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+<!--* freshness: {owner: 'jonaso' reviewed: '2021-04-12'} *-->
+
+# ICE
+
+## Overview
+
+ICE ([link](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/ICE)) provides
+unreliable packet transport between two clients (p2p) or between a client and a
+server.
+
+This documentation provides an overview of how ICE is implemented, i.e how the
+following classes interact.
+
+* [`cricket::IceTransportInternal`](https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:third_party/webrtc/p2p/base/ice_transport_internal.h;l=225;drc=8cb97062880b0e0a78f9d578370a01aced81a13f) -
+ is the interface that does ICE (manage ports, candidates, connections to
+ send/receive packets). The interface is implemented by
+ [`cricket::P2PTransportChannel`](https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:third_party/webrtc/p2p/base/p2p_transport_channel.h;l=103;drc=0ccfbd2de7bc3b237a0f8c30f48666c97b9e5523).
+
+* [`cricket::PortInterface`](https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:third_party/webrtc/p2p/base/port_interface.h;l=47;drc=c3a486c41e682cce943f2b20fe987c9421d4b631)
+ Represents a local communication mechanism that can be used to create
+ connections to similar mechanisms of the other client. There are 4
+ implementations of `cricket::PortInterface`
+ [`cricket::UDPPort`](https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:third_party/webrtc/p2p/base/stun_port.h;l=33;drc=a4d873786f10eedd72de25ad0d94ad7c53c1f68a),
+ [`cricket::StunPort`](https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:third_party/webrtc/p2p/base/stun_port.h;l=265;drc=a4d873786f10eedd72de25ad0d94ad7c53c1f68a),
+ [`cricket::TcpPort`](https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:third_party/webrtc/p2p/base/tcp_port.h;l=33;drc=7a284e1614a38286477ed2334ecbdde78e87b79c)
+ and
+ [`cricket::TurnPort`](https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:third_party/webrtc/p2p/base/turn_port.h;l=44;drc=ffb7603b6025fbd6e79f360d293ab49092bded54).
+ The ports share lots of functionality in a base class,
+ [`cricket::Port`](https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:third_party/webrtc/p2p/base/port.h;l=187;drc=3ba7beba29c4e542c4a9bffcc5a47d5e911865be).
+
+* [`cricket::Candidate`](https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:third_party/webrtc/api/candidate.h;l=30;drc=10542f21c8e4e2d60b136fab45338f2b1e132dde)
+ represents an address discovered by a `cricket::Port`. A candidate can be
+ local (i.e discovered by a local port) or remote. Remote candidates are
+ transported using signaling, i.e outside of webrtc. There are 4 types of
+ candidates: `local`, `stun`, `prflx` or `relay`
+ ([standard](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/RTCIceCandidateType))
+
+* [`cricket::Connection`](https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:third_party/webrtc/p2p/base/connection.h)
+ provides the management of a `cricket::CandidatePair`, i.e for sending data
+ between two candidates. It sends STUN Binding requests (aka STUN pings) to
+ verify that packets can traverse back and forth and keep connections alive
+ (both that NAT binding is kept, and that the remote peer still wants the
+ connection to remain open).
+
+* `cricket::P2PTransportChannel` uses an
+ [`cricket::PortAllocator`](https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:third_party/webrtc/p2p/base/port_allocator.h;l=335;drc=9438fb3fff97c803d1ead34c0e4f223db168526f)
+ to create ports and discover local candidates. The `cricket::PortAllocator`
+ is implemented by
+ [`cricket::BasicPortAllocator`](https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:third_party/webrtc/p2p/client/basic_port_allocator.h;l=29;drc=e27f3dea8293884701283a54f90f8a429ea99505).
+
+* `cricket::P2PTransportChannel` uses an
+ [`cricket::IceControllerInterface`](https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:third_party/webrtc/p2p/base/ice_controller_interface.h;l=73;drc=9438fb3fff97c803d1ead34c0e4f223db168526f)
+ to manage a set of connections. The `cricket::IceControllerInterface`
+ decides which `cricket::Connection` to send data on.
+
+## Connection establishment
+
+This section describes a normal sequence of interactions to establish ice state
+completed
+[ link ](https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:third_party/webrtc/p2p/base/ice_transport_internal.h;l=208;drc=9438fb3fff97c803d1ead34c0e4f223db168526f)
+([ standard ](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/RTCPeerConnection/iceConnectionState))
+
+All of these steps are invoked by interactions with `PeerConnection`.
+
+1. [`P2PTransportChannel::MaybeStartGathering`](https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:third_party/webrtc/p2p/base/p2p_transport_channel.cc;l=864;drc=0ccfbd2de7bc3b237a0f8c30f48666c97b9e5523)
+ This function is invoked as part of `PeerConnection::SetLocalDescription`.
+ `P2PTransportChannel` will use the `cricket::PortAllocator` to create a
+ `cricket::PortAllocatorSession`. The `cricket::PortAllocatorSession` will
+ create local ports as configured, and the ports will start gathering
+ candidates.
+
+2. [`IceTransportInternal::SignalCandidateGathered`](https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:third_party/webrtc/p2p/base/ice_transport_internal.h;l=293;drc=8cb97062880b0e0a78f9d578370a01aced81a13f)
+ When a port finds a local candidate, it will be added to a list on
+ `cricket::P2PTransportChannel` and signaled to application using
+ `IceTransportInternal::SignalCandidateGathered`. A p2p application can then
+ send them to peer using favorite transport mechanism whereas a client-server
+ application will do nothing.
+
+3. [`P2PTransportChannel::AddRemoteCandidate`](https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:third_party/webrtc/p2p/base/p2p_transport_channel.cc;l=1233;drc=0ccfbd2de7bc3b237a0f8c30f48666c97b9e5523)
+ When the application get a remote candidate, it can add it using
+ `PeerConnection::AddRemoteCandidate` (after
+ `PeerConnection::SetRemoteDescription` has been called!), this will trickle
+ down to `P2PTransportChannel::AddRemoteCandidate`. `P2PTransportChannel`
+ will combine the remote candidate with all compatible local candidates to
+ form new `cricket::Connection`(s). Candidates are compatible if it is
+ possible to send/receive data (e.g ipv4 can only send to ipv4, tcp can only
+ connect to tcp etc...) The newly formed `cricket::Connection`(s) will be
+ added to the `cricket::IceController` that will decide which
+ `cricket::Connection` to send STUN ping on.
+
+4. [`P2PTransportChannel::SignalCandidatePairChanged`](https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:third_party/webrtc/p2p/base/ice_transport_internal.h;l=310;drc=8cb97062880b0e0a78f9d578370a01aced81a13f)
+ When a remote connection replies to a STUN ping, `cricket::IceController`
+ will instruct `P2PTransportChannel` to use the connection. This is signalled
+ up the stack using `P2PTransportChannel::SignalCandidatePairChanged`. Note
+ that `cricket::IceController` will continue to send STUN pings on the
+ selected connection, as well as other connections.
+
+5. [`P2PTransportChannel::SignalIceTransportStateChanged`](https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:third_party/webrtc/p2p/base/ice_transport_internal.h;l=323;drc=8cb97062880b0e0a78f9d578370a01aced81a13f)
+ The initial selection of a connection makes `P2PTransportChannel` signal up
+ stack that state has changed, which may make [`cricket::DtlsTransportInternal`](https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:third_party/webrtc/p2p/base/dtls_transport_internal.h;l=63;drc=653bab6790ac92c513b7cf4cd3ad59039c589a95)
+ initiate a DTLS handshake (depending on the DTLS role).