RFC 2508: Compressing IP/UDP/RTP Headers for Low-Speed Serial Links

This document describes a method for compressing the headers of IP/UDP/RTP datagrams to reduce overhead on low-speed serial links. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Outgoing relationships (4 related RFCs)

Informative reference — RFC 1889: RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time Applications
Informative reference — RFC 1144: Compressing TCP/IP Headers for Low-Speed Serial Links
Informative reference — RFC 2507: IP Header Compression
Informative reference — RFC 2250: RTP Payload Format for MPEG1/MPEG2 Video

Incoming relationships (20 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 8285: A General Mechanism for RTP Header Extensions
Normatively referenced by — RFC 3545: Enhanced Compressed RTP (CRTP) for Links with High Delay, Packet Loss and Reordering
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4170: Tunneling Multiplexed Compressed RTP (TCRTP)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4247: Requirements for Header Compression over MPLS
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3095: RObust Header Compression (ROHC): Framework and four profiles: RTP, UDP, ESP, and uncompressed
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2507: IP Header Compression
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3819: Advice for Internet Subnetwork Designers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5795: The RObust Header Compression (ROHC) Framework
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3096: Requirements for robust IP/UDP/RTP header compression
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9291: A YANG Network Data Model for Layer 2 VPNs
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3890: A Transport Independent Bandwidth Modifier for the Session Description Protocol (SDP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2689: Providing Integrated Services over Low-bitrate Links
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4995: The RObust Header Compression (ROHC) Framework
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3242: RObust Header Compression (ROHC): A Link-Layer Assisted Profile for IP/UDP/RTP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4413: TCP/IP Field Behavior
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8088: How to Write an RTP Payload Format
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3006: Integrated Services in the Presence of Compressible Flows
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4362: RObust Header Compression (ROHC): A Link-Layer Assisted Profile for IP/UDP/RTP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 2688: Integrated Services Mappings for Low Speed Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4612: Real-Time Facsimile (T.38) - audio/t38 MIME Sub-type Registration