METHOD AND RECEIVER FOR RELIABLE DETECTION OF THE STATUS OF AN RTP PACKET STREAM

摘要

The present invention relates to a method and a receiver (135) for determining the status of a real-time transfer protocol (RTP) packet stream. The method includes the steps of determining (220) a time period elapsed since reception of the last RTP packet, determining (250) the content of the last received RTP packet and categorizing the status of the RTP packet stream based on the elapsed time period and the content of the last received RTP packet. The present invention is preferably implemented in a processor or processing means (180) of the receiver and is advantageous in that the risk of false detection of dead RTP packet streams is reduced.