The IESG has approved the following document: - 'RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) Extended Report (XR) Block for Independent Reporting of Burst/Gap Discard Metric' (draft-ietf-xrblock-independent-burst-gap-discard-03.txt) as Proposed Standard This document is the product of the Metric Blocks for use with RTCP's Extended Report Framework Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Alexey Melnikov, Ben Campbell and Alissa Cooper. A URL of this Internet Draft is: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-xrblock-independent-burst-gap-discard/ Technical Summary This document defines an RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) Extended Report (XR) block that allows the reporting of burst and gap discard metrics independently of the burst and gap loss metrics for use in a range of RTP applications. Working Group Summary The WG process was quick and efficient. Document Quality Similar metrics are already implemented and at least two participants mentioned that they plan to align the implementations with the metrics as defined in the i-D. The document was reviewed by the PM-DIR and SDP directorates and the comments were considered in the updated version. Personnel Dan Romascanu is the Document Shepherd. Alissa Cooper is the Responsible Area Director.
