MMUSIC A. Begen
Internet-Draft Y. Cai
Intended status: Standards Track H. Ou
Expires: September 12, 2012 Cisco
March 11, 2012
Duplication Grouping Semantics in the Session Description Protocol
draft-begen-mmusic-redundancy-grouping-03
Abstract
Packet loss is undesirable for real-time multimedia sessions, but can
occur due to congestion, or other unplanned network outages. This is
especially true for IP multicast networks, where packet loss patterns
can vary greatly between receivers. One technique that can be used
to recover from packet loss without incurring unbounded delay for all
the receivers is to duplicate the packets and send them in separate
redundant streams. This document defines the semantics for grouping
redundant streams in the Session Description Protocol (SDP). The
semantics defined in this document are to be used with the SDP
Grouping Framework [RFC5888]. SSRC-level (Synchronization Source)
grouping semantics are also defined in this document for RTP streams
using SSRC multiplexing.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Requirements Notation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Duplication Grouping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.1. "DUP" Grouping Semantics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.2. DUP Grouping for SSRC-Multiplexed RTP Streams . . . . . . . 4
3.3. SDP Offer/Answer Model Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4. SDP Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4.1. Separate Source Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4.2. Separate Destination Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4.3. Temporal Redundancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
6. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
7. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
8. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
8.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
8.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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1. Introduction
The Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) [RFC3550] is widely used today
for delivering IPTV traffic, and other real-time multimedia sessions.
Many of these applications support very large numbers of receivers,
and rely on intra-domain UDP/IP multicast for efficient distribution
of traffic within the network.
While this combination has proved successful, there does exist a
weakness. As [RFC2354] noted, packet loss is not avoidable, even in
a carefully managed network. This loss might be due to congestion,
it might also be a result of an unplanned outage caused by a flapping
link, link or interface failure, a software bug, or a maintenance
person accidentally cutting the wrong fiber. Since UDP/IP flows do
not provide any means for detecting loss and retransmitting packets,
it leaves up to the RTP layer and the applications to detect, and
recover from, packet loss.
One technique to recover from packet loss without incurring unbounded
delay for all the receivers is to duplicate the packets and send them
in separate redundant streams. Variations on this idea have been
implemented and deployed today [IC2011].
[I-D.begen-avtcore-rtp-duplication] explains how duplication can be
achieved for RTP streams without breaking the RTP and RTCP
functionality. In this document, we describe the semantics needed in
the Session Description Protocol (SDP) [RFC4566] to support this
technique.
2. Requirements Notation
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in
[RFC2119].
3. Duplication Grouping
3.1. "DUP" Grouping Semantics
Each "a=group" line is used to indicate an association relationship
between the redundant streams. The streams included in one "a=group"
line are called a Duplication Group.
Using the framework in [RFC5888], this document defines "DUP" as the
grouping semantics for redundant streams.
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The "a=group:DUP" semantics MUST be used to group the redundant
streams except when the streams are specified in the same media
description, i.e., in the same "m" line (See Section 3.2).
When the redundant streams are described in separate "m" lines and
the 'group' attribute is used to describe the redundancy relation,
the SSRCs for each redundant stream MUST be announced in the SDP
description using the 'ssrc' attribute [RFC5576]. According to
[I-D.begen-avtcore-rtp-duplication], the sender must also use the
same RTCP CNAME for both the main and redundant streams, and must
include an "a=ssrc:... srcname:..." attribute to correlate the flows.
3.2. DUP Grouping for SSRC-Multiplexed RTP Streams
[RFC5576] defines an SDP media-level attribute, called 'ssrc-group',
for grouping the RTP streams that are SSRC multiplexed and carried in
the same RTP session. The grouping is based on the SSRC identifiers.
Since SSRC-multiplexed RTP streams are defined in the same "m" line,
the 'group' attribute cannot be used.
This section specifies how duplication is used with SSRC-multiplexed
streams using the 'ssrc-group' attribute [RFC5576].
The semantics of "DUP" for the 'ssrc-group' attribute are the same as
the one defined for the 'group' attribute except that the SSRC
identifiers are used to designate the duplication grouping
associations: a=ssrc-group:DUP *(SP ssrc-id) [RFC5576].
3.3. SDP Offer/Answer Model Considerations
When offering duplication grouping using SDP in an Offer/Answer model
[RFC3264], the following considerations apply.
A node that is receiving an offer from a sender may or may not
understand line grouping. It is also possible that the node
understands line grouping but it does not understand the "DUP"
semantics. From the viewpoint of the sender of the offer, these
cases are indistinguishable.
When a node is offered a session with the "DUP" grouping semantics
but it does not support line grouping or the duplication grouping
semantics, as per [RFC5888], the node responds to the offer either
(1) with an answer that ignores the grouping attribute or (2) with a
refusal to the request (e.g., 488 Not Acceptable Here or 606 Not
Acceptable in SIP).
In the first case, the original sender of the offer must send a new
offer without any duplication grouping. In the second case, if the
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sender of the offer still wishes to establish the session, it should
retry the request with an offer without the duplication grouping.
This behavior is specified in [RFC5888].
4. SDP Examples
4.1. Separate Source Addresses
In this example, the redundant streams use the same IP destination
address (232.252.0.1) but they are sourced from different addresses
(198.51.100.1 and 198.51.100.2). Thus, the receiving host needs to
join both SSM sessions separately.
v=0
o=ali 1122334455 1122334466 IN IP4 dup.example.com
s=DUP Grouping Semantics
t=0 0
m=video 30000 RTP/AVP 100
c=IN IP4 232.252.0.1/127
a=source-filter:incl IN IP4 232.252.0.1 198.51.100.1 198.51.100.2
a=rtpmap:100 MP2T/90000
a=ssrc:1000 cname:ch1@example.com
a=ssrc:1010 cname:ch1@example.com
a=ssrc-group:DUP 1000 1010
a=mid:Group1
Note that in actual use, SSRC values, which are random 32-bit
numbers, can be much larger than the ones shown in this example.
4.2. Separate Destination Addresses
In this example, the redundant streams have different IP destination
addresses. The example shows the same UDP port number and IP source
addresses, but either or both could have been different for the two
streams.
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v=0
o=ali 1122334455 1122334466 IN IP4 dup.example.com
s=DUP Grouping Semantics
t=0 0
a=group:DUP S1a S1b
m=video 30000 RTP/AVP 100
c=IN IP4 233.252.0.1/127
a=source-filter:incl IN IP4 233.252.0.1 198.51.100.1
a=rtpmap:100 MP2T/90000
a=ssrc:1000 cname:ch1@example.com
a=ssrc:1000 srcname:45:a8:f4:19:b4:c3
a=mid:S1a
m=video 30000 RTP/AVP 101
c=IN IP4 233.252.0.2/127
a=source-filter:incl IN IP4 233.252.0.2 198.51.100.1
a=rtpmap:101 MP2T/90000
a=ssrc:1010 cname:ch1@example.com
a=ssrc:1010 srcname:45:a8:f4:19:b4:c3
a=mid:S1b
4.3. Temporal Redundancy
In this example, the redundant streams have the same IP source and
destination addresses but different UDP port numbers. Due to the
same source and destination addresses, the packets in both streams
will be routed over the same path. To provide resiliency against
packet loss, the duplicate of an original packet is transmitted 50 ms
later as indicated by the 'duplication-delay' attribute (defined in
[I-D.begen-mmusic-temporal-interleaving]).
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v=0
o=ali 1122334455 1122334466 IN IP4 dup.example.com
s=DUP Grouping Semantics
t=0 0
a=group:DUP S1a S1b
a=duplication-delay:50
m=video 30000 RTP/AVP 100
c=IN IP4 233.252.0.1/127
a=source-filter:incl IN IP4 233.252.0.1 198.51.100.1
a=rtpmap:100 MP2T/90000
a=ssrc:1000 cname:ch1@example.com
a=ssrc:1000 srcname:45:a8:f4:19:b4:c3
a=mid:S1a
m=video 40000 RTP/AVP 101
c=IN IP4 233.252.0.1/127
a=source-filter:incl IN IP4 233.252.0.1 198.51.100.1
a=rtpmap:101 MP2T/90000
a=ssrc:1010 cname:ch1@example.com
a=ssrc:1010 srcname:45:a8:f4:19:b4:c3
a=mid:S1b
5. Security Considerations
There is a weak threat for the receiver that the duplication grouping
can be modified to indicate relationships that do not exist. Such
attacks might result in failure of the duplication mechanisms, and/or
mishandling of the media streams by the receivers.
In order to avoid attacks of this sort, the SDP description needs to
be integrity protected and provided with source authentication. This
can, for example, be achieved on an end-to-end basis using S/MIME
[RFC5652] [RFC5751] when the SDP is used in a signaling packet using
MIME types (application/sdp). Alternatively, HTTPS [RFC2818] or the
authentication method in the Session Announcement Protocol (SAP)
[RFC2974] could be used as well.
6. IANA Considerations
This document registers the following semantics with IANA in
Semantics for the 'group' SDP Attribute under SDP Parameters:
Note to the RFC Editor: In the following registrations, please
replace "XXXX" with the number of this document prior to publication
as an RFC.
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Semantics Token Reference
------------------------------------- ------ ---------
Duplication DUP [RFCXXXX]
This document also registers the following semantics with IANA in
Semantics for the 'ssrc-group' SDP Attribute under SDP Parameters:
Token Semantics Reference
------- ----------------------------- ---------
DUP Duplication [RFCXXXX]
7. Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank Colin Perkins, Bill Ver Steeg, Dave
Oran and Toerless Eckert for their inputs and suggestions.
8. References
8.1. Normative References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
[RFC3264] Rosenberg, J. and H. Schulzrinne, "An Offer/Answer Model
with Session Description Protocol (SDP)", RFC 3264,
June 2002.
[RFC3550] Schulzrinne, H., Casner, S., Frederick, R., and V.
Jacobson, "RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time
Applications", STD 64, RFC 3550, July 2003.
[RFC4566] Handley, M., Jacobson, V., and C. Perkins, "SDP: Session
Description Protocol", RFC 4566, July 2006.
[RFC5576] Lennox, J., Ott, J., and T. Schierl, "Source-Specific
Media Attributes in the Session Description Protocol
(SDP)", RFC 5576, June 2009.
[RFC5888] Camarillo, G. and H. Schulzrinne, "The Session Description
Protocol (SDP) Grouping Framework", RFC 5888, June 2010.
8.2. Informative References
[I-D.begen-avtcore-rtp-duplication]
Begen, A. and C. Perkins, "Duplicating RTP Streams",
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draft-begen-avtcore-rtp-duplication-01 (work in progress),
March 2012.
[I-D.begen-mmusic-temporal-interleaving]
Begen, A., Cai, Y., and H. Ou, "Delayed Duplication
Attribute in the Session Description Protocol",
draft-begen-mmusic-temporal-interleaving-04 (work in
progress), March 2012.
[IC2011] Evans, J., Begen, A., Greengrass, J., and C. Filsfils,
"Toward Lossless Video Transport (to appear in IEEE
Internet Computing)", November 2011.
[RFC2354] Perkins, C. and O. Hodson, "Options for Repair of
Streaming Media", RFC 2354, June 1998.
[RFC2818] Rescorla, E., "HTTP Over TLS", RFC 2818, May 2000.
[RFC2974] Handley, M., Perkins, C., and E. Whelan, "Session
Announcement Protocol", RFC 2974, October 2000.
[RFC5652] Housley, R., "Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)", STD 70,
RFC 5652, September 2009.
[RFC5751] Ramsdell, B. and S. Turner, "Secure/Multipurpose Internet
Mail Extensions (S/MIME) Version 3.2 Message
Specification", RFC 5751, January 2010.
Authors' Addresses
Ali Begen
Cisco
181 Bay Street
Toronto, ON M5J 2T3
Canada
Email: abegen@cisco.com
Yiqun Cai
Cisco
170 W. Tasman Dr.
San Jose, CA 95134
USA
Email: ycai@cisco.com
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Heidi Ou
Cisco
170 W. Tasman Dr.
San Jose, CA 95134
USA
Email: hou@cisco.com
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