[zeromq-dev] ZMTP 3.1 and NORM transport

[Pieter Hintjens]

libzmq master implements heartbeating, you can test that it works as you need.

NORM is also part of ZeroMQ since March 2014.

-Pieter

On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 10:00 PM, Alexander Rössler
<mail at roessler.systems> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am working a middleware project and found that ZeroMQ is missing some
> features
> to be perfect fit for the application. Namely heart-beating to discover
> lost connections
> and outdated data and some sort of unreliable transport for things like
> video streaming
> or RT communication.
>
> Some deeper research on this topic brought me to resources about two new
> features in ZeroMQ:
> First ZMTP 3.1 seems to support heartbeating on the transport layer.
> This would be great for my
> middleware project since I could neglect implementing it on the
> middleware level:
> http://rfc.zeromq.org/spec:37/ZMTP
>
> Furthermore, I discovered the NORM transport which seems to be a
> suitable transport for things like
> video streaming since it supports an "unreliable" mode without per
> packet feedback.
> http://zeromq.org/topics:norm-protocol-transport
>
> So my question: In which version of ZeroMQ will these features be
> available? Furthermore, if not
> available yet which time-frame are we talking about until these features
> will make into the stable
> branch?
>
> Thanks,
> Alexander
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