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Title : Definition of IP Packet Reordering Metric
Author(s) : S. Shalunov
Filename : draft-shalunov-reordering-definition-02.txt
Pages : 7
Date : 2003-3-6
Various pieces of network testing equipment currently often report a
characteristic that is referred to as a 'degree (or percentage) of
packet reordering'. The way this metric is computed is often
undocumented and it differs between vendors. Having a useful numeric
measure of the degree of packet reordering is important for
applications such as TCP and VoIP on different ends of the spectrum.
However, the metric that makes sense for one application may have no
or little applicability to another. This document introduces a
definition of reordering metric that is hoped to be applicable to a
number of different applications by parametrizing the metric.
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