Re: [rtcweb] SIP Glare - Re: Minimal SDP negotiation mechanism

Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net> Thu, 22 September 2011 18:18 UTC

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2011/9/22 Harald Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no>:
> Magnus' analysis worries me a bit, because it seems to assume specific
> functionality in the gateway (tracking of state and ability to generate SIP
> messages depending on state).
> It seems reasonably simple to build a gateway, but we quickly get to the
> point where we have to write standards for the gateway function .... which
> could lead us down rather deep ratholes.

Are we assuming that a media gateway will be required for RTP/media
communication between a WebRTC client (web browser) and a SIP node?
If such decision is taken IMHO it's sad.

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Iñaki Baz Castillo
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