[Asterisk-Users] About Voip Technology : RTP over TCP

2005-05-13 Thread Atul Thosar
hello All I am reading information about VoIP technology For that i am concentrating on SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) and RTP (Real Time Transport Protocol). I am interested in implementing RTP over TCP I found that there are some disadvantages of TCP, some are 1) TCP doesn't support

Re: [Asterisk-Users] About Voip Technology : RTP over TCP

2005-05-13 Thread Stewart Nelson
I am interested in implementing RTP over TCP Why? If you want to permit operation through a firewall that blocks UDP, there are packages that provide VPN tunnels over TCP or even HTTP. You could then run any VoIP system over that VPN. As you said, delay performance would sometimes be awful.

Re: [Asterisk-Users] About Voip Technology : RTP over TCP

2005-05-13 Thread Andrew Latham
On 5/13/05, Atul Thosar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hello All I am reading information about VoIP technology For that i am concentrating on SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) and RTP (Real Time Transport Protocol). I am interested in implementing RTP over TCP I found that there are some

Re: [Asterisk-Users] About Voip Technology : RTP over TCP

2005-05-13 Thread Michael D Schelin
TCP is too slow for Real time Apps. If you have packet errors TCP will try to resend the packet. This will create latency issues. This is why UDP is used for Voip. 1 or 2 missing packets is not going to be missed. If you look at your Stats. you'll see a few of them. Stewart Nelson wrote: