RFC 5506: Support for Reduced-Size Real-Time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP): Opportunities and Consequences

This memo discusses benefits and issues that arise when allowing Real-time Transport Protocol (RTCP) packets to be transmitted with reduced size. The size can…

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Outgoing relationships (12 related RFCs)

Updates, Normative reference — RFC 3550: RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time Applications
Updates, Informative reference — RFC 3711: The Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP)
Updates, Normative reference — RFC 4585: Extended RTP Profile for Real-time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP)-Based Feedback (RTP/AVPF)
Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 3551: RTP Profile for Audio and Video Conferences with Minimal Control
Normative reference — RFC 5124: Extended Secure RTP Profile for Real-time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP)-Based Feedback (RTP/SAVPF)
Informative reference — RFC 4566: SDP: Session Description Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 2974: Session Announcement Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 2326: Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP)
Informative reference — RFC 3095: RObust Header Compression (ROHC): Framework and four profiles: RTP, UDP, ESP, and uncompressed
Informative reference — RFC 4588: RTP Retransmission Payload Format
Informative reference — RFC 5104: Codec Control Messages in the RTP Audio-Visual Profile with Feedback (AVPF)

Incoming relationships (17 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 6051: Rapid Synchronisation of RTP Flows
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6285: Unicast-Based Rapid Acquisition of Multicast RTP Sessions
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8298: Self-Clocked Rate Adaptation for Multimedia
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8888: RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) Feedback for Congestion Control
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8082: Using Codec Control Messages in the RTP Audio-Visual Profile with Feedback with Layered Codecs
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8867: Test Cases for Evaluating Congestion Control for Interactive Real-Time Media
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8868: Evaluating Congestion Control for Interactive Real-Time Media
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5968: Guidelines for Extending the RTP Control Protocol (RTCP)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8079: Guidelines for End-to-End Support of the RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) in Back-to-Back User Agents (B2BUAs)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9392: Sending RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) Feedback for Congestion Control in Interactive Multimedia Conferences
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6679: Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) for RTP over UDP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8083: Multimedia Congestion Control: Circuit Breakers for Unicast RTP Sessions
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8859: A Framework for Session Description Protocol (SDP) Attributes When Multiplexing
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8829: JavaScript Session Establishment Protocol (JSEP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8836: Congestion Control Requirements for Interactive Real-Time Media
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8849: Mapping RTP Streams to Controlling Multiple Streams for Telepresence (CLUE) Media Captures
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8861: Sending Multiple RTP Streams in a Single RTP Session: Grouping RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) Reception Statistics and Other Feedback