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94    VoIP subscriber gateways 
5.3.1 Local conference 
In conference mode, pressing ‘flash’  is ignored  by initiator.  Messages of signaling protocol,  received from 
the  participants  and  intended  to  put  the  initiator  side  in  hold  mode,  force  this  participant  to  leave  the 
conference. At that, the initiator and the second participant will switch to the ordinary two-party call mode.  
The  conference  terminates,  when  initiator  leaves;  in  this  case,  both  participants  will  receive  clearback 
message. If one of the participants leaves the conference, the initiator and the second participant will switch to 
a standard two party call. Flash is processed as described in Sections 5.1 Call transfer and 5.2 Call Waiting. 
Figure below shows an algorithm of '3-way conference' service performed locally by the initiator via SIP 
protocol.