RTCP XR Report Block for TS Decodability Statistics Metric reporting
draft-huang-xrblock-rtcp-xr-decodability-04

Network Working Group                                           R. Huang
Internet-Draft                                                     Q. Wu
Intended status: Standards Track                                  Huawei
Expires: January 17, 2013                                      H. Asaeda
                                                         Keio University
                                                            G. Zorn, Ed.
                                                             Network Zen
                                                           July 16, 2012

  RTCP XR Report Block for TS Decodability Statistics Metric reporting
              draft-huang-xrblock-rtcp-xr-decodability-04

Abstract

   Transport Stream is a standard container format used in the
   transmission and storage of multimedia data.  Unicast/Multicast/
   Broadcast MPEG-TS over RTP is widely adopted in the IPTV deployment.
   This document defines an RTCP XR Report Block that allows the
   reporting of decodability statistics metrics related to transmissions
   of MPEG-TS over RTP.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   2.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
     2.1.  Standards Language  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   3.  TR 101 290 Decodability Statistics Metric Report Block  . . . . 3
   4.  SDP Signaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
   5.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
   7.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
     7.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
     7.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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1.  Introduction

   This draft defines a new block type to augment those defined in
   [RFC3611] for use with Transport Stream (TS) [ISO-IEC.13818-1.2007].
   The new block type supports reporting on the consistency of important
   elements in the transport stream.  This new block type can be useful
   for measuring content stream or TS quality by checking TS header
   information [ETSI] and identifying the existence, and characterizing
   the severity, of bitstream packetization problem which may affect
   users' perception of a service delivered over RTP; it may also be
   useful for verifying the continued correct operation of an existing
   system management.

   The new report block is in compliance with the monitoring
   architecture specified in [MONARCH] and the Performance Metrics
   Framework [RFC6390].  The metric is applicable to any type of RTP
   application that uses TS standard format for container of multimedia
   data, for example MPEG4 TS content over RTP.

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].

3.  TR 101 290 Decodability Statistics Metric Report Block

   This block reports decodability statistics metrics beyond the
   information carried in the standard RTCP packet format.  It defines
   eight metrics based on ETSI TR 101 290.  ETSI TR 101 290 focuses on
   what kind of de-codability errors occur and specifies over 30
   measurements split into three different priorities, depending on how
   drastically they affect content stream[ETSI] .  The parameters from
   priority 1 or 2 are either considered necessary to ensure
   decodability or recommended for continuous monitoring.  The
   parameters from priority 3 are not applied to every MPEG-TS
   implememtation and regarded as application dependent monitoring
   specific.  However ETSI TR_101_290 does not specify how many de-
   codability errrors happen when the client receives a sequence of
   consecutive RTP packets.  The metrics defined in this block are used
   to deal with this issue.  It accommodates three basic monitoring
   parameters in priority 1 to ensure that the TS can be decoded and
   report the number of TS_sync_losses, Sync_byte_errors,
   Continuity_count_errors; It also accommodates 5 continuous monitoring

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   parameters in priority 2 and report the number of Transport_errors,
   PCR_errors, PCR_repetition_errors,
   PCR_discontinuity_indicator_errors, and PTS_errors [ETSI].  The other
   parameters are ignored since they are not applied to all the MPEG
   implantations.

   The Decodability Metrics Block has the following format:

    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=TBD    |       rvd     |         block length          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                     SSRC of source                           |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |          begin_seq            |             end_seq           |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                         Number of TSs                         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                      TS_sync_loss_count                       |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                      Sync_byte_error_count                    |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                  Continuity_count_error_count                 |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                      Transport_error_count                    |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                        PCR_error_count                        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                   PCR_repetition_error_count                  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |            PCR_discontinuity_indicator_error_count            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                       PTS_error_count                         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   block type (BT): 8 bits

      A TR 101 290 decodability metrics report block is identified by
      the constant <TDM>.

   rvd: 8 bits

      This field is reserved for future definition.  In the absence of
      such a definition, the bits in this field MUST be set to zero and
      SHOULD be ignored by the receiver.

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   block length: 16 bits

      The constant 11, in accordance with the definition of this field
      in Section 3 of RFC 3611 [RFC3611].

   SSRC of source: 32 bits

      As defined in Section 4.1 of [RFC3611].

   begin_seq: 16 bits

      As defined in Section 4.1 of [RFC3611].

   end_seq: 16 bits

      As defined in Section 4.1 of [RFC3611].

   Number of TSs: 32 bits

      Number of TS in the above sequence number interval.

   TS_sync_loss_count: 32 bits

      Number of TS_sync_loss errors in the above sequence number
      interval.

   Sync_byte_error_count: 32 bits

      Number of sync_byte_errors in the above sequence number interval.

   Continuity_count_error_count: 32 bits

      Number of Continuity_count_errors in the above sequence number
      interval.

   Transport_error_count: 32 bits

      Number of Transport_errors in the above sequence number interval.

   PCR_error_count: 32 bits

      Number of PCR_errors in the above sequence number interval.

   PCR_repetition_error_count: 32 bits

      Number of PCR_repetition_errors in the above sequence number
      interval.

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   PCR_discontinuity_indicator_error_count: 32 bits

      Number of PCR_discontinuity_indicator_errors in the above sequence
      number interval.

   PTS_error_count: 32 bits

      Number of PTS_errors in the above sequence number interval.

4.  SDP Signaling

   One new parameter is defined for the report block defined in this
   document to be used with Session Description Protocol (SDP) [RFC4566]
   using the Augmented Backus-Naur Form (ABNF) [RFC5234].  It has the
   following syntax within the "rtcp-xr" attribute [RFC3611]:

   rtcp-xr-attrib =  "a=rtcp-xr:"
                     [xr-format *(SP xr-format)] CRLF

      xr-format = decodability-metrics

         decodability-metrics = "decodability-metrics"

   Refer to Section 5.1 of RFC 3611 [RFC3611] for a detailed description
   and the full syntax of the "rtcp-xr" attribute.

5.  IANA Considerations

   New report block types for RTCP XR are subject to IANA registration.
   For general guidelines on IANA allocations for RTCP XR, refer to
   Section 6.2 of [RFC3611].

   This document assigns one new block type value in the RTCP XR Block
   Type Registry:

      Name:       TDM
      Long Name:  TR 101 290 Decodability Metrics
      Value       <TDM>
      Reference:  section 3

   This document also registers one SDP [RFC4566] parameters for the
   "rtcp-xr" attribute in the RTCP XR SDP Parameter Registry:

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      *  "decodability-metrics"

   The contact information for the registrations is:

                    Rachel Huang
                    rachel.huang@huawei.com
                    101 Software Avenue, Yuhua District
                    Nanjing, JiangSu 210012 China

6.  Security Considerations

   This proposed RTCP XR report block introduces no new security
   considerations beyond those described in [RFC3611].

7.  References

7.1.  Normative References

   [ETSI]     ETSI, "Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Measurement
              guidelines for DVB systems", Technical Report TR 101 290,
              2001.

   [ISO-IEC.13818-1.2007]
              International Organization for Standardization,
              "Information technology - Generic coding of moving
              pictures and associated audio information: Systems",
              ISO International Standard 13818-1, October 2007.

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

   [RFC2250]  Hoffman, D., Fernando, G., Goyal, V., and M. Civanlar,
              "RTP Payload Format for MPEG1/MPEG2 Video", RFC 2250,
              January 1998.

   [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.

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   [RFC5234]  Crocker, D. and P. Overell, "Augmented BNF for Syntax
              Specifications: ABNF", STD 68, RFC 5234, January 2008.

7.2.  Informative References

   [MONARCH]  Wu, Q., Hunt, G., and P. , "Monitoring Architectures for
              RTP", ID draft-ietf-avtcore-monarch-17, June 2012.

   [RFC6390]  Clark, A. and B. Claise, "Guidelines for Considering New
              Performance Metric Development", BCP 170, RFC 6390,
              October 2011.

Authors' Addresses

   Rachel Huang
   Huawei
   101 Software Avenue, Yuhua District
   Nanjing  210012
   China

   Email: rachel.huang@huawei.com

   Qin Wu
   Huawei
   101 Software Avenue, Yuhua District
   Nanjing, Jiangsu  210012
   China

   Email: bill.wu@huawei.com

   Hitoshi Asaeda
   Keio University
   Graduate School of Media and Governance 5322 Endo
   Fujisawa, Kanagawa  252-0882
   Japan

   Email: asaeda@wide.ad.jp

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   Glen Zorn (editor)
   Network Zen
   227/358 Thanon Sanphawut
   Bang Na, Bangkok  10260
   Thailand

   Phone: +66 (0) 87-040-4617
   Email: glenzorn@gmail.com

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