RFC 3016 (rfc3016) - Page 1 of 21
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.
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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