Howto:NL - SOLLIE COMM - SIP TRUNK SIP-Provider (2017)
Summary
Tests for the SIP_TRUNK SIP trunk product of the provider SOLLIE_COMM were completed. Test results have been last updated on December 18th, 2017. Check the history of this article for the date of the first publication of the testreport.
Remarks
- * 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: e.g. 12r2 Service Release 4
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List of Issues found in media-relay Configuration
- 180 RINGING
- The provider does not send a
180 Ringing
response when the called party alerts. - CLNS ONNET
- Onnet-Calls (that is, within the provider's network) do not allow foreign calling party numbers (CGPN). In other words, clip no screening is not possible for on-net calls.
- CLNS
- Outgoing calls cannot be sent with a foreign calling party number (CLI).
- FAX AUDIO
- The provider does not fully support Audiofax (i.e. non-T.38)
- Our tests of this feature have shown unstable results (that is, the feature sometimes worked and sometimes did not). This may for example be caused by different equipment used at the provider side (e.g. media gateways) which behave differently.
- FAX T38ANDAUDIO
- The provider does not support fallback to audio-fax if T.38 fails.
- Our tests of this feature have shown unstable results (that is, the feature sometimes worked and sometimes did not). This may for example be caused by different equipment used at the provider side (e.g. media gateways) which behave differently.
- 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, SDP_ICE, SDP_RTCP_MUX, SDP_VIDEO, 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.
- 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 not supported by the provider. As a result, you cannot have a Standby gateway/PBX using the same account for failover or load-balancing purposes.
- 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)
- CLIP no screening (CLNS) is not possible, that is, outgoing calls can only have the own subscriber number (or extension), no foreign numbers as calling line id. This affects for example externally forwarded and mobility 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
- Audio-Fax calls (that is, fax calls without T.38) do not work. However, all fax endpoints must be configured with exclusive codec "G711A".
- Transport of faxes using T.38 worked to onnet and PSTN destinations. However fallback to audiofax failed.
- As a result, T.38 is disabled on the SIP-interface and the use of audio-fax is necessary.
- Codecs
- supported to/from PSTN: G711A
- supported onnet (VoIP to VoIP): G711A and G722
- 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-SOLLIE_COMM-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 v12r2 firmware or higher is required to use this SIP-profile. For hints regarding upgrade to v12r2, see Howto:Firmware_Upgrade_V12r1_V12r2
New profiles are added in the course of our V12R2 software Service Releases, see ReleaseNotes12r2:Firmware. Here is an up to date list of tested SIP providers.