Re: [ippm] Testing TCP Throughput Capacity in Operator Networks

[Henk Uijterwaal <henk at ripe.net>]

Hi Ruediger,

Personal opinion, not discussed with Matt or AD's yet

> I'm not sure, whether IPPM is chartered to specify transport layer 
> performance metrics. I've checked the PMOL charter and it clearly says 
> PMOL works above transport layer. A fair conclusion would be, that IPPM 
> is chartered to investigate transport layer performance.

I looked at it from a slightly different angle.  Network capacity has
always been a topic of interest for IPPM, so this work would be in our
charter.  PMOL deals with higher layers, besides that (AFAIK) the PMOL
WG is in some form of hybernation.

So, my take on this is that we should see if there is interest to work
on this topic _and_ have a first version of a draft, we can decide later
where exactly this works fits in the IETF.

Henk


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