Negotiation of Generic Image Attributes in the Session Description Protocol (SDP)
RFC 6236
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) I. Johansson
Request for Comments: 6236 Ericsson AB
Category: Standards Track K. Jung
ISSN: 2070-1721 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
May 2011
Negotiation of Generic Image Attributes in
the Session Description Protocol (SDP)
Abstract
This document proposes a new generic session setup attribute to make
it possible to negotiate different image attributes such as image
size. A possible use case is to make it possible for a low-end hand-
held terminal to display video without the need to rescale the image,
something that may consume large amounts of memory and processing
power. The document also helps to maintain an optimal bitrate for
video as only the image size that is desired by the receiver is
transmitted.
Status of This Memo
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(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on
Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1. Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. Conventions Used in This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3. Specification of the 'imageattr' SDP Attribute . . . . . . . . 5
3.1. Attribute Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1.1. Overall View of Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.2. Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.2.1. No imageattr in First Offer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.2.2. Different Payload Type Numbers in Offer and Answer . . 11
3.2.3. Asymmetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.2.4. sendonly and recvonly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.2.5. Sample Aspect Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.2.6. SDPCapNeg Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.2.7. Interaction with Codec Parameters . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.2.8. Change of Display in Middle of Session . . . . . . . . 16
3.2.9. Use with Layered Codecs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.2.10. Addition of Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4. Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.1. A High-Level Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.2. Detailed Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4.2.1. Example 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4.2.2. Example 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.2.3. Example 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.2.4. Example 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
5. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
7. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
8. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
8.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
8.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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1. Introduction
This document proposes a new SDP attribute to make it possible to
negotiate different image attributes, such as image size. The term
image size is defined here, as it may differ from the physical screen
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