Hello,
we have the following setup in our "Unified Messaging lab":
SUAs <-> LAN <-> SER <-> Softswitch <-> PSTN
The SER is provisioned as a SIP Server (essentially a SUA) from the Softswich point of
view.
We have provisioned a number block of 20 numbers (from a 30-channel ISDN PRI) for direct
inward dialling (DID) to the SER.
E.g. 12345620-12345639 are routed to the SER.
On the SER we have a number of users <user>(a)dai-labor.debor.de, where the first 20 users
have an alias
of 123456[23][0-9]
Each user also has his number added to his permanent contacts to enable (on the cheap) a
"call by PSTN if not online" poliy.
The aim obviously being to have a 1-1 mapping between URI and allocated telephone number
(we are still in the proof-of-concept phase and will move to DNS and ENUM based
architecture at a later stage).
Scenario 1: OK
PSTN user Up calls 12345621 - which is mapped to harry(a)dai-labor.de.
If harry(a)dai-labor.de is registered, his SIP UA rings and the call is established.
Scenario 2: problem
harry(a)dai-labor.de wants to use his UA to place a call through the Softswitch.
The Softswitch "authenticates" (if you can call this authentication ;-( by
looking at the
Contact header and comparing it to its database of numbers assigned to provisioned SIP
Servers.
I therefore need to be able to specify a rewrite of the Contact header to
replace harry@<Contact IP:port> with 12345621@<Contact IP:port>
when the callee is of the form <number>@<whatever>
I am aware that this would be strictly speaking not proxy but rather B2BUA behaviour, but
would still be
interested to know whether anyone has a solution to this problem or whether we need to
hack one ourselves.
Many thanks in advance,
Harry
Dr. Harry Behrens
Projektleitung BIB3R
DAI Labor - Technische Universität Berlin
Sekretariat GOR 1-1, Franklinstrasse 28/29, 10587 Berlin
Fon: +49 30 314 23383
Fax: +49 30 314 21799
Email: harry.behrens(a)dai-labor.de
http://www.dai-labor.de