Hello,
I am excited about the new media statistics from RTPEngine, exposed
conveniently into PVs, e.g. jitter, packet loss, MOS, time offset of
lowest and highest MOS scores, etc. Great work!
I am, however, having a bit of trouble understanding how to properly
apply this new functionality, as it is not clearly documented (IMHO):
1. What is the meaning of "global" statistics which do not take into
account an "A" and a "B" side? That is to say, if I have a packet
loss
or a jitter or MOS score statistic using just the generic toplevel
values, e.g.
https://kamailio.org/docs/modules/5.1.x/modules/rtpengine.html#rtpengine.p.…
What does that mean?
A functional call ordinarily consists of an inbound and outbound RTP
stream direction relative to the endpoints on both sides of RTPEngine.
Inbound A --> server --> Outbound A
Outbound B <-- server <--- Inbound B
Where do the "global" stats situate themselves in relation to all this?
2. I am given to understand that the statistics for the "A" and "B"
sides of a bidirectional RTP stream can be separated based on an
arbitrary label, using these PVs:
https://kamailio.org/docs/modules/5.1.x/modules/rtpengine.html#rtpengine.p.…
https://kamailio.org/docs/modules/5.1.x/modules/rtpengine.html#rtpengine.p.…
How do I use it properly?
My intuition was to try something like this:
rtpengine_offer("replace-origin replace-session-connection ICE=remove
label=outbound");
And in the answer/manage handler on the SDP answer:
rtpengine_answer("replace-origin replace-session-connection ICE=remove
label=inbound");
Later, when processing a BYE and obtaining subsequent media statistics,
I tried this:
if(check_route_param("proxy_media=yes")) {
$avp(rtpengine_a_label) = 'outbound';
$avp(rtpengine_b_label) = 'inbound';
rtpengine_delete();
route(LOG_RTPENGINE_STATS);
}
But this only gets me stats for the "A" leg in the JSON object I emit:
{
"server_addr": "udp:127.0.0.1:5050",
"a_label": "outbound",
"b_label": "inbound",
"a_leg": {
"min": {
"mos": "4.4",
"at": "0:04",
"packetloss": "0",
"jitter": "0",
"roundtrip": 0
},
"max": {
"mos": "4.4",
"at": "0:04",
"packetloss": "0",
"jitter": "0",
"roundtrip": 0
},
"avg": {
"mos": "4.4",
"packetloss": "0",
"jitter": "0",
"roundtrip": 0,
"samples": 2
}
},
"b_leg": {
"min": {
"mos": "<null>",
"at": "<null>",
"packetloss": "<null>",
"jitter": "<null>"
},
"max": {
"mos": "<null>",
"at": "<null>",
"packetloss": "<null>",
"jitter": "<null>"
},
"avg": {
"mos": "<null>",
"packetloss": "<null>",
"jitter": "<null>"
}
}
}
I also tried rtpengine_delete("label=inbound") (and outbound) individually.
Some clarity on how this all fits together would be appreciated. :-)
Many thanks to Sipwise for great work on it!
-- Alex
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