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RFC 5968: Guidelines for Extending the RTP Control Protocol (RTCP)

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The RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) is used along with the Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) to provide a control channel between media senders and receivers. This allows constructing a feedback loop to enable application adaptation and monitoring, among other uses. The basic reporting mechanisms offered by RTCP are generic, yet quite powerful and suffice to cover a range of uses. This document provides guidelines on extending RTCP if those basic mechanisms prove insufficient. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

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Document ID
RFC5968
Published
September 2010
Authors
J. Ott; C. Perkins
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IETF
Area
rai
Pages
17
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