Al Morton
(Alfred Channon Morton)

Al Morton is a Lead Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Labs, Middletown, New Jersey. He has been a chairman and recognized contributor in US and International network performance standards committees for more than 25 years. He authored or co-authored more than 31 IETF RFCs, and is a committer on several Linux Foundation projects. He has worked at Bell Labs, the U.S. Army Satellite Communications Agency, and Computer Sciences Corporation. Al spends his spare time making and enjoying music with friends and family on the New Jersey Shore, Chicago, Illinois, and wherever his travels take him.
Roles
Chair of Benchmarking Methodology (bmwg) | acmorton@att.com |
Chair of Performance Metrics Directorate (perfmetrdir) | acmorton@att.com |
Liaison Contact for ITU-T SG 12 (itu-t-sg-12) | acmorton@att.com |
Reviewer in Ops Directorate (opsdir) | acmorton@att.com |
RFCs (36)
rfc3432 | Dec 2002 | Network performance measurement with periodic streams Cited by 20 RFCs |
rfc4737 | Nov 2006 | Packet Reordering Metrics Cited by 18 RFCs |
rfc5357 | Oct 2008 | A Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol (TWAMP) Cited by 31 RFCs |
rfc5481 | Mar 2009 | Packet Delay Variation Applicability Statement Cited by 22 RFCs |
rfc5618 | Aug 2009 | Mixed Security Mode for the Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol (TWAMP) Cited by 6 RFCs |
rfc5644 | Oct 2009 | IP Performance Metrics (IPPM): Spatial and Multicast Cited by 6 RFCs |
rfc5835 | Apr 2010 | Framework for Metric Composition Cited by 10 RFCs |
rfc5938 | Aug 2010 | Individual Session Control Feature for the Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol (TWAMP) Cited by 1 RFC |
rfc5976 | Oct 2010 | Y.1541-QOSM: Model for Networks Using Y.1541 Quality-of-Service Classes Cited by 2 RFCs |
rfc6038 | Oct 2010 | Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol (TWAMP) Reflect Octets and Symmetrical Size Features Cited by 6 RFCs |
rfc6049 | Jan 2011 | Spatial Composition of Metrics Cited by 7 RFCs |
rfc6076 | Jan 2011 | Basic Telephony SIP End-to-End Performance Metrics Cited by 1 RFC |
rfc6248 | Apr 2011 | RFC 4148 and the IP Performance Metrics (IPPM) Registry of Metrics Are Obsolete Cited by 3 RFCs |
rfc6534 | May 2012 | Loss Episode Metrics for IP Performance Metrics (IPPM) |
rfc6576 | Mar 2012 | IP Performance Metrics (IPPM) Standard Advancement Testing Cited by 14 RFCs |
rfc6673 | Aug 2012 | Round-Trip Packet Loss Metrics Cited by 1 RFC |
rfc6703 | Aug 2012 | Reporting IP Network Performance Metrics: Different Points of View Cited by 9 RFCs |
rfc6808 | Dec 2012 | Test Plan and Results Supporting Advancement of RFC 2679 on the Standards Track Cited by 4 RFCs |
rfc6815 | Nov 2012 | Applicability Statement for RFC 2544: Use on Production Networks Considered Harmful Cited by 1 RFC |
rfc6985 | Jul 2013 | IMIX Genome: Specification of Variable Packet Sizes for Additional Testing Cited by 3 RFCs |
rfc7290 | Jul 2014 | Test Plan and Results for Advancing RFC 2680 on the Standards Track Cited by 1 RFC |
rfc7312 | Aug 2014 | Advanced Stream and Sampling Framework for IP Performance Metrics (IPPM) Cited by 5 RFCs |
rfc7398 | Feb 2015 | A Reference Path and Measurement Points for Large-Scale Measurement of Broadband Performance Cited by 5 RFCs |
rfc7497 | Apr 2015 | Rate Measurement Test Protocol Problem Statement and Requirements |
rfc7594 | Sep 2015 | A Framework for Large-Scale Measurement of Broadband Performance (LMAP) Cited by 12 RFCs |
rfc7679 | Jan 2016 | A One-Way Delay Metric for IP Performance Metrics (IPPM) Cited by 8 RFCs |
rfc7680 | Jan 2016 | A One-Way Loss Metric for IP Performance Metrics (IPPM) Cited by 8 RFCs |
rfc7718 | Dec 2015 | Registries for the One-Way Active Measurement Protocol (OWAMP) Cited by 1 RFC |
rfc7799 | May 2016 | Active and Passive Metrics and Methods (with Hybrid Types In-Between) Cited by 4 RFCs |
rfc8172 | Jul 2017 | Considerations for Benchmarking Virtual Network Functions and Their Infrastructure Cited by 2 RFCs |
rfc8204 | Sep 2017 | Benchmarking Virtual Switches in the Open Platform for NFV (OPNFV) |
rfc8337 | Mar 2018 | Model-Based Metrics for Bulk Transport Capacity Cited by 1 RFC |
rfc8404 | Jul 2018 | Effects of Pervasive Encryption on Operators Cited by 4 RFCs |
rfc8468 | Nov 2018 | IPv4, IPv6, and IPv4-IPv6 Coexistence: Updates for the IP Performance Metrics (IPPM) Framework Cited by 1 RFC |
rfc8545 | Mar 2019 | Well-Known Port Assignments for the One-Way Active Measurement Protocol (OWAMP) and the Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol (TWAMP) Cited by 1 RFC |
rfc8877 | Sep 2020 | Guidelines for Defining Packet Timestamps Cited by 2 RFCs |
Active Drafts (7)
Expired Drafts excluding replaced drafts
- draft-trammell-quic-spin
- draft-morton-ippm-mbm-registry
- draft-morton-lmap-examples
- draft-fabini-ippm-2330-time
- draft-morton-ippm-owamp-registry
- draft-morton-ippm-twamp-rate
- draft-mornuley-ippm-initial-registry
- draft-mornulo-ippm-registry-columns
- draft-mornulo-ippm-registry
- draft-morton-ippm-registry-pdv
- draft-morton-ippm-twamp-tcp
- draft-eardley-lmap-framework
- draft-bagnulo-ippm-new-registry
- draft-bagnulo-ippm-new-registry-independent
- draft-eardley-lmap-terminology
- draft-morton-ippm-advance-metrics
- draft-duffield-ippm-burst-loss-metrics
- draft-morton-ippm-twamp-reflect-padding
- draft-morton-ippm-composition
- draft-morton-ippm-nonrev-reordering