John,

Thanks for addressing my comments. The revised draft is good.
I support the WGLC.

Linda

From: Kaippallimalil John <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 4, 2025 6:22 AM
To: Linda Dunbar <[email protected]>; Satoru Matsushima 
<[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: RE: [DMM] Re: WG Last Call: draft-ietf-dmm-tn-aware-mobility-22 (Ends 
2025-10-30)

Hi Linda,

Thank you for the comments and support.

The authors have added text in the security section to address the comment 
regarding security and UDP port numbers, and that section 6 is brief.
Revised to address the nits (misspelling and common term). Slice provider 
network, transport network and TN slice provider are all revised to TN slice 
provider.

“Mobility aware” was a comment that was addressed during previous reviews. The 
document states the following in section 1, Introduction to be clear what 
mobility awareness means here:
“Following UE handover, the S-NSSAI is mapped seamlessly to the corresponding 
GTP-U (or UDP encapsulated GTP) source port number of the newly attached 
network and can be considered to be “mobility aware”

Regarding roaming, the mapping of slice assigned to a UE (PDU session) that is 
roaming is handled by agreements between the home and visited PLMNs. The 
mapping is then handled on that basis and transparent to the mechanisms 
described in this document. No changes are needed in this case as roaming 
itself is beyond the scope of this draft.

Please see new version/diff:

https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fauthor-tools.ietf.org%2Fiddiff%3Furl2%3Ddraft-ietf-dmm-tn-aware-mobility-23&data=05%7C02%7Cjohn.kaippallimalil%40futurewei.com%7Ca53923a3718f4b44e9b608de1bad41bc%7C0fee8ff2a3b240189c753a1d5591fedc%7C1%7C0%7C638978628121984873%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=rRuK6uT3gVgtpAK0YvjXQ5IuG%2FC8YnGdGIZI1BQfvXg%3D&reserved=0<https://author-tools.ietf.org/iddiff?url2=draft-ietf-dmm-tn-aware-mobility-23>

Best Regards,
John


From: Linda Dunbar 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2025 7:33 PM
To: Satoru Matsushima 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Cc: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; 
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; 
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: RE: [DMM] Re: WG Last Call: draft-ietf-dmm-tn-aware-mobility-22 (Ends 
2025-10-30)

I support the WGLC of the draft with the following comments:


  *   The document repeatedly says “mobility-aware” but does not explicitly 
define how mobility is detected or maintained across TN slices. Would be nice 
to add a short paragraph explaining how the UDP port-based mapping persists or 
updates across handovers, and how synchronization with 5G control-plane 
signaling is ensured.
  *   draft-jlu-dmm-udp-tunnel-acaas-00 and 
draft-ietf-opsawg-teas-attachment-circuit-20 are both works in progress; if 
these are normative dependencies, the IESG may block publication until they 
stabilize (which can be years.. painful!)
  *   Section 6 is too brief. It only references RFC 9543 and says 
configuration is “explanatory,” without addressing the risk that UDP port 
numbers are easily spoofed. Suggest adding discussion of: a) Attack surface 
from forged source ports; b) Need for integrity between 3GPP node and PE (e.g., 
via ACLs or IPsec); c) Whether slice mapping relies on trusted provisioning 
channels.
  *   It’s not clear how the PE learns the mapping between UDP port ranges and 
S-NSSAI dynamically if the UE roams.


Nits:

  *   Throughout the document, there are mixed usage of  “slice provider 
network”,  “transport network”,  and “TN slice provider”.  Do they mean the 
same thing? If yes, suggest using one throughout the document for consistency.

  *   Section 3.2: typo: “maybe realized in an NSS at that a location.” -> “may 
be realized in an NSS at that location.”
  *   Section 3.3: typo: “EP_Tansport” -> “EP_Transport.”
  *   Section 6:  typo: “authentication” -> “authentication”.

Best Regards,
Linda Dunbar


From: Satoru Matsushima 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2025 2:52 PM
To: Satoru Matsushima 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Cc: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; 
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; 
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: [DMM] Re: WG Last Call: draft-ietf-dmm-tn-aware-mobility-22 (Ends 
2025-10-30)

DMMer,

Let me remind you that the mobility-aware transport draft is now in WGLC. It 
will end on Oct. 30, so please review the draft.
You can use this thread to send your feedback.

Cheers,
--satoru

On Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM Satoru Matsushima via Datatracker 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

Subject: WG Last Call: draft-ietf-dmm-tn-aware-mobility-22 (Ends 2025-10-30)

This message starts a 2-week WG Last Call for this document.

Abstract:
   Network slicing in 5G enables logical networks for communication
   services of multiple 5G customers to be multiplexed over the same
   infrastructure.  While 5G slicing covers logical separation of
   various aspects of 5G infrastructure and services, user's data plane
   packets over the Radio Access Network (RAN) and Core Network (5GC)
   use IP in many segments of an end-to-end 5G slice.  When end-to-end
   slices in a 5G System use network resources, they are mapped to
   corresponding IP transport network slice(s) which in turn provide the
   bandwidth, latency, isolation, and other criteria required for the
   realization of a 5G slice.

   This document describes mapping of 5G slices to transport network
   slices using UDP source port number of the GTP-U bearer when the IP
   transport network (slice provider) is separated by an "attachment
   circuit" from the networks in which the 5G network functions are
   deployed, for example, 5G functions that are distributed across data
   centers.  The slice mapping defined here is supported transparently
   when a 5G user device moves across 5G attachment points and session
   anchors.

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