Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

Bundle Protocol

Created
2011-03-24
Last Updated
2024-11-12
Available Formats

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Registries included below

Bundle Block Types

Registration Procedure(s)
Specification Required
Expert(s)
Scott Burleigh, Fred Templin
Reference
[RFC6255][RFC9171]
Available Formats

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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][RFC-ietf-dtn-bpv7-admin-iana-04]
Available Formats

CSV
Bundle Protocol Version Value Description Reference
6,7 0 Reserved [RFC7116][RFC-ietf-dtn-bpv7-admin-iana-04]
6,7 1 Bundle status report [RFC5050][RFC9171]
6 2 Custody signal [RFC5050]
6,7 3 Unassigned
6 4 Aggregate Custody Signal [CCSDS-BP]
6,7 5-15 Unassigned
7 16-64383 Unassigned
7 64384-64511 Reserved for Experimental Use [RFC-ietf-dtn-bpv7-admin-iana-04]
7 64512-65535 Reserved for Private Use [RFC-ietf-dtn-bpv7-admin-iana-04]

CBHE Node Numbers

Reference
[RFC7116][RFC-ietf-dtn-ipn-update-14]
Note
Renamed "'ipn' Scheme URI Default Allocator Node Numbers" and moved to [https://www.iana.org/assignments/uri-schemes] per [RFC-ietf-dtn-ipn-update-14].
Value Description Reference
No registrations at this time.

CBHE Service Numbers

Expert(s)
Marc Blanchet, Keith Scott
Reference
[RFC7116]
Available Formats

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 (CCSDS) missions. [RFC7116]
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

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

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 described in Section 6. [RFC7242]
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CSV
Value Description Reference
-32768 to -1 Reserved [RFC9172]
0 Reserved [RFC9172]
1 BIB-HMAC-SHA2 [RFC9173]
2 BCB-AES-GCM [RFC9173]
3 COSE (TEMPORARY - registered 2024-11-12, expires 2025-11-12) [draft-ietf-dtn-bpsec-cose-04]
4-32767 Unassigned

BPSec BIB-HMAC-SHA2 Integrity Scope Flags

Registration Procedure(s)
Specification Required
Expert(s)
Ken McKeever, Edward Birrane
Reference
[RFC9173]
Available Formats

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

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