RE: [Sip] B2B UA definition

["David R. Oran" <oran@cisco.com>]

--On Monday, July 29, 2002 11:25 PM -0700 Cullen Jennings 
<fluffy@cisco.com> wrote:

>
> I think that a B2BUA should meet the requirements of a UAC on one side
> and a UAS on the other. I am fine with it resetting max forwards and all
> the other stuff you mention. If you consider a call from a UA to gateway
> that go across the PSTN to another gateway to a UA, you realize the PSTN
> is one large B2BUA. I don't think B2BUAs would benefit much from further
> definition than it has today.
>
> However, you could get me going about what a "transparent" B2BUA is :-)
>
That's easy. A transparent B2BUA is one whose index of refraction is close 
to zero.

	:-)

Transparent is one of the most misused terms in our entire industry, right 
up there with "compatible", and "seamless".

Banning this terminology would do everyone a big service. Oops, then 
there's most misused term in the telecom industry..."service".

Avoiding these terms would go a long way to keeping me from getting 
confused.
	:-) :-)

Dave.

> Cullen


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