Re: [Taps] A proposal to throw out RTP

[Joe Touch <[e-mail]>]

On 6/4/2015 3:34 AM, Mirja Kühlewind wrote:
> It's in the doc:
> 
> "Application:  an entity that uses the transport layer for end-to-end
>       delivery data across the network (this may also be an upper layer
>       protocol or tunnel encapsulation)."

"End to end" is *defined* as the endpoints of the transport association.

So, basically:

"Application:  an entity that uses the transport layer for delivery of
data between the transport endpoints."

However, *every* protocol is trivially defined as:

	A mechanism between two or more parties to exchange data
	(information) between those parties.

I.e., as a result, an app is defined EXACTLY and ONLY by the following:

	Application: an entity that *uses* a transport layer.

Every other part of the definition is irrelevant, IMO.

Joe