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Network Working Group                                             J. OttRequest for Comments: 4629             Helsinki University of TechnologyObsoletes:2429                                               C. BormannUpdates:3555                                    Universitaet Bremen TZICategory: Standards Track                                    G. Sullivan                                                               Microsoft                                                               S. Wenger                                                                   Nokia                                                            R. Even, Ed.                                                                 Polycom                                                            January 2007RTP Payload Format for ITU-T Rec. H.263 VideoStatus 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.Copyright Notice   Copyright (C) The IETF Trust (2007).Abstract   This document describes a scheme to packetize an H.263 video stream   for transport using the Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) with any   of the underlying protocols that carry RTP.   The document also describes the syntax and semantics of the Session   Description Protocol (SDP) parameters needed to support the H.263   video codec.   The document obsoletesRFC 2429 and updates the H263-1998 and   H263-2000 media type inRFC 3555.Ott, et al.                 Standards Track                     [Page 1]

RFC 4629                H.263 RTP Payload Format            January 2007Table of Contents1. Introduction ....................................................31.1. Terminology ................................................32. New H.263 Features ..............................................33. Usage of RTP ....................................................43.1. RTP Header Usage ...........................................53.2. Video Packet Structure .....................................64. Design Considerations ...........................................75. H.263+ Payload Header ...........................................95.1. General H.263+ Payload Header ..............................95.2. Video Redundancy Coding Header Extension ..................106. Packetization Schemes ..........................................12      6.1. Picture Segment Packets and Sequence Ending           Packets (P=1) .............................................126.1.1. Packets that begin with a Picture Start Code .......126.1.2. Packets that begin with GBSC or SSC ................136.1.3. Packets that begin with an EOS or EOSBS Code .......146.2. Encapsulating Follow-on Packet (P=0) ......................157. Use of this Payload Specification ..............................158. Media Type Definition ..........................................178.1. Media Type Registrations ..................................178.1.1. Registration of Media Type video/H263-1998 .........178.1.2. Registration of Media Type video/H263-2000 .........218.2. SDP Usage .................................................228.2.1. Usage with the SDP Offer Answer Model ..............239. Backward Compatibility toRFC 2429 .............................259.1. New Optional Parameters for SDP ...........................2510. IANA Considerations ...........................................2511. Security Considerations .......................................2512. Acknowledgments ...............................................2613. Changes from Previous Versions of the Documents ...............2613.1. Changes fromRFC 2429 ....................................2613.2. Changes fromRFC 3555 ....................................2614. References ....................................................2614.1. Normative References .....................................2614.2. Informative References ...................................27Ott, et al.                 Standards Track                     [Page 2]

RFC 4629                H.263 RTP Payload Format            January 20071.  Introduction   This document specifies an RTP payload header format applicable to   the transmission of video streams based on the 1998 and 2000 versions   of International Telecommunication Union-Telecommunication   Standardization Sector (ITU-T) Recommendation H.263 [H263].  Because   the 1998 and 2000 versions of H.263 are a superset of the 1996   syntax, this format can also be used with the 1996 version of H.263   and is recommended for this use by new implementations.  This format   replaces the payload format inRFC 2190 [RFC2190], which continues to   be used by some existing implementations, and can be useful for   backward compatibility.  New implementations supporting H.263 SHALL   use the payload format described in this document.RFC 2190 is moved   to historic status [RFC4628].   The document updates the media type registration that was previously   inRFC 3555 [RFC3555].   This document obsoletesRFC 2429 [RFC2429].1.1.  Terminology   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 inRFC 2119 [RFC2119] and   indicate requirement levels for compliant RTP implementations.2.  New H.263 Features   The 1998 version of ITU-T Recommendation H.263 added numerous coding   options to improve codec performance over the 1996 version.  In this   document, the 1998 version is referred to as H.263+ and the 2000   version as H.263++.   Among the new options, the ones with the biggest impact on the RTP   payload specification and the error resilience of the video content   are the slice structured mode, the independent segment decoding mode,   the reference picture selection mode, and the scalability mode.  This   section summarizes the impact of these new coding options on   packetization.  Refer to [H263] for more information on coding   options.   The slice structured mode was added to H.263+ for three purposes: to   provide enhanced error resilience capability, to make the bitstream   more amenable for use with an underlying packet transport such as   RTP, and to minimize video delay.  The slice structured mode supports   fragmentation at macroblock boundaries.Ott, et al.                 Standards Track                     [Page 3]

RFC 4629                H.263 RTP Payload Format            January 2007   With the independent segment decoding (ISD) option, a video picture   frame is broken into segments and encoded in such a way that each   segment is independently decodable.  Utilizing ISD in a lossy network   environment helps to prevent the propagation of errors from one   segment of the picture to others.   The reference picture selection mode allows the use of an older   reference picture rather than the one immediately preceding the   current picture.  Usually, the last transmitted frame is implicitly   used as the reference picture for inter-frame prediction.  If the   reference picture selection mode is used, the data stream carries   information on what reference frame should be used, indicated by the   temporal reference as an ID for that reference frame.  The reference   picture selection mode may be used with or without a back channel,   which provides information to the encoder about the internal status   of the decoder.  However, no special provision is made herein for   carrying back channel information.  The Extended RTP Profile for RTP   Control Protocol (RTCP)-based Feedback [RFC4585] MAY be used as a   back channel mechanism.   H.263+ also includes bitstream scalability as an optional coding   mode.  Three kinds of scalability are defined: temporal, signal-to-   noise ratio (SNR), and spatial scalability.  Temporal scalability is   achieved via the disposable nature of bi-directionally predicted   frames, or B-frames.  (A low-delay form of temporal scalability known   as P-picture temporal scalability can also be achieved by using the   reference picture selection mode, described in the previous   paragraph.)  SNR scalability permits refinement of encoded video   frames, thereby improving the quality (or SNR).  Spatial scalability   is similar to SNR scalability except that the refinement layer is   twice the size of the base layer in the horizontal dimension,   vertical dimension, or both.   H.263++ added some new functionalities.  Among the new   functionalities are support for interlace mode, specified in H.263,   annex W.6.3.11, and the definition of profiles and levels in H.263   annex X.3.  Usage of RTP   When transmitting H.263+ video streams over the Internet, the output   of the encoder can be packetized directly.  All the bits resulting   from the bitstream (including the fixed length codes and variable   length codes) will be included in the packet, the only exception   being that when the payload of a packet begins with a Picture, GOB,   Slice, End of Sequence (EOS), or End of Sub-Bit Stream (EOSBS) start   code, the first 2 (all-zero) bytes of the start code shall be removed   and replaced by setting an indicator bit in the payload header.Ott, et al.                 Standards Track                     [Page 4]

RFC 4629                H.263 RTP Payload Format            January 2007   For H.263+ bitstreams coded with temporal, spatial, or SNR   scalability, each layer may be transported to a different network   address.  More specifically, each layer may use a unique IP address   and port number combination.  The temporal relations between layers   shall be expressed using the RTP timestamp so that they can be   synchronized at the receiving ends in multicast or unicast   applications.   The H.263+ video stream will be carried as payload data within RTP   packets.  A new H.263+ payload header is defined inSection 5; it   updates the one specified inRFC 2190.  This section defines the   usage of the RTP fixed header and H.263+ video packet structure.3.1.  RTP Header Usage   Each RTP packet starts with a fixed RTP header.  The following fields   of the RTP fixed header used for H.263+ video streams are further   emphasized here.   Marker bit (M bit): The Marker bit of the RTP header is set to 1 when   the current packet carries the end of current frame and is 0   otherwise.   Payload Type (PT): The RTP profile for a particular class of   applications will assign a payload type for this encoding, or, if   that is not done, a payload type in the dynamic range shall be chosen   by the sender.   Timestamp: The RTP Timestamp encodes the sampling instance of the   first video frame data contained in the RTP data packet.  The RTP   timestamp shall be the same on successive packets if a video frame   occupies more than one packet.  In a multilayer scenario, all   pictures corresponding to the same temporal reference should use the   same timestamp.  If temporal scalability is used (if B-frames are   present), the timestamp may not be monotonically increasing in the   RTP stream.  If B-frames are transmitted on a separate layer and   address, they must be synchronized properly with the reference   frames.  Refer to ITU-T Recommendation H.263 [H263] for information   on required transmission order to a decoder.  For an H.263+ video   stream, the RTP timestamp is based on a 90 kHz clock, the same as   that of the RTP payload for H.261 stream [RFC2032].  Since both the   H.263+ data and the RTP header contain time information, that timing   information must run synchronously.  That is, both the RTP timestamp   and the temporal reference (TR in the picture header of H.263) should   carry the same relative timing information.  Any H.263+ picture clock   frequency can be expressed as 1800000/(cd*cf) source pictures per   second, in which cd is an integer from 1 to 127 and cf is either 1000   or 1001.  Using the 90 kHz clock of the RTP timestamp, the timeOtt, et al.                 Standards Track                     [Page 5]

RFC 4629                H.263 RTP Payload Format            January 2007   increment between each coded H.263+ picture should therefore be an   integer multiple of (cd*cf)/20.  This will always be an integer for   any "reasonable" picture clock frequency (for example, it is 3003 for   30/1.001 Hz NTSC; 3600 for 25 Hz PAL; 3750 for 24 Hz film; and 1500,   1250, or 1200 for the computer display update rates of 60, 72, or 75   Hz, respectively).  For RTP packetization of hypothetical H.263+   bitstreams using "unreasonable" custom picture clock frequencies,   mathematical rounding could become necessary for generating the RTP   timestamps.3.2.  Video Packet Structure   A section of an H.263+ compressed bitstream is carried as a payload   within each RTP packet.  For each RTP packet, the RTP header is   followed by an H.263+ payload header, which is followed by a number   of bytes of a standard H.263+ compressed bitstream.  The size of the   H.263+ payload header is variable, depending on the payload involved,   as detailed in theSection 4.  The layout of the RTP H.263+ video   packet is shown as      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+      :    RTP Header                                                 :      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+      :    H.263+ Payload Header                                      :      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+      :    H.263+ Compressed Data Stream                              :      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+   Any H.263+ start codes can be byte aligned by an encoder by using the   stuffing mechanisms of H.263+.  As specified in H.263+, picture,   slice, and EOSBS starts codes shall always be byte aligned, and GOB   and EOS start codes may be byte aligned.  For packetization purposes,   GOB start codes should be byte aligned; however, since this is not   required in H.263+, there may be some cases where GOB start codes are   not aligned, such as when transmitting existing content, or when   using H.263 encoders that do not support GOB start code alignment.   In this case, Follow-on Packets (seeSection 5.2) should be used for   packetization.   All H.263+ start codes (Picture, GOB, Slice, EOS, and EOSBS) begin   with 16 zero-valued bits.  If a start code is byte aligned and it   occurs at the beginning of a packet, these two bytes shall be removed   from the H.263+ compressed data stream in the packetization process   and shall instead be represented by setting a bit (the P bit) in the   payload header.Ott, et al.                 Standards Track                     [Page 6]

RFC 4629                H.263 RTP Payload Format            January 20074.  Design Considerations   The goals of this payload format are to specify an efficient way of   encapsulating an H.263+ standard compliant bitstream and to enhance   the resiliency towards packet losses.  Due to the large number of   different possible coding schemes in H.263+, a copy of the picture   header with configuration information is inserted into the payload   header when appropriate.  The use of that copy of the picture header   along with the payload data can allow decoding of a received packet   even in cases when another packet containing the original picture   header becomes lost.   There are a few assumptions and constraints associated with this   H.263+ payload header design.  The purpose of this section is to   point out various design issues and also to discuss several coding   options provided by H.263+ that may impact the performance of   network-based H.263+ video.   o  The optional slice structured mode described in Annex K of [H263]      enables more flexibility for packetization.  Similar to a picture      segment that begins with a GOB header, the motion vector      predictors in a slice are restricted to reside within its      boundaries.  However, slices provide much greater freedom in the      selection of the size and shape of the area that is represented as      a distinct decodable region.  In particular, slices can have a      size that is dynamically selected to allow the data for each slice      to fit into a chosen packet size.  Slices can also be chosen to      have a rectangular shape, which is conducive for minimizing the      impact of errors and packet losses on motion-compensated      prediction.  For these reasons, the use of the slice structured      mode is strongly recommended for any applications used in      environments where significant packet loss occurs.   o  In non-rectangular slice structured mode, only complete slices      SHOULD be included in a packet.  In other words, slices should not      be fragmented across packet boundaries.  The only reasonable need      for a slice to be fragmented across packet boundaries is when the      encoder that generated the H.263+ data stream could not be      influenced by an awareness of the packetization process (such as      when sending H.263+ data through a network other than the one to      which the encoder is attached, as in network gateway      implementations).  Optimally, each packet will contain only one      slice.Ott, et al.                 Standards Track                     [Page 7]

RFC 4629                H.263 RTP Payload Format            January 2007   o  The independent segment decoding (ISD) described in Annex R of      [H263] prevents any data dependency across slice or GOB boundaries      in the reference picture.  It can be utilized to improve      resiliency further in high loss conditions.   o  If ISD is used in conjunction with the slice structure, the      rectangular slice submode shall be enabled, and the dimensions and      quantity of the slices present in a frame shall remain the same      between each two intra-coded frames (I-frames), as required in      H.263+.  The individual ISD segments may also be entirely intra      coded from time to time to realize quick error recovery without      adding the latency time associated with sending complete INTRA-      pictures.   o  When the slice structure is not applied, the insertion of a      (preferably byte-aligned) GOB header can be used to provide resync      boundaries in the bitstream, as the presence of a GOB header      eliminates the dependency of motion vector prediction across GOB      boundaries.  These resync boundaries provide natural locations for      packet payload boundaries.   o  H.263+ allows picture headers to be sent in an abbreviated form in      order to prevent repetition of overhead information that does not      change from picture to picture.  For resiliency, sending a      complete picture header for every frame is often advisable.  This      means (especially in cases with high packet loss probability in      which picture header contents are not expected to be highly      predictable) that the sender may find it advisable always to set      the subfield UFEP in PLUSPTYPE to '001' in the H.263+ video      bitstream.  (See [H263] for the definition of the UFEP and      PLUSPTYPE fields).   o  In a multi-layer scenario, each layer may be transmitted to a      different network address.  The configuration of each layer, such      as the enhancement layer number (ELNUM), reference layer number      (RLNUM), and scalability type should be determined at the start of      the session and should not change during the course of the      session.   o  All start codes can be byte aligned, and picture, slice, and EOSBS      start codes are always byte aligned.  The boundaries of these      syntactical elements provide ideal locations for placing packet      boundaries.   o  We assume that a maximum Picture Header size of 504 bits is      sufficient.  The syntax of H.263+ does not explicitly prohibit      larger picture header sizes, but the use of such extremely large      picture headers is not expected.Ott, et al.                 Standards Track                     [Page 8]

RFC 4629                H.263 RTP Payload Format            January 20075.  H.263+ Payload Header   For H.263+ video streams, each RTP packet shall carry only one H.263+   video packet.  The H.263+ payload header shall always be present for   each H.263+ video packet.  The payload header is of variable length.   A 16-bit field of the general payload header, defined in 5.1, may be   followed by an 8 bit field for Video Redundancy Coding (VRC)   information, and/or by a variable-length extra picture header as   indicated by PLEN.  These optional fields appear in the order given   above, when present.   If an extra picture header is included in the payload header, the   length of the picture header in number of bytes is specified by PLEN.   The minimum length of the payload header is 16 bits, PLEN equal to 0   and no VRC information being present.   The remainder of this section defines the various components of the   RTP payload header.Section 6 defines the various packet types that   are used to carry different types of H.263+ coded data, andSection 7   summarizes how to distinguish between the various packet types.5.1.  General H.263+ Payload Header   The H.263+ payload header is structured as follows:         0                   1         0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+        |   RR    |P|V|   PLEN    |PEBIT|        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+   RR: 5 bits      Reserved bits.  It SHALL be zero and MUST be ignored by receivers.   P: 1 bit      Indicates the picture start or a picture segment (GOB/Slice) start      or a video sequence end (EOS or EOSBS).  Two bytes of zero bits      then have to be prefixed to the payload of such a packet to      compose a complete picture/GOB/slice/EOS/EOSBS start code.  This      bit allows the omission of the two first bytes of the start codes,      thus improving the compression ratio.Ott, et al.                 Standards Track                     [Page 9]

RFC 4629                H.263 RTP Payload Format            January 2007   V: 1 bit      Indicates the presence of an 8-bit field containing information      for Video Redundancy Coding (VRC), which follows immediately after      the initial 16 bits of the payload header, if present.  For syntax      and semantics of that 8-bit VRC field, seeSection 5.2.   PLEN: 6 bits      Length, in bytes, of the extra picture header.  If no extra      picture header is attached, PLEN is 0.  If PLEN>0, the extra      picture header is attached immediately following the rest of the      payload header.  Note that the length reflects the omission of the      first two bytes of the picture start code (PSC).  SeeSection 6.1.   PEBIT: 3 bits      Indicates the number of bits that shall be ignored in the last      byte of the picture header.  If PLEN is not zero, the ignored bits      shall be the least significant bits of the byte.  If PLEN is zero,      then PEBIT shall also be zero.5.2.  Video Redundancy Coding Header Extension   Video Redundancy Coding (VRC) is an optional mechanism intended to   improve error resilience over packet networks.  Implementing VRC in   H.263+ will require the Reference Picture Selection option described   in Annex N of [H263].  By having multiple "threads" of independently   inter-frame predicted pictures, damage to an individual frame will   cause distortions only within its own thread, leaving the other   threads unaffected.  From time to time, all threads converge to a   so-called sync frame (an INTRA picture or a non-INTRA picture that is   redundantly represented within multiple threads); from this sync   frame, the independent threads are started again.  For more   information on codec support for VRC, see [Vredun].   P-picture temporal scalability is another use of the reference   picture selection mode and can be considered a special case of VRC in   which only one copy of each sync frame may be sent.  It offers a   thread-based method of temporal scalability without the increased   delay caused by the use of B pictures.  In this use, sync frames sent   in the first thread of pictures are also used for the prediction of a   second thread of pictures that fall temporally between the sync   frames to increase the resulting frame rate.  In this use, the   pictures in the second thread can be discarded in order to obtain a   reduction of bit rate or decoding complexity without harming the   ability to decode later pictures.  A third or more threads, can also   be added, but each thread is predicted only from the sync framesOtt, et al.                 Standards Track                    [Page 10]

RFC 4629                H.263 RTP Payload Format            January 2007   (which are sent at least in thread 0) or from frames within the same   thread.   While a VRC data stream is (like all H.263+ data) totally self-   contained, it may be useful for the transport hierarchy   implementation to have knowledge about the current damage status of   each thread.  On the Internet, this status can easily be determined   by observing the marker bit, the sequence number of the RTP header,   the thread-id, and a circling "packet per thread" number.  The latter   two numbers are coded in the VRC header extension.   The format of the VRC header extension is as follows:         0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+        | TID | Trun  |S|        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+   TID: 3 bits   Thread ID.  Up to 7 threads are allowed.  Each frame of H.263+ VRC   data will use as reference information only sync frames or frames   within the same thread.  By convention, thread 0 is expected to be   the "canonical" thread, which is the thread from which the sync frame   should ideally be used.  In the case of corruption or loss of the   thread 0 representation, a representation of the sync frame with a   higher thread number can be used by the decoder.  Lower thread   numbers are expected to contain representations of the sync frames   equal to or better than higher thread numbers in the absence of data   corruption or loss.  See [Vredun] for a detailed discussion of VRC.   Trun: 4 bits   Monotonically increasing (modulo 16) 4-bit number counting the packet   number within each thread.   S: 1 bit   A bit that indicates that the packet content is for a sync frame.  An   encoder using VRC may send several representations of the same "sync"   picture, in order to ensure that, regardless of which thread of   pictures is corrupted by errors or packet losses, the reception of at   least one representation of a particular picture is ensured (within   at least one thread).  The sync picture can then be used for the   prediction of any thread.  If packet losses have not occurred, then   the sync frame contents of thread 0 can be used, and those of other   threads can be discarded (and similarly for other threads).  Thread 0   is considered the "canonical" thread, the use of which is preferableOtt, et al.                 Standards Track                    [Page 11]

RFC 4629                H.263 RTP Payload Format            January 2007   to all others.  The contents of packets having lower thread numbers   shall be considered as having a higher processing and delivery   priority than those with higher thread numbers.  Thus, packets having   lower thread numbers for a given sync frame shall be delivered first   to the decoder under loss-free and low-time-jitter conditions, which   will result in the discarding of the sync contents of the higher-   numbered threads as specified in Annex N of [H263].6.  Packetization Schemes6.1.  Picture Segment Packets and Sequence Ending Packets (P=1)   A picture segment packet is defined as a packet that starts at the   location of a Picture, GOB, or slice start code in the H.263+ data   stream.  This corresponds to the definition of the start of a video   picture segment as defined in H.263+.  For such packets, P=1 always.   An extra picture header can sometimes be attached in the payload   header of such packets.  Whenever an extra picture header is attached   as signified by PLEN>0, only the last six bits of its picture start   code, '100000', are included in the payload header.  A complete   H.263+ picture header with byte-aligned picture start code can be   conveniently assembled on the receiving end by prepending the sixteen   leading '0' bits.   When PLEN>0, the end bit position corresponding to the last byte of   the picture header data is indicated by PEBIT.  The actual bitstream   data shall begin on an 8-bit byte boundary following the payload   header.   A sequence ending packet is defined as a packet that starts at the   location of an EOS or EOSBS code in the H.263+ data stream.  This   delineates the end of a sequence of H.263+ video data (more H.263+   video data may still follow later, however, as specified in ITU-T   Recommendation H.263).  For such packets, P=1 and PLEN=0 always.   The optional header extension for VRC may or may not be present as   indicated by the V bit flag.6.1.1.  Packets that begin with a Picture Start Code   Any packet that contains the whole or the start of a coded picture   shall start at the location of the picture start code (PSC) and   should normally be encapsulated with no extra copy of the picture   header.  In other words, normally PLEN=0 in such a case.  However, if   the coded picture contains an incomplete picture header (UFEP =   "000"), then a representation of the complete (UFEP = "001") picture   header may be attached during packetization in order to provideOtt, et al.                 Standards Track                    [Page 12]

RFC 4629                H.263 RTP Payload Format            January 2007   greater error resilience.  Thus, for packets that start at the   location of a picture start code, PLEN shall be zero unless both of   the following conditions apply:   1) The picture header in the H.263+ bitstream payload is incomplete      (PLUSPTYPE present and UFEP="000").   2) The additional picture header that is attached is not incomplete      (UFEP="001").   A packet that begins at the location of a Picture, GOB, slice, EOS,   or EOSBS start code shall omit the first two (all zero) bytes from   the H.263+ bitstream and signify their presence by setting P=1 in the   payload header.   Here is an example of encapsulating the first packet in a frame   (without an attached redundant complete picture 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     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+     |   RR    |1|V|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0| bitstream data without the    :     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+     : first two 0 bytes of the PSC     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+6.1.2.  Packets that begin with GBSC or SSC   For a packet that begins at the location of a GOB or slice start code   (GBSC), PLEN may be zero or nonzero, depending on whether a redundant   picture header is attached to the packet.  In environments with very   low packet loss rates, or when picture header contents are very   seldom likely to change (except as can be detected from the GOB Frame   ID (GFID) syntax of H.263+), a redundant copy of the picture header   is not required.  However, in less ideal circumstances a redundant   picture header should be attached for enhanced error resilience, and   its presence is indicated by PLEN>0.Ott, et al.                 Standards Track                    [Page 13]

RFC 4629                H.263 RTP Payload Format            January 2007   Assuming a PLEN of 9 and P=1, below is an example of a packet that   begins with a byte-aligned GBSC or a Slice Start Code (SSC):        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       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+       |   RR    |1|V|0 0 1 0 0 1|PEBIT|1 0 0 0 0 0| picture header    :       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+       : starting with TR, PTYPE ...                                   |       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+       | ...                                           | bitstream     :       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+       : data starting with GBSC/SSC without its first two 0 bytes       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+   Notice that only the last six bits of the picture start code,   '100000', are included in the payload header.  A complete H.263+   picture header with byte aligned picture start code can be   conveniently assembled, if needed, on the receiving end by prepending   the sixteen leading '0' bits.6.1.3.  Packets that begin with an EOS or EOSBS Code   For a packet that begins with an EOS or EOSBS code, PLEN shall be   zero, and no Picture, GOB, or Slice start codes shall be included   within the same packet.  As with other packets beginning with start   codes, the two all-zero bytes that begin the EOS or EOSBS code at the   beginning of the packet shall be omitted, and their presence shall be   indicated by setting the P bit to 1 in the payload header.   System designers should be aware that some decoders may interpret the   loss of a packet containing only EOS or EOSBS information as the loss   of essential video data and may thus respond by not displaying some   subsequent video information.  Since EOS and EOSBS codes do not   actually affect the decoding of video pictures, they are somewhat   unnecessary to send at all.  Because of the danger of   misinterpretation of the loss of such a packet (which can be detected   by the sequence number), encoders are generally to be discouraged   from sending EOS and EOSBS.   Below is an example of a packet containing an EOS code:         0                   1                   2         0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+        |   RR    |1|V|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|1|1|1|1|1|0|0|        +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+Ott, et al.                 Standards Track                    [Page 14]

RFC 4629                H.263 RTP Payload Format            January 20076.2.  Encapsulating Follow-on Packet (P=0)   A Follow-on Packet contains a number of bytes of coded H.263+ data   that do not start at a synchronization point.  That is, a Follow-on   Packet does not start with a Picture, GOB, Slice, EOS, or EOSBS   header, and it may or may not start at a macroblock boundary.  Since   Follow-on Packets do not start at synchronization points, the data at   the beginning of a Follow-on Packet is not independently decodable.   For such packets, P=0 always.  If the preceding packet of a Follow-on   Packet got lost, the receiver may discard that Follow-on Packet, as   well as all other following Follow-on Packets.  Better behavior, of   course, would be for the receiver to scan the interior of the packet   payload content to determine whether any start codes are found in the   interior of the packet that can be used as resync points.  The use of   an attached copy of a picture header for a Follow-on Packet is useful   only if the interior of the packet or some subsequent Follow-on   Packet contains a resync code, such as a GOB or slice start code.   PLEN>0 is allowed, since it may allow resync in the interior of the   packet.  The decoder may also be resynchronized at the next segment   or picture packet.   Here is an example of a Follow-on Packet (with PLEN=0):      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     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-     |   RR    |0|V|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0| bitstream data     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-7.  Use of this Payload Specification   There is no syntactical difference between a picture segment packet   and a Follow-on Packet, other than the indication P=1 for picture   segment or sequence ending packets and P=0 for Follow-on Packets.   See the following for a summary of the entire packet types and ways   to distinguish between them.   It is possible to distinguish between the different packet types by   checking the P bit and the first 6 bits of the payload along with the   header information.  The following table shows the packet type for   permutations of this information (see also the picture/GOB/Slice   header descriptions in H.263+ for details):Ott, et al.                 Standards Track                    [Page 15]

RFC 4629                H.263 RTP Payload Format            January 2007   -------------+--------------+----------------------+----------------   First 6 bits | P-Bit | PLEN |  Packet              |  Remarks   of Payload   |(payload hdr.)|                      |   -------------+--------------+----------------------+----------------   100000       |   1   |  0   |  Picture             | Typical Picture   100000       |   1   | > 0  |  Picture             | Note UFEP   1xxxxx       |   1   |  0   |  GOB/Slice/EOS/EOSBS | See possible GNs   1xxxxx       |   1   | > 0  |  GOB/Slice           | See possible GNs   Xxxxxx       |   0   |  0   |  Follow-on           |   Xxxxxx       |   0   | > 0  |  Follow-on           | Interior Resync   -------------+--------------+----------------------+----------------   The details regarding the possible values of the five bit Group   Number (GN) field that follows the initial "1" bit when the P-bit is   "1" for a GOB, Slice, EOS, or EOSBS packet are found inSection 5.2.3   of H.263 [H263].   As defined in this specification, every start of a coded frame (as   indicated by the presence of a PSC) has to be encapsulated as a   picture segment packet.  If the whole coded picture fits into one   packet of reasonable size (which is dependent on the connection   characteristics), this is the only type of packet that may need to be   used.  Due to the high compression ratio achieved by H.263+, it is   often possible to use this mechanism, especially for small spatial   picture formats such as Quarter Common Intermediate Format (QCIF) and   typical Internet packet sizes around 1500 bytes.   If the complete coded frame does not fit into a single packet, two   different ways for the packetization may be chosen.  In case of very   low or zero packet loss probability, one or more Follow-on Packets   may be used for coding the rest of the picture.  Doing so leads to   minimal coding and packetization overhead, as well as to an optimal   use of the maximal packet size, but does not provide any added error   resilience.   The alternative is to break the picture into reasonably small   partitions, called Segments (by using the Slice or GOB mechanism),   that do offer synchronization points.  By doing so and using the   Picture Segment payload with PLEN>0, decoding of the transmitted   packets is possible even in cases in which the Picture packet   containing the picture header was lost (provided any necessary   reference picture is available).  Picture Segment packets can also be   used in conjunction with Follow-on Packets for large segment sizes.Ott, et al.                 Standards Track                    [Page 16]

RFC 4629                H.263 RTP Payload Format            January 20078.  Media Type Definition   This section specifies optional parameters that MAY be used to select   optional features of the H.263 codec.  The parameters are specified   here as part of the Media Type registration for the ITU-T H.263   codec.  A mapping of the parameters into the Session Description   Protocol (SDP) [RFC4566] is also provided for applications that use   SDP.  Multiple parameters SHOULD be expressed as a media type string,   in the form of a semicolon-separated list of parameter=value pairs.8.1.  Media Type Registrations   This section describes the media types and names associated with this   payload format.  The section updates the previous registered version   inRFC 3555 [RFC3555].8.1.1.  Registration of Media Type video/H263-1998   Type name: video   Subtype name: H263-1998   Required parameters: None   Optional parameters:      SQCIF: Specifies the MPI (Minimum Picture Interval) for SQCIF      resolution.  Permissible values are integer values from 1 to 32,      which correspond to a maximum frame rate of 30/(1.001 * the      specified value) frames per second.      QCIF: Specifies the MPI (Minimum Picture Interval) for QCIF      resolution.  Permissible values are integer values from 1 to 32,      which correspond to a maximum frame rate of 30/(1.001 * the      specified value) frames per second.      CIF: Specifies the MPI (Minimum Picture Interval) for CIF      resolution.  Permissible values are integer values from 1 to 32,      which correspond to a maximum frame rate of 30/(1.001 * the      specified value) frames per second.      CIF4: Specifies the MPI (Minimum Picture Interval) for 4CIF      resolution.  Permissible values are integer values from 1 to 32,      which correspond to a maximum frame rate of 30/(1.001 * the      specified value) frames per second.Ott, et al.                 Standards Track                    [Page 17]

RFC 4629                H.263 RTP Payload Format            January 2007      CIF16: Specifies the MPI (Minimum Picture Interval) for 16CIF      resolution.  Permissible values are integer values from 1 to 32,      which correspond to a maximum frame rate of 30/(1.001 * the      specified value) frames per second.      CUSTOM: Specifies the MPI (Minimum Picture Interval) for a      custom-defined resolution.  The custom parameter receives three      comma-separated values, Xmax, Ymax, and MPI.  The Xmax and Ymax      parameters describe the number of pixels in the X and Y axis and      must be evenly divisible by 4.  The permissible values for MPI are      integer values from 1 to 32, which correspond to a maximum frame      rate of 30/(1.001 *the specified value).      A system that declares support of a specific MPI for one of the      resolutions SHALL also implicitly support a lower resolution with      the same MPI.      A list of optional annexes specifies which annexes of H.263 are      supported.  The optional annexes are defined as part of H263-1998,      H263-2000.  H.263 annex X [H263] defines profiles that group      annexes for specific applications.  A system that supports a      specific annex SHALL specify its support using the optional      parameters.  If no annex is specified, then the stream is Baseline      H.263.      The allowed optional parameters for the annexes are "F", "I", "J",      "T", "K", "N", and "P".      "F", "I", "J", and "T" if supported, SHALL have the value "1".  If      not supported, they should not be listed or SHALL have the value      "0".      "K" can receive one of four values 1 - 4:      1: Slices In Order, Non-Rectangular      2: Slices In Order, Rectangular      3: Slices Not Ordered, Non-Rectangular      4: Slices Not Ordered, Rectangular      "N": Reference Picture Selection mode -  Four numeric choices      (1 - 4) are available, representing the following modes:      1: NEITHER:  No back-channel data is returned from the decoder to         the encoder.Ott, et al.                 Standards Track                    [Page 18]

RFC 4629                H.263 RTP Payload Format            January 2007      2: ACK:  The decoder returns only acknowledgment messages.      3: NACK:  The decoder returns only non-acknowledgment messages.      4: ACK+NACK:  The decoder returns both acknowledgment and non-         acknowledgment messages.      No special provision is made herein for carrying back channel      information.  The Extended RTP Profile for RTCP-based Feedback      [RFC4585] MAY be used as a back channel mechanism.      "P": Reference Picture Resampling, in which the following submodes      are represented as a number from 1 to 4:      1: dynamicPictureResizingByFour      2: dynamicPictureResizingBySixteenthPel      3: dynamicWarpingHalfPel      4: dynamicWarpingSixteenthPel      Example: P=1,3      PAR: Arbitrary Pixel Aspect Ratio.  Defines the width:height ratio      by two colon-separated integers between 0 and 255.  Default ratio      is 12:11, if not otherwise specified.      CPCF: Arbitrary (Custom) Picture Clock Frequency: CPCF is a      comma-separated list of eight parameters specifying a custom      picture clock frequency and the MPI (minimum picture interval) for      the supported picture sizes when using that picture clock      frequency.  The first two parameters are cd, which is an integer      from 1 to 127, and cf, which is either 1000 or 1001.  The custom      picture clock frequency is given by the formula 1800000/(cd*cf)      provided in the RTP Timestamp semantics inSection 3.1 above (as      specified in H.263section 5.1.7).  Following the values of cd and      cf, the remaining six parameters are SQCIFMPI, QCIFMPI, CIFMPI,      CIF4MPI, CIF16MPI, and CUSTOMMPI, which each specify an integer      MPI (minimum picture interval) for the standard picture sizes      SQCIF, QCIF, CIF, 4CIF, 16CIF, and CUSTOM, respectively, as      described above.  The MPI value indicates a maximum frame rate of      1800000/(cd*cf*MPI) frames per second for MPI parameters having a      value in the range from 1 to 2048, inclusive.  An MPI value of 0      specifies that the associated picture size is not supported for      the custom picture clock frequency.  If the CUSTOMMPI parameter is      not equal to 0, the CUSTOM parameter SHALL also be present (soOtt, et al.                 Standards Track                    [Page 19]

RFC 4629                H.263 RTP Payload Format            January 2007      that the Xmax and Ymax dimensions of the custom picture size are      defined).      BPP: BitsPerPictureMaxKb.  Maximum number of bits in units of 1024      bits allowed to represent a single picture.  If this parameter is      not present, then the default value, based on the maximum      supported resolution, is used.  BPP is integer value between 0 and      65536.      HRD: Hypothetical Reference Decoder.  See annex B of H.263      specification [H263].  This parameter, if supported, SHALL have      the value "1".  If not supported, it should not be listed or SHALL      have the value "0".   Encoding considerations:      This media type is framed and binary; seeSection 4.8 in [RFC4288]   Security considerations: SeeSection 11 of RFC 4629   Interoperability considerations:      These are receiver options; current implementations will not send      any optional parameters in their SDP.  They will ignore the      optional parameters and will encode the H.263 stream without any      of the annexes.  Most decoders support at least QCIF and CIF fixed      resolutions, and they are expected to be available almost in every      H.263-based video application.   Published specification:RFC 4629   Applications that use this media type:      Audio and video streaming and conferencing tools.      Additional information: None      Person and email address to contact for further information:   Roni Even: roni.even@polycom.co.il      Intended usage: COMMON      Restrictions on usage:      This media type depends on RTP framing and thus is only defined      for transfer via RTP [RFC3550].  Transport within other framing      protocols is not defined at this time.Ott, et al.                 Standards Track                    [Page 20]

RFC 4629                H.263 RTP Payload Format            January 2007   Author: Roni Even   Change controller:      IETF Audio/Video Transport working group, delegated from the IESG.8.1.2.  Registration of Media Type video/H263-2000   Type name: video   Subtype name: H263-2000   Required parameters: None   Optional parameters:      The optional parameters of the H263-1998 type MAY be used with      this media subtype.  Specific optional parameters that may be used      with the H263-2000 type are as follows:      PROFILE:  H.263 profile number, in the range 0 through 10,      specifying the supported H.263 annexes/subparts based on H.263      annex X [H263].  The annexes supported in each profile are listed      in table X.1 of H.263 annex X.  If no profile or H.263 annex is      specified, then the stream is Baseline H.263 (profile 0 of H.263      annex X).      LEVEL:  Level of bitstream operation, in the range 0 through 100,      specifying the level of computational complexity of the decoding      process.  The level are described in table X.2 of H.263 annex X.      According to H.263 annex X, support of any level other than level      45 implies support of all lower levels.  Support of level 45      implies support of level 10.      A system that specifies support of a PROFILE MUST specify the      supported LEVEL.      INTERLACE:  Interlaced or 60 fields indicates the support for      interlace display mode, as specified in H.263 annex W.6.3.11.      This parameter, if supported SHALL have the value "1".  If not      supported, it should not be listed or SHALL have the value "0".   Encoding considerations:      This media type is framed and binary; seeSection 4.8 in [RFC4288]   Security considerations: SeeSection 11 of RFC 4629Ott, et al.                 Standards Track                    [Page 21]

RFC 4629                H.263 RTP Payload Format            January 2007   Interoperability considerations:      The optional parameters PROFILE and LEVEL SHALL NOT be used with      any of the other optional parameters.   Published specification:RFC 4629   Applications that use this media type:      Audio and video streaming and conferencing tools.   Additional information: None   Person and email address to contact for further information :      Roni Even: roni.even@polycom.co.il   Intended usage: COMMON   Restrictions on usage:      This media type depends on RTP framing and thus is only defined      for transfer via RTP [RFC3550].  Transport within other framing      protocols is not defined at this time.   Author: Roni Even   Change controller:      IETF Audio/Video Transport working group delegated from the IESG.8.2.  SDP Usage   The media types video/H263-1998 and video/H263-2000 are mapped to   fields in the Session Description Protocol (SDP) as follows:   o The media name in the "m=" line of SDP MUST be video.   o The encoding name in the "a=rtpmap" line of SDP MUST be H263-1998     or H263-2000 (the media subtype).   o The clock rate in the "a=rtpmap" line MUST be 90000.   o The optional parameters, if any, MUST be included in the "a=fmtp"     line of SDP.  These parameters are expressed as a media type     string, in the form of a semicolon-separated list of     parameter=value pairs.  The optional parameters PROFILE and LEVEL     SHALL NOT be used with any of the other optional parameters.Ott, et al.                 Standards Track                    [Page 22]

RFC 4629                H.263 RTP Payload Format            January 20078.2.1.  Usage with the SDP Offer Answer Model   For offering H.263 over RTP using SDP in an Offer/Answer model   [RFC3264], the following considerations are necessary.   Codec options (F,I,J,K,N,P,T): These options MUST NOT appear unless   the sender of these SDP parameters is able to decode those options.   These options designate receiver capabilities even when sent in a   "sendonly" offer.   Profile: The offer of a SDP profile parameter signals that the   offerer can decode a stream that uses the specified profile.  Each   profile uses different H.263 annexes, so there is no implied   relationship between them.  An answerer SHALL NOT change the profile   parameter and MUST reject the payload type containing an unsupported   profile.  A decoder that supports a profile SHALL also support H.263   baseline profile (profile 0).  An offerer is RECOMMENDED to offer all   the different profiles it is interested to use as individual payload   types.  In addition an offerer, sending an offer using the PROFILE   optional parameter, is RECOMMENDED to offer profile 0, as this will   enable communication, and in addition allows an answerer to add those   profiles it does support in an answer.   LEVEL: The LEVEL parameter in an offer indicates the maximum   computational complexity supported by the offerer in performing   decoding for the given PROFILE.  An answerer MAY change the value   (both up and down) of the LEVEL parameter in its answer to indicate   the highest value it supports.   INTERLACE: The parameter MAY be included in either offer or answer to   indicate that the offerer or answerer respectively supports reception   of interlaced content.  The inclusion in either offer or answer is   independent of each other.   Picture sizes and MPI: Supported picture sizes and their   corresponding minimum picture interval (MPI) information for H.263   can be combined.  All picture sizes can be advertised to the other   party, or only a subset.  The terminal announces only those picture   sizes (with their MPIs) which it is willing to receive.  For example,   MPI=2 means that the maximum (decodable) picture rate per second is   15/1.001 (approximately 14.985).   If the receiver does not specify the picture size/MPI optional   parameter, then it SHOULD be ready to receive QCIF resolution with   MPI=1.   Parameters offered first are the most preferred picture mode to be   received.Ott, et al.                 Standards Track                    [Page 23]

RFC 4629                H.263 RTP Payload Format            January 2007   Here is an example of the usage of these parameters:      CIF=4;QCIF=3;SQCIF=2;CUSTOM=360,240,2   This means that the encoder SHOULD send CIF picture size, which it   can decode at MPI=4.  If that is not possible, then QCIF with MPI   value 3 should be sent; if neither are possible, then SQCIF with MPI   value=2.  The receiver is capable of (but least preferred) decoding   custom picture sizes (max 360x240) with MPI=2.  Note that most   decoders support at least QCIF and CIF fixed resolutions, and that   they are expected to be available almost in every H.263-based video   application.   Below is an example of H.263 SDP in an offer:      a=fmtp:xx CIF=4;QCIF=2;F=1;K=1   This means that the sender of this message can decode an H.263 bit   stream with the following options and parameters: preferred   resolution is CIF (at up to 30/4.004 frames per second), but if that   is not possible then QCIF size is also supported (at up to 30/2.002   frames per second).  Advanced Prediction mode (AP) and   slicesInOrder-NonRect options MAY be used.   Below is an example of H.263 SDP in an offer that includes the CPCF   parameter.      a=fmtp:xx CPCF=36,1000,0,1,1,0,0,2;CUSTOM=640,480,2;CIF=1;QCIF=1   This means that the sender of this message can decode an H.263 bit   stream with a preferred custom picture size of 640x480 at a maximum   frame rate of 25 frames per second using a custom picture clock   frequency of 50 Hz.  If that is not possible, then the 640x480   picture size is also supported at up to 30/2.002 frames per second   using the ordinary picture clock frequency of 30/1.001 Hz.  If   neither of those is possible, then the CIF and QCIF picture sizes are   also supported at up to 50 frames per second using the custom picture   clock frequency of 50 Hz or up to 30/1.001 frames per second using   the ordinary picture clock frequency of 30/1.001 Hz, and CIF is   preferred over QCIF.   The following limitation applies for usage of these media types when   performing offer/answer for sessions using multicast transport.  An   answerer SHALL NOT change any of the parameters in an answer, instead   if the indicated values are not supported the payload type MUST be   rejected.Ott, et al.                 Standards Track                    [Page 24]

RFC 4629                H.263 RTP Payload Format            January 20079.  Backward Compatibility toRFC 2429   The current document is a revision ofRFC 2429 and obsoletes it.   This section will address the backward compatibility issues.9.1.  New Optional Parameters for SDP   The document adds new optional parameters to the H263-1998 and H263-   2000 payload type, defined inRFC 3555 [RFC3555].  Since these are   optional parameters we expect that old implementations will ignore   these parameters, and that new implementations that will receive the   H263-1998 and H263-2000 payload types with no parameters will behave   as if the other side can accept H.263 at QCIF resolution at a frame   rate not exceeding 15/1.001 (approximately 14.985) frames per second.10.  IANA Considerations   This document updates the H.263 (1998) and H.263 (2000) media types,   described inRFC 3555 [RFC3555].  The updated media type   registrations are inSection 8.1.11.  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 any appropriate RTP profile (for example,   [RFC3551]).  This implies that confidentiality of the media streams   is achieved by encryption.  Because the data compression used with   this payload format is applied end-to-end, encryption may be   performed after compression, so there is no conflict between the two   operations.   A potential denial-of-service threat exists for data encoding using   compression techniques that have non-uniform receiver-end   computational load.  The attacker can inject pathological datagrams   into the stream that are complex to decode and cause the receiver to   be overloaded.  The usage of authentication of at least the RTP   packet is RECOMMENDED.   As with any IP-based protocol, in some circumstances a receiver may   be overloaded simply by the receipt of too many packets, either   desired or undesired.  Network-layer authentication may be used to   discard packets from undesired sources, but the processing cost of   the authentication itself may be too high.  In a multicast   environment, pruning of specific sources may be implemented in future   versions of IGMP [RFC2032] and in multicast routing protocols to   allow a receiver to select which sources are allowed to reach it.Ott, et al.                 Standards Track                    [Page 25]

RFC 4629                H.263 RTP Payload Format            January 2007   A security review of this payload format found no additional   considerations beyond those in the RTP specification.12.  Acknowledgements   This is to acknowledge the work done by Chad Zhu, Linda Cline, Gim   Deisher, Tom Gardos, Christian Maciocco, and Donald Newell from Intel   Corp., who co-authoredRFC 2429.   We would also like to acknowledge the work of Petri Koskelainen from   Nokia and Nermeen Ismail from Cisco, who helped with composing the   text for the new media types.13.  Changes from Previous Versions of the Documents13.1.  Changes fromRFC 2429   The changes from theRFC 2429 are:   1.  The H.263 1998 and 2000 media type are now in the payload       specification.   2.  Added optional parameters to the H.263 1998 and 2000 media types.   3.  Mandate the usage ofRFC 2429 for all H.263.RFC 2190 payload       format should be used only to interact with legacy systems.13.2.  Changes fromRFC 3555   This document adds new optional parameters to the H263-1998 and   H263-2000 payload types.14.  References14.1.  Normative References   [H263]     International Telecommunications Union - Telecommunication              Standardization Sector, "Video coding for low bit rate              communication", ITU-T Recommendation H.263, January 2005.   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate              Requirement Levels",BCP 14,RFC 2119, March 1997.   [RFC3550]  Schulzrinne, H., Casner, S., Frederick, R., and V.              Jacobson, "RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time              Applications", STD 64,RFC 3550, July 2003.Ott, et al.                 Standards Track                    [Page 26]

RFC 4629                H.263 RTP Payload Format            January 2007   [RFC3551]  Schulzrinne, H. and S. Casner, "RTP Profile for Audio and              Video Conferences with Minimal Control", STD 65,RFC 3551,              July 2003.   [RFC3555]  Casner, S. and P. Hoschka, "MIME Type Registration of RTP              Payload Formats",RFC 3555, July 2003.   [RFC4566]  Handley, M., Jacobson, V., and C. Perkins, "SDP: Session              Description Protocol",RFC 4566, July 2006.14.2.  Informative References   [RFC2032]  Turletti, T., "RTP Payload Format for H.261 Video              Streams",RFC 2032, October 1996.   [RFC2190]  Zhu, C., "RTP Payload Format for H.263 Video Streams",RFC2190, September 1997.   [RFC2429]  Bormann, C., Cline, L., Deisher, G., Gardos, T., Maciocco,              C., Newell, D., Ott, J., Sullivan, G., Wenger, S., and C.              Zhu, "RTP Payload Format for the 1998 Version of ITU-T              Rec. H.263 Video (H.263+)",RFC 2429, October 1998.   [RFC3264]  Rosenberg, J. and H. Schulzrinne, "An Offer/Answer Model              with Session Description Protocol (SDP)",RFC 3264, June              2002.   [RFC4288]  Freed, N. and J. Klensin, "Media Type Specifications and              Registration Procedures",BCP 13,RFC 4288, December 2005.   [RFC4585]  Ott, J., Wenger, S., Sato, N., Burmeister, C., and J. Rey,              "Extended RTP Profile for Real-time Transport Control              Protocol (RTCP)-Based Feedback (RTP/AVPF)",RFC 4585, July              2006.   [RFC4628]  Even, R., "RTP Payload Format for H.263 MovingRFC 2190 to              Historic Status",RFC 4628, January 2007.   [Vredun]   Wenger, S., "Video Redundancy Coding in H.263+", Proc.              Audio-Visual Services over Packet Networks, Aberdeen, U.K.              9/1997, September 1997.Ott, et al.                 Standards Track                    [Page 27]

RFC 4629                H.263 RTP Payload Format            January 2007Authors' Addresses   Joerg Ott   Helsinki University of Technology   Networking Laboratory   PO Box 3000   02015 TKK, Finland   EMail: jo@netlab.tkk.fi   Carsten Bormann   Universitaet Bremen TZI   Postfach 330440   D-28334 Bremen, GERMANY   Phone: +49.421.218-7024   Fax: +49.421.218-7000   EMail: cabo@tzi.org   Gary Sullivan   Microsoft Corp.   One Microsoft Way   Redmond, WA 98052   USA   EMail: garysull@microsoft.com   Stephan Wenger   Nokia Research Center   P.O. Box 100   33721 Tampere   Finland   EMail: stewe@stewe.org   Roni Even (editor)   Polycom   94 Derech Em Hamoshavot   Petach Tikva  49130   Israel   EMail: roni.even@polycom.co.ilOtt, et al.                 Standards Track                    [Page 28]

RFC 4629                H.263 RTP Payload Format            January 2007Full Copyright Statement   Copyright (C) The IETF Trust (2007).   This document is subject to the rights, licenses and restrictions   contained inBCP 78, and except as set forth therein, the authors   retain all their rights.   This document and the information contained herein are provided on an   "AS IS" basis and THE CONTRIBUTOR, THE ORGANIZATION HE/SHE REPRESENTS   OR IS SPONSORED BY (IF ANY), THE INTERNET SOCIETY, THE IETF TRUST AND   THE INTERNET ENGINEERING TASK FORCE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS   OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY THAT THE USE OF   THE INFORMATION HEREIN WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY RIGHTS OR ANY IMPLIED   WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.Intellectual Property   The IETF takes no position regarding the validity or scope of any   Intellectual Property Rights or other rights that might be claimed to   pertain to the implementation or use of the technology described in   this document or the extent to which any license under such rights   might or might not be available; nor does it represent that it has   made any independent effort to identify any such rights.  Information   on the procedures with respect to rights in RFC documents can be   found inBCP 78 andBCP 79.   Copies of IPR disclosures made to the IETF Secretariat and any   assurances of licenses to be made available, or the result of an   attempt made to obtain a general license or permission for the use of   such proprietary rights by implementers or users of this   specification can be obtained from the IETF on-line IPR repository athttp://www.ietf.org/ipr.   The IETF invites any interested party to bring to its attention any   copyrights, patents or patent applications, or other proprietary   rights that may cover technology that may be required to implement   this standard.  Please address the information to the IETF at   ietf-ipr@ietf.org.Acknowledgement   Funding for the RFC Editor function is currently provided by the   Internet Society.Ott, et al.                 Standards Track                    [Page 29]

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