal realm: refers to the networking segment that is behind an
      address sharing device and where internal IP addresses are used.

   o  Mapping: denotes a relationship between an internal IP address,
      internal port and the protocol, and an external IP address,
      external port, and the protocol.

   o  Address sharing device: a device that is capable of sharing an
      IPv4 address among multiple users.  A typical example of this
      device is a CGN, CPE, Provider WLAN Gateway, etc.

3.  Extensions of RADIUS Attributes and TLVs

   These three new attributes are defined in the following sub-sections:

   1.  IP-Port-Limit-Info Attribute

   2.  IP-Port-Range Attribute



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   3.  IP-Port-Forwarding-Map Attribute

   All these attributes are allocated from the RADIUS "Extended Type"
   code space per [RFC6929].

   These attributes and their embedded TLVs (refer to Section 3.2) are
   defined with globally unique names and follow the guideline in
   Section 2.7.1 of [RFC6929].

   In all the figures describing the RADIUS attributes and TLV formats
   in the following sub-sections, the fields are transmitted from left
   to right.

3.1.  Extended Attributes for IP Ports

3.1.1.  IP-Port-Limit-Info Attribute

   This attribute is of type "TLV" as defined in the RADIUS Protocol
   Extensions [RFC6929].  It contains some sub-attributes and the
   requirement is as follows:

   o  The IP-Port-Limit-Info Attribute MAY contain the IP-Port-Type TLV
      (see Section 3.2.1).

   o  The IP-Port-Limit-Info Attribute MUST contain the IP-Port-Limit
      TLV (see Section 3.2.2).

   o  The IP-Port-Limit-Info Attribute MAY contain the IP-Port-Ext-
      IPv4-Addr TLV (see Section 3.2.3).

   The IP-Port-Limit-Info Attribute specifies the maximum number of IP
   ports as indicated in IP-Port-Limit TLV, of a specific IP transport
   protocol as indicated in IP-Port-Type TLV, and associated with a
   given IPv4 address as indicated in IP-Port-Ext-IPv4-Addr TLV for an
   end user.

   Note that when IP-Port-Type TLV is not included as part of the IP-
   Port-Limit-Info Attribute, the port limit applies to all IP transport
   protocols.

   Note also that when IP-Port-Ext-IPv4-Addr TLV is not included as part
   of the IP-Port-Limit-Info Attribute, the port limit applies to all
   the IPv4 addresses managed by the address sharing device, e.g., a CGN
   or NAT64 device.

   The IP-Port-Limit-Info Attribute MAY appear in an Access-Accept
   packet.  It MAY also appear in an Access-Request packet as a




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   preferred maximum number of IP ports indicated by the device
   supporting port ranges co-located with the NAS, e.g., a CGN or NAT64.

   The IP-Port-Limit-Info Attribute MAY appear in a CoA-Request packet.

   The IP-Port-Limit-Info Attribute MAY appear in an Accounting-Request
   packet.

   The IP-Port-Limit-Info Attribute MUST NOT appear in any other RADIUS
   packet.

   The format of the IP-Port-Limit-Info Attribute is shown in Figure 1.

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |      Type     |     Length    | Extended-Type |    Value ...
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                                 Figure 1

   Type

      241

   Length

      This field indicates the total length in bytes of all fields of
      this attribute, including the Type, Length, Extended-Type, and the
      entire length of the embedded TLVs.

   Extended-Type

      5

   Value

      This field contains a set of TLVs as follows:

      IP-Port-Type TLV

         This TLV contains a value that indicates the IP port type.
         Refer to Section 3.2.1.

      IP-Port-Limit TLV

         This TLV contains the maximum number of IP ports of a specific
         IP port type and associated with a given IPv4 address for an



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         end user.  This TLV MUST be included in the IP-Port-Limit-Info
         Attribute.  Refer to Section 3.2.2.  This limit applies to all
         mappings that can be instantiated by an underlying address
         sharing device without soliciting any external entity.  In
         particular, this limit does not include the ports that are
         instructed by an AAA server.

      IP-Port-Ext-IPv4-Addr TLV

         This TLV contains the IPv4 address that is associated with the
         IP port limit contained in the IP-Port-Limit TLV.  This TLV is
         optionally included as part of the IP-Port-Limit-Info
         Attribute.  Refer to Section 3.2.3.

   IP-Port-Limit-Info Attribute is associated with the following
   identifier: 241.5.

3.1.2.  IP-Port-Range Attribute

   This attribute is of type "TLV" as defined in the RADIUS Protocol
   Extensions [RFC6929].  It contains some sub-attributes and the
   requirement is as follows:

   o  The IP-Port-Range Attribute MAY contain the IP-Port-Type TLV (see
      Section 3.2.1).

   o  The IP-Port-Range Attribute MUST contain the IP-Port-Alloc TLV
      (see Section 3.2.8).

   o  For port allocation, the IP-Port-Range Attribute MUST contain both
      the IP-Port-Range-Start TLV (see Section 3.2.9) and the IP-Port-
      Range-END TLV (see Section 3.2.10).  For port deallocation, the
      IP-Port-Range Attribute MAY contain both of these two TLVs; if the
      two TLVs are not included, it implies that all ports that were
      previously allocated are now all deallocated.

   o  The IP-Port-Range Attribute MAY contain the IP-Port-Ext-IPv4-Addr
      TLV (see Section 3.2.3).

   o  The IP-Port-Range Attribute MAY contain the IP-Port-Local-Id TLV
      (see Section 3.2.11).

   The IP-Port-Range Attribute contains a range of contiguous IP ports.
   These ports are either to be allocated or deallocated depending on
   the Value carried by the IP-Port-Alloc TLV.

   If the IP-Port-Type TLV is included as part of the IP-Port-Range
   Attribute, the port range is associated with the specific IP



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   transport protocol as specified in the IP-Port-Type TLV, but
   otherwise is for all IP transport protocols.

   If the IP-Port-Ext-IPv4-Addr TLV is included as part of the IP-Port-
   Range Attribute, the port range as specified is associated with IPv4
   address as indicated, but otherwise is for all IPv4 addresses by the
   address sharing device (e.g., a CGN device) for the end user.

   This attribute can be used to convey a single IP transport port
   number; in such case the Value of the IP-Port-Range-Start TLV and the
   IP-Port-Range-End TLV, respectively, contain the same port number.

   The information contained in the IP-Port-Range Attribute is sent to
   RADIUS server.

   The IP-Port-Range Attribute MAY appear in an Accounting-Request
   packet.

   The IP-Port-Range Attribute MUST NOT appear in any other RADIUS
   packet.

   The format of the IP-Port-Range Attribute is shown in Figure 2.

   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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |      Type     |     Length    | Extended-Type |    Value ...
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


                                 Figure 2

   Type

      241

   Length

      This field indicates the total length in bytes of all fields of
      this attribute, including the Type, Length, Extended-Type, and the
      entire length of the embedded TLVs.

   Extended-Type

      6

   Value




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      This field contains a set of TLVs as follows:

      IP-Port-Type TLV

         This TLV contains a value that indicates the IP port type.
         Refer to Section 3.2.1.

      IP-Port-Alloc TLV

         This TLV contains a flag to indicate that the range of the
         specified IP ports for either allocation or deallocation.  This
         TLV MUST be included as part of the IP-Port-Range Attribute.
         Refer to Section 3.2.8.

      IP-Port-Range-Start TLV

         This TLV contains the smallest port number of a range of
         contiguous IP ports.  To report the port allocation, this TLV
         MUST be included together with IP-Port-Range-End TLV as part of
         the IP-Port-Range Attribute.  Refer to Section 3.2.9.

      IP-Port-Range-End TLV

         This TLV contains the largest port number of a range of
         contiguous IP ports.  To report the port allocation, this TLV
         MUST be included together with IP-Port-Range-Start TLV as part
         of the IP-Port-Range Attribute.  Refer to Section 3.2.10.

      IP-Port-Ext-IPv4-Addr TLV

         This TLV contains the IPv4 address that is associated with the
         IP port range, as collectively indicated in the IP-Port-Range-
         Start TLV and the IP-Port-Range-End TLV.  This TLV is
         optionally included as part of the IP-Port-Range Attribute.
         Refer to Section 3.2.3.

      IP-Port-Local-Id TLV

         This TLV contains a local session identifier at the customer
         premise, such as MAC address, interface ID, VLAN ID, PPP
         sessions ID, VRF ID, IP address/prefix, etc.  This TLV is
         optionally included as part of the IP-Port-Range Attribute.
         Refer to Section 3.2.11.

   The IP-Port-Range attribute is associated with the following
   identifier: 241.6.





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3.1.3.  IP-Port-Forwarding-Map Attribute

   This attribute is of type "TLV" as defined in the RADIUS Protocol
   Extensions [RFC6929].  It contains some sub-attributes and the
   requirement is as follows:

   o  The IP-Port-Forwarding-Map Attribute MAY contain the IP-Port-Type
      TLV (see Section 3.2.1).

   o  The IP-Port-Forwarding-Map Attribute MUST contain both IP-Port-
      Int-Port TLV (see Section 3.2.6) and the IP-Port-Ext-Port TLV (see
      Section 3.2.7).

   o  If the internal realm is with IPv4 address family, the IP-Port-
      Forwarding-Map Attribute MUST contain the IP-Port-Int-IPv4-Addr
      TLV (see Section 3.2.4); if the internal realm is with IPv6
      address family, the IP-Port-Forwarding-Map Attribute MUST contain
      the IP-Port-Int-IPv6-Addr TLV (see Section 3.2.5).

   o  The IP-Port-Forwarding-Map Attribute MAY contain the IP-Port-Ext-
      IPv4-Addr TLV (see Section 3.2.3).

   o  The IP-Port-Forwarding-Map Attribute MAY contain the IP-Port-
      Local-Id TLV (see Section 3.2.11).

   The attribute contains a 2-byte IP internal port number and a 2-byte
   IP external port number.  The internal port number is associated with
   an internal IPv4 or IPv6 address that MUST always be included.  The
   external port number is associated with a specific external IPv4
   address if included, but otherwise with all external IPv4 addresses
   for the end user.

   If the IP-Port-Type TLV is included as part of the IP-Port-
   Forwarding-Map Attribute, the port mapping is associated with the
   specific IP transport protocol as specified in the IP-Port-Type TLV,
   but otherwise is for all IP transport protocols.

   The IP-Port-Forwarding-Map Attribute MAY appear in an Access-Accept
   packet.  It MAY also appear in an Access-Request packet to indicate a
   preferred port mapping by the device co-located with NAS.  However
   the server is not required to honor such a preference.

   The IP-Port-Forwarding-Map Attribute MAY appear in a CoA-Request
   packet.

   The IP-Port-Forwarding-Map Attribute MAY also appear in an
   Accounting-Request packet.




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   The IP-Port-Forwarding-Map Attribute MUST NOT appear in any other
   RADIUS packet.

   The format of the IP-Port-Forwarding-Map Attribute is shown in
   Figure 3.

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |      Type     |     Length    | Extended-Type |    Value ....
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


                                 Figure 3

   Type

      241

   Length

      This field indicates the total length in bytes of all fields of
      this attribute, including the Type, Length, Extended-Type, and the
      entire length of the embedded TLVs.

   Extended-Type

      7

   Value

      This field contains a set of TLVs as follows:

      IP-Port-Type TLV

         This TLV contains a value that indicates the IP port type.
         Refer to Section 3.2.1.

      IP-Port-Int-Port TLV

         This TLV contains an internal IP port number associated with an
         internal IPv4 or IPv6 address.  This TLV MUST be included
         together with IP-Port-Ext-Port TLV as part of the IP-Port-
         Forwarding-Map attribute.  Refer to Section 3.2.6.

      IP-Port-Ext-Port TLV





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         This TLV contains an external IP port number associated with an
         external IPv4 address.  This TLV MUST be included together with
         IP-Port-Int-Port TLV as part of the IP-Port-Forwarding-Map
         attribute.  Refer to Section 3.2.7.

      IP-Port-Int-IPv4-Addr TLV

         This TLV contains an IPv4 address that is associated with the
         internal IP port number contained in the IP-Port-Int-Port TLV.
         For internal realm with IPv4 address family, this TLV MUST be
         included as part of the IP-Port-Forwarding-Map Attribute.
         Refer to Section 3.2.4.

      IP-Port-Int-IPv6-Addr TLV

         This TLV contains an IPv6 address that is associated with the
         internal IP port number contained in the IP-Port-Int-Port TLV.
         For internal realm with IPv6 address family, this TLV MUST be
         included as part of the IP-Port-Forwarding-Map Attribute.
         Refer to Section 3.2.5.

      IP-Port-Ext-IPv4-Addr TLV

         This TLV contains an IPv4 address that is associated with the
         external IP port number contained in the IP-Port-Ext-Port TLV.
         This TLV MAY be included as part of the IP-Port-Forwarding-Map
         Attribute.  Refer to Section 3.2.3.

      IP-Port-Local-Id TLV

         This TLV contains a local session identifier at the customer
         premise, such as MAC address, interface ID, VLAN ID, PPP
         sessions ID, VRF ID, IP address/prefix, etc.  This TLV is
         optionally included as part of the IP-Port-Forwarding-Map
         Attribute.  Refer to Section 3.2.11.

   The IP-Port-Forwarding-Map Attribute is associated with the following
   identifier: 241.7.

3.2.  RADIUS TLVs for IP Ports

   The TLVs that are included in the three attributes (see Section 3.1)
   are defined in the following sub-sections.  These TLVs use the format
   defined in [RFC6929].  As the three attributes carry similar data, we
   have defined a common set of TLVs which are used for all three
   attributes.  That is, the TLVs have the same name and number, when
   encapsulated in any one of the three parent attributes.  See




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   Section 3.1.1, Section 3.1.2, and Section 3.1.3 for a list of which
   TLV is permitted within which parent attribute.

   The encoding of the Value field of these TLVs follows the
   recommendation of [RFC6158].  In particular, IP-Port-Type, IP-Port-
   Limit, IP-Port-Int-Port, IP-Port-Ext-Port, IP-Port-Alloc, IP-Port-
   Range-Start, and IP-Port-Range-End TLVs are encoded in 32 bits as per
   the recommendation in Appendix A.2.1 of [RFC6158].

3.2.1.  IP-Port-Type TLV

   The format of IP-Port-Type TLV is shown in Figure 4.  This attribute
   carries the IP transport protocol number defined by IANA (refer to
   [ProtocolNumbers])

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   TLV-Type    |     Length    |        Protocol-Number
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
           Protocol-Number         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                                 Figure 4

   TLV-Type

      1

   Length

      6

   Protocol-Number

      Integer.  This field contains the data (unsigned8) of the protocol
      number defined in [ProtocolNumbers], right justified, and the
      unused bits in this field MUST be set to zero.  Protocols that do
      not use a port number (e.g., Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP),
      IP Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)) MUST NOT be included in
      the IP-Port-Type TLV.

   IP-Port-Type TLV MAY be included in the following Attributes:

   o  IP-Port-Limit-Info Attribute, identified as 241.5.1 (see
      Section 3.1.1).





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   o  IP-Port-Range Attribute, identified as 241.6.1 (see
      Section 3.1.2).

   o  IP-Port-Forwarding-Map Attribute, identified as 241.7.1 (see
      Section 3.1.3).

   When the IP-Port-Type TLV is included within a RADIUS Attribute, the
   associated attribute is applied to the IP transport protocol as
   indicated by the Protocol-Number only, such as TCP, UDP, SCTP, DCCP,
   etc.

3.2.2.  IP-Port-Limit TLV

   The format of IP-Port-Limit TLV is shown in Figure 5.  This attribute
   carries IPFIX Information Element "sourceTransportPortsLimit (458),
   which indicates the maximum number of IP transport ports as a limit
   for an end user to use that is associated with one or more IPv4 or
   IPv6 addresses.

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   TLV-Type    |     Length    |    sourceTransportPortsLimit
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        sourceTransportPortsLimit  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                                 Figure 5

   TLV-Type

      2

   Length

      6

   sourceTransportPortsLimit

      Integer.  This field contains the data (unsigned16) of
      sourceTransportPortsLimit (458) defined in IPFIX, right justified,
      and the unused bits in this field MUST be set to zero.

   IP-Port-Limit TLV MUST be included as part of the IP-Port-Limit-Info
   Attribute (refer to Section 3.1.1), identified as 241.5.2.






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3.2.3.  IP-Port-Ext-IPv4-Addr TLV

   The format of IP-Port-Ext-IPv4-Addr TLV is shown in Figure 6.  This
   attribute carries IPFIX Information Element 225,
   "postNATSourceIPv4Address", which is the IPv4 source address after
   NAT operation (refer to [IPFIX]).

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   TLV-Type    |    Length     |    postNATSourceIPv4Address
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
        postNATSourceIPv4Address   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                                 Figure 6

   TLV-Type

      3

   Length

      6

   postNATSourceIPv4Address

      Integer.  This field contains the data (ipv4Address) of
      postNATSourceIPv4Address (225) defined in IPFIX.

   IP-Port-Ext-IPv4-Addr TLV MAY be included in the following
   Attributes:

   o  IP-Port-Limit-Info Attribute, identified as 241.5.3 (see
      Section 3.1.1).

   o  IP-Port-Range Attribute, identified as 241.6.3 (see
      Section 3.1.2).

   o  IP-Port-Forwarding-Mapping Attribute, identified as 241.7.3 (see
      Section 3.1.3).

3.2.4.  IP-Port-Int-IPv4-Addr TLV

   The format of IP-Port-Int-IPv4 TLV is shown in Figure 7.  This
   attribute carries IPFIX Information Element 8, "sourceIPv4Address",
   which is the IPv4 source address before NAT operation (refer to
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    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   TLV-Type    |     Length    |       sourceIPv4Address
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
         sourceIPv4Address         |
   +-+--+-+-+-+-+-+-++-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                                 Figure 7

   TLV-Type

      4

   Length

      6

   sourceIPv4Address

      Integer.  This field contains the data (ipv4Address) of
      sourceIPv4Address (8) defined in IPFIX.

   If the internal realm is with IPv4 address family, the IP-Port-Int-
   IPv4-Addr TLV MUST be included as part of the IP-Port-Forwarding-Map
   Attribute (refer to Section 3.1.3), identified as 241.7.4.

3.2.5.  IP-Port-Int-IPv6-Addr TLV

   The format of IP-Port-Int-IPv6-Addr TLV is shown in Figure 8.  This
   attribute carries IPFIX Information Element 27, "sourceIPv6Address",
   which is the IPv6 source address before NAT operation (refer to
   [IPFIX]).


















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    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   TLV-Type    |     Length    |        sourceIPv6Address
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
                             sourceIPv6Address
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
                             sourceIPv6Address
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
                             sourceIPv6Address
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
           sourceIPv6Address       |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                                 Figure 8

   TLV-Type

      5

   Length

      18

   sourceIPv6Address

      IPv6 address (128 bits).  This field contains the data
      (ipv6Address) of sourceIPv6Address (27) defined in IPFIX.

   If the internal realm is with IPv6 address family, the IP-Port-Int-
   IPv6-Addr TLV MUST be included as part of the IP-Port-Forwarding-Map
   Attribute (refer to Section 3.1.3), identified as 241.7.5.

3.2.6.  IP-Port-Int-Port TLV

   The format of IP-Port-Int-Port TLV is shown in Figure 9.  This
   attribute carries IPFIX Information Element 7, "sourceTransportPort",
   which is the source transport number associated with an internal IPv4
   or IPv6 address (refer to [IPFIX]).












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    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |    TLV-Type   |     Length    |      sourceTransportPort
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
           sourceTransportPort     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


                                 Figure 9

   TLV-Type

      6

   Length

      6

   sourceTransportPort

      Integer.  This field contains the data (unsigned16) of
      sourceTrasnportPort (7) defined in IPFIX, right justified, and
      unused bits MUST be set to zero.

   IP-Port-Int-Port TLV MUST be included as part of the IP-Port-
   Forwarding-Map Attribute (refer to Section 3.1.3), identified as
   241.7.6.

3.2.7.  IP-Port-Ext-Port TLV

   The format of IP-Port-Ext-Port TLV is shown in Figure 10.  This
   attribute carries IPFIX Information Element 227,
   "postNAPTSourceTransportPort", which is the transport number
   associated with an external IPv4 address(refer to [IPFIX]).

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |    TLV-Type   |     Length    |  postNAPTSourceTransportPort
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      postNAPTSourceTransportPort  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


                                 Figure 10

   TLV-Type



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      7

   Length

      6

   postNAPTSourceTransportPort

      Integer.  This field contains the data (unsigned16) of
      postNAPTSourceTrasnportPort (227) defined in IPFIX, right
      justified, and unused bits MUST be set to zero.

   IP-Port-Ext-Port TLV MUST be included as part of the IP-Port-
   Forwarding-Map Attribute (refer to Section 3.1.3), identified as
   241.7.7.

3.2.8.  IP-Port-Alloc TLV

   The format of IP-Port-Alloc TLV is shown in Figure 11.  This
   attribute carries IPFIX Information Element 230, "natEvent", which is
   a flag to indicate an action of NAT operation (refer to [IPFIX]).

   When the value of natEvent is "1" (Create event), it means to
   allocate a range of transport ports; when the value is "2", it means
   to deallocate a range of transports ports.  For the purpose of this
   TLV, no other value is used.

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |    TLV-Type   |     Length    |            natEvent
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
               natEvent            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


                                 Figure 11

   TLV-Type

      8

   Length

      6

   natEvent




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      Integer.  This field contains the data (unsigned8) of natEvent
      (230) defined in IPFIX, right justified, and unused bits MUST be
      set to zero.  It indicates the allocation or deallocation of a
      range of IP ports as follows:

      1:

         Allocation

      2:

         Deallocation

   Reserved:

      0.

   IP-Port-Alloc TLV MUST be included as part of the IP-Port-Range
   Attribute (refer to Section 3.1.2), identified as 241.6.8.

3.2.9.  IP-Port-Range-Start TLV

   The format of IP-Port-Range-Start TLV is shown in Figure 12.  This
   attribute carries IPFIX Information Element 361, "portRangeStart",
   which is the smallest port number of a range of contiguous transport
   ports (refer to [IPFIX]).

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |    TLV-Type   |     Length    |         portRangeStart
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
             portRangeStart        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+



                                 Figure 12

   TLV-Type

      9

   Length

      6

   portRangeStart



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      Integer.  This field contains the data (unsigned16) of (361)
      defined in IPFIX, right justified, and unused bits MUST be set to
      zero.

   IP-Port-Range-Start TLV is included as part of the IP-Port-Range
   Attribute (refer to Section 3.1.2), identified as 241.6.9.

3.2.10.  IP-Port-Range-End TLV

   The format of IP-Port-Range-End TLV is shown in Figure 13.  This
   attribute carries IPFIX Information Element 362, "portRangeEnd",
   which is the largest port number of a range of contiguous transport
   ports (refer to [IPFIX]).

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |    TLV-Type   |     Length    |          portRangeEnd
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
              portRangeEnd         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


                                 Figure 13

   TLV-Type

      10

   Length

      6

   portRangeEnd

      Integer.  This field contains the data (unsigned16) of (362)
      defined in IPFIX, right justified, and unused bits MUST be set to
      zero.

   IP-Port-Range-End TLV is included as part of the IP-Port-Range
   Attribute (refer to Section 3.1.2), identified as 241.6.10.

3.2.11.  IP-Port-Local-Id TLV

   The format of IP-Port-Local-Id TLV is shown in Figure 14.  This
   attribute carries a string called "localID", which is a local
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   The primary issue addressed by this TLV is that there are CGN
   deployments that do not distinguish internal hosts by their internal
   IP address alone, but use further identifiers for unique subscriber
   identification.  For example, this is the case if a CGN supports
   overlapping private or shared IP address spaces (refer to [RFC1918]
   and [RFC6598]) for internal hosts of different subscribers.  In such
   cases, different internal hosts are identified and mapped at the CGN
   by their IP address and/or another identifier, for example, the
   identifier of a tunnel between the CGN and the subscriber.  In these
   scenarios (and similar ones), the internal IP address is not
   sufficient to demultiplex connections from internal hosts.  An
   additional identifier needs to be present in the IP-Port-Range
   Attribute and IP-Port-Forwarding-Mapping Attribute in order to
   uniquely identify an internal host.  The IP-Port-Local-Id TLV is used
   to carry this identifier.

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |    TLV-Type   |     Length    |        localID ....
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


                                 Figure 14

   TLV-Type

      11

   Length

      Variable number of bytes.

   localID

      string.  The data type of this field is string (refer to
      [I-D.ietf-radext-datatypes]).  This field contains the data that
      is a local session identifier at the customer premise, such as MAC
      address, interface ID, VLAN ID, PPP sessions ID, VRF ID, IP
      address/prefix, or another local session identifier.

   IP-Port-Local-Id TLV MAY be included in the following Attributes if
   it is necessary to identify the subscriber:

   o  IP-Port-Range Attribute, identified as 241.6.11 (see
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   o  IP-Port-Forwarding-Mapping Attribute, identified as 241.7.11 (see
      Section 3.1.3).

4.  Applications, Use Cases and Examples

   This section describes some applications and use cases to illustrate
   the use of the attributes proposed in this document.

4.1.  Managing CGN Port Behavior using RADIUS

   In a broadband network, customer information is usually stored on a
   RADIUS server, and the BNG acts as a NAS.  The communication between
   the NAS and the RADIUS server is triggered by a user when it signs in
   to the Internet service, where either PPP or DHCP/DHCPv6 is used.
   When a user signs in, the NAS sends a RADIUS Access-Request message
   to the RADIUS server.  The RADIUS server validates the request, and
   if the validation succeeds, it in turn sends back a RADIUS Access-
   Accept message.  The Access-Accept message carries configuration
   information specific to that user, back to the NAS, where some of the
   information would pass on to the requesting user via PPP or DHCP/
   DHCPv6.

   A CGN function in a broadband network is most likely be co-located on
   a BNG.  In that case, parameters for CGN port mapping behavior for
   users can be configured on the RADIUS server.  When a user signs in
   to the Internet service, the associated parameters can be conveyed to
   the NAS, and proper configuration is accomplished on the CGN device
   for that user.

   Also, CGN operation status such as CGN port allocation and
   deallocation for a specific user on the BNG can also be transmitted
   back to the RADIUS server for accounting purpose using the RADIUS
   protocol.

   RADIUS protocol has already been widely deployed in broadband
   networks to manage BNG, thus the functionality described in this
   specification introduces little overhead to the existing network
   operation.

   In the following sub-sections, we describe how to manage CGN behavior
   using RADIUS protocol, with required RADIUS extensions proposed in
   Section 3.

4.1.1.  Configure IP Port Limit for a User

   In the face of IPv4 address shortage, there are currently proposals
   to multiplex multiple users' connections over a number of shared IPv4
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   [RFC6333], NAT64 [RFC6146], etc.  As a result, a single IPv4 public
   address may be shared by hundreds or even thousands of users.  As
   indicated in [RFC6269], it is therefore necessary to impose limits on
   the total number of ports available to an individual user to ensure
   that the shared resource, i.e., the IPv4 address, remains available
   in some capacity to all the users using it.  The support of IP port
   limit is also documented in [RFC6888] as a requirement for CGN.

   The IP port limit imposed to an end user may be on the total number
   of IP source transport ports, or a specific IP transport protocol as
   defined in Section 3.1.1.

   The per-user based IP port limit is configured on a RADIUS server,
   along with other user information such as credentials.

   When a user signs in to the Internet service successfully, the IP
   port limit for the subscriber is passed by the RADIUS server to the
   BNG, acting as a NAS and co-located with the CGN, using the IP-Port-
   Limit-Info RADIUS attribute (defined in Section 3.1.1), along with
   other configuration parameters.  While some parameters are passed to
   the user, the IP port limit is recorded on the CGN device for
   imposing the usage of IP transport ports for that user.

   Figure 15 illustrates how RADIUS protocol is used to configure the
   maximum number of TCP/UDP ports for a given user on a CGN device.

   User                     CGN/NAS                        AAA
    |                         BNG                         Server
    |                          |                             |
    |                          |                             |
    |----Service Request------>|                             |
    |                          |                             |
    |                          |-----Access-Request -------->|
    |                          |                             |
    |                          |<----Access-Accept-----------|
    |                          |     (IP-Port-Limit-Info)    |
    |                          |     (for TCP/UDP ports)     |
    |<---Service Granted ------|                             |
    |    (other parameters)    |                             |
    |                          |                             |
    |                  (CGN external port                    |
    |                   allocation and                       |
    |                   IPv4 address assignment)             |
    |                          |                             |

       Figure 15: RADIUS Message Flow for Configuring CGN Port Limit





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   The IP port limit created on a CGN device for a specific user using
   RADIUS extension may be changed using RADIUS CoA message [RFC5176]
   that carries the same RADIUS attribute.  The CoA message may be sent
   from the RADIUS server directly to the NAS, which once accepts and
   sends back a RADIUS CoA ACK message, the new IP port limit replaces
   the previous one.

   Figure 16 illustrates how RADIUS protocol is used to increase the
   TCP/UDP port limit from 1024 to 2048 on a CGN device for a specific
   user.


   User                     CGN/NAS                           AAA
    |                         BNG                            Server
    |                          |                               |
    |              TCP/UDP Port Limit (1024)                   |
    |                          |                               |
    |                          |<---------CoA Request----------|
    |                          |       (IP-Port-Limit-Info)    |
    |                          |       (for TCP/UDP ports)     |
    |                          |                               |
    |              TCP/UDP Port Limit (2048)                   |
    |                          |                               |
    |                          |---------CoA Response--------->|
    |                          |                               |

    Figure 16: RADIUS Message Flow for changing a user's CGN port limit

4.1.2.  Report IP Port Allocation/Deallocation

   Upon obtaining the IP port limit for a user, the CGN device needs to
   allocate an IP transport port for the user when receiving a new IP
   flow sent from that user.

   As one practice, a CGN may allocate a block of IP ports for a
   specific user, instead of one port at a time, and within each port
   block, the ports may be randomly distributed or in consecutive
   fashion.  When a CGN device allocates a block of transport ports, the
   information can be easily conveyed to the RADIUS server by a new
   RADIUS attribute called the IP-Port-Range (defined in Section 3.1.2).
   The CGN device may allocate one or more IP port ranges, where each
   range contains a set of numbers representing IP transport ports, and
   the total number of ports MUST be less or equal to the associated IP
   port limit imposed for that user.  A CGN device may choose to
   allocate a small port range, and allocate more at a later time as
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   At the same time, the CGN device also needs to decide the shared IPv4
   address for that user.  The shared IPv4 address and the pre-allocated
   IP port range are both passed to the RADIUS server.

   When a user initiates an IP flow, the CGN device randomly selects a
   transport port number from the associated and pre-allocated IP port
   range for that user to replace the original source port number, along
   with the replacement of the source IP address by the shared IPv4
   address.

   A CGN device may decide to "free" a previously assigned set of IP
   ports that have been allocated for a specific user but not currently
   in use, and with that, the CGN device must send the information of
   the deallocated IP port range along with the shared IPv4 address to
   the RADIUS server.

   Figure 17 illustrates how RADIUS protocol is used to report a set of
   ports allocated and deallocated, respectively, by a NAT64 device for
   a specific user to the RADIUS server. 2001:db8:100:200::/56 is the
   IPv6 prefix allocated to this user.  In order to limit the usage of
   the NAT64 resources on a per-user basis for fairness of resource
   usage (see REQ-4 of [RFC6888]), port range allocations are bound to
   the /56 prefix, not to the source IPv6 address of the request.  The
   NAT64 devices is configured with the per-user port limit policy by
   some means (e.g., subscriber-mask [RFC7785]).


























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   Host                      NAT64/NAS                     AAA
    |                         BNG                         Server
    |                          |                             |
    |                          |                             |
    |----Service Request------>|                             |
    |                          |                             |
    |                          |-----Access-Request -------->|
    |                          |                             |
    |                          |<----Access-Accept-----------|
    |<---Service Granted ------|                             |
    |    (other parameters)    |                             |
   ...                        ...                           ...
    |                          |                             |
    |                          |                             |
    |                (NAT64 decides to allocate              |
    |                 a TCP/UDP port range for the user)     |
    |                          |                             |
    |                          |-----Accounting-Request----->|
    |                          |    (IP-Port-Range           |
    |                          |     for allocation)         |
   ...                        ...                           ...
    |                          |                             |
    |                (NAT64 decides to deallocate            |
    |                 a TCP/UDP port range for the user)     |
    |                          |                             |
    |                          |-----Accounting-Request----->|
    |                          |    (IP-Port-Range           |
    |                          |     for deallocation)       |
    |                          |                             |

      Figure 17: RADIUS Message Flow for reporting NAT64 allocation/
                        deallocation of a port set

4.1.3.  Configure Forwarding Port Mapping

   In most scenarios, the port mapping on a NAT device is dynamically
   created when the IP packets of an IP connection initiated by a user
   arrives.  For some applications, the port mapping needs to be pre-
   defined allowing IP packets of applications from outside a CGN device
   to pass through and "port forwarded" to the correct user located
   behind the CGN device.

   Port Control Protocol [RFC6887], provides a mechanism to create a
   mapping from an external IP address and port to an internal IP
   address and port on a CGN device just to achieve the "port
   forwarding" purpose.  PCP is a server-client protocol capable of
   creating or deleting a mapping along with a rich set of features on a
   CGN device in dynamic fashion.  In some deployment, all users need is



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   a few, typically just one pre-configured port mapping for
   applications such as web cam at home, and the lifetime of such a port
   mapping remains valid throughout the duration of the customer's
   Internet service connection time.  In such an environment, it is
   possible to statically configure a port mapping on the RADIUS server
   for a user and let the RADIUS protocol to propagate the information
   to the associated CGN device.

   Note that this document targets deployments where a AAA server is
   responsible de instructing NAT mappings for a given subscriber and
   does not make any assumption about the host's capabilities with
   regards to port forwarding control.  This deployment is complementary
   to PCP given that PCP targets a different deployment model where an
   application (on the host) controls its mappings in an upstream CPE,
   CGN, firewall, etc.

   Figure 18 illustrates how RADIUS protocol is used to configure a
   forwarding port mapping on a NAT44 device by using RADIUS protocol.

   Host                     CGN/NAS                           AAA
    |                         BNG                            Server
    |                          |                               |
    |----Service Request------>|                               |
    |                          |                               |
    |                          |---------Access-Request------->|
    |                          |                               |
    |                          |<--------Access-Accept---------|
    |                          |   (IP-Port-Forwarding-Map)    |
    |<---Service Granted ------|                               |
    |    (other parameters)    |                               |
    |                          |                               |
    |                 (Create a port mapping                   |
    |                  for the user, and                       |
    |                  associate it with the                   |
    |                  internal IP address                     |
    |                  and external IP address)                |
    |                          |                               |
    |                          |                               |
    |                          |------Accounting-Request------>|
    |                          |    (IP-Port-Forwarding-Map)   |

     Figure 18: RADIUS Message Flow for configuring a forwarding port
                                  mapping

   A port forwarding mapping that is created on a CGN device using
   RADIUS extension as described above may also be changed using RADIUS
   CoA message [RFC5176] that carries the same RADIUS association.  The
   CoA message may be sent from the RADIUS server directly to the NAS,



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   which once accepts and sends back a RADIUS CoA ACK message, the new
   port forwarding mapping then replaces the previous one.

   Figure 19 illustrates how RADIUS protocol is used to change an
   existing port mapping from (a:X) to (a:Y), where "a" is an internal
   port, and "X" and "Y" are external ports, respectively, for a
   specific user with a specific IP address

   Host                     CGN/NAS                           AAA
    |                         BNG                            Server
    |                          |                               |
    |                    Internal IP Address                   |
    |                    Port Map (a:X)                        |
    |                          |                               |
    |                          |<---------CoA Request----------|
    |                          |    (IP-Port-Forwarding-Map)   |
    |                          |                               |
    |                    Internal IP Address                   |
    |                    Port Map (a:Y)                        |
    |                          |                               |
    |                          |---------CoA Response--------->|
    |                          |    (IP-Port-Forwarding-Map)   |

   Figure 19: RADIUS Message Flow for changing a user's forwarding port
                                  mapping

4.1.4.  An Example

   An Internet Service Provider (ISP) assigns TCP/UDP 500 ports for the
   user Joe. This number is the limit that can be used for TCP/UDP ports
   on a CGN device for Joe, and is configured on a RADIUS server.  Also,
   Joe asks for a pre-defined port forwarding mapping on the CGN device
   for his web cam applications (external port 5000 maps to internal
   port 1234).

   When Joe successfully connects to the Internet service, the RADIUS
   server conveys the TCP/UDP port limit (500) and the forwarding port
   mapping (external port 5000 to internal port 1234) to the CGN device,
   using IP-Port-Limit-Info Attribute and IP-Port-Forwarding-Map
   attribute, respectively, carried by an Access-Accept message to the
   BNG where NAS and CGN co-located.

   Upon receiving the first outbound IP packet sent from Joe's laptop,
   the CGN device decides to allocate a small port pool that contains 40
   consecutive ports, from 3500 to 3540, inclusively, and also assign a
   shared IPv4 address 192.0.2.15, for Joe. The CGN device also randomly
   selects one port from the allocated range (say 3519) and use that
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   For accounting purpose, the CGN device passes this port range
   (3500-3540) and the shared IPv4 address 192.0.2.15 together to the
   RADIUS server using IP-Port-Range attribute carried by an Accounting-
   Request message.

   When Joe works on more applications with more outbound IP mappings
   and the port pool (3500-3540) is close to exhaust, the CGN device
   allocates a second port pool (8500-8800) in a similar fashion, and
   also passes the new port range (8500-8800) and IPv4 address
   192.0.2.15 together to the RADIUS server using IP-Port-Range
   attribute carried by an Accounting-Request message.  Note when the
   CGN allocates more ports, it needs to assure that the total number of
   ports allocated for Joe is within the limit.

   Joe decides to upgrade his service agreement with more TCP/UDP ports
   allowed (up to 1000 ports).  The ISP updates the information in Joe's
   profile on the RADIUS server, which then sends a CoA-Request message
   that carries the IP-Port-Limit-Info Attribute with 1000 ports to the
   CGN device; the CGN device in turn sends back a CoA-ACK message.
   With that, Joe enjoys more available TCP/UDP ports for his
   applications.

   When Joe is not using his service, most of the IP mappings are closed
   with their associated TCP/UDP ports released on the CGN device, which
   then sends the relevant information back to the RADIUS server using
   IP-Port-Range attribute carried by Accounting-Request message.

   Throughout Joe's connection with his ISP Internet service,
   applications can communicate with his web cam at home from external
   realm directly traversing the pre-configured mapping on the CGN
   device.

   When Joe disconnects from his Internet service, the CGN device will
   deallocate all TCP/UDP ports as well as the port-forwarding mapping,
   and send the relevant information to the RADIUS server.

4.2.  Report Assigned Port Set for a Visiting UE

   Figure 20 illustrates an example of the flow exchange which occurs
   when a visiting User Equipment (UE) connects to a CPE offering WLAN
   service.

   For identification purposes (see [RFC6967]), once the CPE assigns a
   port set, it issues a RADIUS message to report the assigned port set.







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   UE         CPE             CGN                          AAA
    |                         BNG                         Server
    |                          |                             |
    |                          |                             |
    |----Service Request------>|                             |
    |                          |                             |
    |                          |-----Access-Request -------->|
    |                          |                             |
    |                          |<----Access-Accept-----------|
    |<---Service Granted ------|                             |
    |    (other parameters)    |                             |
   ...          |             ...                           ...
    |<---IP@----|              |                             |
    |           |              |                             |
    |   (CPE assigns a TCP/UDP port                          |
    |   range for this visiting UE)                          |
    |           |                                            |
    |           |--Accounting-Request-...------------------->|
    |           |    (IP-Port-Range                          |
    |           |     for allocation)                        |
   ...          |             ...                           ...
    |           |              |                             |
    |           |              |                             |
    |   (CPE withdraws a TCP/UDP port                        |
    |   range for a visiting UE)                             |
    |           |                                            |
    |           |--Accounting-Request-...------------------->|
    |           |    (IP-Port-Range                          |
    |           |     for deallocation)                      |
    |           |                                            |

       Figure 20: RADIUS Message Flow for reporting CPE allocation/
                deallocation of a port set to a visiting UE

5.  Table of Attributes

   This document proposes three new RADIUS attributes and their formats
   are as follows:

   o  IP-Port-Limit-Info: 241.5.

   o  IP-Port-Range: 241.6.

   o  IP-Port-Forwarding-Map: 241.7.

   The following table provides a guide as what type of RADIUS packets
   that may contain these attributes, and in what quantity.




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   Request Accept Reject Challenge Acct.    #     Attribute
                                   Request
   0+      0+     0      0         0+       241.5 IP-Port-Limit-Info
   0       0      0      0         0+       241.6 IP-Port-Range
   0+      0+     0      0         0+       241.7 IP-Port-Forwarding-Map

   The following table defines the meaning of the above table entries.

   0  This attribute MUST NOT be present in packet.
   0+ Zero or more instances of this attribute MAY be present in packet.

6.  Security Considerations

   This document does not introduce any security issue other than the
   ones already identified in RADIUS [RFC2865] and [RFC5176] for CoA
   messages.  Known RADIUS vulnerabilities apply to this specification.
   For example, if RADIUS packets are sent in the clear, an attacker in
   the communication path between the RADIUS client and server may glean
   information that it will use to prevent a legitimate user to access
   the service by appropriately setting the maximum number of IP ports
   conveyed in an IP-Port-Limit-Info Attribute, exhaust the port quota
   of a user by installing many mapping entries (IP-Port-Forwarding-Map
   Attribute), prevent incoming traffic to be delivered to its
   legitimate destination by manipulating the mapping entries installed
   by means of an IP-Port-Forwarding-Map Attribute, discover the IP
   address and port range assigned to a given user and which is reported
   in an IP-Port-Range Attribute, etc.  The root cause of these attack
   vectors is the communication between the RADIUS client and server.

   The IP-Port-Local-Id TLV includes an identifier of which the type and
   length is deployment and implementation dependent.  This identifier
   might carry privacy sensitive information.  It is therefore
   RECOMMENDED to utilize identifiers that do not have such privacy
   concerns.

   If there is any error in a Radius Accounting-Request packet sent from
   a RADIUS client to the server, the RADIUS server MUST NOT send
   response to the client (refer to [RFC2866]).  Examples of the errors
   include the erroneous port range in IP-Port-Range Attribute,
   inconsistent port mapping in IP-Port-Forwarding-Map Attribute, etc.

   This document targets deployments where a trusted relationship is in
   place between the RADIUS client and server with communication
   optionally secured by IPsec or Transport Layer Security (TLS)
   [RFC6614].






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7.  IANA Considerations

   This document requires new code point assignments for both IPFIX
   Information Elements and RADIUS attributes as explained in the
   following sub-sections.

7.1.  IANA Considerations on New IPFIX Information Elements

   The following is a new IPFIX Information Element as requested by this
   document (refer to Section 3.2.2) :

   o  sourceTransportPortsLimit:

      *  Name: sourceTransportPortsLimit.

      *  Element ID: 458.

      *  Description: This Information Element contains the maximum
         number of IP source transport ports that can be used by an end
         user when sending IP packets; each user is associated with one
         or more (source) IPv4 or IPv6 addresses.  This IE is
         particularly useful in address sharing deployments that adhere
         to REQ-4 of [RFC6888].  Limiting the number of ports assigned
         to each user ensures fairness among users and mitigates the
         denial-of-service attack that a user could launch against other
         users through the address sharing device in order to grab more
         ports.

      *  Data type: unsigned16.

      *  Data type semantics: totalCounter.

      *  Data type unit: ports.

      *  Data value range: from 1 to 65535.

7.2.  IANA Considerations on New RADIUS Attributes

   The authors request that Attribute Types and Attribute Values defined
   in this document be registered by the Internet Assigned Numbers
   Authority (IANA) from the RADIUS namespaces as described in the "IANA
   Considerations" section of [RFC3575], in accordance with BCP 26
   [RFC5226].  For RADIUS packets, attributes and registries created by
   this document IANA is requested to place them at
   http://www.iana.org/assignments/radius-types.

   In particular, this document defines three new RADIUS attributes,
   entitled "IP-Port-Limit-Info" (see Section 3.1.1), "IP-Port-Range"



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   (see Section 3.1.2) and "IP-Port-Forwarding-Map" (see Section 3.1.3),
   with assigned values of 241.5, 241.6 and 241.7 from the Short
   Extended Space of [RFC6929]:

      Type       Name                   Meaning
      ----       ----                   -------
      241.5     IP-Port-Limit-Info     see Section 3.1.1
      241.6     IP-Port-Range          see Section 3.1.2
      241.7     IP-Port-Forwarding-Map see Section 3.1.3

7.3.  IANA Considerations on New RADIUS TLVs

   IANA has created a new registry called "RADIUS IP Port Configuraion
   and Reporting TLVs".  All TLVs in this registry have one or more
   parent Radius attributes in nesting (refer to [RFC6929].  This
   registray contains the following TLVs:

      Value  Name                     Definition
      -----  -----                    ----------
      0      Reserved
      1      IP-Port-Type             see Section 3.2.1
      2      IP-Port-Limit            see Section 3.2.2
      3      IP-Port-Ext-IPv4-Addr    see Section 3.2.3
      4      IP-Port-Int-IPv4-Addr    see Section 3.2.4
      5      IP-Port-Int-IPv6-Addr    see Section 3.2.5
      6      IP-Port-Int-Port         see Section 3.2.6
      7      IP-Port-Ext-Port         see Section 3.2.7
      8      IP-Port-Alloc            see Section 3.2.8
      9      IP-Port-Range-Start      see Section 3.2.9
      10     IP-Port-Range-End        see Section 3.2.10
      11     IP-Port-Local-Id         see Section 3.2.11
      12-255 Unsigned

   The registration procedure for this registry is Standards Action as
   defined in [RFC5226].

8.  Acknowledgements

   Many thanks to Dan Wing, Roberta Maglione, Daniel Derksen, David
   Thaler, Alan Dekok, Lionel Morand, and Peter Deacon for their useful
   comments and suggestions.

   Special thanks to Lionel Morand for the Shepherd review and to
   Kathleen Moriarty for the AD review.

   Thanks to Carl Wallace, Tim Chown, and Ben Campbell for the detailed
   review.




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9.  References

9.1.  Normative References

   [I-D.ietf-radext-datatypes]
              DeKok, A., "Data Types in the Remote Authentication Dial-
              In User Service Protocol (RADIUS)", draft-ietf-radext-
              datatypes-08 (work in progress), October 2016.

   [IPFIX]    IANA, "IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX) Entities",
              <http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipfix/ipfix.xhtml>.

   [ProtocolNumbers]
              IANA, "Protocol Numbers",
              <http://www.iana.org/assignments/protocol-numbers/
              protocol-numbers.xhtml>.

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC2865]  Rigney, C., Willens, S., Rubens, A., and W. Simpson,
              "Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS)",
              RFC 2865, DOI 10.17487/RFC2865, June 2000,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2865>.

   [RFC3575]  Aboba, B., "IANA Considerations for RADIUS (Remote
              Authentication Dial In User Service)", RFC 3575,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC3575, July 2003,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3575>.

   [RFC5226]  Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an
              IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 5226,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC5226, May 2008,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5226>.

   [RFC6929]  DeKok, A. and A. Lior, "Remote Authentication Dial In User
              Service (RADIUS) Protocol Extensions", RFC 6929,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6929, April 2013,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6929>.

   [RFC7012]  Claise, B., Ed. and B. Trammell, Ed., "Information Model
              for IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX)", RFC 7012,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7012, September 2013,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7012>.





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9.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.gundavelli-v6ops-community-wifi-svcs]
              Gundavelli, S., Grayson, M., Seite, P., and Y. Lee,
              "Service Provider Wi-Fi Services Over Residential
              Architectures", draft-gundavelli-v6ops-community-wifi-
              svcs-06 (work in progress), April 2013.

   [RFC0768]  Postel, J., "User Datagram Protocol", STD 6, RFC 768,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC0768, August 1980,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc768>.

   [RFC0793]  Postel, J., "Transmission Control Protocol", STD 7,
              RFC 793, DOI 10.17487/RFC0793, September 1981,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc793>.

   [RFC1918]  Rekhter, Y., Moskowitz, B., Karrenberg, D., de Groot, G.,
              and E. Lear, "Address Allocation for Private Internets",
              BCP 5, RFC 1918, DOI 10.17487/RFC1918, February 1996,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc1918>.

   [RFC2866]  Rigney, C., "RADIUS Accounting", RFC 2866,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2866, June 2000,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2866>.

   [RFC3022]  Srisuresh, P. and K. Egevang, "Traditional IP Network
              Address Translator (Traditional NAT)", RFC 3022,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC3022, January 2001,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3022>.

   [RFC4340]  Kohler, E., Handley, M., and S. Floyd, "Datagram
              Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP)", RFC 4340,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC4340, March 2006,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4340>.

   [RFC4960]  Stewart, R., Ed., "Stream Control Transmission Protocol",
              RFC 4960, DOI 10.17487/RFC4960, September 2007,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4960>.

   [RFC5176]  Chiba, M., Dommety, G., Eklund, M., Mitton, D., and B.
              Aboba, "Dynamic Authorization Extensions to Remote
              Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS)", RFC 5176,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC5176, January 2008,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5176>.







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   [RFC6146]  Bagnulo, M., Matthews, P., and I. van Beijnum, "Stateful
              NAT64: Network Address and Protocol Translation from IPv6
              Clients to IPv4 Servers", RFC 6146, DOI 10.17487/RFC6146,
              April 2011, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6146>.

   [RFC6158]  DeKok, A., Ed. and G. Weber, "RADIUS Design Guidelines",
              BCP 158, RFC 6158, DOI 10.17487/RFC6158, March 2011,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6158>.

   [RFC6269]  Ford, M., Ed., Boucadair, M., Durand, A., Levis, P., and
              P. Roberts, "Issues with IP Address Sharing", RFC 6269,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6269, June 2011,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6269>.

   [RFC6333]  Durand, A., Droms, R., Woodyatt, J., and Y. Lee, "Dual-
              Stack Lite Broadband Deployments Following IPv4
              Exhaustion", RFC 6333, DOI 10.17487/RFC6333, August 2011,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6333>.

   [RFC6598]  Weil, J., Kuarsingh, V., Donley, C., Liljenstolpe, C., and
              M. Azinger, "IANA-Reserved IPv4 Prefix for Shared Address
              Space", BCP 153, RFC 6598, DOI 10.17487/RFC6598, April
              2012, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6598>.

   [RFC6614]  Winter, S., McCauley, M., Venaas, S., and K. Wierenga,
              "Transport Layer Security (TLS) Encryption for RADIUS",
              RFC 6614, DOI 10.17487/RFC6614, May 2012,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6614>.

   [RFC6887]  Wing, D., Ed., Cheshire, S., Boucadair, M., Penno, R., and
              P. Selkirk, "Port Control Protocol (PCP)", RFC 6887,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6887, April 2013,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6887>.

   [RFC6888]  Perreault, S., Ed., Yamagata, I., Miyakawa, S., Nakagawa,
              A., and H. Ashida, "Common Requirements for Carrier-Grade
              NATs (CGNs)", BCP 127, RFC 6888, DOI 10.17487/RFC6888,
              April 2013, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6888>.

   [RFC6967]  Boucadair, M., Touch, J., Levis, P., and R. Penno,
              "Analysis of Potential Solutions for Revealing a Host
              Identifier (HOST_ID) in Shared Address Deployments",
              RFC 6967, DOI 10.17487/RFC6967, June 2013,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6967>.







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   [RFC7785]  Vinapamula, S. and M. Boucadair, "Recommendations for
              Prefix Binding in the Context of Softwire Dual-Stack
              Lite", RFC 7785, DOI 10.17487/RFC7785, February 2016,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7785>.

   [TR-146]   Broadband Forum, "TR-146: Subscriber Sessions",
              <http://www.broadband-forum.org/technical/download/
              TR-146.pdf>.

Authors' Addresses

   Dean Cheng
   Huawei
   2330 Central Expressway
   Santa Clara, California  95050
   USA

   Email: dean.cheng@huawei.com


   Jouni Korhonen
   Broadcom Corporation
   3151 Zanker Road
   San Jose  95134
   USA

   Email: jouni.nospam@gmail.com


   Mohamed Boucadair
   Orange
   Rennes
   France

   Email: mohamed.boucadair@orange.com


   Senthil Sivakumar
   Cisco Systems
   7100-8 Kit Creek Road
   Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
   USA

   Email: ssenthil@cisco.com







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