Cisco IOS XR Session Border Controller Configuration Guide Release 3.6
SIP Tel URI Support

Table Of Contents

SIP Tel URI Support

Contents

Restrictions for SIP Tel URI Support

Information About SIP Tel URI Support

Local and Global Tel URIs

Tel URI Versus SIP URI

The Carrier Identification Code (CIC) Parameter

Additional References

Related Documents

Standards

MIBs

RFCs

Technical Assistance


SIP Tel URI Support


The SBC supports Tel Uniform Resource Identifier (tel URI) in SIP messages, permitting SIP users to set up calls from a SIP IP-phone or SIP User Agent Application to an endpoint in the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). The addition of tel URI to the SIP URI method of connection greatly increases the functionality of the SBC. SIP can use the tel URI anywhere a URI is allowed, for example, as a Request-URI, along with SIP and SIP URIs.

.Feature History for SIP Tel URI Support

Release
Modification

Release 3.4.1

This feature was introduced on the Cisco XR 12000 Series Router.

Release 3.5.0

No modification.

Release 3.6.0

No modification.


Contents

This module contains the following sections:

Restrictions for SIP Tel URI Support

Information About SIP Tel URI Support

Additional References

Restrictions for SIP Tel URI Support

The following is a list of restrictions for SIP tel URI support.

SBC usually rewrites the domain-name part of the SIP Request-URI: header to the configured signaling peer address and port for the outbound adjacency. For example,

sip:1234567@remote.com

becomes

sip:1234567@1.2.3.4:5060

However, in the case of tel URIs, the SBC does not rewrite the domain name (since this is only an optional parameter, which is rarely present), but it rewrites the CIC parameter and/or the destination directory number to ensure correct onwards routing.

SBC rejects tel URIs exceeding 160 bytes in length.

SBC ignores any parameters on the tel URI, except for the CIC parameter. All other parameters are treated as an opaque string and forwarded unchanged. As a result, the "phone-context" parameter of the local-scope tel URIs is not inspected, and the URI is routed purely based on the initial number.

Information About SIP Tel URI Support

Local and Global Tel URIs

A tel URI can either be global or local. Global tel URIs are globally unique. Local tel URIs are only valid within a specific local context. For this reason, all local tel URIs must contain the phone-context parameter to specify the context in which they are valid.

The following are examples of a global and local tel URIs, respectively.

tel:+358-555-1234567

Note The separator characters, such as `-' are valid in tel URIs.


tel:1234567;phone-context=+358-555

This URI locates the endpoint with the directory number 1234567 in the context 358-555.


Note Although the combination of local tel URI and phone-context parameter forms a globally unique identifier, attaching a local tel URI's phone-context parameter to the tel URI does not necessarily produce a global tel URI. See section 5.1.5 of RFC 3966 for more information.


Tel URI Versus SIP URI

A SIP URI consists of a username and host domain name. A SIP URI uniquely identifies a SIP subscriber but does not necessarily resolve to one particular endpoint on a network. For example,

sip:john@cisco.com

It is also possible to use a directory number as a SIP username and an IP address and port in place of the host domain name. In this case, a SIP URI can uniquely identify an endpoint on a network. For example,

sip:1234567@192.167.1.1:5060

Local tel URIs may or may not contain a domain name in the phone-context parameter. For example,

tel: 1234567;phone-context=cisco.com

The Carrier Identification Code (CIC) Parameter

A Carrier Identification Code is a three- or four-digit number used to identify the carrier network in which the destination endpoint of a call is located. It is used by network devices to determine how a call request should be routed between carrier networks. The CIC is often used to specify which carrier network is the current freephone service provider for a freephone number. The current carrier for a given freephone number can be determined by looking up a freephone database.

Tel URIs can include carrier identification codes. For example,

tel: +1-800-234-5678;cic=2345

indicates that the carrier that has been assigned the CIC 2345 is currently the service provider for the freephone number, 1-800-234-5678.

When a network device receives a call request with a tel URI containing a CIC parameter, it will try to route the request according to the value of the CIC parameter. If it cannot route the request, it must decide whether to reject it or continue, ignoring the CIC parameter. If the CIC parameter matches the CIC of the carrier network, in which the network device is located, it should route the request based on its local routing policy and strip out the CIC parameter before forwarding the request.


Note The SBC must be explicitly configured to map a CIC value to 0000 in order to strip it out of outbound requests.


Additional References

The following sections provide references related to SIP tel URI support.

Related Documents

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Cisco IOS XR Master Commands List

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Cisco IOS XR Session Border Controller Command Reference

Initial system bootup and configuration information for a router using the Cisco IOS XR Software

Cisco IOS XR Getting Started Guide

Cisco IOS XR command modes

Cisco IOS XR Command Mode Reference


Standards

Standards
Title

No new or modified standards are supported by this feature, and support from existing standards has not been modified by this feature.


MIBs

MIBs
MIBs Link

To locate and download MIBs using Cisco IOS XR software, use the Cisco MIB Locator found at the following URL and choose a platform under the Cisco Access Products menu:

http://cisco.com/public/sw-center/netmgmt/cmtk/mibs.shtml


RFCs

RFCs
Title

RFC 3261

SIP: Session Initiation Protocol

RFC 3966

The tel URI for Telephone Numbers


Technical Assistance

Description
Link

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