Table of Contents
1Scope
2References
3Definitions
4Abbreviations
5Stateoftheartconsiderations
5.1ICMPPINGTraceroute
5.2Existingactivemeasurementsolutions
6RequirementsandbenefitsofastandardIPtestpacket
6.1Generalrequirements
6.2BenefitsofstandardizinganIPtestpacket
6.3Interoperability
6.4IPmulticastandmobility
6.5IPv4andIPv6coexistence
6.6Transportprotocol
6.7Representativetestpacket
6.8Relationshipwithotherorganizationsorforums
6.9Metricsandparameters
7IPperformancemeasurementpacketframework
7.1DiscussionontheIPPMSlocationwithinthetestpacket
8IPperformancemeasurementsignature(IPPMS)specification
8.1IPtestpacketsize
8.2Measurementinterval
8.3IPperformancemeasurementsignature(IPPMS)
8.4DetailedIPPMSformat
9IPmeasurementpacketsforIPv4andIPv6levels
9.1IPPMSoptions
9.2Payloadsizeof32bytes(withIPPMSonly)
9.3Payloadsizeof52bytes
9.4Payloadsizeof132bytes
9.5Payloadsizeof164bytes
9.6Payloadsizeof564bytes
9.7Payloadsizeof1464bytes
10Security
BIBLIOGRAPHY Abstract
Specifies an IP performance measurement signature (IPPMS) and test packets which may be used to measure the performance and the availability of IP network services across administrative areas, composite networks and among heterogeneous devices.
