{"draft":"draft-ietf-avtcore-ecn-for-rtp-08","doc_id":"RFC6679","title":"Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) for RTP over UDP","authors":["M. Westerlund","I. Johansson","C. Perkins","P. O'Hanlon","K. Carlberg"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"58","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"Audio\/Video Transport Core Maintenance RAI","abstract":"This memo specifies how Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) can be\r\nused with the Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) running over UDP,\r\nusing the RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) as a feedback mechanism.  It\r\ndefines a new RTCP Extended Report (XR) block for periodic ECN\r\nfeedback, a new RTCP transport feedback message for timely reporting\r\nof congestion events, and a Session Traversal Utilities for NAT\r\n(STUN) extension used in the optional initialisation method using\r\nInteractive Connectivity Establishment (ICE).  Signalling and\r\nprocedures for negotiation of capabilities and initialisation methods\r\nare also defined.  [STANDARDS-TRACK]","pub_date":"August 2012","keywords":["[--------]","ECN","RTP","UDP","Congestion Control","VoIP","IPTV","Packet Loss"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":["RFC8311"],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC6679","errata_url":"https:\/\/www.rfc-editor.org\/errata\/rfc6679"}