Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of NetworkProtocol

Timestamp:

03/24/14 05:28:22 (7 years ago)

Author:

Antoine Martin

Comment:

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NetworkProtocol

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 For the actual network connection see [/wiki/Network] and for the encoding and compression of the messages see [/wiki/PacketEncoding].
 
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 * General packets that flow in both direction:
+||= Packet Type =||= Arguments =||= Purpose =||= Actions Required =||
 ||hello||a dictionary containing connection options||authentication (if required), setup of keyboard, configuration options, etc||either accept the connection and send a hello back as acknowledgement, send a challenge request or disconnect||
-||= Packet Type =||= Arguments =||= Purpose =||= Actions Required =||
-||ping||time to be echoed back||monitor connection state, collect latency statistics||The receiver '''must''' send a {{{ping-echo}}} back||
-||ping-echo||echoed time, load average, measured latency||response to ping, collect latency statistics||
-||sound-data||sound buffers and associated metadata||forward sound data||the receiver should queue the sound buffer, it may drop them if desired - if so, it should tell the other end to stop sending||
+||ping||time to be echoed back||monitor connection state, collect latency statistics||The receiver ''must'' send a {{{ping-echo}}} back||
+||ping-echo||echoed time, load average, measured latency||response to ping||none, it ''should'' be used to collect latency statistics||
+||sound-data||sound buffers and associated metadata||forward sound data||the receiver ''should'' queue the sound buffer, it may drop them if desired - if so, it should tell the other end to stop sending||
 ||connection-lost||none||sent by the network layer when the network connection has dropped||free any resources||
 ||gibberish||none||sent by the network layer when the network received unparseable data, data decompression failed or decryption failed||disconnect the connection and free any resources||