Re: [rtcweb] JSEP-bis and WebRTC-Extensions Section 5.2

Part of the issue here is that we did spec the setCodecPreferences
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8829#name-setcodecpreferences> API in
JSEP allowing the JS application to control what formats it wants to
negotiate, so in many ways this change is just bringing RTP extensions in
line with media formats (IOW, we already have some disparities in the
spec). As to the solution here, we also have to deal with more than just
the notion of "enabled" - there is also the change in how RTP header
extensions are added in subsequent offers, which would probably be harder
to do in a generic statement, as it would have to override normative text
later in the document.

However I do recognize Christer's concern that there could be other parts
of JSEP that need the same treatment (specifically, FEC mechanisms and RTCP
feedback mechanisms). To address this, we could do one of the following:
a) Add a generic statement as Christer proposes suggesting that
"supported", as it pertains to JSEP, means the parameters that the JSEP
implementation can handle AND are enabled by the application, and have this
apply to all relevant parts.
b) Extend the PR below to handle all the cases where the application might
want to override "supported" (FEC and RTCP are the only remaining ones, I
believe). We could use "supported by the application" as Tim mentions to
make the change more editorial.
c) Just go forward with the current PR and revisit the situation in the
future when needed

I tend to think that b) will actually be the most surgical and unambiguous
change, so I lean in that direction at the moment.

On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 12:51 PM Christer Holmberg <christer.holmberg=
40ericsson.com@dmarc.ietf.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> >> Are there actually some real implementation issues behind the proposed
> change, or is it only
> >> about W3C and IETF using different terminology?
> >
> > It’s an API layer thing. At present there are no ways for a javascript
> application to manage which RTP
> > header extensions are present in an offer*. So the current behaviour is
> to offer _everything_ the
> > library/stack is capable of. The W3C is creating an API point that
> allows the javascript application to
> > decide which extensions (of all the ones supported by the stack) are
> useful/relevant/safe for the application.
> >
> > If both side’s webRTC implementations support a lot of RTP header
> extensions, the current wording will have
> > them _all_ offered and all accepted in an answer, even if none of them
> add any value to the application - bloating
> > the packet size needlessly.  Specifically: ’supported’ is taken to mean
> supported by the user agent - rather than
> > supported by the application as a whole.
> >
> > (This is my understanding of the issue at least)
>
> Wouldn't it be better to have a generic statement, saying that for some
> features there are APIs that, for some features,
> allow the JS application to control what options are offered. That would
> also be future proof, and we would not have
> to update the JSEP spec every time there is a new API that allows the JS
> application to control what options are offered
> for a certain feature.
>
> Regards,
>
> Christer
>
>
>
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> *From:* rtcweb <rtcweb-bounces@ietf.org> on behalf of Tim Panton <
> thp@westhawk.co.uk>
> *Sent:* Sunday, May 7, 2023 1:16:27 PM
> *To:* Christer Holmberg <christer.holmberg=40ericsson.com@dmarc.ietf.org>
> *Cc:* rtcweb@ietf.org <rtcweb@ietf.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [rtcweb] JSEP-bis and WebRTC-Extensions Section 5.2
>
> I was also thinking about this too - and I somewhat agree.
>
> We could replace ‘supported' with 'supported by the current application’
> since at a high level what this change does is to differentiate between
> extensions that the library (libwebrtc etc) can support vs extensions the
> current application wants to support.
>
> It also makes it clearer that this is an editorial change.
>
> T.
>
> On 7 May 2023, at 11:10, Christer Holmberg <christer.holmberg=
> 40ericsson.com@dmarc.ietf.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have issues with the proposed change.
>
> First, AFAIK, "enabled" is not used in any other O/A specification.
>
> Second, my reading of "supported" is that it is something that the
> endpoint is actually willing to/capable of using within the session.
>
> Third, within the JSEP O/A procedures, "supported" is used for other
> features (e.g., FEC mechanisms). Using other terminology for one feature
> will only confuse the reader, in my opinion.
>
> Fourth, if it is unclear what "supported" really means we should rather
> clarify that.
>
> Regards,
>
> Christer
>
> Sent from Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* rtcweb <rtcweb-bounces@ietf.org> on behalf of Justin Uberti <
> justin@fixie.ai>
> *Sent:* Saturday, May 6, 2023 3:30:33 AM
> *To:* rtcweb@ietf.org <rtcweb@ietf.org>; superuser@gmail.com <
> superuser@gmail.com>
> *Subject:* [rtcweb] JSEP-bis and WebRTC-Extensions Section 5.2
>
> The WebRTC W3C WG is working on an extension spec
> <https://w3c.github.io/webrtc-extensions/#rtp-header-extension-control-modifications>
> that suggests behavior for RTP header extension O/A that conflicts slightly
> with the current version of JSEP. Rather than have this sort of ad-hoc
> extensions extension to JSEP in the W3C spec, it was suggested that we
> could apply a tiny patch to JSEP before JSEP-bis is finalized (it's
> currently in the RFC Editor state). Murray was supportive of this but
> wanted to make sure the WG was fully behind this change first.
>
> For context, Section 5.2 in the W3C extension spec basically says that
> WebRTC endpoints can control the extensions that are in use, and as a
> result O/A negotiation should a) use only the extensions that are enabled
> by the endpoint, and b) always reoffer all extensions, rather than the
> previously negotiated set.
>
> I've made a PR that captures this request at
> https://github.com/rtcweb-wg/jsep/pull/1033/files
> <https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=31323334-501d5122-313273af-454445555731-45f3175ddedc0fdc&q=1&e=d500064c-f63a-47ed-b1ec-2ff879fda6f4&u=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Frtcweb-wg%2Fjsep%2Fpull%2F1033%2Ffiles>,
> and it basically makes two surgical changes:
> 1) replaces the use of "supported RTP header extensions" with "enabled RTP
> header extensions"
> 2) changes the text around "extensions... present in the most recent
> answer" to instead say "extensions... enabled on the associated
> transceiver" (similar to how codecs are handled in JSEP).
>
> Please let me know if this sounds reasonable to you or you have concerns.
>
> Thanks,
> Justin
>
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