Network Working Group D. Burke Internet-Draft Voxpilot Expires: December 9, 2006 M. Scott Genesys J. Haynie Vocalocity R. Auburn Voxeo S. McGlashan Hewlett-Packard June 7, 2006 SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services draft-burke-vxml-01.txt Status of this Memo By submitting this Internet-Draft, each author represents that any applicable patent or other IPR claims of which he or she is aware have been or will be disclosed, and any of which he or she becomes aware will be disclosed, in accordance with Section 6 of BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet- Drafts. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt. The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html. This Internet-Draft will expire on December 9, 2006. Copyright Notice Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2006). Abstract This document describes a SIP interface to VoiceXML media services, Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 1] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 which is commonly employed between application servers and media servers offering VoiceXML processing capabilities. Comments Comments are solicited and should be addressed to the authors. Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 2] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.1. Use Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.1.1. IVR Services with Application Servers . . . . . . . . 4 1.1.2. PSTN IVR Service Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.1.3. 3GPP IMS Media Resource Function (MRF) . . . . . . . . 6 1.1.4. CCXML <-> VoiceXML Interaction . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.1.5. Other Use Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2. VoiceXML Session Establishment and Termination . . . . . . . . 8 2.1. Service Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2.2. Initiating a VoiceXML Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2.3. Preparing a VoiceXML Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2.4. Session Variable Mappings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2.5. Terminating a VoiceXML Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2.6. Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2.6.1. Basic Session Establishment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2.6.2. VoiceXML Session Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2.6.3. MRCP Establishment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 3. Media Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 3.1. Offer/Answer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 3.2. Early Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 3.3. Modifying the Media Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 3.4. Audio and Video Codecs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 3.5. DTMF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 4. Returning Data to the Application Server . . . . . . . . . . . 24 4.1. HTTP Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 4.2. SIP Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 5. Outbound Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 5.1. Third Party Call Control Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 5.2. REFER Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 6. Call Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 6.1. Blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 6.2. Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 6.3. Consultation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 7. Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 8. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 9. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 10. Changes since last version: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 11. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 11.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 11.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . . . . . 43 Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 3] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 1. Introduction VoiceXML [VXML20], [VXML21] is a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standard for creating audio and video dialogs that feature synthesized speech, digitized audio, recognition of spoken and DTMF key input, recording of audio and video, telephony, and mixed initiative conversations. VoiceXML allows Web-based development and content delivery paradigms to be used with interactive video and voice response applications. This document describes a SIP [RFC3261] interface to VoiceXML media services, which is commonly employed between Application Servers and media servers offering VoiceXML processing capabilities. SIP is responsible for initiating a media session to the VoiceXML media server and simultaneously triggering the execution of a specified VoiceXML application. The interface described here owes its genesis to the draft [SIPVXML] and leverages a mechanism for identifying dialog media services described in [RFC4240]. The interface has been updated and extended to support the W3C Recommendation for VoiceXML 2.0 [VXML20] and VoiceXML 2.1 [VXML21]. A set of commonly implemented functions and extensions have been specified including VoiceXML dialog preparation, outbound calling, video media support, and transfers. VoiceXML session variable mappings have been defined for SIP with an extensible mechanism for passing application-specific values into the VoiceXML application. Mechanisms for returning data to the Application Server have also been added. 1.1. Use Cases The VoiceXML media service user in this document is generically referred to as an Application Server. In practice, it is intended that the interface defined by this document is applicable across a wide range of use cases. Several intended use cases are described below. 1.1.1. IVR Services with Application Servers SIP Application Servers provide services to users of the network. Typically, there may be several Application Servers in the same network, each specialised in providing a particular service. Throughout this specification and without loss of generality, we posit the presence of an Application Server specialised in providing IVR services. A typical configuration for this use case is illustrated below. Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 4] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 +--------------+ | | | Application |\ | Server | \ | | \ HTTP SIP +--------------+ \ / \ \ +-------------+ / SIP \ +--------------+ | |/ \| | | SIP | | VoiceXML | | User Agent | RTP | Media Server | | |=====================| | +-------------+ +--------------+ Assuming the Application Server also supports HTTP, the VoiceXML application may be hosted on it and served up via HTTP [RFC2616]. Note, however, that the Web model allows the VoiceXML application to be hosted on a separate (HTTP) Application Server from the (SIP) Application Server that interacts with the VoiceXML Media Server via this specification. It is also possible for a static VoiceXML application to be stored locally on the VoiceXML Media Server, leveraging the VoiceXML 2.1 [VXML21] mechanism to interact with a Web/Application Server when dynamic behavior is required. The viability of static VoiceXML applications is further enhanced by the mechanisms defined in section 2.4, through which the Application Server can make session-specific information available within the VoiceXML session context. 1.1.2. PSTN IVR Service Node While this document is intended to enable enhanced use of VoiceXML as a component of larger systems and services, it is intended that devices that are completely unaware of this specification but that support [RFC4240] remain capable of invoking VoiceXML services offered by a VoiceXML Media Server compliant with this document. A typical configuration for this use case is as follows: +-------------+ SIP +--------------+ | |---------------------| | | IP/PSTN | | VoiceXML | | Gateway | RTP | Media Server | | |=====================| | +-------------+ +--------------+ Note also that beyond the invocation and termination of a VoiceXML dialog, the semantics defined for call transfers using REFER are intended to be compatible with standard, existing IP/PSTN gateways. Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 5] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 1.1.3. 3GPP IMS Media Resource Function (MRF) The 3GPP IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) [TS23002] defines a Media Resource Function (MRF) used to offer media processing services such as conferencing, transcoding, and prompt/collect. The capabilities offered by VoiceXML are ideal for offering richer media processing services in the context of the MRF. In this architecture, the interface defined here corresponds to the "Mr" interface to the MRFC; the implementation of this interface might use separated MRFC and MRFP elements (as per the IMS architecture), or might be an integrated MRF (as is common practice). +----------+ | App | | Server | +----------+ | | SIP (ISC) | +----------+ SIP (Mr) +--------------+ | S-CSCF |---------------| VoiceXML | | | | MRF | +----------+ +--------------+ || || RTP (Mb) || The above diagram is highly simplified and shows a subset of nodes typically involved in MRF interactions. It should be noted that while the MRF will primarily be used by the Application Server via the S-CSCF, it is also possible for calls to be routed directly to the MRF without the involvement of an Application Server. Although the above is described in terms of the 3GPP IMS architecture, it is intended that it is also applicable to 3GPP2, NGN, and PacketCable architectures that are converging with 3GPP IMS standards. 1.1.4. CCXML <-> VoiceXML Interaction CCXML 1.0 [CCXML10] applications provide services mainly through controlling the interaction between Connections, Conferences, and Dialogs. Although CCXML is capable of supporting arbitrary dialog environments, VoiceXML is commonly used as a dialog environment in conjunction with CCXML applications; CCXML is specifically designed to effectively support the use of VoiceXML. CCXML 1.0 defines language elements that allow for Dialogs to be prepared, started, and terminated; it further allows for data to be returned by the dialog Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 6] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 environment, for call transfers to be requested (by the dialog) and responded to by the CCXML application, and for arbitrary eventing between the CCXML application and running dialog application. The interface described in this document can be used by CCXML 1.0 implementations to control VoiceXML Media Servers. Note, however, that some CCXML language features require eventing facilities between CCXML and VoiceXML sessions that go beyond what is defined in this specification. For example, VoiceXML-controlled call transfers and mid-dialog application-defined events cannot be fully realized using this specification alone. A SIP event package [RFC3265] MAY be used in addition to this specification to provide extended eventing. 1.1.5. Other Use Cases In addition to the use cases described in some detail above, there are a number of other intended use cases that are not described in detail, such as: 1. Use of a VoiceXML Media Server as an adjunct to an IP-based PBX/ ACD, possibly to provide voicemail/messaging, automated attendant, or other capabilities. 2. Invocation and control of a VoiceXML session that provides the voice modality component in a multimodal system. 1.2. Terminology Application Server: A SIP Application Server hosts and executes services, in particular by terminating SIP sessions on a media server. The Application Server MAY also act as an HTTP server [RFC2616] in interactions with media servers. VoiceXML Media Server: A VoiceXML interpreter including a SIP-based interpreter context and the requisite media processing capabilities to support VoiceXML functionality. VoiceXML Session: A VoiceXML Session is a multimedia session comprising of at least a SIP user agent, a VoiceXML Media Server, the data streams between them, and an executing VoiceXML application. VoiceXML Dialog: Equivalent to VoiceXML Session. Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 7] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 2. VoiceXML Session Establishment and Termination This section describes how to establish a VoiceXML Session, with or without preparation, and how to terminate a session. This section also addresses how session information is made available to VoiceXML applications. 2.1. Service Identification The SIP Request-URI is used to identify the VoiceXML media service as defined in [RFC4240]. The user part of the SIP Request-URI is fixed to "dialog". The initial VoiceXML document is specified with the "voicexml" parameter. In addition, parameters are defined that control how the VoiceXML Media Server fetches the specified VoiceXML document. The list of parameters defined by this specification is as follows: voicexml: URL of the initial VoiceXML document to fetch. This will typically contain an HTTP URI, but may use other URI schemes, for example to refer to local, static VoiceXML documents. If the "voicexml" parameter is omitted, the VoiceXML Media Server may select the initial VoiceXML document by other means, such as by applying a default, or may reject the request. maxage: Used to set the max-age value of the Cache-Control header in conjunction with VoiceXML documents fetched using HTTP, as per [RFC2616]. If omitted, the VoiceXML Media Server will use a default value. maxstale: Used to set the max-stale value of the Cache-Control header in conjunction with VoiceXML documents fetched using HTTP, as per [RFC2616]. If omitted, the VoiceXML Media Server will use a default value. method: Used to set the HTTP method applied in the fetch of the initial VoiceXML document. Allowed values are "get" or "post" (case-insensitive). Default is "get". postbody: Used to set the application/x-www-form-urlencoded encoded [HTML4] HTTP body for "post" requests (or is otherwise ignored). The postbody value is the prepared application/ x-www-form-urlencoded content, subsequently URL-encoded (see note below). Other application-specific parameters may be added to the Request-URI and are exposed in VoiceXML session variables (see section 2.4). The BNF for the Request-URI is given below: Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 8] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 DIALOG-URL = sip-ind dialog-ind "@" hostport dialog-parameters sip-ind = "sip:" / "sips:" dialog-ind = "dialog" dialog-parameters = [ init-parameters ] [ vxml-parameters ] [ uri-parameters ] init-parameters = init-param [ init-parameters ] init-param = ";" (dialog-param / maxage-param / maxstale-param / method-param / postbody-param) dialog-param = "voicexml=" vxml-url ; vxml-url follows the URI ; syntax defined in RFC3986 maxage-param = "maxage=" 1*DIGIT maxstale-param = "maxstale=" 1*DIGIT method-param = "method=" ("get" / "post") postbody-param = "postbody=" token vxml-parameters = vxml-param [ vxml-parameters ] vxml-param = ";" vxml-keyword "=" vxml-value vxml-keyword = token vxml-value = token Parameters of the Request-URI in subsequent re-INVITEs are ignored. One consequence of this is that the VoiceXML Media Server cannot be instructed by the Application Server to change the executing VoiceXML Application after a VoiceXML Session has been started. Incorrectly formed requests MUST be rejected with the appropriate 4xx class response. If one of the init-parameters is repeated, then the request MUST be rejected with a 400 Bad Request response. Note: Special characters in Request-URI parameter values need to be URL-encoded as required by the SIP URI syntax, for example '?' (%3f), Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 9] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 '=' (%3d), and ';' (%3b). The VoiceXML Media Server MUST therefore unespace Request-URI parameter values before making use of them or exposing them to running VoiceXML applications. It is important that the VoiceXML Media Server only unescape the parameter values once since the desired VoiceXML URI value could itself be URL encoded, for example. As an example, the following SIP Request-URI identifies the use of VoiceXML media services, with 'http://appserver.example.com/promptcollect.vxml' as the initial VoiceXML document, to be fetched with max-age/max-stale values of 3600s/0s respectively: sip:dialog@mediaserver.example.com; \ voicexml=http://appserver.example.com/promptcollect.vxml; \ maxage=3600;maxstale=0 2.2. Initiating a VoiceXML Session A VoiceXML Session is initiated via the Application Server using a SIP INVITE or REFER (see section 5.2). Typically, the Application Server will be specialized in providing VoiceXML services. At a minimum, the Application Server may behave as a simple proxy by rewriting the Request-URI received from the User Agent to a Request- URI suitable for consumption by the VoiceXML Media Server (as specified in section 2.1). For example, a User Agent might present a dialed number: tel:+1-201-555-0123 which the Application Server maps to a directory assistance application on the VoiceXML Media Server with a Request-URI of: sip:dialog@ms1.example.com; \ voicexml=http://as1.example.com/da.vxml The Application Server SHOULD insert its own URI in the Record-Route header so that it remains in the signaling path for subsequent signaling related to the session. This is of particular importance for call transfers so that upstream Application Servers or proxy servers see signaling originating from the Application Server and not the VoiceXML Media Server itself. Certain header values in the INVITE message to the VoiceXML Media Server are mapped into VoiceXML session variables and are specified in section 2.4. On receipt of the INVITE, the VoiceXML Media Server issues a provisional response, 100 Trying, and commences the fetch of the initial VoiceXML document. The 200 OK response indicates that the Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 10] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 VoiceXML document has been fetched and parsed correctly and is ready for execution. Application execution commences on receipt of the ACK (except if the dialog is being prepared as specified in section 2.3). Note that the 100 Trying response will usually be sent on receipt of the INVITE in accordance with [RFC3261], since the VoiceXML Media Server cannot in general guarantee that the initial fetch will complete in less than 200 ms. However, certain implementations may be able to guarantee response times to the initial INVITE, and thus may not need to send a 100 Trying response. As an optimization, prior to sending the 200 OK response, the VoiceXML Media Server MAY execute the application up to the point of the first VoiceXML waiting state or prompt flush. A VoiceXML Media Server, like any SIP User Agent, may be unable to accept the INVITE request for a variety of reasons. For instance, an SDP offer contained in the INVITE might require the use of codecs that are not supported by the Media Server. In such cases, the Media Server should respond as defined by [RFC3261]. However, there are error conditions specific to VoiceXML, as follows: 1. If the Request-URI does not conform to this specification, a 400 Bad Request MUST be returned (unless it is used to select other services not defined by this specification). 2. If the Request-URI does not include a "voicexml" parameter, and the VoiceXML Media Server does not elect to use a default page, the VoiceXML Media Server MUST return a final response of 400 Bad Request, and SHOULD include a Warning header with a 3-digit code of 399 and a human readable error message. 3. If the VoiceXML document cannot be fetched or parsed, the VoiceXML Media Server MUST return a final response of 500 Server Internal Error and SHOULD include a Warning header with a 3-digit code of 399 and a human readable error message. Informational note: Certain applications may pass a significant amount of data to the VoiceXML dialog in the form of Request-URI parameters. This may cause the total size of the INVITE request to exceed the MTU of the underlying network. In such cases, applications/implementations must take care either to use a transport appropriate to these larger messages (such as TCP), or to use alternative means of passing the required information to the VoiceXML dialog (such as supplying a unique session identifier in the initial VoiceXML URI and later using that identifier as a key to retrieve data from the HTTP server). This note also applies if the dialog is started using a REFER request as described in section 5.2. Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 11] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 2.3. Preparing a VoiceXML Session In certain scenarios, it is beneficial to prepare a VoiceXML Session for execution prior to running it. A previously prepared VoiceXML Session is expected to execute with minimal delay when instructed to do so. If a media-less SIP dialog is established with the initial INVITE to the VoiceXML Media Server, the VoiceXML Application will not execute after receipt of the ACK. To run the VoiceXML Application, the AS must issue a re-INVITE to establish a media session. A media-less SIP dialog can be established by sending SDP containing no media lines in the initial INVITE. Alternatively, if no SDP is sent in the initial INVITE, the VoiceXML Media Server will include an offer in the 200 OK message, which can be responded to with an answer in the ACK with the media port(s) set to 0. Once a VoiceXML Application is running, a re-INVITE which disables the media streams (i.e. sets the ports to 0) will not otherwise affect the executing application (except that recognition actions initiated while the media streams are disabled will result in noinput timeouts). 2.4. Session Variable Mappings The standard VoiceXML session variables are assigned values according to: session.connection.local.uri: Evaluates to the SIP URI specified in the To: header of the initial INVITE (or REFER). session.connection.remote.uri: Evaluates to the SIP URI specified in the From: header of the initial INVITE (or REFER). session.connection.redirect: This array is populated by information contained in the History-Info [RFC4244] header in the initial INVITE or is otherwise undefined. Each entry (hi-entry) in the History-Info header is mapped, in reverse order, into an element of the session.connection.redirect array. Properties of each element of the array are determined as follows: * uri - Set to the hi-targeted-to-uri value of the History-Info entry * pi - Set to 'true' if hi-targeted-to-uri contains a 'Privacy=history' parameter, or if the INVITE Privacy header includes 'history'; 'false' otherwise Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 12] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 * si - Set to the value of the 'si' parameter if it exists, undefined otherwise * reason - Set verbatim to the value of the 'Reason' parameter of hi-targeted-to-uri session.connection.protocol.name: Evaluates to "sip". session.connection.protocol.version: Evaluates to "2.0". session.connection.protocol.sip.headers: This is an associative array where each key in the array is the non-compact name of a SIP header in the initial INVITE converted to lower-case (note the case conversion does not apply to the header value). If multiple header fields of the same field name are present, the values are combined into a single comma-separated value. Implementations MUST at a minimum include the Call-ID header and MAY include other headers. For example, session.connection.protocol.sip.headers["call-id"] evaluates to the the Call-ID of the SIP dialog. session.connection.protocol.sip.requesturi: This is an associative array where the array keys and values are formed from the URI parameters on the SIP Request-URI of the initial INVITE (or REFER) according to the following rules: * If the URI parameter name includes no periods, the key (of type string) is formed from the entire parameter name and its corresponding value is of type string and evaluates to the URI parameter value. * If the URI parameter name includes a period, the array key (of type string) is formed from the characters to the left of the period and the corresponding value is of type object. A property is added to that object whose name is formed from the characters to the right of the period (up to the next period). If the URI parameter name contains no further periods, the property is of type string and evaluates to the URI parameter value. Otherwise it is of type object and the process of adding properties repeats. * If the URI parameter name is present but its value is omitted, the value is mapped to an empty string. In addition, the array's toString() function returns the full SIP Request-URI. For example, assuming a Request-URI of sip:dialog@ example.com;voicexml=http://ajax.com;obj.x=1;obj.y=2;obj.z.a=3 then session.connection.protocol.sip.requesturi["voicexml"] Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 13] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 evaluates to "http://ajax.com", session.connection.protocol.sip.requesturi["obj"].x evaluates to "1", session.connection.protocol.sip.requesturi["obj"].y evaluates to "2", session.connection.protocol.sip.requesturi["obj"].z.a evaluates to "3", and session.connection.protocol.sip.requesturi evaluates to the complete Request-URI. session.connection.aai: Evaluates to session.connection.protocol.sip.requesturi['aai'] session.connection.ccxml: Evaluates to session.connection.protocol.sip.requesturi['ccxml'] session.connection.protocol.sip.media: This is an array where each array element is an object with the following properties: * type: - This required property indicates the type of the media associated with the stream. The value is a string. It is strongly recommended that the following values are used for common types of media: "audio" for audio media, and "video" for video media. * direction: - This required property indicates the directionality of the media relative to session.connection.originator. Defined values are sendrecv, sendonly, and recvonly. * format: - This property is optional. If defined, the value of the property is an array. Each array element is an object which specifies information about one format of the media (there is an array element for each payload type on the m-line). The object contains at least one property called name whose value is the MIME subtype of the media format (MIME subtypes are registered in [RFC3555]). Other properties may be defined with string values; these correspond to required and, if defined, optional parameters of the format. As a consequence of this definition, there is an array entry in session.connection.protocol.sip.media for each non-disabled m-line for the negotiated media session. Note that this session variable is updated if the media session characteristics for the VoiceXML Session change (i.e. due to a re-INVITE). For an example, consider a connection with bi-directional G.711 mu-law audio sampled at 8kHz. In this case, session.connection.protocol.sip.media[0].type evaluates to "audio", session.connection.protocol.sip.media[0].direction to "sendrecv", and session.connection.protocol.sip.media[0].format[0].name evaluates Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 14] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 to "audio/PCMU" and session.connection.protocol.media[0].format[0].rate evaluates to "8000". 2.5. Terminating a VoiceXML Session The Application Server can terminate a VoiceXML Session by issuing a BYE to the VoiceXML Media Server. Upon receipt of a BYE in the context of an existing VoiceXML Session, the the VoiceXML Media Server MUST send a 200 OK response, and MUST throw a 'connection.disconnect.hangup' event to the VoiceXML application. If the Reason header [RFC3326] is present on the BYE Request, then the value of the Reason header is provided verbatim via the '_message' variable within the catch element's anonymous variable scope. The VoiceXML Media Server may also initiate termination of the session by issuing a BYE request. This will typically occur as a result of encoutering a or in the VoiceXML application, due to the VoiceXML application running to completion, or due to unhandled errors within the VoiceXML application. See Section 4 for mechanisms to return data to the Application Server. 2.6. Examples 2.6.1. Basic Session Establishment This example illustrates an Application Server setting up a VoiceXML Session on behalf of a User Agent. Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 15] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 SIP VoiceXML HTTP User Application Media Application Agent Server Server Server | | | | |(1) INVITE [offer] | | | |------------------->|(2) INVITE [offer] | | |(3) 100 Trying |------------------->| | |<-------------------|(4) 100 Trying | | | |<-------------------| | | | | | | | |(5) GET | | | |------------------->| | | |(6) 200 OK [VXML] | | | |<-------------------| | | | | | |(7) 200 OK [answer] | | |(8) 200 OK [answer] |<-------------------| | |<-------------------| | | |(9) ACK | | | |------------------->|(10) ACK | | | |------------------->| (execute | |(11) RTP | | VoiceXML | |.........................................| application) | | | | | 2.6.2. VoiceXML Session Preparation This example demonstrates the preparation of a VoiceXML Session. In this example, the VoiceXML session is prepared prior to placing an outbound call to a User Agent, and is started as soon as the User Agent answers. The [answer1:0] notation is used to indicate an SDP answer with the media ports set to 0. Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 16] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 SIP VoiceXML HTTP User Application Media Application Agent Server Server Server | | | | | |(1) INVITE | | | |-------------------->| | | |(2) 100 Trying | | | |<--------------------| | | | | | | | |(3) GET | | | |------------------->| | | |(4) 200 OK [VXML] | | | |<-------------------| | | | | | |(5) 200 OK [offer1] | | | |<--------------------| | | |(6) ACK [answer1:0] | | |(7) INVITE |-------------------->| | |<-------------------| | | |(8) 200 OK [offer2] | | | |------------------->|(9) INVITE [offer2] | | | |-------------------->| | | |(10) 100 Trying | | | |<--------------------| | | |(11) 200 OK [answer2]| | |(12) ACK [answer2] |<--------------------| | |<-------------------|(13) ACK | | | |-------------------->| (execute | |(14) RTP | VoiceXML | |..........................................| application) | | | | | 2.6.3. MRCP Establishment MRCP [MRCPv2] is a protocol that enables clients such as a VoiceXML Media Server to control media service resources such as speech synthesizers, recognizers, verifiers and identifiers residing in servers on the network. The example below illustrates how a VoiceXML Media Server may establish an MRCP session in response to an initial INVITE. Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 17] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 VoiceXML HTTP User Media MRCPv2 Application Agent Server Server Server | | | | |(1) INVITE [offer1] | | | |------------------->| | | |(2) 100 Trying | | | |<-------------------|(3) GET | | | |---------------------------------------->| | | | | | |(4) 200 OK [VXML] | | | |<----------------------------------------| | | | | | |(5) INVITE [offer2] | | | |--------------------->| | | | | | | |(6) 200 OK [answer2] | | | |<---------------------| | | | | | | |(7) ACK | | | |--------------------->| | | | | | | |(8) MRCP connection | | | |<-------------------->| | |(9) 200 OK [answer1]| | | |<-------------------| | | | | | | |(10) ACK | | | |------------------->| | | | | | | |(11) RTP | | | .............................................| | | | | | In this example, the VoiceXML Media Server is responsible for establishing a session with the MRCPv2 Media Resource Server prior to sending the 200 OK response to the initial INVITE. The VoiceXML Media Server will perform the appropriate offer/answer with the MRCPv2 Media Resource Server based on the SDP capabilities of the Application Server and the MRCPv2 Media Resource Server. The VoiceXML Media Server will change the offer received from step 1 to establish a MRCPv2 session in step (5) and will re-write the SDP to include an m-line for each MRCPv2 resource to be used and other required SDP modifications as specified by MRCPv2. Once the VoiceXML Media Server performs the offer/answer with the MRCPv2 Media Resource Server, it will establish a MRCPv2 control channel in step (8). The MRCPv2 resource is deallocated when the VoiceXML Media Server Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 18] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 receives or sends a BYE (not shown). Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 19] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 3. Media Support This section describes the mandatory and optional media support required by this interface. 3.1. Offer/Answer The VoiceXML Media Server MUST support the standard offer/answer mechanism of [RFC3264]. In particular, if an SDP offer is not present in the INVITE, the VoiceXML Media Server will make an offer in the 200 OK response listing its supported codecs. 3.2. Early Media The VoiceXML Media Server MAY support early establishment of media streams by sending a 183 Session Progress provisional response to the initial INVITE. This allows the Application Server to establish media streams between a user agent and the VoiceXML Media Server while the initial VoiceXML document is being processed. This is useful primarily for minimizing the delay in starting a VoiceXML Session, since media stream establishment and initial VoiceXML document processing can occur in parallel. This can be particularly important in cases where the session with the user agent has already been established, since the user agent is already "connected". The following flow demonstrates the use of early media: Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 20] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 SIP VoiceXML HTTP User Application Media Application Agent Server Server Server | | | | |..(existing session)..| | | | |(1) INVITE | | | |------------------>| | | |(2) 183 [offer] | | |(3) re-INVITE [offer] |<------------------| | |<---------------------| | | |(4) 200 OK [answer] | | | |--------------------->| | | |(5) ACK | | | |<---------------------| | | | | (6) PRACK [answer]| | | |------------------>| | | | (7) PRACK 200 OK | | | |<------------------| | |(8) RTP | | | |..........................................| | | | |(9) HTTP GET | | | |<------------------| | | |(10) 200 OK [VXML] | | | |------------------>| | | | | | |(11) 200 OK | | | |<------------------| | | |(12) ACK | | | |------------------>| (execute | | | | VoiceXML | | | | application) | | | | | In the figure shown above, although step 9 (HTTP GET) is shown occuring after the early media offer/answer exchange (starting in step 2), the intent is that the fetching of the VoiceXML document happens concurrently with the negotiation of early media. Note that the offer of early media by a VoiceXML Media Server does not imply that the referenced VoiceXML application can always be fetched and executed successfully. For instance, if the HTTP Application Server were to return a 4xx response in step 10 above, or if the provided VoiceXML content was not valid, the VoiceML Media Server would still return a 500 response (as per section 2.2). At this point, it would be the responsibility of the application server to tear down any media streams established with the media server. Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 21] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 The use of early media is substantially complicated if the SDP supplied in the 183 Session Progress differs from that supplied in the 200 OK. Therefore, if a VoiceXML Media Server generates a 183 Session Progress provisional response containing SDP, it MUST return identical SDP when generating the 200 OK final response (i.e. the "gateway model" in [RFC3960]). Early media is not optimal in all circumstances; for instance, when handling an incoming call, a 183 Session Progress propagated by the Application Server to the user agent will typically stop the "ringback tone" a user would otherwise hear. Furthermore, a 183 Session Progress provisional response does not guarantee that the VoiceXML application will be executed successfully - the subsequent fetching of the VoiceXML document could fail. Finally, the example above assumed the User Agent supported re- INVITE. If it didn't (i.e. returned a 488 Not Acceptable Here), the Application Server would have issued a CANCEL to the VoiceXML Media Server. 3.3. Modifying the Media Session The VoiceXML Media Server MUST allow the media session to be modified via a re-INVITE and SHOULD support the UPDATE method [RFC3311] for the same purpose. In particular, it MUST be possible to change streams between sendrecv, sendonly, and recvonly as specified in [RFC3264]. Unidirectional streams are useful for announcement- or listening-only (hotword). The preferred mechanism for putting the media session on hold is specified in [RFC3264], i.e. the UA modifies the stream to be sendonly and mutes its own stream. Modification of the media session does not affect VoiceXML application execution (except that recognition actions initiated while on hold will result in noinput timeouts). 3.4. Audio and Video Codecs For the purposes of achieving a basic level of interoperability, this section specifies a minimal subset of codecs and RTP payload formats that MUST be supported by the VoiceXML Media Server. For audio-only applications, G.711 mu-law and A-law MUST be supported using the RTP payload type 0 and 8 [RFC3551]. Other codecs and payload formats MAY be supported. Video telephony applications, which employ a video stream in addition to the audio stream, are possible in VoiceXML 2.0/2.1 through the use Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 22] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 of multimedia file container formats such as the .3gp [TS26244] and .mp4 formats [IEC14496-14]. Video support is optional for this specification. If video is supported then: 1. H.263 Baseline [RFC2429] MUST be supported. For legacy reasons, the 1996 version of H.263 MAY be supported using the RTP payload format defined in [RFC2190] (payload type 34 [RFC3551]). 2. AMR-NB audio [RFC3267] SHOULD be supported. 3. MPEG-4 video [RFC3016] SHOULD be supported. 4. MPEG-4 AAC audio [RFC3016] SHOULD be supported. 5. Other codecs and payload formats MAY be supported. Video record operations carried out by the VoiceXML Media Server typically require receipt of an intra-frame before the recording can commence. The VoiceXML Media Server SHOULD use the mechanism described in [EXTRTCP] to request that a new intra-frame be sent. 3.5. DTMF DTMF events [RFC2833] MUST be supported. When the user agent does not indicate support for [RFC2833] the VoiceXML Media Server MAY perform DTMF detection using other means such as detecting DTMF tones in the audio stream. Implementation note: the reason why only [RFC2833] telephone-events must be used when the user agent indicates support of it is to avoid the risk of double detection of DTMF if detection on the audio stream was simultaneously applied. Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 23] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 4. Returning Data to the Application Server This section discusses the mechanisms for returning data (e.g. collected utterance or digit information) from the VoiceXML Media Server to the Application Server. 4.1. HTTP Mechanism At any time during the execution of the VoiceXML application, data can be returned to the Application Server via a HTTP POST using standard VoiceXML elements such as or . Notably, the element in VoiceXML 2.1 [VXML21] allows data to be sent to the Application Server efficiently without requiring a VoiceXML page transition and is ideal for short VoiceXML applications such as "prompt and collect". For most applications, it is necessary to correlate the information being passed over HTTP with a particular VoiceXML Session. One way this can be achieved is to include the SIP Call-ID (accessible in VoiceXML via the session.connection.protocol.sip.headers array) within the HTTP POST fields. Alternatively, a unique "POST-back URI" can be specified as an application-specific URI parameter in the Request-URI of the initial INVITE (accessible in VoiceXML via the session.connection.protocol.sip.requesturi array). 4.2. SIP Mechanism Data can be returned to the Application Server via the expr or namelist attribute on or the namelist attribute on . A VoiceXML Media Server MUST support encoding of the expr / namelist data in the message body of a BYE request sent from the VoiceXML Media Server as a result of encountering the or element. A VoiceXML Media Server MAY support inclusion of the expr / namelist data in the message body of the 200 OK message in response to a received BYE request (i.e. when the VoiceXML Application responds to the connection.disconnect.hangup event and subsequently executes an element with the expr or namelist attribute specified). Note that sending expr/namelist data in the 200 OK response requires that the VoiceXML Media Server delay the final response to the received BYE request until the VoiceXML Application's post-disconnect final processing state terminates. This mechanism is subject to the constraint that the VoiceXML Media Server must respond before the UAC's timer F expires (defaults to 32 seconds). Moreover, for unreliable transports, the UAC will retransmit the BYE request according to the rules of [RFC3261]. The VoiceXML Media Server SHOULD implement the recommendations of [RFC4320] regarding when to Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 24] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 send the 100 Trying provisional response to the BYE request. If a VoiceXML Application executes a [VXML21] and then subsequently executes an with namelist information, the namelist information from the element is discarded. Namelist variables are first converted to a string and encoded in the message body using the application/x-www-form-urlencoded format content type [HTML4]. The behavior resulting from specifying an ECMAScript object or a recording variable in the namelist is not defined. If the expr attribute is specified on the element instead of the namelist attribute, the reserved name __exit is used. This specification extends the application/x-www-form-urlencoded by replacing non-ASCII characters with one or more octets of the the UTF-8 representation of the character, with each octet in turn replaced by %HH, where HH represents the uppercase hexadecimal notation for the octet value and % is a literal character. The content type MUST include the charset parameter to indicate UTF-8 encoding. The following table provides some examples of usage and the corresponding result content. +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Usage | Result Content | |-----------------------------------------|----------------------| | | No content | | | __exit=5 | | | __exit=done | | | __exit=true | | | pin=1234&nomatches=0 | +----------------------------------------------------------------+ assuming the following VoiceXML variables and values: userAuthorized = true pin = 1234 nomatches = 0 For example, consider the VoiceXML snippet: ... ... If id equals 1234 and pin equals 0000, say, the BYE message would look similar to: Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 25] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 BYE sip:user@pc33.example.com SIP/2.0 Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 192.0.2.4;branch=z9hG4bKnashds10 Max-Forwards: 70 From: sip:dialog@example.com;tag=a6c85cf To: sip:user@example.com;tag=1928301774 Call-ID: a84b4c76e66710 CSeq: 231 BYE Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=utf-8 Content-Length: 16 id=1234&pin=0000 Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 26] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 5. Outbound Calling Outbound calls can be triggered via the Application Server using either third party call control [RFC3725] or with the SIP REFER mechanism [RFC3515]. 5.1. Third Party Call Control Mechanism Flow IV from [RFC3725] is recommended in conjunction with the VoiceXML Session preparation mechanism. This flow has several advantages over others, namely: 1. Selection of a VoiceXML Media Server and preparation of the VoiceXML Application can occur before the call is placed to avoid the callee experiencing delays. 2. Avoids timing difficulties that could occur with other flows due to the time taken to fetch and parse the initial VoiceXML document. 3. The flow is IPv6 compatible. An example flow for an Application Server initiated outbound call is provided in section 2.6.2. 5.2. REFER Mechanism The Application Server can place a REFER request to the VoiceXML Media Server outside of a SIP dialog to initiate an outbound call. The Request-URI in the REFER is constructed identical to that of an INVITE to the VoiceXML Media Server and carries the same semantics. The Refer-To header contains the URI for the VoiceXML Media Server to place the call to. On receipt of the REFER request, the VoiceXML Media Server MUST issue a provisional response, 100 Trying. The 202 Accepted response indicates that the VoiceXML document has been fetched and parsed correctly. The VoiceXML Media Server proceeds to place the outbound INVITE and will execute the application after the ACK is sent. If the VoiceXML Session cannot be started, then the VoiceXML Media Server MUST respond to the REFER request using the procedure defined in section 2.2 above. An example is of the REFER initiated outbound call is given below. The NOTIFY messages, which contain message/sipfrag bodies [RFC3515], allow the Application Server to monitor the progress of the outbound call attempt. Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 27] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 Note: An in-dialog REFER will result in a 403 Forbidden response. HTTP VoiceXML SIP Application Media Application User Server Server Server Agent | | | | | |(1) REFER | | | |<-------------------| | | |(2) 100 Trying | | | |------------------->| | | |(3) NOTIFY | | | |------------------->| | | |(4) 200 OK | | | |<-------------------| | |(5) GET | | | |<-------------------| | | |(6) 200 OK [VXML] | | | |------------------->| | | | |(7) 202 Accepted | | | |------------------->| | | |(8) INVITE [offer] | | |------------------------------------>| | |(9) 200 OK [answer] | | |<------------------------------------| | |(10) NOTIFY | | | |------------------->| | | |(11) 200 OK | | | |<-------------------| | | |(12) ACK | | |------------------------------------>| | |(13) RTP | | |.....................................| | | | Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 28] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 6. Call Transfer Transfer capability is optional in VoiceXML [VXML20], [VXML21]. If transfer is supported, it MUST use the mechanism described in this section. Since the Application Server is designed to provide programmatic manipulation of SIP signaling, it is the logical place to locate call control functions for an application or service. The Application Server can invoke a VoiceXML Session when interaction with the user is required. The Application Server can both supply information to and receive information from the VoiceXML Session and, in particular, can take signaling actions based on the data returned to it. While VoiceXML is primarily a dialog language, it does provide some limited call control functionality in the form of call transfer operations. The transfer functionality in VoiceXML is best suited for use in networks where an Application Server is not involved. It is, however, possible to use VoiceXML's transfer functionality in conjunction with an Application Server although the call flow and application session management tends to be more complicated than if the call control were located exclusively on the Application Server. In the case of an outbound INVITE request originating from the VoiceXML Media Server (i.e. for the Bridge and Consultation transfer types), the Application Server can be inserted into the signaling path by rewriting the transfer's destination URI to include it (for example, by adding a Route header to the URI or rewriting the URI to point to the Application Server and encoding state information into it). The transfer flows specified here are selected on the basis that they provide the best interworking across a wide range of SIP devices. CCXML<->VoiceXML implementations, which require tight-coupling in the form of bi-directional eventing to support all transfer types defined in VoiceXML, may benefit from other approaches, such as the use of SIP event packages [RFC3265]. In what follows, the provisional responses have been omitted for clarity. 6.1. Blind The blind transfer sequence is initiated by the VoiceXML Media Server via a REFER message [RFC3515] on the original SIP dialog. The Refer-To header contains the URI for the called part, as specified via the 'dest' or 'destexpr' attributes on the VoiceXML tag. Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 29] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 If the REFER request is accepted, in which case the VoiceXML Media Server will receive a 2xx response, the VoiceXML Media Server throws the connection.disconnect.transfer event and will terminate the VoiceXML Session with a BYE message. For blind transfers, implementations MAY use [RFC4488] to suppress the implicit subscription associated with the REFER message. If the REFER request results in a non-2xx response, the 's form item variable (or event raised) depends on the SIP response and is specified in the following table. Note that this indicates that the transfer request was rejected. +-------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | SIP Response | variable / event | +-------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 404 Not Found | error.connection.baddestination | | 405 Method Not Allowed | error.unsupported.transfer.blind | | 503 Service Unavailable | error.connection.noresource | | (No response) | network_busy | | (Other 3xx/4xx/5xx/6xx) | unknown | +-------------------------+-----------------------------------+ An example is illustrated below (provisional responses and NOTIFY messages corresponding to provisional responses have been omitted for clarity). Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 30] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 User Agent 1 VoiceXML User Agent 2 (Caller) Media Server (Callee) | | | |(0) RTP | | |.................| | | | | |(1) REFER | | |<----------------| | |(2) 202 Accepted | | |---------------->| | |(3) BYE | | |<----------------| | |(4) 200 OK | | |---------------->| | | | Stop RTP (0) | |(5) INVITE | |---------------------------------->| |(6) 200 OK | |<----------------------------------| |(7) NOTIFY | | |---------------->| | |(8) 200 OK | | |<--------------- | | |(9) ACK | |---------------------------------->| |(10) RTP | |...................................| | | | If the "aai" or "aaiexpr" attribute is present on , it is appended to the Refer-To URI as a parameter named "aai" in the REFER method. Reserved characters are URL-encoded as required for SIP/SIPS URIs [RFC3261]. The mapping of values outside of the ASCII range is platform specific. 6.2. Bridge The bridge transfer function results in the creation of a small multi-party session involving the Caller, the VoiceXML Media Server, and the Callee. The VoiceXML Media Server invites the Callee to the session and will eject the Callee if the transfer is terminated. If the "aai" or "aaiexpr" attribute is present on , it is appended to the Request-URI in the INVITE as a URI parameter named "aai". Reserved characters are URL-encoded as required for SIP/SIPS URIs [RFC3261]. The mapping of values outside of the ASCII range is platform specific. Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 31] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 During the transfer attempt, audio specified in the transferaudio attribute of is streamed to User Agent 1. A VoiceXML Media Server MAY play early media received from the Callee to the Caller if the transferaudio attribute is omitted. The bridge transfer sequence is illustrated below. The VoiceXML Media Server (acting as a UAC) makes a call to User Agent 2 with the same codecs used by User Agent 1. When the call setup is complete, RTP flows between User Agent 2 and the VoiceXML Media Server. This stream is mixed with User Agent 1's. User Agent 1 VoiceXML User Agent 2 (Caller) Media Server (Callee) | | | |(0)RTP | | |...................| | | | | | |(1)INVITE [offer] | | |------------------>| | |(2) 200 OK [answer]| | |<------------------| | |(3) ACK | | |------------------>| | |(4) RTP | | mix |...................| | (0)+(4)| | If a final response is not received from User Agent 2 from the INVITE and the connecttimeout expires (specified as an attribute of ), the VoiceXML Media Server will issue a CANCEL to terminate the transaction and the 's form item variable is set to noanswer. If INVITE results in a non-2xx response, the 's form item variable (or event raised) depends on the SIP response and is specified in the following table. +-------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | SIP Response | variable / event | +-------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | 404 Not Found | error.connection.baddestination | | 405 Method Not Allowed | error.unsupported.transfer.bridge | | 408 Request Timeout | noanswer | | 486 Busy Here | busy | | 503 Service Unavailable | error.connection.noresource | | (No response) | network_busy | Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 32] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 | (Other 3xx/4xx/5xx/6xx) | unknown | +-------------------------+-----------------------------------+ The 405 Method Not Allowed response can be used by the AS to gracefully decline bridge transfers Once the transfer is established, the VoiceXML Media Server can "listen" to the media stream from User Agent 1 to perform speech or DTMF hotword, which when matched, results in a near-end disconnect, i.e. the VoiceXML Media Server issues a BYE to User Agent 2 and the VoiceXML Application continues with User Agent 1. A BYE will also be issued to User Agent 2 if the call duration exceeds the maximum duration specified in the maxtime attribute on . If User Agent 2 issues a BYE during the transfer, the transfer terminates and the VoiceXML 's form item variable receives the value far_end_disconnect. If User Agent 1 issues a BYE during the transfer, the transfer terminates and the VoiceXML event connection.disconnect.transfer is thrown. 6.3. Consultation The consultation transfer (also called attended transfer [SIPEX]) is similar to a blind transfer except that the outcome of the transfer call setup is known and the Caller is not dropped as a result of an unsuccessful transfer attempt. Consultation transfer commences with the same flow as for bridge transfer except that the RTP streams are not mixed at step (8) and error.unsupported.transfer.consultation supplants error.unsupported.transfer.bridge. Assuming a new SIP dialog with User Agent 2 is created, the remainder of the sequence follows as illustrated below (provisional responses and NOTIFY messages corresponding to provisional responses have been omitted for clarity). Consultation transfer makes use of the Replaces: header [RFC3891] such that User Agent 1 calls User Agent 2 and replaces the latter's SIP dialog with the VoiceXML Media Server with a new SIP dialog between the Caller and Callee. The VoiceXML Media Server uses receipt of a NOTIFY message with a sipfrag message of 200 OK to determine that the consultation transfer has succeeded (and hence throw the connection.disconnect.transfer event). A NOTIFY message with a non-2xx final response sipfrag message body will result in the transfer terminating and the associated VoiceXML input item variable being set to 'unknown'. Note that as a consequence of this mechanism, implementations MUST NOT use [RFC4488] to suppress the implicit subscription associated with the Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 33] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 REFER message for consultation transfers. User Agent 1 VoiceXML User Agent 2 (Caller) Media Server (Callee) | | | |(0) RTP | | |.................|(4) RTP | | |.................| |(5) REFER | | |<----------------| | |(6) 202 Accepted | | |---------------->| | |(7) INVITE Replaces:ms1.example.com| |---------------------------------->| |(8) 200 OK | |<----------------------------------| |(9) ACK | |---------------------------------->| |(10) RTP | |...................................| | |(11) BYE | | |<----------------| | |(12) 200 OK | | |---------------->| Stop |(13) NOTIFY | | RTP (4) |---------------->| | |(14) 200 OK | | |<----------------| | |(15) BYE | | |<----------------| | |(16) 200 OK | | |---------------->| Stop | | | RTP (0) | Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 34] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 7. Contributors The editors gratefully acknowledge the following individuals and their companies who contributed to this specification: R. J. Auburn (Voxeo) Hans Bjurstrom (Hewlett-Packard) Dave Burke (Voxpilot) Emily Candell (Comverse) Peter Danielsen (Lucent) Brian Frasca (Tellme) Jeff Haynie (Vocalocity) Scott McGlashan (Hewlett-Packard) Matt Oshry (Tellme) Mark Scott (Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc) Rao Surapaneni (Tellme) Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 35] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 8. Security Considerations Exposing network services with well-known addresses may not be desirable. The VoiceXML Media Server SHOULD authenticate and authorize requesting endpoints per local policy. This is particularly important for REFER-initated outbound calls. Some applications may choose to transfer confidential information to or from the VoiceXML Media Server. The VoiceXML Media Server SHOULD implement the sips: and https: schemes to provide data integrity. The VoiceXML Media Server SHOULD use authentication and TLS when establishing MRCP control sessions with a MRCPv2 Media Resource Server. To mitigate against the possibility for denial of service attacks, the VoiceXML Media Server SHOULD have local policies such as time- limiting VoiceXML application execution. Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 36] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 9. IANA Considerations This document makes no request of IANA. Note to RFC Editor: this section may be removed on publication as an RFC. Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 37] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 10. Changes since last version: o Removed use of diversion header and replaced with History-Info (RFC 4244) o Fixed bugs in early media example (Section 3.2) o Mapped Reason: header in BYE message to _message property of connection.disconnect.hangup event o Added BNF for DIALOG-URL o Warned about noinput timeouts occur if media stream is muted o Clarified character encoding for aai o Added mechanism for requesting intra-frames o MRCPv2 is informative now since not required by this specification o Removed AS from call transfer flows and explained why o / data can be returned in BYE response subject to caveats o Clarified when RFC4488 can be used o Improved (made more precise) the consultation transfer mechanism o The session.connection.protocol.sip.headers keys are now normalised to lower-case o Miscellaneous typos/editorial/clarifications Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 38] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 11. References 11.1. Normative References [EXTRTCP] Ott, J., Sato, N., Burmeister, C., and J. Rey, "Extended RTP Profile for RTCP-based Feedback (RTP/AVPF)", draft-ietf-avt-rtcp-feedback-11 (work in progress), August 2005. [HTML4] Raggett, D., Le Hors, A., and I. Jacobs, "HTML 4.01 Specification", W3C Recommendation, Dec 1999. [RFC1890] Schulzrinne, H., "RTP Profile for Audio and Video Conferences with Minimal Control", RFC 1890, January 1996. [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. [RFC2190] Zhu, C., "RTP Payload Format for H.263 Video Streams", RFC 2190, September 1997. [RFC2429] Bormann, C., Cline, L., Deisher, G., Gardos, T., Maciocco, C., Newell, D., Ott, J., Sullivan, G., Wenger, S., and C. Zhu, "RTP Payload Format for the 1998 Version of ITU-T Rec. H.263 Video (H.263+)", RFC 2429, October 1998. [RFC2616] Fielding, R., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Frystyk, H., Masinter, L., Leach, P., and T. Berners-Lee, "Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1", RFC 2616, June 1999. [RFC2833] Schulzrinne, H. and S. Petrack, "RTP Payload for DTMF Digits, Telephony Tones and Telephony Signals", RFC 2833, May 2000. [RFC3016] Kikuchi, Y., Nomura, T., Fukunaga, S., Matsui, Y., and H. Kimata, "RTP Payload Format for MPEG-4 Audio/Visual Streams", RFC 3016, November 2000. [RFC3261] Rosenberg, J., Schulzrinne, H., Camarillo, G., Johnston, A., Peterson, J., Sparks, R., Handley, M., and E. Schooler, "SIP: Session Initiation Protocol", RFC 3261, June 2002. [RFC3264] Rosenberg, J. and H. Schulzrinne, "An Offer/Answer Model with Session Description Protocol (SDP)", RFC 3264, June 2002. [RFC3265] Roach, A., "Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-Specific Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 39] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 Event Notification", RFC 3265, June 2002. [RFC3267] Sjoberg, J., Westerlund, M., Lakaniemi, A., and Q. Xie, "Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP) Payload Format and File Storage Format for the Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR) and Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband (AMR-WB) Audio Codecs", RFC 3267, June 2002. [RFC3311] Rosenberg, J., "The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) UPDATE Method", RFC 3311, October 2002. [RFC3326] Schulzrinne, H., Oran, D., and G. Camarillo, "The Reason Header Field for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)", RFC 3326, December 2002. [RFC3515] Sparks, R., "The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Refer Method", RFC 3515, April 2003. [RFC3551] Schulzrinne, H. and S. Casner, "RTP Profile for Audio and Video Conferences with Minimal Control", STD 65, RFC 3551, July 2003. [RFC3555] Casner, S. and P. Hoschka, "MIME Type Registration of RTP Payload Formats", RFC 3555, July 2003. [RFC3725] Rosenberg, J., Peterson, J., Schulzrinne, H., and G. Camarillo, "Best Current Practices for Third Party Call Control (3pcc) in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)", BCP 85, RFC 3725, April 2004. [RFC3891] Mahy, R., Biggs, B., and R. Dean, "The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) "Replaces" Header", RFC 3891, September 2004. [RFC3960] Camarillo, G. and H. Schulzrinne, "Early Media and Ringing Tone Generation in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)", RFC 3960, December 2004. [RFC3986] Berners-Lee, T., Fielding, R., and L. Masinter, "Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax", STD 66, RFC 3986, January 2005. [RFC4240] Burger, E., Van Dyke, J., and A. Spitzer, "Basic Network Media Services with SIP", RFC 4240, December 2005. [RFC4244] Barnes, M., "An Extension to the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for Request History Information", RFC 4244, November 2005. Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 40] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 [RFC4320] Sparks, R., "Actions Addressing Identified Issues with the Session Initiation Protocol's (SIP) Non-INVITE Transaction", RFC 4320, January 2006. [RFC4488] Levin, O., "Suppression of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) REFER Method Implicit Subscription", RFC 4488, May 2006. [VXML20] McGlashan, S., Burnett, D., Carter, J., Danielsen, P., Ferrans, J., Hunt, A., Lucas, B., Porter, B., Rehor, K., and S. Tryphonas, "Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) Version 2.0", W3C Recommendation, March 2004. [VXML21] Oshry, M., Auburn, R J., Baggia, P., Bodell, M., Burke, D., Burnett, D., Candell, E., Kilic, H., McGlashan, S., Lee, A., Porter, B., and K. Rehor, "Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) Version 2.1", W3C Candidate Recommendation, June 2005. 11.2. Informative References [CCXML10] Auburn, R J., "Voice Browser Call Control: CCXML Version 1.0", W3C Working Draft (work in progress), June 2005. [IEC14496-14] "Information technology. Coding of audio-visual objects. MP4 file format", ISO/IEC ISO/IEC 14496-14:2003, October 2003. [MRCPv2] Shanmugham, S. and D. Burnett, "Media Resource Control Protocol Version 2", draft-ietf-speechsc-mrcpv2-09 (work in progress), Oct 2005. [SIPEX] Johnston, A., Sparks, R., Cunningham, C., Donovan, S., and K. Summers, "Session Initiation Protocol Examples", draft-ietf-sipping-service-examples (work in progress), July 2005. [SIPVXML] Rosenberg, J., Mataga, P., and D. Ladd, "A SIP Interface to VoiceXML Dialog Servers", draft-rosenberg-sip-vxml-00 (work in progress), July 2001. [TS23002] "3rd Generation Partnership Project: Network architecture (Release 6)", 3GPP TS 23.002 v6.6.0, December 2004. [TS26244] "Transparent end-to-end packet switched streaming service (PSS); 3GPP file format (3GP)", 3GPP TS 26.244 v6.4.0, December 2004. Burke, et al. Expires December 9, 2006 [Page 41] Internet-Draft SIP Interface to VoiceXML Media Services June 2006 Authors' Addresses Dave Burke Voxpilot 6 - 9 Trinity Street Dublin 2 Ireland Email: david.burke@voxpilot.com Mark Scott Genesys 1120 Finch Avenue West, 8th floor Toronto, Ontario M3J 3H7 Canada Email: Mark.Scott@genesyslab.com Jeff Haynie Vocalocity 730 Peachtree Street, Suite 1100 Atlanta, GA 30308 USA Email: jhaynie@vocalocity.com R.J. Auburn Voxeo 100 East Pine Street #600 Orlando, FL 32801 USA Email: rj@voxeo.com Scott McGlashan Hewlett-Packard Gustav III:s boulevard 36 SE-16985 Stockholm Sweden Email: Scott.McGlashan@hp.com Burke, et al. 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