User's Manual  672  Document #: LTRT-27055 
 
  Mediant 1000B Gateway & E-SBC 
answer transaction completes. The offer-answer options can be included in the following 
SIP messages: 
  Offer in first INVITE, answer on 180, and no or same answer in the 200 OK 
  Offer in first INVITE, answer on 180, and a different answer in the 200 OK (not 
standard) 
  INVITE without SDP, offer in 180, and answer in PRACK 
  PRACK and UPDATE transactions can also be used for initiating subsequent offer-
answer transactions before the INVITE 200 OK response. 
  In a SIP dialog life time, media characteristics after originally determined by the first 
offer-answer transaction can be changed by using subsequent offer-answer 
transactions. These transactions may be carried either in UPDATE or re-INVITE 
transactions. The media handling is similar to the original offer-answer handling. If the 
offer is rejected by the remote party, no media changes occur (e.g., INVITE without 
SDP, then 200 OK and ACK, offer-answer within an offer-answer, and Hold re-INVITE 
with IP address of 0.0.0.0 - IP address is unchanged). 
The device supports various interworking modes for early media between SIP UAs (i.e., IP 
Groups): 
  Early Media Enabling: The device supports the interworking of early media between 
SIP UAs that support early media and those that do not support receipt of early media. 
Early media can arrive in provisional responses to an INVITE request. The device 
forwards the request of early media for IP Groups that support this capability; 
otherwise, the device terminates it. Provisional responses whose SDP are suppressed 
are changed to a SIP 180 response. This feature is also supported for delayed offers. 
This is configured using the IP Profile parameter, 'SBC Remote Early Media Support'. 
The device refers to the parameter also for features that require early media such as 
playing ringback tone. 
  Early Media Response Type: The device supports the interworking of different SIP 
provisional response types between UAs for forwarding the early media to the caller. 
This can support all early media response types (default), SIP 180 only, or SIP 183 
only, and is configured by the IP Profile parameter, 'SBC Remote Early Media 
Response Type'. 
  Multiple 18x: The device supports the interworking of different support for multiple 
18x responses (including 180 Ringing, 181 Call is Being Forwarded, 182 Call Queued, 
and 183 Session Progress) that are forwarded to the caller. The UA can be configured 
as supporting only receipt of the first 18x response (i.e., the device forwards only this 
response to the caller), or receipt of multiple 18x responses (default). This is 
configured by the IP Profile parameter, 'SBC Remote Multiple 18x Support'. 
  Early Media RTP: The device supports the interworking with remote clients that send 
18x responses with early media and whose subsequent RTP is delayed, and with 
remote clients that do not support this and require RTP to immediately follow the 18x 
response. Some clients do not support 18x with early media, while others require 18x 
with early media (i.e., they cannot play ringback tone locally). These various 
interworking capabilities are configured by the IP Profile parameters, 'Remote Early 
Media RTP Detection Mode', 'SBC Remote Supports RFC 3960', and 'SBC Remote 
Can Play Ringback'. See the flowcharts below for the device's handling of such 
scenarios: