RFC 9143




Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                       C. Holmberg
Request for Comments: 9143                                      Ericsson
Obsoletes: 8843                                            H. Alvestrand
Updates: 3264, 5888, 7941                                         Google
Category: Standards Track                                    C. Jennings
ISSN: 2070-1721                                                    Cisco
                                                           February 2022


Negotiating Media Multiplexing Using the Session Description Protocol
                                 (SDP)

Abstract



   This specification defines a new Session Description Protocol (SDP)
   Grouping Framework extension called 'BUNDLE'.  The extension can be
   used with the SDP offer/answer mechanism to negotiate the usage of a
   single transport (5-tuple) for sending and receiving media described
   by multiple SDP media descriptions ("m=" sections).  Such transport
   is referred to as a "BUNDLE transport", and the media is referred to
   as "bundled media".  The "m=" sections that use the BUNDLE transport
   form a BUNDLE group.

   This specification defines a new RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) Source
   Description (SDES) item and a new RTP header extension.

   This specification updates RFCs 3264, 5888, and 7941.

   This specification obsoletes RFC 8843.

Status of This Memo



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Table of Contents



   1.  Introduction
     1.1.  Background
     1.2.  BUNDLE Mechanism
     1.3.  Protocol Extensions
     1.4.  Changes from RFC 8843
   2.  Terminology
   3.  Conventions
   4.  Applicability Statement
   5.  SDP Grouping Framework BUNDLE Extension
   6.  SDP 'bundle-only' Attribute
   7.  SDP Offer/Answer Procedures
     7.1.  Generic SDP Considerations
       7.1.1.  Connection Data ("c=")
       7.1.2.  Bandwidth ("b=")
       7.1.3.  Attributes ("a=")
     7.2.  Generating the Initial BUNDLE Offer
       7.2.1.  Suggesting the Offerer-Tagged "m=" Section
       7.2.2.  Example: Initial BUNDLE Offer
     7.3.  Generating the SDP Answer
       7.3.1.  Answerer Selection of Tagged "m=" Sections
       7.3.2.  Moving a Media Description Out of a BUNDLE Group
       7.3.3.  Rejecting a Media Description in a BUNDLE Group
       7.3.4.  Example: SDP Answer
       7.3.5.  RFC 8843 Considerations
     7.4.  Offerer Processing of the SDP Answer
       7.4.1.  RFC 8843 Considerations
     7.5.  Modifying the Session
       7.5.1.  Adding a Media Description to a BUNDLE Group
       7.5.2.  Moving a Media Description Out of a BUNDLE Group
       7.5.3.  Disabling a Media Description in a BUNDLE Group
     7.6.  3PCC Considerations
   8.  Protocol Identification
     8.1.  STUN, DTLS, and SRTP
   9.  RTP Considerations
     9.1.  Single RTP Session
       9.1.1.  Payload Type (PT) Value Reuse
     9.2.  Associating RTP/RTCP Streams with the Correct SDP Media
           Description
     9.3.  RTP/RTCP Multiplexing
       9.3.1.  SDP Offer/Answer Procedures
   10. ICE Considerations
   11. DTLS Considerations
   12. RTP Header Extensions Consideration
   13. Updates to RFC 3264
     13.1.  Original Text from RFC 3264, Section 5.1, Paragraph 2
     13.2.  New Text Replacing RFC 3264, Section 5.1, Paragraph 2
     13.3.  Original Text from RFC 3264, Section 8.4, Paragraph 6
     13.4.  New Text Replacing RFC 3264, Section 8.4, Paragraph 6
   14. Update to RFC 5888
     14.1.  Original Text from RFC 5888, Section 9.2, Paragraph 3
     14.2.  New Text Replacing RFC 5888, Section 9.2, Paragraph 3
   15. RTP/RTCP Extensions for identification-tag Transport
     15.1.  RTCP MID SDES Item
     15.2.  RTP SDES Header Extension for MID
   16. IANA Considerations
     16.1.  SDES Item
     16.2.  RTP SDES Header Extension URI
     16.3.  SDP Attribute
     16.4.  SDP Group Semantics
   17. Security Considerations
   18. Examples
     18.1.  Example: Tagged "m=" Section Selections
     18.2.  Example: BUNDLE Group Rejected
     18.3.  Example: Offerer Adds a Media Description to a BUNDLE
            Group
     18.4.  Example: Offerer Moves a Media Description Out of a BUNDLE
            Group
     18.5.  Example: Offerer Disables a Media Description within a
            BUNDLE Group
   19. References
     19.1.  Normative References
     19.2.  Informative References
   Appendix A.  Design Considerations
     A.1.  UA Interoperability
     A.2.  Usage of Port Number Value Zero
     A.3.  B2BUA and Proxy Interoperability
       A.3.1.  Traffic Policing
       A.3.2.  Bandwidth Allocation
     A.4.  Candidate Gathering
   Acknowledgements

   Authors' Addresses



1.  Introduction



1.1.  Background



   When the SDP offer/answer mechanism [RFC3264] is used to negotiate
   the establishment of multimedia communication sessions, if separate
   transports (5-tuples) are negotiated for each individual media
   stream, each transport consumes additional resources (especially when
   Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE) [RFC8445] is used).  For
   this reason, it is attractive to use a single transport for multiple
   media streams.

1.2.  BUNDLE Mechanism



   This specification defines a way to use a single transport (BUNDLE
   transport) for sending and receiving media (bundled media) described
   by multiple SDP media descriptions ("m=" sections).  The address:port
   combination used by an endpoint for sending and receiving bundled
   media is referred to as the "BUNDLE address:port".  The set of SDP
   attributes that are applied to each "m=" section within a BUNDLE
   group is referred to as "BUNDLE attributes".  The same BUNDLE
   transport is used for sending and receiving bundled media, which
   means that the symmetric Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) mechanism
   [RFC4961] is always used for RTP-based bundled media.

   This specification defines a new SDP Grouping Framework [RFC5888]
   extension called 'BUNDLE'.  The extension can be used with the
   Session Description Protocol (SDP) offer/answer mechanism [RFC3264]
   to negotiate which "m=" sections will become part of a BUNDLE group.
   In addition, the offerer and answerer [RFC3264] use the BUNDLE
   extension to negotiate the BUNDLE addresses:ports (offerer BUNDLE
   address:port and answerer BUNDLE address:port) and the set of BUNDLE
   attributes (offerer BUNDLE attributes and answerer BUNDLE attributes)
   that will be applied to each "m=" section within the BUNDLE group.

   The use of a BUNDLE transport allows the usage of a single set of ICE
   candidates [RFC8445] for the whole BUNDLE group.

   A given BUNDLE address:port MUST only be associated with a single
   BUNDLE group.  If an SDP offer or SDP answer (hereafter referred to
   as "offer" and "answer") contains multiple BUNDLE groups, the
   procedures in this specification apply to each group independently.
   All RTP-based bundled media associated with a given BUNDLE group
   belong to a single RTP session [RFC3550].

   The BUNDLE extension is backward compatible.  Endpoints that do not
   support the extension are expected to generate offers and answers
   without an SDP 'group:BUNDLE' attribute and assign a unique
   address:port to each "m=" section within an offer and answer,
   according to the procedures in [RFC3264] and [RFC4566].

1.3.  Protocol Extensions



   In addition to defining the new SDP Grouping Framework extension,
   this specification defines the following protocol extensions and
   makes the following updates to RFCs.  This specification:

   *  defines a new SDP attribute, 'bundle-only', which can be used to
      request that a specific "m=" section (and the associated media) be
      used only if kept within a BUNDLE group.

   *  updates RFC 3264 [RFC3264] to also allow assigning a zero port
      value to an "m=" section in cases where the media described by the
      "m=" section is not disabled or rejected.

   *  defines a new RTCP [RFC3550] SDES item, Media Identification
      ('MID'), and a new RTP SDES header extension that can be used to
      associate RTP streams with "m=" sections.

   *  updates [RFC7941] by adding an exception, for the MID RTP header
      extension, to the requirement regarding protection of an SDES RTP
      header extension carrying an SDES item for the MID RTP header
      extension.

   *  updates [RFC5888] by allowing an SDP 'group' attribute to contain
      an identification-tag that identifies an "m=" section with the
      port value set to zero.

1.4.  Changes from RFC 8843



   When [RFC8843] and [RFC8829] were published, an inconsistency between
   the specifications was identified.  The procedures regarding
   assigning the port value to a bundled "m=" section in an answer
   (initial or subsequent) and a subsequent offer were inconsistent.
   This specification removes the inconsistency by aligning the port
   value assignment procedure with the procedure in [RFC8829].

   In addition, this document implements changes from the following
   errata reports: [Err6431], [Err6437].

2.  Terminology



   "m=" section:  SDP bodies contain one or more media descriptions,
      referred to as "m=" sections.  Each "m=" section is represented by
      an SDP "m=" line and zero or more SDP attributes associated with
      the "m=" line.  A local address:port combination is assigned to
      each "m=" section.

   5-tuple:  A collection of the following values: source address,
      source port, destination address, destination port, and transport-
      layer protocol.

   Unique address:port:  An address:port combination that is assigned to
      only one "m=" section in an offer or answer.

   Offerer BUNDLE-tag:  The first identification-tag in a given SDP
      'group:BUNDLE' attribute identification-tag list in an offer.

   Answerer BUNDLE-tag:  The first identification-tag in a given SDP
      'group:BUNDLE' attribute identification-tag list in an answer.

   Suggested offerer-tagged "m=" section:  The bundled "m=" section
      identified by the offerer BUNDLE-tag in an initial BUNDLE offer,
      before a BUNDLE group has been negotiated.

   Offerer-tagged "m=" section:  The bundled "m=" section identified by
      the offerer BUNDLE-tag in a subsequent offer.  The "m=" section
      contains characteristics (offerer BUNDLE address:port and offerer
      BUNDLE attributes) that are applied to each "m=" section within
      the BUNDLE group.

   Answerer-tagged "m=" section:  The bundled "m=" section identified by
      the answerer BUNDLE-tag in an answer (initial BUNDLE answer or
      subsequent).  The "m=" section contains characteristics (answerer
      BUNDLE address:port and answerer BUNDLE attributes) that are
      applied to each "m=" section within the BUNDLE group.

   BUNDLE address:port:  An address:port combination that an endpoint
      uses for sending and receiving bundled media.

   Offerer BUNDLE address:port:  The address:port combination used by
      the offerer for sending and receiving media.

   Answerer BUNDLE address:port:  The address:port combination used by
      the answerer for sending and receiving media.

   BUNDLE attributes:  IDENTICAL and TRANSPORT multiplexing category SDP
      attributes.  Once a BUNDLE group has been created, the attribute
      values apply to each bundled "m=" section within the BUNDLE group.

   Offerer BUNDLE attributes:  IDENTICAL and TRANSPORT multiplexing
      category SDP attributes included in the offerer-tagged "m="
      section.

   Answerer BUNDLE attributes:  IDENTICAL and TRANSPORT multiplexing
      category SDP attributes included in the answerer-tagged "m="
      section.

   BUNDLE transport:  The transport (5-tuple) used by all media
      described by the "m=" sections within a BUNDLE group.

   BUNDLE group:  A set of bundled "m=" sections, created using an SDP
      offer/answer exchange, that uses a single BUNDLE transport and a
      single set of BUNDLE attributes for sending and receiving all
      media (bundled media) described by the set of "m=" sections.  The
      same BUNDLE transport is used for sending and receiving bundled
      media.

   Bundled "m=" section:  An "m=" section, whose identification-tag is
      placed in an SDP 'group:BUNDLE' attribute identification-tag list
      in an offer or answer.

   Bundle-only "m=" section:  A bundled "m=" section that contains an
      SDP 'bundle-only' attribute.

   Bundled media:  All media associated with a given BUNDLE group.

   Initial BUNDLE offer:  The first offer, within an SDP session (e.g.,
      a SIP dialog when SIP [RFC3261] is used to carry SDP), in which
      the offerer indicates that it wants to negotiate a given BUNDLE
      group.

   Initial BUNDLE answer:  The answer to an initial BUNDLE offer in
      which the offerer indicates that it wants to negotiate a BUNDLE
      group, and the answerer accepts the creation of the BUNDLE group.
      The BUNDLE group is created once the answerer sends the initial
      BUNDLE answer.

   Subsequent offer:  An offer that contains a BUNDLE group that has
      been created as part of a previous offer/answer exchange.

   Subsequent answer:  An answer to a subsequent offer.

   Identification-tag:  A unique token value that is used to identify an
      "m=" section.  The SDP 'mid' attribute [RFC5888] in an "m="
      section carries the unique identification-tag assigned to that
      "m=" section.  The session-level SDP 'group' attribute [RFC5888]
      carries a list of identification-tags, identifying the "m="
      sections associated with that particular 'group' attribute.

3.  Conventions



   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
   "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in
   BCP 14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
   capitals, as shown here.

4.  Applicability Statement



   The mechanism in this specification only applies to SDP [RFC4566],
   when used together with the SDP offer/answer mechanism [RFC3264].
   Declarative usage of SDP is out of scope of this document and is thus
   undefined.

5.  SDP Grouping Framework BUNDLE Extension



   This section defines a new SDP Grouping Framework [RFC5888]
   extension, 'BUNDLE'.  The BUNDLE extension can be used with the SDP
   offer/answer mechanism to negotiate a set of "m=" sections that will
   become part of a BUNDLE group.  Within a BUNDLE group, each "m="
   section uses a BUNDLE transport for sending and receiving bundled
   media.  Each endpoint uses a single address:port combination for
   sending and receiving the bundled media.

   The BUNDLE extension is indicated using an SDP 'group' attribute with
   a semantics value [RFC5888] of "BUNDLE".  An identification-tag is
   assigned to each bundled "m=" section, and each identification-tag is
   listed in the SDP 'group:BUNDLE' attribute identification-tag list.
   Each "m=" section whose identification-tag is listed in the
   identification-tag list is associated with a given BUNDLE group.

   SDP bodies can contain multiple BUNDLE groups.  Any given bundled
   "m=" section MUST NOT be associated with more than one BUNDLE group
   at any given time.

   NOTE: The order of the "m=" sections listed in the SDP 'group:BUNDLE'
   attribute identification-tag list does not have to be the same as the
   order in which the "m=" sections occur in the SDP.

   The multiplexing category [RFC8859] for the 'group:BUNDLE' attribute
   is 'NORMAL'.

   Section 7 defines the detailed SDP offer/answer procedures for the
   BUNDLE extension.

6.  SDP 'bundle-only' Attribute



   This section defines a new SDP media-level attribute [RFC4566],
   'bundle-only'. 'bundle-only' is a property attribute [RFC4566];
   hence, it has no value.

   In order to ensure that an answerer that does not support the BUNDLE
   extension always rejects a bundled "m=" section in an offer, the
   offerer can assign a zero port value to the "m=" section.  According
   to [RFC3264], an answerer will reject such an "m=" section.  By
   including an SDP 'bundle-only' attribute in a bundled "m=" section,
   the offerer can request that the answerer accept the "m=" section
   only if the answerer supports the BUNDLE extension and if the
   answerer keeps the "m=" section within the associated BUNDLE group.

   Name:  bundle-only

   Value:  N/A

   Usage Level:  media

   Charset Dependent:  no

   Example:  a=bundle-only

   The usage of the 'bundle-only' attribute is only defined for a
   bundled "m=" section with a zero port value.  Other usage is
   unspecified.  If an offerer or answerer receives a 'bundle-only'
   attribute in a non-bundled "m=" section, the offerer or answerer MUST
   discard the attribute.

   Section 7 defines the detailed SDP offer/answer procedures for the
   'bundle-only' attribute.

7.  SDP Offer/Answer Procedures



   This section describes the SDP offer/answer [RFC3264] procedures for:

   *  Negotiating a BUNDLE group;

   *  Suggesting and selecting the tagged "m=" sections (offerer-tagged
      "m=" section and answerer-tagged "m=" section);

   *  Adding an "m=" section to a BUNDLE group;

   *  Moving an "m=" section out of a BUNDLE group; and

   *  Disabling an "m=" section within a BUNDLE group.

   The generic rules and procedures defined in [RFC3264] and [RFC5888]
   also apply to the BUNDLE extension.  For example, if an offer is
   rejected by the answerer, the previously negotiated addresses:ports,
   SDP parameters, and characteristics (including those associated with
   a BUNDLE group) apply.  Hence, if an offerer generates an offer in
   order to negotiate a BUNDLE group and the answerer rejects the offer,
   the BUNDLE group is not created.

   The procedures in this section are independent of the media type or
   "m=" line proto value assigned to a bundled "m=" section.  Section 6
   defines additional considerations for the usage of the SDP 'bundle-
   only' attribute.  Section 9 defines additional considerations for
   RTP-based media.  Section 10 defines additional considerations for
   the usage of the ICE mechanism [RFC8445].

   Offers and answers can contain multiple BUNDLE groups.  The
   procedures in this section apply independently to a given BUNDLE
   group.

7.1.  Generic SDP Considerations



   This section describes generic restrictions associated with the usage
   of SDP parameters within a BUNDLE group.  It also describes how to
   calculate a value for the whole BUNDLE group, when parameter and
   attribute values have been assigned to each bundled "m=" section.

7.1.1.  Connection Data ("c=")



   The "c=" line nettype value [RFC4566] associated with a bundled "m="
   section MUST be 'IN'.

   The "c=" line addrtype value [RFC4566] associated with a bundled "m="
   section MUST be 'IP4' or 'IP6'.  The same value MUST be associated
   with each "m=" section.

      NOTE: Extensions to this specification can specify usage of the
      BUNDLE mechanism for other nettype and addrtype values than the
      ones listed above.

7.1.2.  Bandwidth ("b=")



   An offerer and answerer MUST use the rules and restrictions defined
   in [RFC8859] for associating the SDP bandwidth ("b=") line with
   bundled "m=" sections.

7.1.3.  Attributes ("a=")



   An offerer and answerer MUST include SDP attributes in every bundled
   "m=" section where applicable, following the normal offer/answer
   procedures for each attribute, with the following exceptions:

   *  In the initial BUNDLE offer, the offerer MUST NOT include
      IDENTICAL and TRANSPORT multiplexing category SDP attributes
      (BUNDLE attributes) in bundle-only "m=" sections.  The offerer
      MUST include such attributes in all other bundled "m=" sections.
      In the initial BUNDLE offer, each bundled "m=" line can contain a
      different set of BUNDLE attributes and attribute values.  Once the
      offerer-tagged "m=" section has been selected, the BUNDLE
      attributes contained in the offerer-tagged "m=" section will apply
      to each bundled "m=" section within the BUNDLE group.

   *  In a subsequent offer or in an answer (initial or subsequent), the
      offerer and answerer MUST include IDENTICAL and TRANSPORT
      multiplexing category SDP attributes (BUNDLE attributes) only in
      the tagged "m=" section (offerer-tagged "m=" section or answerer-
      tagged "m=" section).  The offerer and answerer MUST NOT include
      such attributes in any other bundled "m=" section.  The BUNDLE
      attributes contained in the tagged "m=" section will apply to each
      bundled "m=" section within the BUNDLE group.

   *  In an offer (initial BUNDLE offer or subsequent) or in an answer
      (initial BUNDLE answer or subsequent), the offerer and answerer
      MUST include SDP attributes from categories other than IDENTICAL
      and TRANSPORT in each bundled "m=" section that a given attribute
      applies to.  Each bundled "m=" line can contain a different set of
      such attributes and attribute values, as such attributes only
      apply to the given bundled "m=" section in which they are
      included.

      NOTE: A consequence of the rules above is that media-specific
      IDENTICAL and TRANSPORT multiplexing category SDP attributes that
      are applicable only to some of the bundled "m=" sections within
      the BUNDLE group might appear in the tagged "m=" section for which
      they are not applicable.  For instance, the tagged "m=" section
      might contain an SDP 'rtcp-mux' attribute even if the tagged "m="
      section does not describe RTP-based media (but another bundled
      "m=" section within the BUNDLE group does describe RTP-based
      media).

7.2.  Generating the Initial BUNDLE Offer



   The procedures in this section apply to the first offer within an SDP
   session (e.g., a SIP dialog when SIP [RFC3261] is used to carry SDP)
   in which the offerer indicates that it wants to negotiate a given
   BUNDLE group.  This could occur in the initial offer, or in a
   subsequent offer, of the SDP session.

   When an offerer generates an initial BUNDLE offer, in order to
   negotiate a BUNDLE group, it MUST:

   *  Assign a unique address:port to each bundled "m=" section
      following the procedures in [RFC3264], excluding any bundle-only
      "m=" sections (see below);

   *  Pick a bundled "m=" section as the suggested offerer-tagged "m="
      (Section 7.2.1);

   *  Include SDP attributes in the bundled "m=" sections following the
      rules in Section 7.1.3;

   *  Include an SDP 'group:BUNDLE' attribute in the offer; and

   *  Place the identification-tag of each bundled "m=" section in the
      SDP 'group:BUNDLE' attribute identification-tag list.  The offerer
      BUNDLE-tag indicates the suggested offerer-tagged "m=" section.

      NOTE: When the offerer assigns unique addresses:ports to multiple
      bundled "m=" sections, the offerer needs to be prepared to receive
      bundled media on each unique address:port until it receives the
      associated answer and finds out which bundled "m=" section (and
      associated address:port combination) the answerer has selected as
      the offerer-tagged "m=" section.

   If the offerer wants to request that the answerer accept a given
   bundled "m=" section only if the answerer keeps the "m=" section
   within the negotiated BUNDLE group, the offerer MUST:

   *  Include an SDP 'bundle-only' attribute (Section 7.2.1) in the "m="
      section, and

   *  Assign a zero port value to the "m=" section.

      NOTE: If the offerer assigns a zero port value to a bundled "m="
      section but does not include an SDP 'bundle-only' attribute in the
      "m=" section, it is an indication that the offerer wants to
      disable the "m=" section (Section 7.5.3).

   Sections 7.2.2 and 18.1 show an example of an initial BUNDLE offer.

7.2.1.  Suggesting the Offerer-Tagged "m=" Section



   In the initial BUNDLE offer, the bundled "m=" section indicated by
   the offerer BUNDLE-tag is the suggested offerer-tagged "m=" section.
   The address:port combination associated with the "m=" section will be
   used by the offerer for sending and receiving bundled media if the
   answerer selects the "m=" section as the offerer-tagged "m=" section
   (Section 7.3.1).  In addition, if the answerer selects the "m="
   section as the offerer-tagged "m=" section, the BUNDLE attributes
   included in the "m=" section will be applied to each "m=" section
   within the negotiated BUNDLE group.

   The offerer MUST NOT suggest a bundle-only "m=" section as the
   offerer-tagged "m=" section.

   It is RECOMMENDED that the suggested offerer-tagged "m=" section be a
   bundled "m=" section which the offerer believes is unlikely to be
   rejected or moved out of the BUNDLE group by the answerer.  How such
   an assumption is made is outside the scope of this document.

7.2.2.  Example: Initial BUNDLE Offer



   The following example shows an initial BUNDLE offer.  The offer
   includes two "m=" sections in the offer and suggests that both "m="
   sections be included in a BUNDLE group.  The audio "m=" section is
   the suggested offerer-tagged "m=" section, indicated by placing the
   identification-tag associated with the "m=" section (offerer BUNDLE-
   tag) first in the SDP 'group:BUNDLE' attribute identification-id
   list.

   SDP Offer

     v=0
     o=alice 2890844526 2890844526 IN IP6 2001:db8::3
     s=
     c=IN IP6 2001:db8::3
     t=0 0
     a=group:BUNDLE foo bar

     m=audio 10000 RTP/AVP 0 8 97
     b=AS:200
     a=mid:foo
     a=rtcp-mux
     a=rtpmap:0 PCMU/8000
     a=rtpmap:8 PCMA/8000
     a=rtpmap:97 iLBC/8000
     a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid

     m=video 10002 RTP/AVP 31 32
     b=AS:1000
     a=mid:bar
     a=rtcp-mux
     a=rtpmap:31 H261/90000
     a=rtpmap:32 MPV/90000
     a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid

   The following example shows an initial BUNDLE offer.  The offer
   includes two "m=" sections in the offer and suggests that both "m="
   sections are included in a BUNDLE group.  The offerer includes an SDP
   'bundle-only' attribute in the video "m=" section to request that the
   answerer accept the "m=" section only if the answerer supports the
   BUNDLE extension and if the answerer keeps the "m=" section within
   the associated BUNDLE group.  The audio "m=" section is the suggested
   offerer-tagged "m=" section, indicated by placing the identification-
   tag associated with the "m=" section (offerer BUNDLE-tag) first in
   the SDP 'group:BUNDLE' attribute identification-id list.

   SDP Offer

     v=0
     o=alice 2890844526 2890844526 IN IP6 2001:db8::3
     s=
     c=IN IP6 2001:db8::3
     t=0 0
     a=group:BUNDLE foo bar

     m=audio 10000 RTP/AVP 0 8 97
     b=AS:200
     a=mid:foo
     a=rtcp-mux
     a=rtpmap:0 PCMU/8000
     a=rtpmap:8 PCMA/8000
     a=rtpmap:97 iLBC/8000
     a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid

     m=video 0 RTP/AVP 31 32
     b=AS:1000
     a=mid:bar
     a=bundle-only
     a=rtpmap:31 H261/90000
     a=rtpmap:32 MPV/90000
     a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid

7.3.  Generating the SDP Answer



   When an answerer generates an answer (initial BUNDLE answer or
   subsequent) that contains a BUNDLE group, the following general SDP
   Grouping Framework restrictions, defined in [RFC5888], also apply to
   the BUNDLE group:

   *  The answerer is only allowed to include a BUNDLE group in an
      initial BUNDLE answer if the offerer requested the BUNDLE group to
      be created in the corresponding initial BUNDLE offer;

   *  The answerer is only allowed to include a BUNDLE group in a
      subsequent answer if the corresponding subsequent offer contains a
      previously negotiated BUNDLE group;

   *  The answerer is only allowed to include a bundled "m=" section in
      an answer if the "m=" section was indicated as bundled in the
      corresponding offer; and

   *  The answerer is only allowed to include a bundled "m=" section in
      the same BUNDLE group as the bundled "m=" line in the
      corresponding offer.

   In addition, when an answerer generates an answer (initial BUNDLE
   answer or subsequent) that contains a BUNDLE group, the answerer
   MUST:

   *  In case of an initial BUNDLE answer, select the offerer-tagged
      "m=" section using the procedures in Section 7.3.1.  In case of a
      subsequent answer, the offerer-tagged "m=" section is indicated in
      the corresponding subsequent offer and MUST NOT be changed by the
      answerer;

   *  Select the answerer-tagged "m=" section (Section 7.3.1);

   *  Assign the answerer BUNDLE address:port to the answerer-tagged
      "m=" section and to every other bundled "m=" section within the
      BUNDLE group;

   *  Include SDP attributes in the bundled "m=" sections following the
      rules in Section 7.1.3;

   *  Include an SDP 'group:BUNDLE' attribute in the answer; and

   *  Place the identification-tag of each bundled "m=" section in the
      SDP 'group:BUNDLE' attribute identification-tag list.  The
      answerer BUNDLE-tag indicates the answerer-tagged "m=" section
      (Section 7.3.1).

   If the answerer does not want to keep an "m=" section within a BUNDLE
   group, it MUST:

   *  Move the "m=" section out of the BUNDLE group (Section 7.3.2); or

   *  Reject the "m=" section (Section 7.3.3).

   The answerer can modify the answerer BUNDLE address:port, add and
   remove SDP attributes, or modify SDP attribute values in a subsequent
   answer.  Changes to the answerer BUNDLE address:port and the answerer
   BUNDLE attributes will be applied to each bundled "m=" section within
   the BUNDLE group.

      NOTE: If a bundled "m=" section in an offer contains a zero port
      value, but the "m=" section does not contain an SDP 'bundle-only'
      attribute, it is an indication that the offerer wants to disable
      the "m=" section (Section 7.5.3).

7.3.1.  Answerer Selection of Tagged "m=" Sections



   When selecting the offerer-tagged "m=" section, the answerer MUST
   first check whether the "m=" section fulfills the following criteria
   (Section 7.2.1):

   *  The answerer will not move the "m=" section out of the BUNDLE
      group (Section 7.3.2);

   *  The answerer will not reject the "m=" section (Section 7.3.3); and

   *  The "m=" section does not contain a zero port value.

   If all of the criteria above are fulfilled, the answerer MUST select
   the "m=" section as the offerer-tagged "m=" section and MUST also
   mark the corresponding "m=" section in the answer as the answerer-
   tagged "m=" section.  In the answer, the answerer BUNDLE-tag
   indicates the answerer-tagged "m=" section.

   If one or more of the criteria are not fulfilled, the answerer MUST
   pick the next identification-tag in the identification-tag list in
   the offer and perform the same criteria check for the "m=" section
   indicated by that identification-tag.  If there are no more
   identification-tags in the identification-tag list, the answerer MUST
   NOT
create the BUNDLE group.  In addition, unless the answerer
   rejects the whole offer, the answerer MUST apply the answerer
   procedures for moving an "m=" section out of a BUNDLE group
   (Section 7.3.2) or rejecting an "m=" section within a BUNDLE group
   (Section 7.3.3) to every bundled "m=" section in the offer when
   creating the answer.

   Section 18.1 shows an example of an offerer BUNDLE address:port
   selection.

   Sections 7.3.4 and 18.1 show an example of an answerer-tagged "m="
   section selection.

7.3.2.  Moving a Media Description Out of a BUNDLE Group



   When an answerer generates the answer, the answerer MUST first check
   the following criteria if it wants to move a bundled "m=" section out
   of the negotiated BUNDLE group:

   *  In the corresponding offer, the "m=" section is within a
      previously negotiated BUNDLE group, and

   *  In the corresponding offer, the "m=" section contains an SDP
      'bundle-only' attribute.

   If either criterion above is fulfilled, the answerer cannot move the
   "m=" section out of the BUNDLE group in the answer.  The answerer can
   reject the whole offer, reject each bundled "m=" section within the
   BUNDLE group (Section 7.3.3), or keep the "m=" section within the
   BUNDLE group in the answer and later create an offer where the "m="
   section is moved out of the BUNDLE group (Section 7.5.2).

      NOTE: One consequence of the rules above is that, once a BUNDLE
      group has been negotiated, a bundled "m=" section cannot be moved
      out of the BUNDLE group in an answer.  Instead, an offer is
      needed.

   When the answerer generates an answer in which it moves a bundled
   "m=" section out of a BUNDLE group, the answerer:

   *  MUST assign a unique address:port to the "m=" section;

   *  MUST include any applicable SDP attribute in the "m=" section
      using the normal offer/answer procedures for each attribute;

   *  MUST NOT place the identification-tag associated with the "m="
      section in the SDP 'group:BUNDLE' attribute identification-tag
      list associated with the BUNDLE group; and

   *  MUST NOT include an SDP 'bundle-only' attribute to the "m="
      section.

   Because an answerer is not allowed to move an "m=" section from one
   BUNDLE group to another within an answer (Section 7.3), if the
   answerer wants to move an "m=" section from one BUNDLE group to
   another, it MUST first move the "m=" section out of the current
   BUNDLE group and then generate an offer where the "m=" section is
   added to another BUNDLE group (Section 7.5.1).

7.3.3.  Rejecting a Media Description in a BUNDLE Group



   When an answerer wants to reject a bundled "m=" section in an answer,
   it MUST first check the following criterion:

   *  In the corresponding offer (subsequent), the "m=" section is the
      offerer-tagged "m=" section.

   If the criterion above is fulfilled, the answerer cannot reject the
   "m=" section in the answer.  The answerer can reject the whole offer,
   reject each bundled "m=" section within the BUNDLE group, or keep the
   "m=" section within the BUNDLE group in the answer and later create
   an offer where the "m=" section is disabled within the BUNDLE group
   (Section 7.5.3).

   When an answerer generates an answer in which it rejects a bundled
   "m=" section, the answerer:

   *  MUST assign a zero port value to the "m=" section, according to
      the procedures in [RFC3264];

   *  MUST NOT place the identification-tag associated with the "m="
      section in the SDP 'group:BUNDLE' attribute identification-tag
      list associated with the BUNDLE group; and

   *  MUST NOT include an SDP 'bundle-only' attribute in the "m="
      section.

7.3.4.  Example: SDP Answer



   The example below shows an answer based on the corresponding offer in
   Section 7.2.2.  The answerer accepts both bundled "m=" sections
   within the created BUNDLE group.  The audio "m=" section is the
   answerer-tagged "m=" section, indicated by placing the
   identification-tag associated with the "m=" section (answerer BUNDLE-
   tag) first in the SDP 'group:BUNDLE' attribute identification-id
   list.

   SDP Answer

     v=0
     o=bob 2808844564 2808844564 IN IP6 2001:db8::1
     s=
     c=IN IP6 2001:db8::1
     t=0 0
     a=group:BUNDLE foo bar

     m=audio 20000 RTP/AVP 0
     b=AS:200
     a=mid:foo
     a=rtcp-mux
     a=rtpmap:0 PCMU/8000
     a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid

     m=video 20000 RTP/AVP 32
     b=AS:1000
     a=mid:bar
     a=rtpmap:32 MPV/90000
     a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid

7.3.5.  RFC 8843 Considerations



   In [RFC8843], instead of assigning the offerer BUNDLE address:port to
   each "m=" section within the BUNDLE group when modifying the session
   (Section 7.5), the offerer only assigned the offerer BUNDLE
   address:port to the offerer-tagged "m=" section.  For every other
   "m=" section within the BUNDLE group, the offerer included an SDP
   'bundle-only' attribute in, and assigned a zero port value to, the
   "m=" section.  The way an answerer compliant with this specification
   processes such offer is considered an implementation issue (e.g.,
   based on whether the answerer needs to be backward compatible with
   offerers compliant with [RFC8843]) and is outside the scope of this
   specification.  The example below shows such an SDP Offer:

   SDP Offer

     v=0
     o=alice 2890844526 2890844526 IN IP6 2001:db8::3
     s=
     c=IN IP6 2001:db8::3
     t=0 0
     a=group:BUNDLE foo bar

     m=audio 10000 RTP/AVP 0 8 97
     b=AS:200
     a=mid:foo
     a=rtcp-mux
     a=rtpmap:0 PCMU/8000
     a=rtpmap:8 PCMA/8000
     a=rtpmap:97 iLBC/8000
     a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid

     m=video 0 RTP/AVP 31 32
     b=AS:1000
     a=mid:bar
     a=bundle-only
     a=rtpmap:31 H261/90000
     a=rtpmap:32 MPV/90000
     a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid

7.4.  Offerer Processing of the SDP Answer



   When an offerer receives an answer, if the answer contains a BUNDLE
   group, the offerer MUST check that any bundled "m=" section in the
   answer was indicated as bundled in the corresponding offer (for the
   same BUNDLE group).  If there is no mismatch, the offerer MUST apply
   the properties (BUNDLE address:port, BUNDLE attributes, etc.) of the
   offerer-tagged "m=" section (selected by the answerer; see
   Section 7.3.1) to each bundled "m=" section within the BUNDLE group.

      NOTE: As the answerer might reject one or more bundled "m="
      sections in an initial BUNDLE offer or move a bundled "m=" section
      out of a BUNDLE group, a given bundled "m=" section in the offer
      might not be indicated as bundled in the corresponding answer.

   If the answer does not contain a BUNDLE group, the offerer MUST
   process the answer as a normal answer.

7.4.1.  RFC 8843 Considerations



   In [RFC8843], instead of assigning the answerer BUNDLE address:port
   to each "m=" section within the BUNDLE group when generating the SDP
   Answer (Section 7.3), the answerer only assigned the answerer BUNDLE
   address:port to the answerer-tagged "m=" section.  For every other
   "m=" section within the BUNDLE group, the answerer included an SDP
   'bundle-only' attribute in, and assigned a zero port value to, the
   "m=" section.  The way an offerer compliant with this specification
   processes such an SDP Answer is considered an implementation issue
   (e.g., based on whether the answerer needs to be backward compatible
   with offerers compliant with [RFC8843]) and is outside the scope of
   this specification.  The example below shows such an SDP Answer:

   SDP Answer

     v=0
     o=bob 2808844564 2808844564 IN IP6 2001:db8::1
     s=
     c=IN IP6 2001:db8::1
     t=0 0
     a=group:BUNDLE foo bar

     m=audio 20000 RTP/AVP 0
     b=AS:200
     a=mid:foo
     a=rtcp-mux
     a=rtpmap:0 PCMU/8000
     a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid

     m=video 0 RTP/AVP 32
     b=AS:1000
     a=mid:bar
     a=bundle-only
     a=rtpmap:32 MPV/90000
     a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid

7.5.  Modifying the Session



   When a BUNDLE group has been previously negotiated and an offerer
   generates a subsequent offer, the offerer MUST:

   *  Pick one bundled "m=" section as the offerer-tagged "m=" section.
      The offerer can pick either the "m=" section that was previously
      selected by the answerer as the offerer-tagged "m=" section or
      another bundled "m=" section within the BUNDLE group;

   *  Assign a BUNDLE address:port (previously negotiated or newly
      suggested) to the offerer-tagged "m=" section and to every other
      bundled "m=" section within the BUNDLE group;

   *  Include SDP attributes in the bundled "m=" sections following the
      rules in Section 7.1.3;

   *  Include an SDP 'group:BUNDLE' attribute in the offer; and

   *  Place the identification-tag of each bundled "m=" section in the
      SDP 'group:BUNDLE' attribute identification-tag list.  The offerer
      BUNDLE-tag indicates the offerer-tagged "m=" section.

   The offerer MUST NOT pick a given bundled "m=" section as the
   offerer-tagged "m=" section if:

   *  The offerer wants to move the "m=" section out of the BUNDLE group
      (Section 7.5.2), or

   *  The offerer wants to disable the "m=" section (Section 7.5.3).

   The offerer can modify the offerer BUNDLE address:port, add and
   remove SDP attributes, or modify SDP attribute values in the
   subsequent offer.  Changes to the offerer BUNDLE address:port and the
   offerer BUNDLE attributes will (if the offer is accepted by the
   answerer) be applied to each bundled "m=" section within the BUNDLE
   group.

7.5.1.  Adding a Media Description to a BUNDLE Group



   When an offerer generates a subsequent offer in which it wants to add
   a bundled "m=" section to a previously negotiated BUNDLE group, the
   offerer follows the procedures in Section 7.5.  The offerer picks
   either the added "m=" section or an "m=" section previously added to
   the BUNDLE group as the offerer-tagged "m=" section.

      NOTE: As described in Section 7.3.2, the answerer cannot move the
      added "m=" section out of the BUNDLE group in its answer.  If the
      answerer wants to move the "m=" section out of the BUNDLE group,
      it will have to first accept it into the BUNDLE group in the
      answer and then send a subsequent offer where the "m=" section is
      moved out of the BUNDLE group (Section 7.5.2).

7.5.2.  Moving a Media Description Out of a BUNDLE Group



   When an offerer generates a subsequent offer in which it wants to
   remove a bundled "m=" section from a BUNDLE group, the offerer:

   *  MUST assign a unique address:port to the "m=" section;

   *  MUST include SDP attributes in the "m=" section following the
      normal offer/answer rules for each attribute;

   *  MUST NOT place the identification-tag associated with the "m="
      section in the SDP 'group:BUNDLE' attribute identification-tag
      list associated with the BUNDLE group; and

   *  MUST NOT assign an SDP 'bundle-only' attribute to the "m="
      section.

   For the other bundled "m=" sections within the BUNDLE group, the
   offerer follows the procedures in Section 7.5.

   An offerer MUST NOT move an "m=" section from one BUNDLE group to
   another within a single offer.  If the offerer wants to move an "m="
   section from one BUNDLE group to another, it MUST first move the
   BUNDLE group out of the current BUNDLE group and then generate a
   second offer where the "m=" section is added to another BUNDLE group
   (Section 7.5.1).

   Section 18.4 shows an example of an offer for moving an "m=" section
   out of a BUNDLE group.

7.5.3.  Disabling a Media Description in a BUNDLE Group



   When an offerer generates a subsequent offer in which it wants to
   disable a bundled "m=" section from a BUNDLE group, the offerer:

   *  MUST assign a zero port value to the "m=" section, following the
      procedures in [RFC4566];

   *  MUST NOT place the identification-tag associated with the "m="
      section in the SDP 'group:BUNDLE' attribute identification-tag
      list associated with the BUNDLE group; and

   *  MUST NOT assign an SDP 'bundle-only' attribute to the "m="
      section.

   For the other bundled "m=" sections within the BUNDLE group, the
   offerer follows the procedures in Section 7.5.

   Section 18.5 shows an example of an offer and answer for disabling an
   "m=" section within a BUNDLE group.

7.6.  3PCC Considerations



   In some third-party call control (3PCC) scenarios, a new session will
   be established between an endpoint that is currently part of an
   ongoing session and an endpoint that is not currently part of an
   ongoing session.  In this situation, the endpoint that is not part of
   a session, while expecting an initial offer, can receive an SDP offer
   created as a subsequent offer.  The text below describes how this can
   occur with the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) [RFC3261].

   SIP [RFC3261] allows a User Agent Client (UAC) to send a re-INVITE
   request without an SDP body (sometimes referred to as an "empty re-
   INVITE").  In such cases, the User Agent Server (UAS) will include an
   SDP Offer in the associated 200 (OK) response; when the UAS is a part
   of an ongoing SIP session, this offer will be a subsequent offer.
   This offer will be received by the 3PCC controller (UAC) and then
   forwarded to another User Agent (UA).  When that UA is not part of an
   ongoing SIP session, as noted above, it will process the offer as an
   initial SDP offer.

   When the BUNDLE mechanism is used, an initial BUNDLE offer is
   constructed using different rules than subsequent BUNDLE offers, and
   it cannot be assumed that a UA is able to correctly process a
   subsequent BUNDLE offer as an initial BUNDLE offer.  Therefore, the
   3PCC controller SHOULD take action to mitigate this problem, e.g.,
   rewrite the subsequent BUNDLE offer into a valid initial BUNDLE offer
   (Section 7.2), before it forwards the BUNDLE offer to a UA.

8.  Protocol Identification



   Each "m=" section within a BUNDLE group MUST use the same transport-
   layer protocol.  If bundled "m=" sections use different upper-layer
   protocols on top of the transport-layer protocol, there MUST exist a
   publicly available specification that describes how a mechanism
   associates received data with the correct protocol for this
   particular protocol combination.

   In addition, if received data can be associated with more than one
   bundled "m=" section, there MUST exist a publicly available
   specification that describes a mechanism for associating the received
   data with the correct "m=" section.

   This document describes a mechanism to identify the protocol of
   received data among the Session Traversal Utilities for NAT (STUN),
   Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS), and the Secure Real-time
   Transport Protocol (SRTP) (in any combination) when UDP is used as a
   transport-layer protocol, but it does not describe how to identify
   different protocols transported on DTLS.  While the mechanism is
   generally applicable to other protocols and transport-layer
   protocols, any such use requires further specification that
   encompasses how to multiplex multiple protocols on a given transport-
   layer protocol and how to associate received data with the correct
   protocols.

8.1.  STUN, DTLS, and SRTP



   Section 5.1.2 of [RFC5764] describes a mechanism to identify the
   protocol of a received packet among the STUN, DTLS, and SRTP
   protocols (in any combination).  If an offer or answer includes a
   bundled "m=" section that represents these protocols, the offerer or
   answerer MUST support the mechanism described in [RFC5764], and no
   explicit negotiation is required in order to indicate support and
   usage of the mechanism.

   [RFC5764] does not describe how to identify different protocols
   transported on DTLS, only how to identify the DTLS protocol itself.
   If multiple protocols are transported on DTLS, there MUST exist a
   specification describing a mechanism for identifying each individual
   protocol.  In addition, if a received DTLS packet can be associated
   with more than one "m=" section, there MUST exist a specification
   that describes a mechanism for associating the received DTLS packets
   with the correct "m=" section.

   Section 9.2 describes how to associate the packets in a received SRTP
   stream with the correct "m=" section.

9.  RTP Considerations



9.1.  Single RTP Session



   All RTP-based media within a single BUNDLE group belong to a single
   RTP session [RFC3550].

   Since a single BUNDLE transport is used for sending and receiving
   bundled media, the symmetric RTP mechanism [RFC4961] MUST be used for
   RTP-based bundled media.

   Since a single RTP session is used for each BUNDLE group, all "m="
   sections representing RTP-based media within a BUNDLE group will
   share a single synchronization source (SSRC) numbering space
   [RFC3550].

   The following rules and restrictions apply for a single RTP session:

   *  A specific payload type value can be used in multiple bundled "m="
      sections only if each codec associated with the payload type
      number shares an identical codec configuration (Section 9.1.1).

   *  The proto value in each bundled RTP-based "m=" section MUST be
      identical (e.g., RTP/AVPF).

   *  The RTP MID header extension MUST be enabled by including an SDP
      'extmap' attribute [RFC8285], with a 'urn:ietf:params:rtp-
      hdrext:sdes:mid' URI value defined in this specification in each
      bundled RTP-based "m=" section in every offer and answer.

   *  A given SSRC MUST NOT transmit RTP packets using payload types
      that originate from different bundled "m=" sections.

      NOTE: The last bullet above is to avoid sending multiple media
      types from the same SSRC.  If transmission of multiple media types
      is done with time overlap, RTP and RTCP fail to function.  Even if
      done in the proper sequence, this causes RTP timestamp rate
      switching issues [RFC7160].  However, once an SSRC has left the
      RTP session (by sending an RTCP BYE packet), that SSRC can be
      reused by another source (possibly associated with a different
      bundled "m=" section) after a delay of 5 RTCP reporting intervals
      (the delay is to ensure the SSRC has timed out in case the RTCP
      BYE packet was lost [RFC3550]).

   [RFC7657] defines Differentiated Services (Diffserv) considerations
   for RTP-based bundled media sent using a mixture of Diffserv
   Codepoints.

9.1.1.  Payload Type (PT) Value Reuse



   Multiple bundled "m=" sections might describe RTP-based media.  As
   all RTP-based media associated with a BUNDLE group belong to the same
   RTP session, in order for a given payload type value to be used
   inside more than one bundled "m=" section, all codecs associated with
   the payload type number MUST share an identical codec configuration.
   This means that the codecs MUST share the same media type, encoding
   name, clock rate, and any parameter that can affect the codec
   configuration and packetization.  [RFC8859] lists SDP attributes
   whose attribute values are required to be identical for all codecs
   that use the same payload type value.

9.2.  Associating RTP/RTCP Streams with the Correct SDP Media
      Description



   As described in [RFC3550], RTP packets are associated with RTP
   streams [RFC7656].  Each RTP stream is identified by an SSRC value,
   and each RTP packet includes an SSRC field that is used to associate
   the packet with the correct RTP stream.  RTCP packets also use SSRCs
   to identify which RTP streams the packet relates to.  However, an
   RTCP packet can contain multiple SSRC fields in the course of
   providing feedback or reports on different RTP streams; therefore,
   they can be associated with multiple such streams.

   In order to be able to process received RTP/RTCP packets correctly,
   it MUST be possible to associate an RTP stream with the correct "m="
   section, as the "m=" section and SDP attributes associated with the
   "m=" section contain information needed to process the packets.

   As all RTP streams associated with a BUNDLE group use the same
   transport for sending and receiving RTP/RTCP packets, the local
   address:port combination part of the transport cannot be used to
   associate an RTP stream with the correct "m=" section.  In addition,
   multiple RTP streams might be associated with the same "m=" section.

   An offerer and answerer can inform each other which SSRC values they
   will use for an RTP stream by using the SDP 'ssrc' attribute
   [RFC5576].  However, an offerer will not know which SSRC values the
   answerer will use until the offerer has received the answer providing
   that information.  Due to this, before the offerer has received the
   answer, the offerer will not be able to associate an RTP stream with
   the correct "m=" section using the SSRC value associated with the RTP
   stream.  In addition, the offerer and answerer may start using new
   SSRC values mid-session, without informing each other about using the
   SDP 'ssrc' attribute.

   In order for an offerer and answerer to always be able to associate
   an RTP stream with the correct "m=" section, the offerer and answerer
   using the BUNDLE extension MUST support the mechanism defined in
   Section 15, where the offerer and answerer insert the identification-
   tag associated with an "m=" section (provided by the remote peer)
   into RTP and RTCP packets associated with a BUNDLE group.

   When using this mechanism, the mapping from an SSRC to an
   identification-tag is carried in RTP header extensions or RTCP SDES
   packets, as specified in Section 15.  Since a compound RTCP packet
   can contain multiple RTCP SDES packets and each RTCP SDES packet can
   contain multiple chunks, a single RTCP packet can contain several
   mappings of SSRC to identification-tag.  The offerer and answerer
   maintain tables used for routing that are updated each time an RTP/
   RTCP packet contains new information that affects how packets are to
   be routed.

   However, some legacy implementations may not include this
   identification-tag in their RTP and RTCP traffic when using the
   BUNDLE mechanism and instead use a mechanism based on the payload
   type to associate RTP streams with SDP "m=" sections.  In this
   situation, each "m=" section needs to use unique payload type values
   in order for the payload type to be a reliable indicator of the
   relevant "m=" section for the RTP stream.  If an implementation fails
   to ensure unique payload type values, it will be impossible to
   associate the RTP stream using that payload type value to a
   particular "m=" section.  Note that when using the payload type to
   associate RTP streams with "m=" sections, an RTP stream, identified
   by its SSRC, will be mapped to an "m=" section when the first packet
   of that RTP stream is received, and the mapping will not be changed
   even if the payload type used by that RTP stream changes.  In other
   words, the SSRC cannot "move" to a different "m=" section simply by
   changing the payload type.

   Applications can implement RTP stacks in different ways.  The
   algorithm below details one way that RTP streams can be associated
   with "m=" sections, but it is not meant to be prescriptive about
   exactly how an RTP stack needs to be implemented.  Applications MAY
   use any algorithm that achieves equivalent results to those described
   in the algorithm below.

   To prepare to associate RTP streams with the correct "m=" section,
   the following steps MUST be followed for each BUNDLE group:

   *  Construct a table mapping a MID to an "m=" section for each "m="
      section in this BUNDLE group.  Note that an "m=" section may only
      have one MID.

   *  Construct a table mapping SSRCs of incoming RTP streams to an "m="
      section for each "m=" section in this BUNDLE group and for each
      SSRC configured for receiving in that "m=" section.

   *  Construct a table mapping the SSRC of each outgoing RTP stream to
      an "m=" section for each "m=" section in this BUNDLE group and for
      each SSRC configured for sending in that "m=" section.

   *  Construct a table mapping a payload type to an "m=" section for
      each "m=" section in the BUNDLE group and for each payload type
      configured for receiving in that "m=" section.  If any payload
      type is configured for receiving in more than one "m=" section in
      the BUNDLE group, do not include it in the table, as it cannot be
      used to uniquely identify an "m=" section.

   *  Note that for each of these tables, there can only be one mapping
      for any given key (MID, SSRC, or PT).  In other words, the tables
      are not multimaps.

   As "m=" sections are added or removed from the BUNDLE groups or their
   configurations are changed, the tables above MUST also be updated.

   When an RTP packet is received, it MUST be delivered to the RTP
   stream corresponding to its SSRC.  That RTP stream MUST then be
   associated with the correct "m=" section within a BUNDLE group for
   additional processing, according to the following steps:

   *  If the MID associated with the RTP stream is not in the table
      mapping a MID to an "m=" section, then the RTP stream is not
      decoded, and the payload data is discarded.

   *  If the packet has a MID and the packet's extended sequence number
      is greater than that of the last MID update, as discussed in
      [RFC7941], Section 4.2.6, update the MID associated with the RTP
      stream to match the MID carried in the RTP packet and then update
      the mapping tables to include an entry that maps the SSRC of that
      RTP stream to the "m=" section for that MID.

   *  If the SSRC of the RTP stream is in the incoming SSRC mapping
      table, check that the payload type used by the RTP stream matches
      a payload type included in the matching "m=" section.  If so,
      associate the RTP stream with that "m=" section.  Otherwise, the
      RTP stream is not decoded, and the payload data is discarded.

   *  If the payload type used by the RTP stream is in the payload type
      table, update the incoming SSRC mapping table to include an entry
      that maps the RTP stream's SSRC to the "m=" section for that
      payload type.  Associate the RTP stream with the corresponding
      "m=" section.

   *  Otherwise, mark the RTP stream as "not for decoding" and discard
      the payload.

   If the RTP packet contains one or more contributing source (CSRC)
   identifiers, then each CSRC is looked up in the incoming SSRC table,
   and a copy of the RTP packet is associated with the corresponding
   "m=" section for additional processing.

   For each RTCP packet received (including each RTCP packet that is
   part of a compound RTCP packet), the packet is processed as usual by
   the RTP layer, then associated with the appropriate "m=" sections and
   processed for the RTP streams represented by those "m=" sections.
   This routing is type dependent, as each kind of RTCP packet has its
   own mechanism for associating it with the relevant RTP streams.

   RTCP packets that cannot be associated with an appropriate "m="
   section MUST still be processed as usual by the RTP layer, which
   updates the metadata associated with the corresponding RTP streams.
   This situation can occur with certain multiparty RTP topologies or
   when RTCP packets are sent containing a subset of the SDES
   information.

   Additional rules for processing various types of RTCP packets are
   explained below.

   *  If the RTCP packet is of type SDES, for each chunk in the packet
      whose SSRC is found in the incoming SSRC table, deliver a copy of
      the SDES packet to the "m=" section associated with that SSRC.  In
      addition, for any SDES MID items contained in these chunks, if the
      MID is found in the table mapping a MID to an "m=" section, update
      the incoming SSRC table to include an entry that maps the RTP
      stream associated with the chunk's SSRC to the "m=" section
      associated with that MID, unless the packet is older than the
      packet that most recently updated the mapping for this SSRC, as
      discussed in [RFC7941], Section 4.2.6.

   *  Note that if an SDES packet is received as part of a compound RTCP
      packet, the SSRC to "m=" section mapping might not exist until the
      SDES packet is handled (e.g., in the case where RTCP for a source
      is received before any RTP packets).  Therefore, it can be
      beneficial for an implementation to delay RTCP packet routing,
      such that it either prioritizes processing of the SDES item to
      generate or update the mapping or buffers the RTCP information
      that needs to be routed until the SDES item(s) has been processed.
      If the implementation is unable to follow this recommendation, the
      consequence could be that some RTCP information from this
      particular RTCP compound packet is not provided to higher layers.
      The impact from this is likely minor when this information relates
      to a future incoming RTP stream.

   *  If the RTCP packet is of type BYE, it indicates that the RTP
      streams referenced in the packet are ending.  Therefore, for each
      SSRC indicated in the packet that is found in the incoming SSRC
      table, first deliver a copy of the BYE packet to the "m=" section
      associated with that SSRC, and then remove the entry for that SSRC
      from the incoming SSRC table after an appropriate delay to account
      for "straggler packets", as specified in [RFC3550], Section 6.2.1.

   *  If the RTCP packet is of type sender report (SR) or receiver
      report (RR), for each report block in the report whose "SSRC of
      source" is found in the outgoing SSRC table, deliver a copy of the
      SR or RR packet to the "m=" section associated with that SSRC.  In
      addition, if the packet is of type SR and the sender SSRC for the
      packet is found in the incoming SSRC table, deliver a copy of the
      SR packet to the "m=" section associated with that SSRC.

   *  If the implementation supports the RTCP Extended Report (XR) and
      the packet is of type XR, as defined in [RFC3611], for each report
      block in the report whose "SSRC of source" is found in the
      outgoing SSRC table, deliver a copy of the XR packet to the "m="
      section associated with that SSRC.  In addition, if the sender
      SSRC for the packet is found in the incoming SSRC table, deliver a
      copy of the XR packet to the "m=" section associated with that
      SSRC.

   *  If the RTCP packet is a feedback message of type RTPFB (transport-
      layer FB message) or PSFB (payload-specific FB message), as
      defined in [RFC4585], it will contain a media source SSRC, and
      this SSRC is used for routing certain subtypes of feedback
      messages.  However, several subtypes of PSFB and RTPFB messages
      include a target SSRC(s) in a section called Feedback Control
      Information (FCI).  For these messages, the target SSRC(s) is used
      for routing.

   *  If the RTCP packet is a feedback packet that does not include
      target SSRCs in its FCI section, and the media source SSRC is
      found in the outgoing SSRC table, deliver the feedback packet to
      the "m=" section associated with that SSRC.  RTPFB and PSFB types
      that are handled in this way include:

      Generic NACK:  (PT=RTPFB, FMT=1) [RFC4585]

      Picture Loss Indication (PLI):  (PT=PSFB, FMT=1) [RFC4585]

      Slice Loss Indication (SLI):  (PT=PSFB, FMT=2) [RFC4585]

      Reference Picture Selection Indication (RPSI):  (PT=PSFB, FMT=3)
         [RFC4585]

   *  If the RTCP packet is a feedback message that does include a
      target SSRC(s) in its FCI section, it can either be a request or a
      notification.  Requests reference an RTP stream that is being sent
      by the message recipient, whereas notifications are responses to
      an earlier request and therefore reference an RTP stream that is
      being received by the message recipient.

   *  If the RTCP packet is a feedback request that includes a target
      SSRC(s), for each target SSRC that is found in the outgoing SSRC
      table, deliver a copy of the RTCP packet to the "m=" section
      associated with that SSRC.  PSFB and RTPFB types that are handled
      in this way include:

      Full Intra Request (FIR):  (PT=PSFB, FMT=4) [RFC5104]

      Temporal-Spatial Trade-off Request (TSTR):  (PT=PSFB, FMT=5)
         [RFC5104]

      H.271 Video Back Channel Message (VBCM):  (PT=PSFB, FMT=7)
         [RFC5104]



      Temporary Maximum Media Stream Bit Rate Request (TMMBR):  (PT=RTPF
         B, FMT=3) [RFC5104]

      Layer Refresh Request (LRR):  (PT=PSFB, FMT=10) [LLR-RTCP].

   *  If the RTCP packet is a feedback notification that includes a
      target SSRC(s), for each target SSRC that is found in the incoming
      SSRC table, deliver a copy of the RTCP packet to the "m=" section
      associated with the RTP stream with a matching SSRC.  PSFB and
      RTPFB types that are handled in this way include:

      Temporal-Spatial Trade-off Notification (TSTN):  (PT=PSFB, FMT=6)
         [RFC5104].  This message is a notification in response to a
         prior TSTR.

      Temporary Maximum Media Stream Bit Rate Notification (TMMBN):  (PT
         =RTPFB, FMT=4) [RFC5104].  This message is a notification in
         response to a prior TMMBR, but it can also be sent unsolicited.

      If the RTCP packet is of type APP, then it is handled in an
      application-specific manner.  If the application does not
      recognize the APP packet, then it MUST be discarded.

9.3.  RTP/RTCP Multiplexing



   Within a BUNDLE group, the offerer and answerer MUST enable RTP/RTCP
   multiplexing [RFC5761] for the RTP-based bundled media (i.e., the
   same transport will be used for both RTP packets and RTCP packets).
   In addition, the offerer and answerer MUST support the SDP 'rtcp-mux-
   only' attribute [RFC8858].

9.3.1.  SDP Offer/Answer Procedures



   This section describes how an offerer and answerer use the SDP 'rtcp-
   mux' [RFC5761] and SDP 'rtcp-mux-only' attributes [RFC8858] to
   negotiate usage of RTP/RTCP multiplexing for RTP-based bundled media.

   RTP/RTCP multiplexing only applies to RTP-based media.  However, as
   described in Section 7.1.3, within an offer or answer, the SDP 'rtcp-
   mux' and SDP 'rtcp-mux-only' attributes might be included in a
   bundled "m=" section for non-RTP-based media (if such an "m=" section
   is the offerer-tagged "m=" section or answerer-tagged "m=" section).

9.3.1.1.  Generating the Initial BUNDLE Offer



   When an offerer generates an initial BUNDLE offer, if the offer
   contains one or more bundled "m=" sections for RTP-based media (or if
   there is a chance that "m=" sections for RTP-based media will later
   be added to the BUNDLE group), the offerer MUST include an SDP 'rtcp-
   mux' attribute [RFC5761] in each bundled "m=" section (excluding any
   bundle-only "m=" sections).  In addition, the offerer MAY include an
   SDP 'rtcp-mux-only' attribute [RFC8858] in one or more bundled "m="
   sections for RTP-based media.

      NOTE: Whether the offerer includes the SDP 'rtcp-mux-only'
      attribute depends on whether the offerer supports fallback to
      usage of a separate port for RTCP in case the answerer moves one
      or more "m=" sections for RTP-based media out of the BUNDLE group
      in the answer.

      NOTE: If the offerer includes an SDP 'rtcp-mux' attribute in the
      bundled "m=" sections but does not include an SDP 'rtcp-mux-only'
      attribute, the offerer can also include an SDP 'rtcp' attribute
      [RFC3605] in one or more RTP-based bundled "m=" sections in order
      to provide a fallback port for RTCP, as described in [RFC5761].
      However, the fallback port will only be applied to "m=" sections
      for RTP-based media that are moved out of the BUNDLE group by the
      answerer.

   In the initial BUNDLE offer, the address:port combination for RTCP
   MUST be unique in each bundled "m=" section for RTP-based media
   (excluding a bundle-only "m=" section), similar to RTP.

9.3.1.2.  Generating the SDP Answer



   When an answerer generates an answer, if the answerer supports RTP-
   based media and if a bundled "m=" section in the corresponding offer
   contained an SDP 'rtcp-mux' attribute, the answerer MUST enable usage
   of RTP/RTCP multiplexing, even if there currently are no bundled "m="
   sections for RTP-based media within the BUNDLE group.  The answerer
   MUST include an SDP 'rtcp-mux' attribute in the answerer-tagged "m="
   section, following the procedures for BUNDLE attributes
   (Section 7.1.3).  In addition, if the "m=" section that is selected
   as the offerer-tagged "m=" section contained an SDP 'rtcp-mux-only'
   attribute, the answerer MUST include an SDP 'rtcp-mux-only' attribute
   in the answerer-tagged "m=" section.

   In an initial BUNDLE offer, if the suggested offerer-tagged "m="
   section contained an SDP 'rtcp-mux-only' attribute, the "m=" section
   was for RTP-based media.  If the answerer does not accept the "m="
   section in the created BUNDLE group and moves the "m=" section out of
   the BUNDLE group (Section 7.3.2), the answerer MUST include the
   attribute in the moved "m=" section and enable RTP/RTCP multiplexing
   for the media associated with the "m=" section.  If the answerer
   rejects the "m=" section (Section 7.3.3), the answerer MUST NOT
   include the attribute.

   The answerer MUST NOT include an SDP 'rtcp' attribute in any bundled
   "m=" section in the answer.  The answerer will use the port value of
   the offerer-tagged "m=" section sending RTP and RTCP packets
   associated with RTP-based bundled media towards the offerer.

   If the usage of RTP/RTCP multiplexing within a BUNDLE group has been
   negotiated in a previous offer/answer exchange, the answerer MUST
   include an SDP 'rtcp-mux' attribute in the answerer-tagged "m="
   section.  It is not possible to disable RTP/RTCP multiplexing within
   a BUNDLE group.

9.3.1.3.  Offerer Processing of the SDP Answer



   When an offerer receives an answer, if the answerer has accepted the
   usage of RTP/RTCP multiplexing (Section 9.3.1.2), the answerer
   follows the procedures for RTP/RTCP multiplexing defined in
   [RFC5761].  The offerer will use the port value of the answerer-
   tagged "m=" section for sending RTP and RTCP packets associated with
   RTP-based bundled media towards the answerer.

      NOTE: It is considered a protocol error if the answerer has not
      accepted the usage of RTP/RTCP multiplexing for RTP-based "m="
      sections that the answerer included in the BUNDLE group.

9.3.1.4.  Modifying the Session



   When an offerer generates a subsequent offer, the offerer MUST
   include an SDP 'rtcp-mux' attribute in the offerer-tagged "m="
   section, following the procedures for IDENTICAL multiplexing category
   attributes in Section 7.1.3.

10.  ICE Considerations



   This section describes how to use the BUNDLE grouping extension
   together with the ICE mechanism [RFC8445].

   The generic procedures for negotiating the usage of ICE using SDP,
   defined in [RFC8839], also apply to the usage of ICE with BUNDLE,
   with the following exceptions:

   *  When the BUNDLE transport has been established, ICE connectivity
      checks and keepalives only need to be performed for the BUNDLE
      transport, instead of per individual bundled "m=" section within
      the BUNDLE group.

   *  The generic SDP attribute offer/answer considerations
      (Section 7.1.3) also apply to ICE-related attributes.  Therefore,
      when an offerer sends an initial BUNDLE offer (in order to
      negotiate a BUNDLE group), the offerer includes ICE-related media-
      level attributes in each bundled "m=" section (excluding any
      bundle-only "m=" sections), and each "m=" section MUST contain
      unique ICE properties.  When an answerer generates an answer
      (initial BUNDLE answer or subsequent) that contains a BUNDLE group
      and when an offerer sends a subsequent offer that contains a
      BUNDLE group, ICE-related media-level attributes are only included
      in the tagged "m=" section (suggested offerer-tagged "m=" section
      or answerer-tagged "m=" section), and the ICE properties are
      applied to each bundled "m=" section within the BUNDLE group.

      NOTE: Most ICE-related media-level SDP attributes belong to the
      TRANSPORT multiplexing category [RFC8859], and the generic SDP
      attribute offer/answer considerations for the TRANSPORT
      multiplexing category apply to the attributes.  However, in the
      case of ICE-related attributes, the same considerations also apply
      to ICE-related media-level attributes that belong to other
      multiplexing categories.

      NOTE: The following ICE-related media-level SDP attributes are
      defined in [RFC8839]: 'candidate', 'remote-candidates', 'ice-
      mismatch', 'ice-ufrag', 'ice-pwd', and 'ice-pacing'.

   Initially, before ICE has produced selected candidate pairs that will
   be used for media, there might be multiple transports established (if
   multiple candidate pairs are tested).  Once ICE has selected
   candidate pairs, they form the BUNDLE transport.

   Support and usage of the ICE mechanism together with the BUNDLE
   extension is OPTIONAL, and the procedures in this section only apply
   when the ICE mechanism is used.  Note that applications might mandate
   usage of the ICE mechanism even if the BUNDLE extension is not used.

      NOTE: If the Trickle ICE mechanism [RFC8840] is used, an offerer
      and answerer might assign a port value of '9' and an IPv4 address
      of '0.0.0.0' (or, the IPv6 equivalent '::') to multiple bundled
      "m=" sections in the initial BUNDLE offer.  The offerer and
      answerer will follow the normal procedures for generating the
      offers and answers, including picking a bundled "m=" section as
      the suggested offerer-tagged "m=" section, selecting the tagged
      "m=" sections, etc.  The only difference is that media cannot be
      sent until one or more candidates have been provided.  Once a
      BUNDLE group has been negotiated, trickled candidates associated
      with a bundled "m=" section will be applied to all bundled "m="
      sections within the BUNDLE group.

11.  DTLS Considerations



   One or more media streams within a BUNDLE group might use the DTLS
   protocol [RFC6347] in order to encrypt the data or negotiate
   encryption keys if another encryption mechanism is used to encrypt
   media.

   When DTLS is used within a BUNDLE group, the following rules apply:

   *  There can only be one DTLS association [RFC6347] associated with
      the BUNDLE group;

   *  Each usage of the DTLS association within the BUNDLE group MUST
      use the same mechanism for determining which endpoints (the
      offerer or answerer) become DTLS client and DTLS server;

   *  Each usage of the DTLS association within the BUNDLE group MUST
      use the same mechanism for determining whether an offer or answer
      will trigger the establishment of a new DTLS association or if an
      existing DTLS association will be used instead; and

   *  If the DTLS client supports DTLS-SRTP, it MUST include the
      'use_srtp' extension in the DTLS ClientHello message [RFC5764].
      The client MUST include the extension even if the usage of DTLS-
      SRTP is not negotiated as part of the multimedia session (e.g.,
      the SIP session [RFC3261]).

      NOTE: The inclusion of the 'use_srtp' extension during the initial
      DTLS handshake ensures that a DTLS renegotiation will not be
      required in order to include the extension in case DTLS-SRTP
      encrypted media is added to the BUNDLE group later during the
      multimedia session.

12.  RTP Header Extensions Consideration



   When RTP header extensions [RFC8285] are used in the context of this
   specification, the identifier used for a given extension MUST
   identify the same extension across all the bundled media
   descriptions.

13.  Updates to RFC 3264



   This section updates [RFC3264] in order to allow extensions to define
   the usage of a zero port value in offers and answers for purposes
   other than removing or disabling media streams.  The following
   sections are being updated:

   *  "Unicast Streams"; see Section 5.1 of [RFC3264].

   *  "Putting a Unicast Media Stream on Hold"; see Section 8.4 of
      [RFC3264].

13.1.  Original Text from RFC 3264, Section 5.1, Paragraph 22>

   |  For recvonly and sendrecv streams, the port number and address in
   |  the offer indicate where the offerer would like to receive the
   |  media stream.  For sendonly RTP streams, the address and port
   |  number indirectly indicate where the offerer wants to receive RTCP
   |  reports.  Unless there is an explicit indication otherwise,
   |  reports are sent to the port number one higher than the number
   |  indicated.  The IP address and port present in the offer indicate
   |  nothing about the source IP address and source port of RTP and
   |  RTCP packets that will be sent by the offerer.  A port number of
   |  zero in the offer indicates that the stream is offered but MUST
   |  NOT be used.  This has no useful semantics in an initial offer,
   |  but is allowed for reasons of completeness, since the answer can
   |  contain a zero port indicating a rejected stream (Section 6).
   |  Furthermore, existing streams can be terminated by setting the
   |  port to zero (Section 8).  In general, a port number of zero
   |  indicates that the media stream is not wanted.

13.2.  New Text Replacing RFC 3264, Section 5.1, Paragraph 22>

   |  For recvonly and sendrecv streams, the port number and address in
   |  the offer indicate where the offerer would like to receive the
   |  media stream.  For sendonly RTP streams, the address and port
   |  number indirectly indicate where the offerer wants to receive RTCP
   |  reports.  Unless there is an explicit indication otherwise,
   |  reports are sent to the port number one higher than the number
   |  indicated.  The IP address and port present in the offer indicate
   |  nothing about the source IP address and source port of the RTP and
   |  RTCP packets that will be sent by the offerer.  By default, a port
   |  number of zero in the offer indicates that the stream is offered
   |  but MUST NOT be used, but an extension mechanism might specify
   |  different semantics for the usage of a zero port value.
   |  Furthermore, existing streams can be terminated by setting the
   |  port to zero (Section 8).  In general, a port number of zero by
   |  default indicates that the media stream is not wanted.

13.3.  Original Text from RFC 3264, Section 8.4, Paragraph 62>

   |  RFC 2543 [10] specified that placing a user on hold was
   |  accomplished by setting the connection address to 0.0.0.0.  Its
   |  usage for putting a call on hold is no longer recommended, since
   |  it doesn't allow for RTCP to be used with held streams, doesn't
   |  work with IPv6, and breaks with connection oriented media.
   |  However, it can be useful in an initial offer when the offerer
   |  knows it wants to use a particular set of media streams and
   |  formats, but doesn't know the addresses and ports at the time of
   |  the offer.  Of course, when used, the port number MUST NOT be
   |  zero, which would specify that the stream has been disabled.  An
   |  agent MUST be capable of receiving SDP with a connection address
   |  of 0.0.0.0, in which case it means that neither RTP nor RTCP
   |  should be sent to the peer.

13.4.  New Text Replacing RFC 3264, Section 8.4, Paragraph 62>

   |  RFC 2543 [RFC2543] specifies that placing a user on hold was
   |  accomplished by setting the connection address to 0.0.0.0.  Its
   |  usage for putting a call on hold is no longer recommended, since
   |  it doesn't allow for RTCP to be used with held streams, doesn't
   |  work with IPv6, and breaks with connection oriented media.
   |  However, it can be useful in an initial offer when the offerer
   |  knows it wants to use a particular set of media streams and
   |  formats, but doesn't know the addresses and ports at the time of
   |  the offer.  Of course, when used, the port number MUST NOT be
   |  zero, if it would specify that the stream has been disabled.
   |  However, an extension mechanism might specify different semantics
   |  of the zero port number usage.  An agent MUST be capable of
   |  receiving SDP with a connection address of 0.0.0.0, in which case
   |  it means that neither RTP nor RTCP is to be sent to the peer.

14.  Update to RFC 5888



   This section updates RFC 5888 [RFC5888] in order for extensions to
   allow an SDP 'group' attribute containing an identification-tag that
   identifies an "m=" section with the port set to zero.  "Group Value
   in Answers" (Section 9.2 of [RFC5888]) is updated.

14.1.  Original Text from RFC 5888, Section 9.2, Paragraph 3



   |  SIP entities refuse media streams by setting the port to zero in
   |  the corresponding "m" line. "a=group" lines MUST NOT contain
   |  identification-tags that correspond to "m" lines with the port set
   |  to zero.

14.2.  New Text Replacing RFC 5888, Section 9.2, Paragraph 3



   |  SIP entities refuse media streams by setting the port to zero in
   |  the corresponding "m" line. "a=group" lines MUST NOT contain
   |  identification-tags that correspond to "m" lines with the port set
   |  to zero, but an extension mechanism might specify different
   |  semantics for including identification-tags that correspond to
   |  such "m=" lines.

15.  RTP/RTCP Extensions for identification-tag Transport



   Offerers and answerers [RFC3264] can associate identification-tags
   with "m=" sections within offers and answers using the procedures in
   [RFC5888].  Each identification-tag uniquely represents an "m="
   section.

   This section defines a new RTCP SDES item [RFC3550], 'MID', which is
   used to carry identification-tags within RTCP SDES packets.  This
   section also defines a new RTP SDES header extension [RFC7941], which
   is used to carry the 'MID' RTCP SDES item in RTP packets.

   The SDES item and RTP SDES header extension make it possible for a
   receiver to associate each RTP stream with a specific "m=" section
   with which the receiver has associated an identification-tag, even if
   those "m=" sections are part of the same RTP session.  The RTP SDES
   header extension also ensures that the media recipient gets the
   identification-tag upon receipt of the first decodable media and is
   able to associate the media with the correct application.

   A media recipient informs the media sender about the identification-
   tag associated with an "m=" section through the use of a 'mid'
   attribute [RFC5888].  The media sender then inserts the
   identification-tag in RTCP and RTP packets sent to the media
   recipient.

      NOTE: The text above defines how identification-tags are carried
      in offers and answers.  The usage of other signaling protocols for
      carrying identification-tags is not prevented, but the usage of
      such protocols is outside the scope of this document.

   [RFC3550] defines general procedures regarding the RTCP transmission
   interval.  The RTCP MID SDES item SHOULD be sent in the first few
   RTCP packets after joining the session and SHOULD be sent regularly
   thereafter.  The exact number of RTCP packets in which this SDES item
   is sent is intentionally not specified here, as it will depend on the
   expected packet-loss rate, the RTCP reporting interval, and the
   allowable overhead.

   The RTP SDES header extension for carrying the 'MID' RTCP SDES SHOULD
   be included in some RTP packets at the start of the session and
   whenever the SSRC changes.  It might also be useful to include the
   header extension in RTP packets that comprise access points in the
   media (e.g., with video I-frames).  The exact number of RTP packets
   in which this header extension is sent is intentionally not specified
   here, as it will depend on expected packet-loss rate and loss
   patterns, the overhead the application can tolerate, and the
   importance of immediate receipt of the identification-tag.

   For robustness, endpoints need to be prepared for situations where
   the reception of the identification-tag is delayed and SHOULD NOT
   terminate sessions in such cases, as the identification-tag is likely
   to arrive soon.

15.1.  RTCP MID SDES Item



       0                   1                   2                   3
       0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |      MID=15   |     length    | identification-tag          ...
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   The identification-tag payload is UTF-8 encoded [RFC3629], as in SDP.

   The identification-tag is not zero terminated.

15.2.  RTP SDES Header Extension for MID



   The payload, containing the identification-tag, of the RTP SDES
   header extension element can be encoded using either the 1-byte or
   the 2-byte header [RFC7941].  The identification-tag payload is UTF-8
   encoded, as in SDP.

   The identification-tag is not zero terminated.  Note that the set of
   header extensions included in the packet needs to be padded to the
   next 32-bit boundary using zero bytes [RFC8285].

   As the identification-tag is included in an RTCP SDES item, an RTP
   SDES header extension, or both, there needs to be some consideration
   about the packet expansion caused by the identification-tag.  To
   avoid Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) issues for the RTP packets, the
   header extension's size needs to be taken into account when encoding
   the media.

   It is recommended that the identification-tag be kept short.  Due to
   the properties of the RTP header extension mechanism, when using the
   1-byte header, a tag that is 1-3 bytes will result in a minimal
   number of 32-bit words used for the RTP SDES header extension, in
   case no other header extensions are included at the same time.  Note:
   do take into account that some single characters when UTF-8 encoded
   will result in multiple octets.  The identification-tag MUST NOT
   contain any user information, and applications SHALL avoid generating
   the identification-tag using a pattern that enables user or
   application identification.

16.  IANA Considerations



   NOTE: Apart from the references, the IANA considerations in this
   section are identical to those in [RFC8843].

16.1.  SDES Item



   This document updates the MID SDES entry in the "RTP SDES Item Types"
   registry as follows:

   Value:  15
   Abbrev.:  MID
   Name:  Media Identification
   Reference:  RFC 9143

16.2.  RTP SDES Header Extension URI



   This document updates the extension URI in the "RTP SDES Compact
   Header Extensions" subregistry of the "RTP Compact Header Extensions"
   sub-registry, according to the following data:

   Extension URI:  urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid
   Description:  Media identification
   Contact:  IESG (iesg@ietf.org)
   Reference:  RFC 9143

   The SDES item does not reveal privacy information about the users.
   It is simply used to associate RTP-based media with the correct SDP
   media description ("m=" section) in the SDP used to negotiate the
   media.

   The purpose of the extension is for the offerer to be able to
   associate received multiplexed RTP-based media before the offerer
   receives the associated answer.

16.3.  SDP Attribute



   This document updates the SDP media-level attribute, 'bundle-only',
   in the "attribute-name (formerly 'att-field')" subregistry of the
   "Session Description Protocol (SDP) Parameters" registry according to
   the following data:

   Attribute name:  bundle-only
   Type of attribute:  media
   Subject to charset:  No
   Purpose:  Request a media description to be accepted in the answer
      only if kept within a BUNDLE group by the answerer.
   Appropriate values:  N/A
   Contact name:  IESG
   Contact e-mail:  iesg@ietf.org
   Reference:  RFC 9143
   Mux category:  NORMAL

16.4.  SDP Group Semantics



   This document updates the following semantics in the "Semantics for
   the 'group' SDP Attribute" subregistry (under the "Session
   Description Protocol (SDP) Parameters" registry):

   +================+========+==============+===========+
   | Semantics      | Token  | Mux Category | Reference |
   +================+========+==============+===========+
   | Media bundling | BUNDLE | NORMAL       | RFC 9143  |
   +----------------+--------+--------------+-----------+

           Table 1: Update to SDP Group Semantics

17.  Security Considerations



   The security considerations defined in [RFC3264] and [RFC5888] apply
   to the BUNDLE extension.  BUNDLE does not change which information,
   e.g., RTP streams, flows over the network, except for the usage of
   the MID SDES item as discussed below.  Primarily, it changes which
   addresses and ports, and thus in which (RTP) sessions, the
   information flows to.  This affects the security contexts being used
   and can cause previously separated information flows to share the
   same security context.  This has very little impact on the
   performance of the security mechanism of the RTP sessions.  In cases
   where one would have applied different security policies on the
   different RTP streams being bundled or where the parties having
   access to the security contexts would have differed between the RTP
   streams, additional analysis of the implications is needed before
   selecting to apply BUNDLE.

   The identification-tag, independent of transport, RTCP SDES packet,
   or RTP header extension, can expose the value to parties beyond the
   signaling chain.  Therefore, the identification-tag values MUST be
   generated in a fashion that does not leak user information, e.g.,
   randomly or using a per-bundle group counter, and SHOULD be 3 bytes
   or fewer to allow them to efficiently fit into the MID RTP header
   extension.  Note that if implementations use different methods for
   generating identification-tags, this could enable fingerprinting of
   the implementation, making it vulnerable to targeted attacks.  The
   identification-tag is exposed on the RTP stream level when included
   in the RTP header extensions; however, what it reveals of the RTP
   media stream structure of the endpoint and application was already
   possible to deduce from the RTP streams without the MID SDES header
   extensions.  As the identification-tag is also used to route the
   media stream to the right application functionality, it is important
   that the value received is the one intended by the sender; thus,
   integrity and the authenticity of the source are important to prevent
   denial of service on the application.  Existing SRTP configurations
   and other security mechanisms protecting the whole RTP/RTCP packets
   will provide the necessary protection.

   When the BUNDLE extension is used, the set of configurations of the
   security mechanism used in all the bundled media descriptions will
   need to be compatible so that they can be used simultaneously, at
   least per direction or endpoint.  When using SRTP, this will be the
   case, at least for the IETF-defined key-management solutions due to
   their SDP attributes ("a=crypto", "a=fingerprint", "a=mikey") and
   their classification in [RFC8859].

   The security considerations of "RTP Header Extension for the RTP
   Control Protocol (RTCP) Source Description Items" [RFC7941] require
   that when RTCP is confidentiality protected, any SDES RTP header
   extension carrying an SDES item, such as the MID RTP header
   extension, is also protected using commensurate strength algorithms.
   However, assuming the above requirements and recommendations are
   followed, there are no known significant security risks with leaving
   the MID RTP header extension without confidentiality protection.
   Therefore, this specification updates [RFC7941] by adding the
   exception that this requirement MAY be ignored for the MID RTP header
   extension.  Security mechanisms for RTP/RTCP are discussed in
   "Options for Securing RTP Sessions" [RFC7201]; for example, SRTP
   [RFC3711] can provide the necessary security functions of ensuring
   the integrity and source authenticity.

18.  Examples



18.1.  Example: Tagged "m=" Section Selections



   The example below shows:

   *  An initial BUNDLE offer, in which the offerer wants to negotiate a
      BUNDLE group and indicates the audio "m=" section as the suggested
      offerer-tagged "m=" section.

   *  An initial BUNDLE answer, in which the answerer accepts the
      creation of the BUNDLE group, selects the audio "m=" section in
      the offer as the offerer-tagged "m=" section, selects the audio
      "m=" section in the answer as the answerer-tagged "m=" section,
      and assigns the answerer BUNDLE address:port to that "m=" section.

   SDP Offer (1)

       v=0
       o=alice 2890844526 2890844526 IN IP6 2001:db8::3
       s=
       c=IN IP6 2001:db8::3
       t=0 0
       a=group:BUNDLE foo bar

       m=audio 10000 RTP/AVP 0 8 97
       b=AS:200
       a=mid:foo
       a=rtcp-mux
       a=rtpmap:0 PCMU/8000
       a=rtpmap:8 PCMA/8000
       a=rtpmap:97 iLBC/8000
       a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid

       m=video 10002 RTP/AVP 31 32
       b=AS:1000
       a=mid:bar
       a=rtcp-mux
       a=rtpmap:31 H261/90000
       a=rtpmap:32 MPV/90000
       a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid

   SDP Answer (2)

       v=0
       o=bob 2808844564 2808844564 IN IP6 2001:db8::1
       s=
       c=IN IP6 2001:db8::1
       t=0 0
       a=group:BUNDLE foo bar

       m=audio 20000 RTP/AVP 0
       b=AS:200
       a=mid:foo
       a=rtcp-mux
       a=rtpmap:0 PCMU/8000
       a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid

       m=video 20000 RTP/AVP 32
       b=AS:1000
       a=mid:bar
       a=rtpmap:32 MPV/90000
       a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid

18.2.  Example: BUNDLE Group Rejected



   The example below shows:

   *  An initial BUNDLE offer, in which the offerer wants to negotiate a
      BUNDLE group and indicates the audio "m=" section as the suggested
      offerer-tagged "m=" section.

   *  An initial BUNDLE answer, in which the answerer rejects the
      creation of the BUNDLE group, generates a normal answer, and
      assigns a unique address:port to each "m=" section in the answer.

   SDP Offer (1)

       v=0
       o=alice 2890844526 2890844526 IN IP6 2001:db8::3
       s=
       c=IN IP6 2001:db8::3
       t=0 0
       a=group:BUNDLE foo bar

       m=audio 10000 RTP/AVP 0 8 97
       b=AS:200
       a=mid:foo
       a=rtcp-mux
       a=rtpmap:0 PCMU/8000
       a=rtpmap:8 PCMA/8000
       a=rtpmap:97 iLBC/8000
       a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid

       m=video 10002 RTP/AVP 31 32
       b=AS:1000
       a=mid:bar
       a=rtcp-mux
       a=rtpmap:31 H261/90000
       a=rtpmap:32 MPV/90000
       a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid

   SDP Answer (2)

       v=0
       o=bob 2808844564 2808844564 IN IP6 2001:db8::1
       s=
       c=IN IP6 2001:db8::1
       t=0 0

       m=audio 20000 RTP/AVP 0
       b=AS:200
       a=rtcp-mux
       a=rtpmap:0 PCMU/8000

       m=video 30000 RTP/AVP 32
       b=AS:1000
       a=rtcp-mux
       a=rtpmap:32 MPV/90000

18.3.  Example: Offerer Adds a Media Description to a BUNDLE Group



   The example below shows:

   *  A subsequent offer, in which the offerer adds a new bundled "m="
      section (video), indicated by the "zen" identification-tag, to a
      previously negotiated BUNDLE group; indicates the new "m=" section
      as the offerer-tagged "m=" section; and assigns the offerer BUNDLE
      address:port to that "m=" section.

   *  A subsequent answer, in which the answerer indicates the new video
      "m=" section in the answer as the answerer-tagged "m=" section and
      assigns the answerer BUNDLE address:port to that "m=" section.

   SDP Offer (1)

       v=0
       o=alice 2890844526 2890844526 IN IP6 2001:db8::3
       s=
       c=IN IP6 2001:db8::3
       t=0 0
       a=group:BUNDLE zen foo bar

       m=audio 10000 RTP/AVP 0 8 97
       b=AS:200
       a=mid:foo
       a=rtpmap:0 PCMU/8000
       a=rtpmap:8 PCMA/8000
       a=rtpmap:97 iLBC/8000
       a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid

       m=video 10000 RTP/AVP 31 32
       b=AS:1000
       a=mid:bar
       a=rtpmap:31 H261/90000
       a=rtpmap:32 MPV/90000
       a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid

       m=video 10000 RTP/AVP 66
       b=AS:1000
       a=mid:zen
       a=rtcp-mux
       a=rtpmap:66 H261/90000
       a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid

   SDP Answer (2)

       v=0
       o=bob 2808844564 2808844564 IN IP6 2001:db8::1
       s=
       c=IN IP6 2001:db8::1
       t=0 0
       a=group:BUNDLE zen foo bar

       m=audio 20000 RTP/AVP 0
       b=AS:200
       a=mid:foo
       a=rtpmap:0 PCMU/8000
       a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid

       m=video 20000 RTP/AVP 32
       b=AS:1000
       a=mid:bar
       a=rtpmap:32 MPV/90000
       a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid

       m=video 20000 RTP/AVP 66
       b=AS:1000
       a=mid:zen
       a=rtcp-mux
       a=rtpmap:66 H261/90000
       a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid

18.4.  Example: Offerer Moves a Media Description Out of a BUNDLE Group



   The example below shows:

   *  A subsequent offer, in which the offerer removes an "m=" section
      (video), indicated by the "zen" identification-tag, from a
      previously negotiated BUNDLE group; indicates one of the bundled
      "m=" sections (audio) remaining in the BUNDLE group as the
      offerer-tagged "m=" section; and assigns the offerer BUNDLE
      address:port to that "m=" section.

   *  A subsequent answer, in which the answerer removes the "m="
      section from the BUNDLE group, indicates the audio "m=" section in
      the answer as the answerer-tagged "m=" section, and assigns the
      answerer BUNDLE address:port to that "m=" section.

   SDP Offer (1)

       v=0
       o=alice 2890844526 2890844526 IN IP6 2001:db8::3
       s=
       c=IN IP6 2001:db8::3
       t=0 0
       a=group:BUNDLE foo bar

       m=audio 10000 RTP/AVP 0 8 97
       b=AS:200
       a=mid:foo
       a=rtcp-mux
       a=rtpmap:0 PCMU/8000
       a=rtpmap:8 PCMA/8000
       a=rtpmap:97 iLBC/8000
       a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid

       m=video 10000 RTP/AVP 31 32
       b=AS:1000
       a=mid:bar
       a=rtpmap:31 H261/90000
       a=rtpmap:32 MPV/90000
       a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid

       m=video 50000 RTP/AVP 66
       b=AS:1000
       a=mid:zen
       a=rtcp-mux
       a=rtpmap:66 H261/90000

   SDP Answer (2)

       v=0
       o=bob 2808844564 2808844564 IN IP6 2001:db8::1
       s=
       c=IN IP6 2001:db8::1
       t=0 0
       a=group:BUNDLE foo bar

       m=audio 20000 RTP/AVP 0
       b=AS:200
       a=mid:foo
       a=rtcp-mux
       a=rtpmap:0 PCMU/8000
       a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid

       m=video 20000 RTP/AVP 32
       b=AS:1000
       a=mid:bar
       a=rtpmap:32 MPV/90000
       a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid

       m=video 60000 RTP/AVP 66
       b=AS:1000
       a=mid:zen
       a=rtcp-mux
       a=rtpmap:66 H261/90000

18.5.  Example: Offerer Disables a Media Description within a BUNDLE
       Group



   The example below shows:

   *  A subsequent offer, in which the offerer disables (by assigning a
      zero port value) an "m=" section (video), indicated by the "zen"
      identification-tag, from a previously negotiated BUNDLE group;
      indicates one of the bundled "m=" sections (audio) remaining
      active in the BUNDLE group as the offerer-tagged "m=" section; and
      assigns the offerer BUNDLE address:port to that "m=" section.

   *  A subsequent answer, in which the answerer disables the "m="
      section, indicates the audio "m=" section in the answer as the
      answerer-tagged "m=" section, and assigns the answerer BUNDLE
      address:port to that "m=" section.

   SDP Offer (1)

       v=0
       o=alice 2890844526 2890844526 IN IP6 2001:db8::3
       s=
       t=0 0
       a=group:BUNDLE foo bar

       m=audio 10000 RTP/AVP 0 8 97
       c=IN IP6 2001:db8::3
       b=AS:200
       a=mid:foo
       a=rtcp-mux
       a=rtpmap:0 PCMU/8000
       a=rtpmap:8 PCMA/8000
       a=rtpmap:97 iLBC/8000
       a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid

       m=video 10000 RTP/AVP 31 32
       c=IN IP6 2001:db8::3
       b=AS:1000
       a=mid:bar
       a=rtpmap:31 H261/90000
       a=rtpmap:32 MPV/90000
       a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid

       m=video 0 RTP/AVP 66
       a=mid:zen
       a=rtpmap:66 H261/90000

   SDP Answer (2)

       v=0
       o=bob 2808844564 2808844564 IN IP6 2001:db8::1
       s=
       t=0 0
       a=group:BUNDLE foo bar

       m=audio 20000 RTP/AVP 0
       c=IN IP6 2001:db8::1
       b=AS:200
       a=mid:foo
       a=rtcp-mux
       a=rtpmap:0 PCMU/8000
       a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid

       m=video 20000 RTP/AVP 32
       c=IN IP6 2001:db8::1
       b=AS:1000
       a=mid:bar
       a=rtpmap:32 MPV/90000
       a=extmap:1 urn:ietf:params:rtp-hdrext:sdes:mid

       m=video 0 RTP/AVP 66
       a=mid:zen
       a=rtpmap:66 H261/90000

19.  References



19.1.  Normative References



   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC3264]  Rosenberg, J. and H. Schulzrinne, "An Offer/Answer Model
              with Session Description Protocol (SDP)", RFC 3264,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC3264, June 2002,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3264>.

   [RFC3550]  Schulzrinne, H., Casner, S., Frederick, R., and V.
              Jacobson, "RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time
              Applications", STD 64, RFC 3550, DOI 10.17487/RFC3550,
              July 2003, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3550>.

   [RFC3605]  Huitema, C., "Real Time Control Protocol (RTCP) attribute
              in Session Description Protocol (SDP)", RFC 3605,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC3605, October 2003,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3605>.

   [RFC3629]  Yergeau, F., "UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO
              10646", STD 63, RFC 3629, DOI 10.17487/RFC3629, November
              2003, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3629>.

   [RFC3711]  Baugher, M., McGrew, D., Naslund, M., Carrara, E., and K.
              Norrman, "The Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP)",
              RFC 3711, DOI 10.17487/RFC3711, March 2004,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3711>.

   [RFC4566]  Handley, M., Jacobson, V., and C. Perkins, "SDP: Session
              Description Protocol", RFC 4566, DOI 10.17487/RFC4566,
              July 2006, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4566>.

   [RFC4961]  Wing, D., "Symmetric RTP / RTP Control Protocol (RTCP)",
              BCP 131, RFC 4961, DOI 10.17487/RFC4961, July 2007,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4961>.

   [RFC5761]  Perkins, C. and M. Westerlund, "Multiplexing RTP Data and
              Control Packets on a Single Port", RFC 5761,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC5761, April 2010,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5761>.

   [RFC5764]  McGrew, D. and E. Rescorla, "Datagram Transport Layer
              Security (DTLS) Extension to Establish Keys for the Secure
              Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP)", RFC 5764,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC5764, May 2010,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5764>.

   [RFC5888]  Camarillo, G. and H. Schulzrinne, "The Session Description
              Protocol (SDP) Grouping Framework", RFC 5888,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC5888, June 2010,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5888>.

   [RFC6347]  Rescorla, E. and N. Modadugu, "Datagram Transport Layer
              Security Version 1.2", RFC 6347, DOI 10.17487/RFC6347,
              January 2012, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6347>.

   [RFC7941]  Westerlund, M., Burman, B., Even, R., and M. Zanaty, "RTP
              Header Extension for the RTP Control Protocol (RTCP)
              Source Description Items", RFC 7941, DOI 10.17487/RFC7941,
              August 2016, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7941>.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
              May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.

   [RFC8285]  Singer, D., Desineni, H., and R. Even, Ed., "A General
              Mechanism for RTP Header Extensions", RFC 8285,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8285, October 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8285>.

   [RFC8445]  Keranen, A., Holmberg, C., and J. Rosenberg, "Interactive
              Connectivity Establishment (ICE): A Protocol for Network
              Address Translator (NAT) Traversal", RFC 8445,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8445, July 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8445>.

   [RFC8839]  Petit-Huguenin, M., Nandakumar, S., Holmberg, C., Keränen,
              A., and R. Shpount, "Session Description Protocol (SDP)
              Offer/Answer Procedures for Interactive Connectivity
              Establishment (ICE)", RFC 8839, DOI 10.17487/RFC8839,
              January 2021, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8839>.

   [RFC8840]  Ivov, E., Stach, T., Marocco, E., and C. Holmberg, "A
              Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Usage for Incremental
              Provisioning of Candidates for the Interactive
              Connectivity Establishment (Trickle ICE)", RFC 8840,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8840, January 2021,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8840>.

   [RFC8858]  Holmberg, C., "Indicating Exclusive Support of RTP and RTP
              Control Protocol (RTCP) Multiplexing Using the Session
              Description Protocol (SDP)", RFC 8858,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8858, January 2021,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8858>.

   [RFC8859]  Nandakumar, S., "A Framework for Session Description
              Protocol (SDP) Attributes When Multiplexing", RFC 8859,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8859, January 2021,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8859>.

19.2.  Informative References



   [Err6431]  RFC Errata, Erratum ID 6431, RFC 8843,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid6431>.

   [Err6437]  RFC Errata, Erratum ID 6437, RFC 8843,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid6437>.

   [LLR-RTCP] Lennox, J., Hong, D., Uberti, J., Holmer, S., and M.
              Flodman, "The Layer Refresh Request (LRR) RTCP Feedback
              Message", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-
              avtext-lrr-07, 2 July 2017,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-avtext-
              lrr-07>.

   [RFC2543]  Handley, M., Schulzrinne, H., Schooler, E., and J.
              Rosenberg, "SIP: Session Initiation Protocol", RFC 2543,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2543, March 1999,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2543>.

   [RFC3261]  Rosenberg, J., Schulzrinne, H., Camarillo, G., Johnston,
              A., Peterson, J., Sparks, R., Handley, M., and E.
              Schooler, "SIP: Session Initiation Protocol", RFC 3261,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC3261, June 2002,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3261>.

   [RFC3611]  Friedman, T., Ed., Caceres, R., Ed., and A. Clark, Ed.,
              "RTP Control Protocol Extended Reports (RTCP XR)",
              RFC 3611, DOI 10.17487/RFC3611, November 2003,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3611>.

   [RFC4585]  Ott, J., Wenger, S., Sato, N., Burmeister, C., and J. Rey,
              "Extended RTP Profile for Real-time Transport Control
              Protocol (RTCP)-Based Feedback (RTP/AVPF)", RFC 4585,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC4585, July 2006,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4585>.

   [RFC5104]  Wenger, S., Chandra, U., Westerlund, M., and B. Burman,
              "Codec Control Messages in the RTP Audio-Visual Profile
              with Feedback (AVPF)", RFC 5104, DOI 10.17487/RFC5104,
              February 2008, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5104>.

   [RFC5576]  Lennox, J., Ott, J., and T. Schierl, "Source-Specific
              Media Attributes in the Session Description Protocol
              (SDP)", RFC 5576, DOI 10.17487/RFC5576, June 2009,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5576>.

   [RFC7160]  Petit-Huguenin, M. and G. Zorn, Ed., "Support for Multiple
              Clock Rates in an RTP Session", RFC 7160,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7160, April 2014,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7160>.

   [RFC7201]  Westerlund, M. and C. Perkins, "Options for Securing RTP
              Sessions", RFC 7201, DOI 10.17487/RFC7201, April 2014,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7201>.

   [RFC7656]  Lennox, J., Gross, K., Nandakumar, S., Salgueiro, G., and
              B. Burman, Ed., "A Taxonomy of Semantics and Mechanisms
              for Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP) Sources", RFC 7656,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7656, November 2015,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7656>.

   [RFC7657]  Black, D., Ed. and P. Jones, "Differentiated Services
              (Diffserv) and Real-Time Communication", RFC 7657,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7657, November 2015,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7657>.

   [RFC8829]  Uberti, J., Jennings, C., and E. Rescorla, Ed.,
              "JavaScript Session Establishment Protocol (JSEP)",
              RFC 8829, DOI 10.17487/RFC8829, January 2021,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8829>.

   [RFC8838]  Ivov, E., Uberti, J., and P. Saint-Andre, "Trickle ICE:
              Incremental Provisioning of Candidates for the Interactive
              Connectivity Establishment (ICE) Protocol", RFC 8838,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8838, January 2021,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8838>.

   [RFC8843]  Holmberg, C., Alvestrand, H., and C. Jennings,
              "Negotiating Media Multiplexing Using the Session
              Description Protocol (SDP)", RFC 8843,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8843, January 2021,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8843>.

Appendix A.  Design Considerations



   One of the main issues regarding the BUNDLE grouping extensions has
   been whether, in offers and answers, the same port value can be
   inserted in "m=" lines associated with a BUNDLE group, as the purpose
   of the extension is to negotiate the usage of a single transport for
   media specified by the "m=" sections.  Issues with both approaches,
   discussed in Appendix A, have been raised.  The outcome was to
   specify a mechanism that uses offers with both different and
   identical port values.

   Below are the primary issues that have been considered when defining
   the "BUNDLE" grouping extension:

   1)  Interoperability with existing User Agents (UAs).

   2)  Interoperability with intermediary Back-to-Back User Agent
       (B2BUA) and proxy entities.

   3)  The number of ICE candidates and the time to gather them.

   4)  Different error scenarios and when they occur.

   5)  SDP offer/answer impacts, including usage of port number value
       zero.

A.1.  UA Interoperability



   Consider the following SDP offer/answer exchange, where Alice sends
   an offer to Bob:

   SDP Offer

       v=0
       o=alice 2890844526 2890844526 IN IP4 atlanta.example.com
       s=
       c=IN IP4 atlanta.example.com
       t=0 0

       m=audio 10000 RTP/AVP 97
       a=rtpmap:97 iLBC/8000
       m=video 10002 RTP/AVP 97
       a=rtpmap:97 H261/90000

   SDP Answer

       v=0
       o=bob 2808844564 2808844564 IN IP4 biloxi.example.com
       s=
       c=IN IP4 biloxi.example.com
       t=0 0

       m=audio 20000 RTP/AVP 97
       a=rtpmap:97 iLBC/8000
       m=video 20002 RTP/AVP 97
       a=rtpmap:97 H261/90000

   [RFC4961] specifies a way of doing symmetric RTP, but that is a later
   extension to RTP, and Bob cannot assume that Alice supports
   [RFC4961].  This means that Alice may be sending RTP from a different
   port than 10000 or 10002 -- some implementations simply send the RTP
   from an ephemeral port.  When Bob's endpoint receives an RTP packet,
   the only way that Bob knows if the packet is to be passed to the
   video or audio codec is by looking at the port it was received on.
   This prompted some SDP implementations to use a port number as an
   index to find the correct "m=" line in the SDP, since each "m"=
   section contains a different port number.  As a result, some
   implementations that do support symmetric RTP and ICE still use an
   SDP data structure where SDP with "m=" sections with the same port
   such as:

   SDP Offer

       v=0
       o=alice 2890844526 2890844526 IN IP4 atlanta.example.com
       s=
       c=IN IP4 atlanta.example.com
       t=0 0

       m=audio 10000 RTP/AVP 97
       a=rtpmap:97 iLBC/8000
       m=video 10000 RTP/AVP 98
       a=rtpmap:98 H261/90000

   will result in the second "m=" section being considered an SDP error
   because it has the same port as the first line.

A.2.  Usage of Port Number Value Zero



   In an offer or answer, the media specified by an "m=" section can be
   disabled/rejected by setting the port number value to zero.  This is
   different from, e.g., using the SDP direction attributes, where RTCP
   traffic will continue even if the SDP 'inactive' attribute is
   indicated for the associated "m=" section.

   If each "m=" section associated with a BUNDLE group were to contain
   different port values and one of those port values were used for a
   BUNDLE address:port associated with the BUNDLE group, problems would
   occur if an endpoint wants to disable/reject the "m=" section
   associated with that port by setting the port value to zero.  After
   that, no "m=" section would contain the port value that is used for
   the BUNDLE address:port.  In addition, it is unclear what would
   happen to the ICE candidates associated with the "m=" section, as
   they are also used for the BUNDLE address:port.

A.3.  B2BUA and Proxy Interoperability



   Some back-to-back user agents may be configured in a mode where if
   the incoming call leg contains an SDP attribute the B2BUA does not
   understand, the B2BUA still generates that SDP attribute in the Offer
   for the outgoing call leg.  Consider a B2BUA that did not understand
   the SDP 'rtcp' attribute, defined in [RFC3605], yet acted this way.
   Further, assume that the B2BUA was configured to tear down any call
   where it did not see any RTCP for 5 minutes.  In this case, if the
   B2BUA received an Offer like:

   SDP Offer

       v=0
       o=alice 2890844526 2890844526 IN IP4 atlanta.example.com
       s=
       c=IN IP4 atlanta.example.com
       t=0 0

       m=audio 49170 RTP/AVP 0
       a=rtcp:53020

   it would be looking for RTCP on port 49171 but would not see any
   because the RTCP would be on port 53020, and after five minutes, it
   would tear down the call.  Similarly, a B2BUA that did not understand
   BUNDLE yet put it in its offer may be looking for media on the wrong
   port and tear down the call.  It is worth noting that a B2BUA that
   generated an Offer with capabilities it does not understand is not
   compliant with the specifications.

A.3.1.  Traffic Policing



   Sometimes intermediaries do not act as B2BUAs, in the sense that they
   don't modify SDP bodies nor do they terminate SIP dialogs.  However,
   they may still use SDP information (e.g., IP address and port) in
   order to control traffic gating functions and to set traffic policing
   rules.  There might be rules that will trigger a session to be
   terminated in case media is not sent or received on the ports
   retrieved from the SDP.  This typically occurs once the session is
   already established and ongoing.

A.3.2.  Bandwidth Allocation



   Sometimes, intermediaries do not act as B2BUAs, in the sense that
   they don't modify SDP bodies nor do they terminate SIP dialogs.
   However, they may still use SDP information (e.g., codecs and media
   types) in order to control bandwidth allocation functions.  The
   bandwidth allocation is done per "m=" section, which means that it
   might not be enough if media specified by all "m=" sections try to
   use that bandwidth.  That may simply lead to either a bad user
   experience or termination of the call.

A.4.  Candidate Gathering



   When using ICE, a candidate needs to be gathered for each port.  This
   takes approximately 20 ms extra for each extra "m=" section due to
   the NAT pacing requirements.  All of this gathering can be overlapped
   with other things while, e.g., a web page is loading to minimize the
   impact.  If the client only wants to generate Traversal Using Relays
   around NAT (TURN) or STUN ICE candidates for one of the "m=" lines
   and then use Trickle ICE [RFC8838] to get the non-host ICE candidates
   for the rest of the "m=" sections, it MAY do that and will not need
   any additional gathering time.

   Some people have suggested a TURN extension to get a bunch of TURN
   allocations at once.  This would only provide a single STUN result,
   so in cases where the other end did not support BUNDLE, it may cause
   more use of the TURN server, but it would be quick in the cases where
   both sides supported BUNDLE and would fall back to a successful call
   in the other cases.

Acknowledgements



   The usage of the SDP grouping extension for negotiating bundled media
   is based on similar alternatives proposed by Harald Alvestrand and
   Cullen Jennings.  The BUNDLE extension described in this document is
   based on the different alternative proposals, and text (e.g., SDP
   examples) has been borrowed (and, in some cases, modified) from those
   alternative proposals.

   The SDP examples are also modified versions from the ones in the
   Alvestrand proposal.

   Thanks to Paul Kyzivat, Martin Thomson, Flemming Andreasen, Thomas
   Stach, Ari Keränen, Adam Roach, Christian Groves, Roman Shpount,
   Suhas Nandakumar, Nils Ohlmeier, Jens Guballa, Raju Makaraju, Justin
   Uberti, Taylor Brandstetter, Byron Campen, and Eric Rescorla for
   reading the text and providing useful feedback.

   Thanks to Bernard Aboba, Peter Thatcher, Justin Uberti, and Magnus
   Westerlund for providing the text for the section on RTP/RTCP stream
   association.

   Thanks to Magnus Westerlund, Colin Perkins, and Jonathan Lennox for
   providing help and text on the RTP/RTCP procedures.

   Thanks to Charlie Kaufman for performing the Sec-Dir review.

   Thanks to Linda Dunbar for performing the Gen-ART review.

   Thanks to Spotify for providing music for the countless hours of
   document editing.

Authors' Addresses



   Christer Holmberg
   Ericsson
   Hirsalantie 11
   FI-02420 Jorvas
   Finland
   Email: christer.holmberg@ericsson.com


   Harald Tveit Alvestrand
   Google
   Kungsbron 2
   SE-11122 Stockholm
   Sweden
   Email: harald@alvestrand.no


   Cullen Jennings
   Cisco
   Suite 350
   400 3rd Avenue SW
   Calgary AB T2P 4H2
   Canada
   Email: fluffy@iii.ca