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z  Sub-option 4: Fail-over call routing. 
Meanings of the sub-options for Option 184 
Figure 2-1 Meanings of the sub-options for Option 184 
Sub-option  Feature  Function  Note 
NCP-IP 
(sub-option 1) 
The NCP-IP sub-option 
carries the IP address of 
the network call processor 
(NCP). 
The IP address of the 
NCP server carried by 
sub-option 1 of Option 
184 is intended for 
identifying the server 
serving as the network 
call controller and the 
server used for 
application 
downloading.  
When used in Option 
184, this sub-option 
must be the first 
sub-option, that is, 
sub-option 1 
AS-IP 
(sub-option 2) 
The AS-IP sub-option 
carries the IP address of 
the alternate server (AS). 
The alternate NCP 
server identified by 
sub-option 2 of Option 
184 acts as the backup 
of the NCP server. The 
NCP server specified 
by this option is used 
only when the IP 
address carried by the 
NCP-IP sub-option is 
unreachable or invalid.  
The AS-IP sub-option 
takes effect only when 
sub-option 1 (that is, 
the NCP-IP 
sub-option) is defined 
Voice VLAN 
Configuration 
(sub-option 3) 
The voice VLAN 
configuration sub-option 
carries the ID of the voice 
VLAN and the flag 
indicating whether the voice 
VLAN identification function 
is enabled.  
The sub-option 3 of 
Option 184 comprises 
two parts:  
z  One part carries the 
flag indicating 
whether the voice 
VLAN identification 
function is enabled.  
z  The other part 
carries the ID of the 
voice VLAN.  
z  A flag value of 0 
indicates that the 
voice VLAN 
identification 
function is not 
enabled, in which 
case the 
information carried 
by the VLAN ID part 
will be neglected. 
z  A flag value of 1 
indicates that the 
voice VLAN 
identification 
function is enabled.
Fail-Over Call 
Routing 
(sub-option 4) 
The fail-over call routing 
sub-option carries the IP 
address for fail-over call 
routing and the associated 
dial number. The IP 
address for fail-over call 
routing and the dial number 
in sub-option 4 of Option 
184 refer to the IP address 
and dial number of the 
Session Initiation Protocol 
(SIP) peer.  
When the NCP server 
is unreachable, a SIP 
user can use the 
configured IP address 
and dial number of the 
peer to establish a 
connection and 
communicate with the 
peer SIP user.  
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