Paul, I'm trying to find where in the spec (and which spec) I can see that
it is OK to send an UPDATE without SDP body. Can you help me out? Have to
convince some collegaues and cant find a good reference :)
Regards,
// Andreas

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Kyzivat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 7:20 PM
> To: Andreas Byström
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Sip-implementors] Session Timer for B2BUA
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Andreas Byström wrote:
> > So Paul if I understand correctly, it is OK to send an 
> UPDATE request 
> > with no SDP in it?
> 
> Yes. In fact this is one of the ways specified for doing 
> session timer.
> 
> > What would be the expected response if the UA just 
> continues with the 
> > call? A 200 OK?
> 
> Yes. If you are happy with the changes (however minimal) 
> proposed in the 
> UPDATE, then it makes sense to accept it with a 200. Its no-change if 
> everything is as before including having no session timer 
> before and not 
> establishing one as part of the update. If there had been a session 
> timer before, then an UPDATE necessarily either cancels the 
> old session 
> timer, or else renegotiates a new expiration for it.
> 
> > If the UA responds with 4xx, would that imply that the 
> session should 
> > be tearn down?
> 
> By "session" I think you mean "invite dialog usage". The 
> answer depends 
> on the particular error code. See the recent draft from 
> Robert Sparks: 
> draft-ietf-sipping-dialogusage-01.txt.
> 
>       Paul
> 
> > Regards,
> > // Andreas
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paul Kyzivat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 12:28 AM
> > To: Andreas Byström
> > Cc: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [Sip-implementors] Session Timer for B2BUA
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Andreas Byström wrote:
> > 
> >>Hi all!
> >> 
> >>I have a question regarding how a B2BUA should handle session timer.
> >>The current case is that a call between A and B goes via a 
> B2BUA, the 
> >>B2BUA uses session timers to be able to have somewhat 
> secure billing,
> > 
> > 
> > There is no reason for a UA to *request* session timer. If UA 
> > (including
> > a B2BUA) wants to verify the sip signaling path 
> periodically it is free 
> > to do so without the use of session timer.
> > 
> > (OTOH, it is good for the UA/B2BUA to *support* session 
> timer, in case
> > some proxy along the path needs it. But it needn't propose the use.)
> > 
> > 
> >>but A and B does
> >>not support Session Timer. So what will happen is that 
> after time x is
> >>that B2BUA must refresh the session timer towards B (I consider it 
> >>enough to have session timer on one call leg). The problem 
> is how to 
> >>handle SDP data.
> > 
> > 
> > If you don't use session timer, then after time x (any x 
> you choose) 
> > you
> > can send any convenient message to A and/or to B. It 
> doesn't have to be 
> > reINVITE. For instance OPTIONS comes to mind. It will check 
> continuity 
> > just as well as reINVITE without the offer/answer issues.
> > 
> > OTOH, if you insist on using session timer...
> > 
> > 
> >>1) Only reInvite and Update is allowed to be used to refresh session
> >>timers (as according to RFC4028), right?
> > 
> > 
> > Yes.
> > 
> > 
> >>If B2BUA would use reInvite, if it send a reInvite to B without any
> >>SDP data, B migth add a SDP offer in the 200 OK response
> > 
> > 
> > There is no *might*. B MUST include offer in the first reliable 
> > response.
> > 
> > 
> >>which means I have to
> >>have a SDP response in the ACK... and I cant really do this without
> >>including A... which I dont want to do (cant send the 200 
> OK to A to 
> >>get SDP response since A did not trigger reInvite)
> > 
> > 
> > You send a reINVITE to A with the offer from B. Wait for the answer 
> > from
> > A and send that in the ACK to B. This is the standard 3pcc ploy. It 
> > works fine as long as it is only *re*INVITEs and they are responded 
> > promptly. (No alerting for the reinvite.)
> > 
> > 
> >>2) Is there some way to send an reInvite, and indicate to 
> the recipent
> >>(in this case B), that B should not insert a SDP offer in 
> the 200 OK?
> > 
> > 
> > No. The offer is required.
> > 
> > 
> >>The other option would be for B2BUA to refreash the session by
> >>generating an Update to B when timer x triggers.
> >>3) Is it allowed to send an UPDATE request without a SDP body?
> > 
> > 
> > Yes. This is ideal for session timers, when they are needed. But it 
> > only
> > works if the peer supports UPDATE.
> > 
> > 
> >>Since there
> >>is no ACK to 200 OK of a Update I guess it is not valid for 
> B to add a
> >>SDP offer in 200 OK, which will prevent me from having the same 
> >>problems as in 2)...
> > 
> > 
> > That is true.
> > 
> > 
> >>4) What would be the expected behavior of a UA that 
> receives an update
> >>without a SDP body? Just to keep the current voice/video session as 
> >>usuall?
> > 
> > 
> > Yup.
> > 
> >     Paul
> > 
> > 
> >>Thanks in advance!
> >>// Andreas
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