{"draft":"draft-ietf-ippm-loss-episode-metrics-04","doc_id":"RFC6534","title":"Loss Episode Metrics for IP Performance Metrics (IPPM)","authors":["N. Duffield","A. Morton","J. Sommers"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"21","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"IP Performance Measurement","abstract":"The IETF has developed a one-way packet loss metric that measures the\r\nloss rate on a Poisson and Periodic probe streams between two hosts.\r\nHowever, the impact of packet loss on applications is, in general,\r\nsensitive not just to the average loss rate but also to the way in\r\nwhich packet losses are distributed in loss episodes (i.e., maximal\r\nsets of consecutively lost probe packets).  This document defines\r\none-way packet loss episode metrics, specifically, the frequency and\r\naverage duration of loss episodes and a probing methodology under\r\nwhich the loss episode metrics are to be measured.  [STANDARDS-TRACK]","pub_date":"May 2012","keywords":["[--------]"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC6534","errata_url":null}