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draft-ott-mmusic-mbus-transport

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In a variety of conferencing scenarios, a local communication channel is desirable for conference-related information exchange between co-located but otherwise independent application entities, for example those taking part in application sessions that belong to the same conference. In loosely coupled conferences such a mechanism allows for coordination of applications entities to e.g. implement synchronization between media streams or to configure entities without user interaction. It can also be used to implement tightly coupled conferences enabling a conference controller to enforce conference wide control within a end system.

The local conference Message Bus (Mbus) provides a means to achieve the necessary amount of coordination between co-located conferencing applications for virtually any type of conference as postulated in a companion requirements draft. The Message Bus comprises two logically distinct parts: a message transport and addressing infrastructure and a set of common as well as media tool specific messages. This document deals with message addressing, transport, and security issues and defines the message syntax for the Mbus. It does not define application oriented semantics and procedures for using the message bus. The common procedures for Mbus operation as well as the common set of application/media specific messages are introduced in a companion Internet draft.