The standardization of version 1.0 of Web Real-Time Communications (WebRTC) is
expected to complete by the end of the year; yet many technical and especially
research challenges remain open -- and we expect new ones to arise with
deployment experience. With WebRTC and the accompanying APIs, application
developers have the opportunity to add new immersive features (gestures,
real-time communication, peer-to-peer) within their web applications. Apart
from the multimedia aspect, WebRTC permits sending data packets between the
peers using 'Data Channels', which opens the door for innovative apps and new
research ideas.
The WebRTC API is low-level, which has given rise to many WebRTC Javascript
SDKs. These SDKs abstract (for the application developer) from the intricate
state-machine of the underlying media and network stack. However, the issues
the WebRTC application developers still have to deal with are related to call
management, service performance and quality monitoring, and service
scalability. Consequently, the SDK providers have to deal with maintaining
interoperability with other WebRTC-capable endpoints, evolution of the WebRTC
API and domain-specific frameworks and SDKs.
Mobile devices are a big market opportunity and challenge, WebRTC is no
exception. The wireless environment and mobility in general pose some
interesting problems: call setup, mobility, handover, etc. In general, the
WebRTC-enabled services and legacy services (SIP/XMPP-enabled, Skype) face the
challenge of interoperability, especially since WebRTC does not standardize a
signaling protocol. Lastly, Internet Service Providers (ISPs, both mobile and
broadband) have to operate in the tension between present and future services.
They need to be able to engineer their network in a way supportive for
transmitting the WebRTC flows at an unprecedented scale.
The objective of this special session is to bring together researchers and
practitioners in the area of real-time communications, multimedia systems,
transport protocols, broadband and mobile networks, and multimedia
applications to advance the state of research in real-time communication. We
solicit original contributions on advanced topics in web-based real-time
multimedia communications.
Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to
- Mobile WebRTC
- Telepresence
- Architectures for Media Transport, Multiplexing, and Naming
- Identity Management and Security
- Operations and Management
- Understanding QoE and Performance of WebRTC
- WebRTC Applications
- Deployment Issues
- Non-media applications or Data Channels
- WebRTC and economy of scale.
Submission guidelines and details are available at the PV2013 website
Register Abstract, Title and Author: May 13th
Full Papers due (submission): June 10th
Acceptance Notifications: September 13th
Camera-ready: October 18th