draft-ietf-avt-rtcp-guidelines-00.txt   draft-ietf-avt-rtcp-guidelines-01.txt 
AVT Working Group J. Ott AVT Working Group J. Ott
Internet-Draft Helsinki University of Technology Internet-Draft Helsinki University of Technology
Intended status: Informational C. Perkins Intended status: Informational C. Perkins
Expires: January 8, 2009 University of Glasgow Expires: September 10, 2009 University of Glasgow
July 7, 2008 March 9, 2009
Guidelines for Extending the RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) Guidelines for Extending the RTP Control Protocol (RTCP)
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Abstract Abstract
The RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) is used along with the Real-time The RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) is used along with the Real-time
Transport Protocol (RTP) to provide a control channel between media Transport Protocol (RTP) to provide a control channel between media
senders and receivers. This allows constructing a feedback loop to senders and receivers. This allows constructing a feedback loop to
enable application adaptivity and monitoring, among other uses. The enable application adaptivity and monitoring, among other uses. The
basic reporting mechanisms offered by RTCP are generic, yet quite basic reporting mechanisms offered by RTCP are generic, yet quite
powerful and suffice to cover a range of uses. This document powerful and suffice to cover a range of uses. This document
provides guidelines on extending RTCP if those basic mechanisms prove provides guidelines on extending RTCP if those basic mechanisms prove
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Mechanisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Mechanisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4. Issues with RTCP Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4. Issues with RTCP Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5. Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5. Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
7. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 7. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
8. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 8. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
9. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 9. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
9.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 9.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
9.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 9.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . . . . . 18
1. Introduction 1. Introduction
The Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) [RFC3550] is used to carry The Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) [RFC3550] is used to carry
time-dependent (often continuous) media such as audio or video across time-dependent (often continuous) media such as audio or video across
a packet network in an RTP session. RTP usually runs on top of an a packet network in an RTP session. RTP usually runs on top of an
unreliable transport such as UDP, DTLS, or DCCP, so that RTP packets unreliable transport such as UDP, DTLS, or DCCP, so that RTP packets
are susceptible to loss, re-ordering, or duplication. Associated are susceptible to loss, re-ordering, or duplication. Associated
with RTP is the RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) which provides a control with RTP is the RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) which provides a control
channel for each session: media senders provide information about channel for each session: media senders provide information about
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Email: jo@netlab.hut.fi Email: jo@netlab.hut.fi
Colin Perkins Colin Perkins
University of Glasgow University of Glasgow
Department of Computing Science Department of Computing Science
Lilybank Gardens Lilybank Gardens
Glasgow G12 8QQ Glasgow G12 8QQ
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Email: csp@csperkins.org Email: csp@csperkins.org
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