@techreport{herbert-sub-path-ps-00, number = {draft-herbert-sub-path-ps-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-herbert-sub-path-ps/00/}, author = {Tom Herbert}, title = {{Sub-path Transport Layer Problem Statement}}, pagetotal = 9, year = 2018, month = sep, day = 25, abstract = {This document presents the problem statement and use cases for a sub- path transport layer. A sub-path is a portion of a network path that has localized characteristics that are of interest to an operator to manage. The structure for managing a sub-path is the "sub-path transport layer". A sub-path transport layer can provide transport layer mechanisms, such as reliability and congestion control, over the aggregate of packets traversing the sub-path. Additionally, a sub-path transport layer can provide performance measurements of traffic over a sub-path which in turn can be input to operations and management. The sub-path transport layer implies the possibility that traffic may be subject to two transport layer control loops, that of the sub-path and that of a higher layer transport protocol, any such solution must consider the ramifications of that.}, }