IP Performance Metrics Standard Advancement Testing
RFC 6576, “IP Performance Metrics Standard Advancement Testing”, is a Best Current Practice document published in March 2012 by R. Geib, A. Morton, R. Fardid, A. Steinmitz. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document specifies tests to determine if multiple independent instantiations of a performance-metric RFC have implemented the specifications in the same way. This is the performance-metric equivalent of interoperability, required to advance RFCs along the Standards Track. Results from different implementations of metric RFCs will be collected under the same underlying network conditions and compared using statistical methods. The goal is an evaluation of the metric RFC itself to determine whether its definitions are clear and unambiguous to implementors and therefore a candidate for advancement on the IETF Standards Track. This document is an Internet Best Current Practice.
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Documents the IETF community's recommended operational or procedural practice rather than a protocol specification.
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