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RFC 6442: Location Conveyance for the Session Initiation Protocol

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This document defines an extension to the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) to convey geographic location information from one SIP entity to another SIP entity. The SIP extension covers end-to-end conveyance as well as location-based routing, where SIP intermediaries make routing decisions based upon the location of the Location Target. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Document ID
RFC6442
Published
December 2011
Authors
J. Polk; B. Rosen; J. Peterson
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
art
Pages
35
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Updated by:
RFC 8262, RFC 8787

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