SIP-to-SIP Supplementary Services for Session Border Controller

SIP-to-SIP Supplementary Services for Session Border Controller

Last Updated: September 23, 2012

The SIP-to-SIP Supplementary Services for Session Border Controller (SBC) feature enhances the terminating and reoriginating of signaling and media between VoIP and video networks.

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Prerequisites for SIP-to-SIP Supplementary Services for Session Border Controller

Cisco Unified Border Element

Cisco IOS Release 12.4(9)T or a later release must be installed and running on your Cisco Unified Border Element.

Information About SIP-to-SIP Supplementary Services for Session Border Controller

SIP-to-SIP Supplementary Services for Session Border Controller

The SIP-to-SIP Supplementary Services for Session Border Controller (SBC) feature enhances terminating and reoriginating of signaling and media between VoIP and video networks by supporting the following features:

  • IP Address-Hiding in all Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) messages including supplementary services
  • Media Flow Around
  • Hosted Network Address Translation (NAT) Traversal for SIP
  • Support on Cisco AS5350XM and Cisco AS5400XM platforms
  • SIP-to-SIP Supplementary services using REFER/3xx method.

    The following features of SIP-to-SIP Supplementary services using REFER/3xx method are enabled by default:

    • Message Waiting Indication
    • Call Waiting
    • Call Transfer (Blind, Consult, Alerting)
    • Call Forward (All, Busy, No Answer)
    • Distinctive Ringing
    • Call Hold/Resume
    • Music on Hold

Digital Signal Processors (DSPs) and SIP Call Hold/Resume

Digital Signal Processors (DSPs) generate and transmit Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) media packets from a source to a destination address during a SIP call session. However, when a SIP call is put on hold, DSPs stop generating the RTP media packets and resumes generating and transmitting the RTP media packets after the SIP call is resumed. This ensures that the RTP sequence number is continuous from the time of origin until the end of the SIP call.

How to Configure SIP-to-SIP Supplementary Services for Session Border Controller

To configure the SIP-to-SIP Supplementary Services for Session Border Controller feature, see the "SIP-to-SIP Connections on a Cisco Unified Border Element" chapter in the Cisco Unified Border Element Configuration Guide.

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Feature Information for SIP-to-SIP Supplementary Services for Session Border Controller

The following table provides release information about the feature or features described in this module. This table lists only the software release that introduced support for a given feature in a given software release train. Unless noted otherwise, subsequent releases of that software release train also support that feature.

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Table 1Feature Information for Configuring SIP-SIP Supplementary Features

Feature Name

Releases

Feature Information

SIP-to-SIP Supplementary Services for Session Border Controller

12.4(9)T

15.1(1)T5

The SIP-to-SIP Supplementary Services for Session Border Controller feature enhances terminating and reoriginating of signaling and media between VoIP and video networks.

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