WebRTC Forward Error Correction Requirements
draft-ietf-rtcweb-fec-10
Network Working Group J. Uberti
Internet-Draft Google
Intended status: Standards Track Jul 16, 2019
Expires: January 17, 2020
WebRTC Forward Error Correction Requirements
draft-ietf-rtcweb-fec-10
Abstract
This document provides information and requirements for how Forward
Error Correction (FEC) should be used by WebRTC implementations.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
3. Types of FEC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
3.1. Separate FEC Stream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.2. Redundant Encoding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.3. Codec-Specific In-band FEC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. FEC for Audio Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4.1. Recommended Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4.2. Negotiating Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5. FEC for Video Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5.1. Recommended Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5.2. Negotiating Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6. FEC for Application Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7. Implementation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
8. Adaptive Use of FEC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
9. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
10. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
11. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
12. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
12.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
12.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Appendix A. Change log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1. Introduction
In situations where packet loss is high, or perfect media quality is
essential, Forward Error Correction (FEC) can be used to proactively
recover from packet losses. This specification provides guidance on
which FEC mechanisms to use, and how to use them, for WebRTC
implementations.
2. Terminology
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
capitals, as shown here.
3. Types of FEC
FEC describes the sending of redundant information in an outgoing
packet stream so that information can still be recovered even in the
face of packet loss. There are multiple ways this can be
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accomplished for RTP media streams [RFC3550]; this section enumerates
the various mechanisms available and describes their tradeoffs.
3.1. Separate FEC Stream
This approach, as described in [RFC5956], Section 4.3, sends FEC
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