An entry in cMTRtpMetricStatsTable represents RTP related information of a hop on the path associated to a Mediatrace session such as bit rate, octets, etc. The devices creates a row in the cMTRtpMetricStatsTable when a Mediatrace session starts collecting a traffic metrics data and has been configured to compute RTP metrics for the same traffic metrics data. Likewise, the device destroys a row in the cMTRtpMetricStatsTable when the corresponding Mediatrace session has ceased collecting the traffic metrics data (e.g., when a scheduled session has timed out). A single row corresponds to a RTP information of a hop on the path discovered for a Mediatrace session and is uniquely identified by cMTSessionNumber, cMTSessionLifeNumber, cMTBucketNumber,cMTHopStatsAddrType and cMTHopStatsAddr. The created rows are destroyed when the device undergoes a restart.