RTP: Audio and Video for the Internet

One of the key points to remember when designing an RTP application is robustness. Error concealment is a major part of this, allowing the application to operate even when the network misbehaves. A good error concealment scheme provides the difference between a tool that can be used in the real world and one that continually fails when subjected to the wide variation in loss rates inherent in the Internet. For this reason, all applications should implement some form of error concealment .