AVTEXT Working Group                                              J. Xia
Internet-Draft                                                    Huawei
Intended status: Informational                           October 8, 2011
Expires: April 10, 2012


                   Content Splicing for RTP Sessions
                 draft-ietf-avtext-splicing-for-rtp-00

Abstract

   This memo outlines RTP splicing.  Splicing is a process that replaces
   the content of the main multimedia stream with other multimedia
   content, and delivers the substitutive multimedia content to receiver
   for a period of time.  This memo provides some RTP splicing use
   cases, then we enumerate a set of requirements and analyze whether an
   existing RTP level middlebox can meet these requirements, at last we
   provide concrete guidelines for how the chosen middlebox works to
   handle RTP splicing.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   2.  Terminology  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   3.  RTP Splicing Discussion and Requirements . . . . . . . . . . .  5
   4.  Recommended Solution for RTP Splicing  . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
     4.1.  RTP Processing in RTP Mixer  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
     4.2.  RTCP Processing in RTP Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
     4.3.  Media Clipping Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
     4.4.  Congestion Control Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
     4.5.  Processing Splicing in User Invisibility Case  . . . . . . 13
   5.  Implementation Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
   6.  Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
   7.  IANA Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
   8.  Acknowledgments  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
   9.  Change Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
     9.1.  draft-xia-avtext-splicing-for-rtp-01 . . . . . . . . . . . 14
     9.2.  draft-xia-avtext-splicing-for-rtp-00 . . . . . . . . . . . 14
   10. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
     10.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
     10.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
   Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
























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1.  Introduction

   This document outlines how splicing can be used for RTP sessions.
   Splicing is a process that replaces the content of the main RTP
   stream with other multimedia content, and delivers the substitutive
   content to receiver for a period of time.  The substitutive content
   can be provided for example via another RTP stream or local media
   file storage.

   One representative use case for splicing is advertisements insertion,
   which allows operators to replace the national advertising content
   with its own regional advertising content prior to delivering the
   regional advertising content to receiver.

   Besides the advertisement insertion use case, there are other use
   cases to which RTP splicing technology can apply.  For example,
   splicing a recorded video into a video conferencing session, and
   implementing a playlist server that stitches pieces of video together
   and so forth.

   So far [SCTE30] and [SCTE35] have standardized MPEG2-TS splicing
   running over cable.  The introduction of multimedia splicing into
   internet requires changes to transport layer, but to date there is no
   guideline for how to handle content splicing for RTP sessions
   [RFC3550].

   In this document, we first describe a set of requirements of RTP
   splicing.  Then we provide a method about how an intermediary node
   can be used to process RTP splicing to meet these requirements from
   the aspects of feasibility, implementation complexity and backward
   compatibility.


2.  Terminology

   The keywords "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].

   Current RTP Stream

      The RTP stream that the RTP receiver is currently receiving.  The
      content of current RTP stream can be either main content or
      substitutive content.







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   Main Content

      The multimedia content that are conveyed in main RTP stream.  Main
      content will be replaced by the substitutive content during
      splicing.

   Main RTP Stream

      The RTP stream that the Splicer is receiving.  The content of main
      RTP stream can be replaced by substitutive content for a period of
      time.

   Substitutive Content

      The multimedia content that replaces the main content during
      splicing.  The substitutive content can for example be contained
      in an RTP stream from a media sender or fetched from local media
      file storage.

   Substitutive RTP Stream

      A RTP stream that may provide substitutive content.  Substitutive
      RTP stream and main RTP stream are two separate streams.  If the
      substitutive content is provided via substitutive RTP stream, the
      substitutive RTP Stream must pass through Splicer before the
      substitutive content is delivered to receiver.

   Splicing In Point

      A virtual point in the RTP stream, suitable for substitutive
      content entry, that exists in the boundary of two independently
      decodable frames.

   Splicing Out Point

      A virtual point in the RTP stream, suitable for substitutive
      content exist, that exists in the boundary of two independently
      decodable frames.

   Splicer

      An intermediary node that inserts substitutive content into main
      RTP stream.  Splicer sends substitutive content to RTP receiver
      instead of main content during splicing.  It is also responsible
      for processing RTCP traffic between media source and RTP receiver.






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3.  RTP Splicing Discussion and Requirements

   In this document, we assume an intermediary network element, which is
   referred to as Splicer, to play the key role to handle RTP splicing.
   A simplified RTP splicing diagram is depicted in Figure 1, in which
   only one main content flow and one substitutive content flow are
   given.


      +---------------+
      |               | Main Content +-----------+
      |Main RTP Sender|------------->|           | Current Content
      |               |              |  Splicer  |---------->
      +---------------+   ---------->|           |
                         |           +-----------+
                         |
                         | Substitutive Content
                         |
                         |
               +-----------------------+
               |Substitutive RTP Sender|
               |          or           |
               |   Local File Storage  |
               +-----------------------+


               Figure 1: RTP Splicing Architecture


   When RTP splicing begins, Splicer stops delivering the main content,
   instead delivering the substitutive content to RTP receiver for a
   period of time, and then resumes the main content when splicing ends.
   The methods how Splicer learns when to start and end the splicing is
   out of scope for this document.  The RTP splicing may happen more
   than once in case that substitutive content will be dispersedly
   inserted in multiple time slots during the lifetime of the main RTP
   stream.

   When realizing splicing technology on RTP layer, there are a set of
   requirements that must be satisfied to at least some degree on
   Splicer:

   REQ-1:

      Splicer MUST operate in either unicast or multicast session
      environment.





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   REQ-2:

      Splicer SHOULD NOT cause perceptible media clipping at the
      splicing point and adverse impact on the quality of user
      experience.

   REQ-3:

      Splicer MUST be backward compatible with RTP/RTCP protocols, and
      its associated profiles and extensions to those protocols.  For
      example, Splicer MUST be robust to packet loss, network congestion
      etc.

   REQ-4:

      Splicer MUST be trusted by media source and receiver, and has the
      valid security context with media source and RTP receiver
      respectively.

   REQ-5:

      Splicer SHOULD allow the media source to learn the performance of
      the downstream receiver when its content is being passed to RTP
      receiver.


   In a number of deployment scenarios, especially advertisement
   insertion, there may be one specific requirement.  Given that it is
   unacceptable for advertisers that their advertising content is not
   delivered to user, this may require RTP splicing to be operated
   within the following constraint:


      If Splicer intends to prevent RTP receiver from identifying and
      filtering the substitutive content, it SHOULD eliminate the
      visibility of splicing process on RTP level from RTP receiver
      point of view.

      However, substitutive content and main content are encoded by
      different encoders and have different parameter sets.  In such
      case, a full media transcoding must be done on Splicer to ensure
      the completely invisible impact on RTP receiver, but this may be
      prohibitively expensive and complex.  As a trade-off, it is
      RECOMMENDED to minimize the splicing visibility on RTP receiver,
      i.e., maintaining RTP header parameters consistent but leaving the
      RTP payload untranscoded.  If one wants to realize complete
      invisibility, the cost of transcoding must be taken into account.




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      Henceforth, we refer to the minimum and complete invisibility
      requirement as User Invisibility Requirement.


   To improve the versatility of existing implementations and better
   interoperability, it is RECOMMENDED to use existing tools in RTP/RTCP
   protocol family to realize RTP splicing without any protocol
   extension unless the existing tools are incompetent for splicing.


4.  Recommended Solution for RTP Splicing

   Given that Splicer is an intermediary node exists between the main
   media source and the RTP receiver and splicing is not an very
   complicated processing, there are some chance that any existing RTP-
   level middlebox may has the incidental capability to meet the
   requirements described in previous section.

   Since Splicer switches between substitutive content and main content,
   and only forward one of them at one point of time.  A RFC3550 mixer
   seems to have such capability to select a media stream, always under
   its own SSRC, which can be used for reception reports to media
   sources and receivers.  Moreover, mixer includes the CSRC list in
   outgoing packets to indicate the source(s) of content, this
   facilitates the system debugging.  From this point of view, an RTP
   mixer may have some chance to be Splicer.  In next four subsections
   (from subsection 4.1 to subsection 4.4), we start analyzing how an
   RTP mixer handles RTP splicing and how it satisfies the general
   requirements listed in section 3.

   In subsection 4.5, we specially consider the special requirement 6
   (i.e., User Invisibility Requirement) since it needs to mask any
   splicing clue on user (e.g, CSRC list must not be included in
   outgoing packets to prevent user from identifying the difference
   between main RTP stream and substitutive RTP stream) when mixer is
   used.

4.1.  RTP Processing in RTP Mixer

   Once mixer has learnt when to do splicing, it must get ready for the
   coming splicing in advance, e.g., fetches the substitutive content
   either from local media file storage or via substitutive RTP stream
   earlier than splicing in point.  If the substitutive content comes
   from local media file storage, mixer can construct the substitutive
   RTP stream using its own SSRC and leave the CSRC list blank in the
   output stream.

   When the main RTP stream begins, mixer terminates the main RTP



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   stream.  Using the main RTP packets, mixer generates the current
   media stream with its own SSRC, sequence number space and timing
   model.  Moreover, mixer inserts the SSRC of main RTP stream into CSRC
   list in the current media stream.

   When splicing begins, mixer switches to the substitutive RTP stream
   at splicing in point, extracts the payload data (i.e., substitutive
   content), encodes substitutive content and outputs it instead of main
   content in the current media stream.  Moreover, mixer inserts the
   SSRC of substitutive RTP stream into CSRC list in the current media
   stream.

   When splicing ends, mixer switches to the main RTP stream at splicing
   out point, extracts the payload data (i.e., main content), encodes
   main content and outputs it instead of substitutive content in the
   current media stream.  Moreover, mixer inserts the SSRC of main RTP
   stream into CSRC list in the current media stream.

   The whole RTP splicing procedure is perhaps best explained by a
   pseudo code example:

   if (main RTP stream begins) {
      the main RTP stream is terminated on mixer and main content is
      encoded by mixer with its own SSRC identifier;

      the sequence numbers of the current RTP packets which contain main
      content are allocated by mixer, until the splicing begins;

      the timestamp of the current RTP packet increments linearly;

      the CSRC list of the current RTP packet indicates SSRC of main RTP
      stream;
   }

   else if (splicing begins) {
      the substitutive RTP stream is terminated on mixer and
      substitutive content is encoded by mixer with its own SSRC
      identifier;

      the sequence numbers of the current RTP packets which contain
      substitutive content are allocated by mixer and maintain
      consistent with the sequence numbers of previous current RTP
      packets, until the splicing end;

      the timestamp of the current RTP packet increments linearly;

      the CSRC list of the current RTP packet indicates SSRC of
      substitutive RTP stream;



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   }

   else if (splicing ends) {
      the main RTP stream is terminated on mixer and main content is
      encoded by mixer with its own SSRC identifier;

      the sequence numbers of the current RTP packets which contain main
      content are allocated by mixer and maintain consistent with the
      sequence numbers of previous current RTP packets, until the next
      splicing begins;

      the timestamp of the current RTP packets increments linearly;

      the CSRC list the current RTP indicates SSRC of main RTP stream;
   }

   Splicing may occur more than one time during the lifetime of main RTP
   stream, this means mixer needs to output main content and
   substitutive content in turn with its own SSRC identifier.  From user
   point of view, the only source of the current stream is mixer
   wherever the content comes from.

   Note that, the substitutive content should be outputted in the range
   of splicing duration.  Any gap or overlap between main RTP stream and
   substitutive RTP stream may induce media clipping at splicing point.
   More details about preventing media clipping are introduced in
   section 4.3.

4.2.  RTCP Processing in RTP Mixer

   By monitoring available bandwidth and buffer levels and by computing
   network metrics such as packet loss, network jitter, and delay, RTP
   receiver can learn the situation on it and can communicate this
   information to media source via RTCP reception reports.

   According to the description in section 7.3 of [RFC3550], mixer
   divides RTCP flow between media source and receiver into two separate
   RTCP loops, media source probably has no idea about the situation on
   receiver.  Hence, mixer may use some mechanisms, allowing media
   source to at least some degree to have some knowledge of the
   situation on receiver when its content is being passed to receiver.

   Because splicing is a processing that mixer selects one media stream
   from multiple streams rather than mixing them, the number of the
   original, pre-spliced RTP packets will be equal to the number of
   spliced RTP packets, i.e., mixer changes the sequence numbers of RTP
   packets but not changes the sum of them.  When mixer receives RTCP
   reception reports sent from downstream receiver, it must change the



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   SSRC in report block to the SSRC identifier of original media source
   and rewrite the extended highest sequence number to the corresponding
   original extended highest sequence number before forwarding the RTCP
   reception reports to original media source.  In such case, the media
   source will see the reception quality of its stream received by
   mixer, and the reception quality of spliced stream received by RTP
   receiver.

   For the media source whose content is terminated on mixer and is not
   being passed to receiver, mixer must act as a receiver and therefore
   send reception reports to the media source.

4.3.  Media Clipping Considerations

   This section provides informative guideline about how media clipping
   may shape and how mixer deal with the media clipping.

   Media clippings potentially occur at the splicing point if the time
   slot for substitutive RTP stream mismatches (shorter or longer than)
   the duration of the reserved main RTP stream for replacing.

   At the splicing in point, mixer usually start the substitutive
   content with independently decodable frames and fill the substitutive
   content up receiver's buffer with several seconds earlier than the
   presentation time of substitutive content.  By this way, smooth
   playback can be achieved without pauses or stuttering.

   Compared to buffering method used at splicing in point, things become
   somewhat complex at splicing out point.  The case that insertion
   duration is shorter than the reserved gap time may cause a little
   playback latency of main RTP stream on RTP receiver, but not
   adversely impact the quality of user experience.  However, in case
   that insertion duration is longer than the reserved gap duration,
   there exists an overlap of the substitutive RTP stream and the main
   RTP stream at splicing out point, which may cause synchronization
   problem and result in a perceptible media clipping.

   To guard against a media clipping at splicing out point, main RTP
   source may reserve a bit extra playback delay (e.g., 500
   milliseconds) to send out the first main RTP packet after splicing
   ends.  Note that the delay should not be too long to smoothly
   playback the coming main RTP stream.  But if the splicing is still
   unfinished when the first main RTP packet has reached, mixer must
   terminate the splicing and switch back to main RTP stream even if
   this may cause media stuttering on receiver.






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4.4.  Congestion Control Considerations

   Provided that the substitutive content has somewhat different
   characteristics to the main content it replaces (e.g., the more
   dynamic content, the higher bandwidth occupation), or substitutive
   content may be encoded with different codec and has different
   encoding bitrate, some challenge raise to network capacity and
   receiver buffer size.  A more dynamic content or a higher encoding
   bitrate stream might overload the network and possibly exceed the
   receiver's media consumption rate, which might flood receiver's
   buffer and eventually result in a buffer overflow.  Either network
   overload or buffer overflow would induce network congestion and
   congestion-caused packet loss.

   To be robust to network congestion and packet loss, mixer must
   continuously monitor the network situation by means of a variety of
   manners:

   1.  RTCP receiver reports indicate packet loss [RFC3550].

   2.  RTCP NACKs for lost packet recovery [RFC4585].

   3.  RTCP ECN Feedback information [I-D.ietf-avtcore-ecn-for-rtp].

   Upon detection of above three types of RTCP reports during splicing,
   mixer will treat them with three different manners as following:

   1.  If mixer receives the RTCP receiver reports with packet loss
       indication, it will process them as the description given in
       section 7.3 of [RFC3550].

   2.  If mixer receives the RTCP NACK packets defined in [RFC4585] from
       RTP receiver for packet loss recovery, it first identifies the
       content category of lost packets to which the NACK corresponds.
       Then, mixer will generate new RTCP NACK for the lost packets with
       its own SSRC, and make corresponding changes to their sequence
       numbers to match original, pre-spliced, packets.  If the lost
       substitutive content comes from local media file storage, mixer
       acting as substitutive media source will directly fetch the lost
       substitutive content and retransmit it to RTP receiver.

       It is somewhat complex that the lost packets requested in a
       single RTCP NACK message not only contain the main content but
       also the substitutive content.  To address this, mixer must
       divide the RTCP NACK packet into two separate RTCP NACK packets:
       one requests for the lost main content, and another requests for
       the lost substitutive content.




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   3.  In [I-D.ietf-avtcore-ecn-for-rtp], two RTCP extensions are
       defined for ECN feedback: RTP/AVPF transport layer ECN feedback
       packet for urgent ECN information, and RTCP XR ECN summary report
       block for regular reporting of the ECN marking information.

       If an ECN-aware mixer receives any RTCP ECN feedback (i.e., RTCP
       ECN feedback packets or RTCP XR summary reports) from RTP
       receiver, it must operates as description given in section 8.4 of
       [I-D.ietf-avtcore-ecn-for-rtp], terminating the RTCP ECN feedback
       packets from downstream receivers, and driving congestion control
       loop and bitrate adaptation between itself and downstream
       receiver as if it were the media source.  In addition, an ECN-
       aware RTP mixer must generate RTCP ECN feedback relating to the
       input RTP streams it terminates, and driving congestion control
       loop and bitrate adaptation between itself and upstream sender as
       if it were the RTP sender.

   Once mixer learns that congestion is being experienced on its
   downstream link by means of above three detection mechanisms, it
   should adapt the bitrate of output stream in response to network
   congestion.  The bitrate adaptation may be determined by a TCP-
   friendly bitrate adaptation algorithm specified in [RFC5348], or by a
   DCCP congestion control algorithms defined in [RFC5762].

   In practice, during splicing, the real reason to cause congestion
   usually is the different characteristic of substitutive RTP stream
   (more dynamic content or higher encoding bitrate) with main RTP
   stream, and that stream transcoding or thinning on mixer is very
   inefficient and difficult operation.  Therefore, a means that enables
   substitutive media source to limit the media bitrate it is currently
   generating even in the absence of congestion on the path between
   itself and mixer is desirable.  The TMMBR message defined in
   [RFC5104] provides an effective method.  When mixer detects
   congestion on its downstream link during splicing, it uses TMMBR to
   request substitutive media source to reduce the media bitrate to a
   value that is in compliance with congestion control principles for
   the slowest link.  Upon reception of TMMBR, substitutive media source
   applies its congestion control algorithm and responds Temporary
   Maximum Media Stream Bit Rate Notification (TMMBN) to mixer.

   From above analysis, to reduce the risk of congestion and remain the
   bandwidth consumption stable over time, the substitutive RTP stream
   is RECOMMENDED to be encoded at an appropriate bitrate to match that
   of main RTP stream.  If the substitutive RTP stream comes from
   substitutive media source, the source had better has some knowledge
   about the media encoding bitrate of main content in advance.  How it
   knows that is out of scope in this draft.




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4.5.  Processing Splicing in User Invisibility Case

   Compared to above user visibility case, the primary difference in
   this case is mixer MUST NOT include CSRC list in outgoing packets
   (i.e., CSRC count field is set to zero and CSRC list fields are
   absent).

   Therefore, due to the absence of CRSC list in current RTP stream, RTP
   receiver only initiates SDES, BYE and APP packets to mixer without
   any knowledge of main media source and substitutive media source.
   This creates a danger that loops involving those sources could not be
   detected.


5.  Implementation Considerations

   When mixer is used to handle RTP splicing, RTP receiver does not need
   any RTP/RTCP extension for splicing.  As a trade-off, additional
   overhead could be induced on mixer which uses its own sequence number
   space and timing model.  So mixer will rewrite RTP sequence number
   and timestamp whatever splicing is active or not, and generate RTCP
   flows for both sides.  In case mixer serves multiple main RTP streams
   simultaneously, this may lead to more overhead on mixer.

   In addition, there is a potential issue with loop detection, which
   would be problematic if User Invisibility Requirement is required.


6.  Security Considerations

   If any payload internal security mechanisms (e.g., SSH, SSL etc) are
   used, only media source and RTP receiver can learn the security
   keying material generated by such internal security mechanism, any
   middlebox (e.g., mixer) between media source and RTP receiver can't
   get such keying material.  Only when regular transport security
   mechanisms (e.g., SRTP, IPSec, etc) are used, mixer will process the
   packets passing through it.

   The security considerations of the RTP specification [RFC3550], the
   Extended RTP profile for RTCP-Based Feedback [RFC4585], and the
   Secure Real-time Transport Protocol [RFC3711] apply.  Mixer must be
   trusted by main media source and insertion media source, and must be
   included in the security context.


7.  IANA Considerations

   No IANA actions are required.



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8.  Acknowledgments

   The following individuals have reviewed the earlier versions of this
   specification and provided very valuable comments: Colin Perkins,
   Magnus Westerlund, Roni Even, Tom Van Caenegem, Joerg Ott, David R
   Oran, Cullen Jennings, Ali C Begen, and Ning Zong.


9.  Change Log

9.1.  draft-xia-avtext-splicing-for-rtp-01

   The following are the major changes compared to previous version 00:

   o  Use mixer to handle both user visible and invisible splicing.

   o  Add one subsection to describe media clipping considerations.

   o  Add one subsection to describe congestion control considerations.

9.2.  draft-xia-avtext-splicing-for-rtp-00

   The following are the major changes compared to previous AVT I-D
   version 00:

   o  Change primary RTP stream to main RTP stream, add current RTP
      stream as the streaming received by RTP receiver.

   o  Eliminate the ambiguity of inserted content with substitutive
      content which replaces the main content rather than pause it.

   o  Clarify the signaling requirements.

   o  Delete the description on Mixer and MCU in section 4, mainly focus
      on the direction whether a Translator can act as a Splicer.

   o  Add section 5 to describe the exact guidance on how an RTP
      Translator is used to handle splicing.

   o  Modify the security considerations section and add acknowledges
      section.


10.  References







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10.1.  Normative References

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

   [RFC2250]  Hoffman, D., Fernando, G., Goyal, V., and M. Civanlar,
              "RTP Payload Format for MPEG1/MPEG2 Video", RFC 2250,
              January 1998.

   [RFC3550]  Schulzrinne, H., Casner, S., Frederick, R., and V.
              Jacobson, "RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time
              Applications", STD 64, RFC 3550, July 2003.

   [RFC3551]  Schulzrinne, H. and S. Casner, "RTP Profile for Audio and
              Video Conferences with Minimal Control", STD 65, RFC 3551,
              July 2003.

   [RFC3711]  Baugher, M., McGrew, D., Naslund, M., Carrara, E., and K.
              Norrman, "The Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP)",
              RFC 3711, March 2004.

   [RFC4585]  Ott, J., Wenger, S., Sato, N., Burmeister, C., and J. Rey,
              "Extended RTP Profile for Real-time Transport Control
              Protocol (RTCP)-Based Feedback (RTP/AVPF)", RFC 4585,
              July 2006.

   [RFC5104]  Wenger, S., Chandra, U., Westerlund, M., and B. Burman,
              "Codec Control Messages in the RTP Audio-Visual Profile
              with Feedback (AVPF)", RFC 5104, February 2008.

   [RFC5117]  Westerlund, M. and S. Wenger, "RTP Topologies", RFC 5117,
              January 2008.

   [I-D.ietf-avtcore-ecn-for-rtp]
              Westerlund, M., "Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN)
              for RTP over UDP", draft-ietf-avtcore-ecn-for-rtp-02 (work
              in progress), October 2010.

10.2.  Informative References

   [RFC5348]  Floyd, S., Handley, M., Padhye, J., and J. Widmer, "TCP
              Friendly Rate Control (TFRC): Protocol Specification",
              RFC 5348, September 2008.

   [RFC5760]  Ott, J., Chesterfield, J., and E. Schooler, "RTP Control
              Protocol (RTCP) Extensions for Single-Source Multicast
              Sessions with Unicast Feedback", RFC 5760, February 2010.




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   [RFC5762]  Perkins, C., "RTP and the Datagram Congestion Control
              Protocol (DCCP)", RFC 5762, April 2010.

   [SCTE30]   Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE),
              "Digital Program Insertion Splicing API", 2001.

   [SCTE35]   Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE),
              "Digital Program Insertion Cueing Message for Cable",
              2004.

   [H.323]    ITU-T Recommendation H.323, "Packet-based multimedia
              communications systems", June 2006.


Author's Address

   Jinwei Xia
   Huawei
   Software No.101
   Nanjing, Yuhuatai District  210012
   China

   Phone: +86-025-86622310
   Email: xiajinwei@huawei.com



























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