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	Title		: Considerations in Benchmarking Routing Protocol 
                          Network Convergence
	Author(s)	: R. White, V. Manral, R. Adams
	Filename	: draft-white-network-benchmark-00.txt
	Pages		: 9
	Date		: 2003-2-27
	
This document attempts to discuss some of the definitions required to
undertake the specifications of such benchmarks, and also to discuss
some of the possible ways to benchmark a routing protocol performance
within a network, and some of the implications of those benchmarks.
The definition of convergence is discussed first, then polling
network devices. Several tests which are commonly used to measure
network convergence are examined.
This draft does not attempt to define what techniques should be used
to benchmark network convergence, but only to provide considerations
that testers shoudl consider when attempting to measure netowrk
convergence using various methods.

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