Re: [MMUSIC] Martin Duke's Discuss on draft-ietf-mmusic-t140-usage-data-channel-12: (with DISCUSS and COMMENT)

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From: "Murray S. Kucherawy" <superuser@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 00:11:56 -0700
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To: Martin Duke <martin.h.duke@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [MMUSIC] Martin Duke's Discuss on draft-ietf-mmusic-t140-usage-data-channel-12: (with DISCUSS and COMMENT)
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Martin,

You left this comment in the datatracker:

Old comment:
The Tsvarea review cites a few other places where the 2119 language is
a little loose, e.g. MUSTs with vague and unenforceable criteria.

Is that still the case?  I believe the authors felt they'd cleared all that up.

-MSK


On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 6:44 AM Martin Duke <martin.h.duke@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for your work on this. You've fully addressed my DISCUSS.
>
> On Thu, Apr 9, 2020, 06:37 Christer Holmberg <
> christer.holmberg@ericsson.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> >Is that inconsistent with MAY?
>>
>>
>>
>> Perhaps not. I will change it to MAY.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Christer
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 8, 2020, 23:17 Christer Holmberg <
>> christer.holmberg@ericsson.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> > The changes look good. One more thing. In 5.3:
>>
>> >
>>
>> > Buffering can also be used for staying within the maximum character
>> transmission rate
>>
>> >
>>
>> > could we change this to either SHOULD or MAY (whichever you think is
>> best)?
>>
>>
>>
>> I think I’d prefer to keep “can”. Because, it would also be handled e.g.,
>> on the application level.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Christer
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 12:06 PM Christer Holmberg <
>> christer.holmberg@ericsson.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Martin,
>>
>>
>>
>> >This is good, because it specifies what the receiver should do when the
>> sender violates RFC 4103.
>>
>> >
>>
>> >There still isn't guidance on what senders should do, but IMO that is an
>> RFC 4103 problem, not a problem with this draft.
>>
>> >
>>
>> >Can you summarize the total change you plan to make to the draft in
>> response to my DISCUSS? There was a different thread about 5.3
>>
>> >that is related and I'd like to make sure they are addressed
>> holistically.
>>
>>
>>
>> The changes based on your review can be seen in the following PullRequest
>> commits:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> https://github.com/cdh4u/draft-datachannel-t140/pull/56/commits/432cc24a42cec7f084657738bd2b69a8c2f9d380
>> <https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=2b3d9cd7-77e995b1-2b3ddc4c-8610d8a762ca-7a63a12d6e3ecb7c&q=1&e=6c92bb4f-5cff-4c3f-a9cc-c62ea882de13&u=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fcdh4u%2Fdraft-datachannel-t140%2Fpull%2F56%2Fcommits%2F432cc24a42cec7f084657738bd2b69a8c2f9d380>
>> (“strong indication” issue)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> https://github.com/cdh4u/draft-datachannel-t140/pull/56/commits/90c6ff8625004262cce1a434a34b5dae03356932
>> <https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=05b7a05c-5963a93a-05b7e0c7-8610d8a762ca-a9aa36bfd80a5723&q=1&e=6c92bb4f-5cff-4c3f-a9cc-c62ea882de13&u=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fcdh4u%2Fdraft-datachannel-t140%2Fpull%2F56%2Fcommits%2F90c6ff8625004262cce1a434a34b5dae03356932> (sendonly
>> issue)
>>
>>
>>
>> (If you prefer me to write the changes in an e-mail reply I can do that.)
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Christer
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From: *Gunnar Hellstrom <gunnar.hellstrom@omnitor.se>
>> *Date: *Tuesday, 7 April 2020 at 14.04
>> *To: *Christer Holmberg <christer.holmberg@ericsson.com>, Martin Duke <
>> martin.h.duke@gmail.com>
>> *Cc: *"iesg@ietf.org" <iesg@ietf.org>, "
>> draft-ietf-mmusic-t140-usage-data-channel@ietf.org" <
>> draft-ietf-mmusic-t140-usage-data-channel@ietf.org>, Flemming Andreasen <
>> fandreas@cisco.com>, "mmusic-chairs@ietf.org" <mmusic-chairs@ietf.org>, "
>> mmusic@ietf.org" <mmusic@ietf.org>
>> *Subject: *Re: [MMUSIC] Martin Duke's Discuss on
>> draft-ietf-mmusic-t140-usage-data-channel-12: (with DISCUSS and COMMENT)
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Christer,
>>
>> Den 2020-04-07 kl. 12:00, skrev Christer Holmberg:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> Your suggestion looks good. I suggest to include it in the same
>> paragraph, as it is an exemption to the SHOULD.
>>
>> Yes, looks good, and my intention was to have it in the same paragraph,
>> it was only the separation of your text and my text in the mail
>> presentation that prevented me from that.
>>
>>
>>
>> Something like:
>>
>>
>>
>>    If an endpoint receives text at a higher rate than it can handle,
>>
>>    e.g., because the sending endpoint does not support the 'cps'
>>
>>    attribute parameter, it SHOULD either indicate to the sending endpoint
>>
>>    that it is not willing to receive more text, using the direction
>>
>>    attributes (Section 4.2.3), or use a flow control mechanism to
>>
>>    reduce the rate. However, in certain applications, e.g. emergency
>> services,
>>    it is important to regain human interaction as soon as possible, and
>> it might
>>
>>    therefor be more appropriate to simply discard the received overflow,
>> insert a
>>
>>    mark for loss [T140ad1], and continue to process the received text as
>> soon as possible.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Christer
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Gunnar
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From: *Gunnar Hellstrom <gunnar.hellstrom@omnitor.se>
>> <gunnar.hellstrom@omnitor.se>
>> *Date: *Tuesday, 7 April 2020 at 12.49
>> *To: *Christer Holmberg <christer.holmberg@ericsson.com>
>> <christer.holmberg@ericsson.com>, Martin Duke <martin.h.duke@gmail.com>
>> <martin.h.duke@gmail.com>
>> *Cc: *"iesg@ietf.org" <iesg@ietf.org> <iesg@ietf.org> <iesg@ietf.org>,
>> "draft-ietf-mmusic-t140-usage-data-channel@ietf.org"
>> <draft-ietf-mmusic-t140-usage-data-channel@ietf.org>
>> <draft-ietf-mmusic-t140-usage-data-channel@ietf.org>
>> <draft-ietf-mmusic-t140-usage-data-channel@ietf.org>, Flemming Andreasen
>> <fandreas@cisco.com> <fandreas@cisco.com>, "mmusic-chairs@ietf.org"
>> <mmusic-chairs@ietf.org> <mmusic-chairs@ietf.org>
>> <mmusic-chairs@ietf..org>, "mmusic@ietf.org" <mmusic@ietf.org>
>> <mmusic@ietf.org> <mmusic@ietf.org>
>> *Subject: *Re: [MMUSIC] Martin Duke's Discuss on
>> draft-ietf-mmusic-t140-usage-data-channel-12: (with DISCUSS and COMMENT)
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> This looks reasonably good. But there are cases when it is important to
>> regain the real-time human conversation as soon as possible, and therefore
>> discard the overflow instead of turning off the flow by a "sendonly".
>> Real-time text is e.g. used in emergency services, and it would be more
>> dangerous to turn off incoming text for an unforseeable time than to throw
>> away some text and continue the dialogue. The mark for lost text can be
>> inserted in the received text as soon as there is room for it.
>>
>> Therefore, I have proposed an added sentence in the first paragraph.
>>
>> Den 2020-04-07 kl. 09:36, skrev Christer Holmberg:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> Ok, so a new suggestion. What about the following modified text in
>> Section 4.2.1:
>>
>>
>>
>>    If an endpoint receives text at a higher rate than it can handle,
>>
>>    e.g., because the sending endpoint does not support the 'cps'
>>
>>    attribute parameter, it SHOULD either indicate to the sending endpoint
>>
>>    that it is not willing to receive more text, using the direction
>>
>>    attributes (Section 4.2.3), or use a flow control mechanism to
>>
>>    reduce the rate.
>>
>>    In certain applications, e.g. emergency services,
>>    it is however of importance to regain human interaction as soon as
>>    possible, and therefore be more appropriate to discard the received
>> overflow,
>>    insert a mark for loss [T140ad1] as soon as possible in the received
>> stream,
>>    and be prepared to continue real-time conversation.
>>
>>
>>
>>    NOTE: At the time of writing this specification, the standardized API
>>
>>    for WebRTC data channels does not support flow control.  Should such
>>
>>    be available at some point, a receiving endpoint might use it in
>>
>>    order to slow down the rate of text received from the sending
>>
>>    endpoint.
>>
>>
>>
>> The text explicitly distinguish between the usage of the direction
>> attributes and a flow control mechanism.. The text is also “future proof”,
>> as it describes the usage of a flow control mechanism as an alternative
>> should such become available in the future.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Christer
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Gunnar
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From: *Martin Duke <martin.h.duke@gmail.com> <martin.h.duke@gmail.com>
>> *Date: *Tuesday, 7 April 2020 at 8.04
>> *To: *Christer Holmberg <christer.holmberg@ericsson.com>
>> <christer.holmberg@ericsson.com>
>> *Cc: *Gunnar Hellstrom <gunnar.hellstrom@omnitor.se>
>> <gunnar.hellstrom@omnitor.se>, "iesg@ietf.org" <iesg@ietf.org>
>> <iesg@ietf.org> <iesg@ietf.org>,
>> "draft-ietf-mmusic-t140-usage-data-channel@ietf.org"
>> <draft-ietf-mmusic-t140-usage-data-channel@ietf.org>
>> <draft-ietf-mmusic-t140-usage-data-channel@ietf.org>
>> <draft-ietf-mmusic-t140-usage-data-channel@ietf.org>, Flemming Andreasen
>> <fandreas@cisco.com> <fandreas@cisco.com>, "mmusic-chairs@ietf.org"
>> <mmusic-chairs@ietf.org> <mmusic-chairs@ietf.org>
>> <mmusic-chairs@ietf..org>, "mmusic@ietf.org" <mmusic@ietf.org>
>> <mmusic@ietf.org> <mmusic@ietf.org>
>> *Subject: *Re: [MMUSIC] Martin Duke's Discuss on
>> draft-ietf-mmusic-t140-usage-data-channel-12: (with DISCUSS and COMMENT)
>>
>>
>>
>> If sendonly is not a tool to use here, then that removes part of the
>> confusion.
>>
>>
>>
>> If section 4.2.1 had a few sentences about what senders MUST, SHOULD, and
>> MAY do when the user exceeds the peer CPS, including dropping frames if
>> need be, that would make things much clearer.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 2:08 PM Christer Holmberg <
>> christer.holmberg@ericsson.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>>  >>>>> I gather that is the common use case of sendonly, but in this
>> particular case we are changing the directionality of the data channel to
>> prevent a buffer overflow.
>>
>>  >>>>>
>>
>>  >>>>> I have no strong opinion on the correct behavior here, but I think
>> the buffering section should address it.
>>
>>  >>>>
>>
>>  >>>> Perhaps we could say that the application may buffer text for a
>> while in case of sendonly. But, the sendonly could “go on forever”,
>>
>>  >>>> so we cannot require that the application will accept and buffer
>> all text during that time.
>>
>>  >>>>
>>
>>  >>>> The other alternative would have been to define a new
>> please-hold-for-a-few-seconds attribute, but that would have meant more
>>
>>  >>>> work. And, in practice I don’t think this will be a big problem.
>> Sure, you could have someone copy-pasting a large bunch of text, that
>>
>>  >>>> would cause a sendonly,  but in my opinion that is the wrong usage
>> of a RTT function.
>>
>>  >>> When I answered Martin that text queued for transmission is kept, I
>> meant for the case of reaching the CPS limit.
>>
>>  >>>
>>
>>  >>> I do not think that the sendonly should cause text to be buffered.
>> People will sort out the appearing situations. We can hope that a proper
>>
>>  >>> flow control function is eventually implemented for data channels.
>>
>>  >> Works for me. I do agree that sendonly is not a flow control
>> mechanism (that has been discussed in the past, and we don't want to
>> re-open that discussion).
>>
>>  >>
>>
>>  >> Now, Martin DID ask for something to be said.  So, should we in
>> Section 5.3 explicitly say that a change of the direction does not require
>> buffering?
>>
>>  >
>>
>>  > I think that the decision means that the paragraph about direction
>>
>>  > attribute in 4.2.1 should be moved to the end of 4.2.3.4 and be
>> slightly
>>
>>  > reworded to:
>>
>>  >
>>
>>  > If for example an endpoint receives text at a higher rate than it can
>>
>>  > handle, the receiving endpoint can indicate to the sending endpoint
>> that
>>
>>  > it is not willing to receive more text, using the direction attribute
>>
>>  > "sendonly".
>>
>>
>>
>> So, first, the suggestion is to *remove* the following paragraph from
>> Section 4.2.1:
>>
>>
>>
>>   "If an endpoint receives text at a higher rate than it can handle,
>>
>>    e.g., because the sending endpoint does not support the 'cps'
>>
>>    attribute parameter, the receiving endpoint can indicate to the
>>
>>    sending endpoint that it is not willing to receive more text at the
>>
>>    moment, using the direction attributes (Section 4.2.3)."
>>
>>
>>
>> Then, do we really need to add anything to 4.2.3.4? If we do, we will
>> still end up with the does-the-remote-peer-buffer question. Could we just
>> leave 4.2.3.4 as it is?
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Christer
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> >> If I understand correctly, senders would still buffer T.140 blocks if
>> over the limit, or while the peer is in sendonly, to
>> >> preserve the reliability properties of the channel.
>> > I don't think there is a requirement for that. If the peer is sendonly,
>> it means that it does not want to receive anything and that the network
>> should only be used for uni-directional media. For example, in the cause of
>> audio or video, the sender is not required to (and, in my experience, will
>> never) buffer the audio/video in the case of sendonly (or inactive).
>> Sendonly means that the application should not try to send anything to
>> begin with, and should inform the user about that. I assume this apply to
>> an RFC4103 compliant sender too.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Christer
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >   It would be good to also say in 5.3 that this MUST(?) happen without
>> any regard for time limits.
>> > Yes, the intention is to not lose any text even if the sending user
>> creates more text than the receiver can receive and present.
>> > However, even if real-time text is intended for human conversation, it
>> is common that real-time text user interfaces have a cut-and paste
>> function. It is also still possible that a session will be connected
>> through a gateway to a TTY ( a US textphone  in the PSTN), with the
>> extremely slow reception rate of about 5 characters per second. (Yes, it is
>> true, there might still be the case, e.g. in contact with 9-1-1 emergency
>> services). A user, using the paste function of the relatively small amount
>> of text 300 characters, will block the transmission for 60 seconds in that
>> session before the real-time flow of typing can be regained. Then it is
>> good that the buffer is at the sender side, so that the sending user can be
>> informed and maybe provided with the option to interrupt or cancel the
>> transmission of the pasted text so that typed transmission in real time can
>> be regained. Such options in the user interface are out of scope for the
>> current spec, but it is good to know that that opportunity is there, rather
>> than to send the whole chunk of text out to a combination of network
>> devices and far end legacy user device without control of where buffer
>> overflow and loss might occur.
>> > Regards
>> > Gunnar
>> >
>> >
>> > Martin
>> >
>> > On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 12:15 AM Gunnar Hellström <
>> mailto:mailto:gunnar.hellstrom@omnitor.se
>> <mailto:gunnar.hellstrom@omnitor.se>> wrote:
>> > Hi Martin,
>> >
>> > I can start answering with some clarifications.
>> >
>> > Den 2020-04-05 kl. 03:03, skrev Martin Duke via Datatracker:
>> >> Martin Duke has entered the following ballot position for
>> >> draft-ietf-mmusic-t140-usage-data-channel-12: Discuss
>> >>
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>> >>
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>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >> DISCUSS:
>> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >>
>> >> I am confused as to the expected/allowed behavior regarding the cps
>> attribute
>> >> parameter.
>> >>
>> >> In RFC 4103 Section 6 it says receivers MUST be able to handle
>> temporary bursts
>> >> over the cps rate but senders MUST stay below the rate.
>> >>
>> >> In section 5.3 it says senders “can” (probably need a 2119 word here)
>> buffer
>> >> blocks to stay below cps. There is a 500ms limit so this has its
>> limitations.
>> >> Shouldn’t the buffer time be unbounded if characters are coming in at
>> a rate
>> >> above cps?
>> > The 500 ms limit is on the sending side. A more normal time is 300 ms.
>> >
>> > The idea is that the reader want to have a smooth flow of incoming text
>> > to read. In 4.2.1 it is said that CPS is calculated over a 10 second
>> > period. If the sender reaches the CPS limit, and then waits the usual
>> > 300 ms, then a calculation is done to check how many characters can be
>> > transmitted at that point in time to keep under the CPS limit. If the
>> > flow has been high but even, it might be found that it is possible to
>> > send 10 characters from the buffer, but 290 characters need to wait.
>> > These 290 characters are not available for sending at the moment because
>> > that would make the CPS exceeded.
>> >
>> > It might also be found that no character can be allowed to be sent, e.g.
>> > because the sending user just recently had pasted a chunk of 300
>> > characters of text that was transmitted so that the CPS calculation over
>> > 10 seconds is still 30.
>> >
>> > The first paragraph in 5.3 ends " as long as there is text to send."
>> > That is intended to take the CPS calculation into consideration and
>> > regard only characters allowed to be transmitted while keeping under the
>> > CPS over a 10 second period to be "text to send".
>> >
>> > The wording "as long as there is text to send." might be improved. I
>> > leave to Christer to propose a conclusion.
>> >
>> >> Meanwhile in section 4.2.1 it suggests that receivers use sendOnly or
>> inactive
>> >> (I presume these are the right direction values) to effectively flow
>> control
>> >> the incoming data. 4566bis seems to only envision this at the start of
>> a
>> >> channel.
>> > In RFC4566bis it is said about inactive: "This is necessary for
>> > interactive multimedia conferences where users can put other users on
>> hold."
>> >
>> > It is possible to send sdp during the session to modify the session.
>> > This is also stated in section 4.2.3.4. The usage of the direction
>> > attributes for the T140 data channel is registered in section 9.4, and
>> > rfc4566bis says in section 8.2.4.2 that new use of existing attributes
>> > shall be registered and that offer/answer procedures may be specified
>> > for the new use (in this case for the use in dcsa in the t140 data
>> > channel). In section 4.2.3 it is also stated that the principles of
>> > offer/answer procedures in rfc 3264 for the direction attributes apply
>> > (as it also does for the original direction attributes in rfc4566bis).
>> > In rfc 3264 section 8.4 it is clear that the attributes can be changed
>> > during the session.
>> > So, I think we are safe in multiple ways here. The use is registered and
>> > it is the same as intended in rfc4566bis and RFC 3264.
>> >
>> >
>> >>     What is the impact of pending data if the directionality of the
>> >> channel changes? How does this interact with the maximum buffer time?
>> > Text would be held and not be regarded to be "text to send".
>> >> I suggest 4.2.1 be clearer on what actions a cps sender and receiver
>> >> MAY/SHOULD/MUST take, and make sure there aren’t contradictory
>> requirements.
>> > Thanks, maybe the solution is to find an improvement of the words "as
>> > long as there is text to send" in 5.3. Let us see what Christer
>> proposes.
>> >
>> > Regards
>> >
>> > Gunnar
>> >
>> >>
>> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >> COMMENT:
>> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >>
>> >> The Tsvarea review cites a few other places where the 2119 language is
>> a little
>> >> loose, e.g. MUSTs with vague and unenforceable criteria.
>> >>
>> >>
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