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AVT Working Group J-M. Valin
Internet-Draft Octasic Semiconductor
Expires: November 12, 2009 G. Maxwell
Juniper Networks
May 11, 2009
draft-valin-celt-rtp-profile-01
RTP Payload Format for the CELT Codec
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Abstract
CELT is an open-source voice codec suitable for use in very low delay
audio communication applications, including Voice over IP (VoIP).
This document describes the payload format for CELT generated bit
streams within an RTP packet. Also included here are the necessary
details for the use of CELT with the Session Description Protocol
(SDP). At the time of this writing, the CELT bit-stream has NOT been
finalized yet, and compatibility is usually broken with every new
release of the codec.
Table of Contents
1. Conventions used in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Overview of the CELT Codec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. RTP payload format for CELT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1. RTP Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.2. CELT payload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.3. Multiple CELT frames in a RTP packet . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.4. Multiple channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4. MIME registration of CELT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5. SDP usage of CELT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5.1. Multichannel Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.2. Low-Overhead Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
6. Congestion Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
7. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
8. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
9. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
9.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
9.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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1. Conventions used in this document
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [rfc2119].
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2. Overview of the CELT Codec
CELT stands for "Constrained Energy Lapped Transform". It applies
some of the CELP principles, but does everything in the frequency
domain, which removes some of the limitations of CELP. CELT is
suitable for both speech and music and currently features:
o Ultra-low algorithmic delay (as low as 2 ms)
o Full audio bandwidth (up to 20 kHz audio bandwidth)
o Support for both voice and music
o Stereo support
o Packet loss concealment
o Constant bitrates from under 32 kbps to 128 kbps and above
o Free software/open-source
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3. RTP payload format for CELT
For RTP based transportation of CELT encoded audio the standard RTP
header [rfc3550] is followed by one or more payload data blocks. An
optional padding terminator may also be used.
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| RTP Header |
+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
| one or more frames of CELT .... |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| .... |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
3.1. RTP Header
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|V=2|P|X| CC |M| PT | sequence number |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| timestamp |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| synchronization source (SSRC) identifier |
+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
| contributing source (CSRC) identifiers |
| ... |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
The RTP header is defined in the RTP specification [rfc3550]. This
section defines how fields in the RTP header are used.
Padding (P): 1 bit
If the padding bit is set, the packet contains one or more additional
padding octets at the end which are not part of the payload. The
last octet of the padding contains a count of how many padding octets
should be ignored, including itself. Padding may be needed by some
encryption algorithms with fixed block sizes or for carrying several
RTP packets in a lower-layer protocol data unit.
Extension (X): 1 bit
If the extension, X, bit is set, the fixed header MUST be followed by
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exactly one header extension, with a format defined in Section 5.3.1.
of [rfc3550].
Marker (M): 1 bit
The M bit MUST be set to zero in all packets. The receiver MUST
ignore the M bit.
Payload Type (PT): 7 bits
Payload Type (PT): The assignment of an RTP payload type for this
packet format is outside the scope of this document; it is specified
by the RTP profile under which this payload format is used, or
signaled dynamically out-of-band (e.g., using SDP).
Timestamp: 32 bits
A timestamp representing the sampling time of the first sample of the
first CELT frame in the RTP payload. The clock frequency MUST be set
to the sample rate of the encoded audio data and is conveyed out-of-
band (e.g., as an SDP parameter).
3.2. CELT payload
For the purposes of packetizing the bit stream in RTP, it is only
necessary to consider the sequence of bits as output by the CELT
encoder [celt-website], and present the same sequence to the decoder.
The payload format described here maintains this sequence.
A typical CELT frame, encoded at a high bitrate, is approx. 128
octets and the total size of the CELT frames SHOULD be kept below the
path MTU to prevent fragmentation. CELT frames MUST NOT be split
across multiple RTP packets,
An RTP packet MAY contain CELT frames of the same bit rate or of
varying bit rates, since the bitrate for the frames is explicitly
conveyed in band with the signal. The encoding and decoding
algorithm can change the bit rate at any frame boundary, with the bit
rate change notification provided in-band. No out-of-band
notification is required for the decoder to process changes in the
bit rate sent by the encoder.
It is RECOMMENDED that sampling rates 32000, 44100, or 48000 Hz be
used for most applications, unless a specific reason exists -- such
as requirements for a very specific packetization time. For example,
51200 Hz sampling may be useful to obtain a 5 ms packetization time
with 256-sample frames. For compatibility reasons, the sender and
receiver MUST support 48000 Hz sampling rate.
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The CELT codec always produces an integer number of bytes and can
produce any integer number of bytes, so no padding is ever required.
Bitrate adjustment SHOULD be used instead of padding.
3.3. Multiple CELT frames in a RTP packet
The bitrate used by CELT is implicitly determined by the size of the
compressed data. When more than one frame is encoded in the same
packet, it is not possible to determine the size of each encoded
frame, so the information MUST be explicitly encoded. If N frames
are present in a packet, N compressed frame sizes need to be encoded
at the beginning of the packet. Each size that is less than 255
bytes is encoded in one byte (unsigned 8-bit integer). For sizes
greater or equal to 255, a 0xff byte is encoded, followed by the
size-255. Multiple 0xff bytes are allowed if there are more than 510
bytes transmitted. The length is always the size of the CELT frame
excluding the length byte itself. The payload MUST NOT be padded,
except in accordance with the padding bit definition in the RTP
header.
Below is an example of two CELT frames contained within one RTP
packet.
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|V=2|P|X| CC |M| PT | sequence number |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| timestamp |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| synchronization source (SSRC) identifier |
+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
| contributing source (CSRC) identifiers |
| ... |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| length frame 1| length frame 2| CELT frame 1... |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| (frame 1) | CELT frame 2... |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| (frame 2) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
The following is an example of C code that interprets the length
bytes:
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int i, N, pos;
int sizes[MAX_FRAMES][channels];
unsigned int total_size;
total_size=0;
N = 0;
pos = 0;
while (total_size < payload_size) {
for (i=0;i<channels;i++) {
int s;
int sum;
sum = 0;
do {
s = payload[pos++];
sum += s;
total_size += s+1;
} while (s == 255);
sizes[N][i] = sum;
}
N++;
}
3.4. Multiple channels
CELT supports both mono streams and stereo streams. If more than two
channels are desired, it is possible to use transmit multiple streams
in the same packet. In this case, the number of streams S and the
pairing must be agreed with out-of-band negotiation such as SDP.
Each stream can be either mono or stereo, depending on whether the
channels are assumed to be correlated. For example, a 5.1 surround
could have the front-left and front-right channels in a stereo
stream, the rear-left and rear-right channels in a separate stereo
stream, while the center and low-frequency channels would be in
separate mono streams. In that example, the RTP packet would be:
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0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|V=2|P|X| CC |M| PT | sequence number |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| timestamp |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| synchronization source (SSRC) identifier |
+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
| contributing source (CSRC) identifiers |
| ... |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Front length | rear length | center length | LFE length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Front stereo |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| ... |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| ... | Rear stereo data... |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| ... |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Center mono data... |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| ... |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| | LFE mono data... |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| ... |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
In the case where streams for multiple channels are used with
multiple frames of the same streams per packet, then all streams for
a certain timestamp are encoded before all streams for the following
timestamp. In the case of the 5.1 example above with two frames per
packet, the number of compressed length fields would be S*N = 8.
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4. MIME registration of CELT
Full definition of the MIME [rfc2045] type for CELT will be part of
the Ogg Vorbis MIME type definition application [rfc3534].
MIME media type name: audio
MIME subtype: celt
Optional parameters:
Required parameters: to be included in the Ogg MIME specification.
Encoding considerations:
Security Considerations:
See Section 6 of RFC 3047.
Interoperability considerations: none
Published specification:
Applications which use this media type:
Additional information: none
Person & email address to contact for further information:
Jean-Marc Valin <[email protected]>
Intended usage: COMMON
Author/Change controller:
Author: Jean-Marc Valin <[email protected]>
Change controller: Jean-Marc Valin <[email protected]>
Change controller: IETF AVT Working Group
This transport type signifies that the content is to be interpreted
according to this document if the contents are transmitted over RTP.
Should this transport type appear over a lossless streaming protocol
such as TCP, the content encapsulation should be interpreted as an
Ogg Stream in accordance with [rfc3534], with the exception that the
content of the Ogg Stream may be assumed to be CELT audio and CELT
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audio only.
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5. SDP usage of CELT
When conveying information by SDP [rfc4566], the encoding name MUST
be set to "CELT". The sampling frequency is typically between 32000
and 48000 Hz. Implementations MUST support 48000 Hz and SHOULD also
support 44100 Hz.
The SDP parameters have the following interpretation with respect to
CELT:
ptime: The desired packetization time. The sender SHOULD choose a
number of frames per packet that corresponds to the smallest
packetization time greater or equal to the specified ptime for the
selected frame size. The default is 20 ms as specified in
[rfc3551]
maxptime: The maximum packetization time desired. As specified in
[rfc4566], if the maximum is lower than the smallest packetization
time determined from the chosen frame size (as described above),
then that packtization time SHOULD be used despite the maxptime
value. The default is "no maximum".
CELT-specific parameters can be given via the "a=fmtp:" directive.
Several parameters can be given in a single a=fmtp line provided that
they are separated by a semi-colon. The following parameters are
defined for use in this way:
bitrate: The desired bit-rate in kbit/s for the codec only
(excluding headers and the length bytes). The value MUST be
rounded to an integer number of bytes per frame. The round-to-
nearest method is RECOMMENDED. The default bit-rate value is 64
kbit/s per channel.
frame-size: The frame size is the duration of each frame in
samples and has to be even. The default is 480.
mapping: Optional string describing the multi-channel mapping.
The selected frame-size values MUST be even. For quality and
complexity reasons, they SHOULD also be divisible by 8 and have a
prime factorization which consists only of 2, 3, or 5 factors. For
example, powers-of-two and values such as 160, 320, 240, and 480 are
recommended. Implementations MUST support receiving and sending the
default value of 480. Implementations SHOULD also support frame
sizes of 256 and 512 since these are the ones that lead to the lowest
complexity. When frame sizes that are powers-of-two are supported,
they SHOULD be listed first in the offer and chosen over non-powers-
of-two in the answer.
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Care must be taken when setting the value of ptime: and bitrate: so
that the RTP packet size does not exceed the path MTU.
An example of the media representation in SDP for offering a single
channel of CELT at 48000 samples per second might be:
m=audio 8088 RTP/AVP 97
a=rtpmap:97 CELT/48000/1
Note that the RTP payload type code of 97 is defined in this media
definition to be 'mapped' to the CELT codec at a 48 kHz sampling
frequency using the 'a=rtpmap' line. Any number from 96 to 127 could
have been chosen (the allowed range for dynamic types). If there is
more than one channel being encoded the rtpmap MUST specify the
channel count. When no channel count is included, the default is one
channel.
The following example demonstrates the use of the a=fmtp: parameters:
m=audio 8008 RTP/AVP 97
a=ptime: 25
a=rtpmap:97 CELT/44100
a=fmtp:97 frame-size=512;bitrate=48
This examples illustrate an offerer that wishes to receive a CELT
stream at 44100 Hz, by packing two 512-sample frames in each packet
(less than 25 ms) at around 48 kbps (70 bytes per frame).
5.1. Multichannel Mapping
When more than two channels are used, a mapping parameter MUST be
provided. The mapping parameter is defined as comma separated list
of integers which specify the number of channels contained in each
CELT stream, OPTIONALLY followed by a '/' and a comma separated list
of channel identifiers, then OPTIONALLY another '/' and a string
which provides an application specific elaboration on any speaker-
feed definitions. The channels per stream entries MUST be either 1
or 2. The total number of channels is indicated by the sum of the
channels per stream entries. The sum of the channel counts MUST be
equal to the total number of channels.
Channel identifiers are short alphanumeric strings. Each identifier
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MUST begin with a letter indicating the type of channel. 'A' MUST be
used to indicate an ambisonic channel, 'S' to indicate a speaker-feed
channel, or 'O' indicating other usage.
A channel identifier MAY be repeated, but the meaning of such
repetition is application specific. Applications SHOULD attempt to
utilize channel identifiers such that mixing all identical
identifiers would produce a reasonable result.
Non-surround usage such as individual performer tracks, effect send,
"order wire", or other administrative channels may be given
application specific identifiers which MUST not conflict with the
identifiers defined in this draft. These identifiers SHOULD begin
with S if it would be sensible to include them in a mono-downmix, or
O if it would be most sensible to exclude them from a mono-downmix.
An example usage might be mapping=2,1,2,1,1/
SLguitar,SRguitar,OheadsetG,SLkeyboard,SRkeyboard,OheadsetK,SMbass,Oh
eadsetB"
Ambisonic channels MUST follow the Furse-Malham naming and weighing
conventions for up to third order spherical[Ambisonic]. Higher order
ambisonic support is application defined but MUST NOT reuse any of
WXYZRSTUVKLMNOPQ for higher order components. For example, second
order spherical ambisonics SHOULD use the mapping
"mapping=1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1/AW,AX,AY,AZ,AR,AS,AT,AU,AV". Any set of
Ambisonic channels MUST contain at least one "AW" channel.
Speaker-feed identifiers are named based on the intended speaker
locations. "L", "R" for the left and right speakers, respectively,
in conventional stereo or the front left and right in 4, 5, 5.1, or
7.1 channel surround. "LR", "RR" for the left and right rear
speakers in 4,5 or 5.1 channel surround. C" is used for a center
channel, "MLFE" for a low frequency extension channel. "LS", "RS"
for the side channels in 7.1 channel surround. Additional speaker-
feeds are application specific but should not reuse the prior
identifiers. For 5.1 surround in non-ambisonic form the mapping
SHOULD be "mapping=2,2,1,1/L,R,LR,RR,C,MLFE/ITU-RBS.775-1". When
only one or two channels are used, the mapping parameter MAY be
omitted, in which case the default mapping is used. For one channel,
the default is "mapping=1/C", while for two channels, the default is
"mapping=2/L,R".
For example a stereo configuration might signal:
m=audio 8008 RTP/AVP 97
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a=ptime: 5
a=rtpmap:97 CELT/44100/2
a=fmtp:97 frame-size=256
Which specifies a single two-channel CELT stream according to the
default mapping.
5.2. Low-Overhead Mode
A low-overhead mode is defined to make more efficient use of
bandwidth when transmitting CELT frames. In that mode none of the
length values need to be transmitted. One the a=fmtp: parameter low-
overhead: is defined and contains a single frame size, followed by a
'/', followed by a comma-separated list of the number of bytes per
frame for each stream defined in the channel mapping. The number of
frames per channel can thus be computed as the payload size divided
by the sum of the bytes-per-frame values. The frame-size: parameter
MUST not be specified and SHOULD be ignored if encountered in an SDP
offer or answer. The bitrate: parameter MUST also be ignored since
the low-overhead: parameter makes it redundant. When the low-
overhead: parameter is specified, the length of each frame MUST NOT
be encoded in the payload and the bit-rate MUST NOT be changed during
the session.
For example a low-overhead surround configuration could be signaled
as:
m=audio 8008 RTP/AVP 97
a=ptime: 5
a=rtpmap:97 CELT/48000/6
a=fmtp:97 low-overhead=256/1/86,86,43,30;mapping=2,2,1,1/
L,R,LR,RR,C,MLFE/ITU-RBS.775-1
In this example, 4 bytes per packet would be saved. This corresponds
to a 6 kbit/s reduction in the overhead, although the 60 kbit/s
overhead of the IP, UDP and RTP headers is still present.
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6. Congestion Control
CELT allows any bitrate, with a one byte per frame resolution,
without any signaling requirement or overhead. Applications SHOULD
utilize congestion control to regulate the transmitted bitrate. In
some applications it may make sense to increase the packetization
interval rather than decreasing the codec bitrate. Congestion
control implementations should consider the users differential
tolerance for high latency and low quality.
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7. Security Considerations
RTP packets using the payload format defined in this specification
are subject to the security considerations discussed in the RTP
specification [rfc3550], and in any applicable RTP profile. The main
security considerations for the RTP packet carrying the RTP payload
format defined within this memo are confidentiality, integrity and
source authenticity. Confidentiality is achieved by encryption of
the RTP payload. Integrity of the RTP packets through suitable
cryptographic integrity protection mechanism. Cryptographic system
may also allow the authentication of the source of the payload. A
suitable security mechanism for this RTP payload format should
provide confidentiality, integrity protection and at least source
authentication capable of determining if an RTP packet is from a
member of the RTP session or not.
Note that the appropriate mechanism to provide security to RTP and
payloads following this memo may vary. It is dependent on the
application, the transport, and the signalling protocol employed.
Therefore a single mechanism is not sufficient, although if suitable
the usage of SRTP [rfc3711] is recommended. Other mechanism that may
be used are IPsec [rfc4301] and TLS [rfc5246] (RTP over TCP), but
also other alternatives may exist.
This RTP payload format and its media decoder do not exhibit any
significant non-uniformity in the receiver-side computational
complexity for packet processing, and thus are unlikely to pose a
denial-of-service threat due to the receipt of pathological data.
Nor does the RTP payload format contain any active content.
Because this format supports VBR operation small amounts of
information about the transmitted audio may be leaked by a length
preserving cryptographic transport. Accordingly, when CELT is used
inside a secure transport the sender SHOULD restrict the use of VBR
to congestion control purposes.
CELT implementations will typically exhibit tiny content-sensitive
encoding time variances. Since transmission is usually triggered by
an accurate hardware clock and the encoded data is typically
transmitted as soon as encoding is complete this variance may result
in a small amount of additional frame to frame jitter which could be
measured by a third-party. Encrypted implementations SHOULD transmit
packets at fixed intervals to avoid the possible information leak.
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8. Acknowledgments
The authors would also like to thank the following people for their
input: Timothy B. Terriberry, Ben Schwartz, Alexander Carot, Thorvald
Natvig, Brian West, Steve Underwood, and Anthony Minessale.
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9. References
9.1. Normative References
[rfc2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", RFC 2119.
[rfc3550] Schulzrinne, H., Casner, S., Frederick, R., and V.
Jacobson, "RTP: A Transport Protocol for real-time
applications", RFC 3550.
[rfc2045] "Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part One:
Format of Internet Message Bodies", RFC 2045,
November 1998.
[rfc4566] Handley, M., Jacobson, V., and C. Perkins, "SDP: Session
Description Protocol", RFC 4566, July 2006.
[rfc3551] Schulzrinne, H. and S. Casner, "RTP Profile for Audio and
Video Conferences with Minimal Control.", RFC 3551,
July 2003.
[rfc3534] Walleij, L., "The application/ogg Media Type", RFC 3534,
May 2003.
[rfc3711] Baugher, M., McGrew, D., Naslund, M., Carrara, E., and K.
Norrman, "The Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP)",
RFC 3711, March 2004.
[rfc4301] Kent, S. and K. Seo, "Security Architecture for the
Internet Protocol", RFC 4301, December 2005.
[rfc5246] Dierks, T. and E. Rescorla, "The Transport Layer Security
(TLS) Protocol Version 1.2", RFC 5246, August 2008.
9.2. Informative References
[celt-website]
Xiph.Org Foundation, "The CELT ultra-low delay audio
codec", CELT website http://www.celt-codec.org/.
[Ambisonic]
Malham, D., "Higher order Ambisonic systems", Paper http:/
/www.york.ac.uk/inst/mustech/3d_audio/
higher_order_ambisonics.pdf, December 2003.
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Authors' Addresses
Jean-Marc Valin
Octasic Semiconductor
4101, Molson Street, suite 300
Montreal, Quebec H1Y 3L1
Canada
Email: [email protected]
Gregory Maxwell
Juniper Networks
2251 Corporate Park Drive, Suite 100
Herndon, VA 20171-1817
USA
Email: [email protected]
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