Re: [MMUSIC] Protocol Action: 'An Extension to the Session Description Protocol (SDP) and Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) for Media Loopback' to Proposed Standard (draft-ietf-mmusic-media-loopback-27.txt)

[Paul Kyzivat <[e-mail]>]

Wow - finally!

-00 was in December 2004!. Not a record, but up there.

	Paul

On 1/15/13 10:45 AM, The IESG wrote:
> The IESG has approved the following document:
> - 'An Extension to the Session Description Protocol (SDP) and Real-time
>     Transport Protocol (RTP) for Media Loopback'
>    (draft-ietf-mmusic-media-loopback-27.txt) as Proposed Standard
>
> This document is the product of the Multiparty Multimedia Session Control
> Working Group.
>
> The IESG contact persons are Gonzalo Camarillo and Robert Sparks.
>
> A URL of this Internet Draft is:
> http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-mmusic-media-loopback/
>
>
>
>
> Technical Summary
>
> This document provides extensions to the Session Description Protocol
> (SDP) and the Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) for enabling looping
> of sent media. Media loopback is especially popular in ensuring the
> quality of transport to the edge of a given VoIP, Real-time Text or
> Video over IP service. The extension defined herein adds new SDP media
> types and attributes, which enable establishment of media sessions
> where the media is looped back to the transmitter. Such media sessions
> will serve as monitoring and troubleshooting tools by providing the
> means for measurement of more advanced VoIP, Real-time Text and Video
> over IP performance metrics.
>
> Working Group Summary
>
> The first version of the document was available at the end of 2004.
> Since that time, the working group has been discussing a number of
> issues toward getting the consensus that is believed to be achieved in
> version 22.
>
> The description of a latching mechanism to traverse NATs and firewalls
> was discussed and decided to be removed from the actual document in
> favor of standard NAT traversal techniques such as ICE/STUN/TURN.
>
> Document Quality
>
> At least four implementations of this functionality are known. Four
> other vendors have indicated they plan to implement it.
>
> The document was WGLCed on version 16. Additionally, the PAYLOAD WG
> also conducted a thorough review of the same 16 version. As a result of
> these reviews, 34 changes were requested by, among others, Tolga
> Asveren, Dan Wing, Emil Ivov, Flemming Andreasen, and Miguel A. Garcia.
> These comments were subsequently introduced into versions 17 and 18. A
> new WGLC was issued on version 18, bringing a new set of comments by
> Flemming Andreasen, Magnus Westerlund, and Gunnar Hellstrom. These were
> addressed in version 19.
>
> At least Magnus Westerlund and Flemming Andreasen did a thorough review
> of the document as part of the WGLC on version 18.
>
> Version 18 was sent to the ietf-types mailing list for review on April
> 4, 2012. Bjorern Hoehrmann and Magnus Westerlund posted comments that
> were addressed in version 19.
>
> Personnel
>
> Who is the Document Shepherd? Who is the Responsible Area
> Director?
>
> Miguel A. Garcia is the Document Shepherd. Gonzalo Camarillo is the
> Responsible Area Director
>