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RFC1240 - OSI connectionless transport services on top of UDP: Version 1

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  Network Working Group C. Shue
Request for Comments: 1240 Open Software Foundation
W. Haggerty
Wang Laboratories, Inc.
K. Dobbins
Cabletron Systems, Inc.
June 1991

OSI Connectionless Transport Services on top of UDP
Version: 1

Status of this Memo

This document describes a protocol for running OSI Connectionless
service on UDP. This RFCspecifies an IAB standards track protocol
for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions
for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "IAB
Official Protocol Standards" for the standardization state and status
of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

1. Introduction and Philosophy

The Internet community has a well-developed, mature set of layered
transport and network protocols, which are quite successful in
offering both connection-oriented (TCP) and connectionless (UDP)
transport services over connectionless network services (IP) to end-
users. Many popular network applications have been built directly on
top of the TCP and UDP over the past decade. These have helped the
Internet services and protocols to become widely-spread de facto
standards. In the past few years, the ISO and CCITT have defined a
well-architected set of upper layer standards which include
connection-oriented and connectionless session, presentation, and
application layer services and protocols. These OSI upper layer
standards offer valuable services to application developers (e.g.,
dialogue control, transfer syntax, peer authentication, directory
services, etc.) which are not currently offered by the TCP/IP
standards.

As indicated in RFC1006, it is desirable to offer the OSI upper
layer services directly in the Internet without disrupting existing
facilities. This permits a more graceful convergence and transition
strategy from IP-based networks to OSI-based networks in the future.
Using the approach of RFC1006, this memo specifies how to offer OSI
connectionless transport service using the User Datagram Protocol
(UDP) [RFC768] of the TCP/IP suite.

We will define a Transport Service Access Point (TSAP) which appears

to be identical to the services and interfaces defined in ISO 8072
and its Addendum 1, but we will in fact implement the ISO T-UNIT-DATA
protocol on top of UDP. By this means, OSI TPDU's can be delivered
across the Internet network, and OSI connectionless upper layers can
operate fully without knowledge of the fact that they are running on
top of UDP/IP. In essence, the OSI T-UNIT-DATA service will use UDP
as its connectionless network service provider.

2. Motivation

The primary motivation for the standard described in this memo is to
facilitate the process of gaining experience with OSI connectionless
upper layers protocols, i.e., S-UNIT-DATA [ISO9548], P-UNIT-DATA
[ISO9576] and A-UNIT-DATA [ISO10035], and connectionless transport
protocol T-UNIT-DATA [ISO8602].

Though many OSI standard applications such as X.400 and FTAM are
connection-oriented, it is recognized in the OSI reference model
[ISO7498/AD1] as well as in practice that the connectionless-mode
operations are appropriate for certain distributed application
classes and environments. The following connectionless application
classes were identified by ISO SC21/WG6 [ISOSC21/WG6 N184]:

- Request-Response Applications
- Broadcast/Multicast
- Inward Data Collection
- Migratory/Unreliable Processes

Among them, the "request/response" client-server application class is
the most prominent one, which is gaining popularity and importance.
It is observed that the connection setup and tear-down protocol
exchanges and complex connection-oriented protocol machines become
unnecessary overheads for a simple request/response exchange between
a client application and a server application, especially in reliable
communications environments such as LAN and ISDN. The OSI
connectionless upper layers are thought to be highly effective and
efficient, both in time and space, for the distributed application
classes mentioned above.

The stability, maturity and wide availability of UDP/IP are ideal for
providing solid connectionless transport services independent of
actual implementations.

3. The Model

The [ISO 8072/AD1] standard describes the OSI connectionless
transport services definition. The [ISO 8602] standard describes the
OSI connectionless transport protocols. A defining characteristic of

transport connectionless-mode transmission is the independent nature
of each invocation of the connectionless transport service.

The OSI transport service definition describes the services offered
by the TS-provider and the interfaces used to access those services.
It also describes the services required. This memo focuses on how
UDP [RFC768] can be used to offer the required services and provide
the interfaces.

The following is the model:

+-----------+ +-----------+
| TS-user | | TS-user |
+-----------+ +-----------+
| |
|CLTS interface |
|[ISO 8072/AD1] |
| |
_________________________________________________________________
| | | |
| | | |
| +-----------+ UD TPDU +-----------+ |
| | TS-peer | <-----------------------> | TS-peer | |
| +-----------+ +-----------+ |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| |UDP interface [RFC768] | |
| | | |
| +-----------+ UDP datagram +-----------+ |
| | UDP | <-----------------------> | UDP | |
| +-----------+ (UD TPDU encapsulated) +-----------+ |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| |
| |
| TS-provider |
|_________________________________________________________________|

The following abbreviations are used:

CLTS Connectionless Transport

TS Transport Services (implies connectionless transport
service in this memo)

TSAP Transport Service Access Point

TS-peer a process which implements the mapping of CLTS
protocols onto the UDP interface as described by
this memo

TS-user a process using the services of a TS-provider

TS-provider the abstraction of the totality of those entities
which provide the overall service between the two
TS-users

UD TPDU Unit Data TPDU (Transport Protocol Data Unit)

Each TS-user gains access to the TS-provider at a TSAP. The two TS-
users can communicate with each other using a connectionless
transport provided that there is pre-arranged knowledge about each
other (e.g., protocol version, formats, options, ... etc.), since
there is no negotiation before data transfer. In the above diagram
one TS-user passes a message to the TS-provider, and the peer TS-user
receives the message from the TS-provider. The interactions between
TS-user and TS-provider are described by connectionless TS
primitives.

All aspects of [ISO 8072/AD1] are supported in this memo with one
exception: QOS (Quality of Service) parameter, which is left for
future study.

The OSI standards do not specify the format of a TSAP selector.
Neither does this memo. However, implementors should consult the
GOSIP 1.0 specification [GOSIP88/FIPS146] for an interpretation of
this parameter, wherein the TSAP selector consists of two octets and
a value of (binary) 1 identifies the service interface between OSI
transport layer and session layer.

4. The Primitives

This RFCassumes that UDP [RFC768] offers the following service
primitives:

send datagram - datagram is sent to the IP address/destination
port

read datagram - datagram is read from UDP

Data can only be read from a receive port after the port has been
created. This is a local matter.

This memo reserves the use of UDP port 102 for the use of
applications which realize the CLTS over UDP. However as with RFC
1006, other port values may be used by prior agreement (e.g., through
use of the OSI Directory).

This RFCdescribes how to use these services to emulate the following
connectionless-mode network service primitives, which are required by
[ISO8602]:

N-UNIT-DATA.REQUEST - A NS-user requests unit data to be sent

N-UNIT-DATA.INDICATION - A NS-user is notified that unit data
can be read from the NSAP

The mapping between the UDP service primitives and the service
primitives expected by the connectionless transport peer entity are
quite straightforward:

connectionless network service UDP
------------------------------ ---

N-UNIT-DATA.REQUEST send datagram

N-UNIT-DATA.INDICATION read datagram

The parameter mapping is:

connectionless network service UDP
------------------------------ ---

Source address source IP address from
calling TS-address

Destination address destination IP address from
called TS-address

Quality of service (ignored)

NS-user data UD TPDU constructed from T-UNIT-DATA

When the T-UNIT-DATA.REQUEST primitive is issued, the TS-peer
constructs a UD TPDU and sends it as a single datagram to the desired
IP address using UDP.

When UDP indicates that a datagram has been received, a UD TPDU is
read from UDP, and a T-UNIT-DATA.INDICATION primitive is generated.

5. Packet Format

The following is the UD TPDU structure which is encapsulated in UDP
data field:

1 2 3 m m+1 n
+--------------------------------------------------+
| LI | UD | Variable Part | User Data |
| | 01000000 | | |
+--------------------------------------------------+

LI (octet 1) - the length of the header including parameters, but
excluding the LI and user data, with a maximum
value of 254

UD (octet 2) - the type of TPDU

Variable Part (octets 3 to m) - the source and destination TSAP id's
Parameter code: source TSAP 11000001
destination TSAP 11000010
Parameter length: the length of the parameter, not including
the parameter code or length fields, with a
maximum value of 254
Parameter value: source or destination T-selector

The optional checksum parameter is not required in the
variable part since the UDP checksum field in the UDP header
already performs the checking.

User Data (octets m+1 to n) - all the data of the TSDU.

The maximum NS-user data allowed in the OSI connectionless network
service is 64,512 octets. This limit is further constrained by the
lesser maximum datagram size supported by the two communicating UDP
peers, which should be known by a priori agreement.

6. Conclusion

There is a general trend towards support of the OSI protocol suite in
the Internet. This direction is being fostered by the Internet
Activities Board (IAB) and its Internet Engineering Task Force, and
by the Federal Networking Council. By offering an OSI connectionless
transport service on top of the Internet, this RFCwill allow future
applications to use the OSI connectionless upper-layer services,
which are required to be conformant to the OSI upper layer

architecture. Currently, T-UNIT-DATA, S-UNIT-DATA, P-UNIT-DATA, and
A-UNIT-DATA have reached International Standard (IS). As
applications based on OSI connectionless services become widely
available and OSI lower-layer service is widely implemented in the
Internet, the underlying UDP/IP services can be simply replaced with
the OSI lower layers.

7. Acknowledgements

Marshall T. Rose of PSI, Inc., provided many valuable comments and
corrections.

8. References

[GOSIP88] U.S. Department of Commerce/National Bureau of Standards,
[FIPS146] "Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile (GOSIP)",
August 1988.

[ISO7498/AD1] ISO, "International Standard 7498 - Information
Processing Systems - OSI: Basic Reference Model
Addendum 1: Connectionless-mode Transmission",
May 1986.

[ISO8072] ISO, "International Standard 8072 - Information Processing
Systems - OSI: Transport Service Definition", June 1984.

[ISO8072/AD1] ISO, "International Standard 8072 - Information
Processing Systems - OSI: Transport Service Definition
Addendum 1: Connectionless-mode Transmission",
December 1986.

[ISO8602] ISO, "International Standard 8602 - Information Processing
Systems - OSI: Connectionless Transport Protocol
Specification", December 1986.

[ISO9548] ISO, "International Standard 9548 - Information Processing
Systems - OSI: Connectionless Session Protocol
Specification", April 1989.

[ISO9576] ISO, "Draft International Standard 9576 - Information
Processing Systems - OSI: Connectionless Presentation
Protocol Specification", April 1989.

[ISO10035] ISO, "Draft International Standard 10035 - Information
Processing Systems - OSI: Connectionless ACSE Protocol
Specification", April 1989.

[ISOSC21/WG6 N184] ISO SC21 WG6, "Justification for Connectionless

Services in the Upper Layers", June 1986.

[RFC768] Postel, J., "User Datagram Protocol", RFC768,
USC/Information Sciences Institute, September 1981.

[RFC791] Postel, J., "Internet Protocol", RFC791,
USC/Information Sciences Institute, September 1981.

[RFC1006] Rose, M., and D. Cass, "ISO Transport Service on top of
the TCP - Version 3", RFC1006, Northrop Research and
Technology Center, May 1987.

Security Considerations

Security issues are not discussed in this memo.

Authors' Addresses

Chikong Shue
Open Software Foundation, Inc.
11 Cambridge Center
Cambridge, MA 02142

Phone: (617) 621-8972
EMail: chi@osf.org

William Haggerty
Wang Laboratories, Inc.
1 Industrial Ave
Lowell, MA 01851

Phone: (508) 967-3403
EMail: bill@comm.wang.com

Kurt Dobbins
Cabletron, Inc.
35 Industrial Way
Rochester, NH 03867

Phone: (603) 332-9400

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