OSPF Hybrid Broadcast and P2MP Interface Type

draft-nsheth-ospf-hybrid-bcast-and-p2mp-01.txt
79th IETF, Beijing
Nischal Sheth
Lili Wang
Jeffrey Zhang

Problem Statement
Broadcast Network but with different metrics between different

neighbors
Wireless broadcast network where some stations may have lessoptimal placement
Wired Ethernet where routers have different interface speeds
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R1

R2
15

12

10
R3

R4

Want to take advantage of the broadcast property

Neighbor discovery & maintenance via multicast hello
Adjacencies with DR/BDR only
DB Synchronization, flooding via DR/BDR
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Solution: Broadcast-p2mp hybrid interface

Treat as broadcast for:

Hello, adjacency, DB synchronization and flooding

Treat as p2mp for LSAs:

Details in section 3.6

No Network LSA
Individual p2p links in Router LSA

Metrics can be either statically configured per-nbr, or dynamically

learned if the underlying network supports it

Treat as p2mp for nexthop calculation

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Special Considerations

Graceful Restart
Some straightforward additional considerations in section 3.8

Compatibility
All routers connected by the hybrid interface need to support it
Otherwise
No traffic traversing certain pairs of routers
No persistent traffic loops or blackhole, though
Could use Link Local Signaling to signal the hybrid support and

prevent adjacency from forming if there is inconsistency

Could use LLS to signal local interface speed for others to figure out
metrics automatically
if speed is the only factor leading to per-nbr metrics

Scalability
O(N^2) links (comparable with p2mp) vs. O(N) (with broadcast)
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Next Step?

Same concept could be used for TE

Do we care about NBMA-p2mp-hybrid?

Saves on adjacencies & DB sync/flooding
Not on hello

WG work item -> proposed standard ?

Individual submission for Informational/BCP RFC?

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