Network Working Group C. Bi Internet-Draft STTRI Intended status: Standards Track A. Clark Expires: January 3, 2013 Telchemy G. Hunt Unaffiliated Q. Wu Huawei G. Zorn, Ed. Network Zen July 2, 2012 RTCP XR Report Block for Loss Concealment Metric Reporting draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-loss-conceal-02.txt Abstract This document defines an RTCP XR Report Block that allows the reporting of loss concealment metrics primarily for audio applications of RTP. 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/. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. 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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.1. Standards Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.2. Loss Concealment Report Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.3. RTCP and RTCP XR Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.4. Performance Metrics Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.5. Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2. Loss Concealment Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.1. Report Block Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.2. Definition of Fields in Loss Concealment Report Block . . . 4 3. SDP Signaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4.1. New RTCP XR Block Type value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4.2. New RTCP XR SDP Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4.3. Contact Information for Registrations . . . . . . . . . . . 8 5. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 6. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 7. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 7.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 7.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Bi, et al. Expires January 3, 2013 [Page 2] Internet-Draft RTCP XR Loss Concealment July 2012 1. Introduction 1.1. 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]. 1.2. Loss Concealment Report Block This draft defines a new block type to augment those defined in Friedman, et al. [RFC3611] for use in a range of RTP applications. At any instant, the audio output at a receiver may be classified as either 'normal' or 'concealed'. 'Normal' refers to playout of audio payload received from the remote end, and also includes locally generated signals such as announcements, tones and comfort noise. Concealment refers to playout of locally-generated signals used to mask the impact of network impairments or to reduce the audibility of jitter buffer adaptations. The new block type provides metrics for actions taken by the receiver to mitigate the effect of packet loss and packet discard. Specifically, the first metric (On-Time Playout Duration) reports the duration of normal playout of data which the receiver obtained from the sender's stream. A second metric (Loss Concealment Duration) reports the total time during which the receiver played out media data which was manufactured locally, because the sender's data for these periods was not available due to packet loss or discard. A similar metric (Buffer Adjustment Concealment Duration) reports the duration of playout of locally-manufactured data replacing data unavailable due to adaptation of an adaptive de-jitter buffer. Further metrics (Playout Interrupt Count and Mean Playout Interrupt Size) report the number of times normal playout was interrupted, and the mean duration of these interruptions. Loss Concealment Duration and Buffer Adjustment Concealment Duration are reported separately because buffer adjustment is typically arranged to occur in silence periods so may have very little impact on user experience, whilst loss concealment may occur at any time. The metric belongs to the class of transport-related terminal metrics defined in Wu, et al. [I-D.ietf-avtcore-monarch]. 1.3. RTCP and RTCP XR Reports The use of RTCP for reporting is defined in Schulzrinne, et al. [RFC3550]. Friedman, Cacares & Clark [RFC3611] define an Bi, et al. Expires January 3, 2013 [Page 3] Internet-Draft RTCP XR Loss Concealment July 2012 extensible structure for reporting using an RTCP Extended Report (XR). This draft defines a new Extended Report block that MUST be used as specified in RFC 3550 and RFC 3611. 1.4. Performance Metrics Framework Clark & Claise [RFC6390] provides guidance on the definition and specification of performance metrics. Wu, et al. [I-D.ietf-avtcore-monarch] provides guidelines for RTCP XR report block formats. The report block defined in this document is in accordance with those guidelines. 1.5. Applicability This metric is primarily applicable to audio applications of RTP. EDITOR'S NOTE: are there metrics for concealment of transport errors for video? 2. Loss Concealment Block 2.1. 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= | I |plc| resv | block length=5 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | SSRC of Source | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | On-time Playout Duration | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Loss Concealment Duration | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Buffer Adjustment Concealment Duration | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Playout Interrupt Count | Mean Playout Interrupt Size | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Figure 1: Structure of the Loss Concealment Metrics Block 2.2. Definition of Fields in Loss Concealment Report Block Block type (BT): 8 bits A Loss Concealment Metrics Report Block is identified by the constant . Bi, et al. Expires January 3, 2013 [Page 4] Internet-Draft RTCP XR Loss Concealment July 2012 [Note to RFC Editor: please replace with the RTCP XR block type allocated by IANA for this block.] Interval Metric flag (I): 2 bits This field is used to indicate whether the delay metrics are sampled, interval or cumulative metrics, that is, whether the reported values applies to the most recent measurement interval duration between successive metrics reports (I=10) (the interval duration) or to the accumulation period characteristic of cumulative measurements (I=11) (the cumulative duration) or is a sampled instantaneous value (I=01) (sampled value). Packet Loss Concealment Method (plc): 2 bits This field is used to identify the packet loss concealment method in use at the receiver, according to the following scheme: 00 = silence insertion 01 = simple replay, no attenuation 10 = simple replay, with attenuation 11 = enhanced Reserved (resv): 4 bits These bits are reserved. They MUST be set to zero by senders and SHOULD be ignored by receivers. block length: 16 bits The length of this report block in 32-bit words, minus one. For the Loss Concealment block, the block length is equal to 5. SSRC of source: 32 bits As defined in Section 4.1 of RFC 3611. Bi, et al. Expires January 3, 2013 [Page 5] Internet-Draft RTCP XR Loss Concealment July 2012 On-time Playout Duration (ms): 32 bits 'On-time' playout is the uninterrupted, in-sequence playout of valid decoded audio information originating from the remote endpoint. This includes comfort noise during periods of remote talker silence if voice activity detection (VAD) is in use, and locally generated or regenerated tones and announcements. An equivalent definition is that on-time playout is playout of any signal other than those used for concealment. On-time playout duration MUST include both speech and silence intervals, whether VAD is used or not. This duration is reported in millisecond units. If the measured value exceeds 0xFFFFFFFD, the value 0xFFFFFFFE SHOULD be reported to indicate an over-range measurement. If the measurement is unavailable, the value 0xFFFFFFFF SHOULD be reported. Loss Concealment Duration (ms): 32 bits The duration, in milliseconds, of audio playout corresponding to loss-type concealment. Loss-type concealment is reactive insertion or deletion of samples in the audio playout stream due to effective frame loss at the audio decoder. "Effective frame loss" is the event in which a frame of coded audio is simply not present at the audio decoder when required. In this case, substitute audio samples are generally formed, at the decoder or elsewhere, to reduce audible impairment. If the measured value exceeds 0xFFFFFFFD, the value 0xFFFFFFFE SHOULD be reported to indicate an over-range measurement. If the measurement is unavailable, the value 0xFFFFFFFF SHOULD be reported. Buffer Adjustment Concealment Duration (ms): 32 bits The duration, in milliseconds, of audio playout corresponding to buffer adjustment concealment, if known. If the measured value exceeds 0xFFFFFFFD, the value 0xFFFFFFFE SHOULD be reported to indicate an over-range measurement. If the measurement is unavailable, the value 0xFFFFFFFF SHOULD be Bi, et al. Expires January 3, 2013 [Page 6] Internet-Draft RTCP XR Loss Concealment July 2012 reported. Buffer adjustment concealment is proactive or controlled insertion or deletion of samples in the audio playout stream due to jitter buffer adaptation, re-sizing or re-centering decisions within the endpoint. Because this insertion is controlled, rather than occurring randomly in response to losses, it is typically less audible than loss-type concealment. For example, jitter buffer adaptation events may be constrained to occur during periods of talker silence, in which case only silence duration is affected, or sophisticated time-stretching methods for insertion/deletion during favorable periods in active speech may be employed. Concealment events which cannot be classified as buffer adjustment MUST be classified as loss concealment. Playout Interrupt Count: 16 bits The number of interruptions to normal playout which occurred during the reporting period. If the measured value exceeds 0xFFFD, the value 0xFFFE SHOULD be reported to indicate an over-range measurement. If the measurement is unavailable, the value 0xFFFF SHOULD be reported. Mean Playout Interrupt Size (ms): 16 bits The mean duration, in ms, of interruptions to normal playout which occurred during the reporting period. If the measured value exceeds 0xFFFD, the value 0xFFFE SHOULD be reported to indicate an over-range measurement. If the measurement is unavailable, the value 0xFFFF SHOULD be reported. 3. SDP Signaling The use of the Session Description Protocol (SDP) [RFC4566] for signaling the use of XR blocks is described in RFC 3611. XR blocks MAY be used without prior signaling. This section augments the SDP attribute "rtcp-xr" [RFC3611] by providing an additional value of "xr-format" to signal the use of the report block defined in this document. Bi, et al. Expires January 3, 2013 [Page 7] Internet-Draft RTCP XR Loss Concealment July 2012 rtcp-xr-attrib = "a=" "rtcp-xr" ":" [xr-format *(SP xr-format)] CRLF (defined in RFC 3611) xr-format =/ xr-conceal-block xr-conceal-block = "loss-conceal" 4. IANA Considerations New block types for RTCP XR are subject to IANA registration. For general guidelines on IANA considerations for RTCP XR, refer to RFC 3611. 4.1. New RTCP XR Block Type value This document assigns the block type value in the IANA "RTCP XR Block Type Registry" to the "Loss Concealment Metrics Block". [Note to RFC Editor: please replace with the RTCP XR block type assigned by IANA for this block.] 4.2. New RTCP XR SDP Parameter This document also registers a new parameter "loss-conceal" in the "RTCP XR SDP Parameters Registry". 4.3. Contact Information for Registrations The contact information for the registrations is: Alan Clark (alan.d.clark@telchemy.com) 2905 Premiere Parkway, Suite 280 Duluth, GA 30097 USA 5. Security Considerations It is believed that this proposed RTCP XR report block introduces no new security considerations beyond those described in RFC 3611. This block does not provide per-packet statistics so the risk to confidentiality documented in Section 7, paragraph 3 of RFC 3611 does not apply. Bi, et al. Expires January 3, 2013 [Page 8] Internet-Draft RTCP XR Loss Concealment July 2012 6. Acknowledgements The authors gratefully acknowledge the comments and suggestions made 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. 7. References 7.1. Normative References [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. [RFC3550] Schulzrinne, H., Casner, S., Frederick, R., and V. Jacobson, "RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time Applications", STD 64, RFC 3550, July 2003. [RFC3611] Friedman, T., Caceres, R., and A. Clark, "RTP Control Protocol Extended Reports (RTCP XR)", RFC 3611, November 2003. [RFC4566] Handley, M., Jacobson, V., and C. Perkins, "SDP: Session Description Protocol", RFC 4566, July 2006. 7.2. Informative References [I-D.ietf-avtcore-monarch] Wu, W., Hunt, G., and P. Arden, "Guidelines for Use of the RTP Monitoring Framework", draft-ietf-avtcore-monarch-17 (work in progress), June 2012. [RFC6390] Clark, A. and B. Claise, "Guidelines for Considering New Performance Metric Development", BCP 170, RFC 6390, October 2011. Bi, et al. Expires January 3, 2013 [Page 9] Internet-Draft RTCP XR Loss Concealment July 2012 Authors' Addresses Claire Bi Shanghai Research Institure of China Telecom Corporation Limited No.1835, South Pudong Road Shanghai 200122 China EMail: bijy@sttri.com.cn Alan Clark Telchemy Incorporated 2905 Premiere Parkway, Suite 280 Duluth, GA 30097 USA EMail: alan.d.clark@telchemy.com Geoff Hunt Unaffiliated EMail: r.geoff.hunt@gmail.com Qin Wu Huawei 101 Software Avenue, Yuhua District Nanjing, Jiangsu 210012 China EMail: sunseawq@huawei.com Glen Zorn (editor) Network Zen 227/358 Thanon Sanphawut Bang Na, Bangkok 10260 Thailand Phone: +66 (0) 90 920 1060 EMail: glenzorn@gmail.com Bi, et al. Expires January 3, 2013 [Page 10]