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Junxiao Shi, 02/23/2014 10:13 AM
| 1 | 1 | Junxiao Shi | # NDNLP TLV packet format |
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| 3 | NDN packet format is shifting from CCNB to [NDN-TLV](http://named-data.net/doc/ndn-tlv/). |
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| 4 | In this format, every packet, and every field within a packet, is represented by a tuple of Type-Length-Value. |
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| 6 | [NDNLP: A Link Protocol for NDN](http://named-data.net/publications/techreports/trlinkprotocol/) provides two services to enable NDN communication directly on Ethernet: |
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| 8 | * Fragmentation and Reassembly |
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| 9 | * Acknowledgement and Retransmission |
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| 11 | NDNLP is initially designed to work with CCNx, and therefore adopts a CCNB-based packet format. |
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| 12 | Although it's possible to enclose NDN-TLV packets in CCNB-based NDNLP packets, this is awkward. |
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| 13 | Therefore, a TLV-based packet format should be defined for NDNLP. |
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| 15 | This document defines the TLV-based packet format for NDNLP. |
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| 16 | 4 | Junxiao Shi | In operation reality, acknowledgement and retransmission is rarely used. **This version only defines packet type and fields necessary for fragmentation and reassembly**. |
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| 18 | Basic [protocol operations](http://named-data.net/publications/techreports/trlinkprotocol/) are unchanged. |
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| 19 | Fragmentation and reassembly operations are [extended to multicast](https://github.com/NDN-Routing/NDNFD/blob/80c3e009106d7e16db85ee8afd647ba85b5b7c2d/docs/NDNLP.md). |
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| 22 | ## Link Data Packet |
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| 24 | A Link Data packet carries a NDN-TLV packet or a fragment of it as the payload. |
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| 25 | It has the following format: |
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| 27 | 4 | Junxiao Shi | NdnlpData ::= NDNLP-DATA-TYPE TLV-LENGTH |
| 28 | 7 | Junxiao Shi | NdnlpSequence |
| 29 | NdnlpFragIndex? |
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| 30 | NdnlpFragCount? |
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| 31 | NdnlpPayload |
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| 33 | ### sequence number |
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| 35 | 7 | Junxiao Shi | NdnlpSequence ::= NDNLP-SEQUENCE-TYPE TLV-LENGTH(=8) |
| 36 | BYTE+ |
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| 38 | 7 | Junxiao Shi | A sequence number for each packet. |
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| 40 | 7 | Junxiao Shi | This sequence number is unique for recent packets. It can wrap around ultimately. |
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| 42 | 1 | Junxiao Shi | ### fragment index |
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| 44 | 7 | Junxiao Shi | NdnlpFragIndex ::= NDNLP-FRAG-INDEX-TYPE TLV-LENGTH |
| 45 | nonNegativeNumber |
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| 47 | The 0-based index of current fragment within the network layer packet. |
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| 49 | Optional. Default to '0' if not present. |
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| 51 | ### fragment count |
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| 53 | 7 | Junxiao Shi | NdnlpFragCount ::= NDNLP-FRAG-COUNT-TYPE TLV-LENGTH |
| 54 | nonNegativeNumber |
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| 56 | Total number of fragments of the network layer packet. |
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| 58 | Optional. Default to '1' if not present. |
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| 60 | ### payload |
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| 62 | 7 | Junxiao Shi | NdnlpPayload ::= NDNLP-PAYLOAD-TYPE TLV-LENGTH |
| 63 | BYTE+ |
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| 65 | 7 | Junxiao Shi | The payload, which is a fragment of network layer packet. |
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| 67 | ## TLV-TYPE assignments |
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| 69 | Type | Assigned value | Assigned value (hex) |
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| 70 | ------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | -------------------- |
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| 71 | 6 | Junxiao Shi | NdnlpData | 80 | 0x50 |
| 72 | NdnlpSequence | 81 | 0x51 |
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| 73 | NdnlpFragIndex | 82 | 0x52 |
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| 74 | NdnlpFragCount | 83 | 0x53 |
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| 75 | NdnlpPayload | 84 | 0x54 |