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VLANs
service instances service instances representing
representing slices representing slices slices
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# Inter-PE Transfer Plane Mapping Models {#transport-plane-mapping-models}

An inter-PE transfer plane (or "transfer plane") refers to a specific path forwarding behavior between PEs in order to provide packet delivery that is consistent with the corresponding SLOs. This realization step focuses on controlling the paths that will be used for packet delivery between PEs, independent of the underlying network resource partitioning.


It is worth noting that TN QoS Classes and inter-PE transfer planes are
orthogonal. The TN domain can be operated with, e.g., 8 TN QoS Classes (representing 8 hardware queues in the
routers), and 2 transfer planes (e.g., latency optimized transfer
plane using link latency metrics for path calculation, and transfer
plane following Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) metrics). TN QoS Class determines the per-hop
behavior when the packets are transiting through the provider network,
while transfer plane determines the paths for packets through provider
network based on the operator's requirements. This path can be optimized or constrained.

A network operator can define multiple inter-PE transfer planes within a single NRP. A transfer plane may be realized in multiple ways such as (but not limited to):

* A mesh of RSVP-TE {{?RFC3209}} or SR-TE {{?RFC9256}} tunnels created with specific optimization criteria and
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Also, inter-PE transfer planes may be realized using separate NRPs. However, such an approach is left out of the scope given the current state of the technology (2024).

Similar to the QoS mapping models discussed in {{sec-qos-map}}, for mapping
to transfer planes at the ingress PE, both 5QI-unaware and 5QI-aware
models are defined. Essentially, entire slices can be mapped to
transfer planes without 5G QoS consideration (5QI-unaware model). For example,
flows with different 5G QoS Classes, even from same
slice, can be mapped to different transfer planes (5QI-aware
model).

{{figure-23}} depicts an example of a simple network with two transfer
planes, each using a mesh of TE tunnels with or without Path Computation Element (PCE) {{?RFC5440}}, and with or without bandwidth
reservations.
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tunnels per transfer plane for (ingress PE, egress PE) pair. However, there might be multiple tunnels within a single transfer plane
between any pair of PEs.

It is worth noting that TN QoS Classes and inter-PE transfer planes are
orthogonal. The TN domain can be operated with, e.g., 8 TN QoS Classes (representing 8 hardware queues in the
routers), and 2 transfer planes (e.g., latency optimized transfer
plane using link latency metrics for path calculation, and transfer
plane following Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) metrics). TN QoS Class determines the per-hop
behavior when the packets are transiting through the provider network,
while transfer plane determines the paths for packets through provider
network based on operator's business model (operator's requirements).
This path can be optimized or constrained.

Similar to the QoS mapping models discussed in {{sec-qos-map}}, for mapping
to transfer planes at the ingress PE, both 5QI-unaware and 5QI-aware
models are defined. Essentially, entire slices can be mapped to
transfer planes without 5G QoS consideration (5QI-unaware model). For example,
flows with different 5G QoS Classes, even from same
slice, can be mapped to different transfer planes (5QI-aware
model).

## 5QI-unaware Model

As discussed in {{sec-5QI-unaware}}, in the 5QI-unware model, the provider network
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