If both reINVITE transaction and BYE transaction fail, you can just release 
locally, clear the resources aquired during the session.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Paterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 10:38 PM
Subject: [Sip-implementors] Handling of session clears during 
re-INVITEtransaction


> Hi,
> 
> After a successful session set up, a UAC initiates a re-INVITE for any
> reason but has not yet received a response before it decides to clear the
> session. This will also apply to any mid-session request but my current
> concern is with re-INVITEs.
> I've been unable to find any guidance on the RFC/draft pages and was hoping
> for some help.
> I've had a discussion with some of my colleagues and the following call flow
> shows our thoughts on what should happen:
> 
>      UAC                  UAS
> | |
> | INVITE/200/ACK |
> | <-------------------------------> |
> | |
> |     Both way RTP established |
> | |
> | re-INVITE (CSeq 2) |
> | --------------------------------> |
> | re-INVITE (CSeq 2) |
> | --------------------------------> |
> | BYE (CSeq 3) |
> | --------------------------------> |
> | 487 (CSeq 2) |
> | <-------------------------------- |
> | 200 (CSeq 3) |
> | <-------------------------------- |
> | ACK (CSeq 2) |
> | --------------------------------> |
> 
> If the UAS was not responding to the re-INVITE due to network problems it
> would also not be responding to the BYE which would re-transmit and timeout
> as usual.
> 
> Any thoughts on how this situation should be handled much appreciated.
> Ideally I am looking for an RFC or draft which will define the correct
> behaviour.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Steve
> 
> Steve Paterson
> Aculab
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