Protocol

ICE

Interactive Connectivity Establishment

Lab ready Full lab

Interactive Connectivity Establishment gathers local, reflexive, and relay candidates, then runs STUN checks to pick working media paths. Trickle ICE updates candidates during call setup to cut time-to-media. Consent freshness keeps paths validated for WebRTC.

Tags

natcandidateswebrtcchecks

Sources

  • RFC 8445
  • RFC 8838 (Trickle ICE)

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STUN

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SDP

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Textual session description: media lines, codecs (rtpmap/fmtp), ICE candidates, and direction attributes. Carried in SIP, WebRTC, and MGC…

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WebRTC Signaling

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