@misc{rfc3372, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 3372, howpublished = {RFC 3372}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC3372}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3372}, author = {Jon Peterson and Aparna Vemuri}, title = {{Session Initiation Protocol for Telephones (SIP-T): Context and Architectures}}, pagetotal = 23, year = 2002, month = sep, abstract = {The popularity of gateways that interwork between the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) and SIP networks has motivated the publication of a set ofcommon practices that can assure consistent behavior across implementations. This document taxonomizes the uses of PSTN-SIP gateways, provides uses cases, and identifies mechanisms necessary for interworking. The mechanisms detail how SIP provides for both 'encapsulation' (carriage of PSTN signaling across a SIP network) and 'translation' (protocol mapping).}, }