Expires Timer Reset on Receiving or Sending SIP 183 Message

Last Updated: December 20, 2011

This feature enables support for resetting the Expires timer when receiving or sending SIP 183 messages on Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express (Cisco Unified CME), a Cisco IOS voice gateway, or a Cisco Unified Border Element (Cisco UBE). When the terminating device lacks answer supervision or does not send the required SIP 200 OK message within the timer expiry, you can enable this feature to send periodic SIP 183 messages to reset the Expires timer and preserve the call until final response. This feature can be enabled globally or on a specific dial peer. Additionally, you can configure this feature based on the presence or absence of Session Description Protocol (SDP).

For details about enabling this feature, see the reset timer expires and voice-class sip reset timer expires commands in the Cisco IOS Voice Command Reference.

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Prerequisites for Expires Timer Reset on Receiving or Sending SIP 183 Message

Before configuring support for Expires timer reset for SIP 183 on Cisco IOS SIP time-division multiplexing (TDM) gateways, Cisco UBEs, or Cisco Unified CME, verify the SIP configuration within the VoIP network for the appropriate originating and terminating gateways as described in the Cisco IOS SIP Configuration Guide.

Cisco Unified Border Element

  • Cisco IOS Release 15.0(1)XA or a later release must be installed and running on your Cisco Unified Border Element.

Cisco Unified Border Element (Enterprise)

  • Cisco IOS XE Release 3.1S or a later release must be installed and running on your Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router.

How to Configure Expires Timer Reset on Receiving or Sending SIP 183 Message

To configure the Support for Expires Timer Reset on Receiving or Sending SIP 183 Message feature, complete the tasks in this section. You can enable this feature globally, using the reset timer expires command in voice service SIP configuration mode, or on a specific dial-peer using the voice-class sip reset timer expires command in dial peer voice configuration mode.

Configuring Reset of Expires Timer Globally

Perform this task to enable resetting of the Expires timer at the global level in SIP configuration (conf-serv-sip) mode.

SUMMARY STEPS

1.    enable

2.    configure terminal

3.    voice service voip

4.    sip

5.    reset timer expires 183

6.    exit


DETAILED STEPS
  Command or Action Purpose
Step 1
enable


Example:

Router> enable

 

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

  • Enter your password if prompted.
 
Step 2
configure terminal


Example:

Router# configure terminal

 

Enters global configuration mode.

 
Step 3
voice service voip


Example:

Router(config)# voice service voip

 

Enters voice service VoIP configuration mode.

 
Step 4
sip


Example:

Router(conf-voi-serv)# sip

 

Enters SIP configuration mode.

 
Step 5
reset timer expires 183


Example:

Router(conf-serv-sip)# reset timer expires 183

 

Enables resetting of the Expires timer upon receipt of SIP 183 messages globally.

 
Step 6
exit


Example:

Router(conf-serv-sip)# exit

 

Exits the current mode.

 

Configuring Reset of Expires Timer at the Dial-Peer Level

Perform this task to enable resetting of the Expires timer at the dial-peer level in dial peer voice configuration (config-dial-peer) mode.

SUMMARY STEPS

1.    enable

2.    configure terminal

3.    dial-peer voice tag voip

4.    voice-class sip reset timer expires 183

5.    exit


DETAILED STEPS
  Command or Action Purpose
Step 1
enable


Example:

Router> enable

 

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

  • Enter your password if prompted.
 
Step 2
configure terminal


Example:

Router# configure terminal

 

Enters global configuration mode.

 
Step 3
dial-peer voice tag voip


Example:

Router(config)# dial-peer voice 2 voip

 

Enters dial peer VoIP configuration mode.

 
Step 4
voice-class sip reset timer expires 183


Example:

Router(config-dial-peer)# voice-class sip reset timer expires 183

 

Enables resetting of the Expires timer upon receipt of SIP 183 messages on a specific dial peer.

 
Step 5
exit


Example:

Router(config-dial-peer)# exit

 

Exits the current mode.

 

Feature Information for Configuring Support for Expires Timer Reset on Receiving or Sending SIP 183 Message

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Feature History Table entry for the Cisco Unified Border Element.

Table 1 Feature Information for Support for Expires Timer Reset on Receiving or Sending SIP 183 Message

Feature Name

Releases

Feature Information

Support for Expires Timer Reset on Receiving or Sending SIP 183 Message

15.0(1)XA 15.1(1)T

This feature enables support for resetting the Expires timer upon receipt of SIP 183 messages on Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express (Cisco Unified CME), a Cisco IOS voice gateway, or a Cisco Unified Border Element (Cisco UBE).

The following commands were introduced or modified: reset timer expiresand voice-class sip reset timer expires.

Feature History Table entry for the Cisco Unified Border Element (Enterprise) .

Table 2 Feature Information for Support for Expires Timer Reset on Receiving or Sending SIP 183 Message

Feature Name

Releases

Feature Information

Support for Expires Timer Reset on Receiving or Sending SIP 183 Message

Cisco IOS XE Release 3.1S

This feature enables support for resetting the Expires timer upon receipt of SIP 183 messages on Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express (Cisco Unified CME), a Cisco IOS voice gateway, or a Cisco Unified Border Element (Cisco UBE).

The following commands were introduced or modified: reset timer expiresand voice-class sip reset timer expires.

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