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Richard Foss Foss Richard

The task group was led by Kevin Gross. Gross. Kevin by led was group task The

A. Williams, K. Wu, N. Yamaguchi, R. Zwiebel. Zwiebel. R. Yamaguchi, N. Wu, K. Williams, A.

Szlapka, P. Treleaven, A. van den Broek, B. van Kempen, J.P. Waddell, Waddell, J.P. Kempen, van B. Broek, den van A. Treleaven, P. Szlapka, M. Sturmel, N. Stevens, P. Shay, G.

Peavey, M. Quaix, C.R. Reed, T. Rohwedder, M. Schuchert, V. Schueppel, Schueppel, V. Schuchert, M. Rohwedder, T. Reed, C.R. Quaix, M. Peavey, J. Passador, G. Michl, R. Meyer, J.

S. Langhans, S. Ledergerber, C. Lefebvre, S. Leschka, Jo. Lindsay, G. Linis, A. Lucas, A. Makivirta, A. Metz, Metz, A. Makivirta, A. Lucas, A. Linis, G. Lindsay, Jo. Leschka, S. Lefebvre, C. Ledergerber, S. Langhans, S.

rand, F. Hoyer, T. Johansson, L. Jonsson, B. Klinkradt, J. Koftinoff, Koftinoff, J. Klinkradt, B. Jonsson, L. Johansson, T. Hoyer, F. rand, Hildeb A. Heurtel, E. Heinzmann, S.

Foss, J. Freyberger, G. Gebler, J. Grant, K. Gross, Gross, K. Grant, J. Gebler, G. Freyberger, J. Foss, R. Flock, S. Fletcher, J. Evanson, J. Dunn, J. Duffy, T.

Cleary, M. Danielson, I. Dennis, C. Diehl, S. Dove, Dove, S. Diehl, C. Dennis, I. Danielson, M. Cleary, K. Cellier, C. Calvanese, A. Buchalter, B.J. Brulhart, D.

rryman, J. Boqvist, J. Breitlow, Breitlow, J. Boqvist, J. rryman, Be J.A. Bergholtz, F. Becker-Foss, C. Barbour, M. Barbieri-Carrera, R.

Members of the task group that contributed to this revision in draft are: R. Abraham, J. Amate, L. Andrieu, Andrieu, L. Amate, J. Abraham, R. are: draft in revision this to contributed that group task the of Members

task group SC-02-12-M. It includes updated references to RFC 7273, and clarifications in 6.3, 8.1, and 8.5. 8.5. and 8.1, 6.3, in clarifications and 7273, RFC to references updated includes It SC-02-12-M. group task

This revision includes minor changes identified during 'plugfest' testing in October 2014 and was developed in in developed was and 2014 October in testing 'plugfest' during identified changes minor includes revision This

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Richard Foss Foss Richard

This document was edited by Kevin Gross. Gross. Kevin by edited was document This

J. A. Yeary, J. Yoshio, P. Yurt, U. Zanghieri, D. Zimmermann, R. Zwiebel. Zwiebel. R. Zimmermann, D. Zanghieri, U. Yurt, P. Yoshio, J. Yeary, A. J.

, A. Williams, M. Willsher, A. Witham, J. Wood, Wood, J. Witham, A. Willsher, M. Williams, A. , Weibel H. Warrington, P. Wang, Y. Waddell, P. J.

en, A. Trevena, S. Turner, R. van der Zalm, B. van Kempen, I. Vysick, Vysick, I. Kempen, van B. Zalm, der van R. Turner, S. Trevena, A. en, Treleav P. Thompson, T. Szlapka, M.

D. Silver, J. Simpson, M. Sims, A. Smimite, J. Snow, Snow, J. Smimite, A. Sims, M. Simpson, J. Silver, D. M. Strawn, N. Sturmel, Sturmel, N. Strawn, M. J. Stevens, P. Staros, T.

Scott, G. Shay, T. Shuttleworth, Shuttleworth, T. Shay, G. Scott, S. Schwizer, P. Schueppel, V. roodt, Schoonb R. Sauter, J. Carreres, S. M.

S. Price, S. Pro, M. Quaix, F. Ragenard, R. Rayburn, D. Rice, T. Rohwedder, G. Rosenboom, M. Saito, Saito, M. Rosenboom, G. Rohwedder, T. Rice, D. Rayburn, R. Ragenard, F. Quaix, M. Pro, S. Price, S.

Parker, J. Passaniti, J. Peav J. Passaniti, J. Parker, K. Okai-Tettey, H. O'Neill, N. O'Gwynn, D. Millan, S. ey, J. Perez, W. Peters, Peters, W. Perez, J. ey,

A. Makivirta, J. A. Martinez, A. Mayo, W. McQuay, C. Merienne, A. Metz, J. Meunier, J. Meyer, R. Michl, Michl, R. Meyer, J. Meunier, J. Metz, A. Merienne, C. McQuay, W. Mayo, A. Martinez, A. J. Makivirta, A.

S. Langhans, M. Lave, D. Lazecko, S. Ledergerber, C. Le C. Ledergerber, S. Lazecko, D. Lave, M. Langhans, S. febvre, J. Lindsay, G. Linis, S. Loehberg, A. Louko, Louko, A. Loehberg, S. Linis, G. Lindsay, J. febvre,

S. Johnson, L. Jonsson, A. Karamustafaoglu, K. Kearney, P. Keller, J. Koftinoff, P. Koftinoff, D. Koss, Koss, D. Koftinoff, P. Koftinoff, J. Keller, P. Kearney, K. Karamustafaoglu, A. Jonsson, L. Johnson, S.

S. Heinzmann, A. Hildebrand, D. Hoch, M. Holtmann, Os. Igumbor, H. Jahne, T. Johansson, M. J. Teener, Teener, J. M. Johansson, T. Jahne, H. Igumbor, Os. Holtmann, M. Hoch, D. Hildebrand, A. Heinzmann, S.

F. Gierlinger, R. Goforth, J. Gran J. Goforth, R. Gierlinger, F. Gray, H. Hansen, B. Harshbarger, Harshbarger, B. Hansen, H. Gray, S. Gravereaux, D. Graubner, M. t,

R. Economaki, T. Edwards, A. Elder, L. Ellison, K. F K. Ellison, L. Elder, A. Edwards, T. Economaki, R. itzke, J. Fletcher, S. Flock, R. Foss, P. Foulkes, Foulkes, P. Foss, R. Flock, S. Fletcher, J. itzke,

S. de Jaham, P. Demuytere, J. Dibley, A. Dickens, Dickens, A. Dibley, J. Demuytere, P. Jaham, de S. P. Dietrich, C. Dodds, S. Dove, A. Eales, E. Echols, Echols, E. Eales, A. Dove, S. Dodds, C. Dietrich, P.

A. Calvanese, R. Camprodon, M. Carter, A. Cedroniu A. Carter, M. Camprodon, R. Calvanese, A. s, A. Clark, H. Clarke, M. Coinchon, P. Cyrta, Cyrta, P. Coinchon, M. Clarke, H. Clark, A. s,

L. Brito, J. Britton, C. Broad, N. Br N. Broad, C. Britton, J. Brito, L. Briscoe, P. Bradshaw, L. unsgaard, D. Brutzman, E. Bukont Jr., Jr., Bukont E. Brutzman, D. unsgaard,

M. Barbour, C. Becker-Foss, J. Be J. Becker-Foss, C. Barbour, M. rryman, M. Bishop, H. Blum, J. Boqvist, T. Borland, N. Borthwick, Borthwick, N. Borland, T. Boqvist, J. Blum, H. Bishop, M. rryman,

Members of the writing group that contributed to this to contributed that group writing the of Members document in draft are: R. Abraham, J. Amate, Amate, J. Abraham, R. are: draft in document

roperability, under the leadership of Kevin Gross. Gross. Kevin of leadership the under roperability, inte audio-over-IP streaming

This document was developed in project AES-X192, in the SC-02-12-H task group on high-performance high-performance on group task SC-02-12-H the in AES-X192, project in developed was document This

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A. van den Broek, B. van Kempen, S. van Tienen, J. P. Waddell, P. Walker, D. Walters, C. Ware, Ware, C. Walters, D. Walker, P. Waddell, P. J. Tienen, van S. Kempen, van B. Broek, den van A.

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T. Rohwedder, A. Santos, G. Scherling, M. Schettke, M. Schuchert, V. Schueppel, S. Scott, A. Sharifan, Sharifan, A. Scott, S. Schueppel, V. Schuchert, M. Schettke, M. Scherling, G. Santos, A. Rohwedder, T.

N. Nzoyem, B. Olson, M. Overton, O. Palm, K. Parker, G. Parker, K. Palm, O. Overton, M. Olson, B. Nzoyem, N. itt, M. Quaix, C. R. Reed, Reed, R. C. Quaix, M. itt, Pru J. Peavey, J. Passador,

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S. Langhans, J. Laundon, S. Ledergerber, C. Lefebvre, S. S. Lefebvre, C. Ledergerber, S. Laundon, J. Langhans, S. Leschka, E. Lestage, J. Lindsay, G. Linis, K. Lyver, Lyver, K. Linis, G. Lindsay, J. Lestage, E. Leschka,

L. Huapaya, H. Jesuiter, T. Johansson, L. Jonsson, N. Keroe, A. Kitagawa, B. B. Kitagawa, A. Keroe, N. Jonsson, L. Johansson, T. Jesuiter, H. Huapaya, L. Klinkradt, J. Koftinoff, Koftinoff, J. Klinkradt,

Hildebrand, T. Holton, A. Holzinger, F. Hoyer, Hoyer, F. Holzinger, A. Holton, T. Hildebrand, A. Heurtel, E. Henry, M. Henke, M. Heinzmann, S.

R. Foss, J. Freyberger, G. Gauthier, G. Gebler, J. Grant, E. Grossman, Grossman, E. Grant, J. Gebler, G. Gauthier, G. Freyberger, J. Foss, R. Flock, S. Fletcher, J. Evanson, J.

B. Cochran, A. Cooper, M. Danielson, T. deBrouwer, I. De I. deBrouwer, T. Danielson, M. Cooper, A. Cochran, B. nnis, C. Diehl, G. Diehl, S. Dove, T. Duffy, J. Dunn, Dunn, J. Duffy, T. Dove, S. Diehl, G. Diehl, C. nnis,

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M. Blackburn, A. Boenninghoff, J. Boenninghoff, A. Blackburn, M. Boqvist, L. Bradshaw, D. Breith D. Bradshaw, L. Boqvist, aupt, J. Breitlow, D. Brulhart, Brulhart, D. Breitlow, J. aupt,

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recommended) additional information in the RTP header header RTP the in information additional recommended) and correcting SDP examples in clause 8.5 to match match to 8.5 clause in examples SDP correcting and

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Statement (PICS) as Annex G. A new sender keep-alive keep-alive sender new A G. Annex as (PICS) Statement recommendation, has been added to clause 6.3. Minor Minor 6.3. clause to added been has recommendation,

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