RFC 7679 · INTERNET STANDARD · 2016

A One-Way Delay Metric for IP Performance Metrics

Overview

RFC 7679, “A One-Way Delay Metric for IP Performance Metrics”, is an Internet Standard document published in January 2016 by G. Almes, S. Kalidindi, M. Zekauskas, A. Morton. It obsoletes RFC 2679. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This memo defines a metric for one-way delay 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 2679 obsolete.

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

What “Internet Standard” means

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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 2679
Other RFCs from 2016

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