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Title: Proposal to amend the group manipulation command

Date Submitted: Mar, 19, 2014

Presented at IEEE 802.21 session #61 in Beijing

Authors or Source(s):

 Yoshikazu Hanatani, Toru Kambayashi, (Toshiba)

Abstract:

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• In a GKB for a group manipulation command targeting a group X, the complete subtree part can be used to indicate the members of the group X. If the group X does not require a group key, only the complete subtree part exists in the GKB, with an encrypted key data part being omitted. A GKB provides an efficient way to create a group without a group key.

• The scheme allows an alternative way to create a group without a group key. Instead of indicating the members of the group X, the complete subtree part can indicate the members of the complementary set of the group X, i.e. U – X where U is the whole set.

• This scheme enables reduction of the size of a group manipulation command. Create GKBs, say G and G’, which cover X and (U – X) resp. Compare the sizes of G and G’. If G is not larger than G’, use G which indicates the members of X to construct the group manipulation command. Otherwise, use G’ which indicates the members of (U – X).

• In order for a recipient to distinguish the two cases, a group manipulation command accompanies a flag named Complement Flag. If the flag is 0, the complete subtree part indicates the members of X. Otherwise, if the Complement Flag is 1, the complete subtree part indicates the members of the complement of X.

• Suppose that a recipient receives a group manipulation command targeting a group, say X. Also suppose that the Complement Flag of the command is 0. Then, the recipient checks if it is indicated by the complete subtree part. If it is, it joins in X. Otherwise, it leaves X.

• When a recipient receives a group manipulation command targeting X the Complement Flag of which is 1, the recipient checks if it is indicated by the complete subtree part. If it is, it leaves X. Otherwise, it joins in X.

• The Complement Flag thus reverses behavior of a recipient. See Table 1 for description of the behaviors.

Table 1

Complement Flag = 0 R is indicated by CS R is not indicated by CS

R is in X R does nothing R leaves X

R is not in X R joins in X R does nothing

Complement Flag = 1

R is in X R leaves X R does nothing

R is not in X R does nothing R joins in X

• It is assumed that a recipient R receives a group manipulation command having the complete subtree part CS.

Flow Diagram: Generate Complete Subtree

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Input : Group Management Tree, MIHF IDs of the group members Complement

Complement = 1

Generate Complete subtreeof the MIHF IDs

Generate Complete subtreeof the complement set of the MIHF IDs

Output: Complement, CompleteSubtree fragments, SubgroupRange

Yes

Flow Diagram: Process Complete Subtree TLV

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Input : Group Management Tree, Leaf ID, Complement, CompleteSubtree

Complement = 0

Is Leaf ID covered by

Complete subtree?

Is Leaf ID covered by

Complete subtree?

Go to Step [join] or [stay] Go to Step [Leave]

Yes

Yes Yes

Examples of the condition

• Result of comparing data sizes of two complete subtrees• CompleteSubtree of group member• CompleteSubtree of non-group member• Choose smaller one.

• The number of new group member

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The number of new group members <

The number of all members managed by the group management tree

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Change requests (rev1)

• Define a data type of Complement in Table F.24 and Type Values for TLV encoding in Table L.2

• Add Complement field to following primitives• 7.4.31.3 MIH_MN_Group_Mnipulate.response• 7.4.32.1 MIH_Net_Group_Manipulate.request

• Add Complement field to following messages• 8.6.1.22 MIH_MN_Group_Manipulate response• 8.6.1.23 MIH_Net_Group_Manipulate request• 8.6.1.24 MIH_Net_Group_Manipulate indication

• Add an explanation text after the pseudo codes (CreateCompleteSubree, CreateCompleteSubtree flagments) in the case of Complement = 1.

• Add flow diagram in p.4 and explanation texts to 9.4.3.1.1.

• Add explanation texts to 9.4.3.1.2.

• Add flow diagram in p.5 and explanation texts to 9.4.3.2.

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