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10.Handling Service Requests
This chapter describes the Global Call Service Request (GCSR) feature. Topics include the
following:
Service Request Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Service Request Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Service Request Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
General Service Request Scenario. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
10.1 Service Request Overview
The Global Call Service Request (GCSR) feature is an optional feature that allows a device to send
a request to another remote device for some kind of service. Some examples of the services that
may be requested are:
Device Registration
Channel Setup
Call Setup
Information Requests
Operational Requests
In general, this feature is useful when a Global Call application needs to make a request between
two Global Call devices across a network.
Some examples of typical uses are:
Registration Requests
Administration Requests (for example, logon requests)
Bandwidth Requests
Capabilities Requests (for example, determining remote-side capabilities)
Preference Requests (for example, informing remote-side of setup preferences)
Since this feature is rather generic, the capabilities in a given technology are largely dependent on
the support provided by the call control libraries for that technology. Refer to the appropriate
Global Call Technology Guide for more information.
Figure 32 shows the architecture of the GCSR feature.