Wowza Media Systems, LLC

Charlie Good

A method includes generating, at a first computing device, a header for media packets, the header including a header flag in a first portion of the header and a variable length header field in a second portion of the header, the first portion contiguous to the second portion, wherein the header flag includes a value indicating a length of the header field. The method also includes generating a body for the media packets, generating the media packets based on the header and the body, generating a protocol report based on media data, and sending the media packets and the protocol report to a second computing device. The protocol report includes information to enable the second computing device to account for successful receipt of the body of the media packets by the second computing device.

Systems and methods of communication using a message header that includes header flags

A method includes determining, at a first computing device, whether data to be communicated to a second computing device includes media data or protocol data. The method also includes, in response to determining that the data includes media data, generating a message header and a message body based on the media data. The message header includes a header flags portion and a header fields portion, and the header flags portion includes at least one flag having a value that indicates a length of a corresponding field of a plurality of fields of the header fields portion. The method further includes encapsulating the message header and the message body into a message and inserting the message into a media stream to be transmitted from the first computing device to the second computing device in accordance with a media communication protocol.

A method includes determining, at a first computing device, whether data to be communicated to a second computing device includes media data or protocol data. The method also includes, in response to determining that the data includes media data, generating a message header and a message body based on the media data. The message header includes a header flags portion and a header fields portion, and the header flags portion includes at least one flag having a value that indicates a length of a corresponding field of a plurality of fields of the header fields portion. The method further includes encapsulating the message header and the message body into a message and inserting the message into a media stream to be transmitted from the first computing device to the second computing device in accordance with a media communication protocol. The media stream is a bidirectional media stream.

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Charlie Good