[GROW] Re: Call for adoption: draft-msri-grow-bmp-stats-informational-tlv-02 (Ends 2026-05-04)

[Jeffrey Haas <[e-mail]>]

I support adoption.

I think there's going to need to be some work covering how the intervals and sampling methodology are described for the additional information but that can happen as part of the document work.

-- Jeff


> On Apr 20, 2026, at 08:29, Job Snijders via Datatracker <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
> This message starts a grow WG Call for Adoption of:
> draft-msri-grow-bmp-stats-informational-tlv-02
> 
> This Working Group Call for Adoption ends on 2026-05-04
> 
> Abstract:
>   The BGP Monitoring Protocol (BMP) defines statistics reports that
>   provide periodic snapshots of various BGP-related metrics.  When
>   statistics are reported periodically, the snapshot values may not
>   reflect the variations that occurred between reporting intervals.
>   This document defines a Statistics Information TLV that can be used
>   to convey additional statistical information about BMP gauge-type
>   statistics during the reporting period.  This TLV reports the minimum
>   and maximum values observed (with timestamps indicating when they
>   occurred), along with additional statistical measures such as
>   average, median, or snapshot values.  This enables BMP collectors to
>   better understand the dynamics of monitored statistics even when the
>   reported snapshot values appear constant.
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