WebRTC Islands The future in a non-federated world

11 Dec 2013

Tsahi

Levent-Levi

WebRTC Architectures: The Triangle

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Media

Signaling

WebRTC Architectures: The Trapezoid

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Media

Federation

Signaling

WebRTC Architectures

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Media

Signaling

Federation

Media

WebRTC Architectures

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Triangle or Trapezoid?

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Trapezoid = Federation

• Agreement on communications protocol

• Business agreement

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SIP, XMPP

Traditional Means of Communications

I use my service to call your service

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Carrier

A Carrier

B

Triangle

• Single service takes care of its own

• Federate via PSTN for monetization

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OTT

The “WebRTC Way” of Communicating

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I reach out to you at your URL

Carrier

A Carrier

B

Example: tawk.com

http://tawk.com

A service by Priologic

• I choose my own URL (http://tawk.com/tsahil)

• You go to the URL and “knock on my door”

• I decide if I want to answer you or not

• No identification besides a cam-shot

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Example: vLine

Copy+paste service

vLine offers APIs as well

• Go to http://vline.com

• Copy the ad-hoc link you see and send it to anyone

• Identify yourself by writing down your name

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Example: LiveNinja

http://liveninja.com

Experts market

• I signup and create a profile and preference

• You go online in search of a professional

• You schedule a meeting and we meet

• Identity handled via signup or social networks

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0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800

Telefonica

America Movil

Vodafone

Singtel

China Mobile

Viber

WeChat

Skype

Line

Whatsapp

Millions of users

OTT vs. Carriers

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OTT islands

Federated carriers

One Last Thought

• Islands are here to stay

• WebRTC will increase this trend

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Thank You!

Tsahi Levent-Levi

http://bloggeek.me

tsahil@bloggeek.me

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