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<reference anchor='RFC2724'>

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<title abbrev='RTFM: New Attributes'>RTFM: New Attributes for Traffic Flow Measurement</title>
<author initials='S.' surname='Handelman' fullname='Sig Handelman'>
<organization>IBM Research Division, T.J. Watson Research Center</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>P.O. Box 704</street>
<city>Yorktown Heights</city>
<region>NY</region>
<code>10598</code>
<country>US</country></postal>
<phone>+1 914 784 7626</phone>
<email>swhandel@us.ibm.com</email></address></author>
<author initials='S.' surname='Stibler' fullname='Stephen Stibler'>
<organization>IBM Research Division, T.J. Watson Research Center</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>P.O. Box 704</street>
<city>Yorktown Heights</city>
<region>NY</region>
<code>10598</code>
<country>US</country></postal>
<phone>+1 914 784 7191</phone>
<email>stibler@us.ibm.com</email></address></author>
<author initials='N.' surname='Brownlee' fullname='Nevil Brownlee'>
<organization>The University of Auckland,  Information Technology Systems &amp; Services</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>Private Bag 92-019</street>
<city>Auckland</city>
<region />
<code />
<country>NZ</country></postal>
<phone>+64 9 3737599x8941</phone>
<email>n.brownlee@auckland.ac.nz</email></address></author>
<author initials='G.' surname='Ruth' fullname='Greg Ruth'>
<organization>GTE Internetworking</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>3 Van de Graaff Drive</street>
<street>P.O. Box 3073</street>
<city>Burlington</city>
<region>MA</region>
<code>01803</code>
<country>US</country></postal>
<phone>+1 781 262 4831</phone>
<email>gruth@bbn.com</email></address></author>
<date month='October' year='1999' />
<abstract>
<t>The RTFM Traffic Measurement Architecture provides a general framework for describing and measuring network traffic flows.  Flows are defined in terms of their Address Attribute values and measured by a 'Traffic Meter'.  This document discusses RTFM flows and the attributes which they can have, so as to provide a logical framework for extending the architecture by adding new attributes.</t>
<t>Extensions described include Address Attributes such as DSCodePoint, SourceASN and DestASN, and Group Attributes such as short-term bit rates and turnaround times.  Quality of Service parameters for Integrated Services are also discussed.</t></abstract></front>

<seriesInfo name='RFC' value='2724' />
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