SAP and SDP
Session announcements are handled by two protocols, Session Announcement Protocol (SAP) and Session Description Protocol (SDP). These two protocols display multicast session names and correlate the names with multicast traffic. SDP is a session directory protocol that is used for multimedia sessions. As such, it assists in advertising multimedia conference sessions and in communicating setup information to participants who want to join the session. SDP simply formats the session description; it does not incorporate a transport protocol. SDP is commonly used by a client to announce a conference session by periodically multicasting an announcement packet to a well-known multicast address and port using SAP. SAP is a session directory ...
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