Real-time communications for the web

Author

Jennings, C. ; Hardie, T. ; Westerlund, Magnus

Volume

51

Issue

4

fYear

2013

fDate

Apr-13

Firstpage

20

Lastpage

26

Abstract

This article provides an overview of the work that W3C and IETF are doing toward defining a framework, protocols, and application programming interfaces that will provide real-time interactive voice, video, and data in web browsers and other applications. The article explains how media and data will flow in a peer-to-peer style directly between two web browsers. This explains the protocols used to transport and secure the encrypted media, traverse NATs and firewalls, negotiate media capabilities, and provide identity for the media.

Keywords

Internet; cryptography; firewalls; multimedia communication; online front-ends; peer-to-peer computing; protocols; IETF; W3C; Web browsers; application programming interfaces; encrypted media transport; firewalls; media capabilities negotiation; media identity; peer-to-peer style; protocols; real-time communications; real-time interactive data; real-time interactive video; real-time interactive voice; traverse NAT; Application programming interfaces; Browsers; Internet; Media; Peer-to-peer computing; Protocols; Real-time systems; Telecommunication services; Web services; Web-based communications;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2013.6495756

Filename

6495756