RFC 6263

"Application Mechanism for Keeping Alive the NAT Mappings Associated with RTP / RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) Flows", June 2011

Canonical URL:

http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6263.txt
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Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Authors:

X. Marjou
A. Sollaud

Stream:

IETF

Source:

avtcore (rai)

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Abstract

This document lists the different mechanisms that enable applications using the Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) and the RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) to keep their RTP Network Address Translator (NAT) mappings alive. It also makes a recommendation for a preferred mechanism. This document is not applicable to Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE) agents. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 4844.