Re: [bmwg] Document Action: 'IMIX Genome: Specification of variable packet sizes for additional testing' to Informational RFC (draft-ietf-bmwg-imix-genome-04.txt)

Thanks guys.

They should all be this easy to sponsor.

joel

On 6/3/13 12:36 PM, The IESG wrote:
> The IESG has approved the following document:
> - 'IMIX Genome: Specification of variable packet sizes for additional
>     testing'
>    (draft-ietf-bmwg-imix-genome-04.txt) as Informational RFC
>
> This document is the product of the Benchmarking Methodology Working
> Group.
>
> The IESG contact persons are Joel Jaeggli and Benoit Claise.
>
> A URL of this Internet Draft is:
> http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-bmwg-imix-genome/
>
>
>
>
> Technical Summary
>
>     Benchmarking Methodologies have always relied on test conditions with
>     constant packet sizes, with the goal of understanding what network
>     device capability has been tested.  Tests with constant packet size
>     reveal device capabilities but differ significantly from the
>     conditions encountered in operational deployment, and so additional
>     tests are sometimes conducted with a mixture of packet sizes, or
>     "IMIX".  The mixture of sizes a networking device will encounter is
>     highly variable and depends on many factors.  An IMIX suited for one
>     networking device and deployment will not be appropriate for another.
>     However, the mix of sizes may be known and the tester may be asked to
>     augment the fixed size tests.  To address this need, and the
>     perpetual goal of specifying repeatable test conditions, this draft
>     defines a way to specify the exact repeating sequence of packet sizes
>     from the usual set of fixed sizes, and other forms of mixed size
>
> Working Group Summary
>
> WG Consensus was smooth after development over a reasonable period of time.
>
> Document Quality
>
> There are many implementations of various test equipment that use IMIX.
>
> Personnel
>
> Who is the Document Shepherd?  Lucien Avramov
> Who is the Responsible Area Director?  Joel Jaeggli
>
>
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