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RTP Payload Format for MPEG-4 Audio/Visual Streams

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Network Working Group                                         Y. Kikuchi
Request for Comments: 3016                                       Toshiba
Category: Standards Track                                      T. Nomura
                                                                     NEC
                                                             S. Fukunaga
                                                                     Oki
                                                               Y. Matsui
                                                              Matsushita
                                                               H. Kimata
                                                                     NTT
                                                           November 2000


           RTP Payload Format for MPEG-4 Audio/Visual Streams

Status of this Memo

   This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
   Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
   improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
   Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
   and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2000).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This document describes Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP) payload
   formats for carrying each of MPEG-4 Audio and MPEG-4 Visual
   bitstreams without using MPEG-4 Systems.  For the purpose of directly
   mapping MPEG-4 Audio/Visual bitstreams onto RTP packets, it provides
   specifications for the use of RTP header fields and also specifies
   fragmentation rules.  It also provides specifications for
   Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) type registrations and
   the use of Session Description Protocol (SDP).

1. Introduction

   The RTP payload formats described in this document specify how MPEG-4
   Audio [3][5] and MPEG-4 Visual streams [2][4] are to be fragmented
   and mapped directly onto RTP packets.

   These RTP payload formats enable transport of MPEG-4 Audio/Visual
   streams without using the synchronization and stream management
   functionality of MPEG-4 Systems [6].  Such RTP payload formats will
   be used in systems that have intrinsic stream management



Kikuchi, et al.             Standards Track
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