RFC 8888: RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) Feedback for Congestion Control

An effective RTP congestion control algorithm requires more fine-grained feedback on packet loss, timing, and Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) marks…

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Outgoing relationships (20 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 8174: Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words
Normative reference — RFC 5234: Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF
Normative reference — RFC 3550: RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time Applications
Normative reference — RFC 3711: The Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP)
Normative reference — RFC 3168: The Addition of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) to IP
Normative reference — RFC 3551: RTP Profile for Audio and Video Conferences with Minimal Control
Normative reference — RFC 4585: Extended RTP Profile for Real-time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP)-Based Feedback (RTP/AVPF)
Normative reference — RFC 5124: Extended Secure RTP Profile for Real-time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP)-Based Feedback (RTP/SAVPF)
Normative reference — RFC 6679: Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) for RTP over UDP
Normative reference — RFC 8843: Negotiating Media Multiplexing Using the Session Description Protocol (SDP)
Normative reference — RFC 5506: Support for Reduced-Size Real-Time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP): Opportunities and Consequences
Normative reference — RFC 8083: Multimedia Congestion Control: Circuit Breakers for Unicast RTP Sessions
Normative reference — RFC 8859: A Framework for Session Description Protocol (SDP) Attributes When Multiplexing
Informative reference — RFC 3611: RTP Control Protocol Extended Reports (RTCP XR)
Informative reference — RFC 5104: Codec Control Messages in the RTP Audio-Visual Profile with Feedback (AVPF)
Informative reference — RFC 8298: Self-Clocked Rate Adaptation for Multimedia
Informative reference — RFC 6843: RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) Extended Report (XR) Block for Delay Metric Reporting
Informative reference — RFC 8698: Network-Assisted Dynamic Adaptation (NADA): A Unified Congestion Control Scheme for Real-Time Media
Informative reference — RFC 8382: Shared Bottleneck Detection for Coupled Congestion Control for RTP Media

Incoming relationships (3 related RFCs)

Informatively referenced by — RFC 9330: Low Latency, Low Loss, and Scalable Throughput (L4S) Internet Service: Architecture
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9331: The Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) Protocol for Low Latency, Low Loss, and Scalable Throughput (L4S)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9134: RTP Payload Format for ISO/IEC 21122 (JPEG XS)