Using Simulcast in SDP and RTP Sessions
draft-ietf-mmusic-sdp-simulcast-12

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Network Working Group                                          B. Burman
Internet-Draft                                             M. Westerlund
Intended status: Standards Track                                Ericsson
Expires: October 12, 2018                                  S. Nandakumar
                                                               M. Zanaty
                                                                   Cisco
                                                          April 10, 2018

                Using Simulcast in SDP and RTP Sessions
                   draft-ietf-mmusic-sdp-simulcast-12

Abstract

   In some application scenarios it may be desirable to send multiple
   differently encoded versions of the same media source in different
   RTP streams.  This is called simulcast.  This document describes how
   to accomplish simulcast in RTP and how to signal it in SDP.  The
   described solution uses an RTP/RTCP identification method to identify
   RTP streams belonging to the same media source, and makes an
   extension to SDP to relate those RTP streams as being different
   simulcast formats of that media source.  The SDP extension consists
   of a new media level SDP attribute that expresses capability to send
   and/or receive simulcast RTP streams.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     2.1.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     2.2.  Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   3.  Use Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     3.1.  Reaching a Diverse Set of Receivers . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     3.2.  Application Specific Media Source Handling  . . . . . . .   7
     3.3.  Receiver Media Source Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   4.  Overview  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   5.  Detailed Description  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     5.1.  Simulcast Attribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     5.2.  Simulcast Capability  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     5.3.  Offer/Answer Use  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
       5.3.1.  Generating the Initial SDP Offer  . . . . . . . . . .  13
       5.3.2.  Creating the SDP Answer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
       5.3.3.  Offerer Processing the SDP Answer . . . . . . . . . .  14
       5.3.4.  Modifying the Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     5.4.  Use with Declarative SDP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     5.5.  Relating Simulcast Streams  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     5.6.  Signaling Examples  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
       5.6.1.  Single-Source Client  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
       5.6.2.  Multi-Source Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
       5.6.3.  Simulcast and Redundancy  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
   6.  RTP Aspects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
     6.1.  Outgoing from Endpoint with Media Source  . . . . . . . .  23
     6.2.  RTP Middlebox to Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
       6.2.1.  Media-Switching Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
       6.2.2.  Selective Forwarding Middlebox  . . . . . . . . . . .  26