--- /dev/null
+---
+# Sample benchmark task config file
+# measure packet delay variation (jitter) using iperf3
+
+schema: "yardstick:task:0.1"
+
+scenarios:
+-
+  type: Iperf3
+  options:
+    udp: udp
+    bandwidth: 20m
+  host: zeus.demo
+  target: hera.demo
+
+  runner:
+    type: Duration
+    duration: 3
+
+  sla:
+    jitter: 10
+    action: monitor
+
+context:
+  name: demo
+  image: yardstick-trusty-server
+  flavor: yardstick-flavor
+  user: ec2-user
+
+  placement_groups:
+    pgrp1:
+      policy: "availability"
+
+  servers:
+    zeus:
+      floating_ip: true
+      placement: "pgrp1"
+    hera:
+      floating_ip: true
+      placement: "pgrp1"
+
+  networks:
+    test:
+      cidr: '10.0.1.0/24'
+
 
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+{"start":{"connected":[{"socket":4, "local_host":"10.0.1.2", "local_port":46384, "remote_host":"172.16.9.195", "remote_port":5201}], "version":"iperf 3.0.7", "system_info":"Linux zeus 3.13.0-61-generic #100-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jul 29 11:21:34 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux\n", "timestamp":{"time":"Tue, 29 Sep 2015 01:48:23 GMT", "timesecs":1443491303}, "connecting_to":{"host":"172.16.9.195", "port":5201}, "cookie":"zeus.1443491303.539703.3479129b58a5b", "test_start":{"protocol":"UDP", "num_streams":1, "blksize":8192, "omit":0, "duration":10, "bytes":0, "blocks":0, "reverse":0}}, "intervals":[{"streams":[{"socket":4, "start":0, "end":1.00022, "seconds":1.00022, "bytes":2252800, "bits_per_second":1.80184e+07, "packets":275, "omitted":false}], "sum":{"start":0, "end":1.00022, "seconds":1.00022, "bytes":2252800, "bits_per_second":1.80184e+07, "packets":275, "omitted":false}}, {"streams":[{"socket":4, "start":1.00022, "end":2.00022, "seconds":0.999993, "bytes":2498560, "bits_per_second":1.99886e+07, "packets":305, "omitted":false}], "sum":{"start":1.00022, "end":2.00022, "seconds":0.999993, "bytes":2498560, "bits_per_second":1.99886e+07, "packets":305, "omitted":false}}, {"streams":[{"socket":4, "start":2.00022, "end":3.00022, "seconds":1, "bytes":2506752, "bits_per_second":2.0054e+07, "packets":306, "omitted":false}], "sum":{"start":2.00022, "end":3.00022, "seconds":1, "bytes":2506752, "bits_per_second":2.0054e+07, "packets":306, "omitted":false}}, {"streams":[{"socket":4, "start":3.00022, "end":4.00022, "seconds":1, "bytes":2498560, "bits_per_second":19988480, "packets":305, "omitted":false}], "sum":{"start":3.00022, "end":4.00022, "seconds":1, "bytes":2498560, "bits_per_second":19988480, "packets":305, "omitted":false}}, {"streams":[{"socket":4, "start":4.00022, "end":5.0002, "seconds":0.999977, "bytes":2498560, "bits_per_second":1.99889e+07, "packets":305, "omitted":false}], "sum":{"start":4.00022, "end":5.0002, "seconds":0.999977, "bytes":2498560, "bits_per_second":1.99889e+07, "packets":305, "omitted":false}}, {"streams":[{"socket":4, "start":5.0002, "end":6.00024, "seconds":1.00004, "bytes":2498560, "bits_per_second":1.99877e+07, "packets":305, "omitted":false}], "sum":{"start":5.0002, "end":6.00024, "seconds":1.00004, "bytes":2498560, "bits_per_second":1.99877e+07, "packets":305, "omitted":false}}, {"streams":[{"socket":4, "start":6.00024, "end":7.00023, "seconds":0.999998, "bytes":2498560, "bits_per_second":1.99885e+07, "packets":305, "omitted":false}], "sum":{"start":6.00024, "end":7.00023, "seconds":0.999998, "bytes":2498560, "bits_per_second":1.99885e+07, "packets":305, "omitted":false}}, {"streams":[{"socket":4, "start":7.00023, "end":8.00023, "seconds":0.999999, "bytes":2506752, "bits_per_second":2.0054e+07, "packets":306, "omitted":false}], "sum":{"start":7.00023, "end":8.00023, "seconds":0.999999, "bytes":2506752, "bits_per_second":2.0054e+07, "packets":306, "omitted":false}}, {"streams":[{"socket":4, "start":8.00023, "end":9.00018, "seconds":0.999945, "bytes":2498560, "bits_per_second":1.99896e+07, "packets":305, "omitted":false}], "sum":{"start":8.00023, "end":9.00018, "seconds":0.999945, "bytes":2498560, "bits_per_second":1.99896e+07, "packets":305, "omitted":false}}, {"streams":[{"socket":4, "start":9.00018, "end":10.0002, "seconds":1.00004, "bytes":2498560, "bits_per_second":1.99876e+07, "packets":305, "omitted":false}], "sum":{"start":9.00018, "end":10.0002, "seconds":1.00004, "bytes":2498560, "bits_per_second":1.99876e+07, "packets":305, "omitted":false}}], "end":{"streams":[{"udp":{"socket":4, "start":0, "end":10.0002, "seconds":10.0002, "bytes":24756224, "bits_per_second":1.98045e+07, "jitter_ms":0.0113579, "lost_packets":0, "packets":3022, "lost_percent":0}}], "sum":{"start":0, "end":10.0002, "seconds":10.0002, "bytes":24756224, "bits_per_second":1.98045e+07, "jitter_ms":0.0113579, "lost_packets":0, "packets":3022, "lost_percent":0}, "cpu_utilization_percent":{"host_total":0.647561, "host_user":0.146468, "host_system":0.501083, "remote_total":0.31751, "remote_user":0, "remote_system":0.31751}}}
 
 
 @mock.patch('yardstick.benchmark.scenarios.networking.iperf3.ssh')
 class IperfTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+    output_name_tcp = 'iperf3_sample_output.json'
+    output_name_udp = 'iperf3_sample_output_udp.json'
 
     def setUp(self):
         self.ctx = {
         options = {}
         args = {'options': options}
 
-        sample_output = self._read_sample_output()
+        sample_output = self._read_sample_output(self.output_name_tcp)
         mock_ssh.SSH().execute.return_value = (0, sample_output, '')
         expected_result = json.loads(sample_output)
         result = p.run(args)
             'sla': {'bytes_per_second': 15000000}
         }
 
-        sample_output = self._read_sample_output()
+        sample_output = self._read_sample_output(self.output_name_tcp)
         mock_ssh.SSH().execute.return_value = (0, sample_output, '')
         expected_result = json.loads(sample_output)
         result = p.run(args)
             'sla': {'bytes_per_second': 25000000}
         }
 
-        sample_output = self._read_sample_output()
+        sample_output = self._read_sample_output(self.output_name_tcp)
+        mock_ssh.SSH().execute.return_value = (0, sample_output, '')
+        self.assertRaises(AssertionError, p.run, args)
+
+    def test_iperf_successful_sla_jitter(self, mock_ssh):
+
+        p = iperf3.Iperf(self.ctx)
+        mock_ssh.SSH().execute.return_value = (0, '', '')
+        p.host = mock_ssh.SSH()
+
+        options = {"udp":"udp","bandwidth":"20m"}
+        args = {
+            'options': options,
+            'sla': {'jitter': 10}
+        }
+
+        sample_output = self._read_sample_output(self.output_name_udp)
+        mock_ssh.SSH().execute.return_value = (0, sample_output, '')
+        expected_result = json.loads(sample_output)
+        result = p.run(args)
+        self.assertEqual(result, expected_result)
+
+    def test_iperf_unsuccessful_sla_jitter(self, mock_ssh):
+
+        p = iperf3.Iperf(self.ctx)
+        mock_ssh.SSH().execute.return_value = (0, '', '')
+        p.host = mock_ssh.SSH()
+
+        options = {"udp":"udp","bandwidth":"20m"}
+        args = {
+            'options': options,
+            'sla': {'jitter': 0.0001}
+        }
+
+        sample_output = self._read_sample_output(self.output_name_udp)
         mock_ssh.SSH().execute.return_value = (0, sample_output, '')
         self.assertRaises(AssertionError, p.run, args)
 
         mock_ssh.SSH().execute.return_value = (1, '', 'FOOBAR')
         self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, p.run, args)
 
-    def _read_sample_output(self):
+    def _read_sample_output(self,filename):
         curr_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-        output = os.path.join(curr_path, 'iperf3_sample_output.json')
+        output = os.path.join(curr_path, filename)
         with open(output) as f:
             sample_output = f.read()
         return sample_output
 
         if not options:
             options = ""
 
+        use_UDP = False
         if "udp" in options:
             cmd += " --udp"
+            use_UDP = True
+            if "bandwidth" in options:
+                cmd += " --bandwidth %s" % options["bandwidth"]
         else:
             # tcp obviously
             if "nodelay" in options:
 
         output = json.loads(stdout)
 
-        # convert bits per second to bytes per second
-        bytes_per_second = \
-            int((output["end"]["sum_received"]["bits_per_second"])) / 8
-
         if "sla" in args:
-            sla_bytes_per_second = int(args["sla"]["bytes_per_second"])
-            assert bytes_per_second >= sla_bytes_per_second, \
-                "bytes_per_second %d < sla (%d)" % \
-                (bytes_per_second, sla_bytes_per_second)
+            sla_iperf = args["sla"]
+            if not use_UDP:
+                sla_bytes_per_second = int(sla_iperf["bytes_per_second"])
+
+                # convert bits per second to bytes per second
+                bit_per_second = \
+                    int(output["end"]["sum_received"]["bits_per_second"])
+                bytes_per_second = bit_per_second / 8
+                assert bytes_per_second >= sla_bytes_per_second, \
+                    "bytes_per_second %d < sla:bytes_per_second (%d)" % \
+                    (bytes_per_second, sla_bytes_per_second)
+            else:
+                sla_jitter = float(sla_iperf["jitter"])
+
+                jitter_ms = float(output["end"]["sum"]["jitter_ms"])
+                assert jitter_ms <= sla_jitter, \
+                    "jitter_ms  %f > sla:jitter %f" % \
+                    (jitter_ms, sla_jitter)
 
         return output