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IETF MOQ WG: Support for Track Filters and Top-N

Magnus Westerlund posted to the MOQ working group mailing list on May 12, 2026. WG, In yesterday�s meeting we discussed Fitlers (https://github.com/moq-wg/moq-transport/pull/1518) and the second poll indicated that ther…

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  • List: moq@ietf.org
  • Thread subject: Support for Track Filters and Top-N
  • Message subject: [Moq] Support for Track Filters and Top-N
  • Author: Magnus Westerlund
  • Published: 2026-05-12T11:42:40.000Z
  • Source tag: ietf-mailing-list
  • Message URL: Open in IETF Mail Archive

Summary

Magnus Westerlund posted to the MOQ working group mailing list on May 12, 2026. WG, In yesterday�s meeting we discussed Fitlers (https://github.com/moq-wg/moq-transport/pull/1518) and the second poll indicated that ther…

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WG, In yesterday�s meeting we discussed Fitlers (https://github.com/moq-wg/moq-transport/pull/1518) and the second poll indicated that there are both numerous support to include top-n track filters as well as equal amounts of opposition (7 vs 7). This leads me to see the need for some more discussion here. There was a…

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WG,

In yesterday�s meeting we discussed Fitlers (https://github.com/moq-wg/moq-transport/pull/1518) and the second poll indicated that there are both numerous support to include top-n track filters as well as equal amounts of opposition (7 vs 7). This leads me to see the need for some more discussion here. There was also an aspect that brought up, namely the track filters without Top-N functionality for SUBSCRIBE_NAMESPACE request. I don�t feel we got to the bottom if it is only the TOP-N functionality that people have problems or if there are concerns with Track filters without Top-N functionality.

I would like to encourage some continued discussion of the concerns here. As part of this discussion do please consider all of the following:

Fulfilling the use cases that the WG have been chartered to support * Impact on timeline for MOQT and if that is a concern * Security impact * Would there be impact in the splitting the filters into one MOQT core functionality and an extension

I would appreciate if you answer the following two questions from your perspective.

Do you support including track filters without Top-N functionality in the MOQT specification?

Do you support including track filters with Top-N functionality in the MOQT specification?

Cheers

Magnus Westerlund MOQ Chair

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