Hi Ian,

 

Here is something, a bit old, but might hint an answer:

http://www1.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/sip/current/msg01917.html

 

Based on that and section 2.4.4, I would say that the intent was to give
no meaning to Expires in REFER. Section 2.2 might be something no one
noticed until now.

 

Gilad

 

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From: Ian Elz (CV/ETL) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 12:00 PM
To: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Sip] Contradiction in RC 3515 - SIP REFER Method

 

I have been looking at RFC3515 and have found the following: 

Section 2.2 contains the table of headers supported in the REFER method
and contains the following: 

      Header                    Where   REFER 
      ... 
      Expires                     R       o 

Section 2.4.4 "Using SIP Events to Report the Results of the Reference"
contains the following paragraph: 

   Notice that unlike SUBSCRIBE, the REFER transaction does not contain 
   a duration for the subscription in either the request or the 
   response.  The lifetime of the state being subscribed to is 
   determined by the progress of the referenced request.  The duration 
   of the subscription is chosen by the agent accepting the REFER and is

   communicated to the agent sending the REFER in the subscription's 
   initial NOTIFY (using the Subscription-State expires header 
   parameter).  Note that agents accepting REFER and not wishing to hold

   subscription state can terminate the subscription with this initial 
   NOTIFY. 

Which part of the RFC is correct ? 

What happens if a REFER does contain an Expires header ? 

Should the Expire duration included in the REFER be used in preference
to the time which would be allocated by the agent receiving the REFER as
described in 2.4.4 ?

If the Expire duration is "0" is this equivalent to using the Refer-sub
header being set to false ? 

 

Ian Elz 

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