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draft-ietf-mmusic-data-channel-sdpneg-21
MMUSIC                                                          K. Drage
Internet-Draft                                              Unaffiliated
Intended status: Standards Track                             M. Makaraju
Expires: April 20, 2019                                            Nokia
                                                     J. Stoetzer-Bradler
                                                                R. Ejzak
                                                               J. Marcon
                                                            Unaffiliated
                                                            R. Even, Ed.
                                                                  Huawei
                                                        October 17, 2018

                   SDP-based Data Channel Negotiation
                draft-ietf-mmusic-data-channel-sdpneg-21

Abstract

   The Real-Time Communication in WEB-browsers (RTCWeb) working group is
   charged to provide protocols to support direct interactive rich
   communications using audio, video, and data between two peers' web-
   browsers.  For the support of data communication, the RTCWeb working
   group has in particular defined the concept of bi-directional data
   channels over SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol), where each
   data channel might be used to transport other protocols, called
   subprotocols.  Data channel setup can be done using either the in-
   band Data Channel Establishment Protocol (DCEP) or using some out-of-
   band non-DCEP protocol.  This document specifies how the SDP (Session
   Description Protocol) offer/answer exchange can be used to achieve
   such an out-of-band non-DCEP negotiation.  Even though data channels
   are designed for RTCWeb use initially, they may be used by other
   protocols like, but not limited to, the CLUE protocol (which is
   defined by the IETF "ControLling mUltiple streams for tElepresence"
   working group).  This document is intended to be used wherever data
   channels are used.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   2.  Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   3.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   4.  Applicability Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   5.  SDP Data Channel Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     5.1.  SDP DCMAP Attribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
       5.1.1.  DCMAP Attribute Syntax  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
       5.1.2.  Dcmap-stream-id Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
       5.1.3.  Label Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
       5.1.4.  Subprotocol Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
       5.1.5.  Max-retr Parameter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
       5.1.6.  Max-time Parameter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
       5.1.7.  Ordered Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
       5.1.8.  Priority Parameter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
       5.1.9.  DCMAP Multiplexing Category . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     5.2.  SDP DCSA Attribute  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
       5.2.1.  DCSA Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
       5.2.2.  DCSA Multiplexing Category  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   6.  SDP Offer/Answer Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
     6.1.  Managing Stream Identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     6.2.  Negotiating Data Channel Parameters . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     6.3.  Generating the Initial Offer for A Data Channel . . . . .  14
     6.4.  Generating SDP Answer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
     6.5.  Offerer Processing of the SDP Answer  . . . . . . . . . .  14
     6.6.  Modifying the Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
       6.6.1.  Closing a Data Channel  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15

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     6.7.  Various SDP Offer/Answer Considerations . . . . . . . . .  16
   7.  Examples  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
   8.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
   9.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
     9.1.  Subprotocol Identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
     9.2.  New SDP Attributes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
       9.2.1.  dcmap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
       9.2.2.  dcsa  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
     9.3.  New Usage Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
   10. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
   11. CHANGE LOG  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
     11.1.  Changes against 'draft-ietf-mmusic-data-channel-
            sdpneg-15' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
     11.2.  Changes against 'draft-ietf-mmusic-data-channel-
            sdpneg-14' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
     11.3.  Changes against 'draft-ietf-mmusic-data-channel-
            sdpneg-12' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
     11.4.  Changes against 'draft-ietf-mmusic-data-channel-
            sdpneg-11' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
     11.5.  Changes against 'draft-ietf-mmusic-data-channel-
            sdpneg-10' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
     11.6.  Changes against 'draft-ietf-mmusic-data-channel-
            sdpneg-09' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
     11.7.  Changes against 'draft-ietf-mmusic-data-channel-
            sdpneg-08' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
     11.8.  Changes against 'draft-ietf-mmusic-data-channel-
            sdpneg-07' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
     11.9.  Changes against 'draft-ietf-mmusic-data-channel-
            sdpneg-06' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
     11.10. Changes against 'draft-ietf-mmusic-data-channel-
            sdpneg-05' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
     11.11. Changes against 'draft-ietf-mmusic-data-channel-
            sdpneg-04' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
     11.12. Changes against 'draft-ietf-mmusic-data-channel-
            sdpneg-03' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
     11.13. Changes against 'draft-ietf-mmusic-data-channel-
            sdpneg-02' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
     11.14. Changes against 'draft-ietf-mmusic-data-channel-
            sdpneg-01' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
     11.15. Changes against 'draft-ietf-mmusic-data-channel-
            sdpneg-00' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
     11.16. Changes against 'draft-ejzak-mmusic-data-channel-
            sdpneg-02' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  32
     11.17. Changes against '-01'  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  33
     11.18. Changes against '-00'  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  33
   12. References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  34
     12.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  34
     12.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  35

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   Appendix A.  Generic Data Channel Negotiation Aspects When Not
                Using DCEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  36
     A.1.  Stream Identifier Numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  37
     A.2.  Generic Data Channel Negotiation Not Using DCEP . . . . .  37
       A.2.1.  Overview  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  37
       A.2.2.  Opening a Data Channel  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  37
       A.2.3.  Closing a Data Channel  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  38
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  39

1.  Introduction

   The RTCWeb working group has defined the concept of bi-directional
   data channels running on top of the Stream Control Transmission
   Protocol (SCTP) [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-channel].  RTCWeb allows
   applications to use data channels.  RTCWeb defines an in-band Data
   Channel Establishment Protocol (DCEP)
   [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-protocol], however other in-band or out-of-band
   protocols may be used for establishing data channels.  Each data
   channel consists of paired SCTP streams sharing the same SCTP Stream
   Identifier.  Data channels are created by endpoint applications using
   the WebRTC API (Application Programming Interface), or other prtocols
   like CLUE [I-D.ietf-clue-datachannel].  The protocols can be signaled
   by the data channel "subprotocol" parameter, conceptually similar to
   the WebSocket [RFC5234] "subprotocol".  However, apart from the
   "subprotocol" value transmitted to the peer, RTCWeb leaves it open
   how endpoint applications can agree on how to instantiate a given
   subprotocol on a data channel, and whether it is signaled in-band
   using DCEP or out-of-band using a non-DCEP protocol (or both).  In
   particular, the SDP offer generated by the RTCweb data channel stack
   includes no channel-specific information.

   This document defines SDP offer/answer [RFC3264] procedures that
   enable out-of-band negotiation for establishing data channels for
   transport of well-defined subprotocols.  These procedures are based
   on generic SDP offer/answer negotiation rules for SCTP based media
   transport as specified in [I-D.ietf-mmusic-sctp-sdp] for the SDP "m"
   line proto values UDP/DTLS/SCTP and TCP/DTLS/SCTP.

   This document makes use of MSRP (Message Session Relay Protocol)
   [RFC4975] and BFCP (Binary Floor Control Protocol) [RFC4582] in many
   of the examples.  It does not provide a complete specification of how
   to negotiate the use of a data channel to transport MSRP.  Procedures
   specific to each subprotocol would have to be documented elsewhere.
   For MSRP they are documented in
   [I-D.ietf-mmusic-msrp-usage-data-channel] . The use of MSRP in some
   examples is only to show how the generic procedures described herein
   might apply to a specific subprotocol.

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2.  Conventions

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119] [RFC8174]

3.  Terminology

   This document uses the following terms:

      Data channel: A WebRTC data channel as specified in
      [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-channel].

      Data channel stack: An entity which, upon application request,
      runs the data channel protocol to keep track of states, sending
      and receiving data.  If the application is a browser based
      JavaScript application then this stack resides in the browser.  If
      the application is a native application then this stack resides in
      the application and is accessible via some sort of APIs.

      Data channel properties: Fixed properties assigned to a data
      channel at the time of its creation.  Some of these properties
      determine the way the data channel stack transmits data on this
      channel (e.g., stream identifier, reliability, order of
      delivery...).

      Data channel subprotocol: The application protocol which is
      transported over a single data channel.  Data channel subprotocol
      messages are sent as data channel payload over an established data
      channel.  SDP offer/answer exchange can be used as specified in
      this document to negotiate the establishment of data channels,
      corresponding data channel properties, associated data channel
      subprotocols and data channel subprotocol properties.  In this
      case the data channel subprotocols may be identified by the values
      of the "subprotocol" parameters of the SDP "a=dcmap" attribute as
      described in Section 5.1.4.  Within this document the term "data
      channel subprotocol" is often abbreviated as just "subprotocol".

      DCEP: Data Channel Establishment Protocol defined in
      [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-protocol].

      In-band: Transmission through the peer-to-peer SCTP association.

      Out-of-band: Transmission through the application signaling path.

      Peer: From the perspective of one of the agents in a session, its
      peer is the other agent.  Specifically, from the perspective of

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      the SDP offerer, the peer is the SDP answerer.  From the
      perspective of the SDP answerer, the peer is the SDP offerer.

      SCTP Stream Sequence Number (SSN): the SCTP stream sequence number
      as specified in [RFC4960].

      Stream identifier: The identifier of the outbound and inbound SCTP
      streams composing a data channel.

4.  Applicability Statement

   The mechanism in this document only applies to the Session
   Description Protocol (SDP) [RFC4566] when used together with the SDP
   offer/answer mechanism [RFC3264].  Declarative usage of SDP is out of
   scope of this document, and is thus undefined.

5.  SDP Data Channel Attributes

   This sections defines two new SDP media-level attributes that can be
   used together with the SDP Offer/Answer mechanism to negotiate data
   channel-specific and subprotocol-specific parameters without the
   usage of DCEP [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-protocol].  The first attribute
   provides for negotiation of channel-specific parameters.  The second
   attribute provides for negotiation of subprotocol-specific
   parameters.

   Note: Appendix A provides information how data channels work in
   general and especially summarizes some key aspects, which should be
   considered for the negotiation of data channels if DCEP is not used.

5.1.  SDP DCMAP Attribute

   This section defines a new media level attribute "a=dcmap:" that
   defines the data channel parameters for each data channel to be
   negotiated.

   The attribute is used to create bi-directional SCTP data channels
   having the same set of attributes.  The data channel properties
   (reliable/partially reliable, ordered/unordered) need to be suitable
   per the subprotocol transport requirements.

5.1.1.  DCMAP Attribute Syntax

   "a=dcmap:" is a media level attribute having the following ABNF
   (Augmented Backus-Naur Form, [RFC5234]) syntax.

   Formal Syntax:

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   Name: dcmap

   Value: dcmap-value

   Usage Level: media

   Charset Dependent: no

   Syntax:

   dcmap-value     = dcmap-stream-id
                     [ SP dcmap-opt *(";" dcmap-opt) ]
   dcmap-opt       = ordering-opt / subprotocol-opt / label-opt
                     / maxretr-opt / maxtime-opt / priority-opt
                     ; Only maxretr-opt or maxtime-opt
                     ; is present.

   dcmap-stream-id = 1*5DIGIT
   ordering-opt    = "ordered=" ordering-value
   ordering-value  = "true" / "false"
   subprotocol-opt = "subprotocol=" quoted-string
   label-opt       = "label=" quoted-string
   maxretr-opt     = "max-retr=" maxretr-value
   maxretr-value   = "0" / integer
                     ; number of retransmissions,
                     ; less than 2^32,
                     ; derived from 'Reliability Parameter' of
                     ; [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-protocol]
   maxtime-opt     = "max-time=" maxtime-value
   maxtime-value   = "0" / integer
                     ; milliseconds,
                     ; less than 2^32,
                     ; derived from 'Reliability Parameter' of
                     ; [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-protocol]
   priority-opt    = "priority=" priority-value
   priority-value  = "0" / integer
                     ; unsigned integer value indicating the priority of
                     ; the data channel,
                     ; less than 2^16,
                     ; derived from 'Priority' of
                     ; [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-protocol]

   quoted-string   = DQUOTE *(quoted-char / escaped-char) DQUOTE
   quoted-char     = SP / quoted-visible
   quoted-visible  = %x21 / %x23-24 / %x26-7E ; VCHAR without " or %
   escaped-char    = "%" HEXDIG HEXDIG
   DQUOTE          = <from-RFC5234>
   integer         = <from-RFC4566>

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   Examples:

   a=dcmap:0
   a=dcmap:1 subprotocol="BFCP";max-time=60000;priority=512
   a=dcmap:2 subprotocol="MSRP";ordered=true;label="MSRP"
   a=dcmap:3 label="Label 1";ordered=false;max-retr=5;priority=128
   a=dcmap:4 label="foo%09bar";ordered=true;max-time=15000

      Note: The last example (a=dcmap:4) shows a 'label' parameter value
      which contains one non-printable 'escaped-char' character (the
      tabulator character).

   Within an 'a=dcmap:' attribute line's 'dcmap-opt' value only one
   'maxretr-opt' parameter or one 'maxtime-opt' parameter may be
   present.  Both MUST NOT be present.

5.1.2.  Dcmap-stream-id Parameter

   The 'dcmap-stream-id' parameter indicates the SCTP stream identifier
   within the SCTP association used to form the data channel.

5.1.3.  Label Parameter

   The 'label' parameter indicates the name of the channel.  It
   represents a label that can be used to distinguish, in the context of
   the WebRTC API [WebRtcAPI], an RTCDataChannel object from other
   RTCDataChannel objects.  This parameter maps to the 'Label' parameter
   defined in [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-protocol].  The 'label' parameter is
   optional.  If it is not present, then its value defaults to the empty
   string.

   Note: The empty string MAY also be explicitly used as a 'label'
   value, such that 'label=""' is equivalent to the 'label' parameter
   not being present at all.  [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-protocol] allows the
   DATA_CHANNEL_OPEN message's 'Label' value to be an empty string.

5.1.4.  Subprotocol Parameter

   The 'subprotocol' parameter indicates which protocol the client
   expects to exchange via the channel.  This parameter maps to the
   'Protocol' parameter defined in [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-protocol].
   Section 9.1 specifies how new subprotocol parameter values are
   registered.  'Subprotocol' is an optional parameter.  If the
   'subprotocol' parameter is not present, then its value defaults to an
   empty string.

   Note: The empty string MAY also be explicitly used as 'subprotocol'
   value, such that 'subprotocol=""' is equivalent to the 'subprotocol'

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   parameter not being present at all.  [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-protocol]
   allows the DATA_CHANNEL_OPEN message's 'Subprotocol' value to be an
   empty string.

5.1.5.  Max-retr Parameter

   This parameter indicates that the data channel is partially reliable.
   The 'max-retr' parameter indicates the maximal number of times a user
   message will be retransmitted.  The max-retr parameter is optional.
   If the max-retr parameter is not present, then the maximal number of
   retransmissions is determined as per the generic SCTP retransmission
   rules as specified in [RFC4960].  This parameter maps to the 'Number
   of RTX' parameter defined in [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-protocol].

5.1.6.  Max-time Parameter

   This parameter indicates that the data channel is partially reliable.
   A user message will no longer be transmitted or retransmitted after a
   specified life-time given in milliseconds in the 'max-time'
   parameter.  The max-time parameter is optional.  If the max-time
   parameter is not present, then the generic SCTP retransmission timing
   rules apply as specified in [RFC4960].  This parameter maps to the
   'Lifetime in ms' parameter defined in
   [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-protocol].

5.1.7.  Ordered Parameter

   The 'ordered' parameter with value "true" indicates that the receiver
   will dispatch DATA chunks in the data channel to the upper layer
   while preserving the order.  The ordered parameter is optional and
   takes two values: "true" for ordered and "false" for unordered
   delivery with "true" as the default value.  Any other value is
   ignored and default "ordered=true" is assumed.  In the absence of
   this parameter "ordered=true" is assumed.  This parameter maps to the
   ordered or unordered data channel types as defined in
   [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-protocol].

5.1.8.  Priority Parameter

   The 'priority' parameter indicates the data channel's priority
   relative to the priorities of other data channels, which may
   additionally exist over the same SCTP association.  The 'priority'
   parameter maps to the 'Priority' parameter defined in
   [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-protocol].  The 'priority' parameter is
   optional.  In the absence of this parameter "priority=256" is
   assumed.

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5.1.9.  DCMAP Multiplexing Category

   The multiplexing category [I-D.ietf-mmusic-sdp-mux-attributes] of the
   "a=dcmap:" attribute is SPECIAL.

   As the usage of multiple SCTP associations on top of a single DTLS
   association is outside the scope of [I-D.ietf-mmusic-sctp-sdp], no
   "a=dcmap:" attribute multiplexing rules are specified for the
   UDP/DTLS/SCTP and TCP/DTLS/SCTP proto values.  If future extensions
   of [I-D.ietf-mmusic-sctp-sdp] define how to negotiate multiplexing of
   multiple SCTP associations on top of a single DTLS association, or
   how to add multiple SCTP associations to one BUNDLE group, then
   multiplexing rules for the "a=dcmap:" attribute need to be defined as
   well, for instance in an extension of this SDP offer/answer based
   data channel negotiation specification.

5.2.  SDP DCSA Attribute

   In the SDP media description, each data channel declaration MAY also
   be followed by other media level SDP attributes, which are either
   specifically defined for or applied to the subprotocol in use.  Each
   of these attributes is represented by one new attribute line, and it
   includes the contents of a media-level SDP attribute already defined
   for use with this (sub)protocol in another IETF (Internet Engineering
   Task Force) document.  Subprotocol specific attributes MAY also be
   defined for exclusive use with data channel transport, but MUST use
   the same syntax described here for other subprotocol related
   attributes.

   Each SDP attribute, related to the subprotocol, that would normally
   be used to negotiate the subprotocol using SDP offer/answer is
   replaced with an attribute of the form "a=dcsa:stream-id original-
   attribute", where dcsa stands for "data channel subprotocol
   attribute", stream-id is the SCTP stream identifier assigned to this
   subprotocol instance, and original-attribute represents the contents
   of the subprotocol related attribute to be included.

   The same syntax applies to any other SDP attribute required for
   negotiation of this instance of the subprotocol.

5.2.1.  DCSA Syntax

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   Formal Syntax:

   Name: dcsa

   Value: dcsa-value

   Usage Level: media

   Charset Dependent: no

   Syntax:

   dcsa-value      = stream-id SP attribute
   attribute       = <from-RFC4566>

   Example:

   a=dcmap:2 subprotocol="MSRP";ordered=true;label="MSRP"

   a=dcsa:2 accept-types:text/plain

   Note that the reference to [RFC4566] defines where the attribute
   definition can be found; it does not provide any limitation on
   support of attributes defined in other documents in accordance with
   this attribute definition.  Note however that not all SDP attributes
   are suitable as a "a=dcsa:" parameter.  IANA SDP parameters contains
   the lists of IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) registered
   session and media level or media level only SDP attributes.

   Thus in the example above, the original attribute line "a=accept-
   types:text/plain" is represented by the attribute line "a=dcsa:2
   accept-types:text/plain", which specifies that this instance of the
   MSRP subprotocol being transported on the SCTP association using the
   data channel with stream id 2 accepts plain text files.

   As opposed to the data channel "a=dcmap:" attribute parameters, these
   parameters are subject to offer/answer negotiation following the
   procedures defined in the subprotocol specific documents.

   It is assumed that in general the usages of subprotocol related media
   level attributes are independent from the subprotocol's transport
   protocol.  Such transport protocol independent subprotocol related
   attributes are used in the same way as defined in the original
   subprotocol specification, also if the subprotocol is transported
   over a data channel and if the attribute is correspondingly embedded
   in a "a=dcsa" attribute.

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   There may be cases, where the usage of a subprotocol related media
   level attribute depends on the subprotocol's transport protocol.  In
   such cases the subprotocol related usage of the attribute is expected
   to be described for the data channel transport.  A data channel
   specific usage of a subprotocol attribute is expected to be specified
   in the same document that registers the subprotocol's identifier for
   data channel usage as described in Section 9.1.

5.2.2.  DCSA Multiplexing Category

   The multiplexing category of the "a=dcsa:" attribute is SPECIAL.

   As the usage of multiple SCTP associations on top of a single DTLS
   association is outside the scope of [I-D.ietf-mmusic-sctp-sdp], no
   "a=dcsa:" attribute multiplexing rules are specified for the
   UDP/DTLS/SCTP and TCP/DTLS/SCTP proto values.  If future extensions
   of [I-D.ietf-mmusic-sctp-sdp] define how to negotiate multiplexing of
   multiple SCTP associations on top of a single DTLS association, or
   how to add multiple SCTP associations to one BUNDLE group, then
   multiplexing rules for the "a=dcsa:" attribute need to be defined as
   well, for instance in an extension of this SDP based data channel
   negotiation specification.

6.  SDP Offer/Answer Procedures

   This section defines how data channels can be negotiated using the
   SDP offer/answer mechanism.  A given media description can describe
   multiple data channels (each represented by a separate SDP dcmap
   attribute) that can be created, modified and closed using different
   offer/answer exchanges.  The procedures in this section apply for a
   given data channel.

   The generic offer/answer procedures for negotiating the SCTP
   association used to realize data channels are defined in
   [I-D.ietf-mmusic-sctp-sdp].  This section only defines the data
   channel specific procedures.

   "Initial offer" refers to the offer in which a data channel is
   opened.  It can be the initial offer, or a subsequent offer, of the
   associated SDP session.

   The detailed offer/answer procedures for the dcsa attribute are
   dependent on the associated sub-protocol.  A sub-protocol
   specification MUST define the offer/answer procedures for the dsca
   attribute (if applicable) associated with the sub-protocol.

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6.1.  Managing Stream Identifiers

   In order to avoid SCTP Stream identifier collisions, in alignment
   with [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-protocol], the endpoint acting as DTLS
   client (for the SCTP association used to realize data channels) MUST
   use even identifier values, and the endpoint acting as DTLS server
   MUST use odd identifier values.  SCTP stream identifiers associated
   with data channels that have been negotiated using DCEP MUST NOT be
   included in SDP offers and answers.

   SCTP stream identifiers associated with data channels that have been
   negotiated using DCEP MUST NOT be included in SDP offers and answers.

6.2.  Negotiating Data Channel Parameters

   The data channel types defined in [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-protocol] are
   mapped to the dcmap SDP attribute parameters in the following manner
   where "ordered=true" is the default and may be omitted:

   DATA_CHANNEL_RELIABLE
         ordered=true

   DATA_CHANNEL_RELIABLE_UNORDERED
         ordered=false

   DATA_CHANNEL_PARTIAL_RELIABLE_REXMIT
         ordered=true;max-retr=<number of retransmissions>

   DATA_CHANNEL_PARTIAL_RELIABLE_REXMIT_UNORDERED
         ordered=false;max-retr=<number of retransmissions>

   DATA_CHANNEL_PARTIAL_RELIABLE_TIMED
         ordered=true;max-time=<lifetime in milliseconds>

   DATA_CHANNEL_PARTIAL_RELIABLE_TIMED_UNORDERED
         ordered=false;max-time=<lifetime in milliseconds>

   By definition max-retr and max-time are mutually exclusive, so Both
   MUST NOT be present in the "a=dcmap:" attribute line.  If a SDP offer
   contains both of these parameters then the receiver of such an SDP
   offer MUST reject the SDP offer.  If a SDP answer contains both of
   these parameters then the offerer MUST treat the associated SDP
   offer/answer failed.

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6.3.  Generating the Initial Offer for A Data Channel

   When an offerer sends an initial offer, in order to negotiate an SCTP
   stream for a data channel, the offerer:

   o  SHALL include an SDP dcmap attribute (Section 5 and Section 6.2)
      associated with the data channel in the "m=" section representing
      the SCTP association used to realize the data channel; and

   o  MAY include one or more SDP dcsa attributes (Section 5.2)
      associated with the data channel.  The value of the stream-id part
      of each attribute SHALL match the dcmap-stream-id value of the
      dcmap attribute.

6.4.  Generating SDP Answer

   When an answerer receives an offer that includes an "m=" section for
   an SCTP association, that describes an SCTP stream for a data
   channel, if the answerer accepts the data channel it:

   o  SHALL include an SDP dcmap attribute (Section 5 and Section 6.2)
      associated with the data channel in the "m=" section representing
      the SCTP association used to realize the data channel.  The value
      of the dcmap-stream-id, max-retr and max-time values of the dcmap
      attribute SHALL be identical to the value used for the data
      channel in the offer; and

   o  MAY include one or more SDP dcsa attributes (Section 5.2)
      associated with the data channel.

6.5.  Offerer Processing of the SDP Answer

   An offerer receiving a SDP answer performs the following:

   o  SHALL close any created data channels as described in
      Section 6.6.1 for which the expected "a=dcmap:" attributes are not
      present in the SDP answer.  If the SDP answer has no "a=dcmap"
      attribute either the peer does not support "a=dcmap:" attributes
      or it rejected all the data channels.  In either case the offerer
      closes all the SDP offered data channels that were open at the
      time of offer.  The DTLS association and SCTP association will
      still be setup.

   Each agent application MUST wait to send data until it has
   confirmation that the data channel at the peer is instantiated.  For
   WebRTC, this is when both data channel stacks have channel parameters
   instantiated.  This occurs:

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   o  At both peers when a data channel is created without a previously
      established SCTP association, as soon as the SCTP association is
      successfully established.

   o  At the agent receiving an SDP offer for which there is an
      established SCTP association, as soon as it creates the negotiated
      data channel based on information signaled in the SDP offer.

   o  At the agent sending an SDP offer to create a new data channel for
      which there is an established SCTP association, when it receives
      the SDP answer confirming acceptance of the data channel or when
      it begins to receive data on the data channel from the peer,
      whichever occurs first.

   Note: DCEP is not used, that is neither the SDP offerer nor the SDP
   answerer send an in-band DCEP DATA_CHANNEL_OPEN message.

6.6.  Modifying the Session

   When an offer sends a subsequent offer, that includes information for
   a previously negotiated data channel, unless the offerer intends to
   close the data channel (Section 6.6.1), the offerer SHALL include the
   previously negotiated SDP attributes and attribute values associated
   with the data channel.

6.6.1.  Closing a Data Channel

   In order to close a data channel, the endpoint that wants to close
   SHALL send the SCTP SSN reset message [RFC6525], following the
   procedures in section 6.7 of [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-channel].  In
   addition, if the closed data channel was negotiated using the offer/
   answer mechanism Section 6.3, the endpoint that closed the data
   channel SHALL send a subsequent offer in which it either:

   o  removes the SDP dcmap attribute and SDP dcsa attributes associated
      with the closed data channel.  Once the endpoint receives a
      successful answer, the SCTP stream identifier value can later be
      used for a new data channel (negotiated using DCTP or using the
      offer/answer mechanism); or

   o  immediately re-uses the SCTP stream used for the closed data
      channel for a new data channel, using the procedures in
      Section 6.3.  The offerer SHALL use a different SDP dcmap
      attribute value for the data channel using the same SCTP stream.

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6.7.  Various SDP Offer/Answer Considerations

      An SDP offer or answer has no "a=dcmap:" attributes but has
      "a=dcsa:" attributes.

      *  This is considered an error case.  In this case the receiver of
         such an SDP offer or answer MUST discard this "a=dcsa:"
         attributes.

      SDP offer or answer has an "a=dcsa" attribute, whose subprotocol
      attribute is unknown.

      *  The receiver of such an SDP offer or answer SHOULD ignore this
         entire "a=dcsa" attribute line.

      SDP offer or answer has an "a=dcsa" attribute, whose subprotocol
      attribute is known, but whose subprotocol attribute semantic is
      not known for the data channel transport case.

      *  The receiver of such an SDP offer or answer SHOULD ignore this
         entire "a=dcsa" attribute line.

7.  Examples

   SDP offer:

     m=application 10001 UDP/DTLS/SCTP webrtc-datachannel
     c=IN IP6 IP6 2001:db8::3
     a=max-message-size:100000
     a=sctp-port:5000
     a=setup:actpass
     a=fingerprint:SHA-1 \
         4A:AD:B9:B1:3F:82:18:3B:54:02:12:DF:3E:5D:49:6B:19:E5:7C:AB
     a=tls-id:abc3de65cddef001be82
     a=dcmap:0 subprotocol="BFCP";label="BFCP"

   SDP answer:

     m=application 10002 UDP/DTLS/SCTP webrtc-datachannel
     c=IN IP6 IP6 2001:db8::1
     a=max-message-size:100000
     a=sctp-port:5002
     a=setup:passive
     a=fingerprint:SHA-1 \
         5B:AD:67:B1:3E:82:AC:3B:90:02:B1:DF:12:5D:CA:6B:3F:E5:54:FA
     a=tls-id:dcb3ae65cddef0532d42

                            Figure 1: Example 1

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   In the example in Figure 1 the SDP answerer rejected the data channel
   with stream id 0 either for explicit reasons or because it does not
   understand the "a=dcmap:" attribute.  As a result the offerer will
   close the data channel created with the SDP offer/answer negotiation
   option.  The SCTP association will still be setup over DTLS.  At this
   point the offerer or the answerer may use DCEP negotiation to open
   data channels.

   SDP offer:

     m=application 10001 UDP/DTLS/SCTP webrtc-datachannel
     c=IN IP4 192.0.2.1
     a=max-message-size:100000
     a=sctp-port:5000
     a=setup:actpass
     a=fingerprint:SHA-1 \
         4A:AD:B9:B1:3F:82:18:3B:54:02:12:DF:3E:5D:49:6B:19:E5:7C:AB
     a=tls-id:abc3de65cddef001be82
     a=dcmap:0 subprotocol="BFCP";label="BFCP"
     a=dcmap:2 subprotocol="MSRP";label="MSRP"
     a=dcsa:2 accept-types:message/cpim text/plain
     a=dcsa:2 path:msrp://alice.example.com:10001/2s93i93idj;dc

   SDP answer:

     m=application 10002 UDP/DTLS/SCTP webrtc-datachannel
     c=IN IP4 192.0.2.2
     a=max-message-size:100000
     a=sctp-port:5002
     a=setup:passive
     a=fingerprint:SHA-1 \
         5B:AD:67:B1:3E:82:AC:3B:90:02:B1:DF:12:5D:CA:6B:3F:E5:54:FA
     a=tls-id:dcb3ae65cddef0532d42
     a=dcmap:2 subprotocol="MSRP";label="MSRP"
     a=dcsa:2 accept-types:message/cpim text/plain
     a=dcsa:2 path:msrp://bob.example.com:10002/si438dsaodes;dc

                            Figure 2: Example 2

   In the example in Figure 2 the SDP offer contains data channels for
   BFCP (Binary Floor Control Protocol) and MSRP subprotocols.  The SDP
   answer rejected BFCP and accepted MSRP.  So, the offerer closes the
   data channel for BFCP and both offerer and answerer may start using
   the MSRP data channel (after the SCTP association is set up).  The
   data channel with stream id 0 is free and can be used for future DCEP
   or SDP offer/answer negotiation.

   Continuing the example in Figure 2.

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   Subsequent SDP offer:

     m=application 10001 UDP/DTLS/SCTP webrtc-datachannel
     c=IN IP4 192.0.2.1
     a=max-message-size:100000
     a=sctp-port:5000
     a=setup:actpass
     a=fingerprint:SHA-1 \
         4A:AD:B9:B1:3F:82:18:3B:54:02:12:DF:3E:5D:49:6B:19:E5:7C:AB
     a=tls-id:abc3de65cddef001be82
     a=dcmap:4 subprotocol="MSRP";label="MSRP"
     a=dcsa:4 accept-types:message/cpim text/plain
     a=dcsa:4 path:msrp://alice.example.com:10001/2s93i93idj;dc

   Subsequent SDP answer:

     m=application 10002 UDP/DTLS/SCTP webrtc-datachannel
     c=IN IP4 192.0.2.2
     a=max-message-size:100000
     a=sctp-port:5002
     a=setup:passive
     a=fingerprint:SHA-1 \
         5B:AD:67:B1:3E:82:AC:3B:90:02:B1:DF:12:5D:CA:6B:3F:E5:54:FA
     a=tls-id:dcb3ae65cddef0532d42
     a=dcmap:4 subprotocol="MSRP";label="MSRP"
     a=dcsa:4 accept-types:message/cpim text/plain
     a=dcsa:4 path:msrp://bob.example.com:10002/si438dsaodes;dc

                            Figure 3: Example 3

   The example in Figure 3 is a continuation of the example in Figure 2.
   The SDP offerer now removes the MSRP data channel with stream id 2,
   but opens a new MSRP data channel with stream id 4.  The answerer
   accepts the entire offer.  As a result the offerer closes the earlier
   negotiated MSRP related data channel and both offerer and answerer
   may start using new the MSRP related data channel.

8.  Security Considerations

   This document specifies new SDP attributes used in the negotiation of
   the DATA channel parameters.

   These parameter are negotiated as part of opening a SCTP channel over
   DTLS as specified in [I-D.ietf-mmusic-sctp-sdp].  This document do
   not add any security considerations to the ones specified in
   [I-D.ietf-mmusic-sctp-sdp]

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   Error cases like the use of unknown parameter values or violation the
   odd/even rule must be handled by closing the corresponding Data
   Channel.

9.  IANA Considerations

9.1.  Subprotocol Identifiers

   Registration of new subprotocol identifiers is performed using the
   existing IANA "WebSocket Subprotocol Name Registry" table.

   The following text should be added following the title of the table.

   "This table also includes subprotocol identifiers specified for usage
   within a WebRTC data channel."

   The following reference should be added to under the heading
   reference: "RFC XXXX".

   This document assigns no new values to this table.

   A subprotocol may simultaneously be defined for data channel
   transport and for Websocket transport.  In such a case the
   "Subprotocol Definition" and "Reference" cells in the subprotocol's
   row of the IANA "WebSocket Subprotocol Name Registry" table should
   contain two entries.  One entry in each of these cells should refer
   to the Websocket related subprotocol specification, and the other
   entry should refer to the data channel related subprotocol
   specification.

   NOTE to RFC Editor: Please replace "XXXX" with the number of this
   RFC.

9.2.  New SDP Attributes

9.2.1.  dcmap

   NOTE to RFC Editor: Please replace "XXXX" with the number of this
   RFC.

   This document defines a new SDP media-level attribute "a=dcmap:" as
   follows:

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   +-----------------------+-------------------------------------------+
   | Contact name:         | IESG Chairs                               |
   | Contact email:        | iesg@ietf.org                             |
   | Attribute name:       | dcmap                                     |
   | Attribute syntax:     | As per Section 5.1.1                      |
   | Attribute semantics:  | As per Section 5.1.1                      |
   | Usage level:          | media                                     |
   | Charset dependent:    | No                                        |
   | Purpose:              | Define data channel specific parameters   |
   | Appropriate values:   | As per Section 5.1.1                      |
   | O/A procedures:       | As per Section 6                          |
   | Mux category:         | SPECIAL. See Section 5.1.9                |
   | Reference:            | RFCXXXX                                   |
   +-----------------------+-------------------------------------------+

9.2.2.  dcsa

   NOTE to RFC Editor: Please replace "XXXX" with the number of this
   RFC.

   This document defines a new SDP media-level attribute "a=dcsa:" as
   follows:

   +-----------------------+-------------------------------------------+
   | Contact name:         | IESG Chairs                               |
   | Contact email:        | iesg@ietf.org                             |
   | Attribute name:       | dcsa                                      |
   | Attribute syntax:     | As per Section 5.2.1                      |
   | Attribute semantics:  | As per Section 5.2.1                      |
   | Usage level:          | media                                     |
   | Charset dependent:    | No                                        |
   | Purpose:              | Define data channel subprotocol specific  |
   |                       | attributes                                |
   | Appropriate values:   | As per Section 5.2.1                      |
   | O/A procedures:       | As per Section 6                          |
   | Mux category:         | SPECIAL. See Section 5.2.2                |
   | Reference:            | RFCXXXX                                   |
   +-----------------------+-------------------------------------------+

9.3.  New Usage Level

   This document introduces a new "Data Channel Subprotocol Attribute"
   (dcsa) usage level of the SDP media description to the IANA SDP att-
   field registry.  SDP attributes that are defined for use at the dcsa
   usage level only SHALL use the dcsa usage level when registering the
   attribute.  If existing media attributes are used in a datachannel
   subprotocol specific way (Section 5.2.1), then a new dcsa usage level
   MUST be defined for the existing media attribute.  Where the SDP

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   attribute is applicable to a particular subprotocol/s this SHALL also
   be registered by indicating the applicable subprotocol identifiers
   (see Section 9.1) along with the dcsa usage level.  E.g.

   +-----------------------+-------------------------------------------+
   | ...                   | ...                                       |
   | Usage level:          | dcsa(MSRP)                                |
   | ...                   | ...                                       |
   +-----------------------+-------------------------------------------+

10.  Acknowledgments

   The authors wish to acknowledge the borrowing of ideas from other
   internet drafts by Salvatore Loreto, Gonzalo Camarillo, Peter Dunkley
   and Gavin Llewellyn, and to thank Flemming Andreasen, Christian
   Groves, Gunnar Hellstrom, Paul Kyzivat, Jonathan Lennox, Uwe
   Rauschenbach and Roman Shpount for their invaluable comments.

   Special thanks to Christer Holmberg for helping finish the document
   and cleaning the SDP offer/answer section.

11.  CHANGE LOG

11.1.  Changes against 'draft-ietf-mmusic-data-channel-sdpneg-15'

   o  Editorial changes separate sections for offer/answer procedures.

   o  Update security section.

11.2.  Changes against 'draft-ietf-mmusic-data-channel-sdpneg-14'

   o  Change "dtls-id" to "tls-id" and assign 20 octet long values

   o  Remove of RFC4566bis draft from list of normative references.

11.3.  Changes against 'draft-ietf-mmusic-data-channel-sdpneg-12'

   o  Modification of Keith's address information.

11.4.  Changes against 'draft-ietf-mmusic-data-channel-sdpneg-11'

   o  dcmap-stream-id syntax change to limit size to 5 digits.

   o  Add missing 'x' prefix to quoted-visible syntax.

   o  Align SDP offerer and answerer handling when both max-retr and
      max-time are present.

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   o  Use of TEST-NET-1 ip addresses in examples.

   o  Add missing a=dtls-id in one example.

11.5.  Changes against 'draft-ietf-mmusic-data-channel-sdpneg-10'

   o  Removal of the "a=connection" attribute lines from all SDP
      examples.

11.6.  Changes against 'draft-ietf-mmusic-data-channel-sdpneg-09'

   o  In the introduction:

      *  Replacement of the sentence "The RTCWeb working group has
         defined the concept of bi-directional data channels running on
         top of SCTP/DTLS (SCTP over the Datagram Transport Layer
         Security protocol)" with "The RTCWeb working group has defined
         the concept of bi-directional data channels running on top of
         the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)".

      *  Addition of following sentences to the second paragraph: "These
         procedures are based on generic SDP offer/answer negotiation
         rules for SCTP based media transport as specified in
         [I-D.ietf-mmusic-sctp-sdp] for the SDP "m" line proto values
         UDP/DTLS/SCTP and TCP/DTLS/SCTP.  In the future, data channels
         could be defined over other SCTP based protocols, such as SCTP
         over IP.  However, corresponding potential other "m" line proto
         values are not considered in this document."

   o  Replacement of "DTLS connection" with "DTLS association"
      throughout the document.

   o  In sections Section 5.1.9 and Section 5.2.2 removal of the
      sentences "This document also does not specify multiplexing rules
      for this attribute for SCTP or SCTP/DTLS proto values".

   o  In the text related to "Subsequent SDP answer" in section
      Section 6.7 replacement of "The DTLS/SCTP association remains open
      ..." with "The SCTP association remains open ...".

   o  In the text after the second SDP answer in section Section 7
      replacement of "... (after SCTP/DTLS association is setup)" with
      "... (after the SCTP association is set up)".

   o  Addition of [I-D.ietf-mmusic-dtls-sdp] to the list of informative
      references.

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   o  Addition of "a=dtls-id" attribute lines to the SDP offer/answer
      examples in Section 7.

11.7.  Changes against 'draft-ietf-mmusic-data-channel-sdpneg-08'

   o  Addition of definition of "data channel subprotocol" to Section 3
      as proposed on the MMUSIC list, https://www.ietf.org/mail-
      archive/web/mmusic/current/msg15827.html.

   o  Addition of RFC4566bis draft to list of normative references.

   o  Updates of tables in Section 9.2.1 and Section 9.2.2 as per
      section 8.2.4 of RFC4566bis draft.

   o  Addition of new Section 9.3.

11.8.  Changes against 'draft-ietf-mmusic-data-channel-sdpneg-07'

   o  Addition of two new paragraphs to Section 5.2.1 regarding
      subprotocol attribute relationship with transport protocol.

   o  Addition of a note to Section 9.1 regarding subprotocols
      simultaneously defined for data channel and Websocket usage.

   o  Addition of two further SDP offer/answer considerations to
      Section 6.7 regarding unknown subprotocol attributes and known
      subprotocol attributes with unknown data channel transport related
      semantic.

11.9.  Changes against 'draft-ietf-mmusic-data-channel-sdpneg-06'

   o  Changes addressing Christian Groves's WGLC review comments raised
      in http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/mmusic/current/
      msg15357.html and http://www.ietf.org/mail-
      archive/web/mmusic/current/msg15359.html.

11.10.  Changes against 'draft-ietf-mmusic-data-channel-sdpneg-05'

   o  In IANA registration Section 9.2.1 and Section 9.2.2 replacement
      of contact name and e-mail address with "MMUSIC Chairs" and
      "mmusic-chairs@ietf.org".

   o  In Section 5.2.1 replacement of "Thus in the example above, the
      original attribute line "a=accept- types:text/plain" is
      represented by the attribute line "a=dcsa:2 accept-types:text/
      plain", which specifies that this instance of MSRP being
      transported on the SCTP association using the data channel with

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      stream id 2 accepts plain text files." with "... which specifies
      that this instance of the MSRP subprotocol being transported ...".

   o  The last paragraph of Section 5.2.1 started with "Note: This
      document does not provide a complete specification ...".  Removal
      of "Note:" and move of this paragraph to the introduction in
      Section 1 as last paragraph.

   o  Section 5.2's headline was "Subprotocol Specific Attributes".
      Change of this headline to "Other Media Level Attributes" and
      adaptations of the first paragraph of this section and the first
      paragraph of Section 5.2.1 in order to clarify that not only those
      attributes may be encapsulated in a "dcsa" attribute, which are
      specifically defined for the subprotocol, but that also other
      attributes may be encapsulated if they are related to the specific
      subprotocol instance.

   o  Move of the last but one paragraph of Section 5.2.1 starting with
      "The same syntax applies to ..." right in front of the formal
      syntax definition of the "dcsa" attribute.

   o  Modifications of the text in Section 5.1.9 and Section 5.2.2 in
      order not to explicitly restrict usage of the "a=dcmap:" and
      "a=dcsa:" attributes to "m" lines with proto values "UDP/DTLS/
      SCTP" or "TCP/DTLS/SCTP".

11.11.  Changes against 'draft-ietf-mmusic-data-channel-sdpneg-04'

   o  In Section 5.1.4 the first (and only) paragraph was "The
      'subprotocol' parameter indicates which protocol the client
      expects to exchange via the channel.  'Subprotocol' is an optional
      parameter.  If the 'subprotocol' parameter is not present, then
      its value defaults to the empty string."  Replacement of this
      paragraph with following two paragraphs:

      *  The 'subprotocol' parameter indicates which protocol the client
         expects to exchange via the channel.  This parameter maps to
         the 'Protocol' parameter defined in
         [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-protocol].  Section 9.1 specifies how new
         subprotocol parameter values are registered.  'Subprotocol' is
         an optional parameter.  If the 'subprotocol' parameter is not
         present, then its value defaults to the empty string.

      *  Note: The empty string MAY also be explicitly used as
         'subprotocol' value, such that 'subprotocol=""' is equivalent
         to the 'subprotocol' parameter not being present at all.
         [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-protocol] allows the DATA_CHANNEL_OPEN
         message's 'Subprotocol' value to be an empty string.

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   o  Addition of [I-D.ietf-mmusic-sdp-mux-attributes] to list the of
      normative references.

   o  Addition of dcmap attribute specific IANA registration
      Section 9.2.1.

   o  Addition of dcsa attribute specific IANA registration
      Section 9.2.2.

   o  Addition of new Section 5.1.9 describing the mux category of the
      dcmap SDP attribute.  This section and the new "a=dcsa:" attribute
      related mux category section are similar to the "Mux Category"
      sections of the "a=sctp-port:" and "a=max-message-size:"
      attributes in [I-D.ietf-mmusic-sctp-sdp].

   o  Addition of new Section 5.2.2 describing the mux category of the
      dcsa SDP attribute.

11.12.  Changes against 'draft-ietf-mmusic-data-channel-sdpneg-03'

   o  In Section 1 replacement of "RTCWeb leaves it open for other
      applications to use data channels and its in-band DCEP or out-of-
      band non-DCEP protocols for creating them" with "... to use data
      channels and its in-band DCEP or other in-band or out-of-band
      protocols for creating them".  Additionally replacement of "In
      particular, the SDP offer generated by the application includes no
      channel-specific information" with "... generated by the RTCweb
      data channel stack includes no channel-specific information".

   o  Move of former section 5 ("Data Channels") to new Appendix A and
      removal of JavaScript API specific discussions from this moved
      text (like mentioning of data channel stack specific states).
      Therefore former section 6 ("SDP Offer/Answer Negotiation") is now
      Section 5.

   o  In Section 5:

      *  Relacement of Section 5's first paragraph "This section defines
         a method of non-DCEP negotiation by which two clients can
         negotiate data channel-specific and subprotocol-specific
         parameters, using the out-of-band SDP offer/answer exchange.
         This SDP extension can only be used with the SDP offer/answer
         model." with "This section defines an SDP extension by which
         two clients can negotiate data channel-specific and
         subprotocol-specific parameters without using DCEP
         [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-protocol].  This SDP extension only
         defines usage in the context of SDP offer/answer."

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      *  Addition of new paragraph: "Appendix A provides information how
         data channels work in general and especially summarizes some
         key aspects, which should be considered for the negotiation of
         data channels if DCEP is not used."

   o  In Section 5.1 replacement of "The intention of exchanging these
      attributes is to create data channels on both the peers with the
      same set of attributes without actually using the DCEP
      [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-protocol]" with "The intention in exchanging
      these attributes is to create, on two peers, without use of DCEP
      [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-protocol], matched pairs of oppositely
      directed data channels having the same set of attributes".

   o  In Section 5.1.5 replacement of "The 'max-retr' parameter
      indicates the maximal number a user message will be retransmitted"
      with "The 'max-retr' parameter indicates the maximal number of
      times a user message will be retransmitted".

   o  In Section 6.1 replacement of "However, an SDP offer/answer
      exchange MUST NOT be initiated if the associated SCTP stream is
      already negotiated via DCEP" with "However, an SCTP stream MUST
      NOT be referenced in a dcmap or dcsa attribute of an SDP offer/
      answer exchange if the associated SCTP stream has already been
      negotiated via DCEP".

   o  In the examples in Section 7 addition of the previously missing
      colons to the "a=sctp-port" attribute lines.

11.13.  Changes against 'draft-ietf-mmusic-data-channel-sdpneg-02'

   o  Move of reference draft-ietf-rtcweb-jsep from the list of
      normative references to the list of informative references.
      Remover in -07 since not referenced

   o  Addition of IANA SDP parameters to the list of informative
      references and addition of following two sentences to the first
      paragraph after the ABNF definition: "Note however that not all
      SDP attributes are suitable as "a=dcsa:" parameter.  IANA SDP
      parameters contains the lists of IANA registered session and media
      level or media level only SDP attributes."

   o  In the introduction replacement of last sentence "This document
      defines SDP-based out-of-band negotiation procedures to establish
      data channels for transport of well-defined subprotocols" with
      "This document defines SDP offer/answer negotiation procedures to
      establish data channels for transport of well-defined
      subprotocols, to enable out-of-band negotiation".

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   o  Throughout the document replacement of "external negotiation" with
      "SDP offer/answer negotiation" and removal of term "external
      negotiation" from the terminology list in Section 3.

   o  Throughout the document replacement of "internal negotiation" with
      "DCEP" and removal of terms "internal negotiation" and "in-band
      negotiation" from the terminology list in Section 3.

   o  Addition of "SCTP Stream Sequence Number (SSN)" to the list of
      terms.

   o  In Section 6.1 replacement of sentence "However, a single stream
      is managed using one method at a time." with "However, an SDP
      offer/answer exchange MUST NOT be initiated if the associated SCTP
      stream is already negotiated via DCEP".

   o  In Section 6.2 replacement of sentence "By definition max-retr and
      max-time are mutually exclusive, so only one of them can be
      present in a=dcmap" with "By definition max-retr and max-time are
      mutually exclusive, so aBoth MUST NOT be present in a=dcmap".

   o  Move of reference [WebRtcAPI] from list of normative references to
      list of informative references.

   o  Removal of almost all text parts, which discussed JavaScript or
      other API specific aspects.  Such API specific aspects were mainly
      discussed in sub-sections of Section 5 and Section 5 of draft-
      ietf-mmusic-data-channel-sdpneg-02.

11.14.  Changes against 'draft-ietf-mmusic-data-channel-sdpneg-01'

   o  New Section 4 regarding applicability to SDP offer/answer only.

   o  Addition of new Section 9.1 "Subprotocol identifiers" as
      subsection of the "IANA Considerations" related Section 9.  Also
      removal of the temporary note "To be completed.  As [I-D.ietf-
      rtcweb-data-protocol] this document should refer to IANA's
      WebSocket Subprotocol Name Registry defined in [RFC6455]"

   o  In Section 6.2:

      *  In the first paragraph replacement of the sentence "If an SDP
         offer contains both of these parameters then such an SDP offer
         will be rejected." with "If an SDP offer contains both of these
         parameters then the receiver of such an SDP offer MUST reject
         the SDP offer."

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      *  In the second paragraph capitalization of "shall" and "may"
         such that both sentences now read: "The SDP answer SHALL echo
         the same subprotocol, max-retr, max-time, ordered parameters,
         if those were present in the offer, and MAY include a label
         parameter.  They MAY appear in any order, which could be
         different from the SDP offer, in the SDP answer."

      *  In the third paragraph replacement of the sentence "The same
         information MUST be replicated without changes in any
         subsequent offer or answer, as long as the data channel is
         still opened at the time of offer or answer generation." with
         "When sending a subsequent offer or an answer, and for as long
         as the data channel is still open, the sender MUST replicate
         the same information.".

   o  In Section 6.2 the mapping of data channel types defined in
      [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-protocol] to the SDP "a=dcmap" attribute
      parameters were illustrated using example "a=dcmap" attribute
      lines.  Replacement of these example "a=dcmap" attribute lines
      with just the "a=dcmap" attribute parameters being relevant for
      the channel type.

   o  In Section 6.7 the description of bullet point "SDP offer has no
      a=dcmap attributes - Initial SDP offer:" was "Initial SDP offer:
      No data channel negotiated yet."  Replacement of this description
      with "Initial SDP offer: No data channel is negotiated yet.  The
      DTLS connection and SCTP association is negotiated and, if agreed,
      established as per [I-D.ietf-mmusic-sctp-sdp]."

   o  In Section 6.7 in both bullet points related to "Subsequent SDP
      offer" and "Subsequent SDP answer" replacement of "All the
      externally negotiated data channels must be closed now." with "All
      the externally negotiated data channels are expected to be closed
      now.".

   o  In Appendix A.2.2's sixth paragraph replacement of the two
      occurrences of "must" with "MUST".

   o  In Section 5.1.1 in the definition of the ABNF rule "dcmap-opt"
      there was a comment saying that "Only maxretr-opt or maxtime-opt
      is present.  Both MUST NOT be present."  Removal of the second
      normative sentence and instead addition of following new paragraph
      to the end of this section: "Within an 'a=dcmap' attribute line's
      'dcmap-opt' value only one 'maxretr-opt' parameter or one
      'maxtime-opt' parameter is present.  Both MUST NOT be present."

   o  In Section 5.1.7 replacement of the first sentence "The 'ordered'
      parameter with value "true" indicates that DATA chunks in the

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      channel MUST be dispatched to the upper layer by the receiver
      while preserving the order." with "The 'ordered' parameter with
      value "true" indicates that the receiver MUST dispatch DATA chunks
      in the data channel to the upper layer while preserving the
      order.".

   o  In Section 6.3's first paragraph replacement of the one occurrence
      of "must" with "..., it MUST wait until ...".

   o  In Section 6.6.1:

      *  In the second paragraph replacement of "must" with "... whether
         this closing MUST in addition ..."

      *  In the third paragraph replacement of the sentence "The port
         value for the "m" line SHOULD NOT be changed (e.g., to zero)
         when closing a data channel ..." with "The offerer SHOULD NOT
         change the port value for the "m" line (e.g., to zero) when
         closing a data channel ...".

      *  In the last but two paragraph replacement of the sentence "...
         then an SDP offer which excludes this closed data channel
         SHOULD be generated." with "... then the client SHOULD generate
         an SDP offer which excludes this closed data channel.".

      *  In the last but one paragraph replacement of "must" with "The
         application MUST also close...".

   o  In Section 5.2 addition of following note after the formal
      definition of the 'a=dcsa' attribute: "Note that the above
      reference to RFC 4566 defines were the attribute definition can be
      found; it does not provide any limitation on support of attributes
      defined in other documents in accordance with this attribute
      definition."

11.15.  Changes against 'draft-ietf-mmusic-data-channel-sdpneg-00'

   o  In Section 3 "WebRTC data channel" was defined as "A bidirectional
      channel consisting of paired SCTP outbound and inbound streams."
      Replacement of this definition with "Data channel: A WebRTC data
      channel as specified in [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-channel]", and
      consistent usage of "data channel" in the remainder of the
      document including the document's headline."

   o  In Section 5 removal of following note: 'OPEN ISSUE: The syntax in
      [I-D.ietf-mmusic-sctp-sdp] may change as that document progresses.
      In particular we expect "webrtc-datachannel" to become a more
      general term.'

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   o  Consistent usage of '"m" line' in whole document as per [RFC4566].

   o  In Section 5.1 removal of the example dcmap attribute line
      'a=dcmap:2 subprotocol="BFCP";label="channel 2' as there are
      already four examples right after the ABNF rules in Section 5.1.1.
      Corresponding removal of following related note: "Note: This
      document does not provide a complete specification of how to
      negotiate the use of a WebRTC data channel to transport BFCP.
      Procedures specific to each subprotocol such as BFCP will be
      documented elsewhere.  The use of BFCP is only an example of how
      the generic procedures described herein might apply to a specific
      subprotocol."

   o  In Section 5.1 removal of following note: "Note: This attribute is
      derived from attribute "webrtc-DataChannel", which was defined in
      old version 03 of the following draft, but which was removed along
      with any support for SDP external negotiation in subsequent
      versions: [I-D.ietf-mmusic-sctp-sdp]."

   o  Insertion of following new sentence to the beginning of
      Section 5.1.1: "dcmap is a media level attribute having following
      ABNF syntax:"

   o  Insertion of new Section 5.1.2 containing the dcmap-stream-id
      specifying sentence, which previously was placed right before the
      formal ABNF rules.  Removal of the sentence 'Stream is a mandatory
      parameter and is noted directly after the "a=dcmap:" attribute's
      colon' as this information is part of the ABNF specification.

   o  In Section 5.1.1 modification of the 'ordering-value' values from
      "0" or "1" to "true" or "false".  Corresponding text modifications
      in Section 5.1.7.

   o  In Section 5.1.1 the ABNF definition of "quoted-string" referred
      to rule name "escaped-char", which was not defined.  Instead a
      rule with name "escaped" was defined.  Renamed that rule's name to
      "escaped-char".

   o  Insertion of a dedicated note right after the "a=dcmap:4"
      attribute example in Section 5.1.1 regarding the non-printable
      "escaped-char" character within the "label" value.

   o  In Section 5.2's second paragraph replacement of "sctp stream
      identifier" with "SCTP stream identifier".

   o  In first paragraph of Section 6.1 replacement of first two
      sentences 'For the SDP-based external negotiation described in
      this document, the initial offerer based "SCTP over DTLS" owns by

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      convention the even stream identifiers whereas the initial
      answerer owns the odd stream identifiers.  This ownership is
      invariant for the whole lifetime of the signaling session, e.g. it
      does not change if the initial answerer sends a new offer to the
      initial offerer.' with 'If an SDP offer/answer exchange (could be
      the initial or a subsequent one) results in a UDP/DTLS/SCTP or
      TCP/DTLS/SCTP based media description being accepted, and if this
      SDP offer/answer exchange results in the establishment of a new
      SCTP association, then the SDP offerer owns the even SCTP stream
      ids of this new SCTP association and the answerer owns the odd
      SCTP stream identifiers.  If this "m" line is removed from the
      signaling session (its port number set to zero), and if usage of
      this or of a new UDP/DTLS/SCTP or TCP/DTLS/SCTP based "m" line is
      renegotiated later on, then the even and odd SCTP stream
      identifier ownership is redetermined as well as described above.'

   o  In Section 6.3 the first action of an SDP answerer, when receiving
      an SDP offer, was described as "Applies the SDP offer.  Note that
      the browser ignores data channel specific attributes in the SDP."
      Replacement of these two sentences with "Parses and applies the
      SDP offer.  Note that the typical parser normally ignores unknown
      SDP attributes, which includes data channel related attributes."

   o  In Section 6.3 the second sentence of the third SDP answerer
      action was "Note that the browser is asked to create data channels
      with stream identifiers not "owned" by the agent.".  Replacement
      of this sentence with "Note that the agent is asked to create data
      channels with SCTP stream identifiers contained in the SDP offer
      if the SDP offer is accepted."

   o  In Section 6.6.1 the third paragraph began with "A data channel
      can be closed by sending a new SDP offer which excludes the dcmap
      and dcsa attribute lines for the data channel.  The port value for
      the m line SHOULD NOT be changed (e.g., to zero) when closing a
      data channel (unless all data channels are being closed and the
      SCTP association is no longer needed), since this would close the
      SCTP association and impact all of the data channels.  If the
      answerer accepts the SDP offer then it MUST also exclude the
      corresponding attribute lines in the answer. ..." Replacement of
      this part with "The intention to close a data channel can be
      signaled by sending a new SDP offer which excludes the "a=dcmap:"
      and "a=dcsa:" attribute lines for the data channel.  The port
      value for the "m" line SHOULD NOT be changed (e.g., to zero) when
      closing a data channel (unless all data channels are being closed
      and the SCTP association is no longer needed), since this would
      close the SCTP association and impact all of the data channels.
      If the answerer accepts the SDP offer then it MUST close those
      data channels whose "a=dcmap:" and "a=dcsa:" attribute lines were

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      excluded from the received SDP offer, unless those data channels
      were already closed, and it MUST also exclude the corresponding
      attribute lines in the answer."

   o  In Section 6.6.1 the hanging text after the third paragraph was
      "This delayed close is to handle cases where a successful SDP
      answer is not received, in which case the state of session should
      be kept per the last successful SDP offer/answer."  Replacement of
      this sentence with "This delayed closure is RECOMMENDED in order
      to handle cases where a successful SDP answer is not received, in
      which case the state of the session SHOULD be kept per the last
      successful SDP offer/answer."

   o  Although dedicated to "a=dcmap" and "a=dcsa" SDP syntax aspects
      Section 5.1 contained already procedural descriptions related to
      data channel reliability negotiation.  Creation of new Section 6.2
      and moval of reliability negotiation related text to this new
      section.

11.16.  Changes against 'draft-ejzak-mmusic-data-channel-sdpneg-02'

   o  Removal of note "ACTION ITEM" from section "subprotocol
      parameter".  As [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-protocol] this document
      should refer to IANA's WebSocket Subprotocol Name Registry defined
      in [RFC6455]

   o  In whole document, replacement of "unreliable" with "partially
      reliable", which is used in [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-channel] and in
      [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-protocol] in most places.

   o  Clarification of the semantic if the "max-retr" parameter is not
      present in an "a=dcmap" attribute line.  In section "max-retr
      parameter" the sentence "The max-retr parameter is optional with
      default value unbounded" was replaced with "The max-retr parameter
      is optional.  If the max-retr parameter is not present, then the
      maximal number of retransmissions is determined as per the generic
      SCTP retransmission rules as specified in [RFC4960]".

   o  Clarification of the semantic if the "max-time" parameter is not
      present in an "a=dcmap" attribute line.  In section "max-time
      parameter" the sentence "The max-time parameter is optional with
      default value unbounded" was replaced with "The max-time parameter
      is optional.  If the max-time parameter is not present, then the
      generic SCTP retransmission timing rules apply as specified in
      [RFC4960]".

   o  In section "label parameter" the sentence "Label is a mandatory
      parameter." was removed and following new sentences (including the

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      note) were added: "The 'label' parameter is optional.  If it is
      not present, then its value defaults to the empty string.  Note:
      The empty string may also be explicitly used as 'label' value,
      such that 'label=""' is equivalent to the 'label' parameter not
      being present at all.  [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-protocol] allows the
      DATA_CHANNEL_OPEN message's 'Label' value to be an empty string."

   o  In section "subprotocol parameter" the sentence "Subprotocol is a
      mandatory parameter." was replaced with "'Subprotocol' is an
      optional parameter.  If the 'subprotocol' parameter is not
      present, then its value defaults to the empty string."

   o  In the "Examples" section, in the first two SDP offer examples in
      the "a=dcmap" attribute lines 'label="BGCP"' was replaced with
      'label="BFCP"'.

   o  In all examples, the "m" line proto value "DTLS/SCTP" was replaced
      with "UDP/DTLS/SCTP" and the "a=fmtp" attribute lines were
      replaced with "a=max-message-size" attribute lines, as per draft-
      ietf-mmusic-sctp-sdp-12.

11.17.  Changes against '-01'

   o  Formal syntax for dcmap and dcsa attribute lines.

   o  Making subprotocol as an optional parameter in dcmap.

   o  Specifying disallowed parameter combinations for max-time and max-
      retr.

   o  Clarifications on WebRTC data channel close procedures.

11.18.  Changes against '-00'

   o  Revisions to identify difference between internal and external
      negotiation and their usage.

   o  Introduction of more generic terminology, e.g. "application"
      instead of "browser".

   o  Clarification of how "max-retr and max-time affect the usage of
      unreliable and reliable WebRTC data channels.

   o  Updates of examples to take into account the SDP syntax changes
      introduced with draft-ietf-mmusic-sctp-sdp-07.

   o  Removal of the SCTP port number from the "a=dcmap" and "a=dcsa"
      attributes as this is now contained in the a=sctp-port attribute,

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      and as draft-ietf-mmusic-sctp-sdp-07 supports only one SCTP
      association on top of the DTLS connection.

12.  References

12.1.  Normative References

   [I-D.ietf-mmusic-sctp-sdp]
              Holmberg, C., Shpount, R., Loreto, S., and G. Camarillo,
              "Session Description Protocol (SDP) Offer/Answer
              Procedures For Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)
              over Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) Transport.",
              draft-ietf-mmusic-sctp-sdp-26 (work in progress), April
              2017.

   [I-D.ietf-mmusic-sdp-mux-attributes]
              Nandakumar, S., "A Framework for SDP Attributes when
              Multiplexing", draft-ietf-mmusic-sdp-mux-attributes-17
              (work in progress), February 2018.

   [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-channel]
              Jesup, R., Loreto, S., and M. Tuexen, "WebRTC Data
              Channels", draft-ietf-rtcweb-data-channel-13 (work in
              progress), January 2015.

   [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-protocol]
              Jesup, R., Loreto, S., and M. Tuexen, "WebRTC Data Channel
              Establishment Protocol", draft-ietf-rtcweb-data-
              protocol-09 (work in progress), January 2015.

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC3264]  Rosenberg, J. and H. Schulzrinne, "An Offer/Answer Model
              with Session Description Protocol (SDP)", RFC 3264,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC3264, June 2002,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3264>.

   [RFC4566]  Handley, M., Jacobson, V., and C. Perkins, "SDP: Session
              Description Protocol", RFC 4566, DOI 10.17487/RFC4566,
              July 2006, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4566>.

   [RFC4960]  Stewart, R., Ed., "Stream Control Transmission Protocol",
              RFC 4960, DOI 10.17487/RFC4960, September 2007,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4960>.

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   [RFC5234]  Crocker, D., Ed. and P. Overell, "Augmented BNF for Syntax
              Specifications: ABNF", STD 68, RFC 5234,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC5234, January 2008,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5234>.

   [RFC6525]  Stewart, R., Tuexen, M., and P. Lei, "Stream Control
              Transmission Protocol (SCTP) Stream Reconfiguration",
              RFC 6525, DOI 10.17487/RFC6525, February 2012,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6525>.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
              May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.

12.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.ietf-clue-datachannel]
              Holmberg, C., "CLUE Protocol data channel", draft-ietf-
              clue-datachannel-15 (work in progress), August 2018.

   [I-D.ietf-mmusic-dtls-sdp]
              Holmberg, C. and R. Shpount, "Session Description Protocol
              (SDP) Offer/Answer Considerations for Datagram Transport
              Layer Security (DTLS) and Transport Layer Security (TLS)",
              draft-ietf-mmusic-dtls-sdp-32 (work in progress), October
              2017.

   [I-D.ietf-mmusic-msrp-usage-data-channel]
              Drage, K., Makaraju, M., Stoetzer-Bradler, J., Ejzak, R.,
              Marcon, J., and J. Recio, "MSRP over Data Channels",
              draft-ietf-mmusic-msrp-usage-data-channel-09 (work in
              progress), May 2018.

   [RFC4582]  Camarillo, G., Ott, J., and K. Drage, "The Binary Floor
              Control Protocol (BFCP)", RFC 4582, DOI 10.17487/RFC4582,
              November 2006, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4582>.

   [RFC4975]  Campbell, B., Ed., Mahy, R., Ed., and C. Jennings, Ed.,
              "The Message Session Relay Protocol (MSRP)", RFC 4975,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC4975, September 2007,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4975>.

   [RFC6455]  Fette, I. and A. Melnikov, "The WebSocket Protocol",
              RFC 6455, DOI 10.17487/RFC6455, December 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6455>.

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   [WebRtcAPI]
              Bergkvist, A., Burnett, D., Jennings, C., and A.
              Narayanan, "WebRTC 1.0: Real-time Communication Between
              Browsers", World Wide Web Consortium WD-webrtc-20150210,
              February 2015,
              <http://www.w3.org/TR/2015/WD-webrtc-20150210/>.

Appendix A.  Generic Data Channel Negotiation Aspects When Not Using
             DCEP

   This appendix summarizes how data channels work in general and
   discusses some key aspects, which should be considered for the out-
   of-band negotiation of data channels if DCEP is not used.

   A WebRTC application creates a data channel by providing a number of
   setup parameters (subprotocol, label, maximal number of
   retransmissions, maximal retransmission time, order of delivery,
   priority).  The application also specifies if it wants to make use of
   the negotiation using the DCEP [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-protocol], or if
   the application intends to negotiate data channels using the SDP
   offer/answer protocol.

   In any case, the SDP offer generated by the application is per
   [I-D.ietf-mmusic-sctp-sdp].  In brief, it contains one "m" line for
   the SCTP association on top of which data channels will run:

   m=application 54111 UDP/DTLS/SCTP webrtc-datachannel
   c=IN IP4 192.0.2.1
   a=max-message-size:100000
   a=sctp-port:5000
   a=tls-id:abc3de65cddef001be82
   a=setup:actpass
   a=fingerprint:SHA-1 \
       4A:AD:B9:B1:3F:82:18:3B:54:02:12:DF:3E:5D:49:6B:19:E5:7C:AB

   Note: A WebRTC application will only use "m" line format "webrtc-
   datachannel", and will not use other formats in the "m" line for
   other protocols such as t38.  [I-D.ietf-mmusic-sctp-sdp] supports
   only one SCTP association to be established on top of a DTLS
   association.

   Note: The above SDP media description does not contain any channel-
   specific information.

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A.1.  Stream Identifier Numbering

   Independently from the requested type of negotiation, the application
   creating a data channel can either pass the stream identifier to the
   data channel stack to assign to the data channel or else let the data
   channel stack pick one identifier from the unused ones.

   To avoid glare situations, each endpoint can moreover own an
   exclusive set of stream identifiers, in which case an endpoint can
   only create a data channel with a stream identifier it owns.

   Which set of stream identifiers is owned by which endpoint is
   determined by convention or other means.

      Note:For data channels negotiated with the DCEP, one endpoint owns
      by convention the even stream identifiers, whereas the other owns
      the odd stream identifiers, as defined in
      [I-D.ietf-rtcweb-data-protocol].

      Note:For data channels negotiated via different protocol from
      DCEP, no convention is defined by default.

A.2.  Generic Data Channel Negotiation Not Using DCEP

A.2.1.  Overview

   DCEP negotiation only provides for negotiation of data channel
   transport parameters and does not provide for negotiation of
   subprotocol specific parameters.  DCEP-less data channel negotiation
   can be defined to allow negotiation of parameters beyond those
   handled by DCEP, e.g., parameters specific to the subprotocol
   instantiated on a particular data channel.

   The following procedures are common to all methods of data channel
   negotiation not using DCEP, whether in-band (communicated using
   proprietary means on an already established data channel) or out-of-
   band (using SDP offer/answer or some other protocol associated with
   the signaling channel).

A.2.2.  Opening a Data Channel

   In the case of DCEP-less negotiation, the endpoint application has
   the option to fully control the stream identifier assignments.
   However these assignments have to coexist with the assignments
   controlled by the data channel stack for the DCEP negotiated data
   channels (if any).  It is the responsibility of the application to
   ensure consistent assignment of stream identifiers.

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   When the application requests the creation of a new data channel to
   be set up via DCEP-less negotiation, the data channel stack creates
   the data channel locally without sending any DATA_CHANNEL_OPEN
   message in-band.  However, even if the ICE (Interactive Connectivity
   Establishment), DTLS and SCTP procedures were already successfully
   completed, the application can't send data on this data channel until
   the negotiation is complete with the peer.  This is because the peer
   needs to be aware of and accept the usage of this data channel.  The
   peer, after accepting the data channel offer, can start sending data
   immediately.  This implies that the offerer may receive data channel
   subprotocol messages before the negotiation is complete and the
   application should be ready to handle it.

   If the peer rejects the data channel part of the offer then it
   doesn't have to do anything as the data channel was not created using
   the stack.  The offerer on the other hand needs to close the data
   channel that was opened by invoking relevant data channel stack API
   procedures.

   It is also worth noting that a data channel stack implementation may
   not provide any API to create and close data channels; instead the
   data channels may be used on the fly as needed just by communicating
   via non-DCEP means or by even having some local configuration/
   assumptions on both the peers.

   The application then negotiates the data channel properties and
   subprotocol properties with the peer's application using a mechanism
   different from DCEP.

   The peer then symmetrically creates a data channel with these
   negotiated data channel properties.  This is the only way for the
   peer's data channel stack to know which properties to apply when
   transmitting data on this channel.  The data channel stack must allow
   data channel creation with any non-conflicting stream identifier so
   that both peers can create the data channel with the same stream
   identifier.

A.2.3.  Closing a Data Channel

   When the application requests the closing of a data channel
   negotiated without DCEP, the data channel stack always performs an
   SCTP SSN reset for this channel.

   Depending upon the method used for DCEP-less negotiation and the
   subprotocol associated with the data channel, the closing might in
   addition be signaled to the peer via SDP offer/answer negotiation.

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Authors' Addresses

   Keith Drage
   Unaffiliated

   Email: drageke@ntlworld.com

   Maridi R. Makaraju (Raju)
   Nokia
   2000 Lucent Lane
   Naperville, Illinois
   US

   Email: Raju.Makaraju@nokia.com

   Juergen Stoetzer-Bradler
   Unaffiliated

   Email: Juergen.S-B.ietf@email.de

   Richard Ejzak
   Unaffiliated

   Email: richard.ejzak@gmail.com

   Jerome Marcon
   Unaffiliated

   Email: jeromee.marcon@free.fr

   Roni Even (editor)
   Huawei

   Email: roni.even@huawei.com

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