The RFC 2544 standard, established by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards body, is the de facto methodology
that outlines the tests required to measure and prove performance criteria for carrier Ethernet networks. The standard provides an
out-of-service benchmarking methodology to evaluate the performance of network devices using throughput, back-to-back, frame
loss and latency tests, with each test validating a specific part of an SLA. The methodology defines the frame size, test duration
and number of test iterations. Once completed, these tests will provide performance metrics of the Ethernet network under test.