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Everything about WebRTC

API that supports browser-to-browser communication

WebRTC is a free and open-source project providing web browsers and mobile applications with real-time communication (RTC) via application programming interfaces (APIs). It allows audio and video communication and streaming to work inside web pages by allowing direct peer-to-peer communication, eliminating the need to install plugins or download native apps. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: WebRTCA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: WebRTC over 5 G: A Study of Remote Collaboration QoS in Mobile EnvironmentInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Handbook of Sdp for Multimedia Session NegotiationsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Performance Evaluation of WebRTC-based Video ConferencingCited 109 times
  5. Go sideways: WebSocketA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: HTTPA closely related topic

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