Re: setting bandwidth

On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 10:46 PM, cowwoc <cowwoc@bbs.darktech.org> wrote:

> On 24/07/2013 12:26 AM, Cullen Jennings (fluffy) wrote:
>
>> On Jul 18, 2013, at 6:21 AM, Stefan Håkansson LK <
>> stefan.lk.hakansson@ericsson.**com <stefan.lk.hakansson@ericsson.com>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  2. Setting BW for a MediaStreamTrack
>>> ------------------------------**------
>>> Why: There are situations where a suitable start bit-rate can be known,
>>> or guessed. If this knowledge could be used the perceived end-user
>>> quality could be improved (since a higher quality is available from
>>> start since there is no need to start at a really low bit-rate).
>>>
>>> There are also situations where it could be beneficial if min and max
>>> bit-rates to be used can be influenced.
>>>
>>> * The app developer may know that below a certain bit-rate the quality
>>> is so bad that the browser could stop sending it, and likewise there may
>>> be knowledge about a bit-rate above which the quality does not improve.
>>>
>>> * There are situations when there is an agreement between the service
>>> provider and the connectivity provider about min and max bit-rates.
>>>
>>> What: Again, this depends on how much BW info is included in the SDP.
>>> But my understanding is that there should be some (since RTCP rates to
>>> be used are based on this info IIUC).
>>>
>> I agree and think we need to a couple things here. One is setting the
>> limits for the bandwidth but the  other is using the stats interface to
>> read the current bandwidth being used.
>>
>
>     A slightly related but higher-level proposal: replace Mandatory
> constraints with Optional constraints that act as Fence conditions.
>
>     It works like this: You specify a bunch of optional constraints and a
> callback to be invoked when a Constraint is violated. For example, I would
> ask for a bandwidth between 1Mbit and 2Mbit. If bandwidth drops below the
> minimum, the callback gets invoked. I then reduce the video resolution, or
> turn off audio, or... whatever the application wants... and set new min/max
> bandwidth bounds. If the maximum bound is surpassed, I know I can afford to
> increase the video resolution so I do so. And so on.
>
>     Assuming I'm wrong (you need mandatory constraints) I still think
> adding this fence behavior puts control in the right place. The application
> is uniquely positioned to decide what happens when the connection
> capabilities change.


Interesting idea. Why don't you send a detailed proposed change to the list
so it can be discussed?

-Ekr


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