A One-Way Loss Metric for IP Performance Metrics (IPPM)
RFC 7680
| Document | Type |
RFC - Internet Standard
(January 2016; No errata)
Obsoletes RFC 2680
Also known as STD 82
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| Last updated | 2016-01-29 | ||
| Replaces | draft-morton-ippm-2680-bis | ||
| Stream | IETF | ||
| Formats | plain text pdf htmlized bibtex | ||
| Reviews | |||
| Stream | WG state | Submitted to IESG for Publication | |
| Document shepherd | Bill Cerveny | ||
| Shepherd write-up | Show (last changed 2015-08-14) | ||
| IESG | IESG state | RFC 7680 (Internet Standard) | |
| Consensus Boilerplate | Yes | ||
| Telechat date | |||
| Responsible AD | Spencer Dawkins | ||
| Send notices to | (None) | ||
| IANA | IANA review state | Version Changed - Review Needed | |
| IANA action state | No IANA Actions | ||
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) G. Almes
Request for Comments: 7680 Texas A&M
STD: 82 S. Kalidindi
Obsoletes: 2680 Ixia
Category: Standards Track M. Zekauskas
ISSN: 2070-1721 Internet2
A. Morton, Ed.
AT&T Labs
January 2016
A One-Way Loss Metric for IP Performance Metrics (IPPM)
Abstract
This memo defines a metric for one-way loss of packets across
Internet paths. It builds on notions introduced and discussed in the
IP Performance Metrics (IPPM) Framework document, RFC 2330; the
reader is assumed to be familiar with that document. This memo makes
RFC 2680 obsolete.
Status of This Memo
This is an Internet Standards Track document.
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). Further information on
Internet Standards is available in 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/rfc7680.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.1. Motivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2. General Issues regarding Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2. A Singleton Definition for One-Way Packet Loss . . . . . . . 7
2.1. Metric Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2. Metric Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.3. Metric Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.4. Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.5. Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.6. Methodologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.7. Errors and Uncertainties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.8. Reporting the Metric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.8.1. Type-P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.8.2. Loss Threshold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.8.3. Calibration Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.8.4. Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3. A Definition for Samples of One-Way Packet Loss . . . . . . . 12
3.1. Metric Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.2. Metric Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.3. Metric Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.4. Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.5. Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.6. Methodologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.7. Errors and Uncertainties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.8. Reporting the Metric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4. Some Statistics Definitions for One-Way Packet Loss . . . . . 15
4.1. Type-P-One-way-Packet-Loss-Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
5. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
6. Changes from RFC 2680 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
7. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
7.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
7.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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