RFC 5606 on Implications of 'retransmission-allowed' for SIP Location Conveyance

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        RFC 5606

        Title:      Implications of 'retransmission-allowed' for SIP 
                    Location Conveyance 
        Author:     J. Peterson, T. Hardie,
                    J. Morris
        Status:     Informational
        Date:       August 2009
        Mailbox:    jon.peterson <at> neustar.biz, 
                    hardie <at> qualcomm.com, 
                    jmorris <at> cdt.org
        Pages:      11
        Characters: 27960
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-geopriv-sip-lo-retransmission-02.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5606.txt

This document explores an ambiguity in the interpretation of the
<retransmission-allowed> element of the Presence Information Data
Format for Location Objects (PIDF-LO) in cases where PIDF-LO is
conveyed by the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP).  It provides
recommendations for how the SIP location conveyance mechanism should
adapt to this ambiguity.