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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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.
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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 . . . . . . 14
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