Performance Metrics
2020-03-19
2024-01-18
Performance Metrics Registry
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Greg Mirsky, Michael Scharf
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RTDelay_Active_IP-UDP-Periodic_RFC8912sec4_Seconds_95Percentile
RTDelay_Active_IP-UDP-Periodic_RFC8912sec4_Seconds_95Percentile
This metric assesses the delay of a stream of packets
exchanged between two hosts (which are the two measurement points).
The output is the round-trip delay for all successfully exchanged
packets expressed as the 95th percentile of their conditional delay
distribution.
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1.0
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RTLoss_Active_IP-UDP-Periodic_RFC8912sec4_Percent_LossRatio
RTLoss_Active_IP-UDP-Periodic_RFC8912sec4_Percent_LossRatio
This metric assesses the loss ratio of a stream of packets
exchanged between two hosts (which are the two measurement points).
The output is the round-trip loss ratio for all successfully
exchanged packets expressed as a percentage.
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1.0
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OWPDV_Active_IP-UDP-Periodic_RFC8912sec5_Seconds_95Percentile
OWPDV_Active_IP-UDP-Periodic_RFC8912sec5_Seconds_95Percentile
This metric assesses packet delay variation with respect to the minimum
delay observed on the periodic stream. The output is expressed as
the 95th percentile of the packet delay variation distribution.
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1.0
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RTDNS_Active_IP-UDP-Poisson_RFC8912sec6_Seconds_Raw
RTDNS_Active_IP-UDP-Poisson_RFC8912sec6_Seconds_Raw
This is a metric for DNS Response performance from a network user's
perspective, for a specific named resource. The metric can be
measured repeatedly using different resource names. This metric assesses the response time, the interval from the
query transmission to the response.
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1.0
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RLDNS_Active_IP-UDP-Poisson_RFC8912sec6_Logical_Raw
RLDNS_Active_IP-UDP-Poisson_RFC8912sec6_Logical_Raw
This is a metric for DNS Response performance from a network user's
perspective, for a specific named resource. The metric can be
measured repeatedly using different resource names. This metric indicates that the response was deemed lost. In
other words, the response time exceeded the maximum waiting time.
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1.0
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OWDelay_Active_IP-UDP-Poisson-Payload250B_RFC8912sec7_Seconds_95Percentile
OWDelay_Active_IP-UDP-Poisson-Payload250B_RFC8912sec7_Seconds_95Percentile
This metric assesses the delay of a stream of packets
exchanged between two hosts (or measurement points) and reports the
95Percentile of one-way delay for all successfully exchanged packets
based on their conditional delay distribution.
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1.0
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OWDelay_Active_IP-UDP-Poisson-Payload250B_RFC8912sec7_Seconds_Mean
OWDelay_Active_IP-UDP-Poisson-Payload250B_RFC8912sec7_Seconds_Mean
This metric assesses the delay of a stream of packets
exchanged between two hosts (or measurement points) and reports the
Mean of one-way delay for all successfully exchanged packets
based on their conditional delay distribution.
IETF
1.0
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OWDelay_Active_IP-UDP-Poisson-Payload250B_RFC8912sec7_Seconds_Min
OWDelay_Active_IP-UDP-Poisson-Payload250B_RFC8912sec7_Seconds_Min
This metric assesses the delay of a stream of packets
exchanged between two hosts (or measurement points) and reports the
Min of one-way delay for all successfully exchanged packets
based on their conditional delay distribution.
IETF
1.0
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OWDelay_Active_IP-UDP-Poisson-Payload250B_RFC8912sec7_Seconds_Max
OWDelay_Active_IP-UDP-Poisson-Payload250B_RFC8912sec7_Seconds_Max
This metric assesses the delay of a stream of packets
exchanged between two hosts (or measurement points) and reports the
Max of one-way delay for all successfully exchanged packets
based on their conditional delay distribution.
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1.0
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OWDelay_Active_IP-UDP-Poisson-Payload250B_RFC8912sec7_Seconds_StdDev
OWDelay_Active_IP-UDP-Poisson-Payload250B_RFC8912sec7_Seconds_StdDev
This metric assesses the delay of a stream of packets
exchanged between two hosts (or measurement points) and reports the
StdDev of one-way delay for all successfully exchanged packets
based on their conditional delay distribution.
IETF
1.0
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OWLoss_Active_IP-UDP-Poisson-Payload250B_RFC8912sec7_Percent_LossRatio
OWLoss_Active_IP-UDP-Poisson-Payload250B_RFC8912sec7_Percent_LossRatio
This metric assesses the loss ratio of a stream of packets
exchanged between two hosts (which are the two measurement points).
The output is the one-way loss ratio for all transmitted
packets expressed as a percentage.
IETF
1.0
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OWDelay_Active_IP-UDP-Periodic20m-Payload142B_RFC8912sec8_Seconds_95Percentile
OWDelay_Active_IP-UDP-Periodic20m-Payload142B_RFC8912sec8_Seconds_95Percentile
This metric assesses the delay of a stream of packets
exchanged between two hosts (or measurement points) and reports the
95Percentile one-way delay for all successfully exchanged packets
based on their conditional delay distribution.
IETF
1.0
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OWDelay_Active_IP-UDP-Periodic20m-Payload142B_RFC8912sec8_Seconds_Mean
OWDelay_Active_IP-UDP-Periodic20m-Payload142B_RFC8912sec8_Seconds_Mean
This metric assesses the delay of a stream of packets
exchanged between two hosts (or measurement points) and reports the
Mean one-way delay for all successfully exchanged packets
based on their conditional delay distribution.
IETF
1.0
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OWDelay_Active_IP-UDP-Periodic20m-Payload142B_RFC8912sec8_Seconds_Min
OWDelay_Active_IP-UDP-Periodic20m-Payload142B_RFC8912sec8_Seconds_Min
This metric assesses the delay of a stream of packets
exchanged between two hosts (or measurement points) and reports the
Min one-way delay for all successfully exchanged packets
based on their conditional delay distribution.
IETF
1.0
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OWDelay_Active_IP-UDP-Periodic20m-Payload142B_RFC8912sec8_Seconds_Max
OWDelay_Active_IP-UDP-Periodic20m-Payload142B_RFC8912sec8_Seconds_Max
This metric assesses the delay of a stream of packets
exchanged between two hosts (or measurement points) and reports the
Max one-way delay for all successfully exchanged packets
based on their conditional delay distribution.
IETF
1.0
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OWDelay_Active_IP-UDP-Periodic20m-Payload142B_RFC8912sec8_Seconds_StdDev
OWDelay_Active_IP-UDP-Periodic20m-Payload142B_RFC8912sec8_Seconds_StdDev
This metric assesses the delay of a stream of packets
exchanged between two hosts (or measurement points) and reports the
StdDev one-way delay for all successfully exchanged packets
based on their conditional delay distribution.
IETF
1.0
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OWLoss_Active_IP-UDP-Periodic20m-Payload142B_RFC8912sec8_Percent_LossRatio
OWLoss_Active_IP-UDP-Periodic20m-Payload142B_RFC8912sec8_Percent_LossRatio
This metric assesses the loss ratio of a stream of packets
exchanged between two hosts (which are the two measurement points).
The output is the one-way loss ratio for all transmitted
packets expressed as a percentage.
IETF
1.0
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RTDelay_Active_IP-ICMP-SendOnRcv_RFC8912sec9_Seconds_Mean
RTDelay_Active_IP-ICMP-SendOnRcv_RFC8912sec9_Seconds_Mean
This metric assesses the delay of a stream of ICMP packets
exchanged between two hosts (which are the two measurement points).
The output is the round-trip delay for all successfully exchanged packets
expressed as the Mean of their conditional delay distribution.
IETF
1.0
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RTDelay_Active_IP-ICMP-SendOnRcv_RFC8912sec9_Seconds_Min
RTDelay_Active_IP-ICMP-SendOnRcv_RFC8912sec9_Seconds_Min
This metric assesses the delay of a stream of ICMP packets
exchanged between two hosts (which are the two measurement points).
The output is the round-trip delay for all successfully exchanged packets
expressed as the Min of their conditional delay distribution.
IETF
1.0
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RTDelay_Active_IP-ICMP-SendOnRcv_RFC8912sec9_Seconds_Max
RTDelay_Active_IP-ICMP-SendOnRcv_RFC8912sec9_Seconds_Max
This metric assesses the delay of a stream of ICMP packets
exchanged between two hosts (which are the two measurement points).
The output is the round-trip delay for all successfully exchanged packets
expressed as the Max of their conditional delay distribution.
IETF
1.0
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RTLoss_Active_IP-ICMP-SendOnRcv_RFC8912sec9_Percent_LossRatio
RTLoss_Active_IP-ICMP-SendOnRcv_RFC8912sec9_Percent_LossRatio
This metric assesses the loss ratio of a stream of ICMP
packets exchanged between two hosts (which are the two measurement
points). The output is the round-trip loss ratio for all
transmitted packets expressed as a percentage.
IETF
1.0
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RTDelay_Passive_IP-TCP_RFC8912sec10_Seconds_Mean
RTDelay_Passive_IP-TCP_RFC8912sec10_Seconds_Mean
This metric assesses the round-trip delay of TCP packets
constituting a single connection, exchanged between two hosts. We consider
the measurement of round-trip delay based on a single Observation Point (OP)
[RFC7011] somewhere in the network. The output is the round-trip delay for
all successfully exchanged packets expressed as the Mean of their conditional
delay distribution.
IETF
1.0
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RTDelay_Passive_IP-TCP_RFC8912sec10_Seconds_Min
RTDelay_Passive_IP-TCP_RFC8912sec10_Seconds_Min
This metric assesses the round-trip delay of TCP packets
constituting a single connection, exchanged between two hosts. We
consider the measurement of round-trip delay based on a single
Observation Point (OP) [RFC7011] somewhere in the network. The output is
the round-trip delay for all successfully exchanged packets expressed
as the Min of their conditional delay distribution.
IETF
1.0
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RTDelay_Passive_IP-TCP_RFC8912sec10_Seconds_Max
RTDelay_Passive_IP-TCP_RFC8912sec10_Seconds_Max
This metric assesses the round-trip delay of TCP packets
constituting a single connection, exchanged between two hosts. We
consider the measurement of round-trip delay based on a single
Observation Point (OP) [RFC7011] somewhere in the network. The output is
the round-trip delay for all successfully exchanged packets expressed
as the Max of their conditional delay distribution.
IETF
1.0
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RTDelay_Passive_IP-TCP-HS_RFC8912sec10_Seconds_Singleton
RTDelay_Passive_IP-TCP-HS_RFC8912sec10_Seconds_Singleton
RTDelay Singleton: This metric assesses the round-trip delay
of TCP packets initiating a single connection (or 3-way handshake),
exchanged between two hosts. We consider the measurement of round-trip
delay based on a single Observation Point (OP) [RFC7011] somewhere in the
network. The output is a single measurement of Round-trip delay, or Singleton.
IETF
1.0
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RTLoss_Passive_IP-TCP_RFC8912sec10_Packet_Count
RTLoss_Passive_IP-TCP_RFC8912sec10_Packet_Count
This metric assesses the estimated loss count for TCP packets
constituting a single connection, exchanged between two hosts. We
consider the measurement of round-trip delay based on a single
Observation Point (OP) [RFC7011] somewhere in the network. The output is
the estimated loss count for the measurement interval.
IETF
1.0
Performance Metric Name Elements - Metric Type
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MetricType
RTDelay
Round-Trip Delay
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MetricType
RTDNS
Response Time Domain Name Service
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MetricType
RLDNS
Response Loss Domain Name Service
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MetricType
OWDelay
One-Way Delay
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MetricType
RTLoss
Round-Trip Loss
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MetricType
OWLoss
One-Way Loss
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MetricType
OWPDV
One-Way Packet Delay Verification
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MetricType
OWIPDV
One-Way Inter-Packet Delay Variation
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MetricType
OWReorder
One-Way Packet Reordering
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MetricType
OWDuplic
One-Way Packet Duplication
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MetricType
OWBTC
One-Way Bulk Transport Capacity
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MetricType
OWMBM
One-Way Model-Based Metric
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MetricType
SPMonitor
Single-Point Monitor
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MetricType
MPMonitor
Multi-Point Monitor
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Performance Metric Name Elements - Method
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Method
Active
depends on a dedicated measurement packet stream and
observations of the stream as described in [RFC7799]
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Method
Passive
depends *solely* on observation of one or more
existing packet streams as described in [RFC7799]
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Method
Hybrid Type 1
Hybrid Type I obervations on one stream that combine both Active
Methods and Passive Methods as described in [RFC7799]
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Method
Hybrid Type 2
Hybrid Type II obervations on two or more streams that combine
both Active Methods and Passive Methods as described in [RFC7799]
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Method
Spatial
spatial metric as described in [RFC5644]
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Performance Metric Name Elements - SubTypeMethod
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SubTypeMethod
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol
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SubTypeMethod
IP
Internet Protocol
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SubTypeMethod
DSCPxx
where xx is replaced by a Diffserv code point
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SubTypeMethod
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
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SubTypeMethod
TCP
Transport Control Protocol
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SubTypeMethod
QUIC
QUIC transport protocol
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SubTypeMethod
HS
Hand-Shake, such as TCP's 3-way HS
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SubTypeMethod
Poisson
packet generation using Poisson distribution
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SubTypeMethod
Periodic
periodic packet generation
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SubTypeMethod
SendOnRcv
Sender keeps one packet in transit by sending when
previous packet arrives
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SubTypeMethod
PayloadxxxxB
where xxxx is replaced by an integer, the number
of octets or 8-bit Bytes in the Payload
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SubTypeMethod
SustaninedBurst
capacity test, worst case
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SubTypeMethod
StandingQueue
test of bottleneck queue behavior
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Performance Metric Name Elements - Spec
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Spec contains an immutable document identifier combined with a document section identifier for the specifying document.
See Section 7.1.2 of [RFC8911].
Spec
Performance Metric Name Elements - Units
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Units
Seconds
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Units
Ratio
unitless
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Units
Percent
value multiplied by 100%
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Units
Logical
1 or 0
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Units
Packets
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Units
BPS
bits per second
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Units
PPS
packets per second
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Units
EventTotal
for unitless counts
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Units
Multiple
more than one type of unit
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Units
Enumerated
a list of outcomes
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Units
Unitless
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Performance Metric Name Elements - Output
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Output
Singleton
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Output
Raw
multiple singletons
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Output
Count
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Output
Minimum
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Output
Maximum
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Output
Median
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Output
Mean
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Output
95Percentile
95th Percentile
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Output
99Percentile
99th Percentile
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Output
StdDev
standard deviation
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Output
Variance
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Output
PFI
pass, fail, inconclusive
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Output
FlowRecords
descriptions of flows observed
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Output
LossRatio
lost packets to total packets, <=1
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