@techreport{matthews-mmusic-ice-eliminating-duplicates-00, number = {draft-matthews-mmusic-ice-eliminating-duplicates-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-matthews-mmusic-ice-eliminating-duplicates/00/}, author = {Dr. Eric C. Cooper and Philip Matthews}, title = {{Eliminating Duplicate Connectivity Checks in ICE}}, pagetotal = 18, year = 2006, month = jun, day = 16, abstract = {The ICE (Interactive Connectivity Establishment) protocol is designed to find the best possible transmission path between two endpoints in the presence of intervening NAT (Network Address Translation) boxes. It is a very versatile protocol, designed to operate in all possible network topologies. This versatility occasionally results in a large exchange of messages between the two endpoints. This document proposes a modification which reduces the amount of messaging ICE requires, without affecting the effectiveness of ICE. This modification suppresses the transmission of Binding Requests from server-reflexive candidates. The result is increased efficiency due to the suppressed connectivity checks, leading to fewer overall messages and faster discovery of working paths.}, }