Howto:NL - Destiny - SIP TRUNK SIP-Provider (2020)

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Summary

Tests for the SIP_TRUNK SIP trunk product of the provider Destiny were completed. Test results have been last updated on May 28th, 2021. Check the history of this article for the date of the first publication of the testreport.

Remarks

In previous firmware to V12r2sr33 or V13r1sr12, use the MOTTO Profile for the same SIP Trunk configuration.

The provider doesn't offer the possibility to test the SIP-trunk regularly and automatically (e.g. before firmware releases). As a result, we do not know if it will still work or will work with different firmware than the one we tested with.

Tested Firmware: 12r2 Service Release 34 (125713)

== Provider Configuration ==
This test is done with a configuration in the Destiny Flux portal as described in this document.
Any other configuration setting in the portal can have a negative result on a working scenario.
Trunk configuration Destiny (renamed from Motto)
Basis info
Type = SIP,
Algemeen
Device is a trunk (Enable DID) = checked,
Codecs
Actief = G.711A-law, G.711u-law, G.729, G.722,
Netwerk
Home proxy = Destiny AMS3, Nat intelligence = checked,
Authenticatie
Authentication = registration
SIP opties
DTMF signalling mode = rfc2833 Inbound Caller ID Header = From, Outbound Caller ID Header = P-Preferred-Identity, Outbound Caller ID format = RFC822user,

<internal>Provider SBC: srv-ams5-sip-110</internal>


List of Issues found in media-relay Configuration

180 RINGING
The provider does not send a 180 Ringing response when the called party alerts.
DTMF
The provider does not fully support reliable transportation of DTMF signals (DTMF tones are treated separately from voice data). There may be different symptoms like no DTMF at all, no DTMF at the beginning of a call, loss of some DTMF digits in a multi-digit DTMF sequence, duplication of DTMF digits or DTMF digits echoed back to the sender
FAX T38 ONNET
The provider does not support T.38 fax for onnet calls.
FAX T38
The provider does not fully support T.38 fax
REDIR 302
The provider does not support external call redirection using the SIP 302 Redirect response
SIP INFO
The provider does not support conveying DTMF using the SIP-INFO method.

Here is the list of test-cases that have been performed for this provider: 180_RINGING, BASIC_CALL, CLIR, CLNS_ONNET, CLNS, CONN_NR_DIFF, CONN_NR_INCOMING, CONN_NR, DTMF, EARLY_MEDIA_INBOUND, FAX_AUDIO, FAX_T38_ONNET, FAX_T38, FAX_T38ANDAUDIO, G711A_ONNET, G711A, G711U_ONNET, G711U, G722_ONNET, G722, G729_ONNET, G729, HOLD_RETRIEVE, IP_FRAGMENTATION, LARGE_SIP_MESSAGES, MOBILITY, OPUS_NB, OPUS_WB, RALERT_DISC, REDIR_302, REDIR_DIVHDR, REDIR_HISTHDR, REVERSE_MEDIA, SIP_INFO, SRTP_INCOMING, SRTP_INTERNAL, SRTP_OUTGOING, SUBSCRIBER_NR, XFER_BLIND, XFER_CONS_ALERT, XFER_CONS_EXT, XFER_CONS


Test Results

This SIP provider requires a media-relay configuration. That is, all media traffic between the SIP provider and all endpoints must flow through the SBC. For this reason, a configuration without media-relay has not been tested and hence no test results for this configuration are listed.

Configuration with media-relay

Registration
The provider supports only UDP as transport protocol. As a result, the SIP-communication is not encrypted(TLS). Moreover it requires all involved network elements to support IP-fragmentation.
NAT Traversal
The provider detects clients behind NAT and can handle calls to them without requiring the clients to use NAT-traversal methods like STUN. However MediaRelay is required, since the provider does not support a change of the remote RTP-endpoint during a call.
DTMF (RFC2833)
The provider can convey DTMF digits using the RTP payload method as per RFC2833. However, DTMF handling overall does not work reliably.
Session Timer
The tests regarding the SIP-session timer were successful. This means that either no session expiry is used or that it is used and works. It does not imply that session expiry actually is used.
Redundancy
Registration of two SIP-interfaces on the same SIP-account is supported by the provider. However, the provider has no failover mechanism if one device is down. As a result, you can use both SIP-interfaces for load-balancing purposes. If one device is down, for 2 minutes incoming and outgoing calls might be rejected/fail.
Correct signalling of Ringing-state
Ringing is not signalled by the provider. This will lead to incorrect call-state display on the PBX (phone-UI, myPBX, Soap) for outbound calls to the PSTN. The caller will see no status-update on the phone-display/PC-screen, showing that the remote party was reached and is ringing.
Additionally external callers forwarded/transferred back to the PSTN, may get no ring-tone but hear silence while the remote party is ringing. This silence while waiting might lead to aborting the call. As a result, Carrier w/o Alerting is required in all PBX 'Mobility' objects.
CLIR
OK
Clip No Screening (CLNS)
Straight clip no screening (i.e. sending a foreign number as calling line id) works fine. As this works anyway, it does not matter, if the provider supports the interpretation of History-Info: or Diversion: SIP headers for providing the correct calling line id for diverted calls.
COLP
Outbound and inbound calls to/from the PSTN show the correct connected number.
For outbound calls to the PSTN, an update of the connected number is not signalled to the caller.
Early-Media
The provider supports early-media for outbound calls (hence inbound early media) to the PSTN.
Fax
Transport of faxes to/from the PSTN via G.711 codec was tested successfully. However, all fax endpoints must be configured with exclusive codec "G711A".
Transport of faxes using T.38 failed to PSTN and onnet destinations. Fallback to audio-fax worked.
As a result, T.38 is enabled on the SIP-interface, the use of audio-fax is necessary.
Codecs
supported to/from PSTN: G711A, G711U, G722 and G729
supported onnet (VoIP to VoIP): G711A, G711U, G722 and G729
IP-Fragmentation
OK
Large SIP messages
OK
Reverse Media Negotiation
OK
Mobility Calls
Transmitting DTMF-tones as SIP-INFO messages is not supported, however mobility calls are still possible as in the media-relay configuration, the SBC will convey DTMF signalling to the PBX.
As the provider does not provide proper alert signalling, you will need to configure the Carrier w/o Alerting check-mark in the PBX Mobility object.
SRTP
The provider does not support audio encryption using SRTP.
Dialing of Subscriber Numbers
The provider does not support dialling numbers in subscriber number format. Make sure to configure the Dialing Location accordingly.
Call Transfer
OK


Configuration

Use profile NL-Destiny-SIP_TRUNK in Gateway/Interfaces/SIP to configure this SIP provider.

Please note the following configuration hints:

  • FAX requires exclusive G711A codec
  • Alert not signalled, 'Carrier w/o Alerting' required in all PBX 'Mobility' objects
  • Dialling of subscriber numbers not possible, 'Dialing Location' must be configured without 'Area Code'
A most recent v13r3 firmware is required to use this SIP-profile. For hints regarding upgrade to v13r3, see Howto:V13_Firmware_Upgrade_V13r2_V13r3

New profiles are added in the course of our V13R3 software Service Releases, see Reference13r3:Release Notes Firmware. Here is an up to date list of tested SIP providers.

Disclaimer

These tests look at a number of interoperability scenarios between innovaphone SIP devices and a given SIP trunk product. As we are enhancing our testing procedures, nature and number of these tests will vary.

All test results document the fact how the tested combination performs in the tested scenario. It explicitly does not comment on the question what the reason is for the behaviour nor if and how it could be changed. It thus does not imply that either the SIP trunk provider or the innovaphone device fails in any way. It merely says that the combination does not perform as defined by the test.

If not mentioned otherwise, all tests are repeated on a weekly basis (a.k.a. nightly tests) using the then-current innovaphone firmware. If a tested combination keeps performing differently from the state documented here during nightly tests, we reserve the right to update this article accordingly.

Some tests do not have consistent results. This may occur for various reasons. If so, we document the tests result as being unstable.

Some of the tested SIP trunk products are not available for nightly tests. In this case, the fact will be noted in the Summary section.