Realtime Traffic Flow Measurement
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This working group has three main objectives:

• Consider current issues in traffic flow measurement, such as

• Security issues relating to both traffic measuring devices
  and to the data they produce.

• Policy issues relating to traffic measurement and usage
  accounting, for example any requirements these may place on
  emerging network protocols

• Existing work in traffic flow measurement, including that of
  IETF Working Groups such as bmwg/ippm, rsvp and rmonmib, as
  well as that by vendors and independent researchers

• Produce an improved Traffic Flow Model considering at least the
  following needs:

• wider range of measurable quantities, e.g. those relating to
  IPv6, and to class of service

• simpler ways to specify flows of interest
• better ways to control access to measured flow data
• strong focus on data reduction capabilities

• efficient hardware implementation

• Develop the RTFM Architecture and Meter MIB as 'standards track'
  documents with the IETF.