RFC 6985: IMIX Genome: Specification of Variable Packet Sizes for Additional Testing

Benchmarking methodologies have always relied on test conditions with constant packet sizes, with the goal of understanding what network device capability has…

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Outgoing relationships (3 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 2544: Benchmarking Methodology for Network Interconnect Devices
Informative reference — RFC 5470: Architecture for IP Flow Information Export

Incoming relationships (4 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 8204: Benchmarking Virtual Switches in the Open Platform for NFV (OPNFV)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9004: Updates for the Back-to-Back Frame Benchmark in RFC 2544
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7312: Advanced Stream and Sampling Framework for IP Performance Metrics (IPPM)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9971: Multiple Loss Ratio Search