Internet-Draft draft-ietf-opsawg-oam-characterization-16.txt is now available.
It is a work item of the Operations and Management Area Working Group (OPSAWG)
WG of the IETF.
Title: Guidelines for Characterizing "OAM"
Authors: Carlos Pignataro
Adrian Farrel
Tal Mizrahi
Name: draft-ietf-opsawg-oam-characterization-16.txt
Pages: 13
Dates: 2026-01-26
Abstract:
As the IETF continues to produce and standardize different
Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) protocols and
technologies, various qualifiers and modifiers are prepended to the
OAM abbreviation. While, at first glance, the most used appear to be
well understood, the same qualifier may be interpreted differently in
different contexts. A case in point is the qualifiers "in-band" and
"out-of-band" which have their origins in the radio lexicon, and
which have been extrapolated into other communication networks. This
document recommends not to use these two terms when referring to OAM.
This document considers some common qualifiers and modifiers that are
prepended, within the context of packet networks, to the OAM
abbreviation and lays out guidelines for their use in IETF documents.
This document updates RFC 6291 by adding to the guidelines for the
use of the term "OAM" with qualifiers. It does not modify any other
part of RFC 6291.
The IETF datatracker status page for this Internet-Draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-opsawg-oam-characterization/
There is also an HTMLized version available at:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-opsawg-oam-characterization-16
A diff from the previous version is available at:
https://author-tools.ietf.org/iddiff?url2=draft-ietf-opsawg-oam-characterization-16
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