Realtime Traffic Flow Measurement (rtfm)
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 Charter 
 Last Modified: 24-Oct-97
 
 Current Status: Active Working Group
 
 Chair(s):
     Gregory Ruth <gruth@gte.com>
     Nevil Brownlee <n.brownlee@auckland.ac.nz>
     Sig Handelman <handel@watson.ibm.com>
 
 Transport Area Director(s): 
     Scott Bradner  <sob@harvard.edu>
     Allyn Romanow  <allyn.romanow@eng.sun.com>
 
 Transport Area Advisor: 
     Scott Bradner  <sob@harvard.edu>
 
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Description of Working Group:
 
This working group has three main objectives:

* Consider current issues in traffic flow measurement, such as

  - Security issues relating to both traffic measuring devices
    and to the data they produce.

  - Policy issues relating to traffic measurement and usage
    accounting, for example any requirements these may place on
    emerging network protocols

  - Existing work in traffic flow measurement, including that of
    IETF Working Groups such as bmwg/ippm, rsvp and rmonmib, as
    well as that by vendors and independent researchers

* Produce an improved Traffic Flow Model considering at least the
  following needs:

  - wider range of measurable quantities, e.g. those relating to
      IPv6, and to class of service
  - simpler ways to specify flows of interest
  - better ways to control access to measured flow data
  - strong focus on data reduction capabilities
  - efficient hardware implementation

* Develop the RTFM Architecture and Meter MIB as 'standards track'
  documents with the IETF.
 
 Goals and Milestones: 
 
   Feb 96       Submit set of revised Internet-Drafts and of RFC1272 to the 
                IESG for considertation as Experimental Protocols.             

   Mar 96       Produce outline for 'New Traffic Flow Model' document          

   Jul 96       Submit 'New Traffic Flow Model' document as an Internet-Draft, 
                and begin working on an implementation document.               

   Jul 96       Submit Internet-Draft on Flow Meter MIB.                       

   Nov 96       Submit Implementation document as an Internet-Draft.           

   Nov 96       Submit 'New Traffic Flow Model' to the IESG to be considered 
                for publication as an RFC.                                     

   Mar 97       Submit Implementation Internet-Draft to the IESG to be 
                considered for publication as an RFC.                          

   Jul 97       Submit Meter MIB I-D to IESG for consideration as Propsed      

   Aug 97       Publish revised and extended I-D on 'New Attributes'           

   Aug 97        Publish revised 'Architecture' I-D to cover new attributes    

   Dec 97       Submit I-Ds on 'New Attributes' and 'Architecture' for 
                consideration as Proposed Standards                            


 Internet-Drafts:

Posted Revised       I-D Title  <Filename>
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 Nov 96 Jul 97  <draft-ietf-rtfm-new-traffic-flow-02.txt> 
                RTFM Working Group - New Attributes for Traffic Flow 
                Measurement                                                    
 
 Mar 97 Sep 97  <draft-ietf-rtfm-meter-mib-02.txt> 
                Traffic Flow Measurement:  Meter MIB                           
 
 Sep 97 New     <draft-ietf-rtfm-architecture-00.txt> 
                Traffic Flow Measurement:  Architecture                        

 Request For Comments:

  RFC  Stat Published    Title 
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RFC2064 E    Jan 97     Traffic Flow Measurement:  Meter MIB                   
 
RFC2063 E    Jan 97     Traffic Flow Measurement:  Architecture                
 
RFC2123      Mar 97     Traffic Flow Measurement:  Experiences with NeTraMet