[bmwg] Draft Agenda for bmwg at IETF-67

[Al Morton <[e-mail]>]

Benchmarking Methodology WG (bmwg)

Tuesday, Afternoon Session I 1300-1500
Room Name: Nautilus 1

CHAIR(s): Al Morton <[e-mail]>

AGENDA:

0.  Agenda bashing (if we need to shuffle a few items)
     See 
https://datatracker.ietf.org/public/meeting_materials.cgi?meeting_num=67
     for Agenda updates and Slides

1.  Working Group Status (Chair)

Topics/Drafts not covered by presentations below:

      Hash and Stuffing Draft (WGLC completed)
http://www.ietf.cnri.reston.va.us/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-bmwg-hash-stuffing-06.txt

      Terms and Methods for Benchmarking IPsec Devices
               (WG review and feedback is needed! Please read and comment...)
http://www.ietf.cnri.reston.va.us/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-bmwg-ipsec-term-08.txt
http://www.ietf.cnri.reston.va.us/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-bmwg-ipsec-meth-01.txt
(Recently Expired, see http://tools.ietf.org/wg/bmwg/ for these versions)

      Methodology for Benchmarking Network-layer Traffic Control Mechanisms
http://tools.ietf.org/wg/bmwg/draft-ietf-bmwg-dsmmeth/draft-ietf-bmwg-dsmmeth-02.txt

     IGP Data plane convergence benchmark I-Ds - Publication Requested

     Standard Introduction/Security Paragraph for BMWG memos

Check the BMWG mail archive for comments:
      http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/working-groups/bmwg/current/


2.   Techniques for Benchmarking Core Router Accelerated Stress Testing.

Discussion GOALS: Review Last Call responses (numerous from many
reviewers), updates to new revisions, and open issues
Draft file name, or preferably the complete URL:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-bmwg-acc-bench-term-10.txt
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-bmwg-acc-bench-meth-06.txt
draft-ietf-bmwg-acc-bench-meth-opsec-00
Presenter: Scott Poretsky


3.   IPv6 Benchmarking Methodology

Discussion GOALS:
a) Updates based on BMWG and v6ops feedback
- Includes recommendations for benchmarking with traffic that has the
   Hop-by-Hop Extension Header (as suggested by v6ops and BMWG)
- Updated frame size recommendations for Ethernet to include Jumbo frames
   (Appendix updated to include line rates values for all frame sizes)
- Proposal for IPv6 benchmarking prefix assignment by IANA
- The Security section contains the new standard text discussed within BMWG
   (we can take this opportunity to discuss the Security write-up)
b) Call for making the document a WG work item and discuss next steps
Presenter: Gunter van de Velde, Diego Dugatkin, or Ahmed Hamza
(one of these three gentlemen will be presenting)

Draft:
http://tools.ietf.org/wg/bmwg/draft-popoviciu-bmwg-ipv6benchmarking-02.txt


4.   Sub-IP Protection Mechanisms

Discussion GOALS: Introduce this new official work item and review
changes in the -00 terminology and methodology documents different from
the individual submittals.
Presenter: Scott Poretsky

Drafts:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-bmwg-protection-term-00.txt
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-bmwg-protection-meth-00.txt


5.   Milestone Status (Chair)


*******   New Work Proposals  *********


6.    SIP Performance Benchmarking

Discussion GOALS: Review changes to Terminology, review new Methodology.
Ask working group if ready to be an official work item.
Presenter: Scott Poretsky

Related Drafts:
draft-poretsky-bmwg-sip-bench-term-01.txt
draft-poretsky-bmwg-sip-bench-meth-00.txt


7.   Multicast VPN Scalability Benchmarking

Discussion GOALS:
- Introduce the problem of MVPN scalability benchmarking and need for
this draft
- Introduce MVPN Metric proposal
- Summarize proposed methodology
- Request BMWG to take it on as WG work item


Statement of proposed work:
    Multicast VPN (MVPN) is a service deployed by VPN service providers
    to enable their customers to use IP multicast applications over VPNs.

    With the increased popularity the scalability of deploying such a
    service is becoming of a great interest. This document defines
    standard metric and test methodology for characterizing and comparing
    control plane MVPN scalability of Provider Edge (PE) devices that
    implement MVPN service.

Presenter: Silvija Dry

Related Draft:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-sdry-bmwg-mvpnscale-00.txt


8.   Extending the current methodologies to cover wireless LAN switches and
wireless LAN meshes

TOPIC: WLAN Switch and Mesh Benchmarking
GOALS: Provide background
        Propose specific work items
        Solicit help towards generating a candidate draft
DRAFTS: None
PRESENTER: Jerry Perser, Tom Alexander

Statement of Proposed Work
------------------------------
Enterprise wireless LANs are now comprised of highly IP-centric devices.
Considerable work is being done in various IETF WGs in this area. For example,
CAPWAP is defining WLAN switch protocols, and MANET is defining IP over
wireless mesh and ad-hoc networks. Modern WLAN switches are Layer 3/4 aware
and include many traditional IETF defined functions such as ARP, DHCP and
firewalling in combination with wireless functions such as mobility. 
The lack of
industry-standard metrics for benchmarking makes it very difficult 
for vendors to
compare and improve the performance of their devices.


We propose that BMWG should take up work in support of these technologies.
Metrics are required for roaming and scalability performance (related to
CAPWAP) and multi-hop performance and recovery times (related to MANET),
as well as general WLAN switch data plane performance. The proposed
work item is as follows:
         - extend existing LAN switch benchmarking terminology and
                 methodology (RFC 1242, RFC 2285 etc.) to wireless
                 LAN switching devices
         - create new wireless-specific terminology and methodology
                 for mobility, scalability, and mesh networks


The IEEE 802.11T Task Group has determined that such work does not fall
within their scope, and so there should be no issue with taking it up in BMWG.


Scope
-------
The scope of the proposed work will cover benchmarking terminology and
methodology for measuring the performance of wireless LAN switches and
wireless LAN meshes, with particular focus on extending RFC 1242, RFC
2544, RFC 2285 and RFC 2889 to such systems. Benchmarking and
performance of 802.11 PHY or link layer functions is a non-objective.


Status of existing drafts
-------------------------
No drafts currently exist in support of this work.


For background on related BMWG wireless discussions, see:
http://www3.ietf.org/proceedings/04nov/bmwg.html#cmr



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