IP Performance Metrics (ippm)

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NOTE: This charter is a snapshot of the 46th IETF Meeting in Washington, DC. It may now be out-of-date. Last Modified: 24-Jun-99

Chair(s):

Will Leland <wel@bellcore.com>
Matthew Zekauskas <matt@advanced.org>

Transport Area Director(s):

Scott Bradner <sob@harvard.edu>
Vern Paxson <vern@aciri.org>

Transport Area Advisor:

Vern Paxson <vern@aciri.org>

Mailing Lists:

General Discussion:ippm@advanced.org
To Subscribe: ippm-request@advanced.org
Archive: http://www.advanced.org/IPPM/archive/

Description of Working Group:

The IPPM WG will develop a set of standard metrics that can be applied to the quality, performance, and reliability of Internet data delivery services. These metrics will be designed such that they can be performed by network operators, end users, or independent testing groups. It is important that the metrics not represent a value judgement (i.e. define "good" and "bad"), but rather provide unbiased quantitative measures of performance.

Functions peripheral to Internet data delivery services, such as NOC/NIC services, are beyond the scope of this working group.

The IPPM WG will define specific metrics, cultivate technology for the accurate measurement and documentation of these metrics, and promote the sharing of effective tools and procedures for measuring these metrics. It will also offer a forum for sharing information about the implementation and application of these metrics, but actual implementations and applications are understood to be beyond the scope of this working group.

Goals and Milestones:

Oct 97

  

Submit drafts of standard metrics for connectivity and treno-bulk-throughput.

Nov 97

  

Submit a framework document describing terms and notions used in the IPPM effort, and the creation of metrics by the working group to IESG for publication as an Informational RFC.

Feb 98

  

Submit documents on delay and loss to IESG for publication as Informational RFCs.

Apr 98

  

Submit a document on connectivity to IESG for publication as an Informational RFC.

Sep 98

  

Submit a document on bulk-throughput to IESG for publication as an Informational RFC.

Internet-Drafts:

Request For Comments:

RFC

Status

Title

 

RFC2330

 

Framework for IP Performance Metrics

RFC2678

E

IPPM Metrics for Measuring Connectivity

RFC2679

PS

A One-way Delay Metric for IPPM

RFC2680

PS

A One-way Packet Loss Metric for IPPM

RFC2681

PS

A Round-trip Delay Metric for IPPM