Re: [Ice] Trickle ICE review

[Peter Saint-Andre <[e-mail]>]

On 3/28/17 10:43 AM, Ari Keränen wrote:
> 
>> On 28 Mar 2017, at 11:27, Peter Saint-Andre <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>
>>>> - The name "ICE negotiation session" with definition of "A virtual
>>>> session ..." is confusing.   I understand that we need a word for
>>>> "period between restarts" and "period across restarts".  But what does
>>>> "virtual" mean in this context?  And what does "negotiation" mean in
>>>> "ICE negotiation session"?  Here's a possible suggestion: call it
>>>> "single-exchange session".   A single-exchange session is the period
>>>> from a single exchange of ICE description until the next exchange.  A
>>>> "normal" ICE session is basically a multi-exchange session.
>>>
>>>    This might be clearer:
>>>
>>>       ICE Session:  All of the ICE-related interactions between ICE agents
>>>          up until an ICE restart (if any).
>>>
>>>    However, that definition probably belongs in 5245bis. The term as used
>>>    in the Trickle specification is not limited to interactions between
>>>    Trickle ICE agents.
>>>
>>>
>>> I like that idea of using "ICE session" to mean the thing between
>>> restarts as long as it's compatible with 5245 and 5245bis and it doesn't
>>> cause confusion such that people think an "ICE session" is the time
>>> period across all ICE restarts.
>>>
>>> I originally thought it should go in 5245bis also, but Ari thought it
>>> didn't make sense there since it would never use the term after defining
>>> it.  
>>
>> It's already used in 5245bis, isn't it? But we can continue to define it
>> in Trickle.
> 
> It's used but not defined actually. We'll add this to the terminology of 5245bis.

Right, I think that's the best place for it. Thanks!

Peter