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RAT is a network audio tool that allows users to participate in audio
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conferences over the internet. These can be between two participants
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directly, or between a group of participants on a common multicast
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group. No special features are required to use RAT in point-to-point
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mode, but to use the multiparty conferencing facilities of RAT, all
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participants must reside on a portion of the Internet which supports
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IP multicast. RAT is based on IETF standards, using RTP above UDP/IP
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as its transport protocol, and conforming to the RTP profile for audio
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and video conference with minimal control.
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RAT features sender based loss mitigation mechanisms and receiver
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based audio repair techniques to compensate for packet loss, and load
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adaption in response to host performance. It runs on a range of
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platforms: FreeBSD, HP-UX, IRIX, Linux, NetBSD, Solaris, SunOS, and
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Windows 95/NT. The source code is publicly available for porting to
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other platforms and for modification by others.
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Note that RAT does not perform call services like user location,
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neither does it listen to session announcements to discover advertised
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multicast sessions. For these purposes, it is recommended you use RAT
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in conjunction with the Session Directory (SDR), or a similar
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application.
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Use of this software for commercial purposes is explicitly forbidden
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unless prior written permission is obtained from the authors. For
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details, see the full license ${PREFIX}/share/doc/rat/COPYRIGHT.
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