Hi,

I appologise, I meant to say that it is allowed to send an SDP OFFER in an 
unreliable 18x.

I know it's not said in the spec, but in this case I see no differene between 
an offer and an answer. An SDP is an SDP :)

Regards,

Christer Holmberg
Ericsson Finland

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Egan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 16. helmikuuta 2005 14:19
> To: Christer Holmberg (JO/LMF)
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
> [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Sip-implementors] SDP in 183 non reliable response
> 
> 
> Hi Christer,
> What you have said is already clear from the specification, 
> however, I 
> am not refering to the SDP in 183 being sent as an answer.  In the 
> scenario I am dealing with, no SDP is sent in the Invite in the first 
> place, so this is different from what is detailed in the 
> specification.
> Cheers,
> Steven
> 
> Christer Holmberg (JO/LMF) wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > It is allowed to send an SDP answer an unreliable 18x. The 
> reason it's not considered as a "valid answer" is because 
> it's unreliable, so if it gets lost and a new offer is sent 
> the whole offer/answer state would get out of synch. However, 
> that doesn't mean that you can't use the SDP you receive in 
> un unreliable 18x, und you can assume that the SDP will not 
> change in any additional 18x (or 200) for the same dialog 
> within the same transaction.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Christer Holmberg
> > Ericsson Finland
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Steven Egan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>Sent: 16. helmikuuta 2005 11:35
> >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>Cc: Christer Holmberg (JO/LMF); [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED];
> >>[email protected]
> >>Subject: Re: [Sip-implementors] SDP in 183 non reliable response
> >>
> >>
> >>Hi Sayan,
> >>I am sending the Invite with no offer to a Cisco AS5350.  It is the 
> >>AS5350 that is sending back the 183 with SDP (I wouldn't 
> >>refer to it as 
> >>an offer per se, as it is not a reliable response).  I have 
> >>no control 
> >>over how the 183 response is constructed, so I was looking to 
> >>know if it 
> >>is allowed to contain the SDP or not.  I have not found 
> >>anything in the 
> >>documentation detailing this.  What we are probably going to do is 
> >>ignore the 183 SDP and wait for the SDP in the subsequent 200.
> >>Cheers,
> >>Steven
> >>
> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hi,
> >>>Bit confused, but how does this help?
> >>>As I understand the answer for the offer in the 18x (identical SDP
> >>>repeated in the 200), will be answered only in the ACK to 
> >>
> >>the 200 OK.
> >>
> >>>So what's the point in doing an "early offer" in an 18x, as 
> >>
> >>the offer
> >>
> >>>answer can only be completed when the 200 OK/ACK exchange 
> >>
> >>takes place.
> >>
> >>>Does sending an offer in 18x helps in any specific call flow?
> >>>Just curious...
> >>>
> >>>Regards ,
> >>>Sayan
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf 
> >>
> >>Of Christer
> >>
> >>>Holmberg (JO/LMF)
> >>>Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 4:11 AM
> >>>To: 'Paul Kyzivat'; Bala Neelakantan
> >>>Cc: [email protected]
> >>>Subject: RE: [Sip-implementors] SDP in 183 non reliable response
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Hi,
> >>>
> >>>To my understanding the same SDP shall be sent in all subsequent
> >>>provisional responses - no matter if they are sent reliably 
> >>
> >>or not. You
> >>
> >>>can only have at most one offer/answer exchange per SIP 
> >>
> >>transaction, so
> >>
> >>>once you've sent an offer (or answer, if the INVITE did contain an
> >>>offer) in 18x you can't send any more within that transaction.
> >>>
> >>>When it comes to forking, each dialog is handled 
> completely separate
> >>>from each other, ie the offer/answer "state" on one dialog is not
> >>>affected by other dialog. How the UAC then chooses which dialogs to
> >>>accept/reject, and how to handle possible media received 
> >>
> >>from multiple
> >>
> >>>UASs, is an implementation issue.
> >>>
> >>>Regards,
> >>>
> >>>Christer Holmberg
> >>>Ericsson Finland
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul
> >>>>Kyzivat
> >>>>Sent: 15. helmikuuta 2005 18:42
> >>>>To: Bala Neelakantan
> >>>>Cc: [email protected]
> >>>>Subject: Re: [Sip-implementors] SDP in 183 non reliable response
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Bala Neelakantan wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Paul,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>I agree that the same SDP should be sent in the subsequent
> >>>>
> >>>>non-reliable
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>response and also on the first Reliable response.
> >>>>
> >>>>I guess you are shifting from the subject of the original
> >>>>question, and
> >>>>discussing a "normal" invite that includes an offer.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>What if the call is forked?  In that case, there could 
> be multiple
> >>>>>provisional responses, each could be potentially different?
> >>>>
> >>>>How does the
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>UAC handle those?
> >>>>
> >>>>This has been well documented and discussed, though it can
> >>>>get complex.
> >>>>
> >>>>The response to each fork creates a separate dialog. It is up
> >>>>to the UAC
> >>>>to keep the different dialogs straight until one is 
> answered and the
> >>>>others are cancelled.
> >>>>
> >>>>  Paul
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Thanks,
> >>>>>Neel
> >>>>>
> >>>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
> >>>>
> >>>>Of Paul Kyzivat
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 9:48 AM
> >>>>>To: Steven Egan
> >>>>>Cc: [email protected]
> >>>>>Subject: Re: [Sip-implementors] SDP in 183 non reliable response
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Well, I went back and read to refresh my memory. I agree
> >>>>
> >>>>that there is
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>nothing that suggests SDP might be in an unreliable
> >>>>
> >>>>provisional when
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>there had been no offer in the initial request.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>If it *was* there, you wouldn't be able to consider it a
> >>>>
> >>>>true offer,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>since that must be in a reliable request or response. It
> >>>>
> >>>>would have to
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>be a hint of the offer to come. I don't find any language that
> >>>>>explicitly *prohibits* this. But in the absence of anything
> >>>>
> >>>>suggesting
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>it might be valid you would be best to not count on it.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Paul
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Steven Egan wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>Hi Paul,
> >>>>>>So you are saying that when an INVITE is sent with no
> >>>>
> >>>>offer, a 183 with
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>>SDP can be sent in response?
> >>>>>>Can you point me to where exactly this is documented 
> please, as my
> >>>>>>problem is I cannot find anything in RFC 3261 or any other
> >>>>
> >>>>documentation
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>>to confirm expected behaviour for the 183?
> >>>>>>Cheers,
> >>>>>>Steven
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Paul Kyzivat wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Steven Egan wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>Hi,
> >>>>>>>>Is it valid to include the SDP in a non reliable 183 sent
> >>>>
> >>>>in response
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>>>>to an Invite with no initial offer?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>It is ok to include the SDP in the 183 when the Invite
> >>>>
> >>>>contains the
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>>>>initial offer, but RFC 3261 is not clear as to whether
> >>>>
> >>>>the SDP can be
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>>>>included when no offer is included in the initial invite.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>I believe the answer is YES. The *same* SDP should be 
> sent in the
> >>>>>>>first reliable response.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>  Paul
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
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