Network Working Group E. Stephan
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IP Performance Metrics (IPPM) metrics registry
draft-ietf-ippm-metrics-registry-08.txt
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Abstract
This memo defines a registry for IP Performance Metrics (IPPM). It
assigns and registers an initial set of OBJECT IDENTITIES to
currently defined metrics in the IETF.
This memo also defines the rules for adding new IP Performance
Metrics that are defined in the future and for encouraging all IP
performance metrics to be registered here.
IANA has been assigned to administer this new registry.
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Table of Contents
1. The Internet-Standard Management Framework . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. IP Performance Metrics Registry Framework . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. Initial IPPM Metrics Registry Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5.1 Management rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5.2 Registration template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6. Initial IPPM registry definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
8. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
8.1 Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
8.2 Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . . . 16
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1. The Internet-Standard Management Framework
For a detailed overview of the documents that describe the current
Internet-Standard Management Framework, please refer to section 7 of
RFC 3410 [RFC3410]. Managed objects are accessed via a virtual
information store, termed the Management Information Base or MIB.
MIB objects are generally accessed through the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP). Objects in the MIB are defined using the
mechanisms defined in the Structure of Management Information (SMI).
This memo specifies a MIB module that is compliant to the SMIv2,
which is described in STD 58, RFC 2578 [RFC2578], STD 58, RFC 2579
[RFC2579] and STD 58, RFC 2580 [RFC2580].
2. Overview
This memo defines a registry of the current metrics and a framework
for the integration of future metrics for the following reasons:
o to permit metrics to be clearly referenced by MIB modules or other
data models;
o Metrics identifiers are needed to allow measurement
interoperability;
o As specification of new metrics is a continuous process, special
care must be taken for the integration of future standardized
metrics;
o Since the intent of the IPPM WG is to cooperate with other
appropriate standards bodies (or fora) to promote consistent
metrics, room where other standards bodies can register their
metrics is provided to encourage IP performance metrics to have
OBJECT IDENTITIES rooted at a common point;
o Similarly, room is provided for enterprises to register metrics.
3. IP Performance Metrics Registry Framework
MIB modules need to be able to precisely reference IPPM Metrics. The
registry associates an OBJECT-IDENTITY with each metric. As an
example Type-P-One-way-Delay and Type-P-One-way-Delay-Poisson-Stream
have different OBJECT IDENTITIES.
The registry has one branch. Metrics are identified in
'ianaIppmMetrics' subtree.
This document defines an initial registry of the existing metrics
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defined in the IPPM WG and the rules to manage the registry.
Documents defining metrics in the future will include in the IANA
section the registration information to unambiguously identify these
metrics.
4. Initial IPPM Metrics Registry Creation
The initial registry identifies the metrics currently defined in the
RFCs produced in the IPPM WG. To date, the IPPM WG defined 33
metrics related to 7 topics:
o IPPM Metrics for Measuring Connectivity, RFC 2678 [RFC2678];
o One-way Delay Metrics, RFC 2679 [RFC2679];
o One-way Packet Loss Metrics, RFC 2680 [RFC2680];
o Round-trip Delay Metrics, RFC 2681 [RFC2681];
o One-way Loss Pattern Sample Metrics, RFC 3357 [RFC3357];
o IP Packet Delay Variation Metric, RFC 3393 [RFC3393];
o IPPM Metrics for periodic streams, RFC 3432 [RFC3432];
They are sequentially registered in the node ianaIppmMetrics.
The naming conventions used for the existing metrics, and encouraged
for new IPPM metrics, are :
o Metrics names comform SMIv2 rules for descriptors defined in the
section 3.1 of [RFC2578];
o The name starts with the prefix 'ietf';
o 'Type-P' prefix is removed;
o '-' are removed;
o The letter following a '-' is changed to upper case.
5. IANA Considerations
This section describes the rules for the management of the registry
by IANA.
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5.1 Management rules
Registrations are done sequentially by IANA in the ianaIppmMetrics
subtree on the bases of 'Specification Required' as defined in
[RFC2434].
The reference of the specification must point to a stable document
including a title, a revision and a date.
The name always starts with the name of the organization and must
respect the SMIv2 rules for descriptors defined in the section 3.1 of
[RFC2578];
A document that creates new metrics would have an IANA considerations
section in which it would describe new metrics to register.
An OBJECT IDENTITY assigned to a metric is definitive and cannot be
reused. If a new version of a metric is produced then it is assigned
with a new name and a new identifier.
5.2 Registration template
Following is a proposed template to insert in the IANA considerations
section. For each metric, that section would instanciate the
following statement:
IANA has registed the following metric in the
IANA-IPPM-METRICS-REGISTRY-MIB:
aNewMetricName OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The identifier for a new metric."
REFERENCE
"Reference R, section n."
::= { ianaIppmMetrics nn } -- IANA assigns nn
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6. Initial IPPM registry definition
IANA-IPPM-METRICS-REGISTRY-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN
IMPORTS
OBJECT-IDENTITY, MODULE-IDENTITY, mib-2
FROM SNMPv2-SMI;
ianaIppmMetricsRegistry MODULE-IDENTITY
LAST-UPDATED "200411300000Z" -- November 30th, 2004
ORGANIZATION "IANA"
CONTACT-INFO "Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
Postal: ICANN
4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330
Marina del Rey, CA 90292
Tel: +1 310 823 9358
E-Mail: iana@iana.org"
DESCRIPTION
"This module defines a registry for IP Performance Metrics.
Registrations are done sequentially by IANA in the ianaIppmMetrics
subtree on the bases of 'Specification Required' as defined in
[RFC2434].
The reference of the specification must point to a stable document
including a title, a revision and a date.
The name always starts with the name of the organization and must
respect the SMIv2 rules for descriptors defined in the section 3.1
of [RFC2578];
A document that creates new metrics would have an IANA
considerations section in which it would describe new metrics to
register.
An OBJECT IDENTITY assigned to a metric is definitive and cannot
be reused. If a new version of a metric is produced then it is
assigned with a new name and a new identifier.
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2004). The initial version of
this MIB module was published in RFC yyyy; for full legal notices
see the RFC itself or see:
http://www.ietf.org/copyrights/ianamib.html. "
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-- RFC Ed.: replace yyyy with actual RFC number & remove this note
REVISION "200411300000Z" -- November 30th, 2004
DESCRIPTION
"Initial version of the IPPM metrics registry module.
This version published as RFC yyyy."
::= { mib-2 XXX } -- XXX to be assigned by IANA
ianaIppmMetrics OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Registration point for IP Performance Metrics."
::= { ianaIppmMetricsRegistry 1 }
--
-- Registry of the metrics of the IPPM WG RFCs
--
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--
-- RFC 2678 " IPPM Metrics for Measuring Connectivity"
--
ietfInstantUnidirConnectivity OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Type-P-Instantaneous-Unidirectional-Connectivity"
REFERENCE "RFC2678, section 2."
::= { ianaIppmMetrics 1}
ietfInstantBidirConnectivity OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Type-P-Instantaneous-Bidirectional-Connectivity"
REFERENCE "RFC2678, section 3."
::= { ianaIppmMetrics 2}
ietfIntervalUnidirConnectivity OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Type-P-Interval-Unidirectional-Connectivity"
REFERENCE "RFC2678, section 4."
::= { ianaIppmMetrics 3 }
ietfIntervalBidirConnectivity OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Type-P-Interval-Bidirectional-Connectivity"
REFERENCE "RFC2678, section 5."
::= { ianaIppmMetrics 4 }
ietfIntervalTemporalConnectivity OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Type-P1-P2-Interval-Temporal-Connectivity"
REFERENCE "RFC2678, section 6."
::= { ianaIppmMetrics 5 }
--
-- RFC 2679 "A One-way Delay Metric for IPPM"
--
ietfOneWayDelay OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
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DESCRIPTION
"Type-P-One-way-Delay"
REFERENCE "RFC2679, section 3."
::= { ianaIppmMetrics 6 }
ietfOneWayDelayPoissonStream OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Type-P-One-way-Delay-Poisson-Stream"
REFERENCE "RFC2679, section 4."
::= { ianaIppmMetrics 7 }
ietfOneWayDelayPercentile OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Type-P-One-way-Delay-Percentile"
REFERENCE "RFC2679, section 5.1."
::= { ianaIppmMetrics 8 }
ietfOneWayDelayMedian OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Type-P-One-way-Delay-Median"
REFERENCE "RFC2679, section 5.2."
::= { ianaIppmMetrics 9 }
ietfOneWayDelayMinimum OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Type-P-One-way-Delay-Minimum"
REFERENCE "RFC2679, section 5.3."
::= { ianaIppmMetrics 10 }
ietfOneWayDelayInversePercentile OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Type-P-One-way-Delay-Inverse-Percentile"
REFERENCE "RFC2679, section 5.4."
::= { ianaIppmMetrics 11 }
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--
-- RFC 2680 "One Way Packet Loss Metric for IPPM"
--
ietfOneWayPktLoss OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Type-P-One-way-Packet-Loss"
REFERENCE "RFC2680, section 2."
::= { ianaIppmMetrics 12 }
ietfOneWayPktLossPoissonStream OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Type-P-One-way-Packet-Loss-Poisson-Stream"
REFERENCE "RFC2680, section 3."
::= { ianaIppmMetrics 13 }
ietfOneWayPktLossAverage OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Type-P-One-way-Packet-Loss-Average"
REFERENCE "RFC2680, section 4."
::= { ianaIppmMetrics 14 }
--
-- RFC2681 "A Round-trip Delay Metric for IPPM"
--
ietfRoundTripDelay OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Type-P-Round-trip-Delay"
REFERENCE " section 2 of the rfc2681."
::= { ianaIppmMetrics 15 }
ietfRoundTripDelayPoissonStream OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Type-P-Round-trip-Delay-Poisson-Stream"
REFERENCE "RFC2681, section 4."
::= { ianaIppmMetrics 16 }
ietfRoundTripDelayPercentile OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
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DESCRIPTION
"Type-P-Round-trip-Delay-Percentile"
REFERENCE "RFC2681, section 4.1."
::= { ianaIppmMetrics 17 }
ietfRoundTripDelayMedian OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Type-P-Round-trip-Delay-Median"
REFERENCE "RFC2681, section 4.2."
::= { ianaIppmMetrics 18 }
ietfRoundTripDelayMinimum OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Type-P-Round-trip-Delay-Minimum"
REFERENCE "RFC2681, section 4.3."
::= { ianaIppmMetrics 19 }
ietfRoundTripDelayInvPercentile OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Type-P-Round-trip-Inverse-Percentile"
REFERENCE "RFC2681, section 4.4."
::= { ianaIppmMetrics 20 }
--
-- RFC3357: "One-way Loss Pattern Sample Metrics"
--
ietfOneWayLossDistanceStream OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Type-P-One-Way-Loss-Distance-Stream"
REFERENCE " RFC3357, section 5.4.1."
::={ ianaIppmMetrics 21}
ietfOneWayLossPeriodStream OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Type-P-One-Way-Loss-Period-Stream"
REFERENCE " RFC3357, section 5.4.2."
::={ ianaIppmMetrics 22}
ietfOneWayLossNoticeableRate OBJECT-IDENTITY
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STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Type-P-One-Way-Loss-Noticeable-Rate"
REFERENCE " RFC3357, section 6.1."
::= { ianaIppmMetrics 23 }
ietfOneWayLossPeriodTotal OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Type-P-One-Way-Loss-Period-Total"
REFERENCE " RFC3357, section 6.2."
::= { ianaIppmMetrics 24 }
ietfOneWayLossPeriodLengths OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Type-P-One-Way-Loss-Period-Lengths"
REFERENCE " RFC3357, section 6.3."
::= { ianaIppmMetrics 25 }
ietfOneWayInterLossPeriodLengths OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Type-P-One-Way-Inter-Loss-Period-Lengths"
REFERENCE " RFC3357, section 6.4."
::= { ianaIppmMetrics 26 }
--
-- RFC3393:
-- IP Packet Delay Variation Metric for IP Performance Metrics (IPPM)
ietfOneWayIpdv OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Type-P-One-way-ipdv"
REFERENCE " RFC3393, section 2."
::= { ianaIppmMetrics 27 }
ietfOneWayIpdvPoissonStream OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Type-P-One-way-ipdv-Poisson-stream"
REFERENCE " RFC3393, section 3."
::= { ianaIppmMetrics 28 }
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ietfOneWayIpdvPercentile OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Type-P-One-way-ipdv-percentile"
REFERENCE " RFC3393, section 4.3."
::= { ianaIppmMetrics 29 }
ietfOneWayIpdvInversePercentile OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Type-P-One-way-ipdv-inverse-percentile"
REFERENCE " RFC3393, section 4.4."
::= { ianaIppmMetrics 30 }
ietfOneWayIpdvJitter OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Type-P-One-way-ipdv-jitter"
REFERENCE " RFC3393, section 4.5."
::= { ianaIppmMetrics 31 }
ietfOneWayPeakToPeakIpdv OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Type-P-One-way-peak-to-peak-ipdv"
REFERENCE " RFC3393, section 4.6."
::= { ianaIppmMetrics 32 }
--
-- RFC3432: "Network performance measurement with periodic streams"
--
ietfOneWayDelayPeriodicStream OBJECT-IDENTITY
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"Type-P-One-way-Delay-Periodic-Stream"
REFERENCE " RFC3432, section 4."
::= { ianaIppmMetrics 33 }
END
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7. Security Considerations
This module does not define any management objects. Instead, it
assigns a set of OBJECT-IDENTITIES which may be used by other MIB
modules to identify specific IP Performance Metrics.
Meaningful security considerations can only be written in the MIB
modules that define management objects. This document has therefore
no impact on the security of the Internet.
8. References
8.1 Normative References
[RFC2434] Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an
IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 2434,
October 1998.
[RFC2578] McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J.,
McCloghrie, K., Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser, "Structure of
Management Information Version 2 (SMIv2)", STD 58, RFC
2578, April 1999.
[RFC2678] Mahdavi, J. and V. Paxson, "IPPM Metrics for Measuring
Connectivity", RFC 2678, September 1999.
[RFC2679] Almes, G., Kalidindi, S. and M. Zekauskas, "A One-way
Delay Metric for IPPM", RFC 2679, September 1999.
[RFC2680] Almes, G., Kalidindi, S. and M. Zekauskas, "A One-way
Packet Loss Metric for IPPM", RFC 2680, September 1999.
[RFC2681] Almes, G., Kalidindi, S. and M. Zekauskas, "A Round-trip
Delay Metric for IPPM", RFC 2681, September 1999.
[RFC3357] Koodli, R. and R. Ravikanth, "One-way Loss Pattern Sample
Metrics", RFC 3357, August 2002.
[RFC3393] Demichelis, C. and P. Chimento, "IP Packet Delay Variation
Metric for IP Performance Metrics (IPPM)", RFC 3393,
November 2002.
[RFC3432] Raisanen, V., Grotefeld, G. and A. Morton, "Network
performance measurement with periodic streams", RFC 3432,
November 2002.
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8.2 Informative References
[RFC2330] Paxson, V., Almes, G., Mahdavi, J. and M. Mathis,
"Framework for IP Performance Metrics", RFC 2330, May
1998.
[RFC2579] McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J.,
McCloghrie, K., Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser, "Textual
Conventions for SMIv2", STD 58, RFC 2579, April 1999.
[RFC2580] McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D. and J. Schoenwaelder,
"Conformance Statements for SMIv2", STD 58, RFC 2580,
April 1999.
[RFC3410] Case, J., Mundy, R., Partain, D. and B. Stewart,
"Introduction and Applicability Statements for
Internet-Standard Management Framework", RFC 3410,
December 2002.
Author's Address
Stephan Emile
France Telecom R & D
2 avenue Pierre Marzin
Lannion, F-22307
Fax: +33 2 96 05 18 52
EMail: emile.stephan@francetelecom.com
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