Overview: Real-Time Protocols for Browser-Based Applications
Abstract
This document gives an overview and context of a protocol suite intended for use with real-time applications that can be deployed in browsers - real time communication on the Web. It intends to serve as a starting and coordination point to make sure all the parts that are needed to achieve this goal are findable, and that the parts that belong in the Internet protocol suite are fully specified and on the right publication track. This document is an Applicability Statement - it does not itself specify any protocol, but specifies which other specifications WebRTC compliant implementations are supposed to follow. This document is a work item of the RTCWEB working group.
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ICE is the de facto standard for handling the complexities of NAT.
“The de facto standard for handling the complexities of NAT is the Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE) framework [1, 29]”
From Large-Scale Measurement of NAT Traversal for the Decentralized Web: A Case Study of DCUtR in IPFS (2026) · cites this paper as [1]
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Large-Scale Measurement of NAT Traversal for the Decentralized Web: A Case Study of DCUtR in IPFS
Trautwein, D., Ihle, C., Schubotz, M., Breitinger, C., & Gipp, B. (2026) · Proceedings of the 2026 ACM Internet Measurement Conference · doi:10.1145/3777912.3809138
- Authors
- Alvestrand, H.
- Corresponding author
- Alvestrand, H.
- Publisher
- RFC Editor
- Published
- 2021-01
- OpenAlex
- W2339106079
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- 101
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- Type
- report
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Mobile and Web Applications
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › Network Traffic and Congestion Control
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Multimedia Communication and Technology
- Keywords
- WebRTC, real-time communication, web application, real-time protocols, Internet Protocol Suite
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