[RTW] Rate control and codec adaption (Re: [dispatch] The charter formerly know as RTC-WEB take 3)

tom_harper at logitech.com tom_harper at logitech.com
Fri Jan 21 18:46:59 CET 2011


It seems to me neither avpf or tfrc is fully perfect- on the whole tfrc
seems to be better than avpf in terms of constant measurement of the
connection-

tfrc seems scary/impractical at low latencies due to the following:
"The TFRC requirements of receiving feedback once per RTT can at times
   conflict with the AVP RTCP bandwidth constraints, particularly at
   small RTTs of 20 ms or less"
and the fact that it has to be attached as an extension header to every
data packet seems like more overhead than is needed, but others opinions
may differ on this.

We support avpf as defined 5104/4585, but prefer not to use it as in some
scenarios we have run into the rtcp bandwidth cap- and then you get no
feedback at all in a timely manner.

Are there any other inband schemes that are up in rfc at this point?

Tom





From:	Stefan H嶡ansson LK <stefan.lk.hakansson at ericsson.com>
To:	Justin Uberti <juberti at google.com>
Cc:	Cullen Jennings <fluffy at cisco.com>, DISPATCH list
            <dispatch at ietf.org>, Henry Sinnreich
            <henry.sinnreich at gmail.com>, Harald Alvestrand
            <harald at alvestrand.no>, "rtc-web at alvestrand.no"
            <rtc-web at alvestrand.no>, Stephen Botzko
            <stephen.botzko at gmail.com>
Date:	01/21/2011 12:38 AM
Subject:	Re: [RTW] Rate control and codec adaption (Re: [dispatch] The
            charter formerly know as RTC-WEB take 3)
Sent by:	rtc-web-bounces at alvestrand.no



Isn't it so that with the AVPF profile you can actually sent RTCP when
there is a need (even if a transmission is not due)? This way you can
actually react fast.

From: Justin Uberti [mailto:juberti at google.com]
Sent: den 21 januari 2011 09:13
To: Stefan Håkansson LK
Cc: Harald Alvestrand; Henry Sinnreich; Cullen Jennings;
rtc-web at alvestrand.no; DISPATCH list; Stephen Botzko
Subject: Re: [RTW] Rate control and codec adaption (Re: [dispatch] The
charter formerly know as RTC-WEB take 3)

RTCP typically isn't sent frequently enough to allow for real-time
adjustments in bitrate. TFRC provides a nice mechanism for controlling
bitrate in real-time, but the work to apply TFRC to RTP has not yet been
codified into a standard.

There was a draft but it has been abandonded (
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-avt-tfrc-profile-10)

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 11:50 PM, Stefan Håkansson LK <
stefan.lk.hakansson at ericsson.com> wrote:
  My view: we are discussing a problem already solved! The common procedure
  would be to use info in the RTCP reports from the receiving end to change
  the transmitted bit rate (if change is required).

   From: Harald Alvestrand [mailto:harald at alvestrand.no]
   Sent: den 21 januari 2011 08:46
   To: Henry Sinnreich
   Cc: Stefan Håkansson LK; Stephen Botzko; Cullen Jennings;
   rtc-web at alvestrand.no; DISPATCH list
   Subject: Rate control and codec adaption (Re: [RTW] [dispatch] The
   charter formerly know as RTC-WEB take 3)

   On 01/21/2011 12:06 AM, Henry Sinnreich wrote:
         >Minor comment: I think all codecs that have been discussed
         (except for G.711) are adaptive in the sense that their bitrate
         can be adapted.

         It is not clear to me how to avoid the codec adaptation mechanism
         fighting the rate control mechanism, without some guidance in the
         standard for developers.
         Can you explain?
   Changing the subject to content of thread....

   are we reducing to a previously solved problem, or to a previously
   unsolved problem?
   I don't see how this problem actually differs from the one that people
   will have when operating RTP under TFRC
   (draft-ietf-avt-tfrc-profile-10).


         Thanks, Henry


         On 1/20/11 2:02 PM, "Stefan Håkansson LK" <
         stefan.lk.hakansson at ericsson.com> wrote:

               Minor comment: I think all codecs that have been discussed
               (except for G.711) are adaptive in the sense that their
               bitrate can be adapted.

               Br,
               Stefan



                     From: Stephen Botzko  [mailto:stephen.botzko at gmail.com
                     ]
                     Sent: den 20 januari 2011  16:45
                     To: Henry Sinnreich
                     Cc: Stefan Håkansson LK; Cullen  Jennings; DISPATCH
                     list; rtc-web at alvestrand.no
                     Subject: Re:  [dispatch] The charter formerly know as
                     RTC-WEB take 3


                     >>>
                        How does this fit with adaptive  codecs?
                     >>>
                     Just because some codecs can adapt doesn't mean  rate
                     adaptation/congestion control should be left out of
                     the scope.  I  think it needs to be considered.

                     >>>
                        Hint:  codec selection matters, is actually
                     critical to this  effort.
                     >>>
                     Codec selection does matter, but I am not convinced
                     that mandatory codecs need to be in the RFCs.  I
                     believe market forces  are sufficient - SIP itself is
                     one proof point.

                     Stephen  Botzko



                     On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Henry Sinnreich <
                     henry.sinnreich at gmail.com>  wrote:

                           Hi  Stefan,


                           > 2. The second one is about rate
                           adaptation/congestion  control. It is not
                           > mentioned at all. I don't know if it is
                           needed,  perhaps it is enough that
                           > RFC3550 (that is already pointed at) has a
                           section about it, but I wanted to
                           > highlight it.

                           How  does this fit with adaptive codecs?
                           Hint: codec selection matters, is  actually
                           critical to this effort.

                           Thanks, Henry


                           On 1/20/11  3:52 AM, "Stefan Håkansson LK" <
                           stefan.lk.hakansson at ericsson.com>
                           wrote:




                           > Hi Cullen,
                           >
                           > two  comments:
                           >
                           > 1. As requirements on the API are explicitly
                           described, I thinke that there
                           > should be a comment that the API must  support
                           media format negotiation.
                           > Proposal: "The API must enable  media format
                           negotiation and application
                           > influence over media format  selection".
                           >
                           > 2. The second one is about rate
                           adaptation/congestion control. It is not
                           > mentioned at all. I don't  know if it is
                           needed, perhaps it is enough that
                           > RFC3550 (that is  already pointed at) has a
                           section about it, but I wanted to
                           >  highlight it.
                           >
                           > Br,
                           > Stefan
                           >
                           >>  -----Original Message-----
                           >> From: dispatch-bounces at ietf.org
                           >>  [mailto:dispatch-bounces at ietf.org] On
                           Behalf Of Cullen Jennings
                           >> Sent: den 18 januari 2011  05:59
                           >> To: DISPATCH list
                           >> Cc: rtc-web at alvestrand.no
                           >>  Subject: [dispatch] The charter formerly
                           know as RTC-WEB take  3
                           >>
                           >>
                           >> In my dispatch co-chair role, I tried  to
                           take all the
                           >> comments I had seen on the list about this
                           charter and see if
                           >> I could address them in a new version of the
                           charter. I
                           >> probably messed up in some places. There were
                           some
                           >> conversation that did not seem to be
                           converging so I did  not
                           >> make any changes for theses. Have a read and
                           if you  think
                           >> something needs to be changed, propose text
                           changes  along
                           >> with the reasons why and we will keep the
                           evolving this  charter.
                           >>
                           >> Thanks
                           >>  Cullen
                           >>
                           >>
                           --------------------------------------------------------------

                           >>  --------------------
                           >>
                           >> Version:  3
                           >>
                           >> Possible Names:
                           >>
                           >>  RTCWEB
                           >> WEBRTC
                           >> STORM: Standardized Transport Oriented  for
                           Realtime Media
                           >> BURN: Browsers Using Realtime  Media
                           >> WAVE: Web And Voice/Video Enablement
                           >> WAVVE:  Web And Voice Video Enablement
                           >> REALTIME
                           >>  WEBCOMM
                           >> WREALTIME
                           >> WEBTIME
                           >>  WEBFLOWS
                           >> BRAVO  Browser Realtime Audio and  VideO
                           >> COBWEB COmmuication Between WEBclients
                           >>  WHEELTIME
                           >>
                           >>
                           >>
                           >>  Body:
                           >>
                           >> Many implementations have been made that use
                           a  Web browser to
                           >> support direct, interactive communications,
                           including voice,
                           >> video, collaboration, and gaming.  In  these
                           implementations,
                           >> the web server acts as the signaling path
                           between these
                           >> applications, using locally significant
                           identifiers to set up
                           >> the association.  Up till now, such
                           applications have
                           >> typically required the installation of
                           plugins  or
                           >> non-standard browser extensions.  There is a
                           desire  to
                           >> standardize this functionality, so that this
                           type  of
                           >> application can be run in any compatible
                           browser and  allow
                           >> for high-quality real-time communications
                           experiences  within
                           >> the browser.
                           >>
                           >> Traditionally, the  W3C has defined API and
                           markup languages
                           >> such as HTML that work  in conjunction with
                           with the IETF over
                           >> the wire protocols such  as HTTP to allow web
                           browsers to
                           >> display media that does not  have real time
                           interactive
                           >> constraints with another  human.
                           >>
                           >> The W3C and IETF plan to collaborate together
                           in their
                           >> traditional way to meet the evolving needs of
                           browsers.
                           >> Specifically the IETF will provide a set of
                           on the  wire
                           >> protocols, including RTP, to meet the needs
                           on  interactive
                           >> communications, and the W3C will define the
                           API and  markup to
                           >> allow web application developers to control
                           the on the  wire
                           >> protocols. This will allow application
                           developers to  write
                           >> applications that run in a browser and
                           facilitate  interactive
                           >> communications between users for voice and
                           video
                           >> communications, collaboration, and  gaming.
                           >>
                           >> This working group will select and define a
                           minimal set of
                           >> protocols that will enable browsers  to:
                           >>
                           >> * have interactive real time voice and video
                           pairwise be

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