Considerations for Selecting RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) Extended Report (XR) Metrics for the WebRTC Statistics API
RFC 8451
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) V. Singh
Request for Comments: 8451 callstats.io
Category: Informational R. Huang
ISSN: 2070-1721 R. Even
Huawei
D. Romascanu
Individual
L. Deng
China Mobile
September 2018
Considerations for Selecting RTP Control Protocol (RTCP)
Extended Report (XR) Metrics for the WebRTC Statistics API
Abstract
This document describes monitoring features related to media streams
in Web real-time communication (WebRTC). It provides a list of RTP
Control Protocol (RTCP) Sender Report (SR), Receiver Report (RR), and
Extended Report (XR) metrics, which may need to be supported by RTP
implementations in some diverse environments. It lists a set of
identifiers for the WebRTC's statistics API. These identifiers are a
set of RTCP SR, RR, and XR metrics related to the transport of
multimedia flows.
Status of This Memo
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published for informational purposes.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................4
2. Terminology .....................................................4
3. RTP Statistics in WebRTC Implementations ........................5
4. Considerations for Impact of Measurement Interval ...............5
5. Candidate Metrics ...............................................6
5.1. Network Impact Metrics .....................................6
5.1.1. Loss and Discard Packet Count Metric ................6
5.1.2. Burst/Gap Pattern Metrics for Loss and Discard ......7
5.1.3. Run-Length Encoded Metrics for Loss and Discard .....8
5.2. Application Impact Metrics .................................8
5.2.1. Discarded Octets Metric .............................8
5.2.2. Frame Impairment Summary Metrics ....................9
5.2.3. Jitter Buffer Metrics ...............................9
5.3. Recovery Metrics ..........................................10
5.3.1. Post-Repair Packet Count Metrics ...................10
5.3.2. Run-Length Encoded Metric for Post-Repair ..........10
6. Identifiers from Sender, Receiver, and Extended Report Blocks ..11
6.1. Cumulative Number of Packets and Octets Sent ..............11
6.2. Cumulative Number of Packets and Octets Received ..........11
6.3. Cumulative Number of Packets Lost .........................11
6.4. Interval Packet Loss and Jitter ...........................12
6.5. Cumulative Number of Packets and Octets Discarded .........12
6.6. Cumulative Number of Packets Repaired .....................12
6.7. Burst Packet Loss and Burst Discards ......................12
6.8. Burst/Gap Rates ...........................................13
6.9. Frame Impairment Metrics ..................................13
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