Standards Contributions

I'm an active participant in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), working on standards related to real-time networked multimedia. My current focus is RTP-related standards, in particular the use of explicit congestion notification with RTP, and real-time conferencing in web browsers. I was previously co-chair of the IETF's Audio/Video Transport (AVT) and Multiparty Multimedia Session Control (MMUSIC) working groups. I serve on the IETF Transport Area Directorate, and have also contributed to the Moving Picture Experts Group of the International Standards Organisation.

RTP - Audio and Video for the Internet

I'm author of RTP: Audio and Video for the Internet (Addison-Wesley, 2003). This book describes protocols and algorithms for real-time multimedia over IP networks, combining standards and research experience to give a practical guide for those implementing telephony, conferencing and streaming media applications.

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RFCs

Internet Drafts

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2001

  • Mark Handley, Van Jacobson, and Colin Perkins, SDP: Session Description Protocol, Internet Engineering Task Force, November 2001, Work in progress (draft-ietf-mmusic-sdp-new-04).
  • Mark Handley, Van Jacobson, and Colin Perkins, SDP: Session Description Protocol, Internet Engineering Task Force, July 2001, Work in progress (draft-ietf-mmusic-sdp-new-03).
  • Colin Perkins, Jonathan Rosenberg, and Henning Schulzrinne, RTP Testing Strategies, Internet Engineering Task Force, June 2001, Work in progress (draft-ietf-avt-rtptest-06).
  • Colin Perkins, Jonathan Rosenberg, and Henning Schulzrinne, RTP Testing Strategies, Internet Engineering Task Force, April 2001, Work in progress (draft-ietf-avt-rtptest-05).
  • Colin Perkins, RTP Interoperability Statement, Internet Engineering Task Force, April 2001, Work in progress (draft-ietf-avt-rtp-interop-08).
  • Mark Handley, Van Jacobson, and Colin Perkins, SDP: Session Description Protocol, Internet Engineering Task Force, March 2001, Work in progress (draft-ietf-mmusic-sdp-new-01).
  • Ladan Gharai, Gary Goncher, Colin Perkins, David Richardson, and Allison Mankin, RTP Payload Format for SMPTE 292M, Internet Engineering Task Force, March 2001, Work in progress (draft-ietf-avt-smpte292-video-02).
  • Colin Perkins, RTP Interoperability Statement, Internet Engineering Task Force, March 2001, Work in progress (draft-ietf-avt-rtp-interop-07).
  • Colin Perkins, RTP Interoperability Statement, Internet Engineering Task Force, February 2001, Work in progress (draft-ietf-avt-rtp-interop-06).

2000

  • Mark Handley, Van Jacobson, and Colin Perkins, SDP: Session Description Protocol, Internet Engineering Task Force, November 2000, Work in progress (draft-ietf-mmusic-sdp-new-00).
  • Ladan Gharai, Gary Goncher, Colin Perkins, David Richardson, and Allison Mankin, RTP Payload Format for SMPTE 292M, Internet Engineering Task Force, November 2000, Work in progress (draft-ietf-avt-smpte292-video-01).
  • Colin Perkins, Jonathan Rosenberg, and Henning Schulzrinne, RTP Testing Strategies, Internet Engineering Task Force, November 2000, Work in progress (draft-ietf-avt-rtptest-04).
  • Colin Perkins, RTP Interoperability Statement, Internet Engineering Task Force, November 2000, Work in progress (draft-ietf-avt-rtp-interop-05).
  • Colin Perkins, RTP Interoperability Statement, Internet Engineering Task Force, August 2000, Work in progress (draft-ietf-avt-rtp-interop-04).
  • Colin Perkins, Jonathan Rosenberg, and Henning Schulzrinne, RTP Testing Strategies, Internet Engineering Task Force, July 2000, Work in progress (draft-ietf-avt-rtptest-03).
  • Colin Perkins, RTP Interoperability Statement, Internet Engineering Task Force, July 2000, Work in progress (draft-ietf-avt-rtp-interop-03).
  • Mark Handley, Colin Perkins, and Edmund Whelan, Session Announcement Protocol, Internet Engineering Task Force, March 2000, Work in progress (draft-ietf-mmusic-sap-v2-06).
  • Mark Handley, Colin Perkins, and Edmund Whelan, Session Announcement Protocol, Internet Engineering Task Force, February 2000, Work in progress (draft-ietf-mmusic-sap-v2-05).

1999

1998

1997

  • Colin Perkins and Orion Hodson, Options for Repair of Streaming Media, Internet Engineering Task Force, November 1997, Work in progress (draft-ietf-avt-info-repair-01).
  • Colin Perkins, Options for Repair of Streaming Media, Internet Engineering Task Force, August 1997, Work in progress (draft-ietf-avt-info-repair-00).
  • Colin Perkins, Isidor Kouvelas, Orion Hodson, Vicky Hardman, Mark Handley, Jean-Chrysostome Bolot, Andres Vega-Garcia, and Sacha Fosse-Parisis, RTP Payload for Redundant Audio Data, Internet Engineering Task Force, July 1997, Work in progress (draft-ietf-avt-rtp-redundancy-01).
  • Colin Perkins, Isidor Kouvelas, Orion Hodson, Vicky Hardman, Mark Handley, Jean-Chrysostome Bolot, Andres Vega-Garcia, and Sacha Fosse-Parisis, RTP Payload for Redundant Audio Data, Internet Engineering Task Force, June 1997, Work in progress (draft-perkins-rtp-redundancy-04).
  • Colin Perkins, Isidor Kouvelas, Orion Hodson, Vicky Hardman, Mark Handley, Jean-Chrysostome Bolot, Andres Vega-Garcia, and Sacha Fosse-Parisis, RTP Payload for Redundant Audio Data, Internet Engineering Task Force, June 1997, Work in progress (draft-ietf-avt-rtp-redundancy-00).
  • Colin Perkins, Isidor Kouvelas, Vicky Hardman, Mark Handley, Jean-Chrysostome Bolot, Andres Vega-Garcia, and Sacha Fosse-Parisis, RTP Payload for Redundant Audio Data, Internet Engineering Task Force, March 1997, Work in progress (draft-perkins-rtp-redundancy-03).
  • Colin Perkins, Isidor Kouvelas, Vicky Hardman, Mark Handley, Jean-Chrysostome Bolot, Andres Vega-Garcia, and Sacha Fosse-Parisis, RTP Payload for Redundant Audio Data, Internet Engineering Task Force, January 1997, Work in progress (draft-perkins-rtp-redundancy-02).

1996

  • Mark Handley, Vicky Hardman, Isidor Kouvelas, Colin Perkins, Jean-Chrysostome Bolot, Andres Vega-Garcia, and Sacha Fosse-Parisis, Payload Format Issues for Redundant Encodings in RTP, Internet Engineering Task Force, July 1996, Work in progress (draft-perkins-rtp-redundancy-01).
  • Mark Handley, Vicky Hardman, Isidor Kouvelas, Colin Perkins, Jean-Chrysostome Bolot, Andres Vega-Garcia, and Sacha Fosse-Parisis, Payload Format Issues for Redundant Encodings in RTP, Internet Engineering Task Force, July 1996, Work in progress (draft-perkins-rtp-redundancy-00).