[Serusers] SER supported feature list

[Hernandez, Cesar]

I agree that features are not the only thing to look at for decision-making.
The purpose for this table is to have a compiled list of SIP proxy specific
features that are already available in SER (maybe it can be added to the SER
admin manual), and have an idea of what may need development if required.

>>* Private number (permanent Caller-ID blocking):
>A way I do maintain privacy is I use a stupid user id
>(You certainly know how much identity is dislocsed if you
>send from mr_goerge_w_bush at hotmail.com....)

Sure, but this may not be possible if some sort of authentication is
required. Isn't this better handle on the SIP proxy server?  

>>* Caller blocking:
>Yes -- we block requests from source causing annoying traffic.

Is caller blocking system wide or configurable per user?

>>* Call Transfer:
>phone feature

Don't the SIP proxy needs to support the SIP REDIR too?

>>* Support for call time limit:
>call-limitation is part of separate software

Is there software already available or are you just saying that this will
need to be developed as separate software?

>>* Redundant server configuration:
>available as separate software

Again is there some software developed for SER or are you thinking about
clustering software and/or making usage of DNS SRV resource records which
will provide some kind of redundancy?   

Thanks, your input was appreciated.
-Cesar

-----Original Message-----
From: Jiri Kuthan [mailto:jiri at iptel.org]
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 3:42 PM
To: Hernandez, Cesar; 'serusers at lists.iptel.org'
Subject: Re: [Serusers] SER supported feature list

At 09:19 PM 12/17/2003, Hernandez, Cesar wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I'm compiling a table of features supported in SER, such table will be
helpful to compare SER capabilities with other SIP proxy servers.

Keep in mind that's a hard job. Some of the features may be
end-device feature and some may have different mimics than
you would expect. Also, it is not only specific telephony
features which matter: importantly, there are things such
as operational characteristics (performance, scalability)
and ability to introduce new features and integrate with web.


>* Private number (permanent Caller-ID blocking):

A way I do maintain privacy is I use a stupid user id
(You certainly know how much identity is dislocsed if you
 send from mr_goerge_w_bush at hotmail.com....)

>* Caller-ID blocking per call (like Bell *67):

see above, a phone may maintain multiple identities, one of
them less informational than the other one.

>* Caller blocking:

Yes -- we block requests from source causing annoying traffic.

>* Call Waiting (support more than one call):

phone feature (see for example www.iptel.org/tt/ for such a phone)

>* International routing dial plan:
>* Least-cost routing:

all trivial config options

>* URI/Phone manipulation: Yes
>* Find-me parallel calling: No

find-me is built-in (known under the SIP term "parallel forking")

>* Find-me consecutive calling: No

unavailable now

>* Call Transfer:

phone feature

>* Conference Calls (3-way calling): Yes
>* NAT STUN: Yes

just for sake of clarity: we have a STUN impelmentation,
but it is separate from SER

>* Billing Flat-file CDR: Yes
>* Authentication: Yes
>* Authorization: Yes
>* RADIUS authentication/Authorization: Yes
>* RADIUS accounting: Yes
>* Support for call time limit:

call-limitation is part of separate software

>* ENUM support : Yes
>* IM&P (Instant Messaging and presence): Yes (2G/SMS, SIMPLE/XMPP Jabber)
>* WEB Provisioning Interfaces: Yes
>* Programming interface to remotely provision from an OSS system
(add/remove/modify user/settings):

provisioning available as command-line or web tools

>* Programming interface to remotely modify system settings from an OSS
system (routing rules, gateways, etc.):

available as server configuration options

>* Redundant server configuration:

available as separate softwarea

>* Call return (like Bell *69):
>* Call screening:

see missed calls and click-to-dial in SERweb

>* MWI (SIP NOTIFY):

not now

-jiri