Appendix B      SIP Call Flows
Call Flow Scenarios for Successful Calls
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Alerting—Gateway 1 to PBX A Gateway 1 sends an Alert message to User A. The Alert 
message indicates that Gateway 1 has received a 180 
Ringing response from the Cisco SIP IP phone. User A 
hears the ringback tone that indicates that User B is being 
alerted.
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200 OK—Cisco SIP IP phone to 
Gateway 1
The Cisco SIP IP phone sends a SIP 200 OK response to 
Gateway 1. The 200 OK response notifies Gateway 1 that 
the connection has been made.
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Connect—Gateway 1 to PBX A Gateway 1 sends a Connect message to PBX A. The 
Connect message notifies PBX A that the connection has 
been made.
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ACK—Gateway 1 to Cisco SIP 
IP phone
Gateway 1 sends a SIP ACK to the Cisco SIP IP phone. The 
ACK confirms that Gateway 1 has received the 200 OK 
response. The call session is now active.
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Connect ACK—PBX A to 
Gateway 1
PBX A acknowledges Gateway 1’s Connect message.
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BYE—Cisco SIP IP phone to 
Gateway 1
User B transfers User A’s call to User C and then hangs up. 
The Cisco SIP IP phone sends a SIP BYE request to 
Gateway 1. The SIP BYE request includes the Also header. 
In this scenario, the Also header indicates that User C 
needs to be brought into the call while User B hangs up. 
This header distinguishes the call transfer BYE request 
from a normal disconnect BYE request.
The Request-By header could be included in the BYE 
request, however, Cisco’s implementation does not require 
the header to complete the transfer. If the Requested-By 
header is included, the INVITE sent to the transferred-to 
party will include the Requested-By header. If the 
Requested-By header is not included, the INVITE sent to 
the transferred-to party will not include the Requested-By 
header.
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200 OK—Gateway 1 to Cisco 
SIP IP phone
Gateway 1 sends a SIP 200 OK message to the Cisco SIP 
IP phone. The 200 OK response notifies the Cisco SIP IP 
phone that the BYE request has been received. The call 
session between User A and User B is now terminated.
Step Action Description