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Appendix B      SIP Call Flows
Call Flow Scenarios for Successful Calls
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486 Busy Here—Cisco SIP IP 
phone B to SIP proxy server
Cisco SIP IP phone B sends a 486 Busy here message to the 
SIP proxy server. The message indicates that Cisco SIP IP 
phone B is in use and the user is not willing or able to take 
additional calls.
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ACK—SIP proxy server to Cisco 
SIP IP phone B
SIP proxy server forwards the SIP ACK to the Cisco SIP IP 
phone B. The ACK confirms that the SIP proxy server has 
received the 486 Busy here response from Cisco SIP IP 
phone B.
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INVITE—SIP proxy server to 
Cisco SIP IP phone C
SIP proxy server sends a SIP INVITE request to Cisco SIP 
IP phone C. The INVITE request is an invitation to User C 
to participate in a call session.
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180 Ringing—Cisco SIP IP 
phone C to SIP proxy server
Cisco SIP IP phone C sends a SIP 180 Ringing response to 
the SIP proxy server
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200 OK—Cisco SIP IP phone C 
to SIP proxy server
Cisco SIP IP phone C sends a SIP 200 OK response to the 
SIP proxy server.
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200 OK—SIP proxy server to 
Cisco SIP IP phone A
SIP proxy server forwards the SIP 200 OK response to 
Cisco SIP IP phone A.
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ACK—Cisco SIP IP phone A to 
SIP proxy server
Cisco SIP IP phone A sends a SIP ACK to the SIP proxy 
server. The ACK confirms that Cisco SIP IP phone A has 
received the 200 OK response from Cisco SIP IP phone C.
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ACK—SIP proxy server to Cisco 
SIP IP phone C
SIP proxy server forwards the SIP ACK to the Cisco SIP IP 
phone C. The ACK confirms that Cisco SIP IP phone A has 
received the 200 OK response from Cisco SIP IP phone C.
Step Action Description