Benchmarking Methodology (bmwg) ------------------------------- Charter Current status: active working group Chair(s): Jim McQuaid Operational Requirements Area Director(s) Scott Bradner Mailing lists: General Discussion:bmwg@harvard.edu To Subscribe: bmwg-request@harvard.edu Archive: Description of Working Group: The major goal of the Benchmarking Methodology Working Group is to make a series of recommendations concerning the measurement of the performance characteristics of different classes of network equipment and software services. Each recommendation will describe the class of equipment or service, discuss the performance characteristics that are pertinent to that class, specify a suite of performance benchmarks that test the described characteristics, as well as specify the requirements for common reporting of benchmark results. Classes of network equipment can be broken down into two broad categories. The first deals with stand-alone network devices such as routers, bridges, repeaters, and LAN wiring concentrators. The second category includes host dependent equipment and services, such as network interfaces or TCP/IP implementations. Once benchmarking methodologies for stand-alone devices have matured sufficiently, the group plans to focus on methodologies for testing system-wide performance, including issues such as the responsiveness of routing algorithms to topology changes. Internet-Drafts: No Current Internet drafts.