A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 6894 Title: Methodology for Benchmarking MPLS Traffic Engineered (MPLS-TE) Fast Reroute Protection Author: R. Papneja, S. Vapiwala, J. Karthik, S. Poretsky, S. Rao, JL. Le Roux Status: Informational Stream: IETF Date: March 2013 Mailbox: rajiv.papneja@huawei.com, svapiwal@cisco.com, jkarthik@cisco.com, sporetsky@allot.com, shankar.rao@du.edu, jeanlouis.leroux@orange.com Pages: 35 Characters: 64597 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-ietf-bmwg-protection-meth-14.txt URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6894.txt This document describes the methodology for benchmarking MPLS Fast Reroute (FRR) protection mechanisms for link and node protection. This document provides test methodologies and testbed setup for measuring failover times of Fast Reroute techniques while considering factors (such as underlying links) that might impact recovery times for real-time applications bound to MPLS Traffic Engineered (MPLS-TE) tunnels. This document is a product of the Benchmarking Methodology Working Group of the IETF. INFORMATIONAL: This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce http://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcsearch.html. For downloading RFCs, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html. Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC