====== Project: Software Fastpath Service Quality Metrics ======

Project “Software Fastpath Service Quality Metrics" is focused on the development of utilities and libraries which supports low latency, high performance packet processing paths (fast path) through the NFVI such that VNFs can:

•	Measure Telco Traffic and Performance KPIs through that software fast path

•	Detect and report violations that can be consumed by VNFs and higher level EMS/OSS systems

An ability to measure and enforce Traffic Quality KPI’s (Service Assurance) in the data-plane will be mandatory for any Telco-grade NFVI Implementation, regardless of whether the data plane is implemented in hardware or software. 

  * [[wiki/fastpathmetrics_project_proposal|"SW Fastpath Service Quality Metrics" project proposal]]
  * [[wiki/fastpathmetrics|List of candidate work items for "SW Fastpath Service Quality Metrics"]] 
  * [[wiki/fastpathmetrics_work_environment|Hardware requirements for "SW Fastpath Service Quality Metrics"]]
  * [[wiki/fastpathmetrics_release_plan | Draft release plan for "SW Fastpath Service Quality Metrics"]]
  * [[wiki/sw_fastpath_metrics_meetings| Meeting calendar of "SW Fastpath Service Quality Metrics"]]
  * [[wiki/fastpathmetrics_meeting_minutes | Meeting minutes of project "SW Fastpath Service Quality Metrics"]]


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===== Key Project Facts =====

** Project Creation Date: ** December 16th, 2014 \\
** Project Category: ** Collaborative Development\\
** Lifecycle State: ** Incubation \\
** Primary Contact: ** Mike Lynch \\
** Project Lead: ** maryam.tahhan@intel.com \\
** Jira Project Name: Software Fastpath Service Quality Metrics **  \\
** Jira Project Prefix: SFQM **  \\

** Committers: ** 
    * Maram Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com>
    * Christoph Meyer <christoph.meyer@ericsson.com>
    * Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
    * Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>

**Contributors: **
  * Jarmo Virtanen <jarmo.virtanen@nsn.com> 
  * Mike Lynch <Michael.a.lynch@intel.com>
  * John Browne <john.j.browne@intel.com>
  * Aihua Li <aihua.li@huawei.com>
  * Eugene Snider <Eugene.Snider@huawei.com>
  * John Mcnamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>

** Mailing List **: no mailing list - use opnfv-tech-discuss and tag your emails with [SFQM] in the subject for easier filtering. 

** Meetings **: 
  * When: Tuesday weekly meeting at 6AM PT (=2pm UTC)
  * Where: GoToMeeting Details above  * 

** Repository: ** fastpathmetrics

** Gerrit: **  https://gerrit.opnfv.org/

** JIRA Project: ** SFQM

** JIRA: ** https://jira.opnfv.org

** Prague Hackfest 2015 Demo: ** 
  * {{:collaborative_development_projects:opnfv_intel_hf_testbed_-_quickstart_vpn_.docx|}}
  * {{:collaborative_development_projects:softwarefastpathmetricsdemoprague.docx|}}