RFC 3660 (rfc3660) - Page 1 of 64
Basic Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) Packages
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Network Working Group B. Foster
Request for Comments: 3660 F. Andreasen
Updates: 2705 Cisco Systems
Category: Informational December 2003
Basic Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) Packages
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2003). All Rights Reserved.
IESG Note
This document is being published for the information of the
community. It describes a non-IETF protocol that is currently being
deployed in a number of products. Implementers should be aware of
RFC 3525 [37], which was developed in the IETF Megaco Working Group
and the ITU-T SG16, and is considered by the IETF and ITU-T to be the
standards-based (including reviewed security considerations) way to
meet the needs that MGCP was designed to address. The IETF Megaco
Working Group and the ITU-T Study Group 16 are developing extensions
to RFC 3525 [37] that for functions of the type in addressed in this
document.
Abstract
This document provides a basic set of Media Gateway Control Protocol
(MGCP) packages. The generic, line, trunk, handset, RTP, DTMF (Dual
Tone Multifrequency), announcement server and script packages are
updates of packages from RFC 2705 with additional explanation and in
some cases new versions of these packages. In addition to these,
five new packages are defined here. These are the signal list,
resource reservation, media format, supplementary services and digit
map extension packages.
Foster & Andreasen Informational