Re: [rtcweb] data channel protocol comments and potential agenda topic

Stefan Hakansson LK <stefan.lk.hakansson@ericsson.com> Sat, 21 July 2012 12:02 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] data channel protocol comments and potential agenda topic
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On 07/19/2012 06:26 PM, Ejzak, Richard P (Richard) wrote:
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>
> Why don’t we instead specify the API to allow the application to select
> the SCTP transmission characteristics (including stream id, ppid,
> ordered, reliable, etc.) needed per data block to be transmitted.
> Alternately, the API could specify and then allow changes to these
> characteristics for a channel to influence the SCTP protocol options
> selected without initiating a data channel protocol negotiation or
> requiring release of the channel.

The current API proposal is aligned to the WebSocket API. This API is 
state-of-art for web developers, is gaining momentum, and designing 
something very different would be a mistake IMO. Anyway, the API 
discussion and design belongs in the webrtc WG.

Stefan