File formats:

Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Obsoleted by:

RFC 8855

Updated by:

RFC 8996

Authors:

G. Camarillo
J. Ott
K. Drage

Stream:

IETF

Source:

xcon (rai)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC4582

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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]

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.