AW: Including RTCP report packets in IRR

Horvath Ernst ernst.horvath at SIEMENS.AT
Mon Dec 17 06:55:09 EST 2001


Frank,

my company has thought about this approach as well. We are preparing a
contribution on this topic for the SG16 meeting in February 2002.

Regards,
Ernst    

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: frank.derks at PHILIPS.COM [mailto:frank.derks at PHILIPS.COM]
> Gesendet am: Montag, 17. Dezember 2001 08:43
> An: ITU-SG16 at echo.jf.INTEL.COM
> Betreff: Including RTCP report packets in IRR
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> RTP's specification mandates that the RTP ports, for a given
> source/destination, are "co-located" with the RTCP ports. This
> means the the report information about the RTP streams flow
> between the communicating endpoints. Although this mode of
> operation is intentional, it does make it difficult for 3rd
> parties to monitor the statistics as perceived by the endpoints.
> This can be particularly useful for network management where
> one would like to be able to monitor whether the network
> provides adequate quality.
> 
> On way to access the RTCP information would be to route all the
> RTCP traffic through some entity, but this also means that the
> RTP will have to follow the same path through the network. And
> this is not desirable.
> 
> For H.323 there would be the option to include the report packets
> in the "audio" element in the perCallInfo element in the IRR
> message. This would allow for a Gatekeeper to get a hold of these
> "vital" statistics.
> 
> Any views?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Frank
> 



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