Re: RFC 5876 on Updates to Asserted Identity

Volkan Hatem <[email protected]> Sat, 1 May 2010 15:09:32 +0300
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.sip-implementors,gmane.ietf.sipping
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Any opinions?

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 8:12 PM, Volkan Hatem <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does RFC5876 describe an alternative method to RFC4916?
>
> Or, is it intended to complement RFC4916 in a trusted environment
> where RFC4474 is not supported, implemented?
>
> The following paragraph is from section 3.2:
>
>    In one example, an established call passes through a gateway to the
>    PSTN.  The gateway becomes aware that the remote party in the PSTN
>    has changed, e.g., due to call transfer.  By including the
>    P-Asserted-Identity header field in an UPDATE request, the gateway
>    can convey the identity of the new remote party to the peer SIP User
>    Agent (UA).
>