Re: [AVT] Progressing the RTP no-op payload format

[Magnus Westerlund <magnus.westerlund at ericsson.com>]

Attila Sipos skrev:
>> 1) Do you believe an RTP no-op payload format is useful to 
>> standardise, given the other keep alive mechanisms that now exist?
> 
> By the way, what other standard keepalive mechanisms exist?
> Any of them RFC'ed yet?
> 
> So far I have found this:
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-avt-app-rtp-keepalive-00.
> txt
> 
> (and another very similar one (by the same author)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Attila
> 

Well, that depends on the application context. But if using ICE then the
STUN connectivity checks are used for keep-alive. The document above is
a listing of possible solutions. But it lacks recommendation for or
against. Most of them should not be used, due to bad side effects.

Cheers

Magnus Westerlund

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