AVTCORE                                                S. Garcia Murillo
Internet-Draft                                            CoSMo Software
Intended status: Standards Track                               Y. Fablet
Expires: September 9, 2021                                    Apple Inc.
                                                           A. Gouaillard
                                                          CoSMo Software
                                                          March 08, 2021


              Codec agnostic RTP payload format for video
           draft-gouaillard-avtcore-codec-agn-rtp-payload-01

Abstract

   RTP Media Chains usually rely on piping encoder output directly to
   packetizers.  Media packetization formats often support a specific
   codec format and optimize RTP packets generation accordingly.

   With the development of Selective Forward Unit (SFU) solutions, that
   do not process media content server side, the need for media content
   processing at the origin and at the destination has arised.

   RTP Media Chains used e.g. in WebRTC solutions are increasingly
   relying on application-specific transforms that sit in-between
   encoder and packetizer on one end and in-between depacketizer and
   decoder on the other end.  This use case has become so important,
   that the W3C is standardizing the capacity to access encoded content
   with the [WebRTCInsertableStreams] API proposal.  An extremely
   popular use case is application level end-to-end encryption of media
   content, using for instance [SFrame].

   Whatever the modification applied to the media content, RTP
   packetizers can no longer expect to use packetization formats that
   mandate media content to be in a specific codec format.

   In the extreme cases like encryption, where the RTP Payload is made
   completely opaque to the SFUs, some extra mechanism must also be
   added for them to be able to route the packets without depending on
   RTP payload or payload headers.

   The traditionnal process of creating a new RTP Payload specification
   per content would not be practical as we would need to make a new one
   for each codec-transform pair.

   This document describes a solution, which provides the following
   features in the case the encoded content has been modified before
   reaching the packetizer: - a paylaod agnostic RTP packetization
   format that can be used on any media content, - a negotiation



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   mechanism for the above format and the inner payload, Both of the
   above mechanism are backward compatible with most of (S)RTP/RTCP
   mechanisms used for bandwidth estimation and congestion control in
   RTP/SRTP/webrtc, including but not limited to SSRC, RED, FEC, RTX,
   NACK, SR/RR, REMB, transport-wide-CC, TMBR, .... It as illustrated by
   existing implementations in chrome, safari, and Medooze.

   This document also describes a solution to allow SFUs to continue
   performing packet routing on top of this generic RTP packetization
   format.

   This document complements the SFrame (media encryption), and
   Dependency Descriptor (AV1 payload annex) documents to provide an
   End-to-End-Encryption solution that would sit on top of SRTP/Webrtc,
   use SFUs on the media back-end, and leverage W3C APIs in the browser.
   A high level description of such system will be provided as an
   informational I-D in the SFrame WG and then cited here.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   3.  RTP Packetization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   4.  Payload Multiplexing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   5.  SDP Negotiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   6.  SFU Packet Selection  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   7.  Redundancy Techniques Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     7.1.  Retransmission Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     7.2.  Forward Error Correction (FEC) Techniques . . . . . . . .  10
     7.3.  Redundant Audio Data Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   8.  Alternatives  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     8.1.  Generic Packetization With In-Payload APT . . . . . . . .  11
     8.2.  A Payload Type for Generic Packetization AND Media Format  11
     8.3.  A RTP Header To Choose Packetization  . . . . . . . . . .  13
   9.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
   10. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
     10.1.  Registration of audio/generic  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
   11. Registration of video/generic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
   12. References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     12.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     12.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17

1.  Introduction

   As per Figure 1 of [RFC7656], a Media Packetizer transforms a single
   Encoded Stream into one or several RTP packets.  The Encoded Stream
   is coming straight from the Media Encoder and is expected to follow
   the format produced by the Media Encoder.  A number of Media
   Packetizer formats have been designed to process a specific format
   produced by Media Encoder.  For instance [RFC6184] is dedicated to
   the processing of content produced by H.264 Media Encoders, and
   generates packets following NALUs organization.

   WebRTC applications are increasingly deploying end-to-end encryption
   solutions on top of RTP Media Chains.  End-to-end encryption is
   implemented by inserting application-specific Media Transformers
   between Media Encoder and Media Packetizer on the sending side, and
   between Media Depacketizer and Media Decoder on the receiving side,
   as described in Figure 1 and Figure 2.  To support end-to-end
   encryption, Media Transformers can use the [SFrame] format.  In
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   [WebRTCInsertableStreams], for instance by injecting JavaScript code
   provided by web pages.

           Physical Stimulus
                    |
                    V
         +----------------------+
         |     Media Capture    |
         +----------------------+
                    |
               Raw Stream
                    V
         +----------------------+
         |     Media Source     |<-- Synchronization Timing
         +----------------------+
                    |
              Source Stream
                    V
         +----------------------+
         |    Media Encoder     |
         +----------------------+
                    |
              Encoded Stream
                    V
         +----------------------+
         |   Media Transformer  |<-- NEW: application-specific transform
         +----------------------+         (e.g. SFrame Encryption)
                    |
            Transformed Stream    +------------+
                    V             |            V
         +----------------------+ | +----------------------+
         |   Media Packetizer   | | | RTP-Based Redundancy |
         +----------------------+ | +----------------------+
                    |             |            |
                    +-------------+  Redundancy RTP Stream
             Source RTP Stream                 |
                    V                          V
         +----------------------+   +----------------------+
         |  RTP-Based Security  |   |  RTP-Based Security  |
         +----------------------+   +----------------------+
                    |                          |
            Secured RTP Stream   Secured Redundancy RTP Stream
                    V                          V
         +----------------------+   +----------------------+
         |   Media Transport    |   |   Media Transport    |
         +----------------------+   +----------------------+





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         Figure 1: Sender Side Concepts in the Media Chain
            With Application-level Media Transform

   These RTP packets are sent over the wire to a receiver media chain
   matching the sender side, reaching the Media Depacketizer that will
   reconstruct the Encoded Stream before passing it to the Media
   Decoder.

         +----------------------+   +----------------------+
         |   Media Transport    |   |   Media Transport    |
         +----------------------+   +----------------------+
           Received |                 Received | Secured
           Secured RTP Stream       Redundancy RTP Stream
                    V                          V
         +----------------------+   +----------------------+
         | RTP-Based Validation |   | RTP-Based Validation |
         +----------------------+   +----------------------+
                    |                          |
           Received RTP Stream   Received Redundancy RTP Stream
                    |                          |
                    |     +--------------------+
                    V     V
         +----------------------+
         |   RTP-Based Repair   |
         +----------------------+
                    |
           Repaired RTP Stream
                    V
         +----------------------+
         |  Media Depacketizer  |
         +----------------------+
                    |
        Received Transformed Stream
                    V
         +----------------------+
         |   Media Transformer  |<-- NEW: application-specific transform
         +----------------------+         (e.g. SFrame Decryption)
                    |
          Received Encoded Stream
                    V
         +----------------------+
         |    Media Decoder     |
         +----------------------+
                    |
          Received Source Stream
                    V
         +----------------------+
         |      Media Sink      |--> Synchronization Information



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         +----------------------+
                    |
           Received Raw Stream
                    V
         +----------------------+
         |     Media Render     |
         +----------------------+
                    |
                    V
            Physical Stimulus

            Figure 2: Receiver Side Concepts in the Media Chain
            With Application-level Media Transform

   This generic packetization does not change how the mapping between
   one or several encoded or dependant streams are mapped to the RTP
   streams or how the synchronization sources(s) (SSRC) are assigned.

   Given the use of post-encoder application-specific transforms, the
   whole Media Chain needs to be made aware of it.  This includes the
   sender post-transform Media Chain, Media Transport intermediaries
   (SFUs typically) and receiver pre-transform Media Chain.

   As these transforms can alter Encoded Streams in any possible way,
   the use of codec-specific Media Packetizers like [RFC6184] on
   Transformed Stream may be suboptimal on sender side.  It may also be
   problematic on the receiving side in case codec-specific processing
   is done prior the Media Transformer.  Media Transport intermediaries
   are often looking at the Media Content itself to fuel their packet
   selection algorithms.

2.  Goals

   The objective of this document is to support inserting any
   application-specific transform between encoders and packetizers in
   the Media Chain.  For that purpose, this document will: 1.  Provide a
   generic packetization format that supports any media content
   (compressed audio, compressed video, encrypted content...) that
   allows reuse of existing RTP mechanisms in place in WebRTC
   applications such as RTX, RED or FEC.  2.  Provide a way to negotiate
   use of the generic packetization format between sender and receiver,
   with minimum impact on existing negotiation approaches.  3.  Provide
   a side-channel information so that network intermediaries (SFU in
   particular) can do their existing packet routing strategies without
   inspecting the media content.






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3.  RTP Packetization

   A generic packetizer, by design, is not expected to understand the
   format of the media to transmit.  The unit used by the packetizer to
   do processing is called a frame in the remainder of the document.

   It is the responsibility of the application using the packetizer to
   group media content in meaningful frames.  In the common case of a
   video codec, the packetizer frame is the frame in byte format (h264
   annex b for example) generated by the encoder.

   If the application wants to transform encoded content, the
   application needs to split the encoded content into frames prior the
   transform.  Each frame is then transformed independently, for
   instance encrypted using [SFrame].  The content of each transformed
   frame is then processed by the packetizer.

   In the case of a video codec supporting spatial scalability, each
   spatial layer MUST be split in its own frame by the application
   before passing it to the packetizer.

   When the packetizer receives a frame from the application, it MUST
   fragment the frame content in multiple RTP packets to ensure packets
   do not exceed the network maximum transmission unit.  The content of
   the frame will be treated as a binary blob by the packetizer, so the
   decision about the boundaries of each fragment is decided arbitrarily
   by the packetizer.  The packetizer or any relaying server MUST NOT
   modify the frame content and concatenating the RTP payload of the RTP
   packets for each frame MUST produce the exact binary content of the
   input frame content.

   The marker bit of each RTP packet in a frame MUST be set according to
   the audio and video profiles specified in [RFC3551].

   The spatial layer frames are sent in ascending order, with the same
   RTP timestamp, and only the last RTP packet of the last spatial layer
   frame will have the marker bit set to 1.

4.  Payload Multiplexing

   In order to reduce the number of payload type in the SDP exchange, a
   single payload type code for the generic packetization can be used
   for all negotiated media formats.  That requires to identify the
   original payload type code of the frame negotiated media format,
   called the associated payload type (APT) hereunder.  The APT value is
   the payload type code of the associated format passed to the generic
   Media Packetizer before any transformation is applied.




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   The APT value is sent in a dedicated header extension.  The payload
   of this header extension can be encoded using either the one-byte or
   two-byte header defined in [RFC5285].  Figures 3 and 4 show examples
   with each one of these examples.

                       0                   1
                       0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5
                      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
                      |  ID   | len=0 |S|     APT     |
                      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   Figure 3: Frame Associated Payload Type Encoding Using the One-Byte
   Header Format

        0                   1                   2                   3
        0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |      ID       |     len=1     |S|     APT     |    0 (pad)    |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   Figure 4: Frame Associated Payload Type Encoding Using the Two-Byte
   Header Format

   The APT value is the associated payload type value.  The S bit
   indicates if the media stream can be forwarded safely starting from
   this RTP packet.  Typically, it will be set to 1 on the first RTP
   packet of an intra video frame and in all RTP audio packets.

   Receivers MUST be ready to receive RTP packets with different
   associated payload types in the same way they would receive different
   payload type codes on the RTP packets.

   The URI for declaring this header extension in an extmap attribute is
   "urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:associated-payload-type".

5.  SDP Negotiation

   To use the RTP generic packetization, the SDP Offer/Answer exchange
   MUST negotiate: - The payload type of the negotiated codec format -
   The generic payload type - The associated payload type header
   extension

   Only the negotiated payload types are allowed to be used as
   associated payload types.  Figure 5 illustrates a SDP that negotiates
   exchange of video using either VP8 or VP9 codecs with the possibility
   to use the generic packetization.  In this example, RTX is also
   negotiated and will be applied normally on each associated payload
   type.



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   m=video 9 UDP/TLS/RTP/SAVPF 96 97 98 99 100 101
   c=IN IP4 0.0.0.0
   a=rtcp:9 IN IP4 0.0.0.0
   a=setup:actpass
   a=mid:1
   a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid
   a=extmap:2 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:rtp-stream-id
   a=extmap:3 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:repaired-rtp-stream-id
   a=extmap:4 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:associated-payload-type
   a=sendrecv
   a=rtpmap:96 vp9/90000
   a=rtpmap:97 vp8/90000
   a=rtpmap:98 generic/90000
   a=rtpmap:99 rtx/90000
   a=fmtp:99 apt=96
   a=rtpmap:100 rtx/90000
   a=fmtp:100 apt=97
   a=rtpmap:101 rtx/90000
   a=fmtp:101 apt=98

   Figure 5: SDP example negotiating the generic payload type and
   related header extension for video

6.  SFU Packet Selection

   SFUs need to have a basic understanding of each frame they receive so
   they can decide to forward it or not and to which endpoint.  They
   might need similar information to support media content recording.
   This information is either generic to a group of frame (called a
   stream hereafter) or specific to each frame.

   The information is transmitted as a RTP header extension as the RTP
   packet payload should be treated as opaque by the SFU.  This is
   especially necessary if the payload is end-to-end encrypted.  The
   amount of information should be limited to what is strictly necessary
   to the SFU task since it is not always as trusted as individual
   peers.

   For audio, configuration information such as Opus TOC might be
   useful.  For video, configuration information might include: - Stream
   configuration information: resolution, quality, frame rate... - Codec
   specific configuration information: codec profile like profile_idc...
   - Frame specific information: whether the stream is decodable when
   starting from this frame, whether the frame is skippable...

   For video content, this information can be sent using a Dependency
   Descriptor header extension.  In that case, the first RTP packet of




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   the frame will have its start_of_frame equal to 1 and the last packet
   will have its end_of_frame equal to 1.

7.  Redundancy Techniques Considerations

   The solution described in this document is expected to integrate well
   with the existing RTP ecosystem.  This section describes how the
   generic packetizer can be used jointly with existing techniques that
   allow to mitigate unreliable transports.

7.1.  Retransmission Techniques

   [RFC4588] defines a retransmission payload format (RTX) that can be
   used in case of packet loss.  As defined in [RFC4588], RTX is able to
   handle any payload format, including the format described in this
   document.  Given RTX preserves both RTP packet payload and headers,
   the receiver will be able to identify the payload type of the
   recovered packet and whether generic packetization is used.  RTX will
   also allow recovering RTP header extensions that convey information
   on the media content itself.

7.2.  Forward Error Correction (FEC) Techniques

   FEC is another technique used in RTP Media Chains to protect media
   content against packet loss.  [RFC5109] defines such a payload format
   used to transmit FEC for specific packets protection.

   FEC may protect some parts of the media content more than others.
   For instance, intra video frame encoded data or important network
   abstraction layer units (NALUs) like SPS/PPS may be more protected.
   With a post-encoder transform and the use of a generic packetization,
   the granularity of the recovery mechanism is no longer at the NALU
   level but at the level of the frame generated by the post-encoder
   transform.  In case a SVC codec is used, each spatial layer will be
   processed as an independent frame.  In that case, base layers can be
   protected more heavily than higher resolution layers.

7.3.  Redundant Audio Data Techniques

   As defined in [RFC7656] RTP-based redundancy is defined here as a
   transformation that generates redundant or repair packets sent out as
   a Redundancy RTP Stream to mitigate Network Transport impairments,
   like packet loss and delay.

   [RFC2198] defines a payload format for sending the same audio data
   encoded multiple times at different quality levels.  This allows to
   use a lower quality encoding of the audio data, should the higher
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   If a Media Transformation is in use, both the primary and redundant
   encoding must be transformed independently and the redundant packet
   created normally.  As the RTP headers present in the redundant packet
   are only applicable to the primary encoding, if the payload type for
   a redundant encoding block is mapped to the generic packetizer, the
   value of the associated payload type for the primary encoding is
   applied to the redundant encoding block as well.

8.  Alternatives

   Various alternatives can be used to implement and negotiate generic
   packetization.  This section describes a few additional alternatives.
   This section is to be removed before finalization of the document.

8.1.  Generic Packetization With In-Payload APT

   Instead of using a RTP header extension to convey the APT value, it
   is prepended in the RTP payload itself.  As the value cannot change
   for a whole frame, its value is prepended to the first packet
   generated of the frame only.  This removes the need to negotiate a
   dedicated header extension, but may require the SFU to update the
   payload when sending or recording content.

8.2.  A Payload Type for Generic Packetization AND Media Format

   The payload type is negotiated in the SDP so as to identify both the
   negotiated codec format and the generic packetization use.  There is
   no network cost but this increases the number of payload types used
   in the SDP.






















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   m=video 9 UDP/TLS/RTP/SAVPF 96 97 98 99 100 101
   c=IN IP4 0.0.0.0
   a=rtcp:9 IN IP4 0.0.0.0
   a=setup:actpass
   a=mid:1
   a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid
   a=extmap:2 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:rtp-stream-id
   a=extmap:3 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:repaired-rtp-stream-id
   a=sendrecv
   a=rtpmap:96 vp9/90000
   a=rtpmap:97 generic/90000
   a=fmtp:97 apt=96
   a=rtpmap:98 vp8/90000
   a=rtpmap:99 generic/90000
   a=fmtp:99 apt=98
   a=rtpmap:100 rtx/90000
   a=fmtp:100 apt=96
   a=rtpmap:101 rtx/90000
   a=fmtp:101 apt=97
   a=rtpmap:102 rtx/90000
   a=fmtp:102 apt=98
   a=rtpmap:103 rtx/90000
   a=fmtp:103 apt=99

   Figure 6: SDP example negotiating a payload type for format and
   generic packetization

   A variation of this approach is to consider defining generic payload
   types, each of them having an identified codec format.

   m=video 9 UDP/TLS/RTP/SAVPF 96 97 98 99 100 101
   c=IN IP4 0.0.0.0
   a=rtcp:9 IN IP4 0.0.0.0
   a=setup:actpass
   a=mid:1
   a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid
   a=extmap:2 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:rtp-stream-id
   a=extmap:3 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:repaired-rtp-stream-id
   a=sendrecv
   a=rtpmap:96 generic/90000
   a=fmtp:96 codec=vp9
   a=rtpmap:97 generic/90000
   a=fmtp:97 codec=vp8
   a=rtpmap:98 rtx/90000
   a=fmtp:98 apt=96
   a=rtpmap:99 rtx/90000
   a=fmtp:99 apt=97




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   Figure 7: SDP example negotiating a payload type for format and
   generic packetization

8.3.  A RTP Header To Choose Packetization

   A RTP header extension can be used to flag content as opaque so that
   the receiver knows whether to use or not the generic packetization.
   As for the API header extension, the RTP header extension may not
   need to be sent for every packet, it could for instance be sent for
   the first packet of every intra video frame.  The main advantage of
   this approach is the reduced impact on SDP negotiation.

   m=video 9 UDP/TLS/RTP/SAVPF 96 97 98 99 100 101
   c=IN IP4 0.0.0.0
   a=rtcp:9 IN IP4 0.0.0.0
   a=setup:actpass
   a=mid:1
   a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid
   a=extmap:2 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:rtp-stream-id
   a=extmap:3 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:repaired-rtp-stream-id
   a=extmap:4 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:generic-packetization-use
   a=sendrecv
   a=rtpmap:96 vp9/90000
   a=rtpmap:97 vp8/90000
   a=rtpmap:98 rtx/90000
   a=fmtp:98 apt=96
   a=rtpmap:99 rtx/90000
   a=fmtp:99 apt=97

   Figure 8: SDP example negotiating generic packetization as RTP header
   extension

9.  Security Considerations

   RTP packets using the payload format defined in this specification
   are subject to the general security considerations discussed in
   [RFC3550].  It is not expected that the proposed solutions (generic
   packetization and header extension) presented in this document can
   create new security threats.  The use and implementation of RTP Media
   Chains containing Media Transformers needs to be done carerefully.
   It is important to refer to the security considerations discussed in
   [SFrame] and [WebRTCInsertableStreams].  In particular Media
   Transformers on the receiver side need to be prepared to receive
   arbitrary content, like decoders already do.  Similarly, since Media
   Transformers can be implemented as JavaScript in browsers, RTP
   Packetizers should be prepared to receive arbitrary content.





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10.  IANA Considerations

   Two new media subtypes have been registered with IANA, as described
   in this section.

10.1.  Registration of audio/generic

   Type name: audio

   Subtype name: generic

   Required parameters: none

   Optional parameters: none

   Encoding considerations: This format is framed (see Section 4.8 in
   the template document) and contains binary data.

   Security considerations: TBD.

   Interoperability considerations: TBD

   Published specification: TBD.

   Applications that use this media type: TBD.

   Additional information: none

   Intended usage: COMMON

   Restrictions on usage: TBD

   Author:

   Change controller:

11.  Registration of video/generic

   Type name: video

   Subtype name: generic

   Required parameters: none

   Optional parameters: none

   Encoding considerations: This format is framed (see Section 4.8 in
   the template document) and contains binary data.



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   Security considerations: TBD.

   Interoperability considerations: TBD

   Published specification: TBD.

   Applications that use this media type: TBD.

   Additional information: none

   Intended usage: COMMON

   Restrictions on usage: TBD

   Author:

   Change controller:

12.  References

12.1.  Normative References

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC3550]  Schulzrinne, H., Casner, S., Frederick, R., and V.
              Jacobson, "RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time
              Applications", STD 64, RFC 3550, DOI 10.17487/RFC3550,
              July 2003, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3550>.

   [RFC3551]  Schulzrinne, H. and S. Casner, "RTP Profile for Audio and
              Video Conferences with Minimal Control", STD 65, RFC 3551,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC3551, July 2003,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3551>.

   [RFC3711]  Baugher, M., McGrew, D., Naslund, M., Carrara, E., and K.
              Norrman, "The Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP)",
              RFC 3711, DOI 10.17487/RFC3711, March 2004,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3711>.

   [RFC4566]  Handley, M., Jacobson, V., and C. Perkins, "SDP: Session
              Description Protocol", RFC 4566, DOI 10.17487/RFC4566,
              July 2006, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4566>.






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   [RFC5285]  Singer, D. and H. Desineni, "A General Mechanism for RTP
              Header Extensions", RFC 5285, DOI 10.17487/RFC5285, July
              2008, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5285>.

   [RFC7656]  Lennox, J., Gross, K., Nandakumar, S., Salgueiro, G., and
              B. Burman, Ed., "A Taxonomy of Semantics and Mechanisms
              for Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP) Sources", RFC 7656,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7656, November 2015,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7656>.

   [RFC8285]  Singer, D., Desineni, H., and R. Even, Ed., "A General
              Mechanism for RTP Header Extensions", RFC 8285,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8285, October 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8285>.

12.2.  Informative References

   [RFC2198]  Perkins, C., Kouvelas, I., Hodson, O., Hardman, V.,
              Handley, M., Bolot, J., Vega-Garcia, A., and S. Fosse-
              Parisis, "RTP Payload for Redundant Audio Data", RFC 2198,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2198, September 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2198>.

   [RFC4588]  Rey, J., Leon, D., Miyazaki, A., Varsa, V., and R.
              Hakenberg, "RTP Retransmission Payload Format", RFC 4588,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC4588, July 2006,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4588>.

   [RFC5109]  Li, A., Ed., "RTP Payload Format for Generic Forward Error
              Correction", RFC 5109, DOI 10.17487/RFC5109, December
              2007, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5109>.

   [RFC6184]  Wang, Y., Even, R., Kristensen, T., and R. Jesup, "RTP
              Payload Format for H.264 Video", RFC 6184,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6184, May 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6184>.

   [RFC6464]  Lennox, J., Ed., Ivov, E., and E. Marocco, "A Real-time
              Transport Protocol (RTP) Header Extension for Client-to-
              Mixer Audio Level Indication", RFC 6464,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6464, December 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6464>.

   [RFC6465]  Ivov, E., Ed., Marocco, E., Ed., and J. Lennox, "A Real-
              time Transport Protocol (RTP) Header Extension for Mixer-
              to-Client Audio Level Indication", RFC 6465,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6465, December 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6465>.



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   [RFC6904]  Lennox, J., "Encryption of Header Extensions in the Secure
              Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP)", RFC 6904,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6904, April 2013,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6904>.

   [SFrame]   "Secure Frame (SFrame)", n.d.,
              <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-omara-sframe>.

   [WebRTCInsertableStreams]
              "WebRTC Insertable Media using Streams", n.d.,
              <https://w3c.github.io/webrtc-insertable-streams>.

Authors' Addresses

   Sergio Garcia Murillo
   CoSMo Software

   Email: sergio.garcia.murillo@cosmosoftware.io


   Youenn Fablet
   Apple Inc.

   Email: youenn@apple.com


   Alexandre Gouaillard
   CoSMo Software

   Email: alex.gouaillard@cosmosoftware.io





















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