Feasibility of video streaming over IoT protocols

Question

Can Video streaming (low bitrates like 50 Kbps ) be done over IoT protocols like CoAP/MQTT with much better performances compared to HTTP/RTP or TCP/UDP streaming? Or underlying video streaming architecture does not help the use case using CoAP/MQTT. I am expecting some good resources or examples to support or not support my question. I asked this question because I could not find a good resource on video streaming over IoT protocols.

Answer 1

MQTT is specialized in low-bandwidth, high-latency environments, it is an ideal protocol for machine-to-machine (M2M) communication. Streaming video requires a continuous data flow. You could implement video over MQTT as it supports binary payload but it is not what it was designed for. Nothing prevents you to implement a multi-protocol device. MQTT for sensor streaming and TCP/UDP for streaming.