Internet-Draft Adaptive Subscription December 2021
Wu, et al. Expires 3 July 2022 [Page]
Workgroup:
NETCONF Working Group
Internet-Draft:
draft-wang-netconf-adaptive-subscription-08
Published:
Intended Status:
Standards Track
Expires:
Authors:
Q. Wu
Huawei
W. Song
Huawei
P. Liu
China Mobile
Q. Ma
Huawei
W. Wang
China Telecom

Adaptive Subscription to YANG Notification

Abstract

This document defines a YANG data model and associated mechanism enabling the subscriber's adaptive subscriptions to a publisher's event streams with various different period intervals to report updates. Applying these elements allows servers automatically adjust the rate and volume of telemetry traffic sent from a publisher to receivers.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction

YANG-Push subscriptions [RFC8641] allow subscriber applications to request a continuous customized stream of updates from a YANG datastore without needing to poll. It defines a mechanism (i.e., update trigger) to determine when an update record needs to be generated. Two types of subscriptions are introduced in [RFC8641], distinguished by how updates are triggered: periodic and on-change.

However in some large scale deployments (e.g., wireless network performance monitoring) where an increased data collection rate is used, it becomes more likely that receivers are temporarily overwhelmed with a burst of streamed data and it also consumes expensive network resource (e.g., radio resource). If the rate at which we can collect a stream of data is set too low or chosen to get low priority telemetry data dropped, these telemetry data are not sufficient to detect and diagnose problems and verify correct network behavior.

There is a need for a service to configure both clients and servers with multiple different period intervals and corresponding subscription update policy which allows servers/publishers automatically switch to different period intervals according to server resource usage change without the interaction with the client for policy update instruction, e.g., when the wireless signal strength falls below a configured low watermark, the subscribed data can be streamed at a higher rate while when the wireless signal strength crosses a configured high watermark, the subscribed data can be streamed at a lower rate.

This document defines a YANG data model and associated mechanism enabling the subscriber's adaptive subscriptions to a publisher's event streams. Applying these elements allows servers automatically adjust the rate and volume of telemetry traffic sent from a publisher to receivers.

1.1. Terminology

The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all capitals, as shown here.

The following terms are defined in [RFC5277] [RFC7950] [RFC3198] [RFC8342] [RFC8639] [RFC8641] and are not redefined here:

  • Event
  • Client
  • Configuration
  • Configured subscription
  • Configuration datastore
  • Notification message
  • Publisher
  • Receiver
  • Subscriber
  • Subscription
  • On-change subscription
  • Periodic subscription
  • Selection filter

This document defines the following term:

Adaptive Subscription:
Apply subscription update policy on the servers and allow servers/publishers automatically switch to different period intervals according to the server resource usage change without the interaction with the client for update policy instruction.

2. Model Overview

This document defines a YANG module "ietf-adaptive-subscription", which augments the "update-trigger" choice defined in the "ietf-yang-push" module [RFC8641] with subscription configuration parameters that are specific to a subscriber's adaptive subscription.

In addition to subscription state notifications defined in [RFC8639] and notifications for subscribed content defined in [RFC8641], "ietf-adaptive-subscription" YANG module also defines "adaptive-period-update" notification to report the update interval change.

The following tree diagrams [RFC8340] provide an overview of the data model for "ietf-adaptive-subscription" module.

module: ietf-adaptive-subscription
  augment /sn:subscriptions/sn:subscription/yp:update-trigger:
    +--rw (adaptive-subscription)?
       +--:(adaptive-subscriptions)
          +--rw adaptive-subscriptions
              +--rw adaptive-period* [name]
                +--rw name                    string
                +--rw xpath-external-eval     string
                +--rw watermark?              uint32
                +--rw period                  centiseconds
                +--rw anchor-time?            yang:date-and-time
  augment /sn:establish-subscription/sn:input/yp:update-trigger:
    +-- (adaptive-subscription)?
       +--:(adaptive-subscriptions)
          +--rw adaptive-subscriptions
             +--rw adaptive-period* [name]
                +--rw name                    string
                +--rw xpath-external-eval     string
                +--rw watermark?              uint32
                +--rw period                  centiseconds
                +--rw anchor-time?            yang:date-and-time
  notifications:
    +---n adaptive-period-update
       +--ro id?                                     sn:subscription-id
       +--ro period                                  centiseconds
       +--ro anchor-time?                            yang:date-and-time
       +--ro (selection-filter)?
          +--:(by-reference)
          |  +--ro selection-filter-ref              selection-filter-ref
          +--:(within-subscription)
             +--ro (filter-spec)?
                +--:(datastore-subtree-filter)
                |  +--ro datastore-subtree-filter?   <anydata> {sn:subtree}?
                +--:(datastore-xpath-filter)
                   +--ro datastore-xpath-filter?     yang:xpath1.0 {sn:xpath}?

2.1. Subscription Configuration

For adaptive subscriptions, triggered updates will occur at the boundaries of specified time intervals when a trigger condition is satisfied. These boundaries can be calculated from the following adaptive periodic parameters:

  • a "period" that defines the new duration between push updates, the period can be switched based on trigger conditions.
  • an "anchor-time"; update intervals fall on the points in time that are a multiple of a "period" from an "anchor-time". If an "anchor-time" is not provided, then the "anchor-time" MUST be set with the creation time of the initial update record.
  • a "watermark" is an optional parameter and defines the threshold value of the targeted data object, e.g., it can be a lower or upper boundary of the targeted data object.
  • a "xpath-external-eval" represents a standard XPath Evaluation criterion (See section 6.4 of [RFC7950]) that is applied against the targeted data object, which is used to trigger update interval switch in the server. It follows the rules defined in section 3.4 of [XPATH1.0] and contains comparisons of a datastore node with its value to the specific threshold (i.e., watermark) and associated logical operation in the XPath format. Different from stream-xpath-filter defined in [RFC8639], it doesn't influence the event records output generation from a publisher. Instead, it controls the update interval switching within the server.

2.2. YANG RPC

2.2.1. "establish-subscription" RPC

The augmentation of YANG module "ietf-yang-push" made to RPCs specified in YANG module "ietf-subscribed-notifications" [RFC8639] is introduced. This augmentation concerns the "establish-subscription" RPC, which is augmented with parameters that are needed to specify a subscriber's adaptive subscriptions. These parameters are same as one defined in Section 2.1.

2.2.1.1. RPC Failures

As specified in [RFC8639] and [RFC8641], RPC error responses from the publisher are used to indicate a rejection of an RPC for any reason. This document introduces one new RPC error for "establish-subscription" RPC.

establish-subscription
----------------------------
xpath-evaluation-unsupported

Xpath-evaluation-unsupported is used to indicate whether a server fails to parse syntax defined in "xpath-external-eval". The failure can be caused by either a syntax error or some XPath 1.0 syntax not supported.

For an example of an "xpath-evaluation-unsupported" error response, see Appendix B.3.

2.3. Notifications for Adaptive Subscribed Content

The adaptive update notification is similar to subscription state change notifications defined in [RFC8639]. It is inserted into the sequence of notification messages sent to a particular receiver. The adaptive update notification cannot be dropped or filtered out, it cannot be stored in replay buffers, and it is delivered only to impacted receivers of a subscription. The identification of adaptive update notification is easy to separate from other notification messages through the use of the YANG extension "subscription-state-notif". This extension tags a notification as a subscription state change notification.

The objects in the 'adaptive-period-update' notification include:

  • a "period" that defines the duration between push updates, the period can be changed based on trigger conditions.
  • an "anchor-time"; update intervals fall on the points in time that are a multiple of a "period" from an "anchor-time". If an "anchor-time" is not provided, then the "anchor-time" MUST be set with the creation time of the initial update record.
  • A selection filter identifying YANG nodes of interest in a datastore. Filter contents are specified via a reference to an existing filter or via an in-line definition for only that subscription based on XPath Evaluation criteria defined in section 6.4 of [RFC7950]. Referenced filters allow an implementation avoid evaluating filter acceptability during a dynamic subscription request. The "case" statement differentiates the options. Note that filter contents are not affected by "xpath-external-eval" parameter and "watermark" parameter defined by the update trigger.

3. Arbitrary XPath Complexity Evaluation

YANG-Push subscriptions [RFC8641] specifies selection filters to identify targeted YANG datastore nodes and/or datastore subtrees for which updates are to be pushed. In addition, it specifies update policies which contain conditions that trigger generation and pushing of new update records. To support a subscriber's adaptive subscription defined in this document, the trigger condition can also use similar selection filters to express a standard XPath Evaluation criterion (section 6.4 of [RFC7950]) against targeted data objects.

Similar to on-change subscriptions, adaptive subscriptions are particularly effective for data that changes infrequently, the following complex design choices need to be cautious, although these designs have already been well supported by the section 3.4 of [XPATH1.0]:

As described in section 6.4 of RFC7950, Numbers in XPath 1.0 are IEEE 754 [IEEE754-2008] double-precision floating-point values; some values of int64, uint64, and decimal64 types cannot be exactly represented in XPath expressions.

If two objects to be compared are in different data types, conversion function is needed to convert different data types into numbers.

If both objects in XPath Evaluation criteria to be compared are node-sets, more computation resources are required which add complexity.

To reduce these complexities, the following design principles are recommended:

If a server receives an XPath Evaluation criterion with some XPath syntax unsupported, an RPC error with "xpath-evaluation-unsupported" should be returned.

4. Adaptive Subscription YANG Module

<CODE BEGINS> file "ietf-adaptive-subscription@2020-02-14.yang"

module ietf-adaptive-subscription {
  yang-version 1.1;
  namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-adaptive-subscription";
  prefix as;
  import ietf-subscribed-notifications {
    prefix sn;
  }
  import ietf-yang-push {
    prefix yp;
  }
  import ietf-yang-types {
    prefix yang;
  }

  organization
    "IETF NETCONF (Network Configuration) Working Group";
  contact
    "";
  description
    "NETCONF Protocol Data Types and Protocol Operations.
     Copyright (c) 2020 IETF Trust and the persons identified as
     the document authors.  All rights reserved.

     Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
     without modification, is permitted pursuant to, and subject
     to the license terms contained in, the Simplified BSD License
     set forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions
     Relating to IETF Documents
     (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info).

     This version of this YANG module is part of RFC xxxx; see
     the RFC itself for full legal notices.";

  revision 2020-02-14 {
    description
      "Initial revision";
    reference
      "RFCxxx Adaptive subscription to YANG notification.";
  }

  identity xpath-evaluation-unsupported {
    base sn:establish-subscription-error;
    description
      "Unable to parse the xpath evaluation criteria defined in
      ‘xpath-external-eval’ because of a syntax error or some
       XPath 1.0 syntax not supported.";
  }

  typedef centiseconds {
    type uint32;
    description
      "A period of time, measured in units of 0.01 seconds.";
  }

  typedef seconds {
    type uint32;
    description
      "A period of time, measured in units of 1 seconds.";
  }

  grouping adaptive-subscription-modifiable {
    description
      "This grouping describes the datastore-specific adaptive subscription
       conditions that can be changed during the lifetime of the
       subscription.";
    choice adaptive-subscription {
      description
        "Defines necessary conditions for sending an event record to
               the subscriber.";
      container adaptive-subscriptions {
        list adaptive-period {
          key "name";
          description
            "Defines necessary conditions to switch update interval for
            sending an event record to the subscriber. The event record output
            generation will not be influenced these conditions.";
          leaf name {
            type string {
          length "1..64";
           }
        description
          "The name of the condition to be matched.  A device MAY further
           restrict the length of this name; space and special
           characters are not allowed.";
         }
          leaf xpath-external-eval {
            type string;
            description
              "A XPath string, representing a logical expression,
               which can contain comparisons of datastore values
               and logical operations in the XPath format.";
          }
          leaf watermark {
            type uint32;
            description
              "The watermark for targeted data object. The higher
               or lower watermark can be specified for the
               targeted data object.";
          }
          leaf period {
            type centiseconds;
            mandatory true;
            description
              "Duration of time that should occur between periodic
               push updates, in units of 0.01 seconds.";
          }
          leaf anchor-time {
            type yang:date-and-time;
            description
              "Designates a timestamp before or after which a series
               of periodic push updates are determined.  The next
               update will take place at a point in time that is a
               multiple of a period from the 'anchor-time'.
               For example, for an 'anchor-time' that is set for the
               top of a particular minute and a period interval of a
               minute, updates will be sent at the top of every
               minute that this subscription is active.";
          }
        }
        description
          "Container for adaptive subscription.";
      }
    }
  }

  augment "/sn:subscriptions/sn:subscription/yp:update-trigger" {
    description
      "This augmentation adds additional subscription parameters
       that apply specifically to adaptive subscription.";
    uses adaptive-subscription-modifiable;
  }
  augment "/sn:establish-subscription/sn:input/yp:update-trigger" {
    description
      "This augmentation adds additional subscription parameters
         that apply specifically to datastore updates to RPC input.";
    uses adaptive-subscription-modifiable;
  }

  notification adaptive-period-update {
    sn:subscription-state-notification;
    description
      "This notification contains a push update that in turn contains
       data subscribed to via a subscription.  In the case of a
       periodic subscription, this notification is sent for periodic
       updates.  It can also be used for synchronization updates of
       an on-change subscription.  This notification shall only be
       sent to receivers of a subscription.  It does not constitute
       a general-purpose notification that would be subscribable as
       part of the NETCONF event stream by any receiver.";
    leaf id {
      type sn:subscription-id;
      description
        "This references the subscription that drove the
         notification to be sent.";
    }
    leaf period {
      type centiseconds;
      mandatory true;
      description
        "New duration of time that should occur between periodic
         push updates, in units of 0.01 seconds.";
    }
    leaf anchor-time {
      type yang:date-and-time;
      description
        "Designates a timestamp before or after which a series
         of periodic push updates are determined.  The next
         update will take place at a point in time that is a
         multiple of a period from the 'anchor-time'.
         For example, for an 'anchor-time' that is set for the
         top of a particular minute and a period interval of a
         minute, updates will be sent at the top of every
         minute that this subscription is active.";
    }
    uses yp:datastore-criteria {
      refine "selection-filter/within-subscription" {
        description
          "Specifies the selection filter and where it originated
           from.  If the 'selection-filter-ref' is populated, the
           filter in the subscription came from the 'filters'
           container.  Otherwise, it is populated in-line as part
           of the subscription itself.";
      }
    }
  }
}

<CODE ENDS>

5. IANA Considerations

5.1. Updates to the IETF XML Registry

This document registers two URIs in the IETF XML registry [RFC3688]. Following the format in [RFC3688], the following registrations are requested to be made:

   ---------------------------------------------------------------------
      URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-adaptive-subscription
      Registrant Contact: The IESG.
      XML: N/A, the requested URI is an XML namespace.
   ---------------------------------------------------------------------

5.2. Updates to the YANG Module Names Registry

This document registers two YANG modules in the YANG Module Names registry [RFC7950]. Following the format in [RFC6020], the following registration has been made:

   ---------------------------------------------------------------------
      Name:         ietf-adaptive-subscription
      Namespace:    urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-adaptive-subscription
      Prefix:       as
      Reference:    RFC xxxx
   ---------------------------------------------------------------------

6. Security Considerations

The YANG module specified in this document defines a schema for data that is designed to be accessed via network management protocols such as NETCONF [RFC6241] or RESTCONF [RFC8040]. The lowest NETCONF layer is the secure transport layer, and the mandatory-to-implement secure transport is Secure Shell (SSH) [RFC6242]. The lowest RESTCONF layer is HTTPS, and the mandatory-to-implement secure transport is TLS [RFC8446].

The NETCONF Configuration Access Control Model (NACM) [RFC8341] provides the means to restrict access for particular NETCONF or RESTCONF users to a preconfigured subset of all available NETCONF or RESTCONF protocol operations and content.

There are a number of data nodes defined in this YANG module that are writable/creatable/deletable (i.e., config true, which is the default). These data nodes may be considered sensitive in some network environments. Write operations (e.g., edit-config) to these data nodes without proper protection can have a negative effect on network operations. These are the subtrees and data nodes and their sensitivity/vulnerability:

7. Contributors

Thanks Michale Wang, Liang Geng for their major contributions to the initial modeling and use cases.

   Michale Wang
   Email: wangzitao@huawei.com

   Liang Geng
   China Mobile
   32 Xuanwumen West St, Xicheng District
   Beijing  10053

   Email: gengliang@chinamobile.com

8. Acknowledges

We would like to thanks Rob Wilton, Thomas Graf, Andy Bierman, Michael Richardson, Henk Birkholz for valuable review on this document, special thanks to Thomas and Michael to organize the discussion on several relevant drafts and reach the common understanding on the concept and ideas. Thanks Michael for providing CHIP/Matter WIFI statistics reference.

9. References

9.1. Normative References

[RFC2119]
Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
[RFC6241]
Enns, R., Ed., Bjorklund, M., Ed., Schoenwaelder, J., Ed., and A. Bierman, Ed., "Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)", RFC 6241, DOI 10.17487/RFC6241, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6241>.
[RFC6242]
Wasserman, M., "Using the NETCONF Protocol over Secure Shell (SSH)", RFC 6242, DOI 10.17487/RFC6242, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6242>.
[RFC7950]
Bjorklund, M., Ed., "The YANG 1.1 Data Modeling Language", RFC 7950, DOI 10.17487/RFC7950, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7950>.
[RFC8040]
Bierman, A., Bjorklund, M., and K. Watsen, "RESTCONF Protocol", RFC 8040, DOI 10.17487/RFC8040, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8040>.
[RFC8126]
Cotton, M., Leiba, B., and T. Narten, "Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 8126, DOI 10.17487/RFC8126, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8126>.
[RFC8174]
Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.
[RFC8341]
Bierman, A. and M. Bjorklund, "Network Configuration Access Control Model", STD 91, RFC 8341, DOI 10.17487/RFC8341, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8341>.
[RFC8342]
Bjorklund, M., Schoenwaelder, J., Shafer, P., Watsen, K., and R. Wilton, "Network Management Datastore Architecture (NMDA)", RFC 8342, DOI 10.17487/RFC8342, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8342>.
[RFC8407]
Bierman, A., "Guidelines for Authors and Reviewers of Documents Containing YANG Data Models", BCP 216, RFC 8407, DOI 10.17487/RFC8407, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8407>.
[RFC8446]
Rescorla, E., "The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.3", RFC 8446, DOI 10.17487/RFC8446, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8446>.
[RFC8641]
Clemm, A. and E. Voit, "Subscription to YANG Notifications for Datastore Updates", RFC 8641, DOI 10.17487/RFC8641, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8641>.

9.2. Informative References

[CHIP]
CSA, "Connected Home over IP Specification", .
[RFC3688]
Mealling, M., "The IETF XML Registry", BCP 81, RFC 3688, DOI 10.17487/RFC3688, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3688>.
[RFC6020]
Bjorklund, M., Ed., "YANG - A Data Modeling Language for the Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)", RFC 6020, DOI 10.17487/RFC6020, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6020>.
[RFC8340]
Bjorklund, M. and L. Berger, Ed., "YANG Tree Diagrams", BCP 215, RFC 8340, DOI 10.17487/RFC8340, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8340>.
[XPATH1.0]
W3C, "https://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xpath-19991116/", .

Appendix A. Example YANG Module

The example YANG module used in this document represents a Wi-Fi Network Diagnostics data specified in [CHIP] which can be used by a Node to assist a user or Administrative Node in diagnosing potential problems.

YANG tree diagram for the "example-wifi-network-diagnostic" module:

module: example-wifi-network-diagnostic
  +--rw server
  |  +--rw bssid?                       yang:mac-address
  |  +--rw security-type?               enumeration
  |  +--rw wifi-version?                enumeration
  |  +--rw channel-num?                 int8
  |  +--rw rssi?                        int8
  |  +--rw beacon-lost-count?           int8
  |  +--rw beacon-rx-count?             int8
  |  +--rw packet-multicast-rx-count?   int8
  |  +--rw packet-multicast-tx-count?   int8
  |  +--rw packet-unicast-rx-count?     int8
  |  +--rw packet-unicast-tx-count?     int8
  |  +--rw current-max-rate?            int8
  |  +--rw overrun-count?               int8
  +--rw events
     +--rw event* [name]
        +--rw name                   string
        +--rw disconnection?         enumeration
        +--rw association-failure?   enumeration
        +--rw connection-status?     enumeration

A.1. "example-wifi-mac" YANG Module

module example-wifi-network-diagnostic {
  yang-version 1;
  namespace "http://example.com/yang/wifi-network-diagnostic";
  prefix wnd;

  import ietf-yang-types {
    prefix yang;
  }

  container server {
    description
      "Configuration of the WiFi Server logical entity.";
    leaf bssid {
      type yang:mac-address;
      description
        "The MAC address of a wireless access point.";
    }
    leaf security-type {
      type enumeration {
        enum unspecified {
          value 0;
        }
        enum none {
          value 1;
        }
        enum wep {
          value 2;
        }
        enum wpa {
          value 3;
        }
        enum wpa2 {
          value 4;
        }
        enum wpa3 {
          value 5;
        }
      }
      description
        "The type of Wi-Fi security used. A value of 0
         indicate that the interface is not currently
         configured or operational.";
    }
    leaf wifi-version {
      type enumeration {
        enum 80211a {
          value 0;
        }
        enum 80211b {
          value 1;
        }
        enum 80211g {
          value 2;
        }
        enum 80211n {
          value 3;
        }
        enum 80211ac {
          value 4;
        }
        enum 80211ax {
          value 5;
        }
      }
      description
        "The highest 802.11 standard version usable
         by the Node.";
    }
    leaf channel-num {
      type int8;
      description
        "The channel that Wi-Fi communication is currently
         operating on. A value of 0indicates that the interface
         is not currently configured or operational.";
    }
    leaf rssi {
      type int8;
      description
        "The RSSI of the Node’s Wi-Fi radio in dBm.";
    }
    leaf beacon-lost-count {
      type int8;
      description
        "The count of the number of missed beacons the
         Node has detected.";
    }
    leaf beacon-rx-count {
      type int8;
      description
        "The count of the number of received beacons. The
         total number of expected beacons that could have been
         received during the interval since association SHOULD
         match the sum of BeaconRxCount and BeaconLostCount. ";
    }
    leaf packet-multicast-rx-count {
      type int8;
      description
        "The number of multicast packets received by
         the Node.";
    }
    leaf packet-multicast-tx-count {
      type int8;
      description
        "The number of multicast packets transmitted by
         the Node.";
    }
    leaf packet-unicast-rx-count {
      type int8;
      description
        "The number of multicast packets received by
         the Node.";
    }
    leaf packet-unicast-tx-count {
      type int8;
      description
        "The number of multicast packets transmitted by
         the Node.";
    }
    leaf current-max-rate {
      type int8;
      description
        "The current maximum PHY rate of transfer of
         data in bytes-per-second.";
    }
    leaf overrun-count {
      type int8;
      description
        "The number of packets dropped either at ingress or
         egress, due to lack of buffer memory to retain all
         packets on the ethernet network interface. The
         OverrunCount attribute SHALL be reset to 0 upon a
         reboot of the Node..";
    }
  }
  container events {
    description
      "Configuration of WIFI Network Diagnostic events.";
    list event {
      key "name";
      description
        "The list of event sources configured on the
         server.";
      leaf name {
        type string;
        description
          "The unique name of an event source.";
      }
      leaf disconnection {
        type enumeration {
          enum de-authenticated {
            value 1;
          }
          enum dis-association {
            value 2;
          }
        }
        description
          "A Node’s Wi-Fi connection has been disconnected as a
           result of de-authenticated or dis-association and
           indicates the reason.";
      }
      leaf association-failure {
        type enumeration {
          enum unknown {
            value 0;
          }
          enum association-failed {
            value 1;
          }
          enum authentication-failed {
            value 2;
          }
          enum ssid-not-found {
            value 3;
          }
        }
        description
          "A Node has attempted to connect, or reconnect, to
           a Wi-Fi access point, but is unable to successfully
           associate or authenticate, after exhausting all
           internal retries of its supplicant.";
      }
      leaf connection-status {
        type enumeration {
          enum connected {
            value 1;
          }
          enum notconnected {
            value 2;
          }
        }
        description
          "A Node's connection status to a Wi-Fi network has
           changed. Connected, in this context, SHALL mean that
           a Node acting as a Wi-Fi station is successfully
           associated to a Wi-Fi Access Point.";
      }
    }
  }
}

Appendix B. Adaptive Subscription and Notification Example

The examples within this document use the normative YANG module "ietf-adaptive-subscription" defined in Section 4 and the non-normative example YANG module "example-wifi-network-diagnostic" defined in Appendix A.1.

This section shows some typical adaptive subscription and notification message exchanges.

B.1. "edit-config" Example

The client configures adaptive subscription policy parameters on the server. The adaptive subscription configuration parameters require the server to support two update intervals (i.e., 5 seconds, 60 seconds) and scan all clients every 60 seconds in the sampling window if the rssi value of the client is greater than or equal to -65dB in the sampling window; If the rssi value of client is less than -65dB, switch to 5 seconds period value.

 <rpc message-id="101"
  xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
  <edit-config>
   <target>
    <running/>
   </target>
   <config
    xmlns:xc="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
    <top
     xmlns="http://example.com/schema/1.2/config"
     xmlns:yp="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-push">
     <yp:datastore
      xmlns:ds="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-datastores">
              ds:running
     </yp:datastore>
     <yp:datastore-xpath-filter
      xmlns:wnd="https://example.com/sample-data/1.0">
             /wnd:example-wifi-network-diagnostic
     </yp:datastore-xpath-filter>
     <as:adaptive-subscriptions
      xmlns:as="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-adaptive-subscription">
      <as:adaptive-period>
       <as:xpath-external-eval>
             /wnd:server[rssi&lt;-65]
      </as:xpath-external-eval>
      <as:watermark>-65</as:watermark>
       <as:period>5</as:period>
      </as:adaptive-period>
      <as:adaptive-period>
       <as:xpath-external-eval>
             /wnd:server[rssi&gt;=-65]
          </as:xpath-external-eval>
       <as:watermark>-65</as:watermark>
       <as:period>60</as:period>
      </as:adaptive-period>
     </as:adaptive-subscriptions>
    </top>
   </config>
  </edit-config>
 </rpc>

B.2. Create Adaptive Subscription Example

The subscriber sends an "establish-subscription" RPC with the parameters listed in to request the creation of an adaptive subscription. The adaptive subscription configuration parameters require the server to scan all clients every 5 seconds if the rssi value of client is less than -65dB; If the rssi value of client is greater than or equal to -65dB, switch to 60 seconds period value. (Section 2)

<netconf:rpc message-id="101"
 xmlns:netconf="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
 <establish-subscription
  xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-subscribed-notifications"
  xmlns:yp="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-push">
  <yp:datastore
   xmlns:ds="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-datastores">
          ds:running
  </yp:datastore>
  <yp:datastore-xpath-filter
   xmlns:wnd="https://example.com/sample-data/1.0">
       /wnd:example-wifi-network-diagnostic
  </yp:datastore-xpath-filter>
  <as:adaptive-subscriptions
   xmlns:as="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-adaptive-subscription">
   <as:adaptive-period>
   <as:xpath-external-eval>wnd:server[rssi&lt;-65]
         </as:xpath-external-eval>
    <as:watermark>-65</as:watermark>
    <as:period>5</as:period>
   </as:adaptive-period>
   <as:adaptive-period>
    <as:xpath-external-eval>wnd:server[rssi&gt;=-65]
    </as:xpath-external-eval>
    <as:watermark>-65</as:watermark>
    <as:period>60</as:period>
   </as:adaptive-period>
  </as:adaptive-subscriptions>
 </establish-subscription>
</netconf:rpc>

B.3. "xpath-evaluation-unsupported" error response example

If the subscriber has authorization to establish the subscription with a publisher, but the publisher had not been able to fully satisfy the request from the subscriber, the publisher should send an RPC error response.

For instance, if the XPATH syntax defined in "xpath-external-eval" is not supported by the server' s implementation, the publisher returns a reply indicating a failure. Since adaptive subscription allows a server to beconfigured with multiple different period intervals and corresponding XPath evaluation criteria to trigger update interval switch in the server, it may be possible for the server to return multiple <rpc-error> elements with "xpath-evaluation-unsupported" failure specified by different error paths. The following <rpc-reply> illustrates such a case:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rpc-reply xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0" message-id="101">
  <rpc-error>
    <error-type>application</error-type>
    <error-tag>invalid-value</error-tag>
    <error-severity>error</error-severity>
    <error-app-tag>
      ietf-adaptive-subscription:xpath-evaluation-unsupported
    </error-app-tag>
    <error-path xmlns:wnd="https://example.com/sample-data/1.0">
      /wnd:server[rssi&lt;-65]
    </error-path>
  </rpc-error>
  <rpc-error>
    <error-type>application</error-type>
    <error-tag>invalid-value</error-tag>
    <error-severity>error</error-severity>
    <error-app-tag>
      ietf-adaptive-subscription:xpath-evaluation-unsupported
    </error-app-tag>
    <error-path xmlns:wnd="https://example.com/sample-data/1.0">
      /wnd:server[rssi&gt;=-65]
    </error-path>
  </rpc-error>
</rpc-reply>

The subscriber can use this information in future attempts to establish a subscription.

B.4. "adaptive-period-update" notification example

Upon the server switches from the update interval 5 seconds to the new update interval 60 seconds, before sending event records to receivers, the "adaptive-period-update" notification should be generated and sent to the receivers to inform the receivers that the update interval value is switched to the new value.

<notification
 xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:notification:1.0"
 xmlns:yp="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-push">
 <eventTime>2016-11-21T13:51:00Z</eventTime>
 <adaptive-period-update
  xmlns="http://example.com/ietf-adaptive-subscription">
  <id>0</id>
  <period>60</period>
  <yp:datastore
   xmlns:ds="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-datastores">
       ds:running
  </yp:datastore>
  <yp:datastore-xpath-filter
   xmlns:ex="https://example.com/sample-data/1.0">
       /ex:example-wifi-network-diagnostic
  </yp:datastore-xpath-filter>
 </adaptive-period-update>
</notification>

B.5. Changes between Revisions

v07 -v08

v06 -v07

v05 -v06

v04 -v05

v03 - v04

v02 - v03

Authors' Addresses

Qin Wu
Huawei
101 Software Avenue, Yuhua District
Nanjing
Jiangsu, 210012
China
Wei Song
Huawei
101 Software Avenue, Yuhua District
Nanjing
Jiangsu, 210012
China
Peng Liu
China Mobile
32 Xuanwumen West St, Xicheng District
Beijing
Qiufang Ma
Huawei
101 Software Avenue, Yuhua District
Nanjing
Jiangsu, 210012
China
Wei Wang
China Telecom
32 Xuanwumen West St, Xicheng District
Beijing