Hi

Obviously Option 2 is appropriate //
The Reason :  Every UA must increment the numeric part of the CSeq for each
new request send by it except for ACK and CANCEL //
As all the requests as shown are in a single direction the CSeq must be
incremented by the UA //


With thanks
Neeraj Chowdhury




On 2/15/06, Parveen Jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi Matthew,
> The CSeq counter should increase for each successive transaction in a
> particular direction. The PRACK transaction(s) are separate
> transactions. they just happen to take place smack in the middle of the
> INVITE transaction.
> So the option2 should be correct.
> For more clarification follow these links:
>
> http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/pipermail/sip-implementors/2001-February/00
> 0440.html
> http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/pipermail/sip-implementors/2005-September/0
> 10195.html
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Regards,
> Parveen
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew
> Gardiner
> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 4:32 PM
> To: Sip-Implementors
> Subject: [Sip-implementors] Local CSeq number after PRACK
>
> Hi all,
>
> I apologise if this question has already been asked in the
> sip-implementors
> group. If so, I have either lost or missed the relevant mails and I
> would be
> happy if someone could point out the relevant links to me.
>
> However, the question is as follows: When a PRACK is sent to acknowledge
> a
> provisional response should the caller's local CSeq assume the value of
> the
> "outer" INVITE transaction or that of the PRACK transaction, regarding
> the
> CSeq to be referred to in future requests by the caller.
>
> For example consider a simple call, with 100rel, which is setup and then
> torn down by the caller.
>
> Option 1) Local CSeq retains value of CSeq in INVITE after dialog
> establishment
>
> --> INVITE CSeq 1
> <-- 180 CSeq 1
> --> PRACK CSeq 2
> <-- 200 CSeq 2  PRACK
> <-- 200 CSeq 1 INVITE
> --> ACK CSeq 1
>
> ... media ...  (no intervening SIP messages) ...
>
> --> BYE CSeq 2
> <-- 200 CSeq 2  BYE
>
> Option 2) Local CSeq uses value of CSeq in the PRACK after dialog
> establishment
>
> --> INVITE CSeq 1
> <-- 180 CSeq 1
> --> PRACK CSeq 2
> <-- 200 CSeq 2  PRACK
> <-- 200 CSeq 1 INVITE
> --> ACK CSeq 1
>
> ... media ...  (no intervening SIP messages) ...
>
> --> BYE CSeq 3
> <-- 200 CSeq 3  BYE
>
> Hence the CSeq published in the BYE in Option 2) is 1 more than that
> used in
> Option 1) as it comes from the PRACK's CSeq, which was itself
> incremented
> after the INVITE.
>
> My interpretation of RFC 3261 and 3262, suggest that Option 2), i.e. the
> local CSeq is updated with the CSeq used in the PRACK is correct.
> However my
> experience of other vendor's equipment suggests that opinions vary.
>
> RFC 3262 states that the "PRACK is like any other non-INVITE request
> within
> a dialog" and hence the local CSeq should be incremented by 1.
>
>
> All feedback welcome,
>
> Matthew Gardiner
> Software Enginneer
> Aculab
>
>
>
>
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