Re: [AVT] Lack of clarity in RFC 3550 on packet loss

[Colin Perkins <csp at csperkins.org>]

Rajesh,

On 4 Jun 2005, at 01:11, Rajesh Kumar wrote:
> RFC 3611 (RTCP-XR) defines a loss rate, which it says is after  
> taking redundancy and FEC into account. It also defined a discard  
> rate. It says nothing about whether this discard rate is after  
> taking redundancy and FEC into account, but should we assume that  
> this is so?

I'll let the authors clarify.

> I would think so - in order for RTCP-XR to be consistent with  
> itself in this regard, even if it is not consistent with RTCP.

Note that the RTCP XR report is intentionally different from RTCP RR  
in this respect, since the need for both types of metric was realised.

Colin

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