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RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) Port for Multicast Sessions
draft-begen-avt-rtcp-port-for-ssm-01

Document Type Replaced Internet-Draft (individual)
Expired & archived
Author Ali C. Begen
Last updated 2010-08-04 (Latest revision 2010-04-04)
Replaced by draft-ietf-avt-rtcp-port-for-ssm
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Abstract

The Session Description Protocol (SDP) has an attribute that allows RTP applications to specify an address and a port associated with the RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) traffic. In RTP-based source-specific multicast (SSM) sessions, the same attribute is used to designate the address and the RTCP port of the Feedback Target in the SDP description. However, the RTCP port associated with the SSM session itself cannot be specified by the same attribute to avoid ambiguity, and thus, is required to be derived from the "m=" line of the media description. Similarly, in any-source multicast (ASM) sessions, there is no explicit way to specify the destination RTCP port. Deriving the RTCP port from the "m=" line imposes an unnecessary restriction. This document removes this restriction by introducing a new SDP attribute.

Authors

Ali C. Begen

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