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RFC 5390: Requirements for Management of Overload in the Session Initiation Protocol

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Overload occurs in Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) networks when proxies and user agents have insufficient resources to complete the processing of a request. SIP provides limited support for overload handling through its 503 response code, which tells an upstream element that it is overloaded. However, numerous problems have been identified with this mechanism. This document summarizes the problems with the existing 503 mechanism, and provides some requirements for a solution. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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Document ID
RFC5390
Published
December 2008
Authors
J. Rosenberg
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IETF
Area
rai
Pages
14
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