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draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-qoe-05
Network Working Group                                           A. Clark
Internet-Draft                                                  Telchemy
Intended status: Standards Track                                   Q. Wu
Expires: August 29, 2013                                          Huawei
                                                               R. Schott
                                                        Deutsche Telekom
                                                                 G. Zorn
                                                             Network Zen
                                                       February 25, 2013

 RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) Extended Report (XR) Blocks for QoE Metric
                               Reporting
                   draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-qoe-05

Abstract

   This document defines an RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) Extended Report
   (XR) Block including two new segment types and associated SDP
   parameters that allow the reporting of QoE metrics for use in a range
   of RTP applications.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
     1.1.  QoE Metrics Report Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
     1.2.  RTCP and RTCP XR Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
     1.3.  Performance Metrics Framework  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
     1.4.  Applicability  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   2.  Terminology  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
     2.1.  Standards Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
   3.  QoE Metrics Block  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
     3.1.  Metric Block Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
     3.2.  Definition of Fields in QoE Metrics Block  . . . . . . . .  6
       3.2.1.  Single Stream per SSRC Segment . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
       3.2.2.  Multi-Channel audio per SSRC Segment . . . . . . . . .  8
   4.  SDP Signaling  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
     4.1.  SDP rtcp-xr-attrib Attribute Extension . . . . . . . . . .  9
     4.2.  Offer/Answer Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
   5.  IANA Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
     5.1.  New RTCP XR Block Type value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
     5.2.  New RTCP XR SDP Parameter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
     5.3.  Contact information for registrations  . . . . . . . . . . 13
     5.4.  New registry of calculation algorithms . . . . . . . . . . 13
   6.  Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
   7.  Authors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
   8.  Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
   9.  References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
     9.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
     9.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
   Appendix A.  Evaluation Example of User Quality of Experience
                for video stream  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
   Appendix B.  Change Log  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
     B.1.  draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-qoe-05  . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
     B.2.  draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-qoe-04  . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
     B.3.  draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-qoe-03  . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
     B.4.  draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-qoe-02  . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
     B.5.  draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-qoe-01  . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
     B.6.  draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-qoe-00  . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
   Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

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1.  Introduction

1.1.  QoE Metrics 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 provides information on multimedia quality using
   one of several standard metrics.

   The metrics belong to the class of application level 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 draft 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 XR Block described in this document
   are in accordance with the guidelines in [RFC6390] and [RFC6792].

1.4.  Applicability

   The QoE Metrics Report Block can be used in any application of RTP
   for which QoE measurement algorithms are defined.

   The factors that affect real-time AV application quality can be split
   into two categories.  The first category consists of transport-
   dependent factors such as packet loss, delay and jitter (which also
   translates into losses in the playback buffer).  The factors in the
   second category are application-specific factors that affect real
   time application (e.g., video) quality and are sensitivity to network
   errors.  These factors can be but not limited to video codec and loss
   recovery technique, coding bit rate, packetization scheme, and
   content characteristics.

   Compared with application-specific factors, the transport-dependent
   factors sometimes are not sufficient to measure real time data
   quality, since the ability to analyze the real time data in the
   application layer provides quantifiable measurements for subscriber
   Quality of Experience (QoE) that may not be captured in the

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   transmission layers or from the RTP layer down.  In a typical
   scenario, monitoring of the transmission layers can produce
   statistics suggesting that quality is not an issue, such as the fact
   that network jitter is not excessive.  However, problems may occur in
   the service layers leading to poor subscriber QoE.  Therefore
   monitoring using only network-level measurements may be insufficient
   when application layer content quality is required.

   In order to provide accurate measures of real time application
   quality when transporting real time contents across a network, the
   synthentical multimedia quality Metrics is highly required which can
   be conveyed in the RTCP XR packets[RFC3611] and may have the
   following three benefits:

   o  Tuning the content encoder algorithm to satisfy real time data
      quality requirements.
   o  Determining which system techniques to use in a given situation
      and when to switch from one technique to another as system
      parameters change.
   o  Verifying the continued correct operation of an existing system.

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].

   The terminology used is

      Numeric formats S X:Y

         where S indicates a two's complement signed representation, X
         the number of bits prior to the decimal place and Y the number
         of bits after the decimal place.
         Hence 8:8 represents an unsigned number in the range 0.0 to
         255.996 with a granularity of 0.0039.  S7:8 would represent the
         range -127.996 to +127.996. 0:16 represents a proper binary
         fraction with range
         0.0 to 1 - 1/65536 = 0.9999847
         though note that use of flag values at the top of the numeric
         range slightly reduces this upper limit.  For example, if the
         16- bit values 0xfffe and 0xffff are used as flags for "over-
         range" and "unavailable" conditions, a 0:16 quantity has range

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         0.0 to 1 - 3/65536 = 0.9999542

3.  QoE Metrics Block

   This block reports the multimedia application performance or quality
   beyond the information carried in the standard RTCP packet format.
   Information is recorded about multimedia application QoE metric which
   provides a measure that is indicative of the user's view of a
   service.  Multimedia application QoE metric is commonly expressed as
   a MOS ("Mean Opinion Score"), MOS is on a scale from 1 to 5, in which
   5 represents excellent and 1 represents unacceptable.  MOS scores are
   usually obtained using subjective testing or using objective
   algorithm.  However Subjective testing to estimate the multimedia
   quality may be not suitable for measuring the multimedia quality
   since the results may vary from test to test.  Therefore using
   objective algorithm to calculate MOS scores is recommended.  ITU-T
   recommendations define the methodologies for assessment of the
   performance of multimedia stream
   [G.107][P.564][G.1082][P.1201.1][P.1201.2][P.1202.1][P.NBAMS-HR] and
   provides a method to evaluate QoE estimation algorithms and objective
   model for video and audio.  Hence this document recommends vendors
   and implementers to use these International Telecommunication Union
   (ITU)-specified methodologies to measure parameters when possible.

3.1.  Metric Block Structure

   The report block contents are dependent upon a series of flag bits
   carried in the first part of the header.  Not all parameters need to
   be reported in each block.  Flags indicate which are and which are
   not reported.  The fields corresponding to unreported parameters MUST
   be present, but are set to zero.  The receiver MUST ignore any QoE
   Metrics Block with a non-zero value in any field flagged as
   unreported.  The encoding of QoE metrics block payload consists of a
   series of 32 bit units called segments that describe MOS Type, MoS
   algorithm and MoS value.

   The QoE Metrics Block has the following format:

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       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=QMB    | I |  Reserved |       Block Length            |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                        SSRC of source                         |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                          Segment  1                           |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                          Segment 2                            |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      ..................
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                          Segment n                            |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

3.2.  Definition of Fields in QoE Metrics Block

   Block type (BT): 8 bits

      The QoE Metrics Block is identified by the constant <QMB>.

   Interval Metric flag (I): 2 bits

      This field is used to indicate whether the QoE metrics are
      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).

   Reserved.: 6 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
      MUST be ignored by the receiver.

   Block Length: 16 bits

      The length of this report block in 32-bit words, minus one.  For
      the QoE Metrics Block, the block length is variable length.

   SSRC of source: 32 bits

      As defined in Section 4.1 of [RFC3611].

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   Segment i: 32 bits

      There are two segment types defined in this document: single
      stream per SSRC segment, multi-channel audio per SSRC segment.
      Multi-channel audio per SSRC segment is used to deal with the case
      where Multi-channel audios are carried in one RTP stream while
      single stream per SSRC segment is used to deal with the case where
      each media stream is identified by SSRC and sent in separate RTP
      stream.  The leftmost bit of the segment determines its type.  If
      the leftmost bit of the segment is zero, then it is single stream
      segment.  If the leftmost bit is one, then it is multi-channel
      audio segment.  Note that two segment types can not be present in
      the same metric block.

3.2.1.  Single Stream per SSRC Segment

      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |S|     CAID      |    PT       |           MOS Value           |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   Segment Type (S): 1 bit

      This field is used to identify the segment type used in this
      report block.  A zero identifies this as a single stream segment.
      Single stream means there is only one media stream carried in one
      RTP stream.  The single stream segment can be used to report the
      MoS value associated with the media stream identified by SSRC.  If
      there are multiple media streams and they want to use the single
      stream per SSRC segment to report the MOS value, they should be
      carried in the separate RTP streams with each identified by
      different SSRC.  In this case, multiple QoE Metrics Blocks are
      required to report the MOS value corresponding to each media
      stream using single stream segment in the same RTCP XR packet.

   Calg Algorithm ID (CAID) : 8bits

      The 8-bit CAID is the local identifier of calculation algorithm
      associated with this segment in the range 1-255 inclusive.

   Payload Type (PT): 7 bits

      QoE metrics reporting depends on the payload format in use.  This
      field identifies the format of the RTP payload.  For RTP sessions
      where multiple payload formats can be negotiated or the payload
      format changes during the mid-session), the value of this field
      will be used to indicate what payload format was in use for the
      reporting interval.

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   MOS Value: 16 bits

      The estimated mean opinion score for multimedia application
      quality is defined as including the effects of delay,loss,
      discard,jitter and other effects that would affect multimedia
      quality .  It is expressed in numeric format 8:8 with the value in
      the range 0.0 to 255.996.  The valid the measured value ranges
      from 0.0 to 50.0, corresponding to MoS x 10 as for MoS.  If the
      measured value is over ranged, the value 0xFFFE MUST be reported
      to indicate an over-range measurement.  If the measurement is
      unavailable, the value 0xFFFF MUST be reported.  Values other than
      0xFFFE,0xFFFF and the valid range defined above MUST NOT be sent
      and MUST be ignored by the receiving system.

3.2.2.  Multi-Channel audio per SSRC Segment

      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |S|     CAID      |    PT       |CHID |        MOS Value        |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   Segement Type (S): 1 bit

      This field is used to identify the segment type used in this
      report block.  A one identifies this as a multi-channel audio
      segment.

   CAlg Algorithm ID (CAID) : 8bits

      The 8-bit ID is the local identifier of this segment in the range
      1-255 inclusive.

   Payload Type (PT): 7 bits

      As defined in Section 3.2.1 of this document.

   Channel Identifier (CHID): 3 bits

      If multiple channels of audio are carried in one RTP stream, each
      channel of audio will be viewed as a independent channel(e.g.,
      left channel audio, right channel audio).  This field is used to
      identify each channel carried in the same media stream.  The
      default Channel mapping follows static ordering rule described in
      the section 4.1 of [RFC3551].  However there are some payload
      formats that use different channel mappings, e.g., AC-3 audio over
      RTP [RFC4184] only follow AC-3 channel order scheme defined in
      [ATSC].  Enhanced AC-3 Audio over RTP [RFC4598] uses dynamic
      channel transform mechanism.  In order that the appropriate

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      channel mapping can be determined, QoE reports need to be tied to
      an RTP payload format, i.e., including the payload type of the
      reported media according to [RFC6792] and using Payload Type to
      determine the appropriate channel mapping.

   MOS Value: 13 bits

      The estimated mean opinion score for multimedia application
      quality is defined as including the effects of delay,loss,
      discard,jitter and other effects that would affect multimedia
      quality .  It is expressed in numeric format 6:7 with the value in
      the range 0.0 to 63.992.  The valid the measured value ranges from
      0.0 to 50.0, corresponding to MoS x 10 as for MoS.  If the
      measured value is over ranged, the value 0x1FFE MUST be reported
      to indicate an over-range measurement.  If the measurement is
      unavailable, the value 0x1FFF MUST be reported.  Values other than
      0x1FFE,0x1FFF and the valid range defined above MUST NOT be sent
      and MUST be ignored by the receiving system.

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.  Within
   the "xr-format", the syntax element "extmap" is an attribute as
   defined in [RFC4566] and used to signal the mapping of the local
   identifier (CAID) in the segment extension defined in section 3.2 to
   the calculation algorithm.  Specific extensionattributes are defined
   by the specification that defines a specific extension name; there
   may be several.

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   xr-format =/ xr-qoe-block
   xr-qoe-block = "qoe-metrics" ["=" extmap *("," extmap)]
   extmap =  mapentry "=" extensionname [SP extentionattributes]
   direction = "sendonly" / "recvonly" / "sendrecv" / "inactive"
   mapentry =  "calg:" 1*5 DIGIT ["/" direction]
   extensionname = "P564";ITU-T P.564 Compliant Algorithm [P.564]
                 / "G107";ITU-T G.107 [G.107]
                 / "TS101_329";ETSI TS 101 329-5 Annex E [ ETSI]
                 /"JJ201_01 ";TTC JJ201.01 [TTC]
                 /"P1201_01";ITU-T P.1201.2 [P.1201.1]
                 /"P1201_02";ITU-T P.1201.2 [P.1201.2]
                 /"P1202_01";ITU-T P.1202.1 [P.1202.1]
                 /"P1202_02";ITU-T P. NBAMS-HR [P.NBAMS-HR]
                 / non-ws-string
   extentionattributes = mediatype
                       /mosreference
                       /attributes-ext
   mediatype = "a" ;voice
             / "v" ;video
             /"m" ;multimedia
   mosreference =  "mosref=" ("0"; lower resolution
                             / "1";higher resolution
                             / 1*2DIGIT ) ;Value 2~15 are valid and
                                          ;reserved for future use
   attributes-ext = non-ws-string
   SP = <Define in RFC5234>
   DIGIT = <as defined in Section 3.4 of [RFC5234]>
   non-ws-string  = 1*(%x21-FF)

   Each local identifier (CAID)of calculation algorithm used in the
   segment defined in the section 3.2 is mapped to a string using an
   attribute of the form:

   a=extmap:<value> ["/"<direction>] <name> <extensionattributes>

   where <name> is a calculation algorithm name, as above, <value> is
   the local identifier (CAID)of the calculation algorithm associated
   with the segment defined in this document and is an integer in the
   valid range inclusive.

   Example:
   a = calg:1=G107,calg:2=P1202.1

   A usable mapping MUST use IDs in the valid range, and each ID in this
   range MUST be unique and used only once for each stream or each
   channel in the stream.

   The mapping MUST be provided per media stream (in the media-level

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   section(s) of SDP, i.e., after an "m=" line).

   Note that the syntax element "mosreference" is referred to the media
   resolution(e.g., Narrowband (3.4kHz) Speech and Standard Definition
   (SD) Resolution Video with lower resolution, Wideband (7kHz) Speech
   and High Definition (HD) Resolution Video with higher resolution).
   MOS scores reported in the QoE block may vary with the Mos reference;
   For example MOS values for narrowband, wideband codecs occupy the
   same range but should be reported in different value.  For video
   application,MoS scores for SD resolution, HD resolution video also
   occupy the same ranges and should be reported in different value.

4.2.  Offer/Answer Usage

   When SDP is used in offer-answer context, the SDP Offer/Answer usage
   defined in [RFC3611] applies.  In the offer answer context, the
   signaling described above may be used in three ways:

   o  asymmetric behavior (segment extensions sent in only one
      direction),
   o  the offer of mutually exclusive alternatives, or
   o  the offer of more segments than can be sent in a single session.

   A direction attribute MAY be included in an extmap; without it, the
   direction implicitly inherits, of course, from the stream direction.

   Segment extension, with their directions, may be signaled for an
   "inactive" stream.  It is an error to use an extension direction
   incompatible with the stream direction (e.g., a "sendonly" attribute
   for a "recvonly" stream).

   If an segment extension map is offered as "sendrecv", explicitly or
   implicitly, and asymmetric behavior is desired, the SDP may be
   modified to modify or add direction qualifiers for that segment
   extension.

   Local identifiers in the valid range inclusive in an offer or answer
   must not be used more than once per media section.  A session update
   MAY change the direction qualifiers of segment extensions under use.
   A session update MAY add or remove segment extension(s).  Identifiers
   values in the valid range MUST NOT be altered (remapped).

   If a party wishes to offer mutually exclusive alternatives, then
   multiple segment extensions with the same identifier in the
   (unusable) range 4096-4351 may be offered; the answerer should select
   at most one of the offered extensions with the same identifier, and
   remap it to a free identifier in the valid range, for that extension
   to be usable.  Note that two segment types defined in section 3 are

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   also two exclusive alternatives.

   If more segment extensions are offered in the valid range, the
   answerer should choose those that are desired, and place the offered
   identifier value "as is" in the SDP answer.

   Similarly, if more segment extensions are offered than can be fit in
   the valid range, identifiers in the range 4096-4351 may be offered;
   the answerer should choose those that are desired, and remap them to
   a free identifier in the valid range.

   Note that the range 4096-4351 for these negotiation identifiers is
   deliberately restricted to allow expansion of the range of valid
   identifiers in future. segment extensions with an identifier outside
   the valid range cannot, of course, be used.

   Example (port numbers, RTP profiles, payload IDs and rtpmaps, etc.
   all omitted for brevity):

   The offer:

   a=rtcp-xr:qoe-
   metrics=calg:4906=P1201.1m,calg:4906=P1202.1v,calg:4907=G107a

   The answerer is interested in transmission P.1202.1 only on video,
   but doesn't understand P.1202.1 at all.  It is interested in
   transmission G.107 on audio.  It therefore adjusts the declarations:

   a=rtcp-xr:qoe-metrics=calg:1=P1202.1v, calg:2=G107a

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 MMQ in the IANA "RTCP XR
   Block Type Registry" to the "QoE Metrics Block".

   [Note to RFC Editor: please replace MMQ with the IANA provided RTCP
   XR block type for this block.]

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5.2.  New RTCP XR SDP Parameter

   This document also registers a new parameter "qoe-metrics" in the
   "RTCP XR SDP Parameters Registry".

5.3.  Contact information for registrations

   The contact information for the registrations is:

                    Qin Wu
                    sunseawq@huawei.com
                    101 Software Avenue, Yuhua District
                    Nanjing, JiangSu 210012 China

5.4.  New registry of calculation algorithms

   This document creates a new registry to be called "RTCP XR QoE metric
   block - multimedia application Calculation Algorithm" as a sub-
   registry of the "RTP Control Protocol Extended Reports (RTCP XR)
   Block Type Registry".  This registry applies to the multimedia
   session where each type of media are sent in a separate RTP stream
   and also applies to the session where Multi-channel audios are
   carried in one RTP stream.  Policies for this new registry are as
   follows:

   o  The information required to support this assignment is an
      unambiguous definition of the new metric, covering the base
      measurements and how they are processed to generate the reported
      metric.  This should include the units of measurement, how values
      of the metric are reported in the one 16-bit fields or 13-bit
      fields "MoS Value".

   o  The review process for the registry is "Specification Required" as
      described in Section 4.1 of [RFC5226].

   o  Entries in the registry are identified by entry name and mapped to
      the local identifier (CAID) in the segment extension defined in
      section 3.2.

   o  Registration Template

      The following information must be provided with each registration:
      *  Name: A string uniquely and unambiguously identifying the
         Calculation algorithm for use in protocols.
      *  Name Description: A valid Description of the Calculation
         algorithm name.

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      *  Reference: The reference which defines the calculation
         algorithm corresponding to the Name and Name Description.
      *  Type: The media type to which the calculation algorithm is
         applied

   o  Initial assignments are as follows:

Name             Name Description                  Reference    Type
=========   ===================================   ==========    ====
P564       ITU-T P.564 Compliant Algorithm        [P.564]        Voice
G107       ITU-T G.107                            [G.107]        Voice
TS101_329  ETSI TS 101 329-5 Annex E              [ETSI]         Voice
JJ201_01   TTC JJ201.01                           [TTC]          Voice
P1201_01   ITU-T P.1201.01                    [P.1201.1]      Multimedia
P1201_02   ITU-T P.1201.02                    [P.1201.2]      Multimedia
P1202_01   ITU-T P.1202.01                   [P.1202.01]         Video
P1202_02   ITU-T P. NBAMS-HR               [P. NBAMS-HR]         Video

6.  Security Considerations

   The new RTCP XR report blocks proposed in this document introduces no
   new security considerations beyond those described in [RFC3611].

7.  Authors

   This draft merges ideas from two drafts addressing the QoE metric
   Reporting issue.  The authors of these drafts are listed below (in
   alphabetical order):
      Alan Clark < alan.d.clark@telchemy.com >
      Geoff Hunt < r.geoff.hunt@gmail.com >
      Martin Kastner < martin.kastner@telchemy.com >
      Kai Lee < leekai@ctbri.com.cn >
      Roland Schott < roland.schott@telekom.de >
      Qin Wu < sunseawq@huawei.com >
      Glen Zorn < gwz@net-zen.net >

8.  Acknowledgements

   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, Bill Ver Steeg, David R
   Oran, Ali Begen and Hideaki Yamada.

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9.  References

9.1.  Normative References

   [ATSC]     U.S. Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), "ATSC
              Standard: Digital Audio Compression (AC-3), Revision B",
              ATSC Doc A/52B, June 2005.

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

   [RFC3550]  Schulzrinne, H., "RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time
              Applications", RFC 3550, July 2003.

   [RFC3551]  Schulzrinne, H. and S. Casner, "RTP Profile for Audio and
              Video Conferences with Minimal Control", RFC 3551,
              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.

   [RFC5226]  Narten, T., "Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations
              Section in RFCs", RFC 5226, May 2008.

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

9.2.  Informative References

   [ETSI]     ETSI, "Quality of Service (QoS) measurement
              methodologies", ETSI TS 101 329-5 V1.1.1, November 2000.

   [G.107]    ITU-T, "The E Model, a computational model for use in
              transmission planning", ITU-T Recommendation G.107,
              April 2009.

   [G.1082]   ITU-T, "Measurement-based methods for improving the
              robustness of IPTV performance", ITU-T
              Recommendation G.1082, April 2009.

   [P.1201.1]
              ITU-T, "Parametric non-intrusive assessment of audiovisual
              media streaming quality - lower resolution application
              area", ITU-T Recommendation P.1201.1, October 2012.

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   [P.1201.2]
              ITU-T, "Parametric non-intrusive assessment of audiovisual
              media streaming quality - higher resolution application
              area", ITU-T Recommendation P.1201.2, October 2012.

   [P.1202.1]
              ITU-T, "Parametric non-intrusive bitstream assessment of
              video media streaming quality - lower resolution
              application area", ITU-T Recommendation P.1202.1,
              October 2012.

   [P.564]    ITU-T, "Conformance testing for narrowband Voice over IP
              transmission quality assessment models", ITU-T
              Recommendation P.564, July 2006.

   [P.NBAMS-HR]
              ITU-T, "Parametric non-intrusive bitstream assessment of
              video media streaming quality - higher resolution
              application area", ITU-T Recommendation P.NBAMS-HR,
              October 2012.

   [RFC4184]  Link, B., Hager, T., and J. Flaks, "RTP Payload Format for
              AC-3 Audio", RFC 4184, October 2005.

   [RFC4598]  Link, B., "Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) Payload
              Format for Enhanced AC-3 (E-AC-3) Audio", RFC 4598,
              July 2006.

   [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.

   [TTC]      TTC 201.01 (Japan), "A method for speech quality
              assessment for Voice over IP".

Appendix A.  Evaluation Example of User Quality of Experience for video
             stream

   To evaluate user quality of experience levels using objective test
   data.  MoS Scores provide a familiar, easily understood numeric
   representation of video, audio, and overall audiovisual quality.
   Unlike audio, video is even more sensitive to transport impairments
   than voice, and even low rates of packet loss can cause severe
   degradation in perceived quality.  However, all occurrences of packet
   loss do not have an equal impact on perceptual quality, in part

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   because of the way video frames are structured during the encoding
   process - such as frame properties including frame type and
   quantization parameter (QP), frame structure, and in part due to
   subjective factors - such as the degree to which perception is
   affected by the levels of motion and detail in the video sequence,
   demux/decoder statistics characteristic parameters including packet
   loss concealment metrics,jitter buffer metrics and/or Frame loss rate
   parameter.  Note that Frame loss rate can be derived When a video
   stream is sent from the media source to RTP receiving end and get
   monitored, in order to provide accurate evaluation of video quality,
   One possible evaluation method of QoE is the network nodes that
   implement network management tools may get frame
   properties,perception degree as MoS calculation input parameters from
   media source, and demux/decoder statistics characteristic parameters
   and transport impairment as other MoS calculation input parameters
   from the RTP receiving end and use appropriate MoS calculation
   algorithm to calculate MoS scores.  Such MoS Scores value can be
   useful for troubleshooting or comparing video quality across
   different service types.

Appendix B.  Change Log

B.1.  draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-qoe-05

   The following are the major changes compared to previous version:
   o  A few Contact information update.
   o  A few Acknowledgement section update.

B.2.  draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-qoe-04

   The following are the major changes compared to previous version:
   o  Split two references P.NAMS and P.NBAMS into four references.
   o  SDP signaling update.
   o  Add one example to explain User QoE evaluation for video stream

B.3.  draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-qoe-03

   The following are the major changes compared to previous version:
   o  Add one new reference to support TTC JJ201.01.
   o  Update two references P.NAMS and P.NBAMS.
   o  Other Editorial changes based on comments applied to PDV and Delay
      drafts.

B.4.  draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-qoe-02

   The following are the major changes compared to previous version:

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   o  Remove leftmost second bit since it is ueeless.
   o  Change 13bits MoS value field into 14 bits to increase MoS
      precision.
   o  Fix some typo and make some editorial changes.

B.5.  draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-qoe-01

   The following are the major changes compared to previous version:
   o  Remove layered support from the QoE metric draft.
   o  Allocate 7 bits in the block header for payload type to indicate
      what type of payload format is in use and add associated
      definition of payload type.
   o  Clarify using Payload Type to determine the appropriate channel
      mapping in the definition of Channel Identifier.

B.6.  draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-qoe-00

   The following are the major changes compared to previous version:
   o  Allocate one more bit in the single stream per SSC segment to get
      alignment with the other two segment type.

Authors' Addresses

   Alan Clark
   Telchemy Incorporated
   2905 Premiere Parkway, Suite 280
   Duluth, GA  30097
   USA

   Email: alan.d.clark@telchemy.com

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

   Email: sunseawq@huawei.com

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   Roland Schott
   Deutsche Telekom Laboratories
   Deutsche-Telekom-Allee 7
   Darmstadt  64295
   Germany

   Email: Roland.Schott@telekom.de

   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

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