RFC 7680 · INTERNET STANDARD · 2016

A One-Way Loss Metric for IP Performance Metrics

Overview

RFC 7680, “A One-Way Loss 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 2680. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

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.

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

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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 2680
Other RFCs from 2016

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