RFC 8868 · INFORMATIONAL · 2021
MON · 14 SEP 2026
Evaluating Congestion Control for Interactive Real-Time Media
Overview
RFC 8868, “Evaluating Congestion Control for Interactive Real-Time Media”, is an Informational document published in January 2021 by V. Singh, J. Ott, S. Holmer. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
The Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP) is used to transmit media in telephony and video conferencing applications. This document describes the guidelines to evaluate new congestion control algorithms for interactive point-to-point real-time media.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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- RFC 8867 Test Cases for Evaluating Congestion Control for Interactive Real- Time Media
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- RFC 8866 SDP: Session Description Protocol
- RFC 8870 Encrypted Key Transport for DTLS and Secure RTP
- RFC 8865 T.140 Real-Time Text Conversation over WebRTC Data Channels
- RFC 8871 A Solution Framework for Private Media in Privacy-Enhanced RTP Conferencing
- RFC 8864 Negotiation Data Channels Using the Session Description Protocol
- RFC 8872 Guidelines for Using the Multiplexing Features of RTP to Support Multiple Media Streams