WebRTC Data Channel buffer monitoring with the "bufferedamountlow" event

This event allows pages to use WebRTC DataChannels for high-throughput applications more efficiently and conveniently, by removing the need to use timer-based polling for output buffer management.

Demos

• https://github.com/webrtc/samples/blob/gh-pages/src/content/datachannel/datatransfer/js/main.js#L127
• https://webrtc.github.io/samples/src/content/datachannel/datatransfer/

Documentation

• https://github.com/w3c/webrtc-pc/pull/233
• https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webrtc/2015May/thread.html#msg73
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/RTCDataChannel/onbufferedamountlow

Specification

Working draft or equivalent

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink

Enabled by default (launch bug) in:

• Chrome for desktop release 46
• Chrome for Android release 46
• Opera release 33
• Opera for Android release 33

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: Public support
• Edge: No public signals
• Safari: No public signals
• Web Developers: Positive

Owner

• bemasc@chromium.org

Last updated on 2017-06-14