Researchers at IEEE have demonstrated the first practical interoperability between WebRTC and Media over QUIC (MoQ) by extending the open-source Janus WebRTC Media Server. This integration allows the server to bridge these two protocols, combining WebRTC's low-latency with MoQ's scalable streaming capabilities. The architectural design and implementation details are presented, confirming support for both interactive and large-scale streaming scenarios.
This gives streaming engineers a concrete bridge between WebRTC’s ultra-low-latency interactive model and MoQ’s scalable delivery model. The work matters because Janus can now sit between WebRTC and MoQ endpoints, translating media and signaling rather than forcing a choice between the two protocols. That makes the interoperability question more than a standards discussion; it is now an implementation path. The specific signal to watch is whether this Janus gateway approach is adopted in other open-source or production media servers, and whether the IEEE team’s experimental setup is followed by broader endpoint support.
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