RFC 8837: Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) Packet Markings for WebRTC QoS

Publisher

IETF / RFC Editor

URL

https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8837.html

Published

2021-01-01

Updated

unknown

Accessed

2026-09-24

HTTP status

200

License

IETF Trust Legal Provisions (BCP 78/79); no-redistribution; short excerpts and locators only

Source notes citing this source

• RFC 8837 recommends EF (46) for WebRTC audio at medium and high priority, DF (0) at low priority and LE (1) at very-low priority. in context
• RFC 8837 requires that when multiple WebRTC flows are multiplexed over one reliable transport-layer flow, all their packets carry the same DSCP. in context
• RFC 8837 states that the network does not trust the DSCP an endpoint sets and that the DSCP may be re-marked anywhere in the network to any value, including DF. in context
• RFC 8837 recommends AF41 or AF42 for high-priority interactive WebRTC video and AF42 or AF43 for medium priority. in context

Cite this source record

APA

WarmTransfer. (2021, January 1). RFC 8837: Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) Packet Markings for WebRTC QoS. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/rfc-8837-webrtc-dscp

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-rfc-8837-webrtc-dscp,
  title  = {RFC 8837: Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) Packet Markings for WebRTC QoS},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2021},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/rfc-8837-webrtc-dscp},
  note   = {IETF / RFC Editor, accessed 2026-09-24}
}