Idle traffic

[crj18]

Hi,
We are considering using ICE for our application, but a part of our system will be across a wireless link using a custom protocol. We might be able to write a plug-in to implement this protocol, and so my question is how much idle traffic is present to maintain connections in ICE? ie. do the server/client repeatedly ping each other?
Regards,
Charles

[michi]

There is no activity on an established connection if there is no RPC activity. The connection is simply idle when no invocations or replies are sent or returned. The Ice protocol does not use a heart beat or any such thing.

(BTW -- you can find the full details of how it all works in the Ice protocol chapter in the doc.)

Cheers,

Michi.