Web Real-Time Data Transport : WebRTC Data Channels

Abstract

Recently, a new standard, WebRTC, has been published, which defines a standardized mechanism for establishing direct data connections between browsers without the need for a 3rd party plug-in application. The WebRTC data channel mechanism can be used to send arbitrary data between browsers. The purpose of the final year project was to study and describe the protocols and interfaces used to realize WebRTC data channels, and to describe how to implement applications using WebRTC data channels. As part of the final year project, demo applications using WebRTC data channels have been implemented, in order to test whether the mechanism can be used for exchanging time sensitive data and exchanging large data between browsers. Both the client side and the server side applications were written using the JavaScript programming language.