[rfc-dist] RFC 5761 on Multiplexing RTP Data and Control Packets on a Single Port

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        RFC 5761

        Title:      Multiplexing RTP Data and Control 
                    Packets on a Single Port 
        Author:     C. Perkins, M. Westerlund
        Status:     Standards Track
        Stream:     IETF
        Date:       April 2010
        Mailbox:    csp at csperkins.org, 
                    magnus.westerlund at ericsson.com
        Pages:      13
        Characters: 31778
        Updates:    RFC3550, RFC3551

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-avt-rtp-and-rtcp-mux-07.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5761.txt

This memo discusses issues that arise when multiplexing RTP data
packets and RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) packets on a single UDP port.
It updates RFC 3550 and RFC 3551 to describe when such multiplexing
is and is not appropriate, and it explains how the Session
Description Protocol (SDP) can be used to signal multiplexed
sessions.  [STANDARDS TRACK]

This document is a product of the Audio/Video Transport Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet standards track
protocol for the Internet community,and requests discussion and suggestions
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