Technical Alert: Mandatory Rainbow Client and WebRTC Gateway Update to Support WebRTC "Unified Plan"
Google recently announced an upgrade related to WebRTC technology, which is called the WebRTC Unified Plan. WebRTC is used by Rainbow and many other applications that send multiple audio and video tracks over a single connection.
Google plans to deprecate the former WebRTC Plan B technology with the new WebRTC Unified Plan effective of May 25th, 2022. This impacts all Alcatel-Lucent Rainbow clients – Desktop, Web, Mobile, Connectors and third-party applications developed with CPaaS, and the WebRTC Gateway. As a solution, the new Rainbow client version x.102.x (available now) is compliant with both the old and new WebRTC versions to provide a smooth transition. Please make sure your and your customer's Rainbow clients are updated to version x.102.x prior to May 25th ensure operation.
To avoid service disruptions the following procedures must be followed in order:
Detailed information and instructions for upgrading Rainbow clients and the WebRTC gateway are provided in the links below.
1. ICON Technical Alert: Mandatory Rainbow Client and WebRTC Gateway Update to Support WebRTC "Unified Plan"
2. ALE Eflash TC2953 ed.02 TECHNICAL ALERT: Rainbow transition plan WebRTC “Unified Plan”
3. Upgrading an ICON WebRTC Gateway
4. ALE Technical Bulletin TC2479 ed.12: Raibow WebRTC Gateway with OXO Connect / OXO Connect Evolution
Google plans to deprecate the former WebRTC Plan B technology with the new WebRTC Unified Plan effective of May 25th, 2022. This impacts all Alcatel-Lucent Rainbow clients – Desktop, Web, Mobile, Connectors and third-party applications developed with CPaaS, and the WebRTC Gateway. As a solution, the new Rainbow client version x.102.x (available now) is compliant with both the old and new WebRTC versions to provide a smooth transition. Please make sure your and your customer's Rainbow clients are updated to version x.102.x prior to May 25th ensure operation.
To avoid service disruptions the following procedures must be followed in order:
- Mandatory upgrade of all Rainbow Clients to v102.
- Once all Rainbow Clients are upgraded, update the WebRTC Gateway to v2.0.x
- The WebRTC gateway v2.0.x must be updated prior to May 25th, 2022.
Detailed information and instructions for upgrading Rainbow clients and the WebRTC gateway are provided in the links below.
1. ICON Technical Alert: Mandatory Rainbow Client and WebRTC Gateway Update to Support WebRTC "Unified Plan"
2. ALE Eflash TC2953 ed.02 TECHNICAL ALERT: Rainbow transition plan WebRTC “Unified Plan”
3. Upgrading an ICON WebRTC Gateway
4. ALE Technical Bulletin TC2479 ed.12: Raibow WebRTC Gateway with OXO Connect / OXO Connect Evolution