%% You should probably cite rfc7276 instead of this I-D. @techreport{ietf-opsawg-oam-overview-05, number = {draft-ietf-opsawg-oam-overview-05}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-opsawg-oam-overview/05/}, author = {Tal Mizrahi and Nurit Sprecher and Elisa Bellagamba and Yaacov Weingarten}, title = {{An Overview of Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) Mechanisms}}, pagetotal = 35, year = 2011, month = may, day = 16, abstract = {Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) is a general term that refers to a toolset that can be used for fault detection and localization, and for performance measurement. OAM mechanisms have been defined for various layers in the protocol stack, and are used with a variety of protocols. This document presents an overview of the OAM mechanisms that have been defined and are currently being defined by the IETF, as well as a comparison to other OAM mechanisms that have been defined by the IEEE and ITU-T.}, }