Expires: 10/01/93 RTP: A Real-Time Transport Protocol

Internet Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months. Internet Drafts may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is not appropriate to use Internet Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as a ''working draft'' or ''work in progress.'' Please check the I-D abstract listing contained in each Internet Draft directory to learn the current status of this or any other Internet Draft. Abstract This draft describes a real-time transport protocol (RTP) suitable for the network transport of real-time data, such as audio, video or simulation data for both multicast and unicast transport services. The data transport is enhanced by a control protocol (RTCP) designed to provide minimal control and identification functionality particularly in multicast networks. RTP and RTCP are designed to be independent of the underlying transport and network layers. The protocol supports the use of RTP-level translators and bridges. Within multicast associations, sites can direct control messages to individual sites. This specification is a product of the Audio-Video Transport working group within the Internet Engineering Task Force. Comments are solicited and should be addressed to the working group's mailing list at [email protected] and/or the authors.