The Binary Floor Control Protocol
RFC 4582, “The Binary Floor Control Protocol”, is a Proposed Standard document published in November 2006 by G. Camarillo, J. Ott, K. Drage. It has since been updated by RFC 8996. It has been obsoleted by RFC 8855 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
Floor control is a means to manage joint or exclusive access to shared resources in a (multiparty) conferencing environment. Thereby, floor control complements other functions -- such as conference and media session setup, conference policy manipulation, and media control -- that are realized by other protocols.
This document specifies the Binary Floor Control Protocol (BFCP). BFCP is used between floor participants and floor control servers, and between floor chairs (i.e., moderators) and floor control servers. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Proposed Standard” means
An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.
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