RTCWEB Working Group                                         C. Holmberg
Internet-Draft                                              S. Hakansson
Intended status: Standards Track                             G. Eriksson
Expires: December 29, 2011                                      Ericsson
                                                           June 27, 2011


         Web Real-Time Communication Use-cases and Requirements
          draft-ietf-rtcweb-use-cases-and-requirements-00.txt

Abstract

   This document describes web based real-time communication use-cases.
   Based on the use-cases, the document also derives requirements
   related to the browser, and the API used by web applications to
   request and control media stream services provided by the browser.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   2.  Conventions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   3.  Definitions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   4.  Use-cases  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
     4.1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
     4.2.  Browser-to-browser use-cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
       4.2.1.  Simple Video Communication Service . . . . . . . . . .  3
       4.2.2.  Simple video communication service with
               inter-operator calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
       4.2.3.  Hockey Game Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
       4.2.4.  Video Size Change  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
     4.3.  Telephony use-cases  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
       4.3.1.  Telephony terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
       4.3.2.  Fedex Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
     4.4.  Video conferenceing use-cases  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
       4.4.1.  Multiparty video communication . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
       4.4.2.  Video conferencing system with central server  . . . .  7
     4.5.  Embedded voice communicatoin use-cases . . . . . . . . . .  7
       4.5.1.  Multiparty on-line game with voice communication . . .  7
     4.6.  Bandwidth/QoS/mobility use-cases . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
       4.6.1.  NIC Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
       4.6.2.  QoS Marking  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
   5.  Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
     5.1.  General  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
     5.2.  Browser requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
     5.3.  API requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
   6.  IANA Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
   7.  Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
     7.1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
     7.2.  Browser Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
     7.3.  Web Application Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
   8.  Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
   9.  Change Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
   10. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
     10.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
     10.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
   Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14












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1.  Introduction

   This document presents a few use-case of web applications that are
   executed in a browser and use real-time communication capabilities.
   Based on the use-cases, the document derives requirements related to
   the browser and the API used by web applications in the browser.

   The document focuses on requirements related to real-time media
   streams.  Requirements related to privacy, signalling between the
   browser and web server etc are currently not considered.


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 BCP 14, RFC 2119
   [RFC2119].


3.  Definitions

   TBD


4.  Use-cases

4.1.  Introduction

   This section describes web based real-time communication use-cases,
   from which requirements are later derived.

4.2.  Browser-to-browser use-cases

4.2.1.  Simple Video Communication Service

4.2.1.1.  Description

   In the service the users have loaded, and logged into, a video
   communication web application into their browsers, provided by the
   same service provider.  The web service publishes information about
   user login status, by pushing updates to the web application in the
   browsers.  By selecting an online peer user, a 1-1 video
   communication session between the browsers of the peers is initiated.
   The invited user might accept or reject the session.

   When the session has been established, a self-view, as well as the
   video sent from the remote peer, are displayed.  The users can change



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   the display sizes during the session.  The users can also pause
   sending of media (audio, video, or both), and mute incoming media.

   Any session participant can end the session at any time.

   One participant has an unreliable internet connection.  It sometimes
   has packet losses, and is sometimes goes down completely.

   One participant is located behind a Network Address Translator (NAT).

4.2.1.2.  Derived Requirements

   F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, F8, F9, F10, F22

   A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, A10, A11, A12, A13

4.2.2.  Simple video communication service with inter-operator calling

4.2.2.1.  Description

   Two users have logged into two different web applications, provided
   by different service providers.

   The service providers are interconnected by some means, but exchange
   no more information about the users than what can be carried using
   SIP.

   NOTE: More profiling of what this means may be needed.

   Each web service publishes information about user login status for
   users that have a relationship with the other user; how this is
   established is out of scope.

   The same functionality as in the "Simple Video Communication Service"
   is available.

   The same issues with connectivity apply.

4.2.2.2.  Derived requirements

   F24: The browser MUST be able to initiate and accept a media session
   where the data needed for establishment can be carried in SIP.

   F25: The browser MUST support a baseline audio and video codec

   (FX3: There SHOULD be a mapping of the minimum needed data for
   setting up connections into SIP, so that the restriction to SIP-
   carriable data can be verified.  Not a rew on the browser but rather



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   on a document)

4.2.3.  Hockey Game Viewer

4.2.3.1.  Description

   An ice-hockey club uses an application that enables talent scouts to,
   in real-time, show and discuss games and players with the club
   manager.  The talent scouts use a mobile phone with two cameras, one
   front-facing and one rear facing.

   The club manager uses a desktop for viewing the game and discussing
   with the talent scout.  The video stream captured by the front facing
   camera (that is capturing the game) of the mobile phone is shown in a
   big window on the desktop screen, while a thumbnail of the rear
   facing camera is overlaid.

   Most of the mobile phone screen is covered by a self view of the
   front facing camera.  A thumbnail of the rear facing cameras view is
   overlaid.

4.2.3.2.  Derived Requirements

   F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, F8, F9, F10, F14

   A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A7, A8, A9, A10, A11, A12, A13, A15

4.2.4.  Video Size Change

4.2.4.1.  Description

   Alice and Bob are in a video call in their browsers and have
   negotiate a high resolution video.  Bob decides to change the size of
   the windows his browser is displaying video to a small size.

   Bob's browser regenerates the video codec paramters with Alice's
   browser to change the resolution of the video Alice sends to match
   the smaller size.

4.2.4.2.  Derived Requirements

   F22 ( It SHOULD be possible to modify video codec parameters during a
   session.)

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4.3.1.  Telephony terminal

4.3.1.1.  Description

   A mobile telephony operator allows its customers to use a web browser
   to access their services.  After a simple log in the user can place
   and receive calls in the same way as when using a normal mobile
   phone.  When a call is received or placed, the identity will be shown
   in the same manner as when a mobile phone used.

4.3.1.2.  Derived Requirements

   F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, F8, F9, F10, F18, F19

   A1, A2, A3, A4, A7, A8, A9, A10, A11, A12, A13, A16

4.3.2.  Fedex Call

4.3.2.1.  Description

   Alice uses her web browser with a service something like Skype to be
   able to phone PSTN numbers.  Alice calls 1-800-gofedex.  Alice should
   be able to hear the initial prompts from the fedex IVR and when the
   IVR says press 1, there should be a way for Alice to navigate the
   IVR.

4.3.2.2.  Derived Requirements

   F19 (DTMF)

   A16 (DTMF API)

4.4.  Video conferenceing use-cases

4.4.1.  Multiparty video communication

4.4.1.1.  Description

   In this use case the simple video communication service is extended
   by allowing multiparty sessions.  No central server is involved - the
   browser of each participant sends and receives streams to and from
   all other session participants.

   The audio sent by each participant is a mono stream.  However, in
   order to enhance intelligibility, the web application pans the audio
   from different participants differently when rendering the audio.
   This is done automatically, but users can change how the different
   participants are placed in the (virtual) room.



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   Each video stream received is by default displayed in a thumbnail
   frame within the browser, but users can change the display size.

4.4.1.2.  Derived Requirements

   F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, F8, F9, F10, F11, F12, F13, F14

   A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, A10, A11, A12, A13, A14, A15

4.4.2.  Video conferencing system with central server

4.4.2.1.  Description

   An organization uses a video communication system that supports the
   establishment of multiparty video sessions using a central conference
   server.

   The browsers of all participants send an audio stream (mono or stereo
   depending on the equipment of a participant) to the central server.
   The central server mixes the audio streams and sends towards the
   participants a mixed stereo stream.

   All participants send two video streams towards the server, one low
   resolution and one high resolution.  At each participant one high
   resolution video is displayed in a large window, while a number of
   low resolution videos are displayed in smaller windows.  The server
   selects what video streams to be forwarded as main- and thumbnail
   videos, based on speech activity.

   The organization has an internal network set up with an aggressive
   firewall handling access to the internet.  If users can not
   physically access the internal network, they can establish a Virtual
   Private Network (VPN).

   It is essential that the communication can not be eavesdropped.

4.4.2.2.  Derived Requirements

   F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, F7, F8, F9, F10, F14, F16, F17

   A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A7, A8, A9, A10, A11, A12, A13, A15

4.5.  Embedded voice communicatoin use-cases

4.5.1.  Multiparty on-line game with voice communication






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4.5.1.1.  Description

   In this use-case, the voice part of the multiparty video
   communication application is used in the context of an on-line game.
   The received voice audio media is rendered together with game sound
   objects.  For example, the sound of a tank moving from left to right
   over the screen must be rendered and played to the user together with
   the voice media.

   Quick updates of the game state is required.

4.5.1.2.  Derived Requirements

   F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, F8, F9, F11, F12, F13, F15, F20

   A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A7, A8, A9, A10, A11, A12, A13, A14, A15, A17

4.6.  Bandwidth/QoS/mobility use-cases

4.6.1.  NIC Change

4.6.1.1.  Description

   Alice is using her notebook computer that is plugged in to 1G
   ethernet and has 802.11 wireless interface.  Alice is in a call
   talking with Bob and decides to unplug her notebook computer and walk
   down to a different room, and continue the call from there.

4.6.1.2.  Derived Requirements

   F23: It MUST be possible to move from one network interface to
   another one.

4.6.2.  QoS Marking

4.6.2.1.  Description

   Alice's browser is on a computer behind a common residential router
   that supports prioritization of traffic.

   F21: The browser MUST be able to take advantage of capabilities to
   prioritize voice and video appropriately.

4.6.2.2.  Derived Requirements

   F19: (DTMF)





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5.  Requirements

5.1.  General

   This section contains requirements, derived from the use-cases in
   section 4.

   NOTE: It is assumed that the user applications are executed on a
   browser.  Whether the capabilities to implement specific browser
   requirements are implemented by the browser application, or are
   provided to the browser application by the underlying Operating
   System (OS), is outside the scope of this document.

5.2.  Browser requirements


   REQ-ID          DESCRIPTION
   ---------------------------------------------------------------
   F1              The browser MUST be able to use microphones and
                   cameras as input devices to generate streams.
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   F2              The browser MUST be able to send streams to a
                   peer in presence of NATs.
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   F3              Transmitted streams MUST be rate controlled.
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   F4              The browser MUST be able to receive, process and
                   render streams from peers.
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   F5              The browser MUST be able to render good quality
                   audio and video even in presence of reasonable
                   levels of jitter and packet losses.

                   TBD: What is a reasonable level?
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   F6              The browser MUST be able to handle high loss and
                   jitter levels in a graceful way.
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   F7              The browser MUST support fast stream switches.
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   F8              The browser MUST detect when a stream from a
                   peer is not received any more
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   F9              When there are both incoming and outgoing audio
                   streams, echo cancellation MUST be made available to
                   avoid disturbing echo during conversation.

                   QUESTION: How much control should be left to the



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                   web application?
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   F10             The browser MUST support synchronization of
                   audio and video.


                   QUESTION: How much control should be left to the
                   web application?
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   F11             The browser MUST be able to transmit streams to
                   several peers concurrently.
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   F12             The browser MUST be able to receive streams from
                   multiple peers concurrently.
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   F13             The browser MUST be able to pan, mix and render
                   several concurrent audio streams.
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   F14             The browser MUST be able to render several
                   concurrent video streams
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   F15             The browser MUST be able to process and mix
                   sound objects (media that is retrieved from another
                   source than the established media stream(s) with the
                   peer(s) with audio streams).
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   F16             Streams MUST be able to pass through restrictive
                   firewalls.
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   F17             It MUST be possible to protect streams from
                   eavesdropping.
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   F18             The browser MUST support an audio media format
                   (codec) that is commonly supported by existing
                   telephony services.

                   QUESTION: G.711?
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   F19             The browser must be able to insert DTMF signals
                   in a media stream
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   F20             The browser must be able to send short
                   latency datagram traffic to a peer browser
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   F21             The browser MUST be able to take advantage of
                   capabilities to prioritize voice and video
                   appropriately.
   ----------------------------------------------------------------



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   F22             The browser SHOULD use encoding of streams
                   suitable for the current rendering (e.g.
                   video display size) and SHOULD change parameters
                   if the rendering changes during the session
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   F23             It MUST be possible to move from one network
                   interface to another one
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   F24             The browser MUST be able to initiate and accept a
                   media session where the data needed for establishment
                   can be carried in SIP.
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   F25             The browser MUST support a baseline audio and
                   video codec
   ----------------------------------------------------------------


5.3.  API requirements


   REQ-ID          DESCRIPTION
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   A1              The web application MUST be able to query the
                   user about the usage of cameras and microphones
                   as input devices.
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   A2              The web application MUST be able to control how
                   streams generated by input devices are used.
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   A3              The web application MUST be able to control the
                   local rendering of streams (locally generated streams
                   and streams received from a peer).
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   A4              The web application MUST be able to initiate
                   sending of stream/stream components to a peer.
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   A5              The web application MUST be able to control the
                   media format (codec) to be used for the streams
                   sent to a peer.

                   NOTE: The level of control depends on whether
                   the codec negotiation is handled by the browser
                   or the web application.
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   A6              After a media stream has been established, the
                   web application MUST be able to modify the media
                   format for streams sent to a peer.
   ----------------------------------------------------------------



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   A7              The web application MUST be made aware of
                   whether the establishment of a stream with a
                   peer was successful or not.
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   A8              The web application MUST be able to
                   pause/unpause the sending of a stream to a peer.
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   A9              The web application MUST be able to mute/unmute
                   a stream received from a peer.
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   A10             The web application MUST be able to cease the
                   sending of a stream to a peer.
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   A11             The web application MUST be able to cease
                   processing and rendering of a stream received
                   from a peer.
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   A12             The web application MUST be informed when a
                   stream from a peer is no longer received.
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   A13             The web application MUST be informed when high
                   loss rates occur.
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   A14             It MUST be possible for the web application to
                   control panning, mixing and other processing for
                   individual streams.
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   A15             The web application MUST be able to identity the
                   context of a stream.
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   A16             It MUST be possible for the web application to
                   order the browser to insert DTMF tones in a stream
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
   A17             It MUST be possible for the web application to
                   send and receive datagrams to/from peer
   ----------------------------------------------------------------



6.  IANA Considerations

   TBD


7.  Security Considerations






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7.1.  Introduction

   A malicious web application might use the browser to perform Denial
   Of Service (DOS) attacks on NAT infrastructure, or on peer devices.
   Also, a malicious web application might silently establish outgoing,
   and accept incoming, streams on an already established connection.

   Based on the identified security risks, this section will describe
   security considerations for the browser and web application.

7.2.  Browser Considerations

   The browser is expected to provide mechanisms for getting user
   consent to use device resources such as camera and microphone.

   The browser is expected to provide mechanisms in order to assure that
   streams are the ones the recipient intended to receive.

   The browser is needs to ensure that media is not sent, and that
   received media is not rendered, until the associated stream
   establishment and handshake procedures with the remote peer have been
   successfully finished.

   The browser needs to ensure that the stream negotiation procedures
   are not seen as Denial Of Service (DOS) by other entities.

7.3.  Web Application Considerations

   The web application is expected to ensure user consent in sending and
   receiving media streams.


8.  Acknowledgements

   Harald Alvestrand and Ted Hardie have provided comments and feedback
   on the draft.

   Harald Alvestrand and Cullen Jennings have provided additional use-
   cases.

   Thank You to everyone in the RTCWEB community that have provided
   comments, feedback and improvement proposals on the draft content.


9.  Change Log

   [RFC EDITOR NOTE: Please remove this section when publishing]




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   Changes from draft-holmberg-rtcweb-ucreqs-01
   o  - Draft name changed to draft-ietf-rtcweb-ucreqs
   o  - Use-case grouping introduced
   o  - Additional use-cases added
   o  - Additional reqs added (derived from use cases): F19-F25, A16-A17

   Changes from draft-holmberg-rtcweb-ucreqs-00
   o  - Mapping between use-cases and requirements added (Harald
      Alvestrand, 090311)
   o  - Additional security considerations text (Harald Alvestrand,
      090311)
   o  - Clarification that user applications are assumed to be executed
      by a browser (Ted Hardie, 080311)
   o  - Editorial corrections and clarifications


10.  References

10.1.  Normative References

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

10.2.  Informative References


Authors' Addresses

   Christer Holmberg
   Ericsson
   Hirsalantie 11
   Jorvas  02420
   Finland

   Email: christer.holmberg@ericsson.com


   Stefan Hakansson
   Ericsson
   Laboratoriegrand 11
   Lulea  97128
   Sweden

   Email: stefan.lk.hakansson@ericsson.com







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   Goran AP Eriksson
   Ericsson
   Farogatan 6
   Stockholm  16480
   Sweden

   Email: goran.ap.eriksson@ericsson.com












































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