Preface
Introduction
This book describes the protocols, standards, and architecture of systems that deliver real-time voice, music, and video over IP networks, such as the Internet. These systems include voice-over-IP, telephony, teleconferencing, streaming video, and webcasting applications. The book focuses on media transport: how to deliver audio and video reliably across an IP network, how to ensure high quality in the face of network problems, and how to ensure that the system is secure.
The book adopts a standards-based approach, based around the Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) and its associated profiles and payload formats. It describes the RTP framework, how to build a system that uses that framework, and extensions to RTP for security ...
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