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RFC 8321: Alternate-Marking Method for Passive and Hybrid Performance Monitoring

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 9341.

Current version: RFC 9341 — Alternate-Marking Method

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This document describes a method to perform packet loss, delay, and jitter measurements on live traffic. This method is based on an Alternate-Marking (coloring) technique. A report is provided in order to explain an example and show the method applicability. This technology can be applied in various situations, as detailed in this document, and could be considered Passive or Hybrid depending on the application.

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Document ID
RFC8321
Published
January 2018
Authors
G. Fioccola; A. Capello; M. Cociglio; L. Castaldelli; M. Chen; L. Zheng; G. Mirsky; T. Mizrahi
Status
EXPERIMENTAL
Stream
IETF
Area
ops
Pages
33
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RFC 9341

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