Audio/Video Transport Working Group A. Clark Internet-Draft Telchemy Intended status: Standards Track G. Zorn Expires: October 29, 2013 Network Zen Q. Wu Huawei April 27, 2013 RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) Extended Report (XR) Block for Discard Count metric Reporting draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-discard-13.txt Abstract This document defines an RTP Control Protocol(RTCP) Extended Report (XR) Block that allows the reporting of a simple discard count metric for use in a range of RTP applications. Status of this Memo This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts. The list of current Internet- Drafts is at http://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/current/. 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Expires October 29, 2013 [Page 1] Internet-Draft RTCP XR Discard April 2013 the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Simplified BSD License. Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.1. Discard Count Report Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.2. RTCP and RTCP XR Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.3. Performance Metrics Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.4. Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.1. Standards Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3. Discard Count Metric Report Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3.1. Report Block Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3.2. Definition of Fields in Discard Count Metric Report Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4. SDP Signaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4.1. SDP rtcp-xr-attrib Attribute Extension . . . . . . . . . . 9 4.2. Offer/Answer Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 5. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5.1. New RTCP XR Block Type value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5.2. New RTCP XR SDP Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5.3. Contact information for registrations . . . . . . . . . . 10 6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 7. Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 8. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 9. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 9.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 9.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Appendix A. Metrics represented using RFC6390 Template . . . . . 15 Appendix B. Change Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 B.1. draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-discard-13 . . . . . . . . . . 16 B.2. draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-discard-12 . . . . . . . . . . 16 B.3. draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-discard-11 . . . . . . . . . . 16 B.4. draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-discard-10 . . . . . . . . . . 16 B.5. draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-discard-09 . . . . . . . . . . 16 B.6. draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-discard-08 . . . . . . . . . . 16 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Clark, et al. Expires October 29, 2013 [Page 2] Internet-Draft RTCP XR Discard April 2013 1. Introduction 1.1. Discard Count Report Block This document defines a new block type to augment those defined in [RFC3611] for use in a range of RTP applications. The new block type supports the reporting of the number of packets which are received correctly but are never played out, typically because they arrive too late to be played out (buffer underflow) or too early (buffer overflow). The metric is applicable both to systems which use packet loss repair techniques (such as forward error correction [RFC5109] or retransmission [RFC4588]) and to those which do not. This metric is useful for identifying the existence, and characterizing the severity, of a packet transport problem which may affect users' perception of a service delivered over RTP. This block may be used in conjunction with [BGDISCARD] which provides additional information on the pattern of discarded packets. However the metric in [BGDISCARD] may be used independently of the metrics in this block. In case of Discard Count Metrics Block sent together with Burst Gap Discard Metrics Block defined in [BGDISCARD] to the media sender or RTP based network management system, information carried in the Discard Count Metrics Block and Burst Gap Discard Metrics Block allows them calculate the some bust gap summary statistics, e.g., gap discard rate. The metric belongs to the class of transport-related end system metrics defined in [RFC6792]. 1.2. RTCP and RTCP XR Reports The use of RTCP for reporting is defined in [RFC3550]. [RFC3611] defined an extensible structure for reporting using an RTCP Extended Report (XR). This document defines a new Extended Report block for use with [RFC3550] and [RFC3611]. 1.3. Performance Metrics Framework The Performance Metrics Framework [RFC6390] provides guidance on the definition and specification of performance metrics. The RTP Monitoring Architectures [RFC6792] provides guideline for reporting block format using RTCP XR. The metrics block described in this document are in accordance with the guidelines in [RFC6390] and [RFC6792]. Clark, et al. Expires October 29, 2013 [Page 3] Internet-Draft RTCP XR Discard April 2013 1.4. Applicability This metric is believed to be applicable to a large class of RTP applications which use a jitter buffer. Discards due to late or early arriving packets affects user experience. The reporting of discards alerts senders and other receivers to the need to adjust their transmission or reception strategies. The reports allow network managers to diagnose these user experience problems. The ability to detect duplicate packets can be used by managers to detect network layer or sender behavior which may indicate network or device issues. Based on the reports, these issues may be addressed prior to any impact on user experience. Clark, et al. Expires October 29, 2013 [Page 4] Internet-Draft RTCP XR Discard April 2013 2. Terminology 2.1. Standards Language The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119]. In addition, the following terms are defined: Received, Lost and Discarded A packet shall be regarded as lost if it fails to arrive within an implementation-specific time window. A packet that arrives within this time window but is either too early to be played out or too late to be played out or thrown away before playout due to packet duplication or redundancy shall be regarded as discarded. A packet shall not be regarded as discarded if it arrives within this time window but is dropped during decoding by some higher layer decoder, e.g., due to a decoding error. A packet shall be classified as one of received (or OK), discarded or lost. The Discard Count Metric counts only discarded packets. The metric "cumulative number of packets lost" defined in [RFC3550] reports a count of packets lost from the media stream (single Synchronization source (SSRC) within single RTP session). Similarly the metric "number of packets discarded" reports a count of packets discarded from the media stream (single SSRC within single RTP session) arriving at the receiver. Another metric defined in [RFC5725] is available to report on packets which are not recovered by any repair techniques which may be in use. Clark, et al. Expires October 29, 2013 [Page 5] Internet-Draft RTCP XR Discard April 2013 3. Discard Count Metric Report Block Metrics in this block report on the number of packets discarded in the stream arriving at the RTP end system. The measurement of these metrics is made at the receiving end of the RTP stream. Instances of this metrics block refer by SSRC to the separate auxiliary Measurement Information Block [RFC6776] which describes measurement Intervals in use. This metrics block relies on the measurement interval in the Measurement Information Block indicating the span of the report and MUST be sent in the same compound RTCP packet as the measurement information block. If the measurement interval is not received in the same compound RTCP packet as this metrics block, this metrics block MUST be discarded. 3.1. Report Block Structure 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | BT=PDC | I |DT | resv.| block length = 2 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | SSRC of Source | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | number of packets discarded | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Figure 1: Report Block Structure 3.2. Definition of Fields in Discard Count Metric Report Block Block type (BT): 8 bits A Discard Count Metric Report Block is identified by the constant PDC. [Note to RFC Editor: please replace PDC with the IANA provided RTCP XR block type for this block.] Interval Metric Flag (I): 2 bits This field indicates whether the reported metric is an interval, cumulative, or sampled metric [RFC6792]: Clark, et al. Expires October 29, 2013 [Page 6] Internet-Draft RTCP XR Discard April 2013 I=10: Interval Duration - the reported value applies to the most recent measurement interval duration between successive metrics reports. I=11: Cumulative Duration - the reported value applies to the accumulation period characteristic of cumulative measurements. I=01: Sampled Value - the reported value is a sampled instantaneous value. In this document, the Discard Count Metric can only be measured over definite intervals, and cannot be sampled. Accordingly, the value I=01, indicating a sampled value, MUST NOT be sent, and MUST be discarded when received. In addition, the value I=00 is reserved and also MUST NOT be sent, and MUST be discarded when received. Discard Type (DT): 2bits This field is used to identify the discard type used in this report block. The discard type is defined as follows: 00: Report packet discarded or being thrown away before playout due to packets duplication. 01: Report packet discarded due to too early to be played out. 10: Report packet discarded due to too late to be played out. The value DT=11 is reserved for future definition and MUST NOT be Sent,and MUST be discarded when received. An endpoint MAY report any combination of discard types in each reporting interval by including several Discard Count Metric Report Blocks in a single RTCP XR packet. Some systems send duplicate RTP packets for robustness or error resilience. This is NOT RECOMMENDED since it breaks RTCP packet statistics. If duplication is desired for error resilience, the mechanism described in [RTPDUP] can be used, since this will not cause breakage of RTP streams or RTCP statistics. Clark, et al. Expires October 29, 2013 [Page 7] Internet-Draft RTCP XR Discard April 2013 Reserved (resv): 4 bits These bits are reserved. They MUST be set to zero by senders and ignored by receivers (See RFC6709 section 4.2). block length: 16 bits The length of this report block in 32-bit words, minus one, in accordance with the definition in [RFC3611]. This field MUST be set to 2 to match the fixed length of the report block. The block MUST be discarded if the block length is set to a different value. SSRC of source: 32 bits As defined in Section 4.1 of [RFC3611]. number of packets discarded: 32 bits Number of packets discarded over the period (Interval or Cumulative) covered by this report. The measured value is unsigned value. If the measured value exceeds 0xFFFFFFFD, the value 0xFFFFFFFE MUST be reported to indicate an over-range measurement. If the measurement is unavailable, the value 0xFFFFFFFF MUST be reported. Note that the number of packets expected in the period associated with this metric (whether interval or cumulative) is available from the difference between a pair of extended sequence numbers in the Measurement Information block [RFC6776], so need not be repeated in this block. Clark, et al. Expires October 29, 2013 [Page 8] Internet-Draft RTCP XR Discard April 2013 4. SDP Signaling [RFC3611] defines the use of SDP (Session Description Protocol) [RFC4566] for signaling the use of XR blocks. However XR blocks MAY be used without prior signaling (see section 5 of RFC3611). 4.1. SDP rtcp-xr-attrib Attribute Extension This section augments the SDP [RFC4566] attribute "rtcp-xr" defined in [RFC3611] by providing an additional value of "xr-format" to signal the use of the report block defined in this document. xr-format =/ xr-pdc-block xr-pdc-block = "pkt-discard-count" 4.2. Offer/Answer Usage When SDP is used in offer-answer context, the SDP Offer/Answer usage defined in [RFC3611] for unilateral "rtcp-xr" attribute parameters applies. For detailed usage of Offer/Answer for unilateral parameter, refer to section 5.2 of [RFC3611]. Clark, et al. Expires October 29, 2013 [Page 9] Internet-Draft RTCP XR Discard April 2013 5. IANA Considerations New block types for RTCP XR are subject to IANA registration. For general guidelines on IANA considerations for RTCP XR, refer to [RFC3611]. 5.1. New RTCP XR Block Type value This document assigns the block type value PDC in the IANA " RTP Control Protocol Extended Reports (RTCP XR) Block Type Registry " to the "Discard Count Metrics Block". [Note to RFC Editor: please replace PDC with the IANA provided RTCP XR block type for this block.] 5.2. New RTCP XR SDP Parameter This document also registers a new parameter "pkt-discard-count" in the " RTP Control Protocol Extended Reports (RTCP XR) Session Description Protocol (SDP) Parameters Registry ". 5.3. Contact information for registrations The following contact information is provided for all registrations in this document: Qin Wu (sunseawq@huawei.com) 101 Software Avenue, Yuhua District Nanjing, Jiangsu 210012 China Clark, et al. Expires October 29, 2013 [Page 10] Internet-Draft RTCP XR Discard April 2013 6. Security Considerations It is believed that this proposed RTCP XR report block introduces no new security considerations beyond those described in [RFC3611]. This block does not provide per-packet statistics so the risk to confidentiality documented in Section 7, paragraph 3 of [RFC3611] does not apply. Clark, et al. Expires October 29, 2013 [Page 11] Internet-Draft RTCP XR Discard April 2013 7. Contributors Geoff Hunt wrote the initial draft of this document. Clark, et al. Expires October 29, 2013 [Page 12] Internet-Draft RTCP XR Discard April 2013 8. Acknowledgments The authors gratefully acknowledge reviews and feedback provided by Bruce Adams, Philip Arden, Amit Arora, Bob Biskner, Kevin Connor, Claus Dahm, Randy Ethier, Roni Even, Jim Frauenthal, Albert Higashi, Tom Hock, Shane Holthaus, Paul Jones, Rajesh Kumar, Keith Lantz, Mohamed Mostafa, Amy Pendleton, Colin Perkins, Mike Ramalho, Ravi Raviraj, Albrecht Schwarz, Tom Taylor, and Hideaki Yamada, Kevin Gross, Varun Singh, Claire Bi, Roni Even, Dan Romascanu and Jonathan Lennox. Clark, et al. Expires October 29, 2013 [Page 13] Internet-Draft RTCP XR Discard April 2013 9. References 9.1. Normative References [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", March 1997. [RFC3550] Schulzrinne, H., "RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time Applications", RFC 3550, July 2003. [RFC3611] Friedman, T., Caceres, R., and A. Clark, "RTP Control Protocol Extended Reports (RTCP XR)", November 2003. [RFC4566] Handley, M., Jacobson, V., and C. Perkins, "SDP: Session Description Protocol", July 2006. [RFC6709] Carpenter, B., Aboba, B., and S. Cheshire, "Design Considerations for Protocol Extensions", RFC 6709, September 2012. [RFC6776] Hunt, G., "Measurement Identity and information Reporting using SDES item and XR Block", RFC 6776, October 2012. 9.2. Informative References [BGDISCARD] Hunt, G., "RTCP XR Report Block for Burst Gap Discard metric Reporting", ID draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-burst-gap-discard-14, April 2013. [RFC4588] Rey, J., "RTP Retransmission Payload Format", RFC 4588, July 2006. [RFC5109] Li, A., "RTP Payload Format for Generic Forward Error Correction", RFC 5109, July 2006. [RFC5725] Begen, A., "RTCP XR Report Block for Post-Repair Loss metric Reporting", RFC 5725, February 2010. [RFC6390] Clark, A. and B. Claise, "Framework for Performance Metric Development", RFC 6390, October 2011. [RFC6792] Wu, Q., "Monitoring Architectures for RTP", RFC 6792, November 2012. [RTPDUP] Begen, A. and C. Perkins, "Duplicating RTP Streams", ID draft-ietf-avtext-rtp-duplication-02, March 2013. Clark, et al. Expires October 29, 2013 [Page 14] Internet-Draft RTCP XR Discard April 2013 Appendix A. Metrics represented using RFC6390 Template RFC EDITOR NOTE: please change XXXX in [RFCXXXX] by the new RFC number, when assigned. a. Number of packets discarded Metric * Metric Name: Number of RTP packets discarded Metric * Metric Description: Number of RTP packets discarded over the period covered by this report. * Method of Measurement or Calculation: See section 3.2, number of packets discarded definition [RFCXXXX]. * Units of Measurement: See section 3.2, number of packets discarded definition [RFCXXXX]. * Measurement Point(s) with Potential Measurement Domain: See section 3, 1st paragraph [RFCXXXX]. * Measurement Timing: See section 3, 1st paragraph [RFCXXXX] for measurement timing and section 3.2 [RFCXXXX] for Interval Metric flag. * Use and applications: See section 1.4 [RFCXXXX]. * Reporting model: See RFC3611. Clark, et al. Expires October 29, 2013 [Page 15] Internet-Draft RTCP XR Discard April 2013 Appendix B. Change Log Note to the RFC-Editor: please remove this section prior to publication as an RFC. B.1. draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-discard-13 The following are the major changes compared to previous version: o Some editorial changes to get in line with burst gap drafts. B.2. draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-discard-12 The following are the major changes compared to previous version: o Incorporate some changes to burst gap draft that applies to this document. o Use RFC6390 template to the metrics in the appendix. B.3. draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-discard-11 The following are the major changes compared to previous version: o Editorial change t based on SDP Directorate and Colin's Review. B.4. draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-discard-10 The following are the major changes compared to previous version: o Editorial change to get in line with recently discussed drafts. o Remove DT=3 based on the discussion to summary statistics draft. B.5. draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-discard-09 The following are the major changes compared to previous version: o SDP Duplicated Parameter Deleting. B.6. draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-discard-08 The following are the major changes compared to previous version: o Outdated reference update. o Editorial changes based on comments that applied to PDV and Delay drafts. Clark, et al. Expires October 29, 2013 [Page 16] Internet-Draft RTCP XR Discard April 2013 Authors' Addresses Alan Clark Telchemy Incorporated 2905 Premiere Parkway, Suite 280 Duluth, GA 30097 USA Email: alan.d.clark@telchemy.com Glen Zorn Network Zen 77/440 Soi Phoomjit, Rama IV Road Phra Khanong, Khlong Toie Bangkok 10110 Thailand Phone: +66 (0) 87 502 4274 Email: gwz@net-zen.net Qin Wu Huawei 101 Software Avenue, Yuhua District Nanjing, Jiangsu 210012 China Email: sunseawq@huawei.com Clark, et al. Expires October 29, 2013 [Page 17]