SIP User's Manual  642  Document #: LTRT-12804 
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SIP Response  Description 
ISDN Release 
Reason 
Description 
600  Busy everywhere  17  User busy 
603 Decline  21  Call rejected 
604  Does not exist anywhere  1  Unallocated number 
606*  Not acceptable  38  Network out of order 
 
* Messages and responses were created because the ‘ISUP to SIP Mapping’ draft does 
not specify their cause code mapping. 
 
10.3  ISDN Overlap Dialing 
Overlap dialing is a dialing scheme used by several ISDN variants to send and/or receive 
called number digits one after the other (or several at a time). This is in contrast to en-bloc 
dialing in which a complete number is sent. 
The device supports the interworking of ISDN overlap dialing to SIP based on RFC 3578.  
  Interworking ISDN overlap dialing to SIP (Tel to IP): The device sends collected 
digits each time they are received (initially from ISDN Setup and then from subsequent 
Info Q.931 messages) to the IP, using subsequent SIP INVITE messages. You can 
also define the minimum number of overlap digits to collect before sending the first 
SIP message (INVITE) for routing the call, using the MinOverlapDigitsForRouting 
parameter. 
The device stops collecting digits when: 
•  Receives Sending Complete IE in the ISDN Setup or Info messages to signal that 
no more digits are going to be sent. 
•  The inter-digit timeout (configured by the TimeBetweenDigits parameter) expires. 
•  The maximum allowed number of digits (configured by the MaxDigits parameter) 
is reached. 
•  A match is found with the defined digit map (configured by the DigitMapping 
parameter). 
The device can also mute in-band DTMF detection until the device receives the full 
destination number from the ISDN. This is configured using the MuteDTMFInOverlap 
parameter. With ISDN overlap dialing, DTMF digits can be sent in-band in the voice 
stream or out-of-band using Q.931 Info messages. If Q.931 Info messages are used, 
the DTMF in-band detector must be disabled. Note that when at least one digit is 
received from the ISDN (Setup message), the device stops playing a dial tone. 
  Interworking SIP to ISDN overlap dialing (IP to Tel): For each received INVITE 
pertaining to the same dialog session, the device sends an ISDN Setup (and 
subsequent ISDN Info Q.931 messages) with the collected digits to the Tel side. For 
all subsequent INVITEs received, the device sends a SIP 484 "Address Incomplete" 
response to the IP in order to maintain the current dialog session and to receive 
additional digits from subsequent INVITEs. 
The device can optionally support ISDN overlap dialing for incoming ISDN calls for the 
entire device or per E1/T1 span, using the ISDNRxOverlap parameter. 
To play a Dial tone to the ISDN user side when an empty called number is received, set the 
ISDNINCallsBehavior parameter to 65536 (bit #16). This results in the Progress Indicator 
being included in the SetupAck ISDN message.