Appendix B SIP Call Flows

Call Flow Scenarios for Successful Calls

Step

Action

Description

 

 

 

3

200 OK—Cisco SIP IP phone B

Cisco SIP IP phone B sends a SIP 200 OK response to

 

to Cisco SIP IP phone A

Cisco SIP IP phone A. The 200 OK response notifies Cisco

 

 

SIP IP phone A that the connection has been made.

 

 

If Cisco SIP IP phone B supports the media capability

 

 

advertised in the INVITE message sent by Cisco SIP IP

 

 

phone A, it advertises the intersection of its own and Cisco

 

 

SIP IP phone A’s media capability in the 200 OK response.

 

 

If Cisco SIP IP phone B does not support the media

 

 

capability advertised by Cisco SIP IP phone A, it sends

 

 

back a 400 Bad Request response with a 304 Warning

 

 

header field.

 

 

 

4

ACK—Cisco SIP IP phone A to

Cisco SIP IP phone A sends a SIP ACK to Cisco SIP IP

 

Cisco SIP IP phone B

phone B. The ACK confirms that Cisco SIP IP phone A has

 

 

received the 200 OK response from Cisco SIP IP phone B.

 

 

The ACK might contain a message body with the final

 

 

session description to be used by Cisco SIP IP phone B. If

 

 

the message body of the ACK is empty, Cisco SIP IP phone

 

 

B uses the session description in the INVITE request.

 

 

 

A two-way RTP channel is established between Cisco SIP IP phone A and Cisco SIP IP phone B.

5

 

INVITE—Cisco SIP IP phone C

Cisco SIP IP phone C sends a SIP INVITE request to Cisco

 

 

to Cisco SIP IP phone B

SIP IP phone B. The INVITE request is an invitation to

 

 

 

 

 

User B to participate in a call session.

 

 

 

 

6

 

180 Ringing—Cisco SIP IP

Cisco SIP IP phone B sends a SIP 180 Ringing response to

 

 

phone B to Cisco SIP IP phone C

Cisco SIP IP phone C.

 

 

 

 

7

 

INVITE—Cisco SIP IP phone B

Cisco SIP IP phone B sends a mid-call INVITE to Cisco

 

 

to Cisco SIP IP phone A

SIP IP phone A with new SDP session parameters

 

 

 

 

 

(IP address), which are used to place the call on hold.

 

 

 

 

 

Call_ID=1

 

 

 

 

 

SDP: c=IN IP4 0.0.0.0

 

 

 

 

 

The c= SDP field of the SIP INVITE contains 0.0.0.0. This

 

 

 

 

 

places the call in limbo.

 

 

 

 

8

 

200 OK—Cisco SIP IP phone A

Cisco SIP IP phone A sends a SIP 200 OK response to

 

 

to Cisco SIP IP phone B

Cisco SIP IP phone B.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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