RFC 6679: Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) for RTP over UDP

This memo specifies how Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) can be used with the Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) running over UDP, using the RTP Control…

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Outgoing relationships (34 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 5234: Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF
Normative reference — RFC 3629: UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646
Normative reference — RFC 3550: RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time Applications
Normative reference — RFC 4566: SDP: Session Description Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 3168: The Addition of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) to IP
Normative reference — RFC 5389: Session Traversal Utilities for NAT (STUN)
Normative reference — RFC 5245: Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE): A Protocol for Network Address Translator (NAT) Traversal for Offer/Answer Protocols
Normative reference — RFC 3611: RTP Control Protocol Extended Reports (RTCP XR)
Normative reference — RFC 5348: TCP Friendly Rate Control (TFRC): Protocol Specification
Normative reference — RFC 6336: IANA Registry for Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE) Options
Informative reference — RFC 3261: SIP: Session Initiation Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 4301: Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 3264: An Offer/Answer Model with Session Description Protocol (SDP)
Informative reference — RFC 3711: The Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP)
Informative reference — RFC 4960: Stream Control Transmission Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 6347: Datagram Transport Layer Security Version 1.2
Informative reference — RFC 1112: Host extensions for IP multicasting
Informative reference — RFC 3551: RTP Profile for Audio and Video Conferences with Minimal Control
Informative reference — RFC 4585: Extended RTP Profile for Real-time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP)-Based Feedback (RTP/AVPF)
Informative reference — RFC 4340: Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP)
Informative reference — RFC 2974: Session Announcement Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 5751: Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) Version 3.2 Message Specification
Informative reference — RFC 4607: Source-Specific Multicast for IP
Informative reference — RFC 5124: Extended Secure RTP Profile for Real-time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP)-Based Feedback (RTP/SAVPF)
Informative reference — RFC 4588: RTP Retransmission Payload Format
Informative reference — RFC 5506: Support for Reduced-Size Real-Time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP): Opportunities and Consequences
Informative reference — RFC 3540: Robust Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) Signaling with Nonces
Informative reference — RFC 3569: An Overview of Source-Specific Multicast (SSM)
Informative reference — RFC 5117: RTP Topologies
Informative reference — RFC 5760: RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) Extensions for Single-Source Multicast Sessions with Unicast Feedback
Informative reference — RFC 5630: The Use of the SIPS URI Scheme in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
Informative reference — RFC 6189: ZRTP: Media Path Key Agreement for Unicast Secure RTP
Informative reference — RFC 2762: Sampling of the Group Membership in RTP

Incoming relationships (21 related RFCs)

Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 8311: Relaxing Restrictions on Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) Experimentation
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7567: IETF Recommendations Regarding Active Queue Management
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8083: Multimedia Congestion Control: Circuit Breakers for Unicast RTP Sessions
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9331: The Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) Protocol for Low Latency, Low Loss, and Scalable Throughput (L4S)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8888: RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) Feedback for Congestion Control
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8698: Network-Assisted Dynamic Adaptation (NADA): A Unified Congestion Control Scheme for Real-Time Media
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8867: Test Cases for Evaluating Congestion Control for Interactive Real-Time Media
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6828: Content Splicing for RTP Sessions
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8079: Guidelines for End-to-End Support of the RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) in Back-to-Back User Agents (B2BUAs)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8859: A Framework for Session Description Protocol (SDP) Attributes When Multiplexing
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8839: Session Description Protocol (SDP) Offer/Answer Procedures for Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8084: Network Transport Circuit Breakers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8087: The Benefits of Using Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7141: Byte and Packet Congestion Notification
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8298: Self-Clocked Rate Adaptation for Multimedia
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9330: Low Latency, Low Loss, and Scalable Throughput (L4S) Internet Service: Architecture
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7560: Problem Statement and Requirements for Increased Accuracy in Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) Feedback
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8088: How to Write an RTP Payload Format
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7806: On Queuing, Marking, and Dropping
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7295: Report from the IAB/IRTF Workshop on Congestion Control for Interactive Real-Time Communication
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9768: More Accurate Explicit Congestion Notification (AccECN) Feedback in TCP