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BCP 176
RFC 6576
Title: IP Performance Metrics (IPPM) Standard
Advancement Testing
Author: R. Geib, Ed.,
A. Morton, R. Fardid,
A. Steinmitz
Status: Best Current Practice
Stream: IETF
Date: March 2012
Mailbox: Ruediger.Geib@telekom.de,
acmorton@att.com,
rfardid@cariden.com,
Alexander.Steinmitz@telekom.de
Pages: 37
Characters: 84447
See Also: BCP0176
I-D Tag: draft-ietf-ippm-metrictest-05.txt
URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6576.txt
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.
This document is a product of the IP Performance Metrics Working Group of the IETF.
BCP: This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the
Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
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