Media Resource Brokering
RFC 6917, “Media Resource Brokering”, is a Proposed Standard document published in April 2013 by C. Boulton, L. Miniero, G. Munson. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
The MediaCtrl working group in the IETF has proposed an architecture for controlling media services. The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is used as the signaling protocol that provides many inherent capabilities for message routing. In addition to such signaling properties, a need exists for intelligent, application-level media service selection based on non-static signaling properties. This is especially true when considered in conjunction with deployment architectures that include 1:M and M:N combinations of Application Servers and Media Servers. This document introduces a Media Resource Broker (MRB) entity, which manages the availability of Media Servers and the media resource demands of Application Servers. The document includes potential deployment options for an MRB and appropriate interfaces to Application Servers and Media Servers.
What “Proposed Standard” means
An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.
The canonical text of RFC 6917 is hosted at rfc-editor.org. Available in TXT,HTML.
- RFC 6916 Algorithm Agility Procedure for the Resource Public Key Infrastructure
- RFC 6918 Formally Deprecating Some ICMPv4 Message Types
- RFC 6915 Flow Identity Extension for HTTP-Enabled Location Delivery
- RFC 6919 Further Key Words for Use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
- RFC 6914 SIMPLE Made Simple: An Overview of the IETF Specifications for Instant Messaging and Presence Using the Session Initiation Protocol
- RFC 6920 Naming Things with Hashes
- RFC 6913 Indicating Fax over IP Capability in the Session Initiation Protocol
- RFC 6921 Design Considerations for Faster-Than-Light Communication