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  <front>
    <title abbrev="RTCP XR Delay">RTCP XR Report Block for Delay metric
    Reporting</title>

    <author fullname="Geoff Hunt" initials="G." surname="Hunt">
      <organization>Unaffiliated</organization>

      <address>
        <email>r.geoff.hunt@gmail.com</email>
      </address>
    </author>

    <author fullname="Alan Clark" initials="A." surname="Clark">
      <organization abbrev="Telchemy">Telchemy Incorporated</organization>

      <address>
        <postal>
          <street>2905 Premiere Parkway, Suite 280</street>

          <city>Duluth</city>

          <region>GA</region>

          <code>30097</code>

          <country>USA</country>
        </postal>

        <email>alan.d.clark@telchemy.com</email>
      </address>
    </author>

    <author fullname="Kevin Gross" initials="K." surname="Gross">
      <organization>AVA Networks</organization>

      <address>
        <email>kevin.gross@avanw.com</email>
      </address>
    </author>

    <author fullname="Qin Wu" initials="Q." surname="Wu">
      <organization>Huawei</organization>

      <address>
        <postal>
          <street>101 Software Avenue, Yuhua District</street>

          <city>Nanjing</city>

          <region>Jiangsu</region>

          <code>210012</code>

          <country>China</country>
        </postal>

        <email>sunseawq@huawei.com</email>
      </address>
    </author>

    <date month="December" year="2011" />

    <area>Real-time Applications and Infrastructure Area</area>

    <workgroup>Audio/Video Transport Working Group</workgroup>

    <keyword>RFC</keyword>

    <keyword>Request for Comments</keyword>

    <keyword>I-D</keyword>

    <keyword>Internet-Draft</keyword>

    <keyword>Real Time Control Protocol</keyword>

    <abstract>
      <t>This document defines an RTCP XR Report Block that allows the
      reporting of Delay metrics for use in a range of RTP applications.</t>
    </abstract>
  </front>

  <middle>
    <section anchor="intro" title="Introduction">
      <section title="Packet Delay Metrics Block">
        <t>This draft 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 mean, minimum and maximum values of the
        network round-trip delay between RTP interfaces in peer RTP end
        systems as measured, for example, using the RTCP method described in
        <xref target="RFC3550"></xref>. It also supports reporting of the
        component of the round- trip delay internal to the local RTP
        system.</t>

        <t>The network metrics belong to the class of packet transport delay
        metrics defined in <xref target="MONARCH"></xref> (work in
        progress).</t>
      </section>

      <section title="RTCP and RTCP XR Reports">
        <t>The use of RTCP for reporting is defined in <xref
        target="RFC3550"></xref>. <xref target="RFC3611"></xref> defined an
        extensible structure for reporting using an RTCP Extended Report (XR).
        This draft defines a new Extended Report block that MUST be used as
        defined in <xref target="RFC3550"></xref> and <xref
        target="RFC3611"></xref>.</t>
      </section>

      <section title="Performance Metrics Framework">
        <t>The Performance Metrics Framework <xref target="RFC6390"></xref>
        provides guidance on the definition and specification of performance
        metrics. Metrics described in this draft either reference external
        definitions or define metrics generally in accordance with the
        guidelines in <xref target="RFC6390"></xref>.</t>
      </section>

      <section title="Applicability">
        <t>These metrics are applicable to a range of RTP applications.</t>
      </section>
    </section>

    <section title="Terminology">
      <section title="Standards Language">
        <t>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 <xref
        target="RFC2119">RFC 2119</xref>.</t>
      </section>
    </section>

    <section title="Delay Block">
      <t>Metrics in this block report on packet delay in the stream arriving
      at the RTP system. Instances of this Metrics Block refer by SSRC to the
      separate auxiliary Measurement Information block <xref
      target="MEASI"></xref> which contains measurement intervals. This metric
      block relies on the measurement interval in the Measurement Information
      block indicating the span of the report. If the measurement interval is
      not received for this metric block, this metric block should be
      discarded. </t>

      <section title="Report Block Structure">
        <t>Delay metrics block<figure title="Figure 1: Report Block Structure">
            <artwork>
       0               1               2               3
       0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |    BT=NDEL    | I |   resv.   |      block length = 3         |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                           SSRC of Source                      |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Mean Network Round Trip Delay |       End System Delay        |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Min Network Round Trip Delay  | Max Network Round Trip Delay  |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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          </figure></t>
      </section>

      <section title="Definition of Fields in Delay Metrics Report Block">
        <t><list style="hanging">
            <t hangText="Block type (BT): 8 bits"><vspace blankLines="1" />A
            Delay Report Block is identified by the constant NDEL.<vspace
            blankLines="1" />[Note to RFC Editor: please replace NDEL with the
            IANA provided RTCP XR block type for this block.]<vspace
            blankLines="1" /></t>

            <t hangText="Interval Metric flag (I): 2 bit"><vspace
            blankLines="1" />This field is used to indicate whether the Basic
            Loss/Discard 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 to the value of a continuously measured or calculated
            that has been sampled at end of the interval (I=01) (Sampled
            Value). <vspace blankLines="1" /></t>

            <t hangText="Reserved (resv): 6 bits"><vspace
            blankLines="1" />These bits are reserved. They SHOULD be set to
            zero by senders and MUST be ignored by receivers.<vspace
            blankLines="1" /></t>

            <t hangText="block length: 16 bits"><vspace blankLines="1" /> The
            length of this report block in 32-bit words, minus one. For the
            Delay block, the block length is equal to 3.<vspace
            blankLines="1" /></t>

            <t hangText="SSRC of source: 32 bits"><vspace blankLines="1" />As
            defined in Section 4.1 of <xref target="RFC3611"></xref>.<vspace
            blankLines="1" /></t>

            <t hangText="Mean Network Round Trip Delay (ms): 16 bits"><vspace
            blankLines="1" />The Mean Network Round Trip Delay is the mean
            value of the RTP-to- RTP interface round trip delay in ms over the
            measurement period, typically determined using RTCP SR/RR.<vspace
            blankLines="1" /> If only one measurement of Round Trip Delay is
            available for the timespan of the report (whether Interval or
            Cumulative), this single value should be reported as the mean
            value.<vspace blankLines="1" />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.<vspace blankLines="1" /></t>

            <t hangText="End System Delay (ms): 16 bits"><vspace
            blankLines="1" />The End System Delay is the internal round trip
            delay within the reporting endpoint, calculated using the nominal
            value of the jitter buffer delay plus the accumulation/ encoding
            and decoding / playout delay associated with the codec being
            used.<vspace blankLines="1" /> If the measured or estimated 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.<vspace blankLines="1" /></t>

            <t hangText="Min Network Round Trip Delay (ms): 16 bits"><vspace
            blankLines="1" /> The Min Network Round Trip Delay is the minimum
            value of the RTP- to-RTP interface round trip delay in ms over the
            measurement period, typically determined using RTCP SR/RR.<vspace
            blankLines="1" /> If only one measurement of Round Trip Delay is
            available for the timespan of the report (whether Interval or
            Cumulative), this single value should be reported as the minimum
            value.<vspace blankLines="1" /> 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.</t>

            <t hangText="Max Network Round Trip Delay (ms): 16 bits"><vspace
            blankLines="1" /> The Max Network Round Trip Delay is the maximum
            value of the RTP- to-RTP interface round trip delay in ms over the
            measurement period, typically determined using RTCP SR/RR.<vspace
            blankLines="1" /> If only one measurement of Round Trip Delay is
            available for the timespan of the report (whether Interval or
            Cumulative), this single value should be reported as the maximum
            value.<vspace blankLines="1" /> 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.<vspace blankLines="1" /></t>
          </list></t>
      </section>
    </section>

    <section title="SDP Signaling">
      <t>[RFC3611] defines the use of SDP (Session Description Protocol) <xref
      target="RFC4566"></xref> for signaling the use of XR blocks. XR blocks
      MAY be used without prior signaling.</t>

      <t>This section augments the SDP <xref target="RFC4566"></xref>
      attribute "rtcp-xr" defined in <xref target="RFC3611"></xref> by
      providing an additional value of "xr-format" to signal the use of the
      report block defined in this document.<figure>
          <artwork>
rtcp-xr-attrib = "a=" "rtcp-xr" ":" [xr-format *(SP xr-format)] CRLF

(defined in [RFC3611])

xr-format =/ xr-delay-block
   
xr-delay-block ="delay"
</artwork>
        </figure></t>
    </section>

    <section title="IANA Considerations">
      <t>New block types for RTCP XR are subject to IANA registration. For
      general guidelines on IANA considerations for RTCP XR, refer to <xref
      target="RFC3611"></xref>.</t>

      <section title="New RTCP XR Block Type value">
        <t>This document assigns the block type value NDEL in the IANA "RTCP
        XR Block Type Registry" to the "Delay Metrics Block".</t>

        <t>[Note to RFC Editor: please replace NDEL with the IANA provided
        RTCP XR block type for this block.]</t>
      </section>

      <section title="New RTCP XR SDP Parameter">
        <t>This document also registers a new parameter "delay" in the "RTCP
        XR SDP Parameters Registry".</t>
      </section>

      <section title="Contact information for registrations">
        <t><figure>
            <artwork>
   The contact information for the registrations is:

   Geoff Hunt (r.geoff.hunt@gmail.com)

   Orion 2 PP3, Adastral Park, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich IP5 3RE, United
   Kingdom
</artwork>
          </figure><vspace blankLines="1" /></t>
      </section>
    </section>

    <section title="Security Considerations">
      <t>It is believed that this proposed RTCP XR report block introduces no
      new security considerations beyond those described in <xref
      target="RFC3611"></xref>. This block does not provide per-packet
      statistics so the risk to confidentiality documented in Section 7,
      paragraph 3 of <xref target="RFC3611"></xref> does not apply.</t>
    </section>

    <section title="Contributors">
      <t>The authors gratefully acknowledge the comments and contributions
      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.</t>
    </section>
  </middle>

  <back>
    <references title="Normative References">
      <reference anchor="RFC2119">
        <front>
          <title abbrev="RFC Key Words">Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
          Requirement Levels</title>

          <author fullname="Scott Bradner" initials="S." surname="Bradner">
            <organization>Harvard University</organization>

            <address>
              <postal>
                <street>1350 Mass. Ave.</street>

                <street>Cambridge</street>

                <street>MA 02138</street>
              </postal>

              <phone>- +1 617 495 3864</phone>

              <email>sob@harvard.edu</email>
            </address>
          </author>

          <date month="March" year="1997" />

          <area>General</area>

          <keyword>keyword</keyword>

          <abstract>
            <t>In many standards track documents several words are used to
            signify the requirements in the specification. These words are
            often capitalized. This document defines these words as they
            should be interpreted in IETF documents. Authors who follow these
            guidelines should incorporate this phrase near the beginning of
            their document: <list>
                <t>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.</t>
              </list></t>

            <t>Note that the force of these words is modified by the
            requirement level of the document in which they are used.</t>
          </abstract>
        </front>
      </reference>

      <reference anchor="RFC3611">
        <front>
          <title>RTP Control Protocol Extended Reports (RTCP XR)</title>

          <author fullname="T. Friedman" initials="T." surname="Friedman">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <author fullname="R. Caceres" initials="R." surname="Caceres">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <author fullname="A. Clark" initials="A." surname="Clark">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <date month="November" year="2003" />

          <abstract>
            <t>This document defines the Extended Report (XR) packet type for
            the RTP Control Protocol (RTCP), and defines how the use of XR
            packets can be signaled by an application if it employs the
            Session Description Protocol (SDP). XR packets are composed of
            report blocks, and seven block types are defined here. The purpose
            of the extended reporting format is to convey information that
            supplements the six statistics that are contained in the report
            blocks used by RTCP's Sender Report (SR) and Receiver Report (RR)
            packets. Some applications, such as multicast inference of network
            characteristics (MINC) or voice over IP (VoIP) monitoring, require
            other and more detailed statistics. In addition to the block types
            defined here, additional block types may be defined in the future
            by adhering to the framework that this document provides.</t>
          </abstract>
        </front>
      </reference>

      <reference anchor="RFC4566">
        <front>
          <title>SDP: Session Description Protocol</title>

          <author fullname="M. Handley" initials="M." surname="Handley">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <author fullname="V. Jacobson" initials="V." surname="Jacobson">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <author fullname="C. Perkins" initials="C." surname="Perkins">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <date month="July" year="2006" />

          <abstract>
            <t>This memo defines the Session Description Protocol (SDP). SDP
            is intended for describing multimedia sessions for the purposes of
            session announcement, session invitation, and other forms of
            multimedia session initiation. [STANDARDS-TRACK]</t>
          </abstract>
        </front>
      </reference>

      <reference anchor="RFC3550">
        <front>
          <title>RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time Applications</title>

          <author fullname="Henning Schulzrinne" initials="H."
                  surname="Schulzrinne">
            <organization>Columbia University</organization>
          </author>

          <date month="July" year="2003" />
        </front>

        <seriesInfo name="RFC" value="3550" />

        <format type="TXT" />
      </reference>
    </references>

    <references title="Informative References">
      <reference anchor="MONARCH">
        <front>
          <title>Monitoring Architectures for RTP</title>

          <author fullname="Geoff Hunt" initials="G." surname="Hunt">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <date month="August" year="2011" />
        </front>

        <seriesInfo name="ID" value="draft-ietf-avtcore-monarch-04" />

        <format type="TXT" />
      </reference>

      <reference anchor="MEASI">
        <front>
          <title>Measurement Identity and information Reporting using SDES
          item and XR Block</title>

          <author fullname="Geoff Hunt" initials="G." surname="Hunt">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <date month="October" year="2011" />
        </front>

        <seriesInfo name="ID"
                    value="draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-measu-identity-01" />

        <format type="TXT" />
      </reference>

      <reference anchor="RFC6390">
        <front>
          <title>Framework for Performance Metric Development</title>

          <author fullname="Alan Clark" initials="A." surname="Clark">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <author fullname="Benoit Claise " initials="B." surname="Claise">
            <organization></organization>
          </author>

          <date month="October" year="2011" />
        </front>

        <seriesInfo name="RFC" value="6390" />
      </reference>
    </references>

    <section title="Change Log">
      <t>Note to the RFC-Editor: please remove this section prior to
      publication as an RFC.</t>

      <section title="draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-delay-00">
        <t>The following are the major changes to previous version : <list
            style="symbols">
            <t>Changed BNF for SDP following Christian Groves' and Tom
            Taylor's comments (4th and 5th May 2009).</t>

            <t>Updated references.</t>
          </list></t>
      </section>

      <section title="draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-delay-01">
        <t>The following are the major changes to previous version : <list
            style="symbols">
            <t>Updated references.</t>

            <t>Allocate one more bit for Interval metric flag to indicate
            sampled metric can be used.</t>

            <t>add a few clarification text for failure mode.</t>
          </list></t>
      </section>
    </section>
  </back>
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