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Best Current Practices for Third Party Call Control (3pcc) in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
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Network Working Group J. Rosenberg
Request for Comments: 3725 dynamicsoft
BCP: 85 J. Peterson
Category: Best Current Practice Neustar
H. Schulzrinne
Columbia University
G. Camarillo
Ericsson
April 2004
Best Current Practices for Third Party Call Control (3pcc)
in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
Status of this Memo
This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the
Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2004). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
Third party call control refers to the ability of one entity to
create a call in which communication is actually between other
parties. Third party call control is possible using the mechanisms
specified within the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). However,
there are several possible approaches, each with different benefits
and drawbacks. This document discusses best current practices for
the usage of SIP for third party call control.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. 3pcc Call Establishment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4.1. Flow I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4.2. Flow II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4.3. Flow III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.4. Flow IV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5. Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6. Error Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
7. Continued Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
8. 3pcc and Early Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Rosenberg, et al. Best Current Practice