Note: The Architecture and Migration Work Area was merged with the Routing and Transport Work Area in January 2019. See announcement from the 2018 Q4 meeting report in Glasgow, UK.
Projects that don’t fit under the scope of an existing Project Stream or if they fit under the scope of more than one Project Stream, are developed under the Non-PS Assigned category.
To define how test traffic is specified and generated at the application layer. It supports specification of test traffic that exhibits the complexity resulting from multiple types of applications and subscribers aggregated in a common network.
Application-Layer Test Traffic Architecture and Requirements
This Working Text defines an architecture and requirements for the specification of test traffic generated at the application layer. It supports specification of test traffic that exhibits the complexity resulting from multiple types of applications and subscribers aggregated in a common network and competing for resources, The WT also enables test traffic to be specified using consistent, unambiguous parameters that support repeatable test results under complex scenarios across different test labs, service providers, and vendors.
This Working Text provides guidance for the use of application-layer traffic in test scenarios. The relative advantages of generating test traffic at different layers for different purposes are addressed. The WT discusses the issues associated with creating load profiles, as well as the test and analysis methodologies most appropriate for use with application-layer traffic.