Network Working Group R. Huang Internet-Draft Q. Wu Intended status: Standards Track Huawei Expires: August 17, 2012 H. Asaeda Keio University G. Zorn, Ed. Network Zen February 14, 2012 RTCP XR Report Block for TS Decodability Statistics Metric Reporting draft-huang-xrblock-rtcp-xr-decodability-02 Abstract Transport Stream is a standard container format used in the transmission and storage of multimedia data. This document defines an RTCP XR Report Block that allows the reporting of decodability statistics metrics related to transmissions in Transport Stream format. Status of this Memo This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts. The list of current Internet- Drafts is at http://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/current/. 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Code Components extracted from this document must include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Simplified BSD License. Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.1. Standards Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.2. Acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Huang, et al. Expires August 17, 2012 [Page 2] Internet-Draft RTCP XR Decodability Report Blocks February 2012 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 transport streams [ETSI] by checking TS header information. This new block type can be useful for identifying the existence, and characterizing the severity, of a packet transport 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 and providing accurate measures of TS quality for operators. The new report block is in compliance with the monitoring architecture specified in [RFC6390]. The metric is applicable to any type of RTP application that uses the TS standard format for transmission and storage of multimedia data. 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]. In addition, the following terms are defined: 2.2. Acronyms SSRC Synchronization Source [RFC3550] TS Transport Stream [ISO-IEC.13818-1.2007] 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. Information is recorded about basic monitoring parameters necessary to ensure that the TS can be decoded including the number of Transport Stream Synchronization Losses, Sync byte errors, Continuity count errors, and continuous monitoring parameters including Transport errors, Program Clock Reference (PCR) errors, PCR repetition errors, PCR discontinuity indicator errors, and Presentation Time Stamp (PTS) Huang, et al. Expires August 17, 2012 [Page 3] Internet-Draft RTCP XR Decodability Report Blocks February 2012 errors [ETSI]. Such information can be useful for network management and real time application quality monitoring. Note that this metric report block is not only applicable to MPEG-2 transport streams [RFC2250], but is also applicable to any other codec data encoded using the TS format. 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 | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Transport Stream Synchronization Losses | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Sync byte errors | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Continuity count errors | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Transport errors | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | PCR errors | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | PCR repetition errors | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | PCR discontinuity indicator errors | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | PTS errors | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ block type (BT): 8 bits A TR 101 290 decodability metrics report block is identified by the constant . 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. Huang, et al. Expires August 17, 2012 [Page 4] Internet-Draft RTCP XR Decodability Report Blocks February 2012 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 Transport Streams in the above sequence number interval. Transport Stream Synchronization Losses: 32 bits Number of TS Synchronization Losses in the above sequence number interval. Sync byte errors: 32 bits Number of TS sync byte errors in the above sequence number interval. Continuity count error: 32 bits Number of Transport Continuity count errors in the above sequence number interval. Transport errors: 32 bits Number of Transport errors in the above sequence number interval. PCR errors: 32 bits Number of PCR errors in the above sequence number interval. PCR repetition errors: 32 bits Number of Transport PCR repetition errors in the above sequence number interval. PCR discontinuity indicator errors: 32 bits Number of PCR discontinuity indicator errors in the above sequence number interval. PTS errors: 32 bits Number of PTS errors in the above sequence number interval. Huang, et al. Expires August 17, 2012 [Page 5] Internet-Draft RTCP XR Decodability Report Blocks February 2012 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 Reference: section 3 This document also registers one SDP [RFC4566] parameter for the "rtcp-xr" attribute in the RTCP XR SDP Parameters Registry: * "decodability-metrics" The contact information for the registrations is: Rachel Huang rachel.huang@huawei.com 101 Software Avenue, Yuhua District Nanjing, JiangSu 210012 China Huang, et al. Expires August 17, 2012 [Page 6] Internet-Draft RTCP XR Decodability Report Blocks February 2012 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. [RFC5234] Crocker, D. and P. Overell, "Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF", STD 68, RFC 5234, January 2008. 7.2. Informative References [RFC6390] Clark, A. and B. Claise, "Guidelines for Considering New Performance Metric Development", BCP 170, RFC 6390, October 2011. Huang, et al. Expires August 17, 2012 [Page 7] Internet-Draft RTCP XR Decodability Report Blocks February 2012 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 Glen Zorn (editor) Network Zen 227/358 Thanon Sanphawut Bang Na, Bangkok 10260 Thailand Phone: +66 (0) 87-040-4617 Email: glenzorn@gmail.com Huang, et al. Expires August 17, 2012 [Page 8]