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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 11:28 PM
> To: 'Thiagarajan Venkatachalam'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: [Sip-implementors] Timer logic in bis-05
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> This relates to the chapter 17 of bis-05.
> 
> For INVITE client Transactions we have a timer D that times out in T3
> seconds for unreliable transports.
> This is the total amount of time that the server transaction 
> can remain in
> the "completed " state when unreliable transports are used.
> 
> For Non-Invite client transactions we have a timer F that 
> also times out in
> T3 seconds. Timer F is for determining at which point 
> retransmissions of
> the non-INVITE requests stop.
> 
> The functionality of the timer F is different from the timer 
> D, however
> both time out at T3. Is there any specific reason for having 
> both these
> timers time out at "T3"?

This was what what the timers were previously. It simply provided a
reasonably consistent timeout value. 

> 
> Do we need to use a common variable  varT3 in our implementations?

Timer D and timer F need not have the same value. They merely share the same
default.

-Jonathan R.
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