Re: Beacon

Hi John.

On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 2:25 PM, John Scharber <jscharber@vidscale.com>
wrote:

> From a mobile device perspective, it would suggest a few additional
> capabilities:
>
> 1) Limit beacon reporting to specific network types, WiFi, Fixed, etc
> 2) For mobile networks, 2/3/4G, limit sending beacons to specific link
> states like active vs. idle
> 3) Aggregate beacons for the same destination
>

Yup, all great suggestions. If you're interested, check the archives.. we
discussed all of the above while iterating on the spec. Hence the
provisions for "Beacon-Age" header, language for delaying and prioritizing
delivery, and so on. AFAIK, current implementations (FF, Chrome) do take
advantage of some (e.g. prioritization) but not all (e.g. delayed delivery)
of these. That said, nothing stops them from adding these capabilities at
any point either.

ig