Method and apparatus for measuring end-to-end service level agreement in service provider network

摘要

An operation method and apparatus in a first end device of a service provider network is provided. The method includes generating a measurement frame including information supporting simultaneous measurement of a plurality of Service Level Agreement (SLA) metrics, sending the generated measurement frame to a second end device connected through the service provider network, receiving a reply frame corresponding to the generated measurement frame from the second end device, and analyzing the received reply frame and hierarchically acquiring the plurality of SLA metrics for the second end device.

主权项

1. A method for operating a device, the method comprising:
generating a measurement frame for measuring a plurality of service level agreement (SLA) metrics; transmitting, to another device, the measurement frame; receiving, from the other device, a reply frame corresponding to the measurement frame; and determining the plurality of SLA metrics for the other device based on the reply frame, wherein the measurement frame includes a first field for synchronizing with the other device and a second field for indicating a first sequence number regarding the measurement frame, and wherein the reply frame includes the first field, the second field, and a third field for indicating a second sequence number regarding the reply frame.