Hi,
 
How does a SIP proxy server decide to forward a REGISTER request to REGISTRAR and a SUBSCRIBE request to Presence Server?
 
For clarification pls. consider following example (and let me know if I am interpreting
anything wrongly in this description) :
 
A SIP UA is visiting "visited.com" domain. The "visited.com" admin has configured
this UA with "proxy.visited.com:5060" as the outgoing proxy. The UA wants to
register with the REGISTRAR its new contact. (pls. Ignore mobility issues here).
 
The SIP UA sends following REGISTER request to "proxy.visited.com:5060",
 
bobspc.visited.com - > proxy.visited.com
 
       REGISTER sip:biloxi.com SIP/2.0
       Via: SIP/2.0/UDP bobspc.visited.com:5060;branch=z9hG4bKnashds7
       Max-Forwards: 70
       To: Bob <sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
       From: Bob <sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;tag=456248
       Call-ID: 843817637684230@998sdasdh09
       CSeq: 1826 REGISTER
       Contact: <sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
       Expires: 7200
       Content-Length: 0
Now, as per RFC3263,
 
1) "proxy.visited.com" is not responsible for "biloxi.com" domain.
So it performs a NAPTR query for TARGET "biloxi.com",
It returns, say, one NAPTR SIP+D2U record "_sip._udp.biloxi.com".
 
2) Then "proxy.visited.com" performs an SRV query for "_sip._udp.biloxi.com",
it returns, say, one SRV record "proxy.biloxi.com" and port 5070.
 
3) Then "proxy.visited.com" performs an A record query for "proxy.biloxi.com",
it returns, say, a.b.c.d.
 
So "proxy.visited.com" sends above request, (without any modifications), to
a.b.c.d at port 5070 using UDP.
 
Now, "proxy.biloxi.com" receives the above request. It is responsible for
"biloxi.com" domain. The REGISTRAR for biloxi.com domain is say
"registrar.biloxi.com". "proxy.biloxi.com" must decide to send above request
to "registrar.biloxi.com".
 
RFC3261, section 16.5 allows "proxy.biloxi.com", to use any abstract
location service to find the destination for the request.
 
Q : Is it true that, in order to find the destination, "proxy.biloxi.com" is
required to look into SIP request, and see if it is REGISTER, then query
abstract location service for REGISTRAR, if it is SUBSCRIBE, then instead
query for PRESENCE SERVER. So destination is queried based on SIP method?
Is this what is expected?
 
thanks in advance,
= Kedar =
 
 
 
 
 

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