Protocol

WebRTC Signaling

Lab ready Full lab

Application-defined signaling — often SIP, or JSON over WebSocket — that exchanges SDP offers/answers and ICE candidates for WebRTC peers. The media path (ICE/DTLS/SRTP) is standardized; the signaling channel is not. State machines must handle glare, renegotiation, and mid-call updates.

Tags

webrtcoffer-answerbrowsermedia

Sources

  • RFC 8825 (WebRTC overview)
  • RFC 3264 (offer/answer)

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