Round-Trip Packet Loss Metrics
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) A. Morton
Request for Comments: 6673 AT&T Labs
Category: Standards Track August 2012
ISSN: 2070-1721
Round-Trip Packet Loss Metrics
Abstract
Many user applications (and the transport protocols that make them
possible) require two-way communications. To assess this capability,
and to achieve test system simplicity, round-trip loss measurements
are frequently conducted in practice. The Two-Way Active Measurement
Protocol specified in RFC 5357 establishes a round-trip loss
measurement capability for the Internet. However, there is currently
no round-trip packet loss metric specified according to the RFC 2330
framework.
This memo adds round-trip loss to the set of IP Performance Metrics
(IPPM).
Status of This Memo
This is an Internet Standards Track document.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on
Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6673.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................3
1.1. Motivation .................................................4
1.2. Requirements Language ......................................5
2. Scope ...........................................................5
3. Common Specifications for Round-Trip Metrics ....................5
3.1. Name: Type-P-* .............................................5
3.2. Metric Parameters ..........................................5
3.3. Metric Definition ..........................................6
3.4. Metric Units ...............................................6
4. A Singleton Round-Trip Loss Metric ..............................7
4.1. Name: Type-P-Round-trip-Loss ...............................7
4.2. Metric Parameters ..........................................7
4.3. Definition and Metric Units ................................7
4.4. Discussion and Other Details ...............................8
5. A Sample Round-Trip Loss Metric .................................9
5.1. Name: Type-P-Round-trip-Loss-<Sample>-Stream ...............9
5.2. Metric Parameters ..........................................9
5.3. Definition and Metric Units ................................9
5.4. Discussion and Other Details ..............................10
6. Round-Trip Loss Statistic ......................................10
6.1. Type-P-Round-trip-Loss-<Sample>-Ratio .....................10
7. Round-Trip Testing and One-Way Reporting .......................11
8. Measurement Considerations and Calibration .....................11
9. Security Considerations ........................................12
9.1. Denial-of-Service Attacks .................................12
9.2. User Data Confidentiality .................................12
9.3. Interference with the Metrics .............................12
10. IANA Considerations ...........................................13
11. Acknowledgements ..............................................13
12. References ....................................................13
12.1. Normative References .....................................13
12.2. Informative References ...................................14
1. Introduction
This memo defines a metric to quantify an IP network's ability to
transfer packets in both directions from one host to another host.
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