Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) J. Lennox, Ed.
Request for Comments: 6464 Vidyo
Category: Standards Track E. Ivov
ISSN: 2070-1721 Jitsi
E. Marocco
Telecom Italia
December 2011
A Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) Header Extension for
Client-to-Mixer Audio Level Indication
Abstract
This document defines a mechanism by which packets of Real-time
Transport Protocol (RTP) audio streams can indicate, in an RTP header
extension, the audio level of the audio sample carried in the RTP
packet. In large conferences, this can reduce the load on an audio
mixer or other middlebox that wants to forward only a few of the
loudest audio streams, without requiring it to decode and measure
every stream that is received.
Status of This Memo
This is an Internet Standards Track document.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(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.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6464.
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