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.