Post-Repair Loss RLE Report Block Type for RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) Extended Reports (XRs)
RFC 5725

Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                          A. Begen
Request for Comments: 5725                                        D. Hsu
Category: Standards Track                                       M. Lague
ISSN: 2070-1721                                                    Cisco
                                                           February 2010

               Post-Repair Loss RLE Report Block Type for
           RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) Extended Reports (XRs)

Abstract

   This document defines a new report block type within the framework of
   RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) Extended Reports (XRs).  One of the
   initial XR report block types is the Loss Run Length Encoding (RLE)
   Report Block.  This report conveys information regarding the
   individual Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) packet receipt and loss
   events experienced during the RTCP interval preceding the
   transmission of the report.  The new report, which is referred to as
   the Post-repair Loss RLE report, carries information regarding the
   packets that remain lost after all loss-repair methods are applied.
   By comparing the RTP packet receipts/losses before and after the loss
   repair is completed, one can determine the effectiveness of the loss-
   repair methods in an aggregated fashion.  This document also defines
   the signaling of the Post-repair Loss RLE report in the Session
   Description Protocol (SDP).

Status of This Memo

   This is an Internet Standards Track document.

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   Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   2.  Requirements Notation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
   3.  Post-Repair Loss RLE Report Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
   4.  Session Description Protocol Signaling  . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
   5.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
   6.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
   7.  Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
   8.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
     8.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
     8.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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1.  Introduction

   The RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) is the out-of-band control protocol
   for applications that are using the Real-time Transport Protocol
   (RTP) for media delivery and communications [RFC3550].  RTCP allows
   RTP entities to monitor data delivery and provides them minimal