Re: [xrblock] [Gen-art] Review: draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-qoe-12

[Alan Clark <[e-mail]>]

Hi Qin

The use of an out of range value within SDP to signal that you don't 
want to accept something does not seem to be within the spirit of SDP.  
The normal usage would be "I can do A, B, C" with an answer of "C".

In the case of QoE measurement - an RTP endpoint may incorporate one or 
more QoE algorithms that are used to estimate the user perceived quality 
of the received media stream. The offer should contain a subset of the 
QoE algorithms supported by the offeror and the answer should contain a 
subset of the QoE algorithms supported by the answerer; it is not 
necessary that the QoE algorithms in the Answer are a subset of those in 
the Offer (as the algorithms don't need to interoperate).  Unlike the 
case when negotiating a codec - it is not required that the two 
endpoints implement the same algorithm although there is some minor 
advantage if the two endpoints use the same algorithm if possible in 
order that QoE scores for the two directions are equivalently scaled.

I'd prefer to use SDP in the following way:

(i) Offer provides a list of one or more QoE algorithms that it 
supports, in the form of a map

(ii) Answer provides a list of one or more QoE algorithms that it 
supports, in the form of a map. If the Answerer supports one of the same 
algorithms that the Offer provides then the Answerer SHOULD answer with 
only that algorithm however MAY answer with more than one.

I'll work out the appropriate text changes to implement this unless 
there are strong technical reasons not to.

Regards

Alan



On 11/12/13, 9:14 PM, Qin Wu wrote:
>
> Hi, Alan:
>
> Thank for quick response.  Here are additional changes I proposed.
>
> Regarding section 4.1, I propose the following change:
>
> OLD TEXT:
>
> mapentry =  "calg:" 1*5 DIGIT ["/" direction]
>
> ;Values other than 4095~4351 are valid
>
> NEW TEXT:
>
> mapentry =  "calg:" 1*3 DIGIT ["/" direction]
>
>                    ;Values 1..255 are valid
>
> OLD TEXT:
>
> "
>
> If the answerer wishes to reject a mosref attribute offered by the
>
> offerer, it sets identifiers associated with segment extensions in
>
> the answer to the value in the range 4096-4351.
>
> "
>
> NEW TEXT:
>
> "
>
> If the answerer wishes to reject a mosref attribute offered by the
>
> offerer, it sets identifiers associated with segment extensions in
>
> the answer to the value in the range 512-767.
>
> "
>
> OLD TEXT:
>
> "
>
> If a party wishes to offer mutually exclusive alternatives, then
>
> multiple segment extensions with the same identifier in the
>
> (unusable) range 4096-4351 MAY be offered;
>
> "
>
> NEW TEXT:
>
> "
>
> If a party wishes to offer mutually exclusive alternatives, then
>
> multiple segment extensions with the same identifier in the
>
> (unusable) range 512-767 MAY be offered;
>
> "
>
> OLD TEXT:
>
> "
>
> Similarly, if more segment extensions are offered than can be fit in
>
> the valid range, identifiers in the range 4096-4351 MAY be offered;
>
> "
>
> NEW TEXT:
>
> "
>
> Similarly, if more segment extensions are offered than can be fit in
>
> the valid range, identifiers in the range 512-767 MAY be offered;
>
> "
>
> OLD TEXT:
>
> "
>
> Note that the range 4096-4351 for these negotiation identifiers is
>
> deliberately restricted to allow expansion of the range of valid
>
> identifiers in future.
>
> "
>
> NEW TEXT:
>
> "
>
> Note that the range 512-767 for these negotiation identifiers is
>
> deliberately restricted to allow expansion of the range of valid
>
> identifiers in future.
>
> "
>
> Regards!
>
> -Qin
>
> *From:*[e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]] *On 
> Behalf Of *Alan Clark
> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 13, 2013 1:06 AM
> *To:* Joel Halpern; A. Jean Mahoney; [e-mail]; 
> [e-mail]; [e-mail]
> *Subject:* Re: [xrblock] [Gen-art] Review: 
> draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-qoe-12
>
> Hi Joel
>
> Thanks for your comments.
>
> (i) Section 1.4
>
> Proposed change
>
>     The MOS Metrics Report Block can be used in any application of RTP
>     for which QoE measurement algorithms are defined.
>
> to
>
>     The MOS Metrics Report Block can be used in any application of RTP
>     for which QoE (Quality of Experience) measurement algorithms are defined.
>
> (ii) Section 3.2.2
>
> Proposed change
> "The 8-bit ID is the local identifier of this segment in the range 
> 1-255 inclusive"
> to
> "The 8-bit CAID is the session specific reference to the calculation 
> algorithm and associated qualifiers indicated in SDP (see Section 4.1) 
> and used to compute QoE scores for this segment"
>
> (iii) Section 3.2.1
>
> Proposed change
> "The 8-bit CAID is the local identifier of calculation algorithm 
> associated with this segment in the range 1-255 inclusive. "
> to
> "The 8-bit CAID is the session specific reference to the calculation 
> algorithm and associated qualifiers indicated in SDP (see Section 4.1) 
> and used to compute QoE scores for this segment"
>
> (iv) Section 4.1
>
> Proposed change
>
>     mapentry =  "calg:" 1*5 DIGIT ["/" direction]
>                            ;Values other than 4095~4351 are valid
> to
>    mapentry =  "calg:" 1*3 DIGIT ["/" direction]
>                            ;Values other than 1..255 are valid
>
> and remove
>
>   mostype = "mostype=" ("e"; Estimated MOS [P.800.1]
>                             /"s";subjective MOS [P.800.1]
>                             /"o";objective MOS [P.800.1]
>                             /non-ws-string)
>
> We will see if there are additional comments and then update the draft
>
> Regards
>
> Alan Clark
>
> On 11/12/13, 7:12 AM, Joel Halpern wrote:
>
>     I am the assigned Gen-ART reviewer for this draft. For background on
>     Gen-ART, please see the FAQ at
>
>     <http://wiki.tools.ietf.org/area/gen/trac/wiki/GenArtfaq>
>     <http://wiki.tools.ietf.org/area/gen/trac/wiki/GenArtfaq>.
>
>     Please resolve these comments along with any other Last Call comments
>     you may receive.
>
>     Document: draft-ietf-xrblock-rtcp-xr-qoe-12
>         RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) Extended Report (XR) Blocks for
>                            MOS Metric Reporting
>     Reviewer: Joel M. Halpern
>     Review Date: 12-November-2013
>     IETF LC End Date: 27-November-2013
>     IESG Telechat date: N/A
>
>     Summary: This document is nearly ready for publication as a
>     Proposed Standard RFC
>
>     Major issues:
>
>     Moderate issues:
>         In section 3.2.2 on Multi-Channel audio per SSRC Segment, the
>     format description for the Calculation Algorithm ID (CAID) reads:
>     "The 8-bit ID is the local identifier of this segment in the range
>     1-255 inclusive."  I am pretty sure this is supposed to be an
>     algorithm ID, not a segment index?
>
>         The text in section 4.1 indicates that the number after
>     "calg:" in the mapentry of the calgextmap is used as the ID in the
>     CAID of the xrblock.  The packet format only allows 8 bits of
>     value.  So why does the SDP format allow up to 5 digits?  Also, is
>     there some reason that the special values 4095-4351 (in section
>     4.1) or 4096-4351 (in section 4.2) are used rather than say
>     equally invalid 512 through some appropriate upper bound still in
>     3 digits?
>
>     Minor issues:
>         Please ensure that all acronyms are expanded on first use. 
>     For example, QoE is not expanded.
>
>         The notes in B.3 indicate that mostype was to be removed from
>     the SDP grammar.  But it is still defined.  And section 4.2 still
>     mentions it, even though it does not get referenced by the message
>     format. Please finish removing it.  (also "most type")
>
>     Nits/editorial comments:
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