Chapter 1 Multimedia Networking

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Multimedia and Quality of Service: What is it?

multimedia applications: network audio and video (continuous media)

QoS
network provides application with level of performance needed for application to function.
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Chapter 1: goals
Principles classify multimedia applications identify network services applications need making the best of best effort service Protocols and Architectures specific protocols for best-effort mechanisms for providing QoS architectures for QoS
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Chapter 1 outline
1.1 multimedia networking applications 1.2 streaming stored audio and video 1.3 making the best out of best effort service 1.4 protocols for real-time interactive applications
RTP,RTCP,SIP

1.5 providing multiple classes of service 1.6 providing QoS guarantees

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MM Networking Applications
Classes of MM applications: 1) stored streaming 2) live streaming 3) interactive, real-time Fundamental characteristics: typically delay sensitive
end-to-end delay delay jitter

Jitter is the variability of packet delays within the same packet stream

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loss tolerant: infrequent losses cause minor glitches antithesis of data, which are loss intolerant but delay tolerant.

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Streaming Stored Multimedia

Stored streaming: media stored at source transmitted to client streaming: client playout begins before all data has arrived
timing constraint for still-to-be transmitted

data: in time for playout

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Streaming Stored Multimedia: What is it?

1. video recorded

2. video sent network delay

3. video received, played out at client time

streaming: at this time, client playing out early part of video, while server still sending later part of video
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Streaming Stored Multimedia: Interactivity

VCR-like functionality: client can

pause, rewind, FF, push slider bar 10 sec initial delay OK 1-2 sec until command effect OK transmitted data: in time for playout
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timing constraint for still-to-be

Streaming Live Multimedia

Examples: Internet radio talk show live sporting event Streaming (as with streaming stored multimedia) playback buffer playback can lag tens of seconds after transmission still have timing constraint Interactivity fast forward impossible rewind, pause possible!
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Real-Time Interactive Multimedia

applications: IP telephony, video

conference, distributed interactive worlds

end-end delay requirements:

audio: < 150 msec good, < 400 msec OK
includes application-level (packetization) and network delays higher delays noticeable, impair interactivity

session initialization
how does callee advertise its IP address, port number, encoding algorithms?
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Multimedia Over Todays Internet

TCP/UDP/IP: best-effort service no guarantees on delay, loss ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

? But you said multimedia apps requires QoS and level of performance to be ? ? effective! ?

Todays Internet multimedia applications use application-level techniques to mitigate (as best possible) effects of delay, loss
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How should the Internet evolve to better support multimedia?

Integrated services philosophy: fundamental changes in Internet so that apps can reserve end-to-end bandwidth requires new, complex software in hosts & routers Laissez-faire no major changes more bandwidth when needed content distribution, application-layer multicast
application layer

Differentiated services philosophy: fewer changes to Internet infrastructure, yet provide 1st and 2nd class service

Whats your opinion?

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A few words about audio compression

analog signal sampled at constant rate
telephone: 8,000 samples/sec CD music: 44,100 samples/sec

example: 8,000 samples/sec, 256 quantized values --> 64,000 bps receiver converts bits back to analog signal:
some quality reduction

each sample quantized, i.e., rounded

e.g., 28=256 possible quantized values

each quantized value represented by bits

8 bits for 256 values

Example rates CD: 1.411 Mbps MP3: 96, 128, 160 kbps Internet telephony: 5.3 kbps and up

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A few words about video compression

video: sequence of images displayed at constant rate
e.g. 24 images/sec

digital image: array of pixels

each pixel represented by bits

redundancy
spatial (within image) temporal (from one image to next)

Examples: MPEG 1 (CD-ROM) 1.5 Mbps MPEG2 (DVD) 3-6 Mbps MPEG4 (often used in Internet, < 1 Mbps) Research: layered (scalable) video
adapt layers to available bandwidth
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Chapter 1 outline
1.1 multimedia networking applications 1.2 streaming stored audio and video 1.3 making the best out of best effort service 1.4 protocols for real-time interactive applications
RTP,RTCP,SIP

1.5 providing multiple classes of service 1.6 providing QoS guarantees

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Streaming Stored Multimedia

application-level streaming techniques for making the best out of best effort service: client-side buffering use of UDP versus TCP multiple encodings of multimedia Media Player
jitter removal decompression error concealment graphical user interface w/ controls for interactivity

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Internet multimedia: simplest approach

audio or video stored in file files transferred as HTTP object

received in entirety at client then passed to player

audio, video not streamed: no, pipelining, long delays until playout!
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Internet multimedia: streaming approach

browser GETs metafile browser launches player, passing metafile player contacts server server streams audio/video to player
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Streaming from a streaming server

allows for non-HTTP protocol between server, media player UDP or TCP for step (3), more shortly
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Streaming Multimedia: Client Buffering

constant bit rate video transmission client video reception constant bit rate video playout at client

buffered video

variable network delay

client playout delay

time

client-side buffering, playout delay compensate for network-added delay, 1: Introduction delay jitter

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Streaming Multimedia: Client Buffering

variable fill rate, x(t)

constant drain rate, d

buffered video

client-side buffering, playout delay compensate for network-added delay, 1: Introduction delay jitter

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Streaming Multimedia: UDP or TCP?

UDP
server sends at rate appropriate for client (oblivious to network congestion !)

often send rate = encoding rate = constant rate then, fill rate = constant rate - packet loss
short playout delay (2-5 seconds) to remove network jitter error recover: time permitting

TCP
send at maximum possible rate under TCP fill rate fluctuates due to TCP congestion control larger playout delay: smooth TCP delivery rate HTTP/TCP passes more easily through firewalls

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Streaming Multimedia: client rate(s)

1.5 Mbps encoding 28.8 Kbps encoding

Q: how to handle different client receive rate capabilities? 28.8 Kbps dialup 100 Mbps Ethernet A: server stores, transmits multiple copies of video, encoded at different rates
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User Control of Streaming Media: RTSP

HTTP does not target multimedia content no commands for fast forward, etc. RTSP: RFC 2326 client-server application layer protocol user control: rewind, fast forward, pause, resume, repositioning, etc What it doesnt do: doesnt define how audio/video is encapsulated for streaming over network doesnt restrict how streamed media is transported (UDP or TCP possible) doesnt specify how media player buffers audio/video 1: Introduction

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RTSP: out of band control

FTP uses an out-of-band control channel: file transferred over one TCP connection. control info (directory changes, file deletion, rename) sent over separate TCP connection out-of-band, in-band channels use different port numbers
RTSP messages also sent out-of-band: RTSP control messages use different port numbers than media stream: out-of-band. port 554 media stream is considered in-band.

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RTSP Example
Scenario: metafile communicated to web browser browser launches player player sets up an RTSP control connection, data connection to streaming server

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Metafile Example
<title>Twister</title> <session> <group language=en lipsync> <switch> <track type=audio e="PCMU/8000/1" src = "rtsp://audio.example.com/twister/audio.en/lofi"> <track type=audio e="DVI4/16000/2" pt="90 DVI4/8000/1" src="rtsp://audio.example.com/twister/audio.en/hifi"> </switch> <track type="video/jpeg" src="rtsp://video.example.com/twister/video"> </group> </session>

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RTSP Operation

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RTSP Exchange Example

C: SETUP rtsp://audio.example.com/twister/audio RTSP/1.0 Transport: rtp/udp; compression; port=3056; mode=PLAY S: RTSP/1.0 200 1 OK Session 4231 C: PLAY rtsp://audio.example.com/twister/audio.en/lofi RTSP/1.0 Session: 4231 Range: npt=0C: PAUSE rtsp://audio.example.com/twister/audio.en/lofi RTSP/1.0 Session: 4231 Range: npt=37 C: TEARDOWN rtsp://audio.example.com/twister/audio.en/lofi RTSP/1.0 Session: 4231 S: 200 3 OK
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Chapter 1 outline
1.1 multimedia networking applications 1.2 streaming stored audio and video 1.3 making the best out of best effort service 1.4 protocols for real-time interactive applications
RTP,RTCP,SIP

1.5 providing multiple classes of service 1.6 providing QoS guarantees

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Real-time interactive applications

PC-2-PC phone Skype PC-2-phone Dialpad Net2phone Skype videoconference with webcams Skype Polycom Going to now look at a PC-2-PC Internet phone example in detail

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Interactive Multimedia: Internet Phone

Introduce Internet Phone by way of an example

speakers audio: alternating talk spurts, silent periods.

64 kbps during talk spurt pkts generated only during talk spurts 20 msec chunks at 8 Kbytes/sec: 160 bytes data

application-layer header added to each chunk. chunk+header encapsulated into UDP segment.

application sends UDP segment into socket every 20 msec during talkspurt

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Internet Phone: Packet Loss and Delay

network loss: IP datagram lost due to network congestion (router buffer overflow) delay loss: IP datagram arrives too late for playout at receiver
delays: processing, queueing in network; end-system (sender, receiver) delays typical maximum tolerable delay: 400 ms

loss tolerance: depending on voice encoding, losses concealed, packet loss rates between 1% and 10% can be 1: Introduction tolerated.

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Delay Jitter
constant bit rate transmission client reception constant bit rate playout at client

variable network delay (jitter)

client playout delay

buffered data

time

consider end-to-end delays of two consecutive packets: difference can be more or less than 20 msec (transmission time difference)
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Internet Phone: Fixed Playout Delay

receiver attempts to playout each chunk exactly q msecs after chunk was generated.
chunk has time stamp t: play out chunk at t+q . chunk arrives after t+q: data arrives too late for playout, data lost

tradeoff in choosing q:
large q: less packet loss small q: better interactive experience
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Fixed Playout Delay

sender generates packets every 20 msec during talk spurt.

first packet received at time r first playout schedule: begins at p second playout schedule: begins at p

packets

packets generated packets received

loss
playout schedule p' - r playout schedule p-r

time
r p

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Adaptive Playout Delay (1)

Goal: minimize playout delay, keeping late loss rate low Approach: adaptive playout delay adjustment:
estimate network delay, adjust playout delay at beginning of each talk spurt. silent periods compressed and elongated. chunks still played out every 20 msec during talk spurt.

t i timestamp of the ith packet ri the time packet i is received by receiver p i the time packet i is played at receiver ri t i network delay for ith packet d i estimate of average network delay after receiving ith packet dynamic estimate of average delay at receiver:

di (1 u)di 1 u(ri ti )
where u is a fixed constant (e.g., u = .01).
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Adaptive playout delay (2)

also useful to estimate average deviation of delay, vi :

vi (1 u)vi 1 u | ri ti di |

estimates di , vi calculated for every received packet (but used only at start of talk spurt
for first packet in talk spurt, playout time is:

pi ti di Kvi
where K is positive constant

remaining packets in talkspurt are played out periodically

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Adaptive Playout (3)

Q: How does receiver determine whether packet is first in a talkspurt? if no loss, receiver looks at successive timestamps.
difference of successive stamps > 20 msec ->talk spurt begins.

with loss possible, receiver must look at both time stamps and sequence numbers.
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Recovery from packet loss (1)

Forward Error Correction (FEC): simple scheme for every group of n chunks create redundant chunk by exclusive OR-ing n original chunks send out n+1 chunks, increasing bandwidth by factor 1/n. can reconstruct original n chunks if at most one lost chunk from n+1 chunks playout delay: enough time to receive all n+1 packets tradeoff: increase n, less bandwidth waste increase n, longer playout delay increase n, higher probability that 2 or more chunks will be lost

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Recovery from packet loss (2)

2nd FEC scheme piggyback lower quality stream send lower resolution audio stream as redundant information e.g., nominal stream PCM at 64 kbps and redundant stream GSM at 13 kbps. whenever there is non-consecutive loss, receiver can conceal the loss. can also append (n-1)st and (n-2)nd low-bit rate chunk

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Recovery from packet loss (3)

Interleaving chunks divided into smaller units for example, four 5 msec units per chunk packet contains small units from different chunks

if packet lost, still have most of every chunk no redundancy overhead, but increases playout delay

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Content distribution networks (CDNs)

Content replication
challenging to stream large files (e.g., video) from single origin server in real time solution: replicate content at hundreds of servers throughout Internet content downloaded to CDN servers ahead of time placing content close to user avoids impairments (loss, delay) of sending content over long paths CDN server typically in edge/access network
origin server in North America

CDN distribution node

CDN server CDN server in S. America CDN server in Asia in Europe

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Content distribution networks (CDNs)

Content replication CDN (e.g., Akamai) customer is the content provider (e.g., CNN) CDN replicates customers content in CDN servers. when provider updates content, CDN updates servers
origin server in North America

CDN distribution node

CDN server CDN server in S. America CDN server in Asia in Europe

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CDN example
1 2

HTTP request for www.foo.com/sports/sports.html

origin server

DNS query for www.cdn.com

client
3

CDNs authoritative DNS server

HTTP request for www.cdn.com/www.foo.com/sports/ruth.gif

CDN server near client

origin server (www.foo.com) distributes HTML replaces:

http://www.foo.com/sports.ruth.gif

with
http://www.cdn.com/www.foo.com/sports/ruth.gif

CDN company (cdn.com) distributes gif files uses its authoritative DNS server to route redirect requests
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More about CDNs

routing requests CDN creates a map, indicating distances from leaf ISPs and CDN nodes when query arrives at authoritative DNS server:
server determines ISP from which query originates uses map to determine best CDN server

CDN nodes create application-layer overlay network

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Summary:
bag of tricks

Internet Multimedia:

use UDP to avoid TCP congestion control (delays) for time-sensitive traffic
client-side adaptive playout delay: to compensate for delay server side matches stream bandwidth to available client-to-server path bandwidth
chose among pre-encoded stream rates dynamic server encoding rate

error recovery (on top of UDP)

FEC, interleaving, error concealment retransmissions, time permitting

CDN: bring content closer to clients

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Chapter 1 outline
1.1 multimedia networking applications 1.2 streaming stored audio and video 1.3 making the best out of best effort service 1.4 protocols for real-time interactive applications
RTP, RTCP, SIP

1.5 providing multiple classes of service 1.6 providing QoS guarantees

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Real-Time Protocol (RTP)

RTP specifies packet structure for packets carrying audio, video data RFC 3550 RTP packet provides payload type identification packet sequence numbering time stamping RTP runs in end systems RTP packets encapsulated in UDP segments interoperability: if two Internet phone applications run RTP, then they may be able to work together

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RTP runs on top of UDP

RTP libraries provide transport-layer interface that extends UDP: port numbers, IP addresses payload type identification packet sequence numbering time-stamping

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RTP Example
consider sending 64 kbps PCM-encoded voice over RTP. application collects encoded data in chunks, e.g., every 20 msec = 160 bytes in a chunk. audio chunk + RTP header form RTP packet, which is encapsulated in UDP segment RTP header indicates type of audio encoding in each packet
sender can change encoding during conference.

RTP header also contains sequence numbers, timestamps.

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RTP and QoS

RTP does not provide any mechanism to ensure timely data delivery or other QoS guarantees. RTP encapsulation is only seen at end systems (not) by intermediate routers.
routers providing best-effort service, making no special effort to ensure that RTP packets arrive at destination in timely matter.

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RTP Header

Payload Type (7 bits): Indicates type of encoding currently being

used. If sender changes encoding in middle of conference, sender informs receiver via payload type field. Payload Payload Payload Payload Payload Payload type type type type type type 0: PCM mu-law, 64 kbps 3, GSM, 13 kbps 7, LPC, 2.4 kbps 26, Motion JPEG 31. H.261 33, MPEG2 video

Sequence Number (16 bits): Increments by one for each RTP packet
sent, and may be used to detect packet loss and to restore packet sequence.
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RTP Header (2)

Timestamp field (32 bytes long): sampling instant of first byte in this RTP data packet
for audio, timestamp clock typically increments by one for each sampling period (for example, each 125 usecs for 8 KHz sampling clock) if application generates chunks of 160 encoded samples, then timestamp increases by 160 for each RTP packet when source is active. Timestamp clock continues to increase at constant rate when source is inactive.

SSRC field (32 bits long):

identifies source of t RTP stream. Each stream in RTP session should have distinct SSRC.

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RTSP/RTP Programming Assignment

build a server that encapsulates stored video frames into RTP packets
grab video frame, add RTP headers, create UDP segments, send segments to UDP socket include seq numbers and time stamps client RTP provided for you

also write client side of RTSP

issue play/pause commands server RTSP provided for you

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Real-Time Control Protocol (RTCP)

feedback can be used to works in conjunction with control performance RTP. sender may modify its each participant in RTP transmissions based on session periodically feedback transmits RTCP control packets to all other participants. each RTCP packet contains sender and/or receiver reports
report statistics useful to application: # packets sent, # packets lost, interarrival jitter, etc.
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RTCP - Continued

each RTP session: typically a single multicast address; all RTP /RTCP packets belonging to session use multicast address.

RTP, RTCP packets distinguished from each other via distinct port numbers.

to limit traffic, each participant reduces RTCP traffic as number of conference participants increases
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RTCP Packets
Receiver report packets: fraction of packets lost, last sequence number, average interarrival jitter Sender report packets: SSRC of RTP stream, current time, number of packets sent, number of bytes sent Source description packets: e-mail address of sender, sender's name, SSRC of associated RTP stream provide mapping between the SSRC and the user/host name
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Synchronization of Streams
RTCP can synchronize different media streams within a RTP session consider videoconferencing app for which each sender generates one RTP stream for video, one for audio. timestamps in RTP packets tied to the video, audio sampling clocks not tied to wall-clock time each RTCP sender-report packet contains (for most recently generated packet in associated RTP stream):
timestamp of RTP packet wall-clock time for when packet was created.

receivers uses association to synchronize playout of audio, video

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RTCP Bandwidth Scaling

RTCP attempts to limit its 75 kbps is equally shared traffic to 5% of session among receivers: bandwidth. with R receivers, each Example receiver gets to send RTCP traffic at 75/R kbps. Suppose one sender, sending video at 2 Mbps. sender gets to send RTCP Then RTCP attempts to traffic at 25 kbps. limit its traffic to 100 participant determines RTCP Kbps. packet transmission period RTCP gives 75% of rate by calculating avg RTCP to receivers; remaining packet size (across entire 25% to sender session) and dividing by allocated rate
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SIP: Session Initiation Protocol [RFC 3261]

SIP long-term vision: all telephone calls, video conference calls take place over Internet people are identified by names or e-mail addresses, rather than by phone numbers you can reach callee, no matter where callee roams, no matter what IP device callee is currently using

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SIP Services
Setting up a call, SIP provides mechanisms .. for caller to let callee know she wants to establish a call so caller, callee can agree on media type, encoding to end call determine current IP address of callee:
maps mnemonic identifier to current IP address

call management:
add new media streams during call change encoding during call invite others transfer, hold calls
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Setting up a call to known IP address

Alice Bob

167.180.112.24 INVITE bob @193.64.2 10.89 c=IN IP4 16 7.180.112.2 4 m=audio 38 060 RTP/A VP 0

193.64.210.89

Alices SIP invite message indicates her port number, IP address, encoding she prefers to receive (PCM ulaw)

port 5060

Bob's terminal rings

port 5060

200 OK .210.89 c=IN IP4 193.64 RTP/AVP 3 3 75 m=audio 48

ACK

port 5060

Bobs 200 OK message indicates his port number, IP address, preferred encoding (GSM)

m Law audio
port 38060

GSM

SIP messages can be sent over TCP or UDP; here sent over RTP/UDP.

port 48753

default
time

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SIP port number is 5060.

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Setting up a call (more)

codec negotiation: rejecting a call suppose Bob Bob can reject doesnt have PCM with replies ulaw encoder. busy, gone, Bob will instead payment reply with 606 Not required, Acceptable Reply, forbidden listing his encoders media can be sent Alice can then send over RTP or some new INVITE other protocol message, advertising different encoder
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Example of SIP message

INVITE sip:[email protected] SIP/2.0 Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 161.180.112.24 From: sip:[email protected] To: sip:[email protected] Call-ID: [email protected] Content-Type: application/sdp Content-Length: 885 c=IN IP4 161.180.112.24 m=audio 38060 RTP/AVP 0 Notes: HTTP message syntax sdp = session description protocol Call-ID is unique for every call.
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Here we dont know Bobs IP address. Intermediate SIP servers needed.

Alice sends, receives SIP messages using SIP default port 506

Alice specifies in Via: header that SIP client sends, receives SIP messages over UDP

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Name translation and user locataion

caller wants to call callee, but only has callees name or e-mail address. need to get IP address of callees current host:
user moves around DHCP protocol user has different IP devices (PC, PDA, car device)

result can be based on:

time of day (work, home) caller (dont want boss to call you at home) status of callee (calls sent to voicemail when callee is already talking to someone)

Service provided by SIP servers: SIP registrar server SIP proxy server

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SIP Registrar
when Bob starts SIP client, client sends SIP

REGISTER message to Bobs registrar server (similar function needed by Instant Messaging)

Register Message:
REGISTER sip:domain.com SIP/2.0 Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 193.64.210.89 From: sip:[email protected] To: sip:[email protected] Expires: 3600

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SIP Proxy
Alice sends invite message to her proxy server
contains address sip:[email protected]

proxy responsible for routing SIP messages to callee

possibly through multiple proxies.

callee sends response back through the same set of proxies. proxy returns SIP response message to Alice
contains Bobs IP address

proxy analogous to local DNS server

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Example
Caller [email protected] with places a call to [email protected] (1) Jim sends INVITE message to umass SIP proxy. (2) Proxy forwards request to upenn registrar server. (3) upenn server returns redirect response, indicating that it should try [email protected]
2

SIP registrar upenn.edu SIP registrar eurecom.fr

3 4

SIP proxy umass.edu

1 8

7 6

SIP client 217.123.56.89

SIP client 197.87.54.21

(4) umass proxy sends INVITE to eurecom registrar. (5) eurecom registrar forwards INVITE to 191.81.54.21, which is running keiths SIP client. (6-8) SIP response sent back (9) media sent directly between clients. Note: also a SIP ack message, which is not shown.
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Comparison with H.323

H.323 is another signaling protocol for real-time, interactive H.323 is a complete, vertically integrated suite of protocols for multimedia conferencing: signaling, registration, admission control, transport, codecs SIP is a single component. Works with RTP, but does not mandate it. Can be combined with other protocols, services H.323 comes from the ITU (telephony). SIP comes from IETF: Borrows much of its concepts from HTTP SIP has Web flavor, whereas H.323 has telephony flavor. SIP uses the KISS principle: Keep it simple stupid.

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Chapter 1 outline
1.1 multimedia networking applications 1.2 streaming stored audio and video 1.3 making the best out of best effort service 1.4 protocols for real-time interactive applications
RTP, RTCP, SIP

1.5 providing multiple classes of service 1.6 providing QoS guarantees

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Providing Multiple Classes of Service

one-size fits all service model

thus far: making the best of best effort service

alternative: multiple classes of service
partition traffic into classes network treats different classes of traffic differently (analogy: VIP service vs regular service)

granularity: differential

service among multiple classes, not among individual connections history: ToS bits

0111

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Multiple classes of service: scenario

H1 R1 H3 R2

H2

R1 output 1.5 Mbps link interface queue

H4

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Scenario 1: mixed FTP and audio

Example: 1Mbps IP phone, FTP share 1.5 Mbps link.
bursts of FTP can congest router, cause audio loss want to give priority to audio over FTP

R1

R2

Principle 1 packet marking needed for router to distinguish between different classes; and new router policy to treat packets accordingly
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Principles for QOS Guarantees (more)

what if applications misbehave (audio sends higher than declared rate)
policing: force source adherence to bandwidth allocations

marking and policing at network edge:

similar to ATM UNI (User Network Interface)

1 Mbps phone

R1
1.5 Mbps link

R2

packet marking and policing

Principle 2
provide protection (isolation) for one class from others
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Principles for QOS Guarantees (more)

Allocating fixed (non-sharable) bandwidth to flow: inefficient use of bandwidth if flows doesnt use its allocation
1 Mbps phone 1 Mbps logical link

R1
1.5 Mbps link 0.5 Mbps logical link

R2

Principle 3
While providing isolation, it is desirable to use resources as efficiently as possible
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Scheduling And Policing Mechanisms

scheduling: choose next packet to send on link FIFO (first in first out) scheduling: send in order of arrival to queue
real-world example? discard policy: if packet arrives to full queue: who to discard?
Tail drop: drop arriving packet priority: drop/remove on priority basis random: drop/remove randomly

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Scheduling Policies: more

Priority scheduling: transmit highest priority queued packet multiple classes, with different priorities
class may depend on marking or other header info, e.g. IP source/dest, port numbers, etc.. Real world example?

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Scheduling Policies: still more

round robin scheduling: multiple classes cyclically scan class queues, serving one from each class (if available) real world example?

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Scheduling Policies: still more

Weighted Fair Queuing: generalized Round Robin each class gets weighted amount of service in each cycle real-world example?

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Policing Mechanisms
Goal: limit traffic to not exceed declared parameters Three common-used criteria: (Long term) Average Rate: how many pkts can be sent per unit time (in the long run)
crucial question: what is the interval length: 100 packets per sec or 6000 packets per min have same average!

Peak Rate: e.g., 6000 pkts per min. (ppm) avg.; 1500 ppm peak rate (Max.) Burst Size: max. number of pkts sent consecutively (with no intervening idle)
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Policing Mechanisms
Token Bucket: limit input to specified Burst Size and Average Rate.

bucket can hold b tokens tokens generated at rate r token/sec unless bucket full over interval of length t: number of packets admitted less than or equal to (r t + b).
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Policing Mechanisms (more)

token bucket, WFQ combine to provide guaranteed upper bound on delay, i.e., QoS guarantee!
arriving traffic token rate, r bucket size, b

WFQ

per-flow rate, R

D = b/R max

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IETF Differentiated Services

want qualitative service classes
behaves like a wire relative service distinction: Platinum, Gold, Silver

scalability: simple functions in network core, relatively complex functions at edge routers (or hosts)
signaling, maintaining per-flow router state difficult with large number of flows

dont define define service classes, provide functional components to build service classes

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Diffserv Architecture
Edge router:
per-flow traffic management
marks packets as in-profile and

r marking scheduling
b

out-profile

. . .

Core router:
per class traffic management buffering and scheduling based on

marking at edge preference given to in-profile packets

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Edge-router Packet Marking

profile: pre-negotiated rate A, bucket size B packet marking at edge based on per-flow profile

Rate A B User packets

Possible usage of marking:

class-based marking: packets of different classes marked

differently intra-class marking: conforming portion of flow marked differently than non-conforming one
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Classification and Conditioning

Packet is marked in the Type of Service (TOS) in IPv4, and Traffic Class in IPv6 6 bits used for Differentiated Service Code Point (DSCP) and determine PHB that the packet will receive 2 bits are currently unused

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Classification and Conditioning

may be desirable to limit traffic injection rate of some class: user declares traffic profile (e.g., rate, burst size) traffic metered, shaped if non-conforming

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Forwarding (PHB)
PHB result in a different observable (measurable) forwarding performance behavior PHB does not specify what mechanisms to use to ensure required PHB performance behavior Examples:
Class A gets x% of outgoing link bandwidth over time intervals of a specified length Class A packets leave first before packets from class B
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Forwarding (PHB)
PHBs being developed: Expedited Forwarding: pkt departure rate of a class equals or exceeds specified rate
logical link with a minimum guaranteed rate

Assured Forwarding: 4 classes of traffic

each guaranteed minimum amount of bandwidth each with three drop preference partitions

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Chapter 1 outline
1.1 multimedia networking applications 1.2 streaming stored audio and video 1.3 making the best out of best effort service 1.4 protocols for real-time interactive applications
RTP, RTCP, SIP

1.5 providing multiple classes of service 1.6 providing QoS guarantees

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Principles for QOS Guarantees (more)

Basic fact of life: can not support traffic demands beyond link capacity
1 Mbps phone

R1
1.5 Mbps link

R2

1 Mbps phone

Principle 4
Call Admission: flow declares its needs, network may block call (e.g., busy signal) if it cannot meet needs
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QoS guarantee scenario

Resource reservation
call setup, signaling (RSVP) traffic, QoS declaration per-element admission control

request/ reply

QoS-sensitive scheduling (e.g., WFQ)

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IETF Integrated Services

architecture for providing QOS guarantees in IP networks for individual application sessions resource reservation: routers maintain state info (a la VC) of allocated resources, QoS reqs admit/deny new call setup requests:

Question: can newly arriving flow be admitted with performance guarantees while not violated QoS guarantees made to already admitted flows?

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Call Admission
Arriving session must : declare its QOS requirement
R-spec: defines the QOS being requested

characterize traffic it will send into network

T-spec: defines traffic characteristics

signaling protocol: needed to carry Rspec and T-spec to routers (where reservation is required)
RSVP
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Intserv QoS: Service models [rfc2211,

rfc 2212]

Guaranteed service:
worst case traffic arrival: leaky-bucket-policed source simple (mathematically provable) bound on delay [Parekh 1992, Cruz 1988]
arriving traffic token rate, r bucket size, b

Controlled load service:

closely approximating the QoS that same flow would receive from an unloaded network element."
"a quality of service

WFQ

per-flow rate, R

D = b/R max
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Signaling in the Internet

connectionless (stateless) forwarding by IP routers

best effort service

no network signaling protocols in initial IP design

New requirement: reserve resources along end-to-end path (end system, routers) for QoS for multimedia applications RSVP: Resource Reservation Protocol [RFC 2205]
allow users to communicate requirements to network in robust and efficient way. i.e., signaling !

earlier Internet Signaling protocol: ST-II [RFC 1819]

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RSVP Design Goals

1. accommodate heterogeneous receivers (different bandwidth along paths) 2. accommodate different applications with different resource requirements 3. make multicast a first class service, with adaptation to multicast group membership 4. leverage existing multicast/unicast routing, with adaptation to changes in underlying unicast, multicast routes 5. control protocol overhead to grow (at worst) linear in # receivers 6. modular design for heterogeneous underlying technologies
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RSVP: does not

specify how resources are to be reserved

rather: a mechanism for communicating needs thats the job of routing protocols signaling decoupled from routing separation of control (signaling) and data (forwarding) planes

determine routes packets will take

interact with forwarding of packets

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RSVP: overview of operation

senders, receiver join a multicast group
done outside of RSVP senders need not join group

sender-to-network signaling
path message: make sender presence known to routers path teardown: delete senders path state from routers

receiver-to-network signaling
reservation message: reserve resources from sender(s) to receiver reservation teardown: remove receiver reservations

network-to-end-system signaling
path error reservation error
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Chapter 1: Summary
Principles classify multimedia applications identify network services applications need making the best of best effort service Protocols and Architectures specific protocols for best-effort mechanisms for providing QoS architectures for QoS
multiple classes of service QoS guarantees, admission control
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