RFC5404: RTP Payload Format for G.719
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Network Working Group M. Westerlund
Request for Comments: 5404 I. Johansson
Category: Standards Track Ericsson AB
January 2009
RTP Payload Format for G.719
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Abstract
This document specifies the payload format for packetization of the
G.719 full-band codec encoded audio signals into the Real-time
Transport Protocol (RTP). The payload format supports transmission
of multiple channels, multiple frames per payload, and interleaving.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Definitions and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. G.719 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. Payload Format Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4.1. Multi-Rate Encoding and Rate Adaptation . . . . . . . . . 4
4.2. Support for Multi-Channel Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4.3. Robustness against Packet Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4.3.1. Use of Forward Error Correction (FEC) . . . . . . . . 5
4.3.2. Use of Frame Interleaving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5. Payload Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5.1. RTP Header Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5.2. Payload Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5.2.1. Basic ToC Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5.3. Basic Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5.4. Interleaved Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5.5. Audio Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5.6. Implementation Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5.6.1. Receiving Redundant Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5.6.2. Interleaving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5.6.3. Decoding Validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6. Payload Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6.1. 3 Mono Frames with 2 Different Bitrates . . . . . . . . . 13
6.2. 2 Stereo Frame-Blocks of the Same Bitrate . . . . . . . . 14
6.3. 4 Mono Frames Interleaved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
7. Payload Format Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
7.1. Media Type Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
7.2. Mapping to SDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
7.2.1. Offer/Answer Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
7.2.2. Declarative SDP Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
8. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
9. Congestion Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
10. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
11. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
12. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
12.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
12.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
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1. Introduction
This document specifies the payload format for packetization of the
G.719 full-band (FB) codec encoded audio signals into the Real-time
Transport Protocol (RTP) [RFC3550]. The payload format supports
transmission of multiple channels, multiple frames per payload, and
packet loss robustness methods using redundancy or interleaving.
This document starts with conventions, a brief description of the
codec, and the payload format's capabilities. The payload format is
specified in Section 5. Examples can be found in Section 6. The
media type and its mappings to the Session Description Protocol (SDP)
and usage in SDP offer/answer are then specified. The document ends
with considerations regarding congestion control and security.
2. Definitions and Conventions
The term "frame-block" is used in this document to describe the time-
synchronized set of audio frames in a multi-channel audio session.
In particular, in an N-channel session, a frame-block will contain N
audio frames, one from each of the channels, and all N speech frames
represent exactly the same time period.
This document contains depictions of bit fields. The most
significant bit is always leftmost in the figure on each row and has
the lowest enumeration. For fields that are depicted over multiple
rows, the upper row is more significant than the next.
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119].
3. G.719 Description
The ITU-T G.719 full-band codec is a transform coder based on
Modulated Lapped Transform (MLT). G.719 is a low-complexity full-
bandwidth codec for conversational speech and audio coding. The
encoder input and decoder output are sampled at 48 kHz. The codec
enables full-bandwidth from 20 Hz to 20 kHz, encoding of speech,
music, and general audio content at rates from 32 kbit/s up to 128
kbit/s. The codec operates on 20-ms frames and has an algorithmic
delay of 40 ms.
The codec provides excellent quality for speech, music, and other
types of audio. Some of the applications for which this coder is
suitable are:
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o Real-time communications such as video conferencing and telephony
o Streaming audio
o Archival and messaging
The encoding and decoding algorithm can change the bitrate at any
20-ms frame boundary. The encoder receives the audio sampled at 48
kHz. The support of other sampling rates is possible by re-sampling
the input signal to the codec's sampling rate, i.e., 48 kHz; however,
this functionality is not part of the standard.
The encoding is performed on equally sized frames. For each frame,
the encoder decides between two encoding modes, a transient mode and
a stationary mode. The decision is based on statistics derived from
the input signal. The stationary mode uses a long MLT that leads to
a spectrum of 960 coefficients, while the transient encoding mode
uses a short MLT (higher time resolution transform) that results in 4
spectra (4 x 240 = 960 coefficients). The encoding of the spectrum
is done in two steps. First, the spectral envelope is computed,
quantized, and Huffman encoded. The envelope is computed on a non-
uniform frequency subdivision. From the coded spectral envelope, a
weighted spectral envelope is derived and is used for bit allocation;
this process is also repeated at the decoder. Thus, only the
spectral envelope is transmitted. The output of the bit allocation
is used in order to quantize the spectra. In addition, for
stationary frames, the encoder estimates the amount of noise level.
The decoder applies the reverse operation upon reception of the bit
stream. The non-coded coefficients (i.e., no bits allocated) are
replaced by entries of a noise codebook that is built based on the
decoded coefficients.
4. Payload Format Capabilities
This payload format has a number of capabilities, and this section
discusses them in some detail.
4.1. Multi-Rate Encoding and Rate Adaptation
G.719 supports a multi-rate encoding capability that enables on a
per-frame basis variation of the encoding rate. This enables support
for bitrate adaptation and congestion control. The possibility to
aggregate multiple audio frames into a single RTP payload is another
dimension of adaptation. The RTP and payload format overhead can
thus be reduced by the aggregation at the cost of increased delay and
reduced packet-loss robustness.
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4.2. Support for Multi-Channel Sessions
The RTP payload format defined in this document supports multi-
channel audio content (e.g., stereophonic or surround audio
sessions). Although the G.719 codec itself does not support encoding
of multi-channel audio content into a single bit stream, it can be
used to separately encode and decode each of the individual channels.
To transport (or store) the separately encoded multi-channel content,
the audio frames for all channels that are framed and encoded for the
same 20-ms period are logically collected in a "frame-block".
At the session setup, out-of-band signaling must be used to indicate
the number of channels in the payload type. The order of the audio
frames within the frame-block depends on the number of the channels
and follows the definition in Section 4.1 of the RTP/AVP profile
[RFC3551]. When using SDP for signaling, the number of channels is
specified in the rtpmap attribute.
4.3. Robustness against Packet Loss
The payload format supports several means, including forward error
correction (FEC) and frame interleaving, to increase robustness
against packet loss.
4.3.1. Use of Forward Error Correction (FEC)
Generic forward error correction within RTP is defined, for example,
in RFC 5109 [RFC5109]. Audio redundancy coding is defined in RFC
2198 [RFC2198]. Either scheme can be used to add redundant
information to the RTP packet stream and make it more resilient to
packet losses, at the expense of a higher bitrate. Please see either
of the RFCs for a discussion of the implications of the higher
bitrate to network congestion.
In addition to these media-unaware mechanisms, this memo specifies a
G.719-specific form of audio redundancy coding, which may be
beneficial in terms of packetization overhead. Conceptually,
previously transmitted transport frames are aggregated together with
new ones. A sliding window can be used to group the frames to be
sent in each payload. However, irregular or non-consecutive patterns
are also possible by inserting NO_DATA frames between primary and
redundant transmissions. Figure 1 below shows an example.
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--+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--
| f(n-2) | f(n-1) | f(n) | f(n+1) | f(n+2) | f(n+3) | f(n+4) |
--+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--
<---- p(n-1) ---->
<----- p(n) ----->
<---- p(n+1) ---->
<---- p(n+2) ---->
<---- p(n+3) ---->
<---- p(n+4) ---->
Figure 1: An example of redundant transmission
Here, each frame is retransmitted once in the following RTP payload
packet. f(n-2)...f(n+4) denote a sequence of audio frames, and
p(n-1)...p(n+4) a sequence of payload packets.
The mechanism described does not really require signaling at the
session setup. However, signaling has been defined to allow for the
sender to voluntarily bind the buffering and delay requirements. If
nothing is signaled, the use of this mechanism is allowed and
unbounded. For a certain timestamp, the receiver may receive
multiple copies of a frame containing encoded audio data, even at
different encoding rates. The cost of this scheme is bandwidth and
the receiver delay necessary to allow the redundant copy to arrive.
This redundancy scheme provides a functionality similar to the one
described in RFC 2198, but it works only if both original frames and
redundant representations are G.719 frames. When the use of other
media coding schemes is desirable, one has to resort to RFC 2198.
The sender is responsible for selecting an appropriate amount of
redundancy based on feedback about the channel conditions, e.g., in
the RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) [RFC3550] receiver reports. The
sender is also responsible for avoiding congestion, which may be
exacerbated by redundancy (see Section 9 for more details).
4.3.2. Use of Frame Interleaving
To decrease protocol overhead, the payload design allows several
audio transport frames to be encapsulated into a single RTP packet.
One of the drawbacks of such an approach is that in the case of
packet loss, several consecutive frames are lost. Consecutive frame
loss normally renders error concealment less efficient and usually
causes clearly audible and annoying distortions in the reconstructed
audio. Interleaving of transport frames can improve the audio
quality in such cases by distributing the consecutive losses into a
number of isolated frame losses, which are easier to conceal.
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However, interleaving and bundling several frames per payload also
increases end-to-end delay and sets higher buffering requirements.
Therefore, interleaving is not appropriate for all use cases or
devices. Streaming applications should most likely be able to
exploit interleaving to improve audio quality in lossy transmission
conditions.
Note that this payload design supports the use of frame interleaving
as an option. The usage of this feature needs to be negotiated in
the session setup.
The interleaving supported by this format is rather flexible. For
example, a continuous pattern can be defined, as depicted in
Figure 2.
--+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--
| f(n-2) | f(n-1) | f(n) | f(n+1) | f(n+2) | f(n+3) | f(n+4) |
--+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--
[ p(n) ]
[ p(n+1) ] [ p(n+1) ]
[ p(n+2) ] [ p(n+2) ]
[ p(n+3) ]
[ p(n+4) ]
Figure 2: An example of interleaving pattern that has constant delay
In Figure 2, the consecutive frames, denoted f(n-2) to f(n+4), are
aggregated into packets p(n) to p(n+4), each packet carrying two
frames. This approach provides an interleaving pattern that allows
for constant delay in both the interleaving and de-interleaving
processes. The de-interleaving buffer needs to have room for at
least three frames, including the one that is ready to be consumed.
The storage space for three frames is needed, for example, when f(n)
is the next frame to be decoded: since frame f(n) was received in
packet p(n+2), which also carried frame f(n+3), both these frames are
stored in the buffer. Furthermore, frame f(n+1) received in the
previous packet, p(n+1), is also in the de-interleaving buffer. Note
also that in this example the buffer occupancy varies: when frame
f(n+1) is the next one to be decoded, there are only two frames,
f(n+1) and f(n+3), in the buffer.
5. Payload Format
The main purpose of the payload design for G.719 is to maximize the
potential of the codec to its fullest degree with as minimal overhead
as possible. In the design, both basic and interleaved modes have
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been included, as the codec is suitable both for conversational and
other low-delay applications as well as streaming, where more delay
is acceptable.
The main structural difference between the basic and interleaved
modes is the extension of the table of contents entries with frame
displacement fields in the interleaved mode. The basic mode supports
aggregation of multiple consecutive frames in a payload. The
interleaved mode supports aggregation of multiple frames that are
non-consecutive in time. In both modes, it is possible to have
frames encoded with different frame types in the same payload.
The payload format also supports the usage of G.719 for carrying
multi-channel content using one discrete encoder per channel all
using the same bitrate. In this case, a complete frame-block with
data from all channels is included in the RTP payload. The data is
the concatenation of all the encoded audio frames in the order
specified for that number of included channels. Also, interleaving
is done on complete frame-blocks rather than on individual audio
frames.
5.1. RTP Header Usage
The RTP timestamp corresponds to the sampling instant of the first
sample encoded for the first frame-block in the packet. The
timestamp clock frequency SHALL be 48000 Hz. The timestamp is also
used to recover the correct decoding order of the frame-blocks.
The RTP header marker bit (M) SHALL be set to 1 whenever the first
frame-block carried in the packet is the first frame-block in a
talkspurt (see definition of the talkspurt in Section 4.1 of
[RFC3551]). For all other packets, the marker bit SHALL be set to
zero (M=0).
The assignment of an RTP payload type for the format defined in this
memo is outside the scope of this document. The RTP profiles in use
currently mandate binding the payload type dynamically for this
payload format. This is basically necessary because the payload type
expresses the configuration of the payload itself, i.e., basic or
interleaved mode, and the number of channels carried.
The remaining RTP header fields are used as specified in [RFC3550].
5.2. Payload Structure
The payload consists of one or more table of contents (ToC) entries
followed by the audio data corresponding to the ToC entries. The
following sections describe both the basic mode and the interleaved
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mode. Each ToC entry MUST be padded to a byte boundary to ensure
octet alignment. The rules regarding maximum payload size given in
Section 3.2 of [RFC5405] SHOULD be followed.
5.2.1. Basic ToC Element
All the different formats and modes in this document use a common
basic ToC that may be extended in the different options described
below.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|F| L |R|R|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 3: Basic TOC element
F (1 bit): If set to 1, indicates that this ToC entry is followed by
another ToC entry; if set to zero, indicates that this ToC entry
is the last one in the ToC.
L (5 bits): A field that gives the frame length of each individual
frame within the frame-block.
L length(bytes)
============================
0 0 NO_DATA
1-7 N/A (reserved)
8-22 80+10*(L-8)
23-27 240+20*(L-23)
28-31 N/A (reserved)
Figure 4: How to map L values to frame lengths
L=0 (NO_DATA) is used to indicate an empty frame, which is useful
if frames are missing (e.g., at re-packetization), or to insert
gaps when sending redundant frames together with primary frames in
the same payload.
The value range [1..7] and [28..31] inclusive is reserved for
future use in this document version; if these values occur in a
ToC, the entire packet SHOULD be treated as invalid and discarded.
A few examples are given below where the frame size and the
corresponding codec bitrate is computed based on the value L.
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L Bytes Codec Bitrate(kbps)
===================================
8 80 32
9 90 36
10 100 40
12 120 48
16 160 64
22 220 88
23 240 96
25 280 112
27 320 128
Figure 5: Examples of L values and corresponding frame lengths
This encoding yields a granularity of 4 kbps between 32 and 88
kbps and a granularity of 8 kbps between 88 and 128 kbps with a
defined range of 32-128 kbps for the codec data.
R (2 bits): Reserved bits. SHALL be set to zero on sending and
SHALL be ignored on reception.
5.3. Basic Mode
The basic ToC element shown in Figure 3 is followed by a 1-octet
field for the number of frame-blocks (#frames) to form the ToC entry.
The frame-blocks field tells how many frame-blocks of the same length
the ToC entry relates to.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| #frames |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 6: Number of frame-blocks field
5.4. Interleaved Mode
The basic ToC is followed by a 1-octet field for the number of frame-
blocks (#frames) and then the DIS fields to form a ToC entry in
interleaved mode. The frame-blocks field tells how many frame-blocks
of the same length the ToC relates to. The DIS fields, one for each
frame-block indicated by the #frames field, express the interleaving
distance between audio frames carried in the payload. If necessary
to achieve octet alignment, a 4-bit padding is added.
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+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| #frames | DIS1 | ... | DISi | ... | DISn | Padd |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 7: Number of frame-block + interleave fields
DIS1...DISn (4 bits): A list of n (n=#frames) displacement fields
indicating the displacement of the i:th (i=1..n) audio frame-block
relative to the preceding frame-block in the payload, in units of
20-ms long audio frame-blocks). The 4-bit unsigned integer
displacement values may be between zero and 15 indicating the
number of audio frame-blocks in decoding order between the
(i-1):th and the i:th frame in the payload. Note that for the
first ToC entry of the payload, the value of DIS1 is meaningless.
It SHALL be set to zero by a sender and SHALL be ignored by a
receiver. This frame-block's location in the decoding order is
uniquely defined by the RTP timestamp. Note that for subsequent
ToC entries DIS1 indicates the number of frames between the last
frame of the previous group and the first frame of this group.
Padd (4 bits): To ensure octet alignment, 4 padding bits SHALL be
included at the end of the ToC entry in case there is an odd
number of frame-blocks in the group referenced by this ToC entry.
These bits SHALL be set to zero and SHALL be ignored by the
receiver. If a group containing an even number of frames is
referenced by this ToC entry, these padding bits SHALL NOT be
included in the payload.
5.5. Audio Data
The audio data part follows the table of contents. All the octets
comprising an audio frame SHALL be appended to the payload as a unit.
For each frame-block, the audio frames are concatenated in the order
indicated by the table in Section 4.1 of [RFC3551] for the number of
channels configured for the payload type in use. So the first
channel (leftmost) indicated comes first followed by the next
channel. The audio frame-blocks are packetized in increasing
timestamp order within each group of frame-blocks (per ToC entry),
i.e., oldest frame-block first. The groups of frame-blocks are
packetized in the same order as their corresponding ToC entries.
The audio frames are specified in ITU recommendation [ITU-T-G719].
The G.719 bit stream is split into a sequence of octets and
transmitted in order from the leftmost (most significant (MSB)) bit
to the rightmost (least significant (LSB)) bit.
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5.6. Implementation Considerations
An application implementing this payload format MUST understand all
the payload parameters specified in this specification. Any mapping
of the parameters to a signaling protocol MUST support all
parameters. So an implementation of this payload format in an
application using SDP is required to understand all the payload
parameters in their SDP-mapped form. This requirement ensures that
an implementation always can decide whether it is capable of
communicating when the communicating entities support this version of
the specification.
Basic mode SHALL be implemented and the interleaved mode SHOULD be
implemented. The implementation burden of both is rather small, and
supporting both ensures interoperability. However, interleaving is
not mandated as it has limited applicability for conversational
applications that require tight delay boundaries.
5.6.1. Receiving Redundant Frames
The reception of redundant audio frames, i.e., more than one audio
frame from the same source for the same time slot, MUST be supported
by the implementation. In the case that the receiver gets multiple
audio frames in different bitrates for the same time slot, it is
RECOMMENDED that the receiver keeps the one with the highest bitrate.
5.6.2. Interleaving
The use of interleaving requires further considerations. As
presented in the example in Section 4.3.2, a given interleaving
pattern requires a certain amount of the de-interleaving buffer.
This buffer space, expressed in a number of transport frame slots, is
indicated by the "interleaving" media type parameter. The number of
frame slots needed can be converted into actual memory requirements
by considering the 320 bytes per frame used by the highest bitrate of
G.719.
The information about the frame buffer size is not always sufficient
to determine when it is appropriate to start consuming frames from
the interleaving buffer. Additional information is needed when the
interleaving pattern changes. The "int-delay" media type parameter
is defined to convey this information. It allows a sender to
indicate the minimal media time that needs to be present in the
buffer before the decoder can start consuming frames from the buffer.
Because the sender has full control over the interleaving pattern, it
can calculate this value. In certain cases (for example, if joining
a multicast session with interleaving mid-session), a receiver may
initially receive only part of the packets in the interleaving
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pattern. This initial partial reception (in frame sequence order) of
frames can yield too few frames for acceptable quality from the audio
decoding. This problem also arises when using encryption for access
control, and the receiver does not have the previous key. Although
the G.719 is robust and thus tolerant to a high random frame erasure
rate, it would have difficulties handling consecutive frame losses at
startup. Thus, some special implementation considerations are
described.
In order to handle this type of startup efficiently, decoding can
start provided that:
1. There are at least two consecutive frames available.
2. More than or equal to half the frames are available in the time
period from where decoding was planned to start and the most
forward received decoding.
After receiving a number of packets, in the worst case as many
packets as the interleaving pattern covers, the previously described
effects disappear and normal decoding is resumed. Similar issues
arise when a receiver leaves a session or has lost access to the
stream. If the receiver leaves the session, this would be a minor
issue since playout is normally stopped. The sender can avoid this
type of problem in many sessions by starting and ending interleaving
patterns correctly when risks of losses occur. One such example is a
key-change done for access control to encrypted streams. If only
some keys are provided to clients and there is a risk they will
receive content for which they do not have the key, it is recommended
that interleaving patterns do not overlap key changes.
5.6.3. Decoding Validation
If the receiver finds a mismatch between the size of a received
payload and the size indicated by the ToC of the payload, the
receiver SHOULD discard the packet. This is recommended because
decoding a frame parsed from a payload based on erroneous ToC data
could severely degrade the audio quality.
6. Payload Examples
A few examples to highlight the payload format follow.
6.1. 3 Mono Frames with 2 Different Bitrates
The first example is a payload consisting of 3 mono frames where the
first 2 frames correspond to a bitrate of 32 kbps (80 bytes/frame)
and the last is 48 kbps (120 bytes/frame).
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The first 32 bits are ToC fields.
Bit 0 is '1' as another ToC field follows.
Bits 1..5 are '01000' = 80 bytes/frame.
Bits 8..15 are '00000010' = 2 frame-blocks with 80 bytes/frame.
Bit 16 is '0', no more ToC follows.
Bits 17..21 are '01100' = 120 bytes/frame.
Bits 24..31 are '00000001' = 1 frame-block with 120 bytes/frame.
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|1|0 1 0 0 0|0 0|0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0|0|0 1 1 0 0|0 0|0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|d(0) frame 1 |
. .
| d(639)|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|d(0) frame 2 |
. .
| d(639)|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|d(0) frame 3 |
. .
| d(959)|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
6.2. 2 Stereo Frame-Blocks of the Same Bitrate
The second example is a payload consisting of 2 stereo frames that
correspond to a bitrate of 32 kbps (80 bytes/frame) per channel. The
receiver calculates the number of frames in the audio block by
multiplying the value of the "channels" parameter (2) with the
#frames field value (2) to derive that there are 4 audio frames in
the payload.
The first 16 bits is the ToC field.
Bit 0 is '0' as no ToC field follows.
Bits 1..5 are '01000' = 80 bytes/frame.
Bits 8..15 are '00000010' = 2 frame-blocks with 80 bytes/frame.
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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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|0|0 1 0 0 0|0 0|0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0| d(0) frame 1 left ch. |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
. .
| d(639)| d(0) frame 1 right ch. |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
. .
| d(639)| d(0) frame 2 left ch. |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
. .
| d(639)| d(0) frame 2 right ch. |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| d(639)|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
6.3. 4 Mono Frames Interleaved
The third example is a payload consisting of 4 mono frames that
correspond to a bitrate of 32 kbps (80 bytes/frame) interleaved. A
pattern of interleaving for constant delay when aggregating 4 frames
is used in the example below. The actual packet illustrated is
packet n, while the previous and following packets' frame-block
content is shown to illustrate the pattern.
Packet n-3: 1, 6, 11, 16
Packet n-2: 5, 10, 15, 20
Packet n-1: 9, 14, 19, 24
Packet n: 13, 18, 23, 28
Packet n+1: 17, 22, 27, 32
Packet n+2: 21, 26, 31, 36
The first 32 bits are the ToC field.
Bit 0 is '0' as there is no ToC field following.
Bits 1..5 are '01000' = 80 bytes/frame.
Bits 8..15 are '00000100' = 4 frame-blocks with 80 bytes/frame.
Bits 16..19 are '0000' = DIS1 (0).
Bits 20..23 are '0100' = DIS2 (4).
Bits 24..27 are '0100' = DIS3 (4).
Bits 28..31 are '0100' = DIS4 (4).
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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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|0|0 1 0 0 0|0 0|0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0|0 0 0 0|0 1 0 0|0 1 0 0|0 1 0 0|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| d(0) frame 13 |
. .
| d(639)|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| d(0) frame 18 |
. .
| d(639)|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| d(0) frame 23 |
. .
| d(639)|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| d(0) frame 28 |
. .
| d(639)|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
7. Payload Format Parameters
This RTP payload format is identified using the media type audio/
G719, which is registered in accordance with [RFC4855] and uses the
template of [RFC4288].
7.1. Media Type Definition
The media type for the G.719 codec is allocated from the IETF tree
since G.719 has the potential to become a widely used audio codec in
general Voice over IP (VoIP), teleconferencing, and streaming
applications. This media type registration covers real-time transfer
via RTP.
Note, any unspecified parameter MUST be ignored by the receiver to
ensure that additional parameters can be added in any future revision
of this specification.
Type name: audio
Subtype name: G719
Required parameters: none
Optional parameters:
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interleaving: Indicates that interleaved mode SHALL be used for the
payload. The parameter specifies the number of frame-block slots
available in a de-interleaving buffer (including the frame that is
ready to be consumed) for each source. Its value is equal to one
plus the maximum number of frames that can precede any frame in
transmission order and follow the frame in RTP timestamp order.
The value MUST be greater than zero. If this parameter is not
present, interleaved mode SHALL NOT be used.
int-delay: The minimal media time delay in milliseconds that is
needed to avoid underrun in the de-interleaving buffer before
starting decoding, i.e., the difference in RTP timestamp ticks
between the earliest and latest audio frame present in the de-
interleaving buffer expressed in milliseconds. The value is a
stream property and provided per source. The allowed values are
zero to the largest value expressible by an unsigned 16-bit
integer (65535). Please note that in practice, the largest value
that can be used is equal to the declared size of the interleaving
buffer of the receiver. If the value for some reason is larger
than the receiver buffer declared by or for the receiver, this
value defaults to the size of the receiver buffer. For sources
for which this value hasn't been provided, the value defaults to
the size of the receiver buffer. The format is a comma-separated
list of synchronization source (SSRC) ":" delay in ms pairs, which
in ABNF [RFC5234] is expressed as:
int-delay = "int-delay:" source-delay *("," source-delay)
source-delay = SSRC ":" delay-value
SSRC = 1*8HEXDIG ; The 32-bit SSRC encoded in hex format
delay-value = 1*5DIGIT ; The delay value in milliseconds
Example: int-delay=ABCD1234:1000,4321DCB:640
NOTE: No white space allowed in the parameter before the end of
all the value pairs
max-red: The maximum duration in milliseconds that elapses between
the primary (first) transmission of a frame and any redundant
transmission that the sender will use. This parameter allows a
receiver to have a bounded delay when redundancy is used. Allowed
values are between zero (no redundancy will be used) and 65535.
If the parameter is omitted, no limitation on the use of
redundancy is present.
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channels: The number of audio channels. The possible values (1-6)
and their respective channel order is specified in Section 4.1 of
[RFC3551]. If omitted, it has the default value of 1.
CBR: Constant Bitrate (CBR) indicates the exact codec bitrate in
bits per second (not including the overhead from packetization,
RTP header, or lower layers) that the codec MUST use. "CBR" is to
be used when the dynamic rate cannot be supported (one case is,
e.g., gateway to H.320). "CBR" is mostly used for gateways to
circuit switch networks. Therefore, the "CBR" is the rate not
including any FEC as specified in Section 4.3.1. If FEC is to be
used, the "b=" parameter MUST be used to allow the extra bitrate
needed to send the redundant information. It is RECOMMENDED that
this parameter is only used when necessary to establish a working
communication. The usage of this parameter has implications for
congestion control that need to be considered; see Section 9.
ptime: see [RFC4566].
maxptime: see [RFC4566].
Encoding considerations: This media type is framed and binary; see
Section 4.8 of [RFC4288].
Security considerations: See Section 10 of RFC 5404.
Interoperability considerations: The support of the Interleaving
mode is not mandatory and needs to be negotiated. See Section 7.2
for how to do that for SDP-based protocols.
Published specification: RFC 5404
Applications that use this media type: Real-time audio applications
like Voice over IP and teleconference, and multi-media streaming.
Additional information: none
Person & email address to contact for further information:
Ingemar Johansson
<ingemar.s.johansson@ericsson.com>
Intended usage: COMMON
Restrictions on usage: This media type depends on RTP framing, and
hence is only defined for transfer via RTP [RFC3550]. Transport
within other framing protocols is not defined at this time.
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Author:
Ingemar Johansson <ingemar.s.johansson@ericsson.com>
Magnus Westerlund <magnus.westerlund@ericsson.com>
Change controller: IETF Audio/Video Transport working group
delegated from the IESG.
Additionally, note that file storage of G.719-encoded audio in ISO
base media file format is specified in Annex A of [ITU-T-G719].
Thus, media file formats such as MP4 (audio/mp4 or video/mp4)
[RFC4337] and 3GP (audio/3GPP and video/3GPP) [RFC3839] can contain
G.719-encoded audio.
7.2. Mapping to SDP
The information carried in the media type specification has a
specific mapping to fields in the Session Description Protocol (SDP)
[RFC4566], which is commonly used to describe RTP sessions. When SDP
is used to specify sessions employing the G.719 codec, the mapping is
as follows:
o The media type ("audio") goes in SDP "m=" as the media name.
o The media subtype (payload format name) goes in SDP "a=rtpmap" as
the encoding name. The RTP clock rate in "a=rtpmap" MUST be
48000, and the encoding parameter "channels" (Section 7.1) MUST
either be explicitly set to N or omitted, implying a default value
of 1. The values of N that are allowed are specified in Section
4.1 in [RFC3551].
o The parameters "ptime" and "maxptime" go in the SDP "a=ptime" and
"a=maxptime" attributes, respectively.
o Any remaining parameters go in the SDP "a=fmtp" attribute by
copying them directly from the media type parameter string as a
semicolon-separated list of parameter=value pairs.
7.2.1. Offer/Answer Considerations
The following considerations apply when using SDP offer/answer
procedures to negotiate the use of G.719 payload in RTP:
o Each combination of the RTP payload transport format configuration
parameters ("interleaving" and "channels") is unique in its bit
pattern and not compatible with any other combination. When
creating an offer in an application desiring to use the more
advanced features (interleaving or more than one channel), the
offerer is RECOMMENDED to also offer a payload type containing
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only the configuration with a single channel. If multiple
configurations are of interest to the application, they may all be
offered; however, care should be taken not to offer too many
payload types. An SDP answerer MUST include, in the SDP answer
for a payload type, the following parameters unmodified from the
SDP offer (unless it removes the payload type): "interleaving" and
"channels". However, the value of the "interleaving" parameter
MAY be changed. The SDP offerer and answerer MUST generate G.719
packets as described by these parameters.
o The "interleaving" and "int-delay" parameters' values have a
specific relationship that needs to be considered. It also
depends on the directionality of the streams and their delivery
method. The high-level explanation that can be understood from
the definition is that the value of "interleaving" declares the
size of the receiver buffer, while "int-delay" is a stream
property provided by the sender to inform how much buffer space it
in practice is using for the stream it sends.
* For media streams that are sent over multicast, the value of
"interleaving" SHALL NOT be changed by the answerer. It shall
either be accepted or the payload type deleted. The value of
the "int-delay" parameter is a stream property and provided by
the offer/answer agent that intends to send media with this
payload type, and for each stream coming from that agent (one
or more). The value MUST be between zero and what corresponds
to the buffer size declared by the value of the "interleaving"
parameter.
* For unicast streams that the offerer declares as send-only, the
value of the "interleaving" parameter is the size that the
answerer is RECOMMENDED to use by the offerer. The answerer
MAY change it to any allowed value. The "int-delay" parameter
value will be the one the offerer intends to use unless the
answerer reduces the value of the "interleaving" parameter
below what is needed for that "int-delay" value. If the
"interleaving" value in the answer is smaller than the offer's
"int-delay" value, the "int-delay" value is per default reduced
to be corresponding to the "interleaving" value. If the
offerer is not satisfied with this, he will need to perform
another round of offer/answer. As the answerer will not send
any media, it doesn't include any "int-delay" in the answer.
* For unicast streams that the offerer declares as recvonly, the
value of "interleaving" in the offer will be the offerer's size
of the interleaving buffer. The answerer indicates its
preferred size of the interleaving buffer for any future round
of offer/answer. The offerer will not provide any "int-delay"
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parameter as it is not sending any media. The answerer is
recommended to include in its answer an "int-delay" parameter
to declare what the property is for the stream it is going to
send. The answer is expected to be capable of selecting a
valid parameter value that is between zero and the declared
maximum number of slots in the de-interleaving buffer.
* For unicast streams that the offer declares as sendrecv
streams, the value of the "interleaving" parameter in the offer
will be the offerer's size of the interleaving buffer. The
answerer will in the answer indicate the size of its actual
interleaving buffer. It is recommended that this value is at
least as big as the offer's. The offerer is recommended to
include an "int-delay" parameter that is selected based on the
answerer having at least as much interleaving space as the
offerer unless nothing else is known. As the offerer's
interleaving buffer size is not yet known, this may fail, in
which case the default rule is to downgrade the value of the
"int-delay" to correspond to the full size of the answerer's
interleaving buffer. If the offerer isn't satisfied with this,
it will need to initiate another round of offer/answer. The
answerer is recommended in its answer to include an "int-delay"
parameter to declare what the property is for the stream(s) it
is going to send. The answer is expected to be capable of
selecting a valid parameter value that is between zero and the
declared maximum number of slots in the de-interleaving buffer.
o In most cases, the parameters "maxptime" and "ptime" will not
affect interoperability; however, the setting of the parameters
can affect the performance of the application. The SDP offer/
answer handling of the "ptime" parameter is described in
[RFC3264]. The "maxptime" parameter MUST be handled in the same
way.
o The parameter "max-red" is a stream property parameter. For
sendonly or sendrecv unicast media streams, the parameter declares
the limitation on redundancy that the stream sender will use. For
recvonly streams, it indicates the desired value for the stream
sent to the receiver. The answerer MAY change the value, but is
RECOMMENDED to use the same limitation as the offer declares. In
the case of multicast, the offerer MAY declare a limitation; this
SHALL be answered using the same value. A media sender using this
payload format is RECOMMENDED to always include the "max-red"
parameter. This information is likely to simplify the media
stream handling in the receiver. This is especially true if no
redundancy will be used, in which case "max-red" is set to zero.
o Any unknown parameter in an offer SHALL be removed in the answer.
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o The "b=" SDP parameter SHOULD be used to negotiate the maximum
bandwidth to be used for the audio stream. The offerer may offer
a maximum rate and the answer may contain a lower rate. If no
"b=" parameter is present in the offer or answer, it implies a
rate up to 128 kbps.
o The parameter "CBR" is a receiver capability; i.e., only receivers
that really require a constant bitrate should use it. Usage of
this parameter has a negative impact on the possibility to perform
congestion control; see Section 9. For recvonly and sendrecv
streams, it indicates the desired constant bitrate that the
receiver wants to accept. A sender MUST be able to send a
constant bitrate stream since it is a subset of the variable
bitrate capability. If the offer includes this parameter, the
answerer MUST send G.719 audio at the constant bitrate if it is
within the allowed session bitrate ("b=" parameter). If the
answerer cannot support the stated CBR, this payload type must be
refused in the answer. The answerer SHOULD only include this
parameter if the answerer itself requires to receive at a constant
bitrate, even if the offer did not include the "CBR" parameter.
In this case, the offerer SHALL send at the constant bitrate, but
SHALL be able to accept media at a variable bitrate. An answerer
is RECOMMEND to use the same CBR as in the offer, as symmetric
usage is more likely to work. If both sides require a particular
CBR, there is the possibility of communication failure when one or
both sides can't transmit the requested rate. In this case, the
agent detecting this issue will have to perform a second round of
offer/answer to try to find another working configuration or end
the established session. In case the offer contained a "CBR"
parameter but the answer does not, then the offerer is free to
transmit at any rate to the answerer, but the answerer is
restricted to the declared rate.
7.2.2. Declarative SDP Considerations
In declarative usage, like SDP in the Real Time Streaming Protocol
(RTSP) [RFC2326] or the Session Announcement Protocol (SAP)
[RFC2974], the parameters SHALL be interpreted as follows:
o The payload format configuration parameters ("interleaving" and
"channels") are all declarative, and a participant MUST use the
configuration(s) that is provided for the session. More than one
configuration may be provided if necessary by declaring multiple
RTP payload types; however, the number of types should be kept
small.
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o It might not be possible to know the SSRC values that are going to
be used by the sources at the time of sending the SDP. This is
not a major issue as the size of the interleaving buffer can be
tailored towards the values that are actually going to be used,
thus ensuring that the default values for "int-delay" are not
resulting in too much extra buffering.
o Any "maxptime" and "ptime" values should be selected with care to
ensure that the session's participants can achieve reasonable
performance.
o The parameter "CBR" if included applies to all RTP streams using
that payload type for which a particular CBR is declared. Usage
of this parameter has a negative impact on the possibility to
perform congestion control; see Section 9.
8. IANA Considerations
One media type (audio/G719) has been defined and registered in the
media types registry; see Section 7.1.
9. Congestion Control
The general congestion control considerations for transporting RTP
data apply; see RTP [RFC3550] and any applicable RTP profile like AVP
[RFC3551]. However, the multi-rate capability of G.719 audio coding
provides a mechanism that may help to control congestion, since the
bandwidth demand can be adjusted (within the limits of the codec) by
selecting a different encoding bitrate.
The number of frames encapsulated in each RTP payload highly
influences the overall bandwidth of the RTP stream due to header
overhead constraints. Packetizing more frames in each RTP payload
can reduce the number of packets sent and hence the header overhead,
at the expense of increased delay and reduced error robustness. If
forward error correction (FEC) is used, the amount of FEC-induced
redundancy needs to be regulated such that the use of FEC itself does
not cause a congestion problem. In other words, a sender SHALL NOT
increase the total bitrate when adding redundancy in response to
packet loss, and needs instead to adjust it down in accordance to the
congestion control algorithm being run. Thus, when adding
redundancy, the media bitrate will need to be reduced to provide room
for the redundancy.
The "CBR" signaling parameter allows a receiver to lock down an RTP
payload type to use a single encoding rate. As this prevents the
codec rate from being lowered when congestion is experienced, the
sender is constrained to either change the packetization or abort the
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transmission. Since these responses to congestion are severely
limited, implementations SHOULD NOT use the "CBR" parameter unless
they are interacting with a device that cannot support a variable
bitrate (e.g., a gateway to H.320 systems). When using CBR mode, a
receiver MUST monitor the packet loss rate to ensure congestion is
not caused, following the guidelines in Section 2 of RFC 3551.
10. Security Considerations
RTP packets using the payload format defined in this specification
are subject to the security considerations discussed in the RTP
specification [RFC3550] and in any applicable RTP profile. The main
security considerations for the RTP packet carrying the RTP payload
format defined within this memo are confidentiality, integrity, and
source authenticity. Confidentiality is achieved by encryption of
the RTP payload. Integrity of the RTP packets is achieved through a
suitable cryptographic integrity protection mechanism. Such a
cryptographic system may also allow the authentication of the source
of the payload. A suitable security mechanism for this RTP payload
format should provide confidentiality, integrity protection, and at
least source authentication capable of determining if an RTP packet
is from a member of the RTP session.
Note that the appropriate mechanism to provide security to RTP and
payloads following this memo may vary. It is dependent on the
application, the transport, and the signaling protocol employed.
Therefore, a single mechanism is not sufficient, although if
suitable, usage of the Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP)
[RFC3711] is recommended. Other mechanisms that may be used are
IPsec [RFC4301] and Transport Layer Security (TLS) [RFC5246] (RTP
over TCP); other alternatives may exist.
The use of interleaving in conjunction with encryption can have a
negative impact on confidentiality for a short period of time.
Consider the following packets (in brackets) containing frame numbers
as indicated: {10, 14, 18}, {13, 17, 21}, {16, 20, 24} (a popular
continuous diagonal interleaving pattern). The originator wishes to
deny some participants the ability to hear material starting at time
16. Simply changing the key on the packet with the timestamp at or
after 16, and denying that new key to those participants, does not
achieve this; frames 17, 18, and 21 have been supplied in prior
packets under the prior key, and error concealment may make the audio
intelligible at least as far as frame 18 or 19, and possibly further.
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This RTP payload format and its media decoder do not exhibit any
significant non-uniformity in the receiver-side computational
complexity for packet processing, and thus are unlikely to pose a
denial-of-service threat due to the receipt of pathological data.
Nor does the RTP payload format contain any active content.
11. Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank Roni Even and Anisse Taleb for their
help with this document. We would also like to thank the people who
have provided feedback: Colin Perkins, Mark Baker, and Stephen
Botzko.
12. References
12.1. Normative References
[ITU-T-G719] ITU-T, "Specification : ITU-T G.719 extension for 20
kHz fullband audio", April 2008.
[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.
[RFC3551] Schulzrinne, H. and S. Casner, "RTP Profile for Audio
and Video Conferences with Minimal Control", STD 65,
RFC 3551, July 2003.
[RFC4566] Handley, M., Jacobson, V., and C. Perkins, "SDP:
Session Description Protocol", RFC 4566, July 2006.
[RFC5234] Crocker, D. and P. Overell, "Augmented BNF for Syntax
Specifications: ABNF", STD 68, RFC 5234, January 2008.
[RFC5405] Eggert, L. and G. Fairhurst, "Unicast UDP Usage
Guidelines for Application Designers", BCP 145,
RFC 5405, November 2008.
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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, September 1997.
[RFC2326] Schulzrinne, H., Rao, A., and R. Lanphier, "Real Time
Streaming Protocol (RTSP)", RFC 2326, April 1998.
[RFC2974] Handley, M., Perkins, C., and E. Whelan, "Session
Announcement Protocol", RFC 2974, October 2000.
[RFC3711] Baugher, M., McGrew, D., Naslund, M., Carrara, E., and
K. Norrman, "The Secure Real-time Transport Protocol
(SRTP)", RFC 3711, March 2004.
[RFC3839] Castagno, R. and D. Singer, "MIME Type Registrations
for 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)
Multimedia files", RFC 3839, July 2004.
[RFC4288] Freed, N. and J. Klensin, "Media Type Specifications
and Registration Procedures", BCP 13, RFC 4288,
December 2005.
[RFC4301] Kent, S. and K. Seo, "Security Architecture for the
Internet Protocol", RFC 4301, December 2005.
[RFC4337] Y Lim and D. Singer, "MIME Type Registration for
MPEG-4", RFC 4337, March 2006.
[RFC4855] Casner, S., "Media Type Registration of RTP Payload
Formats", RFC 4855, February 2007.
[RFC5109] Li, A., "RTP Payload Format for Generic Forward Error
Correction", RFC 5109, December 2007.
[RFC5246] Dierks, T. and E. Rescorla, "The Transport Layer
Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2", RFC 5246,
August 2008.
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Authors' Addresses
Magnus Westerlund
Ericsson AB
Torshamnsgatan 21-23
SE-164 83 Stockholm
SWEDEN
Phone: +46 10 7190000
EMail: magnus.westerlund@ericsson.com
Ingemar Johansson
Ericsson AB
Laboratoriegrand 11
SE-971 28 Lulea
SWEDEN
Phone: +46 10 7190000
EMail: ingemar.s.johansson@ericsson.com
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