The RTCP fraction lost field is an 8-bit fixed-point value giving the proportion of packets lost since the previous report, not since the start of the call.

Checked 2026-09-24

Vendor
IETF
Product
RTP
Subsystem
RTCP receiver report
Deployment
any
Region
not restricted
Release range
RFC 3550
Checked
2026-09-24

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 24). Call quality metrics and MOS estimation: source note call-quality-metrics-rtp-fraction-lost. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/call-quality-metrics-rtp-fraction-lost

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-call-quality-metrics-rtp-fraction-lost,
  title  = {Call quality metrics and MOS estimation: source note call-quality-metrics-rtp-fraction-lost},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/call-quality-metrics-rtp-fraction-lost},
  note   = {Source note call-quality-metrics-rtp-fraction-lost, checked 2026-09-24}
}

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