CONTENTS

 1     Scope
 2     References
 3     Definitions
 4     Abbreviations
 5     State of the art considerations
        5.1     ICMP PING & Traceroute
        5.2     Existing active measurement solutions
 6     Requirements and benefits of a standard IP test packet
        6.1     General requirements
        6.2     Benefits of standardizing an IP test packet
        6.3     Interoperability
        6.4     IP multicast and mobility
        6.5     IPv4 and IPv6 coexistence
        6.6     Transport protocol
        6.7     Representative test packet
        6.8     Relationship with other organizations or forums
        6.9     Metrics and parameters
 7     IP performance measurement packet framework
        7.1     Discussion on the IPPMS location within the test packet
 8     IP performance measurement signature (IPPMS) specification
        8.1     IP test packet size
        8.2     Measurement interval
        8.3     IP performance measurement signature (IPPMS)
        8.4     Detailed IPPMS format
 9     IP measurement packets for IPv4 and IPv6 levels
        9.1     IPPMS options
        9.2     Payload size of 32 bytes (with IPPMS only)
        9.3     Payload size of 52 bytes
        9.4     Payload size of 132 bytes
        9.5     Payload size of 164 bytes
        9.6     Payload size of 564 bytes
        9.7     Payload size of 1464 bytes
10     Security
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