Internet Assigned Numbers Authority Bundle Protocol Created 2011-03-24 Last Updated 2023-10-23 Available Formats [IMG] XML [IMG] HTML [IMG] Plain text Registries included below • Bundle Block Types • Primary Bundle Protocol Version • Bundle Processing Control Flags • Block Processing Control Flags • Bundle Status Report Flags • Bundle Status Report Reason Codes • Bundle Custody Signal Reason Codes • Bundle Metadata Type Codes • Ciphersuite Numbers • Ciphersuite Flags • Ciphersuite Parameters and Results Type Registry • Bundle Administrative Record Types • CBHE Node Numbers • CBHE Service Numbers • Bundle Protocol TCP Convergence-Layer Version Numbers • Bundle Protocol TCP Convergence-Layer Message Types • Bundle Protocol TCP Convergence-Layer REFUSE_BUNDLE Reason Codes • Bundle Protocol TCP Convergence-Layer SHUTDOWN Reason Codes • Bundle Protocol TCP Convergence-Layer Version 4 Session Extension Types • Bundle Protocol TCP Convergence-Layer Version 4 Transfer Extension Types • Bundle Protocol TCP Convergence-Layer Version 4 Message Types • Bundle Protocol TCP Convergence-Layer Version 4 XFER_REFUSE Reason Codes • Bundle Protocol TCP Convergence-Layer Version 4 SESS_TERM Reason Codes • Bundle Protocol TCP Convergence-Layer Version 4 MSG_REJECT Reason Codes • Bundle Protocol URI Scheme Types • BPSec Security Context Identifiers • BPSec BIB-HMAC-SHA2 Integrity Scope Flags • BPSec BCB-AES-GCM AAD Scope Flags Bundle Block Types Registration Procedure(s) Specification Required Expert(s) Scott Burleigh, Fred Templin Reference [RFC6255][RFC9171] Available Formats [IMG] CSV Bundle Protocol Version Value Description Reference none 0 Reserved [RFC6255] 6,7 1 Bundle Payload Block [RFC5050][RFC9171] 6 2 Bundle Authentication Block [RFC6257] 6 3 Payload Integrity Block [RFC6257] 6 4 Payload Confidentiality Block [RFC6257] 6 5 Previous-Hop Insertion Block [RFC6259] 7 6 Previous node (proximate sender) [RFC9171] 7 7 Bundle age (in milliseconds) [RFC9171] 6 8 Metadata Extension Block [RFC6258] 6 9 Extension Security Block [RFC6257] 7 10 Hop count (#prior xmit attempts) [RFC9171] 7 11 Block Integrity [RFC9172] 7 12 Block Confidentiality [RFC9172] 7 13-191 Unassigned 6,7 192-255 Reserved for Private and/or Experimental Use [RFC5050][RFC9171] Primary Bundle Protocol Version Registration Procedure(s) RFC Required Reference [RFC6255] Available Formats [IMG] CSV Value Description Reference 0-5 Reserved [RFC6255] 6 Assigned [RFC5050] 7 Assigned [RFC9171] 8-255 Unassigned Bundle Processing Control Flags Registration Procedure(s) Specification Required Expert(s) Scott Burleigh, Fred Templin Reference [RFC6255][RFC9171] Available Formats [IMG] CSV Bundle Protocol Version Bit Position (right to left) Description Reference 6,7 0 Bundle is a fragment [RFC5050][RFC9171] 6,7 1 ADU is an administrative record [RFC5050][RFC9171] 6,7 2 Bundle must not be fragmented [RFC5050][RFC9171] 6 3 Custody transfer is requested [RFC5050] 6 4 Destination endpoint is a singleton [RFC5050] 6,7 5 Acknowledgement by application is requested [RFC5050][RFC9171] 7 6 Status time requested in reports [RFC9171] 6 7-8 Class of service: priority [RFC5050] 6 9-13 Class of service: reserved [RFC5050] 6,7 14 Request reporting of bundle reception [RFC5050][RFC9171] 6 15 Request reporting of custody acceptance [RFC5050] 6,7 16 Request reporting of bundle forwarding [RFC5050][RFC9171] 6,7 17 Request reporting of bundle delivery [RFC5050][RFC9171] 6,7 18 Request reporting of bundle deletion [RFC5050][RFC9171] 6,7 19 Reserved [RFC5050][RFC9171] 6,7 20 Reserved [RFC5050][RFC9171] 21-63 Unassigned Block Processing Control Flags Registration Procedure(s) Specification Required Expert(s) Scott Burleigh, Fred Templin Reference [RFC6255][RFC9171] Available Formats [IMG] CSV Bundle Protocol Version Bit Position (right to left) Description Reference 6,7 0 Block must be replicated in every fragment [RFC5050][RFC9171] 6,7 1 Transmit status report if block can't be processed [RFC5050][RFC9171] 6,7 2 Delete bundle if block can't be processed [RFC5050][RFC9171] 6 3 Last block [RFC5050] 6,7 4 Discard block if it can't be processed [RFC5050][RFC9171] 6 5 Block was forwarded without being processed [RFC5050] 6 6 Block contains an EID-reference field [RFC5050] 7-63 Unassigned Bundle Status Report Flags Registration Procedure(s) RFC Required Reference [RFC6255] Available Formats [IMG] CSV Value Description Reference 00000000 Reserved [RFC6255] 00000001 Reporting node received bundle [RFC5050] 00000010 Reporting node accepted custody of bundle [RFC5050] 00000100 Reporting node forwarded the bundle [RFC5050] 00001000 Reporting node delivered the bundle [RFC5050] 00010000 Reporting node deleted the bundle [RFC5050] 00100000 Unassigned 01000000 Unassigned 10000000 Unassigned Bundle Status Report Reason Codes Registration Procedure(s) Specification Required Expert(s) Scott Burleigh, Fred Templin Reference [RFC6255][RFC9171] Available Formats [IMG] CSV Bundle Protocol Version Value Description Reference 6,7 0 No additional information [RFC5050][RFC9171] 6,7 1 Lifetime expired [RFC5050][RFC9171] 6,7 2 Forwarded over unidirectional link [RFC5050][RFC9171] 6,7 3 Transmission canceled [RFC5050][RFC9171] 6,7 4 Depleted storage [RFC5050][RFC9171] 6,7 5 Destination endpoint ID unavailable [RFC5050][RFC9171] 6,7 6 No known route to destination from here [RFC5050][RFC9171] 6,7 7 No timely contact with next node on route [RFC5050][RFC9171] 6,7 8 Block unintelligible [RFC5050][RFC9171] 7 9 Hop limit exceeded [RFC9171] 7 10 Traffic pared [RFC9171] 7 11 Block unsupported [RFC9171] 7 12 Missing security operation [RFC9172] 7 13 Unknown security operation [RFC9172] 7 14 Unexpected security operation [RFC9172] 7 15 Failed security operation [RFC9172] 7 16 Conflicting security operation [RFC9172] 17-254 Unassigned 6,7 255 Reserved [RFC6255][RFC9171] Bundle Custody Signal Reason Codes Registration Procedure(s) Specification Required Expert(s) Scott Burleigh, Fred Templin Reference [RFC6255] Available Formats [IMG] CSV Value Description Reference 0 No additional information [RFC5050] 1-2 Unassigned 3 Redundant reception (reception by a node that is a custodial node for this bundle) [RFC5050] 4 Depleted storage [RFC5050] 5 Destination endpoint ID unintelligible [RFC5050] 6 No known route to destination from here [RFC5050] 7 No timely contact with next node on route [RFC5050] 8 Block unintelligible [RFC5050] 9-126 Unassigned 127 Reserved [RFC6255] Bundle Metadata Type Codes Registration Procedure(s) Specification Required Expert(s) Rick Taylor Reference [RFC6258] Available Formats [IMG] CSV Value Description Reference 0 Reserved [RFC6258] 1 URI [RFC6258] 2-191 Unassigned 192-255 Private and/or Experimental Use [RFC6258] Ciphersuite Numbers Registration Procedure(s) Specification Required Expert(s) Stephen Farrell, Edward Birrane Reference [RFC6257] Available Formats [IMG] CSV Value Description Reference 0 Unassigned 1 BAB-HMAC [RFC6257] 2 PIB-RSA-SHA256 [RFC6257] 3 PCB-RSA-AES128-PAYLOAD-PIB-PCB [RFC6257] 4 ESB-RSA-AES128-EXT [RFC6257] values greater than 4 Reserved [RFC6257] Ciphersuite Flags Registration Procedure(s) Specification Required Expert(s) Stephen Farrell, Edward Birrane Reference [RFC6257] Available Formats [IMG] CSV Bit Position (right to left) Description Reference 0 Block contains results [RFC6257] 1 Block contains correlator [RFC6257] 2 Block contains parameters [RFC6257] 3 Destination EIDref present [RFC6257] 4 Source EIDref present [RFC6257] values greater than 4 Reserved [RFC6257] Ciphersuite Parameters and Results Type Registry Registration Procedure(s) Specification Required Expert(s) Stephen Farrell, Edward Birrane Reference [RFC6257] Available Formats [IMG] CSV Value Description Reference 0 Reserved [RFC6257] 1 initialization vector (IV) [RFC6257] 2 reserved [RFC6257] 3 key-information [RFC6257] 4 fragment-range (pair of SDNVs) [RFC6257] 5 integrity signature [RFC6257] 6 unassigned 7 salt [RFC6257] 8 PCB integrity check value (ICV) [RFC6257] 9 reserved [RFC6257] 10 encapsulated block [RFC6257] 11 block type of encapsulated block [RFC6257] 12-191 reserved [RFC6257] 192-250 private use [RFC6257] 251-255 reserved [RFC6257] Bundle Administrative Record Types Registration Procedure(s) Specification Required Expert(s) Marc Blanchet, Keith Scott Reference [RFC7116] Available Formats [IMG] CSV Value Description Reference 0 Reserved [RFC7116] 1 Bundle status report [RFC5050] 2 Custody signal [RFC5050] 3-15 Unassigned CBHE Node Numbers Expert(s) Marc Blanchet, Keith Scott Reference [RFC7116] Available Formats [IMG] CSV Range Registration Procedures Note 1-16383 Expert Review 268435456-2147483647 First Come First Served requests for up to 16384 values 268435456-2147483647 Expert Review requests for more than 16384 values 2147483648-4398046511103 Reserved Value Description Reference 0 Reserved [RFC7116] 1-16383 Unassigned 16384-2097151 Allocated to the Space Assigned Numbers Authority (SANA) for use by Consultative Committee for [RFC7116] Space Data Systems (CCSDS) missions. 2097152-268435455 Reserved for Private or Experimental Use [RFC7116] 268435456-268451839 Allocated to Spacely Packets, LLC to provide IPN/IP Gateway services to private sector [Scott_Johnson] stakeholders. 268451840-268468223 Allocated to SPATIAM CORPORATION to provide DTN services to organizations. [Alberto_Montilla] 268468224-268484607 Allocated to Phoenix R&D GMBH to provide DTN services for secure messaging. [Julia_Longtin] 268484608-268500991 Allocated to LateLab AB for various terrestrial DTN deployments and services. [Samo_Grasic] 268500992-268517375 Allocated to MEIS d.o.o. from Slovenia for various terrestrial DTN testbeds. [Bostjan_Grasic] 268517376-268533759 Allocated to Digital Health Information Network Inc. for Space applications in digital health [Oscar_Garcia] and terrestrial DTN services. Allocated to Shirokuma-AI for artificial intelligence-driven space applications and terrestrial 268533760-268550143 DTN services in the fields of healthcare, robotics, wearables and edge devices, information [Larissa_Suzuki] processing and discovery. 268550144-268566527 Assigned to LJCV Electronics for Development of an Experimental R&D DTN, STEM Education, space [Jorge_Amodio] and terrestrial applications. 268566528-268582911 Allocated to TCT Networks Corporation to provide space and terrestrial DTN services to [Ronny_L_Bull] organizations. 268582912-268599295 Allocated to Bull Reef Aquaculture for underwater sensing, automation, and coral reef/climate [Ronny_L_Bull_2] change research applications. XRTC-based terrestrial and interplanetary end-to-end DTN communication services to simplify 268599296-268615679 mission planning and implementation by providing standardized data transmission services across [Sauli_Kiviranta] agencies, institutions, contractors and suppliers. 268615680-268632063 Assigned to Intuitive Machines for terrestrial and Lunar Data Network DTN services. [Jorge_Amodio_2] 268632064-268648447 Allocated to Opal Labs for terrestrial DTN HIL testbeds. [Aadesh_Brahmbhatt] Allocated to the SUNY Polytechnic Institute College of Engineering for conducting academic 268648448-268664831 research in applying Delay/Disruption Tolerant Networking to Networks in Challenging [Ronny_L_Bull_3] Environments. 268664832-268681215 Allocated to Critical Technologies Inc. for R&D and initial operational deployments of [Stuart_W_Card] trustworthy networked autonomous cyber-physical systems. 268681216-268697599 Allocated to the Clarkson Open Source Institute (COSI) at Clarkson University for conducting [Jeanna_Matthews] academic research on networks in challenging environments. 268697600-268713983 Allocated to Viagenie to provide DTN services to organizations. [Marc_Blanchet] 268713984-268730367 Intuitive Machines Bundle Protocol Routing and Network Architecture Research [Jorge_Amodio_2] 268730368-268746751 Allocated to Comtron Space Software, Mar del Plata, Argentina for developing, testing and [Oscar_Abelardo_Garcia] deploying software applications for space and earth using DTN. 268746752-268763135 Allocated to D3TN GmbH to provide DTN services and for DTN research and development projects. [Felix_Walter] 268763136-268779519 Allocated to D3TN U.S. to provide DTN services and for DTN research and development projects. [Juan_A_Fraire] 268779520-2147483647 Unassigned 2147483648-4398046511103 Reserved [IESG][DTN] >=4398046511104 Reserved [RFC7116] CBHE Service Numbers Expert(s) Marc Blanchet, Keith Scott Reference [RFC7116] Available Formats [IMG] CSV Range Registration Procedures 0-63 Specification Required 1024-65535 Specification Required Value Description Reference 0 Bundle Protocol Administrative Record [RFC6260] 1 CCSDS File Delivery Service [CCSDS 727.0-B-4] 2 Reserved [RFC7116] 3-63 Unassigned 64-1023 Allocated to the Space Assigned Numbers Authority (SANA) for use by Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems [RFC7116] (CCSDS) missions. 1024-65535 Unassigned >=65535 Reserved for Private or Experimental Use [RFC7116] Bundle Protocol TCP Convergence-Layer Version Numbers Registration Procedure(s) RFC Required Reference [RFC7242] Available Formats [IMG] CSV Value Description Reference 0 Reserved [RFC7242] 1 Reserved [RFC7242] 2 Reserved [RFC7242] 3 TCPCL [RFC7242] 4 TCPCLv4 [RFC9174] 5-255 Unassigned Bundle Protocol TCP Convergence-Layer Message Types Registration Procedure(s) RFC Required Reference [RFC7242] Available Formats [IMG] CSV Type Code Description Reference 0x0 Reserved [RFC7242] DATA_SEGMENT 0x1 Indicates the transmission of a segment of bundle data, as described in Section 5.2. [RFC7242] ACK_SEGMENT 0x2 Acknowledges reception of a data segment, as described in Section 5.3. [RFC7242] REFUSE_BUNDLE 0x3 Indicates that the transmission of the current bundle shall be stopped, as described in Section 5.4. [RFC7242] KEEPALIVE 0x4 KEEPALIVE message for the connection, as described in Section 5.6. [RFC7242] SHUTDOWN 0x5 Indicates that one of the nodes participating in the connection wishes to cleanly terminate the connection, as [RFC7242] described in Section 6. LENGTH 0x6 Contains the length (in bytes) of the next bundle, as described in Section 5.5. [RFC7242] 0x7-0xf Unassigned Bundle Protocol TCP Convergence-Layer REFUSE_BUNDLE Reason Codes Registration Procedure(s) RFC Required Reference [RFC7242] Available Formats [IMG] CSV RCode Semantics Reference 0x0 Reason for refusal is unknown or not specified. [RFC7242] 0x1 The receiver now has the complete bundle. The sender may now consider the bundle as completely received. [RFC7242] 0x2 The receiver's resources are exhausted. The sender SHOULD apply reactive bundle fragmentation before retrying. [RFC7242] 0x3 The receiver has encountered a problem that requires the bundle to be retransmitted in its entirety. [RFC7242] 0x4-0x7 Unassigned 0x8-0xf Reserved for future usage. [RFC7242] Bundle Protocol TCP Convergence-Layer SHUTDOWN Reason Codes Registration Procedure(s) RFC Required Reference [RFC7242] Available Formats [IMG] CSV Code Meaning Description Reference 0x00 Idle timeout The connection is being closed due to idleness. [RFC7242] 0x01 Version mismatch The node cannot conform to the specified TCPCL protocol version. [RFC7242] 0x02 Busy The node is too busy to handle the current connection. [RFC7242] 0x03-0xff Unassigned Bundle Protocol TCP Convergence-Layer Version 4 Session Extension Types Registration Procedure(s) Expert Review Expert(s) Brian Sipos, Rick Taylor Reference [RFC9174] Available Formats [IMG] CSV Code Session Extension Type Reference 0x0000 Reserved [RFC9174] 0x0001-0x7FFF Unassigned 0x8000-0xFFFF Reserved for Private or Experimental Use [RFC9174] Bundle Protocol TCP Convergence-Layer Version 4 Transfer Extension Types Registration Procedure(s) Expert Review Expert(s) Brian Sipos, Rick Taylor Reference [RFC9174] Available Formats [IMG] CSV Code Transfer Extension Type Reference 0x0000 Reserved [RFC9174] 0x0001 Transfer Length Extension [RFC9174] 0x0002-0x7FFF Unassigned 0x8000-0xFFFF Reserved for Private or Experimental Use [RFC9174] Bundle Protocol TCP Convergence-Layer Version 4 Message Types Registration Procedure(s) RFC Required Reference [RFC9174] Available Formats [IMG] CSV Code Message Type Reference 0x00 Reserved [RFC9174] 0x01 XFER_SEGMENT [RFC9174] 0x02 XFER_ACK [RFC9174] 0x03 XFER_REFUSE [RFC9174] 0x04 KEEPALIVE [RFC9174] 0x05 SESS_TERM [RFC9174] 0x06 MSG_REJECT [RFC9174] 0x07 SESS_INIT [RFC9174] 0x08-0xEF Unassigned 0xF0-0xFF Reserved for Private or Experimental Use [RFC9174] Bundle Protocol TCP Convergence-Layer Version 4 XFER_REFUSE Reason Codes Registration Procedure(s) Specification Required Expert(s) Brian Sipos, Rick Taylor Reference [RFC9174] Available Formats [IMG] CSV Code Refusal Reason Reference 0x00 Unknown [RFC9174] 0x01 Completed [RFC9174] 0x02 No Resources [RFC9174] 0x03 Retransmit [RFC9174] 0x04 Not Acceptable [RFC9174] 0x05 Extension Failure [RFC9174] 0x06 Session Terminating [RFC9174] 0x07-0xEF Unassigned 0xF0-0xFF Reserved for Private or Experimental Use [RFC9174] Bundle Protocol TCP Convergence-Layer Version 4 SESS_TERM Reason Codes Registration Procedure(s) Specification Required Expert(s) Brian Sipos, Rick Taylor Reference [RFC9174] Available Formats [IMG] CSV Code Termination Reason Reference 0x00 Unknown [RFC9174] 0x01 Idle timeout [RFC9174] 0x02 Version mismatch [RFC9174] 0x03 Busy [RFC9174] 0x04 Contact Failure [RFC9174] 0x05 Resource Exhaustion [RFC9174] 0x06-0xEF Unassigned 0xF0-0xFF Reserved for Private or Experimental Use [RFC9174] Bundle Protocol TCP Convergence-Layer Version 4 MSG_REJECT Reason Codes Registration Procedure(s) Specification Required Expert(s) Brian Sipos, Rick Taylor Reference [RFC9174] Available Formats [IMG] CSV Code Rejection Reason Reference 0x00 Reserved [RFC9174] 0x01 Message Type Unknown [RFC9174] 0x02 Message Unsupported [RFC9174] 0x03 Message Unexpected [RFC9174] 0x04-0xEF Unassigned 0xF0-0xFF Reserved for Private or Experimental Use [RFC9174] Bundle Protocol URI Scheme Types Registration Procedure(s) Standards Action Reference [RFC9171] Available Formats [IMG] CSV Value Description BP Utilization Reference URI Definition Reference 0 Reserved n/a 1 dtn [RFC9171] [RFC9171] 2 ipn [RFC9171] [RFC6260][RFC9171] 3-254 Unassigned n/a 255-65535 Reserved n/a >65535 Reserved for Private Use n/a BPSec Security Context Identifiers Registration Procedure(s) Specification Required Expert(s) Ken McKeever, Edward Birrane Reference [RFC9172] Available Formats [IMG] CSV Value Description Reference -32768 to -1 Reserved [RFC9172] 0 Reserved [RFC9172] 1 BIB-HMAC-SHA2 [RFC9173] 2 BCB-AES-GCM [RFC9173] 3-32767 Unassigned BPSec BIB-HMAC-SHA2 Integrity Scope Flags Registration Procedure(s) Specification Required Expert(s) Ken McKeever, Edward Birrane Reference [RFC9173] Available Formats [IMG] CSV Bit Position (right to left) Description Reference 0 Include primary block flag [RFC9173] 1 Include target header flag [RFC9173] 2 Include security header flag [RFC9173] 3-7 Reserved [RFC9173] 8-15 Unassigned BPSec BCB-AES-GCM AAD Scope Flags Registration Procedure(s) Specification Required Expert(s) Ken McKeever, Edward Birrane Reference [RFC9173] Available Formats [IMG] CSV Bit Position (right to left) Description Reference 0 Include primary block flag [RFC9173] 1 Include target header flag [RFC9173] 2 Include security header flag [RFC9173] 3-7 Reserved [RFC9173] 8-15 Unassigned Contact Information ID Name Contact URI Last Updated [Aadesh_Brahmbhatt] Aadesh Brahmbhatt mailto:aadeshvb&utexas.edu 2023-06-14 [Alberto_Montilla] Alberto Montilla mailto:a.montilla&spatiam.com 2022-10-21 [Bostjan_Grasic] Boštjan Grašič mailto:bostjan.grasic&meis.si 2022-12-29 [Felix_Walter] Felix Walter mailto:contact&d3tn.com 2023-10-12 [Jeanna_Matthews] Jeanna Matthews mailto:jnm&clarkson.edu 2023-07-28 [Jorge_Amodio] Jorge Amodio mailto:jorge&ljcv.net 2023-02-13 [Jorge_Amodio_2] Jorge Amodio mailto:jamodio&intuitivemachines.com 2023-08-07 [Juan_A_Fraire] Juan A. Fraire mailto:juan.fraire&d3tn.com 2023-10-23 [Julia_Longtin] Julia Longtin mailto:julia.longtin&gmail.com 2022-11-21 [Larissa_Suzuki] Larissa Suzuki mailto:larissa.r.suzuki&gmail.com 2023-01-20 [Marc_Blanchet] Marc Blanchet mailto:marc.blanchet&viagenie.ca 2023-07-28 [Oscar_Abelardo_Garcia] Oscar Abelardo Garcia mailto:oscargarciacomtron&gmail.com 2023-08-23 [Oscar_Garcia] Oscar Garcia mailto:ceo&dhin.us 2023-01-06 [Ronny_L_Bull] Dr. Ronny L. Bull mailto:rbull&tct-networks.com 2023-05-01 [Ronny_L_Bull_2] Dr. Ronny L. Bull mailto:ronny.bull&bullreefaquaculture.com 2023-05-04 [Ronny_L_Bull_3] Dr. Ronny L. Bull mailto:bullr&sunypoly.edu 2023-07-17 [Samo_Grasic] Samo Grasic mailto:samo&grasic.net 2022-12-26 [Sauli_Kiviranta] Sauli Kiviranta mailto:sauli.kiviranta&deltacygnilabs.com 2023-05-16 [Scott_Johnson] Scott Johnson mailto:scott&solarnetone.org 2022-09-15 [Stuart_W_Card] Stuart W. Card mailto:stu.card&critical.com 2023-07-27 Licensing Terms