The document summarizes a WebRTC workshop that took place in September 2014. It includes an agenda for the workshop which covered topics like what WebRTC is and isn't, standardization efforts, use cases and deployments, and implementation details. It also provides background information on WebRTC, including its history, browser support, challenges with mobile, and key features it offers for real-time communication directly in web browsers.

1. WebRTC Workshop
Open discussion on the ecosystem
September 2014
Tsahi Levent-Levi

2. About Me
•Too many years in the telecom industry. Mainly VoIP
•Developer, Product Manager, CTO
•Had my share of standardization and patents
•Write about WebRTC and other topics
•Published the WebRTC for Business People report
•Consulting
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Tsahi Levent-Levi
tsahil@bloggeek.me
@tsahil

3. WebRTC Workshop - Open discussion on the ecosystem
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13:00 Introductions Doug
13:10 What is (and isn't WebRTC) Tsahi
14:00 Standaradization, IETF and WebRTC Victor
14:45 Break
15:00 5 WebRTC Archetypes Tsahi
15:45 The WebRTC Use Cases/Deployments Doug
16:30 Implementation/Architecture Details Tsahi
17:15 Wrap-up Victor

4. What is (and isn’t) WebRTC
1.What is WebRTC?
2.History of WebRTC
3.Browser support
4.Mobile and WebRTC
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WebRTC offers real time communication natively from a web browser
WebRTC is a media engine with JavaScript APIs

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WebRTC is a Technology
not a Solution
TheBusyBrain

7. Which WebRTC?
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WebRTC is both an open source project and a standard specification
webrtc.org
•The open source project
•Holds an implementation of the WebRTC specification
•Can be used by anyone for anything
WebRTC 1.0
•The standard specification
•Not yet completed
•Handled by the IETF and W3C

8. How are Calls Made with WebRTC?
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9. WebRTC Architectures: Triangle
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Media
Signaling

10. WebRTC Architectures: Trapezoid
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Media
Federation
Signaling

11. Key Features
•MediaStreams – access to the user’s camera and mic
•PeerConnection – easy audio/video calls
•DataChannels – p2p application data transfer
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12. What does it provide?
•Real-time
•Voice, video and data
•Browser based
•No plugins
•Secured
•Interoperable (between browsers)
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13. Reduce barrier of entry for new vendors
Friction reduction for users
WebRTC’s Job to be Done
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No Plugins
No Downloads
No Installations
No App Store
No Signaling
Free (as in BSD)
No Patents
No Media Eng.

14. Why all the fuss?
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15. History of WebRTC
What is (and isn’t) WebRTC?
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16. On2 & GIPS Acquisitions
Assets
Customers
Google’s Target
On2
Feb 2010
VPx video codecs
Adobe
WebM
GIPS
May 2010
iLBC, iSAC voice codecs
Voice Engine
Video Engine
Skype, Google, Yahoo, Avaya, …
WebRTC
MPEG LA
Mar 2013
Patents related to VP8
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Royalty free video codec
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17. The (short) History of WebRTC
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18. The Future?
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Google’s announced roadmap for WebRTC (June 2014)
http://www.krankygeek.com/live.html

19. Browser support
What is (and isn’t) WebRTC?
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20. Where?
1.4
Billion
Enabled devices
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21. Solving Browser Support
1.Ignore
•Offer the service on supporting browsers only
•Either don’t show WebRTC capabilities or block un supporting browsers
•Videodesk.com isn’t showing the capabilities
•popexperts blocks such browsers from access to the actual service
2.Plugin
•Build a plugin for non-supporting browsers
•AddLive and Weemo do that
•Temasys and Priologic offer free plugins
3.Downgrade to “Flash”
•Use Flash where WebRTC doesn’t work (and have interoperability headaches)
•Requestec and Apidaze took this route
4.Don’t use WebRTC at all
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22. Mobile and WebRTC
What is (and isn’t) WebRTC?
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23. Mobile is Tricky
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Maxthon
Dolphin
UC Browser
Firefox
Opera
Opera Mini
Chrome
Candy Crush
Facebook
Whatsapp
Downloads in millions
Popular Android browsers supporting WebRTC
Popular Android browsers NOT supporting WebRTC
Popular Android applications
June 2014

24. Mobile is Tricky
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Maxthon
Dolphin
UC Browser
Firefox
Opera
Opera Mini
Chrome
Candy Crush
Facebook
Whatsapp
Downloads in millions
Popular Android browsers supporting WebRTC
Popular Android browsers NOT supporting WebRTC
Popular Android applications
June 2014
•People don’t install a browser on their phones
•People use apps to access communications features
•WebRTC isn’t really available on mobile

25. Web or Apps for Mobile?
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26. Progress in Mobile
•Android KitKat
•Migration towards Chrome-based WebView
•In 2014
•WebRTC in WebView (Android L)
•Opus 1.1
•Echo cancellation optimizations (Android)
•Better bandwidth estimation
•Video for iOS devices
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27. 4 Routes to Mobile
1.Ignore mobile
2.Only on supported browsers
3.Port and pack in an app
4.Wait
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28. Thank You!
Tsahi Levent-Levi
http://bloggeek.me
tsahil@bloggeek.me
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