schc A. Minaburo Internet-Draft Acklio Obsoletes: 9363 (if approved) L. Toutain Intended status: Standards Track Institut MINES TELECOM; IMT Atlantique Expires: 3 May 2027 30 October 2026 A YANG Data Model for Static Context Header Compression (SCHC) draft-toutain-schc-rfc9363bis-00 Abstract This document describes a YANG data model for the Static Context Header Compression (SCHC) compression and fragmentation Rules. This document formalizes the description of the Rules for better interoperability between SCHC instances either to exchange a set of Rules or to modify the parameters of some Rules. This document updates the SCHC data model defined in RFC 9363 to take into account the evolution of SCHC usages. It introduces a flexible way to describe protocol options, such as the CoAP options, and includes the identifiers needed for the compression of ICMPv6 and features for the management of the Rules. 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Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 1] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (https://trustee.ietf.org/ license-info) in effect on the date of publication of this document. Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. Code Components extracted from this document must include Revised BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Revised BSD License. Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4. SCHC Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4.1. Evolution of the SCHC Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4.2. Main Updates from RFC 9363 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4.3. Compression Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4.4. Identifier Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4.5. Convention for Field Identifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4.6. Convention for Space Identifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4.7. Convention for Field Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4.8. Convention for Field Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4.9. Convention for Direction Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4.10. Convention for Target Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4.11. Convention for Matching Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4.11.1. Matching Operator Arguments . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4.12. Convention for Compression Decompression Actions . . . . 12 4.12.1. Compression Decompression Action Arguments . . . . . 12 4.13. Convention for Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4.13.1. Action Arguments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4.14. Fragmentation Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4.14.1. Fragmentation Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4.14.2. Fragmentation Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 4.14.3. Last Fragment Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 4.14.4. Acknowledgment Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 4.14.5. Timer Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 4.14.6. Fragmentation Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 4.14.7. Layer 2 Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5. Rule Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5.1. Compression Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 5.2. Fragmentation Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 5.3. Management Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 5.4. YANG Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 6. YANG Data Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 7. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 7.1. URI Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 7.2. YANG Module Name Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 2] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 8. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 9. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 9.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 9.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Appendix A. Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Changes from RFC 9363 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 1. Introduction SCHC is a compression and fragmentation mechanism for constrained networks defined in [RFC8724]. It is initially based on a static context shared by two entities at the boundary of the constrained network. [RFC8724] provides an informal representation of the Rules used either for compression/decompression (C/D) or fragmentation/ reassembly (F/R), and [RFC9363] a YANG data model dedicated to LPWAN environments, where the Rules were most of the time installed directly in the SCHC end-points. This document defines an evolution of YANG data model [RFC7950] to represent compression, fragmentation, and management Rules, which leads to common representation for values for all the Rules' elements. The goal of this document is to update the formal description of the Rules, to extend SCHC to new environments, and to offer: * the same definition on both ends, even if the internal representation is different, * an update of the other end to set up some specific values (e.g., IPv6 prefix, destination address, etc.), and * the management of the Rules by the SCHC instances themselves, which create and delete Rules using CORECONF [I-D.toutain-schc-coreconf-management]. This data model is a revision of the ietf-schc module of [RFC9363], and not an augmentation, since the new format of the entries introduced by [I-D.ietf-schc-universal-option] changes the key of the compression Rule entries. Since the key of a list cannot be changed in a published module (Section 11 of [RFC7950]), a new list is defined and the previous one is deprecated. SCHC was originally designed around a shared context, fixed when the devices are deployed. This revision introduces context evolution: the SCHC instances create and delete Rules themselves, and fit the compression to the traffic they actually carry, while a generic Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 3] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 description of the protocol options extends the compression to existing protocols. SCHC can then be used wherever header overhead matters, from LPWANs to 5G and 6G cellular networks, industrial networks, and deep-space links. 2. Requirements Language 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. 3. Terminology This section defines the terminology and acronyms used in this document. It extends the terminology of [RFC8376]. Action: Processing applied to a packet matching a compression Rule. By default, the packet is compressed and forwarded. App: Low-Power WAN (LPWAN) Application, as defined by [RFC8376]. An application sending/receiving packets to/from the Dev. Bi: Bidirectional. Characterizes a Field Descriptor that applies to headers of packets traveling in either direction (Up and Dw; see this glossary). CDA: Compression/Decompression Action. Describes the pair of actions that are performed at the compressor to compress a header field and at the decompressor to recover the original value of the header field. Context: A set of Rules used to compress/decompress headers. Dev: Device, as defined by [RFC8376]. DevIID: Device Interface Identifier. The IID that identifies the Dev interface. DI: Direction Indicator. This field tells which direction of packet travel (Up, Dw, or Bi) a Field Descriptor applies to. This allows for asymmetric processing, using the same Rule. Dw: Downlink direction for compression/decompression, from SCHC C/D in the network to SCHC C/D in the Dev. Entry Index: Sequential position of an entry in a compression Rule, Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 4] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 starting at 0. It is the key of the list of entries, and follows the order of the fields in the header. FID: Field Identifier or Field ID. This identifies the protocol and field a Field Descriptor applies to. FL: Field Length. This is the length of the original packet header field. It is expressed as a number of bits for header fields of fixed lengths or as a type (e.g., variable, token length, ...) for Field Lengths that are unknown at the time of Rule creation. The length of a header field is defined in the corresponding protocol specification (such as IPv6 or UDP). FP: Field Position. When a field is expected to appear multiple times in a header, the Field Position specifies the occurrence this Field Descriptor applies to (for example, first Uri-Path option, second Uri-Path, etc. in a Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) header), counting from 1. The value 0 is special and means "don't care" (see Section 7.2 of [RFC8724]). Guard Period: Time during which a deleted Rule ID cannot be reused, so that a SCHC Packet sent with the previous Rule cannot be decoded with a new one (see [I-D.toutain-schc-coreconf-management]). IID: Interface Identifier. See the IPv6 addressing architecture [RFC7136]. L2 Word: This is the minimum subdivision of payload data that the Layer 2 (L2) will carry. In most L2 technologies, the L2 Word is an octet. In bit-oriented radio technologies, the L2 Word might be a single bit. The L2 Word size is assumed to be constant over time for each device. Management Rule: Rule used to carry the management traffic between SCHC instances. Only the management Rules can access the Set of Rules (see [I-D.toutain-schc-coreconf-management]). MO: Matching Operator. An operator used to match a value contained in a header field with a value contained in a Rule. RuleID: Rule Identifier. An identifier for a Rule. SCHC C/D on both sides share the same RuleID for a given packet. A set of RuleIDs are used to support SCHC F/R functionality. Rule Status: State of a Rule in the management protocol: origin, valid, candidate, invalid, or free (see [I-D.toutain-schc-coreconf-management]). Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 5] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 Space ID: Identifier of a protocol option space, such as the CoAP options. TV: Target Value. A value contained in a Rule that will be matched with the value of a header field. Universal Option: Option referenced in a compression Rule by its Space ID and its option number, instead of a dedicated FID. Up: Uplink direction for compression/decompression, from the Dev SCHC C/D to the network SCHC C/D. 4. SCHC Rules 4.1. Evolution of the SCHC Rules [RFC8724] defines the Rules in an informal way, for compression and fragmentation. SCHC compression is generic without referring to a specific protocol. [RFC9363] introduces a YANG data model to represent all these Rules, including the identifiers of the IPv6 [RFC8200], UDP [RFC0768], and CoAP [RFC7252] fields defined in [RFC8724] and [RFC8824], with the CoAP options for no server response [RFC7967] and Object Security for Constrained RESTful Environments (OSCORE) [RFC8613]. Since then, other documents have made the data model evolve, either by defining their own data model, which augments the ietf-schc module, or by introducing elements for a revision of this module: * [RFC9441] introduces the Compound ACK, with a data model that augments the fragmentation Rule, so that a single acknowledgment can cover several windows. It is considered as an augmentation of the data model, and remains valid with this revision (see Section 5.2); * [I-D.ietf-schc-8824-update] updates the compression of CoAP, and defines the "var_bit" Field Length function; * [I-D.ietf-schc-universal-option] introduces a new format for the entries of the Rules, which reference a protocol option by a Space ID and its option number, instead of a specific Field ID per option. With [RFC8824] and [I-D.ietf-schc-8824-update], it splits the OSCORE option into subfields, including the ones of its Key Update (KUDOS) extension [I-D.ietf-core-oscore-key-update]; Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 6] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 * [I-D.ietf-schc-icmpv6-compression] specifies the compression of ICMPv6 [RFC4443], with new Field IDs, Field Length functions, Matching Operators, Compression Decompression Actions, and an Action applied to the packets matching a Rule; * [RFC9442] uses a new RCS algorithm for SCHC over Sigfox; * [I-D.toutain-schc-coreconf-management] introduces the management of the Rules by the SCHC instances themselves, with management Rules, a status for each Rule, and a Guard period. This document gathers these elements in a revision of the ietf-schc module, including the universal options, since they change the key of the compression Rule entries. 4.2. Main Updates from RFC 9363 The main updates of the YANG data model defined in [RFC9363] are: * Compression Rule entries: a new list of entries, keyed by an entry index, replaces the previous one, which is deprecated (see Section 1 and Section 5.1). * Universal Options: an entry can reference a protocol option by a Space ID and its option number, and the per-option CoAP Field IDs are deprecated (see Section 4.6). * New identifiers: Field IDs for ICMPv6 [I-D.ietf-schc-icmpv6-compression] and for the OSCORE and KUDOS subfields (see Section 4.5), Field Length functions (see Section 4.7), Matching Operators (see Section 4.11), and Compression Decompression Actions (see Section 4.12). * RCS algorithm: a new identity, rcs-frag-count, for the RCS of SCHC over Sigfox [RFC9442] (see Section 4.14.3). * Action: a compression Rule can carry an Action, applied to the packets matching it [I-D.ietf-schc-icmpv6-compression] (see Section 4.13). * Rule management: a new feature, a new Rule nature, a Guard period, and a status for each Rule [I-D.toutain-schc-coreconf-management] (see Section 5.3 and Section 5.4). 4.3. Compression Rules Compression is optional in the data model and depends on the presence of the compression feature. Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 7] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 [RFC8724] proposes an informal representation of the compression Rule. A compression context for a device is composed of a set of Rules. Each Rule contains information to describe a specific field in the header to be compressed. +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Rule N | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+| | Rule i || +-----------------------------------------------------------------+|| | (FID) Rule 1 ||| |+-------+--+--+--+------------+-----------------+---------------+||| ||Field 1|FL|FP|DI|Target Value|Matching Operator|Comp/Decomp Act|||| |+-------+--+--+--+------------+-----------------+---------------+||| ||Field 2|FL|FP|DI|Target Value|Matching Operator|Comp/Decomp Act|||| |+-------+--+--+--+------------+-----------------+---------------+||| ||... |..|..|..| ... | ... | ... |||| |+-------+--+--+--+------------+-----------------+---------------+||/ ||Field N|FL|FP|DI|Target Value|Matching Operator|Comp/Decomp Act||| |+-------+--+--+--+------------+-----------------+---------------+|/ | | \-----------------------------------------------------------------/ Figure 1: Compression Decompression Context 4.4. Identifier Generation Identifiers used in the SCHC YANG data model are from the identityref statement to ensure global uniqueness and easy augmentation if needed. The principle to define a new type based on a group of identityref is the following: * Define a main identity ending with the keyword base-type. * Derive all the identities used in the data model from this base type. * Create a typedef from this base type. The example below (Figure 2) shows how an identityref is created for Reassembly Check Sequence (RCS) algorithms used during SCHC fragmentation. Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 8] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 identity rcs-algorithm-base-type { description "Identify which algorithm is used to compute RCS. The algorithm also defines the size of the RCS field."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation"; } identity rcs-crc32 { base rcs-algorithm-base-type; description "CRC32 defined as default RCS in RFC 8724. This RCS is 4 bytes long."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation"; } typedef rcs-algorithm-type { type identityref { base rcs-algorithm-base-type; } description "Define the type for RCS algorithm in Rules."; } Figure 2: Principle to Define a Type Based on identityref 4.5. Convention for Field Identifier In the process of compression, the headers of the original packet are first parsed to create a list of fields. This list of fields is matched against the Rules to find the appropriate Rule and apply compression. [RFC8724] does not state how the Field ID value is constructed. In examples, identification is done through a string indexed by the protocol name (e.g., IPv6.version, CoAP.version, etc.). The current YANG data model includes field definitions found in [RFC8724] and [RFC8824], with the following updates: * The per-option CoAP Field IDs are deprecated, since CoAP options are represented as Universal Options [I-D.ietf-schc-universal-option] (see Section 4.6 and Section 5.1). Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 9] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 * New sub-fields of the OSCORE option are defined, for the OSCORE flags (fid-coap-option-oscore-flags-flagbits, fid-coap-option- oscore-flags-n) and for KUDOS (fid-coap-option-kudos-x, fid-coap- option-kudos-x-flagbits, fid-coap-option-kudos-x-m, fid-coap- option-kudos-nonce) [I-D.ietf-schc-universal-option]. * Field IDs are defined for ICMPv6, derived from fid-icmpv6-base- type [I-D.ietf-schc-icmpv6-compression]. * Two Field IDs independent of any protocol are defined, fid-unused and fid-payload [I-D.ietf-schc-icmpv6-compression]. Using the YANG data model, each field MUST be identified through a global YANG identityref. A YANG Field ID for the protocol is always derived from the fid-base- type. Then, an identity for each protocol is specified using the naming convention fid-<>-base-type. All possible fields for this protocol MUST derive from the protocol identity. The naming convention is fid- followed by the protocol name and the field name. If a field has to be divided into subfields, the field identity serves as a base. The full field-id definition is found in Section 6. A type is defined for the IPv6 protocol, and each field is based on it. Note that the Diffserv bits derive from the Traffic Class identity. 4.6. Convention for Space Identifier Some protocols, such as CoAP [RFC7252], carry options identified by a number in an option space specific to the protocol. Instead of defining a Field ID for each option, a compression Rule entry can reference an option by a Space ID, which identifies the option space, and by the option number in this space, carried in the universal- value leaf [I-D.ietf-schc-universal-option]. New options can then be compressed without any update of the YANG data model. A Space ID is derived from the space-id-base-type identity. The naming convention is space-id- followed by the protocol name. The current YANG data model defines space-id-coap for the CoAP options; other protocols that define options can add their own identity the same way. The space-id-type typedef is defined from space-id-base- type, following the principle shown in Figure 2. fid-base-type and space-id-base-type derive from a common ancestor, space-field-id-base-type. A compression Rule entry contains either a field-id or a space-id with its associated universal-value (see Section 5.1). Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 10] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 This document deprecates some CoAP Field IDs originally defined in [RFC9363] (from fid-coap-option-if-match to fid-coap-option-no- response), which are replaced by Universal Options using space-id- coap and the option number. 4.7. Convention for Field Length The Field Length is either an integer giving the size of a field in bits or a specific function. [RFC8724] defines the "var" function, which allows variable-length fields (whose length is expressed in bytes), and [RFC8824] defines the "tkl" function for managing the CoAP Token Length field. [I-D.ietf-schc-universal-option] and [I-D.ietf-schc-icmpv6-compression] define the fl-length-bytes, fl- length-bits, fl-variable-bits, and fl-remaining functions. fl- variable-bits corresponds to the "var_bit" function of [I-D.ietf-schc-8824-update]. A Field Length function can take a numerical argument, carried in the field-length-value leaf of the Rule entry. For fl-length-bytes and fl-length-bits, this argument is the entry index of the entry giving the length. The other functions do not use it. The naming convention is fl- followed by the function name. The Field Length function can be defined as an identityref, as described in Section 6. Therefore, the type for the Field Length is a union between an integer giving the size of the length in bits and the identityref. 4.8. Convention for Field Position The Field Position is a positive integer that gives the occurrence times of a specific field from the header start. The default value is 1 and is incremented at each repetition. Value 0 indicates that the position is not important and is not considered during the Rule selection process. The Field Position is a positive integer. The type is uint8. 4.9. Convention for Direction Indicator The Direction Indicator is used to tell if a field appears in both directions (Bi) or only uplink (Up) or Downlink (Dw). The naming convention is "di" followed by the Direction Indicator name. The type is di-type. Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 11] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 4.10. Convention for Target Value The Target Value is a list of binary sequences of any length, aligned to the left. In the Rule, the structure will be used as a list, with the index as a key. The highest index value is used to compute the size of the index sent in residue for the match-mapping Compression Decompression Action (CDA). The index can specify several values: * For equal and most significant bits (MSBs), the Target Value contains a single element. Therefore, the index is set to 0. * For match-mapping, the Target Value can contain several elements. Index values MUST start from 0 and MUST be contiguous. If the header field contains text, the binary sequence uses the same encoding. 4.11. Convention for Matching Operator The Matching Operator (MO) is a function applied between a field value provided by the parsed header and the Target Value. [RFC8724] defines 4 MOs. [I-D.ietf-schc-icmpv6-compression] defines mo-rule- match and mo-rev-rule-match. The naming convention is mo- followed by the MO name. The type is mo-type. 4.11.1. Matching Operator Arguments They are viewed as a list, built with a tv-struct (see Section 4.10). 4.12. Convention for Compression Decompression Actions The Compression Decompression Action (CDA) identifies the function to use for compression or decompression. [RFC8724] defines 7 CDAs. [I-D.ietf-schc-icmpv6-compression] defines cda-compress-sent and cda- rev-compress-sent. The naming convention is cda- followed by the CDA name. 4.12.1. Compression Decompression Action Arguments Currently no CDA requires arguments, but some CDAs may require one or several arguments in the future. They are viewed as a list of target-value type. Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 12] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 4.13. Convention for Action When a compression Rule is selected, [RFC8724] compresses the packet and sends the resulting SCHC Packet to the lower layer. An Action, introduced by [I-D.ietf-schc-icmpv6-compression], changes this behavior: the Rule is still selected through its entries, but the packet is handed over to the process named by the Action. The Action applies to the Rule as a whole, and not to a single entry. The naming convention is action- followed by the Action name. The type is action-type. The default Action is action-forward: the packet is compressed and sent to the lower layer, as specified in [RFC8724], so a Rule without an Action behaves as in [RFC8724]. [I-D.ietf-schc-icmpv6-compression] defines action-proxy-ping. 4.13.1. Action Arguments The Action is carried in the action leaf of the compression Rule, and its arguments in the action-value list of the same Rule. The arguments are viewed as a list, built with a tv-struct (see Section 4.10). action-forward takes no argument. 4.14. Fragmentation Rule Fragmentation is optional in the data model and depends on the presence of the fragmentation feature. The SCHC Compound ACK [RFC9441] augments this data model with the ietf-schc-compound-ack module, to acknowledge several windows in a single SCHC ACK message in the ACK-on-Error mode. This augmentation remains valid for the data model defined in this document, since the fragmentation part of the module. Most of the fragmentation parameters are listed in Appendix D of [RFC8724]. Since fragmentation Rules work for a specific direction, they MUST contain a mandatory Direction Indicator. The type is the same as the one used in compression entries, but bidirectional MUST NOT be used. 4.14.1. Fragmentation Mode [RFC8724] defines 3 fragmentation modes: * No ACK: This mode is unidirectional; no acknowledgment is sent back. Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 13] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 * ACK Always: Each fragmentation window must be explicitly acknowledged before going to the next. * ACK on Error: A window is acknowledged only when the receiver detects some missing fragments. The type is fragmentation-mode-type. The naming convention is fragmentation-mode- followed by the fragmentation mode name. 4.14.2. Fragmentation Header A data fragment header, starting with the RuleID, can be sent in the fragmentation direction. [RFC8724] indicates that the SCHC header may be composed of the following (cf. Figure 3): * a Datagram Tag (DTag) identifying the datagram being fragmented if the fragmentation applies concurrently on several datagrams. This field is optional, and its length is defined by the Rule. * a Window (W) used in ACK-Always and ACK-on-Error modes. In ACK- Always, its size is 1. In ACK-on-Error, it depends on the Rule. This field is not needed in No-ACK mode. * a Fragment Compressed Number (FCN) indicating the fragment/tile position within the window. This field is mandatory on all modes defined in [RFC8724], and its size is defined by the Rule. |-- SCHC Fragment Header ----| |-- T --|-M-|-- N --| +-- ... -+- ... -+---+- ... -+--------...-------+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | RuleID | DTag | W | FCN | Fragment Payload | padding (as needed) +-- ... -+- ... -+---+- ... -+--------...-------+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Figure 3: Data Fragment Header from RFC 8724 4.14.3. Last Fragment Format The last fragment of a datagram (the All-1 fragment) is sent with a Reassembly Check Sequence (RCS) field to detect residual transmission errors and possible losses in the last window. [RFC8724] recommends that the sender computes the RCS on the full SCHC Packet, and that the receiver compares it with the RCS computed after reassembly. A Profile specifies how the integrity is checked. The algorithm is given by the rcs-algorithm leaf, of type rcs- algorithm-type, and also defines the size of the RCS field. [RFC8724] recommends the CRC32 of the Ethernet standard as the default algorithm, identified by rcs-crc32 (32 bits), which is the Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 14] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 default value of the leaf. The naming convention is rcs- followed by the algorithm name. New algorithms are defined by deriving new identities from rcs-algorithm-base-type (see Figure 2). A Profile can use another kind of RCS. For instance, SCHC over Sigfox [RFC9442] uses an RCS which carries the number of fragments in the last window, including the All-1 fragment, instead of a check computed on the SCHC Packet. This RCS is identified by rcs-frag- count. Its size depends on the header format (3 to 5 bits) and is the same as the size of the FCN field, set by the fcn-size leaf of the Rule. For ACK-on-Error mode, the All-1 fragment may just contain the RCS or can include a tile. The following parameters define the behavior: * all-1-data-no: The last fragment contains no data, just the RCS. * all-1-data-yes: The last fragment includes a single tile and the RCS. * all-1-data-sender-choice: The last fragment may or may not contain a single tile. The receiver can detect if a tile is present. The naming convention is all-1-data- followed by the behavior identifier. 4.14.4. Acknowledgment Behavior The acknowledgment fragment header goes in the opposite direction of data. [RFC8724] defines the header, which is composed of the following (see Figure 4): * a DTag (if present). * a mandatory window, as in the data fragment. * a C bit giving the status of RCS validation. In case of failure, a bitmap follows, indicating the received tile. |--- SCHC ACK Header ----| |-- T --|-M-| 1 | +-- ... -+- ... -+---+---+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | RuleID | DTag | W |C=1| padding as needed (success) +-- ... -+- ... -+---+---+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +-- ... -+- ... -+---+---+------ ... ------+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | RuleID | DTag | W |C=0|Compressed Bitmap| pad. as needed (failure) +-- ... -+- ... -+---+---+------ ... ------+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 15] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 Figure 4: Acknowledgment Fragment Header for RFC 8724 For ACK-on-Error, SCHC defines when an acknowledgment can be sent. This can be at any time defined by the Layer 2, at the end of a window (FCN all-0), or as a response to receiving the last fragment (FCN all-1). The naming convention is ack-behavior followed by the algorithm name. The SCHC Compound ACK [RFC9441] allows the bitmaps of several windows in a single SCHC ACK message (bitmap-format leaf). Only the last bitmap can be compressed, and the last-bitmap-compression leaf disables its compression. These leaves are defined by the module of [RFC9441], which augments this data model (see Section 5.2). 4.14.5. Timer Values The state machine requires some common values to handle fragmentation correctly. * The Retransmission Timer gives the duration before sending an ACK request (cf. Section 8.2.2.4 of [RFC8724]). If specified, the value MUST be strictly positive. * The Inactivity Timer gives the duration before aborting a fragmentation session (cf. Section 8.2.2.4 of [RFC8724]). The value 0 explicitly indicates that this timer is disabled. [RFC8724] does not specify any range for these timers. [RFC9011] recommends a duration of 12 hours. In fact, the value range should be between milliseconds for real-time systems to several days for worse-than-best-effort systems. To allow a large range of applications, two parameters must be specified: * the duration of a tick. It is computed by this formula: 2^(tick- duration)/10^6. When tick-duration is set to 0, the unit is the microsecond. The default value of 20 leads to a unit of 1.048575 seconds. A value of 32 leads to a tick-duration of about 1 hour 11 minutes. * the number of ticks in the predefined unit. With the default tick-duration value of 20, the timers can cover a range between 1.0 second and 19 hours, as recommended in [RFC9011]. 4.14.6. Fragmentation Parameter The SCHC fragmentation protocol specifies the number of attempts before aborting through the parameter: Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 16] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 * max-ack-requests (cf. Section 8.2.2.4 of [RFC8724]) 4.14.7. Layer 2 Parameters The data model includes two parameters needed for fragmentation: * l2-word-size: [RFC8724] base fragmentation, in bits, on a Layer 2 Word that can be of any length. The default value is 8 and corresponds to the default value for the byte-aligned Layer 2. A value of 1 will indicate that there is no alignment and no need for padding. * maximum-packet-size: defines the maximum size of an uncompressed datagram. By default, the value is set to 1280 bytes. They are defined as unsigned integers; see Section 6. 5. Rule Definition A Rule is identified by a unique Rule Identifier (RuleID) comprising both a RuleID value and a RuleID length. The YANG grouping rule-id- type defines the structure used to represent a RuleID. A length of 0 is allowed to represent an implicit Rule. Three natures of Rules are defined in [RFC8724]: * Compression: A compression Rule is associated with the RuleID. * No-compression: This identifies the default Rule used to send a packet integrally when no-compression Rule was found (see Section 6 of [RFC8724]). * Fragmentation: Fragmentation parameters are associated with the RuleID. Fragmentation is optional, and the feature fragmentation should be set. [I-D.toutain-schc-coreconf-management] defines a fourth nature: * Management: A management Rule carries the management traffic between SCHC instances. It uses the compression Rule structure, and only the entry-universal list. Management is optional, and the feature management should be set. The naming convention is nature- followed by the nature identifier. Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 17] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 5.1. Compression Rule A compression Rule is composed of entries describing its processing. An entry contains all the information defined in Figure 1 with the types defined above. One main change in this data model is the deprecation of the compression-content grouping, used by the compression case, in favor of the compression-content-universal grouping, used by the compression-universal case. [I-D.ietf-schc-universal-option] explains this change. Universal Option gives more flexibility in the management of the options. Defining a new SCHC Field ID identityref for each option requires the SCHC data model to be updated each time a protocol defines a new option as a Field ID. With Universal Options, only a Space ID identity is defined in the SCHC data model, and the entry carries the option number used by the protocol (see Section 4.6). Any new option defined by a protocol can then be added to a Rule without updating the data model. To avoid long keys to access a specific entry, the entry-index leaf is the key of the entry-universal list, instead of the tuple: Field ID, Field Position and Direction Indicator. It also guarantees the order of the entries inside a Rule, an order reinforced by the "ordered-by user" statement of the list. Each entry of entry- universal represents a line in Figure 1, and contains either a field- id or a space-id with its universal-value. The Field Length also includes a parameter, the field-length-value leaf, used by the new functions fl-length-bytes and fl-length-bits, which generalize functions such as fl-token-length (see Section 4.7). This change also deprecates the per-option CoAP Field IDs, since a CoAP option can be represented as a Universal Option with the tuple (space-id-coap, option number). Only the Field IDs describing the sub-fields of a single CoAP option, for OSCORE and KUDOS, remain current: they describe the parts of the option rather than stand for an arbitrary one, and use fid-coap-option as their base. A deprecated definition is still valid: following Section 7.21.2 of [RFC7950], it may still be implemented, to keep interoperability with existing implementations. The Rules defined with the data model of [RFC9363] therefore remain valid. Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 18] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 However, the deprecated per-option CoAP Field IDs MUST NOT be used in the entry-universal list: a CoAP option is then represented by space- id-coap and its option number. They remain usable only in the deprecated entry list. The identities defined by this revision of the data model (Field IDs, Field Length functions, Matching Operators, and Compression Decompression Actions) MUST NOT be used in the deprecated entry list, which is only kept for the Rules defined with [RFC9363]. Some checks are performed on the values, both in entry-universal and in the deprecated entry list: * When MO is ignore, no Target Value is needed; for other MOs, there MUST be a Target Value present. * When MSB MO is specified, the matching-operator-value must be present. * When the CDA is not-sent, LSB, or mapping-sent, there MUST be a Target Value present; it is not needed for value-sent, compute, DevIID, AppIID, compress-sent, and rev-compress-sent. * The entry-universal list is only used in Rules whose nature is nature-compression or nature-management; the deprecated entry list is only used in Rules whose nature is nature-compression. The following checks only apply to the entry-universal list: * When the Field Length is fl-length-bytes or fl-length-bits, the field-length-value leaf MUST be present. * The deprecated per-option CoAP Field IDs MUST NOT be used as field-id. 5.2. Fragmentation Rule A fragmentation Rule is composed of entries describing the protocol behavior. Some of them are numerical entries, others are identifiers defined in Section 4.14. The fragmentation Rule is kept unchanged from [RFC9363]. The SCHC Compound ACK [RFC9441] augments it to allow several bitmaps in a SCHC ACK message. Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 19] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 5.3. Management Rule Management Rules are defined in [I-D.toutain-schc-coreconf-management]. They allow a SCHC instance to modify the Set of Rules they belong to, except the origin Rules, which include the management Rules themselves (see below). A management Rule uses the compression Rule structure, with the entry- universal list, and the nature-management nature. [I-D.toutain-schc-coreconf-management] also introduces a Guard period, during which a deleted Rule ID MUST NOT be reused. This information is global to all the Rules: the guard-period container is carried in the context container, and not in a Rule. It uses the same coding as the fragmentation timers, with ticks-duration and ticks-numbers (see Section 4.14.5). [I-D.toutain-schc-coreconf-management] also introduces a Rule status, to indicate whether a Rule can be used or not. The rule-status leaf is only present when the management feature is activated. Its type is status-type, and its values are: * status-origin: the Rule belongs to the initial Set of Rules, provisioned before the start of the SCHC instance. It cannot be modified or deleted by management, and it is the only kind of Rule kept when the context is reset. This is the default value: a provisioned Rule without rule-status is an origin Rule, while a Rule created by management always carries its status. * status-valid: the Rule belongs to the Set of Rules and can be used. Only the Rules with this status, or with status-origin, which is derived from it, can be used for compression, decompression, fragmentation, and reassembly. * status-candidate: the Rule has been created by management, but the other end has not validated it yet. It cannot be used. * status-invalid: the Rule has been deleted by management, and the Guard period is running. It cannot be used, and its Rule ID cannot be reused. * status-free: the Rule ID can be used to create a new Rule. A Rule with this status is processed as if it did not exist in the Set of Rules. Management Rules are origin Rules: their status is always status- origin. The naming convention is status- followed by the status name. Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 20] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 The value of rule-status is a local view of the state of the management protocol machine of the node for this Rule. It is managed locally by the node, and any value sent by the other end is overwritten. In particular, status-origin is only set by provisioning, never by management. The procedures, including the reset of the context, are described in [I-D.toutain-schc-coreconf-management]. 5.4. YANG Tree The YANG data model described in this document conforms to the Network Management Datastore Architecture defined in [RFC8342]. module: ietf-schc +--rw context {management}? | +--rw guard-period | +--rw ticks-duration? uint8 | +--rw ticks-numbers? uint16 +--rw schc +--rw rule* [rule-id-value rule-id-length] +--rw rule-id-value uint32 +--rw rule-id-length uint8 +--rw rule-nature nature-type +--rw rule-status? status-type | {management}? +--rw (nature)? +--:(fragmentation) {fragmentation}? | +--rw fragmentation-mode | | schc:fragmentation-mode-type | +--rw l2-word-size? uint8 | +--rw direction schc:di-type | +--rw dtag-size? uint8 | +--rw w-size? uint8 | +--rw fcn-size uint8 | +--rw rcs-algorithm? rcs-algorithm-type | +--rw maximum-packet-size? uint16 | +--rw window-size? uint16 | +--rw max-interleaved-frames? uint8 | +--rw inactivity-timer | | +--rw ticks-duration? uint8 | | +--rw ticks-numbers? uint16 | +--rw retransmission-timer | | +--rw ticks-duration? uint8 | | +--rw ticks-numbers? uint16 | +--rw max-ack-requests? uint8 | +--rw (mode)? | +--:(no-ack) | +--:(ack-always) Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 21] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 | +--:(ack-on-error) | +--rw tile-size? uint8 | +--rw tile-in-all-1? schc:all-1-data-type | +--rw ack-behavior? schc:ack-behavior-type x--:(compression) {compression}? | x--rw entry* | [field-id field-position direction-indicator] | +--rw field-id schc:fid-type | +--rw field-length union | +--rw field-position uint8 | +--rw direction-indicator schc:di-type | +--rw target-value* [index] | | +--rw index uint16 | | +--rw value? binary | +--rw matching-operator schc:mo-type | +--rw matching-operator-value* [index] | | +--rw index uint16 | | +--rw value? binary | +--rw comp-decomp-action schc:cda-type | +--rw comp-decomp-action-value* [index] | +--rw index uint16 | +--rw value? binary +--:(compression-universal) {compression or management}? +--rw entry-universal* [entry-index] | +--rw entry-index uint16 | +--rw (field-or-space) | | +--:(regular-field) | | | +--rw field-id schc:fid-type | | +--:(universal-option) | | +--rw space-id schc:space-id-type | | +--rw universal-value uint64 | +--rw field-length union | +--rw field-length-value? uint16 | +--rw field-position uint8 | +--rw direction-indicator schc:di-type | +--rw target-value* [index] | | +--rw index uint16 | | +--rw value? binary | +--rw matching-operator schc:mo-type | +--rw matching-operator-value* [index] | | +--rw index uint16 | | +--rw value? binary | +--rw comp-decomp-action schc:cda-type | +--rw comp-decomp-action-value* [index] | +--rw index uint16 | +--rw value? binary +--rw action? action-type +--rw action-value* [index] Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 22] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 +--rw index uint16 +--rw value? binary Figure 5: Overview of the SCHC Data Model 6. YANG Data Model file "ietf-schc@2026-10-27.yang" module ietf-schc { yang-version 1.1; namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-schc"; prefix schc; organization "IETF IPv6 over Low Power Wide-Area Networks (lpwan) Working Group"; contact "WG Web: WG List: Editor: Laurent Toutain Editor: Ana Minaburo "; description "Copyright (c) 2023 IETF Trust and the persons identified as authors of the code. 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 Revised BSD License set forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (https://trustee.ietf.org/license-info). This version of this YANG module is part of RFC 9363 (https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9363); see the RFC itself for full legal notices. 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 (RFC 2119) (RFC 8174) when, and only when, they appear in all capitals, as shown here. *************************************************************** Generic data model for the Static Context Header Compression Rule for SCHC, based on RFCs 8724 and 8824. Including compression, no-compression, and fragmentation Rules. This module is a YANG data model for SCHC Rules (RFCs 8724 and 8824). RFC 8724 describes compression Rules in an abstract way through a table. Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 23] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | (FID) Rule 1 | |+-------+--+--+--+------------+-----------------+---------------+| ||Field 1|FL|FP|DI|Target Value|Matching Operator|Comp/Decomp Act|| |+-------+--+--+--+------------+-----------------+---------------+| ||Field 2|FL|FP|DI|Target Value|Matching Operator|Comp/Decomp Act|| |+-------+--+--+--+------------+-----------------+---------------+| ||... |..|..|..| ... | ... | ... || |+-------+--+--+--+------------+-----------------+---------------+| ||Field N|FL|FP|DI|Target Value|Matching Operator|Comp/Decomp Act|| |+-------+--+--+--+------------+-----------------+---------------+| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| This module specifies a global data model that can be used for Rule exchanges or modification. It specifies both the data model format and the global identifiers used to describe some operations in fields. This data model applies to both compression and fragmentation."; revision 2026-10-27 { description "This revision updates the data model of RFC 9363: - Compression Rule entries: the 'entry-universal' list, keyed by 'entry-index', replaces the 'entry' list. An entry contains either a 'field-id' or a 'space-id' with its 'universal-value', and a 'field-length-value' leaf. The 'entry' list, the 'compression-content' and 'compression-rule-entry' groupings, and the 'compression' case are deprecated. - Universal Options: new 'space-field-id-base-type', 'space-id-base-type' and 'space-id-coap' identities, and 'space-field-id-type' and 'space-id-type' typedefs. The per-option CoAP Field IDs and 'fid-oscore-base-type' are deprecated. - New Field IDs: OSCORE and KUDOS sub-fields, ICMPv6 fields, 'fid-unused' and 'fid-payload'. - New Field Length functions: 'fl-length-bytes', 'fl-length-bits', 'fl-variable-bits' and 'fl-remaining'. - New Matching Operators 'mo-rule-match' and 'mo-rev-rule-match', and Compression Decompression Actions 'cda-compress-sent' and 'cda-rev-compress-sent'. - Action: 'action' leaf and 'action-value' list in the compression Rule, 'action-type' typedef and 'action-base-type', 'action-forward' and 'action-proxy-ping' identities. - Rule management: 'management' feature, 'nature-management' nature, 'context' container with the 'guard-period' timer, and 'rule-status' leaf with the 'status-type' typedef and its identities. Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 24] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 - Constraints in 'entry-universal': 'field-length-value' is required by 'fl-length-bytes' and 'fl-length-bits', and the per-option CoAP Field IDs are rejected. The Target Value is no longer required for 'cda-compress-sent' and 'cda-rev-compress-sent'. - New RCS algorithm: 'rcs-frag-count' identity, for the RCS of SCHC over Sigfox (RFC 9442)."; reference "RFC XXXX A YANG Data Model for Static Context Header Compression (SCHC)"; } revision 2023-03-01 { description "Initial version from RFC 9363."; reference "RFC 9363 A YANG Data Model for Static Context Header Compression (SCHC)"; } feature compression { description "SCHC compression capabilities are taken into account."; } feature fragmentation { description "SCHC fragmentation capabilities are taken into account."; } feature management { description "SCHC compression capabilities for rule management."; } // ------------------------- // Field ID type definition //-------------------------- // generic value TV definition identity space-field-id-base-type { description "Field ID base type for all fields."; } identity fid-base-type { base space-field-id-base-type; Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 25] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 description "Field ID base type for all fields."; } identity fid-unused { base fid-base-type; description "Padding field in any protocol."; } identity fid-payload { base fid-base-type; description "Payload field in any protocol. This field contains the remaining bytes after the header fields."; } identity fid-ipv6-base-type { base fid-base-type; description "Field ID base type for IPv6 headers described in RFC 8200."; reference "RFC 8200 Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification"; } identity fid-ipv6-version { base fid-ipv6-base-type; description "IPv6 version field."; reference "RFC 8200 Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification"; } identity fid-ipv6-trafficclass { base fid-ipv6-base-type; description "IPv6 Traffic Class field."; reference "RFC 8200 Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification"; } identity fid-ipv6-trafficclass-ds { base fid-ipv6-trafficclass; description "IPv6 Traffic Class field: Diffserv field."; reference "RFC 8200 Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification, Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 26] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 RFC 3168 The Addition of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) to IP"; } identity fid-ipv6-trafficclass-ecn { base fid-ipv6-trafficclass; description "IPv6 Traffic Class field: ECN field."; reference "RFC 8200 Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification, RFC 3168 The Addition of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) to IP"; } identity fid-ipv6-flowlabel { base fid-ipv6-base-type; description "IPv6 Flow Label field."; reference "RFC 8200 Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification"; } identity fid-ipv6-payload-length { base fid-ipv6-base-type; description "IPv6 Payload Length field."; reference "RFC 8200 Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification"; } identity fid-ipv6-nextheader { base fid-ipv6-base-type; description "IPv6 Next Header field."; reference "RFC 8200 Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification"; } identity fid-ipv6-hoplimit { base fid-ipv6-base-type; description "IPv6 Next Header field."; reference "RFC 8200 Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification"; } identity fid-ipv6-devprefix { base fid-ipv6-base-type; Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 27] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 description "Corresponds to either the source address or the destination address prefix of RFC 8200 depending on whether it is an uplink or a downlink message."; reference "RFC 8200 Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification"; } identity fid-ipv6-deviid { base fid-ipv6-base-type; description "Corresponds to either the source address or the destination address IID of RFC 8200 depending on whether it is an uplink or a downlink message."; reference "RFC 8200 Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification"; } identity fid-ipv6-appprefix { base fid-ipv6-base-type; description "Corresponds to either the source address or the destination address prefix of RFC 8200 depending on whether it is an uplink or a downlink message."; reference "RFC 8200 Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification"; } identity fid-ipv6-appiid { base fid-ipv6-base-type; description "Corresponds to either the source address or the destination address IID of RFC 8200 depending on whether it is an uplink or a downlink message."; reference "RFC 8200 Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification"; } identity fid-udp-base-type { base fid-base-type; description "Field ID base type for UDP headers described in RFC 768."; reference "RFC 768 User Datagram Protocol"; } identity fid-udp-dev-port { base fid-udp-base-type; Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 28] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 description "UDP source or destination port, if uplink or downlink communication, respectively."; reference "RFC 768 User Datagram Protocol"; } identity fid-udp-app-port { base fid-udp-base-type; description "UDP destination or source port, if uplink or downlink communication, respectively."; reference "RFC 768 User Datagram Protocol"; } identity fid-udp-length { base fid-udp-base-type; description "UDP length."; reference "RFC 768 User Datagram Protocol"; } identity fid-udp-checksum { base fid-udp-base-type; description "UDP length."; reference "RFC 768 User Datagram Protocol"; } identity fid-coap-base-type { base fid-base-type; description "Field ID base type for UDP headers described."; reference "RFC 7252 The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)"; } identity fid-coap-version { base fid-coap-base-type; description "CoAP version."; reference "RFC 7252 The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)"; } Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 29] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 identity fid-coap-type { base fid-coap-base-type; description "CoAP type."; reference "RFC 7252 The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)"; } identity fid-coap-tkl { base fid-coap-base-type; description "CoAP token length."; reference "RFC 7252 The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)"; } identity fid-coap-code { base fid-coap-base-type; description "CoAP code."; reference "RFC 7252 The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)"; } identity fid-coap-code-class { base fid-coap-code; description "CoAP code class."; reference "RFC 7252 The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)"; } identity fid-coap-code-detail { base fid-coap-code; description "CoAP code detail."; reference "RFC 7252 The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)"; } identity fid-coap-mid { base fid-coap-base-type; description "CoAP message ID."; reference "RFC 7252 The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)"; } Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 30] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 identity fid-coap-token { base fid-coap-base-type; description "CoAP token."; reference "RFC 7252 The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)"; } identity fid-coap-option { base fid-coap-base-type; description "Generic CoAP option."; reference "RFC 7252 The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)"; } identity fid-coap-option-if-match { base fid-coap-option; status deprecated; description "CoAP option If-Match. Deprecated in favor of Universal Options (space-id-coap / universal-value = 1)."; reference "RFC 7252 The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)"; } identity fid-coap-option-uri-host { base fid-coap-option; status deprecated; description "CoAP option Uri-Host. Deprecated in favor of Universal Options (space-id-coap / universal-value = 3)."; reference "RFC 7252 The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)"; } identity fid-coap-option-etag { base fid-coap-option; status deprecated; description "CoAP option ETag. Deprecated in favor of Universal Options (space-id-coap / universal-value = 4)."; reference "RFC 7252 The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)"; } identity fid-coap-option-if-none-match { base fid-coap-option; Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 31] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 status deprecated; description "CoAP option if-none-match. Deprecated in favor of Universal Options (space-id-coap / universal-value = 5)."; reference "RFC 7252 The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)"; } identity fid-coap-option-observe { base fid-coap-option; status deprecated; description "CoAP option Observe. Deprecated in favor of Universal Options (space-id-coap / universal-value = 6)."; reference "RFC 7641 Observing Resources in the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)"; } identity fid-coap-option-uri-port { base fid-coap-option; status deprecated; description "CoAP option Uri-Port. Deprecated in favor of Universal Options (space-id-coap / universal-value = 7)."; reference "RFC 7252 The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)"; } identity fid-coap-option-location-path { base fid-coap-option; status deprecated; description "CoAP option Location-Path. Deprecated in favor of Universal Options (space-id-coap / universal-value = 8)."; reference "RFC 7252 The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)"; } identity fid-coap-option-uri-path { base fid-coap-option; status deprecated; description "CoAP option Uri-Path. Deprecated in favor of Universal Options (space-id-coap / universal-value = 11)."; reference "RFC 7252 The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)"; } Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 32] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 identity fid-coap-option-content-format { base fid-coap-option; status deprecated; description "CoAP option Content Format. Deprecated in favor of Universal Options (space-id-coap / universal-value = 12)."; reference "RFC 7252 The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)"; } identity fid-coap-option-max-age { base fid-coap-option; status deprecated; description "CoAP option Max-Age. Deprecated in favor of Universal Options (space-id-coap / universal-value = 14)."; reference "RFC 7252 The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)"; } identity fid-coap-option-uri-query { base fid-coap-option; status deprecated; description "CoAP option Uri-Query. Deprecated in favor of Universal Options (space-id-coap / universal-value = 15)."; reference "RFC 7252 The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)"; } identity fid-coap-option-accept { base fid-coap-option; status deprecated; description "CoAP option Accept. Deprecated in favor of Universal Options (space-id-coap / universal-value = 17)."; reference "RFC 7252 The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)"; } identity fid-coap-option-location-query { base fid-coap-option; status deprecated; description "CoAP option Location-Query. Deprecated in favor of Universal Options (space-id-coap / universal-value = 20)."; reference "RFC 7252 The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)"; Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 33] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 } identity fid-coap-option-block2 { base fid-coap-option; status deprecated; description "CoAP option Block2. Deprecated in favor of Universal Options (space-id-coap / universal-value = 23)."; reference "RFC 7959 Block-Wise Transfers in the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)"; } identity fid-coap-option-block1 { base fid-coap-option; status deprecated; description "CoAP option Block1. Deprecated in favor of Universal Options (space-id-coap / universal-value = 27)."; reference "RFC 7959 Block-Wise Transfers in the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)"; } identity fid-coap-option-size2 { base fid-coap-option; status deprecated; description "CoAP option Size2. Deprecated in favor of Universal Options (space-id-coap / universal-value = 28)."; reference "RFC 7959 Block-Wise Transfers in the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)"; } identity fid-coap-option-proxy-uri { base fid-coap-option; status deprecated; description "CoAP option Proxy-Uri. Deprecated in favor of Universal Options (space-id-coap / universal-value = 35)."; reference "RFC 7252 The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)"; } identity fid-coap-option-proxy-scheme { base fid-coap-option; status deprecated; Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 34] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 description "CoAP option Proxy-Scheme. Deprecated in favor of Universal Options (space-id-coap / universal-value = 39)."; reference "RFC 7252 The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)"; } identity fid-coap-option-size1 { base fid-coap-option; status deprecated; description "CoAP option Size1. Deprecated in favor of Universal Options (space-id-coap / universal-value = 60)."; reference "RFC 7252 The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)"; } identity fid-coap-option-no-response { base fid-coap-option; status deprecated; description "CoAP option No response. Deprecated in favor of Universal Options (space-id-coap / universal-value = 258)."; reference "RFC 7967 Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) Option for No Server Response"; } identity fid-oscore-base-type { base fid-coap-option; status deprecated; description "OSCORE options (RFC8613) split in suboptions. Deprecated: this identity is not used as a base, the OSCORE suboption Field IDs derive from fid-coap-option."; reference "RFC 8824 Static Context Header Compression (SCHC) for the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)"; } identity fid-coap-option-oscore-flags { base fid-coap-option; description "CoAP option OSCORE flags."; reference "RFC 8824 Static Context Header Compression (SCHC) for the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) (see Section 6.4)"; Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 35] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 } identity fid-coap-option-oscore-flags-flagbits { base fid-coap-option-oscore-flags; description "First 5 bits of the OSCORE flags field forming flags subfield."; reference "RFC 8824 Static Context Header Compression (SCHC) for the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) (see Section 6.4)"; } identity fid-coap-option-oscore-flags-n { base fid-coap-option-oscore-flags; description "last 3 bits of the OSCORE flags field giving the length of Partial IV."; reference "RFC 8824 Static Context Header Compression (SCHC) for the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) (see Section 6.4)"; } identity fid-coap-option-oscore-piv { base fid-coap-option; description "CoAP option OSCORE Partial IV."; reference "RFC 8824 Static Context Header Compression (SCHC) for the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) (see Section 6.4)"; } identity fid-coap-option-oscore-kid { base fid-coap-option; description "CoAP option OSCORE Key ID."; reference "RFC 8824 Static Context Header Compression (SCHC) for the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) (see Section 6.4)"; } identity fid-coap-option-oscore-kidctx { base fid-coap-option; description Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 36] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 "CoAP option OSCORE Key ID Context."; reference "RFC 8824 Static Context Header Compression (SCHC) for the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)(see Section 6.4)"; } identity fid-coap-option-kudos-x { base fid-coap-option; description "x field contained in the kudos option defined in draft-ietf-core-oscore-key-update."; reference "draft-ietf-core-oscore-key-update"; } identity fid-coap-option-kudos-x-flagbits { base fid-coap-option-kudos-x; description "4 first bits of the x field in the kudos option defined in draft-ietf-core-oscore-key-update."; reference "draft-ietf-core-oscore-key-update"; } identity fid-coap-option-kudos-x-m { base fid-coap-option-kudos-x; description "4 last bits of the x field in the kudos option defined in draft-ietf-core-oscore-key-update."; reference "draft-ietf-core-oscore-key-update"; } identity fid-coap-option-kudos-nonce { base fid-coap-option; description "CoAP option kudos carrying the nonce."; reference "draft-ietf-core-oscore-key-update"; } identity fid-icmpv6-base-type { base schc:fid-base-type; description "Field IP base type for ICMPv6 headers described in RFC 4443"; reference Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 37] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 "RFC 4443 Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification"; } identity fid-icmpv6-type { base fid-icmpv6-base-type; description "ICMPv6 code field present in all ICMPv6 messages."; } identity fid-icmpv6-code { base fid-icmpv6-base-type; description "ICMPv6 code field present in all ICMPv6 messages."; } identity fid-icmpv6-checksum { base fid-icmpv6-base-type; description "ICMPv6 checksum field present in all ICMPv6 messages."; } identity fid-icmpv6-mtu { base fid-icmpv6-base-type; description "ICMPv6 MTU, present in Packet Too Big message."; } identity fid-icmpv6-pointer { base fid-icmpv6-base-type; description "ICMPv6 Pointer, present in Parameter Problem message."; } identity fid-icmpv6-identifier { base fid-icmpv6-base-type; description "ICMPv6 identifier field, present in Echo Request/Reply message."; } identity fid-icmpv6-sequence { base fid-icmpv6-base-type; description "ICMPv6 sequence number field, present in Echo Request/Reply message."; } Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 38] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 identity fid-icmpv6-payload { base fid-icmpv6-base-type; description "ICMPv6 payload following ICMPv6 header. If payload is empty, this field exists with a length of 0."; } //---------------------------------- // Universal Option space IDs //---------------------------------- identity space-id-base-type { base schc:space-field-id-base-type; description "Base identity for a Universal Option space. Several protocols define options (e.g. CoAP); each such protocol is identified by an identity derived from this base type."; } identity space-id-coap { base space-id-base-type; description "Space ID identifying the CoAP option space."; reference "RFC 7252 The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)"; } //---------------------------------- // Field Length type definition //---------------------------------- identity fl-base-type { description "Used to extend Field Length functions."; } identity fl-variable { base fl-base-type; description "Residue length in bytes is sent as defined for CoAP."; reference "RFC 8824 Static Context Header Compression (SCHC) for the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) (see Section 5.3)"; } identity fl-variable-bits { base fl-base-type; Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 39] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 description "Residue length in bits is sent as defined for CoAP."; reference "NOT YET DEFINED IN RFCs. This function is a generalization of fl-variable to support bit-level length definition."; } identity fl-token-length { base fl-base-type; description "Residue length in bytes is sent as defined for CoAP."; reference "RFC 8824 Static Context Header Compression (SCHC) for the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) (see Section 4.5)"; } identity fl-length-bytes { base fl-base-type; description "This function return the length a field by its index in bytes. This is a generalation of fl-token-length."; } identity fl-length-bits { base fl-base-type; description "This function return the length in bits of a field by its index in bits. "; } identity fl-remaining { base fl-base-type; description "Field length is not explicitly carried in the Compression Residue. This function is used for a field that extends to the end of the SCHC packet, such as a trailing payload."; } //--------------------------------- // Direction Indicator type //--------------------------------- Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 40] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 identity di-base-type { description "Used to extend Direction Indicators."; } identity di-bidirectional { base di-base-type; description "Direction Indicator of bidirectionality."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation (see Section 7.1)"; } identity di-up { base di-base-type; description "Direction Indicator of uplink."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation (see Section 7.1)"; } identity di-down { base di-base-type; description "Direction Indicator of downlink."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation (see Section 7.1)"; } //---------------------------------- // Matching Operator type definition //---------------------------------- identity mo-base-type { description "Matching Operator: used in the Rule selection process to check if a Target Value matches the field's value."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation (see Section 7.2)"; } Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 41] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 identity mo-equal { base mo-base-type; description "equal MO."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation (see Section 7.3)"; } identity mo-ignore { base mo-base-type; description "ignore MO."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation (see Section 7.3)"; } identity mo-msb { base mo-base-type; description "MSB MO."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation (see Section 7.3)"; } identity mo-match-mapping { base mo-base-type; description "match-mapping MO."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation (see Section 7.3)"; } identity mo-rule-match { base schc:mo-base-type; description "Macthing operator return true, if the TV matches a rule keeping UP and DOWN direction."; } Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 42] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 identity mo-rev-rule-match { base schc:mo-base-type; description "Macthing operator return true, if the TV matches a rule reversing UP and DOWN direction."; } //------------------------------ // CDA type definition //------------------------------ identity cda-base-type { description "Compression Decompression Actions. Specify the action to be applied to the field's value in a specific Rule."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation (see Section 7.2)"; } identity cda-not-sent { base cda-base-type; description "not-sent CDA."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation (see Section 7.4)"; } identity cda-value-sent { base cda-base-type; description "value-sent CDA."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation (see Section 7.4)"; } identity cda-lsb { base cda-base-type; description "Least Significant Bit (LSB) CDA."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation (see Section 7.4)"; Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 43] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 } identity cda-mapping-sent { base cda-base-type; description "mapping-sent CDA."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation (see Section 7.4)"; } identity cda-compute { base cda-base-type; description "compute-* CDA."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation (see Section 7.4)"; } identity cda-deviid { base cda-base-type; description "DevIID CDA."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation (see Section 7.4)"; } identity cda-appiid { base cda-base-type; description "Application Interface Identifier (AppIID) CDA."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation (see Section 7.4)"; } identity cda-compress-sent { base schc:cda-base-type; description "Send a compressed version of TV keeping UP and DOWN direction."; } Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 44] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 identity cda-rev-compress-sent { base schc:cda-base-type; description "Send a compressed version of TV reversing UP and DOWN direction."; } // -- type definition typedef space-field-id-type { type identityref { base space-field-id-base-type; } description "Field ID generic type."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation"; } typedef fid-type { type identityref { base fid-base-type; } description "Field ID type for regular protocol fields (IPv6, UDP, CoAP, etc.). Used in the regular-field case of compression-rule-entry."; } typedef space-id-type { type identityref { base space-id-base-type; } description "Space ID type for universal option spaces (CoAP options, etc.). Used in the universal-option case of compression-rule-entry."; } typedef fl-type { type identityref { base fl-base-type; } description "Function used to indicate Field Length."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 45] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 Compression and Fragmentation"; } typedef di-type { type identityref { base di-base-type; } description "Direction in LPWAN network: up when emitted by the device, down when received by the device, or bi when emitted or received by the device."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation"; } typedef mo-type { type identityref { base mo-base-type; } description "Matching Operator (MO) to compare field values with Target Values."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation"; } typedef cda-type { type identityref { base cda-base-type; } description "Compression Decompression Action to compress or decompress a field."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation"; } // -- FRAGMENTATION TYPE // -- fragmentation modes identity fragmentation-mode-base-type { description "Define the fragmentation mode."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 46] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 Compression and Fragmentation"; } identity fragmentation-mode-no-ack { base fragmentation-mode-base-type; description "No-ACK mode."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation"; } identity fragmentation-mode-ack-always { base fragmentation-mode-base-type; description "ACK-Always mode."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation"; } identity fragmentation-mode-ack-on-error { base fragmentation-mode-base-type; description "ACK-on-Error mode."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation"; } typedef fragmentation-mode-type { type identityref { base fragmentation-mode-base-type; } description "Define the type used for fragmentation mode in Rules."; } // -- Ack behavior identity ack-behavior-base-type { description "Define when to send an Acknowledgment."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation"; } Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 47] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 identity ack-behavior-after-all-0 { base ack-behavior-base-type; description "Fragmentation expects ACK after sending All-0 fragment."; } identity ack-behavior-after-all-1 { base ack-behavior-base-type; description "Fragmentation expects ACK after sending All-1 fragment."; } identity ack-behavior-by-layer2 { base ack-behavior-base-type; description "Layer 2 defines when to send an ACK."; } typedef ack-behavior-type { type identityref { base ack-behavior-base-type; } description "Define the type used for ACK behavior in Rules."; } // -- All-1 with data types identity all-1-data-base-type { description "Type to define when to send an Acknowledgment message."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation"; } identity all-1-data-no { base all-1-data-base-type; description "All-1 contains no tiles."; } identity all-1-data-yes { base all-1-data-base-type; description "All-1 MUST contain a tile."; } Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 48] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 identity all-1-data-sender-choice { base all-1-data-base-type; description "Fragmentation process chooses to send tiles or not in All-1."; } typedef all-1-data-type { type identityref { base all-1-data-base-type; } description "Define the type used for All-1 format in Rules."; } // -- RCS algorithm types identity rcs-algorithm-base-type { description "Identify which algorithm is used to compute RCS. The algorithm also defines the size of the RCS field."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation"; } identity rcs-crc32 { base rcs-algorithm-base-type; description "CRC32 defined as default RCS in RFC 8724. This RCS is 4 bytes long."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation"; } identity rcs-frag-count { base rcs-algorithm-base-type; description "The RCS carries the number of fragments in the last window, including the All-1 fragment, instead of a check computed on the SCHC Packet. The RCS has the same size as the FCN field (fcn-size)."; reference "RFC 9442 SCHC over Sigfox LPWAN"; } typedef rcs-algorithm-type { type identityref { Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 49] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 base rcs-algorithm-base-type; } description "Define the type for RCS algorithm in Rules."; } // -------- RULE ENTRY DEFINITION ------------ grouping tv-struct { description "Defines the Target Value element. If the header field contains a text, the binary sequence uses the same encoding. field-id allows the conversion to the appropriate type."; leaf index { type uint16; description "Index gives the position in the matching list. If only one element is present, index is 0. Otherwise, index is the order in the matching list, starting at 0."; } leaf value { type binary; description "Target Value content as an untyped binary value."; } reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation"; } grouping compression-rule-entry { status deprecated; description "These entries define a compression entry (i.e., a line), as defined in RFC 8724. +-------+--+--+--+------------+-----------------+---------------+ |Field 1|FL|FP|DI|Target Value|Matching Operator|Comp/Decomp Act| +-------+--+--+--+------------+-----------------+---------------+ An entry in a compression Rule is composed of 7 elements: - Field ID: the header field to be compressed - Field Length : either a positive integer or a function - Field Position: a positive (and possibly equal to 0) integer - Direction Indicator: an indication in which direction the compression and decompression process is effective - Target Value: a value against which the header field is compared - Matching Operator: the comparison operation and optional Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 50] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 associate parameters - Comp./Decomp. Action: the compression or decompression action and optional parameters Deprecated in favor of 'compression-rule-entry-universal', which adds support for Universal Options."; reference "RFC 9363 A YANG Data Model for Static Context Header Compression (SCHC)"; leaf field-id { type schc:fid-type; mandatory true; description "Field ID, identify a field in the header with a YANG identity reference."; } leaf field-length { type union { type uint8; type schc:fl-type; } mandatory true; description "Field Length, expressed in number of bits if the length is known when the Rule is created or through a specific function if the length is variable."; } leaf field-position { type uint8; mandatory true; description "Field Position in the header is an integer. Position 1 matches the first occurrence of a field in the header, while incremented position values match subsequent occurrences. Position 0 means that this entry matches a field irrespective of its position of occurrence in the header. Be aware that the decompressed header may have position-0 fields ordered differently than they appeared in the original packet."; } leaf direction-indicator { type schc:di-type; mandatory true; description "Direction Indicator, indicate if this field must be Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 51] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 considered for Rule selection or ignored based on the direction (bidirectional, only uplink, or only downlink)."; } list target-value { key "index"; uses tv-struct; description "A list of values to compare with the header field value. If Target Value is a singleton, position must be 0. For use as a matching list for the mo-match-mapping Matching Operator, index should take consecutive values starting from 0."; } leaf matching-operator { type schc:mo-type; must "../target-value or derived-from-or-self(., 'mo-ignore')" { error-message "mo-equal, mo-msb, and mo-match-mapping need target-value"; description "target-value is not required for mo-ignore."; } must "not (derived-from-or-self(., 'mo-msb')) or ../matching-operator-value" { error-message "mo-msb requires length value"; } mandatory true; description "MO: Matching Operator."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation (see Section 7.3)"; } list matching-operator-value { key "index"; uses tv-struct; description "Matching Operator Arguments, based on TV structure to allow several arguments. In RFC 8724, only the MSB Matching Operator needs arguments (a single argument, which is the number of most significant bits to be matched)."; } leaf comp-decomp-action { type schc:cda-type; must "../target-value or derived-from-or-self(., 'cda-value-sent') or Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 52] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 derived-from-or-self(., 'cda-compute') or derived-from-or-self(., 'cda-appiid') or derived-from-or-self(., 'cda-deviid') or derived-from-or-self(., 'cda-compress-sent') or derived-from-or-self(., 'cda-rev-compress-sent')" { error-message "cda-not-sent, cda-lsb, and cda-mapping-sent need target-value"; description "target-value is not required for some CDA."; } mandatory true; description "CDA: Compression Decompression Action."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation (see Section 7.4)"; } list comp-decomp-action-value { key "index"; uses tv-struct; description "CDA arguments, based on a TV structure, in order to allow for several arguments. The CDAs specified in RFC 8724 require no argument."; } } grouping compression-rule-entry-universal { description "These entries define a compression entry (i.e., a line), as defined in RFC 8724. The format has been generalized to include universal options. An entry in a compression Rule is composed of 7 elements: - entry-index: position in the rule. - space field ID: the identityref of a specific field or space ID followed by an universal value. - universal-value: the value associated to the space field ID to identify a specific field in the space. For regular fields, this value is 0 and the space field ID is the field ID. For universal options, the space field ID identifies the type of option and the universal value identifies the specific option. - Field Length : either a positive integer or a function - Field Position: a positive (and possibly equal to 0) integer Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 53] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 - Direction Indicator: an indication in which direction the compression and decompression process is effective - Target Value: a value against which the header field is compared - Matching Operator: the comparison operation and optional associate parameters - Comp./Decomp. Action: the compression or decompression action and optional parameters "; leaf entry-index { type uint16; description "Sequential position of the entry in the user-ordered Rule list, starting at 0."; } choice field-or-space { mandatory true; description "Distinguishes a regular protocol field from a universal option. Exactly one case must be present: - regular-field: a standard protocol field identified by a field ID (e.g., fid-ipv6-version, fid-udp-dev-port). - universal-option: a generic option identified by a space ID (e.g., space-id-coap) plus a numeric option value (e.g., the CoAP option number)."; case regular-field { description "The entry refers to a regular protocol field. No universal-value is needed."; leaf field-id { type schc:fid-type; must "not( derived-from-or-self(.,'fid-coap-option-if-match') or derived-from-or-self(.,'fid-coap-option-uri-host') or derived-from-or-self(.,'fid-coap-option-etag') or derived-from-or-self(.,'fid-coap-option-if-none-match') or derived-from-or-self(.,'fid-coap-option-observe') or derived-from-or-self(.,'fid-coap-option-uri-port') or derived-from-or-self(.,'fid-coap-option-location-path') or Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 54] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 derived-from-or-self(.,'fid-coap-option-uri-path') or derived-from-or-self(.,'fid-coap-option-content-format') or derived-from-or-self(.,'fid-coap-option-max-age') or derived-from-or-self(.,'fid-coap-option-uri-query') or derived-from-or-self(.,'fid-coap-option-accept') or derived-from-or-self(.,'fid-coap-option-location-query') or derived-from-or-self(.,'fid-coap-option-block2') or derived-from-or-self(.,'fid-coap-option-block1') or derived-from-or-self(.,'fid-coap-option-size2') or derived-from-or-self(.,'fid-coap-option-proxy-uri') or derived-from-or-self(.,'fid-coap-option-proxy-scheme') or derived-from-or-self(.,'fid-coap-option-size1') or derived-from-or-self(.,'fid-coap-option-no-response'))" { error-message "Deprecated per-option CoAP Field IDs must not be used in entry-universal; use space-id-coap and the option number."; } mandatory true; description "Field ID of a regular protocol field."; } } case universal-option { description "The entry refers to a universal option within a given space. Both space-id and universal-value are required."; leaf space-id { type schc:space-id-type; mandatory true; description "Space ID identifying the protocol option space (e.g., space-id-coap for CoAP options)."; } leaf universal-value { type uint64; mandatory true; description "Numeric value identifying the specific option within the space (e.g., the CoAP option number)."; } } // case universal-option } // choice field-or-space leaf field-length { Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 55] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 type union { type uint8; type schc:fl-type; } must "not(derived-from-or-self(., 'fl-length-bytes') or derived-from-or-self(., 'fl-length-bits')) or ../field-length-value" { error-message "fl-length-bytes and fl-length-bits need field-length-value"; } mandatory true; description "Field Length, expressed in number of bits if the length is known when the Rule is created or through a specific function if the length is variable."; } leaf field-length-value { type uint16; description "Argument used by Field Length functions. For fl-length-bytes and fl-length-bits, this value is the entry-index of the Rule entry whose numerical field value specifies the length."; } leaf field-position { type uint8; mandatory true; description "Field Position in the header is an integer. Position 1 matches the first occurrence of a field in the header, while incremented position values match subsequent occurrences. Position 0 means that this entry matches a field irrespective of its position of occurrence in the header. Be aware that the decompressed header may have position-0 fields ordered differently than they appeared in the original packet."; } leaf direction-indicator { type schc:di-type; mandatory true; description "Direction Indicator, indicate if this field must be considered for Rule selection or ignored based on the direction (bidirectional, only uplink, or only Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 56] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 downlink)."; } list target-value { key "index"; uses tv-struct; description "A list of values to compare with the header field value. If Target Value is a singleton, position must be 0. For use as a matching list for the mo-match-mapping Matching Operator, index should take consecutive values starting from 0."; } leaf matching-operator { type schc:mo-type; must "../target-value or derived-from-or-self(., 'mo-ignore')" { error-message "mo-equal, mo-msb, and mo-match-mapping need target-value"; description "target-value is not required for mo-ignore."; } must "not (derived-from-or-self(., 'mo-msb')) or ../matching-operator-value" { error-message "mo-msb requires length value"; } mandatory true; description "MO: Matching Operator."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation (see Section 7.3)"; } list matching-operator-value { key "index"; uses tv-struct; description "Matching Operator Arguments, based on TV structure to allow several arguments. In RFC 8724, only the MSB Matching Operator needs arguments (a single argument, which is the number of most significant bits to be matched)."; } leaf comp-decomp-action { type schc:cda-type; must "../target-value or derived-from-or-self(., 'cda-value-sent') or derived-from-or-self(., 'cda-compute') or derived-from-or-self(., 'cda-appiid') or Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 57] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 derived-from-or-self(., 'cda-deviid') or derived-from-or-self(., 'cda-compress-sent') or derived-from-or-self(., 'cda-rev-compress-sent')" { error-message "cda-not-sent, cda-lsb, and cda-mapping-sent need target-value"; description "target-value is not required for some CDA."; } mandatory true; description "CDA: Compression Decompression Action."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation (see Section 7.4)"; } list comp-decomp-action-value { key "index"; uses tv-struct; description "CDA arguments, based on a TV structure, in order to allow for several arguments. The CDAs specified in RFC 8724 require no argument."; } } // --Rule nature identity nature-base-type { description "A Rule, identified by its RuleID, is used for a single purpose. RFC 8724 defines 3 natures: compression, no-compression, and fragmentation."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation (see Section 6)"; } identity nature-compression { base nature-base-type; description "Identify a compression Rule."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation (see Section 6)"; } Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 58] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 identity nature-no-compression { base nature-base-type; description "Identify a no-compression Rule."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation (see Section 6)"; } identity nature-fragmentation { base nature-base-type; description "Identify a fragmentation Rule."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation (see Section 6)"; } typedef nature-type { type identityref { base nature-base-type; } description "Defines the type to indicate the nature of the Rule."; } identity nature-management { base nature-base-type; description "Identify a management Rule. Management Rules use the compression Rule structure to operate on the SCHC Context. Management Rules are origin Rules: their status is always 'status-origin'."; /* Reference to be added when the Rule Management specification is available. */ } identity status-base-type { description "Base identity for the status of a Rule."; } identity status-valid { base status-base-type; description "The Rule belongs to the Set of Rules and can be used. Only the Rules with this status, or with a status derived from it, can be used for compression, decompression, Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 59] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 fragmentation, and reassembly."; } identity status-origin { base status-valid; description "The Rule belongs to the initial Set of Rules, provisioned before the start of the SCHC instance. It is valid, and it cannot be modified or deleted by management. The management Rules are origin Rules. When the context is reset, only the origin Rules are kept. This status is only set by provisioning, never by management."; } identity status-candidate { base status-base-type; description "The Rule has been created by management and the other end has not validated it yet. It cannot be used for compression, decompression, fragmentation or reassembly, a SCHC packet MUST NOT be generated with its RuleID, and a received packet carrying its RuleID is dropped."; } identity status-invalid { base status-base-type; description "The Rule has been deleted by management and the guard period is running. It cannot be used, no Rule with the same RuleID can be created, and the SCHC packets carrying its RuleID are dropped. When the guard period has elapsed, the RuleID becomes free."; } identity status-free { base status-base-type; description "The RuleID can be used to create a new Rule. When the guard period of a deleted Rule has elapsed, the Rule is either kept in the Set of Rules with this status, or removed from it. A RuleID absent from the Set of Rules is also free. A Rule with this status is processed as if it did not exist in the Set of Rules."; } typedef status-type { type identityref { base status-base-type; Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 60] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 } description "Defines the type to indicate the status of a Rule."; } identity action-base-type { description "Action applied to a packet matching a compression Rule, once compression has been performed (or before decompression is performed in the other direction). The default behavior of RFC 8724 is to hand the SCHC Packet over to the lower layer; other actions allow an intermediate entity, typically the SCHC gateway, to process the packet locally instead."; reference "draft-ietf-schc-icmpv6-compression Static Context Header Compression (SCHC) for the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) (see Section 7)"; } identity action-forward { base action-base-type; description "The packet is handed over to the lower layer. This is the default behavior specified in RFC 8724."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation"; } identity action-proxy-ping { base action-base-type; description "The packet is not handed over to the lower layer but processed locally by a ping proxy, which answers the ICMPv6 Echo Request on behalf of the Device."; reference "draft-ietf-schc-icmpv6-compression Static Context Header Compression (SCHC) for the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) (see Section 7)"; } typedef action-type { type identityref { base action-base-type; } description "Defines the type to indicate the action associated with a compression Rule."; Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 61] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 } grouping compression-content { status deprecated; list entry { must "derived-from-or-self(../rule-nature, 'nature-compression')" { error-message "Rule nature must be compression"; } key "field-id field-position direction-indicator"; status deprecated; uses compression-rule-entry { status deprecated; } description "A compression Rule is a list of Rule entries, each describing a header field. An entry is identified through a field-id, its position in the packet, and its direction."; } description "Define a compression Rule composed of a list of entries. Deprecated in favor of 'compression-content-universal', which adds support for Universal Options."; reference "RFC 9363 A YANG Data Model for Static Context Header Compression (SCHC)"; } grouping compression-content-universal { list entry-universal { must "derived-from-or-self(../rule-nature, 'nature-compression') or derived-from-or-self(../rule-nature, 'nature-management')" { error-message "Rule nature must be compression or management"; } key "entry-index"; ordered-by user; uses compression-rule-entry-universal; description "A compression Rule is a list of Rule entries, each describing a header field or Universal Option. An entry is identified by its entry-index."; Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 62] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 } leaf action { type action-type; default "schc:action-forward"; description "Action to be applied to a packet matching this Rule, after compression or before decompression. When absent, the packet is sent to the lower layer as specified in RFC 8724."; } list action-value { key "index"; uses tv-struct; description "Parameters associated with the action, based on a TV structure, in order to allow for several arguments. 'action-forward' requires no argument."; } description "Define a compression Rule composed of a list of entries, using the Universal-Option-aware 'compression-rule-entry-universal'."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation"; } grouping fragmentation-content { description "This grouping defines the fragmentation parameters for all the modes (No ACK, ACK Always, and ACK on Error) specified in RFC 8724."; leaf fragmentation-mode { type schc:fragmentation-mode-type; must "derived-from-or-self(../rule-nature, 'nature-fragmentation')" { error-message "Rule nature must be fragmentation"; } mandatory true; description "Which fragmentation mode is used (No ACK, ACK Always, or ACK on Error)."; } leaf l2-word-size { type uint8; Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 63] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 default "8"; description "Size, in bits, of the Layer 2 Word."; } leaf direction { type schc:di-type; must "derived-from-or-self(., 'di-up') or derived-from-or-self(., 'di-down')" { error-message "Direction for fragmentation Rules are up or down."; } mandatory true; description "MUST be up or down, bidirectional MUST NOT be used."; } // SCHC Frag header format leaf dtag-size { type uint8; default "0"; description "Size, in bits, of the DTag field (T variable from RFC 8724)."; } leaf w-size { when "derived-from-or-self(../fragmentation-mode, 'fragmentation-mode-ack-on-error') or derived-from-or-self(../fragmentation-mode, 'fragmentation-mode-ack-always') "; type uint8; description "Size, in bits, of the window field (M variable from RFC 8724)."; } leaf fcn-size { type uint8; mandatory true; description "Size, in bits, of the FCN field (N variable from RFC 8724)."; } leaf rcs-algorithm { type rcs-algorithm-type; default "schc:rcs-crc32"; description "Algorithm used for RCS. The algorithm specifies the RCS size."; } Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 64] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 // SCHC fragmentation protocol parameters leaf maximum-packet-size { type uint16; default "1280"; description "When decompression is done, packet size must not strictly exceed this limit, expressed in bytes."; } leaf window-size { type uint16; description "By default, if not specified, the FCN value is 2^w-size - 1. This value should not be exceeded. Possible FCN values are between 0 and window-size - 1."; } leaf max-interleaved-frames { type uint8; default "1"; description "Maximum of simultaneously fragmented frames. Maximum value is 2^dtag-size. All DTag values can be used, but more than max-interleaved-frames MUST NOT be active at any time."; } container inactivity-timer { leaf ticks-duration { type uint8; default "20"; description "Duration of one tick in microseconds: 2^ticks-duration/10^6 = 1.048s."; } leaf ticks-numbers { type uint16 { range "0..max"; } description "Timer duration = ticks-numbers*2^ticks-duration / 10^6."; } description "Duration in seconds of the Inactivity Timer; 0 indicates that the timer is disabled. Allows a precision from microsecond to year by sending the tick-duration value. For instance: tick-duration: smallest value <-> highest value Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 65] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 20: 00y 000d 00h 00m 01s.048575<->00y 000d 19h 05m 18s.428159 21: 00y 000d 00h 00m 02s.097151<->00y 001d 14h 10m 36s.856319 22: 00y 000d 00h 00m 04s.194303<->00y 003d 04h 21m 13s.712639 23: 00y 000d 00h 00m 08s.388607<->00y 006d 08h 42m 27s.425279 24: 00y 000d 00h 00m 16s.777215<->00y 012d 17h 24m 54s.850559 25: 00y 000d 00h 00m 33s.554431<->00y 025d 10h 49m 49s.701119 Note that the smallest value is also the incrementation step."; } container retransmission-timer { leaf ticks-duration { type uint8; default "20"; description "Duration of one tick in microseconds: 2^ticks-duration/10^6 = 1.048s."; } leaf ticks-numbers { type uint16 { range "1..max"; } description "Timer duration = ticks-numbers*2^ticks-duration / 10^6."; } when "derived-from-or-self(../fragmentation-mode, 'fragmentation-mode-ack-on-error') or derived-from-or-self(../fragmentation-mode, 'fragmentation-mode-ack-always') "; description "Duration in seconds of the Retransmission Timer. See the Inactivity Timer."; } leaf max-ack-requests { when "derived-from-or-self(../fragmentation-mode, 'fragmentation-mode-ack-on-error') or derived-from-or-self(../fragmentation-mode, 'fragmentation-mode-ack-always') "; type uint8 { range "1..max"; } description "The maximum number of retries for a specific SCHC ACK."; } choice mode { case no-ack; Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 66] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 case ack-always; case ack-on-error { leaf tile-size { when "derived-from-or-self(../fragmentation-mode, 'fragmentation-mode-ack-on-error')"; type uint8; description "Size, in bits, of tiles. If not specified or set to 0, tiles fill the fragment."; } leaf tile-in-all-1 { when "derived-from-or-self(../fragmentation-mode, 'fragmentation-mode-ack-on-error')"; type schc:all-1-data-type; description "Defines whether the sender and receiver expect a tile in All-1 fragments or not, or if it is left to the sender's choice."; } leaf ack-behavior { when "derived-from-or-self(../fragmentation-mode, 'fragmentation-mode-ack-on-error')"; type schc:ack-behavior-type; description "Sender behavior to acknowledge, after All-0 or All-1 or when the LPWAN allows it."; } } description "RFC 8724 defines 3 fragmentation modes."; } reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation"; } grouping management-content { description "This group contains parameters to control management procedure."; container guard-period { description "Duration of the Guard period, during which a deleted RuleID MUST NOT be reused. It applies to all the Rules."; leaf ticks-duration { type uint8; Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 67] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 default "20"; description "Duration of one tick in microseconds: 2^ticks-duration/10^6 = 1.048s."; } leaf ticks-numbers { type uint16 { range "0..max"; } description "Timer duration = ticks-numbers*2^ticks-duration / 10^6."; } } } // Define RuleID. RuleID is composed of a RuleID value and a // RuleID length grouping rule-id-type { leaf rule-id-value { type uint32; description "RuleID value. This value must be unique, considering its length."; } leaf rule-id-length { type uint8 { range "0..32"; } description "RuleID length, in bits. The value 0 is for implicit Rules."; } description "A RuleID is composed of a value and a length, expressed in bits."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation"; } // SCHC table for a specific device. container context { if-feature "management"; uses management-content; description Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 68] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 "Management-related parameters that apply to the whole SCHC context rather than to a single Rule."; } container schc { list rule { key "rule-id-value rule-id-length"; uses rule-id-type; leaf rule-nature { type nature-type; mandatory true; description "Specify the Rule's nature."; } leaf rule-status { if-feature "management"; type status-type; default "status-origin"; description "Status of the Rule. A Rule with the value 'status-candidate' has been created by management and is not usable until the other end has validated it. A Rule with the value 'status-invalid' has been deleted and stays in this status during the guard period. A Rule without this leaf, such as a provisioned Rule, is considered 'status-origin'; a Rule created by management always carries its status. The value is a local view of the state of the management protocol machine of the node. It is managed locally by the node, and any value sent by the other end is overwritten."; } choice nature { case fragmentation { if-feature "fragmentation"; uses fragmentation-content; } case compression { if-feature "compression"; status deprecated; uses compression-content { status deprecated; } } case compression-universal { if-feature "compression or management"; uses compression-content-universal; } Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 69] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 description "A Rule is for compression, no-compression, fragmentation, or management."; } description "Set of compression, no-compression, or fragmentation Rules identified by their rule-id."; } description "A SCHC set of Rules is composed of a list of Rules used for compression, no-compression, fragmentation, or management."; reference "RFC 8724 SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation"; } } Figure 6: SCHC YANG Data Model 7. IANA Considerations This document registers one URI and one YANG data model. 7.1. URI Registration IANA registered the following URI in the "IETF XML Registry" [RFC3688]: URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-schc Registrant Contact: The IESG. XML: N/A; the requested URI is an XML namespace. 7.2. YANG Module Name Registration IANA has registered the following YANG data model in the "YANG Module Names" registry [RFC6020]. name: ietf-schc namespace: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-schc prefix: schc reference: RFC 9363 Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 70] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 8. 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 Network 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 or vulnerable 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: /schc: All the data nodes may be modified. The Rule contains sensitive information, such as the application IPv6 address where the device's data will be sent after decompression. An attacker may try to modify other devices' Rules by changing the application address and may block communication or allows traffic eavesdropping. Therefore, a device must be allowed to modify only its own rules on the remote SCHC instance. The identity of the requester must be validated. This can be done through certificates or access lists. Modification may be allowed regarding the Field Descriptor (i.e., IPv6 addresses field descriptors should not be modified, but UDP dev port could be changed). Some of the readable data nodes in this YANG module may be considered sensitive or vulnerable in some network environments. It is thus important to control read access (e.g., via get, get-config, or notification) to these data nodes. These are the subtrees and data nodes and their sensitivity/vulnerability: /schc: By reading a module, an attacker may learn the traffic generated by a device and can also learn about application addresses or REST API. 9. References Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 71] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 9.1. Normative References [I-D.ietf-schc-8824-update] Tiloca, M., Toutain, L., Martínez, I., and A. Minaburo, "Static Context Header Compression (SCHC) for the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-schc-8824-update-10, 26 July 2026, . [I-D.ietf-schc-icmpv6-compression] Barthel, D., Toutain, L., and M. Dumay, "Static Context Header Compression (SCHC) for the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6)", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-schc-icmpv6-compression-03, 22 October 2026, . [I-D.ietf-schc-universal-option] Lampin, Q., Minaburo, A., Tiloca, M., Toutain, L., and S. Sirohi, "Options representation in SCHC YANG Data Models", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-schc- universal-option-02, 22 October 2026, . [RFC0768] Postel, J., "User Datagram Protocol", STD 6, RFC 768, DOI 10.17487/RFC768, August 1980, . [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997, . [RFC3688] Mealling, M., "The IETF XML Registry", BCP 81, RFC 3688, DOI 10.17487/RFC3688, January 2004, . [RFC6020] Bjorklund, M., Ed., "YANG - A Data Modeling Language for the Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)", RFC 6020, DOI 10.17487/RFC6020, October 2010, . [RFC6241] Enns, R., Ed., Bjorklund, M., Ed., Schoenwaelder, J., Ed., and A. Bierman, Ed., "Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)", RFC 6241, DOI 10.17487/RFC6241, June 2011, . Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 72] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 [RFC6242] Wasserman, M., "Using the NETCONF Protocol over Secure Shell (SSH)", RFC 6242, DOI 10.17487/RFC6242, June 2011, . [RFC7136] Carpenter, B. and S. Jiang, "Significance of IPv6 Interface Identifiers", RFC 7136, DOI 10.17487/RFC7136, February 2014, . [RFC7252] Shelby, Z., Hartke, K., and C. Bormann, "The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)", RFC 7252, DOI 10.17487/RFC7252, June 2014, . [RFC7950] Bjorklund, M., Ed., "The YANG 1.1 Data Modeling Language", RFC 7950, DOI 10.17487/RFC7950, August 2016, . [RFC8040] Bierman, A., Bjorklund, M., and K. Watsen, "RESTCONF Protocol", RFC 8040, DOI 10.17487/RFC8040, January 2017, . [RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174, May 2017, . [RFC8200] Deering, S. and R. Hinden, "Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification", STD 86, RFC 8200, DOI 10.17487/RFC8200, July 2017, . [RFC8341] Bierman, A. and M. Bjorklund, "Network Configuration Access Control Model", STD 91, RFC 8341, DOI 10.17487/RFC8341, March 2018, . [RFC8342] Bjorklund, M., Schoenwaelder, J., Shafer, P., Watsen, K., and R. Wilton, "Network Management Datastore Architecture (NMDA)", RFC 8342, DOI 10.17487/RFC8342, March 2018, . [RFC8446] Rescorla, E., "The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.3", RFC 8446, DOI 10.17487/RFC8446, August 2018, . [RFC8613] Selander, G., Mattsson, J., Palombini, F., and L. Seitz, "Object Security for Constrained RESTful Environments (OSCORE)", RFC 8613, DOI 10.17487/RFC8613, July 2019, . Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 73] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 [RFC8724] Minaburo, A., Toutain, L., Gomez, C., Barthel, D., and JC. Zuniga, "SCHC: Generic Framework for Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation", RFC 8724, DOI 10.17487/RFC8724, April 2020, . [RFC8824] Minaburo, A., Toutain, L., and R. Andreasen, "Static Context Header Compression (SCHC) for the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)", RFC 8824, DOI 10.17487/RFC8824, June 2021, . 9.2. Informative References [I-D.ietf-core-oscore-key-update] Höglund, R. and M. Tiloca, "Key Update for OSCORE (KUDOS)", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf- core-oscore-key-update-14, 6 July 2026, . [I-D.ietf-lpwan-architecture] Pelov, A., Thubert, P., and A. Minaburo, "LPWAN Static Context Header Compression (SCHC) Architecture", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-lpwan-architecture- 02, 30 June 2022, . [I-D.toutain-schc-coreconf-management] Minaburo, A., Toutain, L., FERNANDEZ, J. A., Banier, C., and M. Dumay, "CORECONF Rule management for SCHC", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-toutain-schc-coreconf- management-01, 19 October 2025, . [RFC4443] Conta, A., Deering, S., and M. Gupta, Ed., "Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification", STD 89, RFC 4443, DOI 10.17487/RFC4443, March 2006, . [RFC7967] Bhattacharyya, A., Bandyopadhyay, S., Pal, A., and T. Bose, "Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) Option for No Server Response", RFC 7967, DOI 10.17487/RFC7967, August 2016, . Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 74] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 [RFC8376] Farrell, S., Ed., "Low-Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) Overview", RFC 8376, DOI 10.17487/RFC8376, May 2018, . [RFC9011] Gimenez, O., Ed. and I. Petrov, Ed., "Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation (SCHC) over LoRaWAN", RFC 9011, DOI 10.17487/RFC9011, April 2021, . [RFC9363] Minaburo, A. and L. Toutain, "A YANG Data Model for Static Context Header Compression (SCHC)", RFC 9363, DOI 10.17487/RFC9363, March 2023, . [RFC9441] Zúñiga, J., Gomez, C., Aguilar, S., Toutain, L., Céspedes, S., and D. Wistuba, "Static Context Header Compression (SCHC) Compound Acknowledgement (ACK)", RFC 9441, DOI 10.17487/RFC9441, July 2023, . [RFC9442] Zúñiga, J., Gomez, C., Aguilar, S., Toutain, L., Céspedes, S., Wistuba, D., and J. Boite, "Static Context Header Compression (SCHC) over Sigfox Low-Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN)", RFC 9442, DOI 10.17487/RFC9442, July 2023, . Appendix A. Example The informal Rules given Figure 7 are represented in XML, as shown in Figure 8. Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 75] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 /-------------------------\ |Rule 6/3 110 | |---------------+---+--+--+----------------+-------+----------------\ |IPV6.VER | 4| 1|BI| 6|EQUAL |NOT-SENT | |IPV6.TC | 8| 1|BI| 0|EQUAL |NOT-SENT | |IPV6.FL | 20| 1|BI| 0|IGNORE |NOT-SENT | |IPV6.LEN | 16| 1|BI| |IGNORE |COMPUTE-LENGTH | |IPV6.NXT | 8| 1|BI| 58|EQUAL |NOT-SENT | |IPV6.HOP_LMT | 8| 1|BI| 255|IGNORE |NOT-SENT | |IPV6.DEV_PREFIX| 64| 1|BI|200104701f2101d2|EQUAL |NOT-SENT | |IPV6.DEV_IID | 64| 1|BI|0000000000000003|EQUAL |NOT-SENT | |IPV6.APP_PREFIX| 64| 1|BI| |IGNORE |VALUE-SENT | |IPV6.APP_IID | 64| 1|BI| |IGNORE |VALUE-SENT | \---------------+---+--+--+----------------+-------+----------------/ /-------------------------\ |Rule 12/11 00001100 | !=========================+=========================================\ !^ Fragmentation mode : NoAck header dtag 2 Window 0 FCN 3 UP ^! !^ No Tile size specified ^! !^ RCS Algorithm: RCS_CRC32 ^! \===================================================================/ /-------------------------\ |Rule 100/8 01100100 | | NO-COMPRESSION RULE | \-------------------------/ Figure 7: Rules Example 6 3 nature-compression 0 fid-ipv6-version 4 1 di-bidirectional mo-equal cda-not-sent 0 AAY= Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 76] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 1 fid-ipv6-trafficclass 8 1 di-bidirectional mo-equal cda-not-sent 0 AA== 2 fid-ipv6-flowlabel 20 1 di-bidirectional mo-ignore cda-not-sent 0 AA== 3 fid-ipv6-payload-length 16 1 di-bidirectional mo-ignore cda-compute 4 fid-ipv6-nextheader 8 1 di-bidirectional mo-equal cda-not-sent 0 ADo= Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 77] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 5 fid-ipv6-hoplimit 8 1 di-bidirectional mo-ignore cda-not-sent 0 AP8= 6 fid-ipv6-devprefix 64 1 di-bidirectional mo-equal cda-not-sent 0 IAEEcB8hAdI= 7 fid-ipv6-deviid 64 1 di-bidirectional mo-equal cda-not-sent 0 AAAAAAAAAAM= 8 fid-ipv6-appprefix 64 1 di-bidirectional mo-ignore cda-value-sent Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 78] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 9 fid-ipv6-appiid 64 1 di-bidirectional mo-ignore cda-value-sent 12 11 nature-fragmentation di-up rcs-crc32 2 3 fragmentation-mode-no-ack 100 8 nature-no-compression Figure 8: XML Representation of the Rules Changes from RFC 9363 * Header: the document obsoletes RFC 9363, in the schc working group. * Abstract: the document is presented as an update of the SCHC data model (protocol options, ICMPv6, Rule management). * Introduction: RFC 9363 is presented as a data model dedicated to LPWAN environments, where the Rules were mostly installed directly in the SCHC end-points. The goal becomes to update the formal description of the Rules and to extend SCHC to new environments. * Introduction: the data model also represents the management Rules. Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 79] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 * Introduction: new closing paragraph. The revision introduces context evolution, the SCHC instances creating and deleting Rules to fit the compression to the traffic, and describes the protocol options generically; SCHC can then be used beyond LPWANs, including 5G and 6G cellular networks. * Introduction: third goal, the management of the Rules by the SCHC instances themselves (creation and deletion with CORECONF). * Introduction: why this document is a revision and not an augmentation of RFC 9363 (new key of the compression entries). The universal options are a new format of the entries, not an augmentation. * Terminology: new terms Action, Entry Index, Guard Period, Management Rule, Rule Status, Space ID, and Universal Option. * SCHC Rules: fields are also specified by the Universal Option and ICMPv6 compression documents. * SCHC Rules: the management can also be selected with a feature statement. * SCHC Rules: fields for the OSCORE Key Update (KUDOS). * SCHC Rules: the introduction, moved to a new subsection "Evolution of the SCHC Rules", is rewritten as a history of the data model: the informal Rules of RFC 8724, the YANG data model of RFC 9363, then the documents that augment the module (Compound ACK, whose augmentation remains valid with this revision) or introduce elements for this revision (CoAP update, universal options, ICMPv6, SCHC over Sigfox, Rule management). * New section "Convention for Space Identifier": options referenced by a Space ID and their option number (space-id-base-type, space- id-coap, space-id-type, common ancestor space-field-id-base-type), and deprecation of the per-option CoAP Field IDs of RFC 9363. * Convention for Field Length: new functions fl-length-bytes, fl- length-bits, fl-variable-bits, and fl-remaining; a Field Length function can take a numerical argument, carried in the field- length-value leaf. * Convention for Matching Operator: new MOs mo-rule-match and mo- rev-rule-match. * Convention for Compression Decompression Actions: new CDAs cda- compress-sent and cda-rev-compress-sent. Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 80] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 * New section "Convention for Action": action-forward is the default Action, carried in the action leaf, with its arguments in action- value. * Conventions for Field Length, Matching Operator, CDA, and Action: the new identities are listed, and their behavior is described in the documents that define them. * New section "Main Updates from RFC 9363": main updates of the YANG data model, with the sections describing them and references to the ICMPv6 compression and CORECONF management documents. * YANG module: fid-oscore-base-type, not used as a base, is deprecated. * Compression Rule: the compression-content grouping is deprecated in favor of compression-content-universal (Universal Options, entry-index key, field-length-value). * Compression Rule: the checks also cover the CDA Target Value, already checked by the module of RFC 9363, and the nature of the Rules using entry-universal (compression or management). In entry-universal, the field-length-value is checked for fl-length- bytes and fl-length-bits, and the per-option CoAP Field IDs are rejected. The CDA check no longer requires a Target Value for cda-compress-sent and cda-rev-compress-sent. * Compression Rule: the identities defined by this revision MUST NOT be used in the deprecated entry list. * Fragmentation Rule (Rule Definition): unchanged from RFC 9363, augmented by RFC 9441 to allow several bitmaps in a SCHC ACK message. * Acknowledgment Behavior: reference to the Compound ACK of RFC 9441, its bitmap-format leaf and its last-bitmap-compression leaf, which disables the compression of the last bitmap. Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 81] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 * New section "Management Rule": management Rules, defined in draft- toutain-schc-coreconf-management, modify the Set of Rules, except the management Rules themselves; the Guard period, global to all the Rules and coded as the fragmentation timers; the rule-status leaf, present with the management feature, with the values status- valid, status-candidate, status-invalid, and status-free; its value is a local view of the management protocol machine, and any value sent by the other end is overwritten. A Rule with status- free is processed as if it did not exist in the Set of Rules. Only the Rules with status-valid can be used for compression and fragmentation. Management Rules are always valid. * YANG Data Model: the module of RFC 9363 is replaced by the revision ietf-schc@2026-10-27. * YANG Data Model: the working revisions of the module are merged into a single revision, 2026-10-27, followed by the 2023-03-01 revision of RFC 9363. The module passes pyang --ietf (canonical order of the statements, description of guard-period). * Rule status: new status-origin, derived from status-valid, for the Rules of the initial Set of Rules, which cannot be modified or deleted and are the only ones kept by a reset of the context. It is the default value of rule-status, and the status of the management Rules. * YANG Data Model: the duplicate-rule RPC is removed; it is defined in draft-toutain-schc-coreconf-management. * YANG Data Model: action-base-type and action-proxy-ping reference Section 7 of draft-ietf-schc-icmpv6-compression instead of draft- barthel-lpwan-oam-schc. * Example: the compression Rule uses the entry-universal list, with an entry-index per entry; the line breaks inside the fragmentation-mode value, which made the RFC 9363 example invalid, are moved inside the start tag. * Compression Rule: the deprecation of the per-option CoAP Field IDs (OSCORE and KUDOS sub-fields remain current) and the validity of the deprecated definitions (RFC 7950, Section 7.21.2); the per- option CoAP Field IDs MUST NOT be used in entry-universal. * Rule Definition: fourth nature, nature-management, for the management Rules. Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 82] Internet-Draft SCHC YANG Data Model October 2026 * YANG Tree: updated to the new module (context container, rule- status, compression-universal case with entry-universal, and action). * Fragmentation Rule: the ietf-schc-compound-ack module of RFC 9441 augments this data model to acknowledge several windows in a single ACK, and remains valid for this revision. * Convention for Field Identifier: deprecated CoAP Field IDs, new OSCORE and KUDOS sub-fields, ICMPv6 Field IDs, and the protocol- independent fid-unused and fid-payload. * Editorial: the identifiers of the YANG data model are written in courier in the text. * References: RFC 7950 (YANG 1.1) becomes normative, since the deprecation rules of its Section 11 are applied. Acknowledgments The authors would like to thank Dominique Barthel, Carsten Bormann, Ivan Martinez, and Alexander Pelov for their careful reading and valuable inputs. A special thanks for Joe Clarke, Carl Moberg, Tom Petch, Martin Thomson, and Éric Vyncke for their explanations and wise advice when building the model. Authors' Addresses Ana Minaburo Acklio 1137A avenue des Champs Blancs 35510 Cesson-Sevigne Cedex France Email: ana@ackl.io Laurent Toutain Institut MINES TELECOM; IMT Atlantique 2 rue de la Chataigneraie CS 17607 35576 Cesson-Sevigne Cedex France Email: Laurent.Toutain@imt-atlantique.fr Minaburo & Toutain Expires 3 May 2027 [Page 83]