Methodology for Benchmarking Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Devices: Basic Session Setup and Registration
RFC 7502
Document | Type | RFC - Informational (April 2015; No errata) | |
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Authors | Carol Davids , Vijay Gurbani , Scott Poretsky | ||
Last updated | 2015-10-14 | ||
Replaces | draft-poretsky-bmwg-sip-bench-meth | ||
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Stream | WG state | Submitted to IESG for Publication | |
Document shepherd | Al Morton | ||
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IESG | IESG state | RFC 7502 (Informational) | |
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Consensus Boilerplate | Yes | ||
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Responsible AD | Joel Jaeggli | ||
IESG note | Al Morton (acmorton@att.com) is the document shepherd. | ||
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IANA | IANA review state | Version Changed - Review Needed | |
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) C. Davids Request for Comments: 7502 Illinois Institute of Technology Category: Informational V. Gurbani ISSN: 2070-1721 Bell Laboratories, Alcatel-Lucent S. Poretsky Allot Communications April 2015 Methodology for Benchmarking Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Devices: Basic Session Setup and Registration Abstract This document provides a methodology for benchmarking the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) performance of devices. Terminology related to benchmarking SIP devices is described in the companion terminology document (RFC 7501). Using these two documents, benchmarks can be obtained and compared for different types of devices such as SIP Proxy Servers, Registrars, and Session Border Controllers. The term "performance" in this context means the capacity of the Device Under Test (DUT) to process SIP messages. Media streams are used only to study how they impact the signaling behavior. The intent of the two documents is to provide a normalized set of tests that will enable an objective comparison of the capacity of SIP devices. Test setup parameters and a methodology are necessary because SIP allows a wide range of configurations and operational conditions that can influence performance benchmark measurements. Status of This Memo This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes. This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has received public review and has been approved for publication by the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Not all documents approved by the IESG are a candidate for any level of Internet Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 5741. Information about the current status of this document, any errata, and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7502. Davids, et al. Informational [Page 1] RFC 7502 SIP Benchmarking Methodology April 2015 Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2015 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved. This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (http://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 Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Simplified BSD License. Davids, et al. Informational [Page 2] RFC 7502 SIP Benchmarking Methodology April 2015 Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3. Benchmarking Topologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4. Test Setup Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4.1. Selection of SIP Transport Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4.2. Connection-Oriented Transport Management . . . . . . . . 7 4.3. Signaling Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4.4. Associated Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4.5. Selection of Associated Media Protocol . . . . . . . . . 8 4.6. Number of Associated Media Streams per SIP Session . . . 8 4.7. Codec Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4.8. Session Duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4.9. Attempted Sessions per Second (sps) . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4.10. Benchmarking Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 5. Reporting Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 5.1. Test Setup Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 5.2. Device Benchmarks for Session Setup . . . . . . . . . . . 12 5.3. Device Benchmarks for Registrations . . . . . . . . . . . 12 6. Test Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 6.1. Baseline Session Establishment Rate of the Testbed . . . 13 6.2. Session Establishment Rate without Media . . . . . . . . 13 6.3. Session Establishment Rate with Media Not on DUT . . . . 13 6.4. Session Establishment Rate with Media on DUT . . . . . . 14Show full document text