implement packet reordering for UDP / Multicast transports (#132)

* implement packet reordering for UDP transport

* rtcpreceiver: stop handling unordered / duplicate packets

* remote useless Sleep() from tests

client.go

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aler9/gortsplib/pkg/rtcpreceiver"
 	"github.com/aler9/gortsplib/pkg/rtcpsender"
 	"github.com/aler9/gortsplib/pkg/rtpcleaner"
+	"github.com/aler9/gortsplib/pkg/rtpreorderer"
 	"github.com/aler9/gortsplib/pkg/sdp"
 	"github.com/aler9/gortsplib/pkg/url"
 )
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ type clientTrack struct {
 	// play
 	udpRTPPacketBuffer *rtpPacketMultiBuffer
 	udpRTCPReceiver    *rtcpreceiver.RTCPReceiver
+	reorderer          *rtpreorderer.Reorderer
 	cleaner            *rtpcleaner.Cleaner
 
 	// record
@@ -717,8 +719,11 @@ func (c *Client) playRecordStart() {
 
 	if c.state == clientStatePlay {
 		for _, ct := range c.tracks {
+			if *c.effectiveTransport == TransportUDP || *c.effectiveTransport == TransportUDPMulticast {
+				ct.reorderer = rtpreorderer.New()
+			}
 			_, isH264 := ct.track.(*TrackH264)
-			ct.cleaner = rtpcleaner.NewCleaner(isH264, *c.effectiveTransport == TransportTCP)
+			ct.cleaner = rtpcleaner.New(isH264, *c.effectiveTransport == TransportTCP)
 		}
 
 		c.keepaliveTimer = time.NewTimer(c.keepalivePeriod)
@@ -817,7 +822,7 @@ func (c *Client) runReader() {
 							return err
 						}
 
-						out, err := track.cleaner.Clear(pkt)
+						out, err := track.cleaner.Process(pkt)
 						if err != nil {
 							return err
 						}
@@ -944,6 +949,7 @@ func (c *Client) playRecordStop(isClosing bool) {
 
 	for _, ct := range c.tracks {
 		ct.cleaner = nil
+		ct.reorderer = nil
 	}
 
 	// stop timers

client_read_test.go

@@ -342,14 +342,12 @@ func TestClientRead(t *testing.T) {
 				// server -> client (RTP)
 				switch transport {
 				case "udp":
-					time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
 					l1.WriteTo(testRTPPacketMarshaled, &net.UDPAddr{
 						IP:   net.ParseIP("127.0.0.1"),
 						Port: th.ClientPorts[0],
 					})
 
 				case "multicast":
-					time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
 					l1.WriteTo(testRTPPacketMarshaled, &net.UDPAddr{
 						IP:   net.ParseIP("224.1.0.1"),
 						Port: 25000,

clientudpl.go

@@ -196,21 +196,25 @@ func (u *clientUDPListener) processPlayRTP(now time.Time, payload []byte) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	out, err := u.ct.cleaner.Clear(pkt)
+	packets := u.ct.reorderer.Process(pkt)
-	if err != nil {
+
-		return
+	for _, pkt := range packets {
+		out, err := u.ct.cleaner.Process(pkt)
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		out0 := out[0]
+
+		u.ct.udpRTCPReceiver.ProcessPacketRTP(time.Now(), pkt, out0.PTSEqualsDTS)
+
+		u.c.OnPacketRTP(&ClientOnPacketRTPCtx{
+			TrackID:      u.ct.id,
+			Packet:       out0.Packet,
+			PTSEqualsDTS: out0.PTSEqualsDTS,
+			H264NALUs:    out0.H264NALUs,
+			H264PTS:      out0.H264PTS,
+		})
 	}
-	out0 := out[0]
-
-	u.ct.udpRTCPReceiver.ProcessPacketRTP(time.Now(), pkt, out0.PTSEqualsDTS)
-
-	u.c.OnPacketRTP(&ClientOnPacketRTPCtx{
-		TrackID:      u.ct.id,
-		Packet:       out0.Packet,
-		PTSEqualsDTS: out0.PTSEqualsDTS,
-		H264NALUs:    out0.H264NALUs,
-		H264PTS:      out0.H264PTS,
-	})
 }
 
 func (u *clientUDPListener) processPlayRTCP(now time.Time, payload []byte) {

pkg/rtcpreceiver/rtcpreceiver.go

@@ -151,49 +151,45 @@ func (rr *RTCPReceiver) ProcessPacketRTP(ts time.Time, pkt *rtp.Packet, ptsEqual
 	} else {
 		diff := int32(pkt.Header.SequenceNumber) - int32(*rr.lastSequenceNumber)
 
-		// following packet or following packet after an overflow
+		// overflow
-		if diff > 0 || diff < -0x0FFF {
+		if diff < -0x0FFF {
-			// overflow
+			rr.sequenceNumberCycles++
-			if diff < -0x0FFF {
+		}
-				rr.sequenceNumberCycles++
+
+		// detect lost packets
+		if pkt.Header.SequenceNumber != (*rr.lastSequenceNumber + 1) {
+			rr.totalLost += uint32(uint16(diff) - 1)
+			rr.totalLostSinceReport += uint32(uint16(diff) - 1)
+
+			// allow up to 24 bits
+			if rr.totalLost > 0xFFFFFF {
+				rr.totalLost = 0xFFFFFF
 			}
-
+			if rr.totalLostSinceReport > 0xFFFFFF {
-			// detect lost packets
+				rr.totalLostSinceReport = 0xFFFFFF
-			if pkt.Header.SequenceNumber != (*rr.lastSequenceNumber + 1) {
-				rr.totalLost += uint32(uint16(diff) - 1)
-				rr.totalLostSinceReport += uint32(uint16(diff) - 1)
-
-				// allow up to 24 bits
-				if rr.totalLost > 0xFFFFFF {
-					rr.totalLost = 0xFFFFFF
-				}
-				if rr.totalLostSinceReport > 0xFFFFFF {
-					rr.totalLostSinceReport = 0xFFFFFF
-				}
-			}
-
-			rr.totalSinceReport += uint32(uint16(diff))
-			v := pkt.Header.SequenceNumber
-			rr.lastSequenceNumber = &v
-
-			if ptsEqualsDTS {
-				if rr.lastRTPTimeRTP != nil {
-					// update jitter
-					// https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3550#page-39
-					D := ts.Sub(rr.lastRTPTimeTime).Seconds()*rr.clockRate -
-						(float64(pkt.Header.Timestamp) - float64(*rr.lastRTPTimeRTP))
-					if D < 0 {
-						D = -D
-					}
-					rr.jitter += (D - rr.jitter) / 16
-				}
-
-				v := pkt.Header.Timestamp
-				rr.lastRTPTimeRTP = &v
-				rr.lastRTPTimeTime = ts
 			}
 		}
-		// ignore invalid packets (diff = 0) or reordered packets (diff < 0)
+
+		rr.totalSinceReport += uint32(uint16(diff))
+		v := pkt.Header.SequenceNumber
+		rr.lastSequenceNumber = &v
+
+		if ptsEqualsDTS {
+			if rr.lastRTPTimeRTP != nil {
+				// update jitter
+				// https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3550#page-39
+				D := ts.Sub(rr.lastRTPTimeTime).Seconds()*rr.clockRate -
+					(float64(pkt.Header.Timestamp) - float64(*rr.lastRTPTimeRTP))
+				if D < 0 {
+					D = -D
+				}
+				rr.jitter += (D - rr.jitter) / 16
+			}
+
+			v := pkt.Header.Timestamp
+			rr.lastRTPTimeRTP = &v
+			rr.lastRTPTimeTime = ts
+		}
 	}
 }
 

pkg/rtcpreceiver/rtcpreceiver_test.go

@@ -276,70 +276,6 @@ func TestRTCPReceiverOverflowPacketLost(t *testing.T) {
 	<-done
 }
 
-func TestRTCPReceiverReorderedPackets(t *testing.T) {
-	done := make(chan struct{})
-	now = func() time.Time {
-		return time.Date(2008, 0o5, 20, 22, 15, 21, 0, time.UTC)
-	}
-	v := uint32(0x65f83afb)
-
-	rr := New(500*time.Millisecond, &v, 90000, func(pkt rtcp.Packet) {
-		require.Equal(t, &rtcp.ReceiverReport{
-			SSRC: 0x65f83afb,
-			Reports: []rtcp.ReceptionReport{
-				{
-					SSRC:               0xba9da416,
-					LastSequenceNumber: 0x43a7,
-					LastSenderReport:   0x887a17ce,
-					Delay:              1 * 65536,
-				},
-			},
-		}, pkt)
-		close(done)
-	})
-	defer rr.Close()
-
-	srPkt := rtcp.SenderReport{
-		SSRC:        0xba9da416,
-		NTPTime:     0xe363887a17ced916,
-		RTPTime:     1287981738,
-		PacketCount: 714,
-		OctetCount:  859127,
-	}
-	ts := time.Date(2008, 0o5, 20, 22, 15, 20, 0, time.UTC)
-	rr.ProcessPacketRTCP(ts, &srPkt)
-
-	rtpPkt := rtp.Packet{
-		Header: rtp.Header{
-			Version:        2,
-			Marker:         true,
-			PayloadType:    96,
-			SequenceNumber: 0x43a7,
-			Timestamp:      0xafb45733,
-			SSRC:           0xba9da416,
-		},
-		Payload: []byte("\x00\x00"),
-	}
-	ts = time.Date(2008, 0o5, 20, 22, 15, 20, 0, time.UTC)
-	rr.ProcessPacketRTP(ts, &rtpPkt, true)
-
-	rtpPkt = rtp.Packet{
-		Header: rtp.Header{
-			Version:        2,
-			Marker:         true,
-			PayloadType:    96,
-			SequenceNumber: 0x43a6,
-			Timestamp:      0xafb45733,
-			SSRC:           0xba9da416,
-		},
-		Payload: []byte("\x00\x00"),
-	}
-	ts = time.Date(2008, 0o5, 20, 22, 15, 20, 0, time.UTC)
-	rr.ProcessPacketRTP(ts, &rtpPkt, true)
-
-	<-done
-}
-
 func TestRTCPReceiverJitter(t *testing.T) {
 	done := make(chan struct{})
 	now = func() time.Time {

pkg/rtpcleaner/cleaner.go

@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ type Cleaner struct {
 	h264Encoder *rtph264.Encoder
 }
 
-// NewCleaner allocates a Cleaner.
+// New allocates a Cleaner.
-func NewCleaner(isH264 bool, isTCP bool) *Cleaner {
+func New(isH264 bool, isTCP bool) *Cleaner {
 	p := &Cleaner{
 		isH264: isH264,
 		isTCP:  isTCP,
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ func (p *Cleaner) processH264(pkt *rtp.Packet) ([]*Output, error) {
 	}}, nil
 }
 
-// Clear processes a RTP packet.
+// Process processes a RTP packet.
-func (p *Cleaner) Clear(pkt *rtp.Packet) ([]*Output, error) {
+func (p *Cleaner) Process(pkt *rtp.Packet) ([]*Output, error) {
 	// remove padding
 	pkt.Header.Padding = false
 	pkt.PaddingSize = 0

pkg/rtpcleaner/cleaner_test.go

@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestRemovePadding(t *testing.T) {
-	cleaner := NewCleaner(false, false)
+	cleaner := New(false, false)
 
-	out, err := cleaner.Clear(&rtp.Packet{
+	out, err := cleaner.Process(&rtp.Packet{
 		Header: rtp.Header{
 			Version:        2,
 			PayloadType:    96,
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ func TestRemovePadding(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestGenericOversized(t *testing.T) {
-	cleaner := NewCleaner(false, true)
+	cleaner := New(false, true)
 
-	_, err := cleaner.Clear(&rtp.Packet{
+	_, err := cleaner.Process(&rtp.Packet{
 		Header: rtp.Header{
 			Version:        2,
 			PayloadType:    96,
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ func TestGenericOversized(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestH264Oversized(t *testing.T) {
-	cleaner := NewCleaner(true, true)
+	cleaner := New(true, true)
 
-	out, err := cleaner.Clear(&rtp.Packet{
+	out, err := cleaner.Process(&rtp.Packet{
 		Header: rtp.Header{
 			Version:        2,
 			PayloadType:    96,
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func TestH264Oversized(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Equal(t, []*Output(nil), out)
 
-	out, err = cleaner.Clear(&rtp.Packet{
+	out, err = cleaner.Process(&rtp.Packet{
 		Header: rtp.Header{
 			Version:        2,
 			PayloadType:    96,

pkg/rtpreorderer/reorderer.go

@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+package rtpreorderer
+
+import (
+	"github.com/pion/rtp"
+)
+
+const (
+	bufferSize = 64
+)
+
+// Reorderer filters incoming RTP packets, in order to
+// - order packets
+// - remove duplicate packets
+type Reorderer struct {
+	initialized    bool
+	expectedSeqNum uint16
+	buffer         []*rtp.Packet
+	absPos         uint16
+}
+
+// New allocates a Reorderer.
+func New() *Reorderer {
+	return &Reorderer{
+		buffer: make([]*rtp.Packet, bufferSize),
+	}
+}
+
+// Process processes a RTP packet.
+func (r *Reorderer) Process(pkt *rtp.Packet) []*rtp.Packet {
+	if !r.initialized {
+		r.initialized = true
+		r.expectedSeqNum = pkt.SequenceNumber + 1
+		return []*rtp.Packet{pkt}
+	}
+
+	relPos := pkt.SequenceNumber - r.expectedSeqNum
+
+	// packet is a duplicate or has been sent
+	// before the first packet processed by Reorderer.
+	// discard.
+	if relPos > 0xFFF {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// buffer is full. clear buffer and return current packet.
+	if relPos >= bufferSize {
+		for i := 0; i < bufferSize; i++ {
+			r.buffer[i] = nil
+		}
+		r.expectedSeqNum = pkt.SequenceNumber + 1
+		return []*rtp.Packet{pkt}
+	}
+
+	// there's a missing packet
+	if relPos != 0 {
+		p := (r.absPos + relPos) & (bufferSize - 1)
+
+		// current packet is a duplicate. discard.
+		if r.buffer[p] != nil {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		// put current packet in buffer.
+		r.buffer[p] = pkt
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	count := uint16(1)
+	for {
+		p := (r.absPos + count) & (bufferSize - 1)
+		if r.buffer[p] == nil {
+			break
+		}
+		count++
+	}
+
+	ret := make([]*rtp.Packet, count)
+	ret[0] = pkt
+
+	r.absPos++
+	r.absPos &= (bufferSize - 1)
+
+	for i := uint16(1); i < count; i++ {
+		ret[i], r.buffer[r.absPos] = r.buffer[r.absPos], nil
+		r.absPos++
+		r.absPos &= (bufferSize - 1)
+	}
+
+	r.expectedSeqNum = pkt.SequenceNumber + count
+
+	return ret
+}

pkg/rtpreorderer/reorderer_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+package rtpreorderer
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/pion/rtp"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestReorder(t *testing.T) {
+	sequence := []struct {
+		in  *rtp.Packet
+		out []*rtp.Packet
+	}{
+		{
+			// first packet
+			&rtp.Packet{
+				Header: rtp.Header{
+					SequenceNumber: 65530,
+				},
+			},
+			[]*rtp.Packet{{
+				Header: rtp.Header{
+					SequenceNumber: 65530,
+				},
+			}},
+		},
+		{
+			// packet sent before first packet
+			&rtp.Packet{
+				Header: rtp.Header{
+					SequenceNumber: 65529,
+				},
+			},
+			[]*rtp.Packet(nil),
+		},
+		{
+			// ok
+			&rtp.Packet{
+				Header: rtp.Header{
+					SequenceNumber: 65531,
+				},
+			},
+			[]*rtp.Packet{{
+				Header: rtp.Header{
+					SequenceNumber: 65531,
+				},
+			}},
+		},
+		{
+			// duplicated
+			&rtp.Packet{
+				Header: rtp.Header{
+					SequenceNumber: 65531,
+				},
+			},
+			[]*rtp.Packet(nil),
+		},
+		{
+			// gap
+			&rtp.Packet{
+				Header: rtp.Header{
+					SequenceNumber: 65535,
+				},
+			},
+			[]*rtp.Packet(nil),
+		},
+		{
+			// unordered
+			&rtp.Packet{
+				Header: rtp.Header{
+					SequenceNumber: 65533,
+					PayloadType:    96,
+				},
+			},
+			[]*rtp.Packet(nil),
+		},
+		{
+			// unordered + duplicated
+			&rtp.Packet{
+				Header: rtp.Header{
+					SequenceNumber: 65533,
+					PayloadType:    97,
+				},
+			},
+			[]*rtp.Packet(nil),
+		},
+		{
+			// unordered
+			&rtp.Packet{
+				Header: rtp.Header{
+					SequenceNumber: 65532,
+				},
+			},
+			[]*rtp.Packet{
+				{
+					Header: rtp.Header{
+						SequenceNumber: 65532,
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					Header: rtp.Header{
+						SequenceNumber: 65533,
+						PayloadType:    96,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			// unordered
+			&rtp.Packet{
+				Header: rtp.Header{
+					SequenceNumber: 65534,
+				},
+			},
+			[]*rtp.Packet{
+				{
+					Header: rtp.Header{
+						SequenceNumber: 65534,
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					Header: rtp.Header{
+						SequenceNumber: 65535,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			// overflow + gap
+			&rtp.Packet{
+				Header: rtp.Header{
+					SequenceNumber: 1,
+				},
+			},
+			[]*rtp.Packet(nil),
+		},
+		{
+			// unordered
+			&rtp.Packet{
+				Header: rtp.Header{
+					SequenceNumber: 0,
+				},
+			},
+			[]*rtp.Packet{
+				{
+					Header: rtp.Header{
+						SequenceNumber: 0,
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					Header: rtp.Header{
+						SequenceNumber: 1,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			// buffer is full
+			&rtp.Packet{
+				Header: rtp.Header{
+					SequenceNumber: 67,
+				},
+			},
+			[]*rtp.Packet{
+				{
+					Header: rtp.Header{
+						SequenceNumber: 67,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	r := New()
+	r.absPos = 40
+
+	for _, entry := range sequence {
+		out := r.Process(entry.in)
+		require.Equal(t, entry.out, out)
+	}
+}

serverconn.go

@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ func (sc *ServerConn) readFuncTCP(readRequest chan readReq) error {
 					return err
 				}
 
-				out, err := sc.session.setuppedTracks[trackID].cleaner.Clear(pkt)
+				out, err := sc.session.setuppedTracks[trackID].cleaner.Process(pkt)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}

serversession.go

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aler9/gortsplib/pkg/ringbuffer"
 	"github.com/aler9/gortsplib/pkg/rtcpreceiver"
 	"github.com/aler9/gortsplib/pkg/rtpcleaner"
+	"github.com/aler9/gortsplib/pkg/rtpreorderer"
 	"github.com/aler9/gortsplib/pkg/url"
 )
 
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ type ServerSessionSetuppedTrack struct {
 
 	// publish
 	udpRTCPReceiver *rtcpreceiver.RTCPReceiver
+	reorderer       *rtpreorderer.Reorderer
 	cleaner         *rtpcleaner.Cleaner
 }
 
@@ -974,8 +976,11 @@ func (ss *ServerSession) handleRequest(sc *ServerConn, req *base.Request) (*base
 		ss.state = ServerSessionStateRecord
 
 		for trackID, st := range ss.setuppedTracks {
+			if *ss.setuppedTransport == TransportUDP {
+				st.reorderer = rtpreorderer.New()
+			}
 			_, isH264 := ss.announcedTracks[trackID].(*TrackH264)
-			st.cleaner = rtpcleaner.NewCleaner(isH264, *ss.setuppedTransport == TransportTCP)
+			st.cleaner = rtpcleaner.New(isH264, *ss.setuppedTransport == TransportTCP)
 		}
 
 		switch *ss.setuppedTransport {
@@ -1100,6 +1105,7 @@ func (ss *ServerSession) handleRequest(sc *ServerConn, req *base.Request) (*base
 
 			for _, st := range ss.setuppedTracks {
 				st.cleaner = nil
+				st.reorderer = nil
 			}
 
 			ss.state = ServerSessionStatePreRecord

serverudpl.go

@@ -198,26 +198,30 @@ func (u *serverUDPListener) processRTP(clientData *clientData, payload []byte) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	now := time.Now()
+	packets := clientData.track.reorderer.Process(pkt)
-	atomic.StoreInt64(clientData.ss.udpLastFrameTime, now.Unix())
 
-	out, err := clientData.track.cleaner.Clear(pkt)
+	for _, pkt := range packets {
-	if err != nil {
+		now := time.Now()
-		return
+		atomic.StoreInt64(clientData.ss.udpLastFrameTime, now.Unix())
-	}
-	out0 := out[0]
 
-	clientData.track.udpRTCPReceiver.ProcessPacketRTP(now, pkt, out0.PTSEqualsDTS)
+		out, err := clientData.track.cleaner.Process(pkt)
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		out0 := out[0]
 
-	if h, ok := clientData.ss.s.Handler.(ServerHandlerOnPacketRTP); ok {
+		clientData.track.udpRTCPReceiver.ProcessPacketRTP(now, pkt, out0.PTSEqualsDTS)
-		h.OnPacketRTP(&ServerHandlerOnPacketRTPCtx{
+
-			Session:      clientData.ss,
+		if h, ok := clientData.ss.s.Handler.(ServerHandlerOnPacketRTP); ok {
-			TrackID:      clientData.track.id,
+			h.OnPacketRTP(&ServerHandlerOnPacketRTPCtx{
-			Packet:       out0.Packet,
+				Session:      clientData.ss,
-			PTSEqualsDTS: out0.PTSEqualsDTS,
+				TrackID:      clientData.track.id,
-			H264NALUs:    out0.H264NALUs,
+				Packet:       out0.Packet,
-			H264PTS:      out0.H264PTS,
+				PTSEqualsDTS: out0.PTSEqualsDTS,
-		})
+				H264NALUs:    out0.H264NALUs,
+				H264PTS:      out0.H264PTS,
+			})
+		}
 	}
 }