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Re: [rtcweb] Data channel: JavaScript usage of data channel without the Data Channel Protocol?

Christer Holmberg <christer.holmberg@ericsson.com> Wed, 12 February 2014 10:28 UTC

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From: Christer Holmberg <christer.holmberg@ericsson.com>
To: Richard Ejzak <richard.ejzak@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] Data channel: JavaScript usage of data channel without the Data Channel Protocol?
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Hi Richard,

Specific applications can decide who opens the data channel, when to start sending data, etc.

Regards,

Christer


From: Richard Ejzak [mailto:richard.ejzak@gmail.com]
Sent: 11. helmikuuta 2014 22:05
To: Christer Holmberg
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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] Data channel: JavaScript usage of data channel without the Data Channel Protocol?

Hi Christer,
I didn't see any other response to your question, but please excuse me if I missed it.

My understanding of this case is that if DCEP is not used, the "open" event is triggered once the browser finishes creating the protocol machinery for the data channel being created.  This is the only mechanism available to acknowledge to the JS app that the data channel has been set up since, as you say, the browser will neither send nor receive an open/ack message.  I don't see any other reasonable alternative to this without API changes.

There is a slight problem with this since the peer may not have established the protocol machinery necessary to actually communicate on the created data channel.  Some external mechanism is necessary to verify that both peers have "opened" the same data channel before either party sends data.  See my draft on SDP for external negotiation of data channels for a description of one way to do this.

Richard

On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 5:15 AM, Christer Holmberg <christer.holmberg@ericsson.com<mailto:christer.holmberg@ericsson.com>> wrote:
Hi,

As was indicated earlier, the usage of the Data Channel Protocol (DCP) is optional with the Data Channel.

However, if I understand the API correctly, only the DCP "open"/"ack" messages will trigger a JavaScript "open" event.

If so, how will my JS App be able to use the data channel if I do NOT use the Data Channel Protocol? Can I use it without the "open" event, and/or is there something else that will trigger it?

Regards,

Christer

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