The IESG has received a request from the Benchmarking Methodology WG (bmwg) to consider the following document: - 'Methodology for Benchmarking SIP Networking Devices' <draft-ietf-bmwg-sip-bench-meth-08.txt> as Informational RFC The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2013-01-30. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract This document describes the methodology for benchmarking Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) performance as described in SIP benchmarking terminology document. The methodology and terminology are to be used for benchmarking signaling plane performance with varying signaling and media load. Both scale and establishment rate are measured by signaling plane performance. The SIP Devices to be benchmarked may be a single device under test (DUT) or a system under test (SUT). Benchmarks can be obtained and compared for different types of devices such as SIP Proxy Server, SBC, and server paired with a media relay or Firewall/NAT device. The file can be obtained via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-bmwg-sip-bench-meth/ IESG discussion can be tracked via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-bmwg-sip-bench-meth/ballot/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.
