The IESG has received a request from the Benchmarking Methodology WG (bmwg) to consider the following document: - 'Terminology for Benchmarking Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Networking Devices' <draft-ietf-bmwg-sip-bench-term-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 provides a terminology for benchmarking the SIP performance of networking devices. The term performance in this context means the capacity of the device- or system-under-test to process SIP messages. Terms are included for test components, test setup parameters, and performance benchmark metrics for black-box benchmarking of SIP networking devices. The performance benchmark metrics are obtained for the SIP signaling plane only. The terms are intended for use in a companion methodology document for characterizing the performance of a SIP networking device under a variety of conditions. The intent of the two documents is to enable a comparison of the capacity of SIP networking devices. Test setup parameters and a methodology document are necessary because SIP allows a wide range of configuration and operational conditions that can influence performance benchmark measurements. A standard terminology and methodology will ensure that benchmarks have consistent definition and were obtained following the same procedures. The file can be obtained via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-bmwg-sip-bench-term/ IESG discussion can be tracked via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-bmwg-sip-bench-term/ballot/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.
