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

On 6/3/13 12:55 PM, MORTON JR., ALFRED C (AL) wrote:
> Hey Joel,  we agreed to several changes that have only appeared in
> a preliminary version (the diffs I sent to Benoit in reply to comments).
>
> I need to upload the revised version ASAP, I suppose...
yes
> Al
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bmwg-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:bmwg-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of
>> The IESG
>> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 3:36 PM
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>> Subject: [bmwg] Document Action: 'IMIX Genome: Specification of variable
>> packet sizes for additional testing' to Informational RFC (draft-ietf-
>> bmwg-imix-genome-04.txt)
>>
>> 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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