Architecture of Real time communication API

Architecture

sequenceDiagram Host->>App Server: Request for token; App Server->>Host: Received token; Host->>App Server: Request for meetingId; App Server->>VideoSDK Server: Request for meetingId; VideoSDK Server->>App Server: Sending meetingId; App Server->>Host: Received meetingId; Host->>Participants: Broadcast meetingId; Host->>App Server: Start Meeting; Participants-->>App Server: Join Meeting; Participants->>App Server: Request for token; App Server->>Participants: Received token; Participants->>App Server: Validate meetingId; Participants->>App Server: Leave Meeting; Host->>App Server: End Meeting;

Terminology

Meeting

A Meeting represents real-time audio, video, and/or screen-share session, and is the basic building block for media sharing among participants.

Participants

Participants are the client applications that are connected to a Meeting and shares video & audio media with one another.

Local Participant

Participant producing audio or video stream from the local client's media sources

Streams

Streams are indiviual video & audio streams produced by the participants in the meeting

Active Speaker

Active speaker represents the participant who is currently producing highest decibels audio stream (in other words speaking)

Active presenter

Active presenter is the participant who is currently sharing his/her screen as a video stream

Main participant

Main participant represents the client who shall be displayed on the main screen indicating that he/she is either presenting or speaking

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