URNs for the Alert-Info Header Field of the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
RFC 7462
| Document | Type |
RFC - Proposed Standard
(March 2015; No errata)
Updates RFC 3261
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|---|---|---|---|
| Last updated | 2015-10-14 | ||
| Replaces | draft-liess-dispatch-alert-info-urns | ||
| Stream | IETF | ||
| Formats | plain text pdf html bibtex | ||
| Stream | WG state | Submitted to IESG for Publication | |
| Document shepherd | Christer Holmberg | ||
| Shepherd write-up | Show (last changed 2014-03-10) | ||
| IESG | IESG state | RFC 7462 (Proposed Standard) | |
| Consensus Boilerplate | Yes | ||
| Telechat date | |||
| Responsible AD | Richard Barnes | ||
| Send notices to | (None) | ||
| IANA | IANA review state | Version Changed - Review Needed | |
| IANA action state | RFC-Ed-Ack | ||
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) L. Liess, Ed.
Request for Comments: 7462 R. Jesske
Updates: 3261 Deutsche Telekom AG
Category: Standards Track A. Johnston
ISSN: 2070-1721 Avaya
D. Worley
Ariadne
P. Kyzivat
Huawei
March 2015
URNs for the Alert-Info Header Field of the
Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
Abstract
The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) supports the capability to
provide a reference to a specific rendering to be used by the User
Agent (UA) as an alerting signal (e.g., a ring tone or ringback tone)
when the user is alerted. This is done using the Alert-Info header
field. However, the reference (typically a URL) addresses only a
specific network resource with specific rendering properties. There
is currently no support for standard identifiers for describing the
semantics of the alerting situation or the characteristics of the
alerting signal, without being tied to a particular rendering. To
overcome these limitations and support new applications, a new family
of URNs for use in Alert-Info header fields (and situations with
similar requirements) is defined in this specification.
This document normatively updates RFC 3261, which defines the Session
Initiation Protocol (SIP). It changes the usage of the Alert-Info
header field defined in RFC 3261 by additionally allowing its use in
any non-100 provisional response to INVITE. This document also
permits proxies to add or remove an Alert-Info header field and to
add or remove Alert-Info header field values.
Liess, et al. Standards Track [Page 1]
RFC 7462 Alert URNs March 2015
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Liess, et al. Standards Track [Page 2]
RFC 7462 Alert URNs March 2015
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................5
2. Requirements Language ...........................................7
3. Terminology .....................................................7
4. Updates to RFC 3261 .............................................7
4.1. Allow Alert-Info in Provisional Responses ..................7
4.2. Proxies May Alter Alert-Info Header Fields .................8
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