The 183 says "i'm working on it" but doesn't say alerting is happening. 
You wouldn't want to generate ringback for a 183, but I suppose you 
could generate comfort noise or relay clicking sounds to let the caller 
know that something is happening.

        Paul

Will Quan wrote:
> Thanks for the responses.
> Sorry, I failed to mention this is *unreliable*.
> Why send a 183 (no SDP) when you can just send the 180? Is there a 
> difference?
> I was thinking the 183 maps to an ACM or similar, in which case there is 
> only 1.
> -will
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  > Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:41:58 -0400
>  > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  > CC: [email protected]
>  > Subject: Re: [Sip-implementors] 183 without SDP
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > Will Quan wrote:
>  > > Is it acceptable for a gateway to send a 183 without SDP and then 
> one second later send another with SDP?--will
>  >
>  > If the first 183 is *unreliable*, then yes.
>  >
>  > If the first 183 is *reliable*, and the SDP in the 2nd 183 is an
>  > *answer* then also yes.
>  >
>  > If the UAS is the one sending an offer (because the UAC didn't), and
>  > the first 183 is *reliable*, then it must contain an offer.
>  >
>  > Paul
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