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TCP/IP Tutorial and Technical Overview - IBM Redbooks

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network provider can then act as a third-party monitor to diagnose network<br />

problems.<br />

R<strong>TCP</strong> uses a UDP connection for communication. This is separate from any<br />

UDP connection used by the RTP protocol. Figure 21-7 shows the cooperation of<br />

the RTP <strong>and</strong> the R<strong>TCP</strong> protocols.<br />

Receivers<br />

Sender<br />

RTP<br />

Application<br />

UDP<br />

Application<br />

RTP<br />

Figure 21-7 R<strong>TCP</strong> <strong>and</strong> RTP packet delivery<br />

<strong>IP</strong><br />

R<strong>TCP</strong><br />

RTP<br />

UDP<br />

<strong>IP</strong><br />

The R<strong>TCP</strong> architecture defines five types of control information used to report<br />

current performance:<br />

R<strong>TCP</strong><br />

R<strong>TCP</strong><br />

Sender report An R<strong>TCP</strong> sender report is sent by the source of an<br />

RTP data stream. It provides the transmission <strong>and</strong><br />

reception statistics observed by the sender. This<br />

report is sent as a multicast packet processed by<br />

all RTP session participants. We describe the<br />

packet format for this report in “R<strong>TCP</strong> packet<br />

format” on page 764.<br />

RTP<br />

Application<br />

UDP<br />

<strong>IP</strong><br />

R<strong>TCP</strong><br />

Chapter 21. Internet Protocol Television 763

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