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Network Working Group A. van Wijk, Ed. Request for Comments: 5194 G. Gybels, Ed. Category: Informational June 2008

            Framework for Real-Time Text over IP Using
               the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)

Status of This Memo

 This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It does
 not specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Distribution of this
 memo is unlimited.

Abstract

 This document lists the essential requirements for real-time Text-
 over-IP (ToIP) and defines a framework for implementation of all
 required functions based on the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and
 the Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP).  This includes interworking
 between Text-over-IP and existing text telephony on the Public
 Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and other networks.

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Table of Contents

 1. Introduction ....................................................3
 2. Scope ...........................................................4
 3. Terminology .....................................................4
 4. Definitions .....................................................4
 5. Requirements ....................................................6
    5.1. General Requirements for ToIP ..............................6
    5.2. Detailed Requirements for ToIP .............................8
         5.2.1. Session Setup and Control Requirements ..............9
         5.2.2. Transport Requirements .............................10
         5.2.3. Transcoding Service Requirements ...................10
         5.2.4. Presentation and User Control Requirements .........11
         5.2.5. Interworking Requirements ..........................13
                5.2.5.1. PSTN Interworking Requirements ............13
                5.2.5.2. Cellular Interworking Requirements ........14
                5.2.5.3. Instant Messaging Interworking
                         Requirements ..............................14
 6. Implementation Framework .......................................15
    6.1. General Implementation Framework ..........................15
    6.2. Detailed Implementation Framework .........................15
         6.2.1. Session Control and Setup ..........................15
                6.2.1.1. Pre-Session Setup .........................15
                6.2.1.2. Session Negotiations ......................16
         6.2.2. Transport ..........................................17
         6.2.3. Transcoding Services ...............................18
         6.2.4. Presentation and User Control Functions ............18
                6.2.4.1. Progress and Status Information ...........18
                6.2.4.2. Alerting ..................................18
                6.2.4.3. Text Presentation .........................19
                6.2.4.4. File Storage ..............................19
         6.2.5. Interworking Functions .............................19
                6.2.5.1. PSTN Interworking .........................20
                6.2.5.2. Mobile Interworking .......................22
                         6.2.5.2.1. Cellular "No-gain" .............22
                         6.2.5.2.2. Cellular Text Telephone
                                    Modem (CTM) ....................22
                         6.2.5.2.3. Cellular "Baudot mode" .........22
                         6.2.5.2.4. Mobile Data Channel Mode .......23
                         6.2.5.2.5. Mobile ToIP ....................23
                6.2.5.3. Instant Messaging Interworking ............23
                6.2.5.4. Multi-Functional Combination Gateways .....24
                6.2.5.5. Character Set Transcoding .................25
 7. Further Recommendations for Implementers and Service
    Providers ......................................................25
    7.1. Access to Emergency Services ..............................25
    7.2. Home Gateways or Analog Terminal Adapters .................25
    7.3. User Mobility .............................................26

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    7.4. Firewalls and NATs ........................................26
    7.5. Quality of Service ........................................26
 8. Security Considerations ........................................26
 9. Contributors ...................................................27
 10. References ....................................................27
    10.1. Normative References .....................................27
    10.2. Informative References ...................................29

1. Introduction

 For many years, real-time text has been in use as a medium for
 conversational, interactive dialogue between users in a similar way
 to how voice telephony is used.  Such interactive text is different
 from messaging and semi-interactive solutions like Instant Messaging
 in that it offers an equivalent conversational experience to users
 who cannot, or do not wish to, use voice.  It therefore meets a
 different set of requirements from other text-based solutions already
 available on IP networks.
 Traditionally, deaf, hard-of-hearing, and speech-impaired people are
 amongst the most prolific users of real-time, conversational, text
 but, because of its interactivity, it is becoming popular amongst
 mainstream users as well.  Real-time text conversation can be
 combined with other conversational media like video or voice.
 This document describes how existing IETF protocols can be used to
 implement a Text-over-IP solution (ToIP).  Therefore, this document
 describes how to use a set of existing components and protocols and
 provides the requirements and rules for that resulting structure,
 which is why it is called a "framework", fitting commonly accepted
 dictionary definitions of that term.
 This ToIP framework is specifically designed to be compatible with
 Voice-over-IP (VoIP), Video-over-IP, and Multimedia-over-IP (MoIP)
 environments.  This ToIP framework also builds upon, and is
 compatible with, the high-level user requirements of deaf, hard-of-
 hearing and speech-impaired users as described in RFC3351 [22].  It
 also meets real-time text requirements of mainstream users.
 ToIP also offers an IP equivalent of analog text telephony services
 as used by deaf, hard-of-hearing, speech-impaired, and mainstream
 users.
 The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) [2] is the protocol of choice
 for control of Multimedia communications and Voice-over-IP (VoIP) in
 particular.  It offers all the necessary control and signalling
 required for the ToIP framework.

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 The Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP) [3] is the protocol of choice
 for real-time data transmission, and its use for real-time text
 payloads is described in RFC 4103 [4].
 This document defines a framework for ToIP to be used either by
 itself or as part of integrated, multi-media services, including
 Total Conversation [5].

2. Scope

 This document defines a framework for the implementation of real-time
 ToIP, either stand-alone or as a part of multimedia services,
 including Total Conversation [5].  It provides the:
 a. requirements for real-time text;
 b. requirements for ToIP interworking;
 c. description of ToIP implementation using SIP and RTP;
 d. description of ToIP interworking with other text services.

3. Terminology

 The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
 "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
 "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC
 2119 [6] and indicate requirement levels for compliant
 implementations.

4. Definitions

 Audio bridging: a function of an audio media bridge server, gateway,
 or relay service that sends to each destination the combination of
 audio from all participants in a conference, excluding the
 participant(s) at that destination.  At the RTP level, this is an
 instance of the mixer function as defined in RFC 3550 [3].
 Cellular: a telecommunication network that has wireless access and
 can support voice and data services over very large geographical
 areas.  Also called Mobile.
 Full duplex: media is sent independently in both directions.
 Half duplex: media can only be sent in one direction at a time, or if
 an attempt to send information in both directions is made, errors may
 be introduced into the presented media.

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 Interactive text: another term for real-time text, as defined below.
 Real-time text: a term for real-time transmission of text in a
 character-by-character fashion for use in conversational services,
 often as a text equivalent to voice-based conversational services.
 Conversational text is defined in the ITU-T Framework for multimedia
 services, Recommendation F.700 [21].
 Text gateway: a function that transcodes between different forms of
 text transport methods, e.g., between ToIP in IP networks and Baudot
 or ITU-T V.21 text telephony in the PSTN.
 Textphone: also "text telephone".  A terminal device that allows
 end-to-end real-time text communication using analog transmission.  A
 variety of PSTN textphone protocols exists world-wide.  A textphone
 can often be combined with a voice telephone, or include voice
 communication functions for simultaneous or alternating use of text
 and voice in a call.
 Text bridging: a function of the text media bridge server, gateway
 (including transcoding gateways), or relay service analogous to that
 of audio bridging as defined above, except that text is the medium of
 conversation.
 Text relay service: a third-party or intermediary that enables
 communications between deaf, hard-of-hearing, and speech-impaired
 people and voice telephone users by translating between voice and
 real-time text in a call.
 Text telephony: analog textphone service.
 Total Conversation: a multimedia service offering real-time
 conversation in video, real-time text and voice according to
 interoperable standards.  All media streams flow in real time.  (See
 ITU-T F.703, "Multimedia conversational services" [5].)
 Transcoding service: a service provided by a third-party User Agent
 that transcodes one stream into another.  Transcoding can be done by
 human operators, in an automated manner, or by a combination of both
 methods.  Within this document, the term particularly applies to
 conversion between different types of media.  A text relay service is
 an example of a transcoding service that converts between real-time
 text and audio.
 TTY: originally, an abbreviation for "teletype".  Often used in North
 America as an alternative designation for a text telephone or
 textphone.  Also called TDD, Telecommunication Device for the Deaf.

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 Video relay service: a service that enables communications between
 deaf and hard-of-hearing people and hearing persons with voice
 telephones by translating between sign language and spoken language
 in a call.
 Acronyms:
   2G      Second generation cellular (mobile)
   2.5G    Enhanced second generation cellular (mobile)
   3G      Third generation cellular (mobile)
   ATA     Analog Telephone Adaptor
   CDMA    Code Division Multiple Access
   CLI     Calling Line Identification
   CTM     Cellular Text Telephone Modem
   ENUM    E.164 number storage in DNS (see RFC3761)
   GSM     Global System for Mobile Communications
   ISDN    Integrated Services Digital Network
   ITU-T   International Telecommunications
           Union-Telecommunications Standardisation Sector
   NAT     Network Address Translation
   PSTN    Public Switched Telephone Network
   RTP     Real-Time Transport Protocol
   SDP     Session Description Protocol
   SIP     Session Initiation Protocol
   SRTP    Secure Real Time Transport Protocol
   TDD     Telecommunication Device for the Deaf
   TDMA    Time Division Multiple Access
   TTY     Analog textphone (Teletypewriter)
   ToIP    Real-time Text over Internet Protocol
   URI     Uniform Resource Identifier
   UTF-8   UCS/Unicode Transformation Format-8
   VCO/HCO Voice Carry Over/Hearing Carry Over
   VoIP    Voice over Internet Protocol

5. Requirements

 The framework described in Section 6 defines a real-time text-based
 conversational service that is the text equivalent of voice-based
 telephony.  This section describes the requirements that the
 framework is designed to meet and the functionality it should offer.

5.1. General Requirements for ToIP

 Any framework for ToIP must be derived from the requirements of RFC
 3351 [22].  A basic requirement is that it must provide a
 standardized way for offering real-time text-based conversational
 services that can be used as an equivalent to voice telephony by
 deaf, hard-of-hearing, speech-impaired, and mainstream users.

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 It is important to understand that real-time text conversations are
 significantly different from other text-based communications like
 email or Instant Messaging.  Real-time text conversations deliver an
 equivalent mode to voice conversations by providing transmission of
 text character by character as it is entered, so that the
 conversation can be followed closely and that immediate interaction
 takes place.
 Store-and-forward systems like email or messaging on mobile networks,
 or non-streaming systems like instant messaging, are unable to
 provide that functionality.  In particular, they do not allow for
 smooth communication through a Text Relay Service.
 In order to make ToIP the text equivalent of voice services, ToIP
 needs to offer equivalent features in terms of conversationality to
 those provided by voice.  To achieve that, ToIP needs to:
 a. offer real-time transport and presentation of the conversation;
 b. provide simultaneous transmission in both directions;
 c. support both point-to-point and multipoint communication;
 d. allow other media, like audio and video, to be used in conjunction
    with ToIP;
 e. ensure that the real-time text service is always available.
 Real-time text is a useful subset of Total Conversation as defined in
 ITU-T F.703 [5].  Total Conversation allows participants to use
 multiple modes of communication during the conversation, either at
 the same time or by switching between modes, e.g., between real-time
 text and audio.
 Deaf, hard-of-hearing, and mainstream users may invoke ToIP services
 for many different reasons:
  1. because they are in a noisy environment, e.g., in a machine room of

a factory where listening is difficult;

  1. because they are busy with another call and want to participate in

two calls at the same time;

  1. for implementing text and/or speech recording services (e.g., text

documentation/audio recording) for legal purposes, for clarity, or

   for flexibility;

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  1. to overcome language barriers through speech translation and/or

transcoding services;

  1. because of hearing loss, deafness, or tinnitus as a result of the

aging process or for any other reason, creating a need to replace

   or complement voice with real-time text in conversational sessions.
 In many of the above examples, real-time text may accompany speech.
 The text could be displayed side by side, or in a manner similar to
 subtitling in broadcasting environments, or in any other suitable
 manner.  This could occur with users who are hard of hearing and also
 for mixed media calls with both hearing and deaf people participating
 in the call.
 A ToIP user may wish to call another ToIP user, join a conference
 session involving several users, or initiate or join a multimedia
 session, such as a Total Conversation session.
 A common scenario for multipoint real-time text is conference calling
 with many participants.  Implementers could, for example, use
 different colours to render different participants' text, or could
 create separate windows or rendering areas for each participant.

5.2. Detailed Requirements for ToIP

 The following sections list individual requirements for ToIP.  Each
 requirement has been given a unique identifier (R1, R2, etc.).
 Section 6 (Implementation Framework) describes how to implement ToIP
 based on these requirements by using existing protocols and
 techniques.
 The requirements are organized under the following headings:
  1. session setup and session control;
  1. transport;
  1. use of transcoding services;
  1. presentation and user control;
  1. interworking.

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5.2.1. Session Setup and Control Requirements

 Conversations could be started using a mode other than real-time
 text.  Simultaneous or alternating voice and real-time text is used
 by a large number of people who can send voice but must receive text
 (due to a hearing impairment), or who can hear but must send text
 (due to a speech impairment).
 R1: It SHOULD be possible to start conversations in any mode (real-
 time text, voice, video) or combination of modes.
 R2: It MUST be possible for the users to switch to real-time text, or
 add real-time text as an additional modality, during the
 conversation.
 R3: Systems supporting ToIP MUST allow users to select any of the
 supported conversation modes at any time, including in mid-
 conversation.
 R4: Systems SHOULD allow the user to specify a preferred mode of
 communication in each direction, with the ability to fall back to
 alternatives that the user has indicated are acceptable.
 R5: If the user requests simultaneous use of real-time text and
 audio, and this is not possible because of constraints in the
 network, the system SHOULD try to establish text-only communication
 if that is what the user has specified as his/her preference.
 R6: If the user has expressed a preference for real-time text,
 establishment of a connection including real-time text MUST have
 priority over other outcomes of the session setup.
 R7: It MUST be possible to use real-time text in conferences both as
 a medium of discussion between individual participants (for example,
 for sidebar discussions in real-time text while listening to the main
 conference audio) and for central support of the conference with
 real-time text interpretation of speech.
 R8: Session setup and negotiation of modalities MUST allow users to
 specify the language of the real-time text to be used.  (It is
 RECOMMENDED that similar functionality be provided for the video part
 of the conversation, i.e., to specify the sign language being used).
 R9: Where certain session services are available for the audio media
 part of a session, these functions MUST also be supported for the
 real-time text media part of the same session.  For example, call
 transfer must act on all media in the session.

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5.2.2. Transport Requirements

 ToIP will often be used to access a relay service [24], allowing
 real-time text users to communicate with voice users.  With relay
 services, as well as in direct user-to-user conversation, it is
 crucial that text characters are sent as soon as possible after they
 are entered.  While buffering may be done to improve efficiency, the
 delays SHOULD be kept minimal.  In particular, buffering of whole
 lines of text will not meet character delay requirements.
 R10: Characters must be transmitted soon after entry of each
 character so that the maximum delay requirement can be met.  An end-
 to-end delay time of one second is regarded as good, while users note
 and appreciate shorter delays, down to 300ms.  A delay of up to two
 seconds is possible to use.
 R11: Real-time text transmission from a terminal SHALL be performed
 character by character as entered, or in small groups of characters,
 so that no character is delayed from entry to transmission by more
 than 300 milliseconds.
 R12: It MUST be possible to transmit characters at a rate sufficient
 to support fast human typing as well as speech-to-text methods of
 generating real-time text.  A rate of 30 characters per second is
 regarded as sufficient.
 R13: A ToIP service MUST be able to deal with international character
 sets.
 R14: Where it is possible, loss or corruption of real-time text
 during transport SHOULD be detected and the user should be informed.
 R15: Transport of real-time text SHOULD be as robust as possible, so
 as to minimize loss of characters.
 R16: It SHOULD be possible to send and receive real-time text
 simultaneously.

5.2.3. Transcoding Service Requirements

 If the User Agents of different participants indicate that there is
 an incompatibility between their capabilities to support certain
 media types, e.g., one User Agent only offering T.140 over IP, as
 described in RFC 4103 [4], and the other one only supporting audio,
 the user might want to invoke a transcoding service.
 Some users may indicate their preferred modality to be audio while
 others may indicate real-time text.  In this case, transcoding

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 services might be needed for text-to-speech (TTS) and speech-to-text
 (STT).  Other examples of possible scenarios for including a relay
 service in the conversation are: text bridging after conversion from
 speech, audio bridging after conversion from real-time text, etc.
 A number of requirements, motivations, and implementation guidelines
 for relay service invocation can be found in RFC 3351 [22].
 R17: It MUST be possible for users to invoke a transcoding service
 where such service is available.
 R18: It MUST be possible for users to indicate their preferred
 modality (e.g., ToIP).
 R19: It MUST be possible to negotiate the requirements for
 transcoding services in real time in the process of setting up a
 call.
 R20: It MUST be possible to negotiate the requirements for
 transcoding services in mid-call, for the immediate addition of those
 services to the call.
 R21: Communication between the end participants SHOULD continue after
 the addition or removal of a text relay service, and the effect of
 the change should be limited in the users' perception to the direct
 effect of having or not having the transcoding service in the
 connection.
 R22: When setting up a session, it MUST be possible for a user to
 specify the type of relay service requested (e.g., speech to text or
 text to speech).  The specification of a type of relay SHOULD include
 a language specifier.
 R23: It SHOULD be possible to route the session to a preferred relay
 service even if the user invokes the session from another region or
 network than that usually used.
 R24: It is RECOMMENDED that ToIP implementations make the invocation
 and use of relay services as easy as possible.

5.2.4. Presentation and User Control Requirements

 A user should never be in doubt about the status of the session, even
 if the user is unable to make use of the audio or visual indication.
 For example, tactile indications could be used by deaf-blind
 individuals.

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 R25: User Agents for ToIP services MUST have alerting methods (e.g.,
 for incoming sessions) that can be used by deaf and hard-of-hearing
 people or provide a range of alternative, but equivalent, alerting
 methods that can be selected by all users, regardless of their
 abilities.
 R26: Where real-time text is used in conjunction with other media,
 exposure of user control functions through the User Interface needs
 to be done in an equivalent manner for all supported media.  For
 example, it must be possible for the user to select between audio,
 visual, or tactile prompts, or all must be supplied.
 R27: If available, identification of the originating party (e.g., in
 the form of a URI or a Calling Line Identification (CLI)) MUST be
 clearly presented to the user in a form suitable for the user BEFORE
 the session invitation is answered.
 R28: When a session invitation involving ToIP originates from a
 Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) text telephone (e.g.,
 transcoded via a text gateway), this SHOULD be indicated to the user.
 The ToIP client MAY adjust the presentation of the real-time text to
 the user as a consequence.
 R29: An indication SHOULD be given to the user when real-time text is
 available during the call, even if it is not invoked at call setup
 (e.g., when only voice and/or video is used initially).
 R30: The user MUST be informed of any change in modalities.
 R31: Users MUST be presented with appropriate session progress
 information at all times.
 R32: Systems for ToIP SHOULD support an answering machine function,
 equivalent to answering machines on telephony networks.
 R33: If an answering machine function is supported, it MUST support
 at least 160 characters for the greeting message.  It MUST support
 incoming text message storage of a minimum of 4096 characters,
 although systems MAY support much larger storage.  It is RECOMMENDED
 that systems support storage of at least 20 incoming messages of up
 to 16000 characters per message.
 R34: When the answering machine is activated, user alerting SHOULD
 still take place.  The user SHOULD be allowed to monitor the auto-
 answer progress, and where this is provided, the user SHOULD be
 allowed to intervene during any stage of the answering machine
 procedure and take control of the session.

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 R35: It SHOULD be possible to save the text portion of a
 conversation.
 R36: The presentation of the conversation SHOULD be done in such a
 way that users can easily identify which party generated any given
 portion of text.
 R37: ToIP SHOULD handle characters such as new line, erasure, and
 alerting during a session as specified in ITU-T T.140 [8].

5.2.5. Interworking Requirements

 There is a range of existing real-time text services.  There is also
 a range of network technologies that could support real-time text
 services.
 Real-time/interactive texting facilities exist already in various
 forms and on various networks.  In the PSTN, they are commonly
 referred to as text telephony.
 Text gateways are used for converting between different protocols for
 text conversation.  They can be used between networks or within
 networks where different transport technologies are used.
 R38: ToIP SHOULD provide interoperability with text conversation
 features in other networks, for instance the PSTN.
 R39: When communicating via a gateway to other networks and
 protocols, the ToIP service SHOULD support the functionality for
 alternating or simultaneous use of modalities as offered by the
 interworking network.
 R40: Calling party identification information, such as CLI, MUST be
 passed by gateways and converted to an appropriate form, if required.
 R41: When interworking with other networks and services, the ToIP
 service SHOULD provide buffering mechanisms to deal with delays in
 call setup and with differences in transmission speeds, and/or to
 interwork with half-duplex services.

5.2.5.1. PSTN Interworking Requirements

 Analog text telephony is used in many countries, mainly by deaf,
 hard-of-hearing and speech-impaired individuals.
 R42: ToIP services MUST provide interworking with PSTN legacy text
 telephony devices.

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 R43: When interworking with PSTN legacy text telephony services,
 alternating text and voice function MAY be supported.  (Called "voice
 carry over (VCO) and hearing carry over (HCO)").

5.2.5.2. Cellular Interworking Requirements

 As mobile communications have been adopted widely, various solutions
 for real-time texting while on the move were developed.  ToIP
 services should provide interworking with such services as well.
 Alternative means of transferring the text telephony data have been
 developed when TTY services over cellular were mandated by the FCC in
 the USA.  They are the a) "No-gain" codec solution, and b) the
 Cellular Text Telephony Modem (CTM) solution [7], both collectively
 called "Baudot mode" solution in the USA.
 The GSM and 3G standards from 3GPP make use of the CTM modem in the
 voice channel for text telephony.  However, implementations also
 exist that use the data channel to provide such functionality.
 Interworking with these solutions should be done using text gateways
 that set up the data channel connection at the GSM side and provide
 ToIP at the other side.
 R44: a ToIP service SHOULD provide interworking with mobile text
 conversation services.

5.2.5.3. Instant Messaging Interworking Requirements

 Many people use Instant Messaging to communicate via the Internet
 using text.  Instant Messaging usually transfers blocks of text
 rather than streaming as is used by ToIP.  Usually a specific action
 is required by the user to activate transmission, such as pressing
 the ENTER key or a send button.  As such, it is not a replacement for
 ToIP; in particular, it does not meet the needs for real-time
 conversations including those of deaf, hard-of-hearing, and speech-
 impaired users as defined in RFC 3351 [22].  It is less suitable for
 communications through a relay service [24].
 The streaming nature of ToIP provides a more direct conversational
 user experience and, when given the choice, users may prefer ToIP.
 R45: a ToIP service MAY provide interworking with Instant Messaging
 services.

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6. Implementation Framework

 This section describes an implementation framework for ToIP that
 meets the requirements and offers the functionality as set out in
 Section 5.  The framework presented here uses existing standards that
 are already commonly used for voice-based conversational services on
 IP networks.

6.1. General Implementation Framework

 This framework specifies the use of the Session Initiation Protocol
 (SIP) [2] to set up, control, and tear down the connections between
 ToIP users whilst the media is transported using the Real-Time
 Transport Protocol (RTP) [3] as described in RFC 4103 [4].
 RFC 4504 describes how to implement support for real-time text in SIP
 telephony devices [23].

6.2. Detailed Implementation Framework

6.2.1. Session Control and Setup

 ToIP services MUST use the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) [2] for
 setting up, controlling, and terminating sessions for real-time text
 conversation with one or more participants and possibly including
 other media like video or audio.  The Session Description Protocol
 (SDP) used in SIP to describe the session is used to express the
 attributes of the session and to negotiate a set of compatible media
 types.
 SIP [2] allows participants to negotiate all media, including real-
 time text conversation [4].  ToIP services can provide the ability to
 set up conversation sessions from any location as well as provision
 for privacy and security through the application of standard SIP
 techniques.

6.2.1.1. Pre-Session Setup

 The requirements of the user to be reached at a consistent address
 and to store preferences for evaluation at session setup are met by
 pre-session setup actions.  That includes storing of registration
 information in the SIP registrar to provide information about how a
 user can be contacted.  This will allow sessions to be set up rapidly
 and with proper routing and addressing.
 The need to use real-time text as a medium of communications can be
 expressed by users during registration time.  Two situations need to
 be considered in the pre-session setup environment:

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 a. User Preferences: It MUST be possible for a user to indicate a
    preference for real-time text by registering that preference with
    a SIP server that is part of the ToIP service.
 b. Server Support of User Preferences: SIP servers that support ToIP
    services MUST have the capability to act on calling user
    preferences for real-time text in order to accept or reject the
    session.  The actions taken can be based on the called users
    preferences defined as part of the pre-session setup registration.
    For example, if the user is called by another party, and it is
    determined that a transcoding server is needed, the session should
    be re-directed or otherwise handled accordingly.
 The ability to include a transcoding service MUST NOT require user
 registration in any specific SIP registrar, but MAY require
 authorisation of the SIP registrar to invoke the service.
 A point-to-point session takes place between two parties.  For ToIP,
 one or both of the communicating parties will indicate real-time text
 as a possible or preferred medium for conversation using SIP in the
 session setup.
 The following features MAY be implemented to facilitate the session
 establishment using ToIP:
 a. Caller Preferences: SIP headers (e.g., Contact) [10] can be used
    to show that real-time text is the medium of choice for
    communications.
 b. Called Party Preferences [11]: The called party being passive can
    formulate a clear rule indicating how a session should be handled,
    either using real-time text as a preferred medium or not, and
    whether this session needs to be handled by a designated SIP proxy
    or the SIP User Agent.
 c. SIP Server Support for User Preferences: It is RECOMMENDED that
    SIP servers also handle the incoming sessions in accordance with
    preferences expressed for real-time text.  The SIP server can also
    enforce ToIP policy rules for communications (e.g., use of the
    transcoding server for ToIP).

6.2.1.2. Session Negotiations

 The Session Description Protocol (SDP) used in SIP [2] provides the
 capabilities to indicate real-time text as a medium in the session
 setup.  RFC 4103 [4] uses the RTP payload types "text/red" and
 "text/t140" for support of ToIP, which can be indicated in the SDP as
 a part of the SIP INVITE, OK, and SIP/200/ACK media negotiations.  In

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 addition, SIP's offer/answer model [12] can also be used in
 conjunction with other capabilities, including the use of a
 transcoding server for enhanced session negotiations [28,29,13].

6.2.2. Transport

 ToIP services MUST support the Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP) [3]
 according to the specification of RFC 4103 [4] for the transport of
 real-time text between participants.
 RFC 4103 describes the transmission of T.140 [8] real-time text on IP
 networks.
 In order to enable the use of international character sets, the
 transmission format for real-time text conversation SHALL be UTF-8
 [14], in accordance with ITU-T T.140.
 If real-time text is detected to be missing after transmission, there
 SHOULD be a "text loss" indication in the real-time text as specified
 in T.140 Addendum 1 [8].
 The redundancy method of RFC 4103 [4] SHOULD be used to significantly
 increase the reliability of the real-time text transmission.  A
 redundancy level using 2 generations gives very reliable results and
 is therefore strongly RECOMMENDED.
 In order to avoid exceeding the capabilities of the sender, receiver,
 or network (congestion), the transmission rate SHOULD be kept at or
 below 30 characters per second, which is the default maximum rate
 specified in RFC 4103 [4].  Lower rates MAY be negotiated when needed
 through the "cps" parameter as specified in RFC 4103 [4].
 Real-time text capability is announced in SDP by a declaration
 similar to this example:
 m=text 11000 RTP/AVP 100 98
 a=rtpmap:98 t140/1000
 a=rtpmap:100 red/1000
 a=fmtp:100 98/98/98
 By having this single coding and transmission scheme for real-time
 text defined in the SIP session control environment, the opportunity
 for interoperability is optimized.  However, if good reasons exist,
 other transport mechanisms MAY be offered and used for the T.140-
 coded text, provided that proper negotiation is introduced, but the
 RFC 4103 [4] transport MUST be used as both the default and the
 fallback transport.

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6.2.3. Transcoding Services

 Invocation of a transcoding service MAY happen automatically when the
 session is being set up based on any valid indication or negotiation
 of supported or preferred media types.  A transcoding framework
 document using SIP [28] describes invoking relay services, where the
 relay acts as a conference bridge or uses the third-party control
 mechanism.  ToIP implementations SHOULD support this transcoding
 framework.

6.2.4. Presentation and User Control Functions

6.2.4.1. Progress and Status Information

 Session progress information SHOULD use simple language so that as
 many users as possible can understand it.  The use of jargon or
 ambiguous terminology SHOULD be avoided.  It is RECOMMENDED that text
 information be used together with icons to symbolise the session
 progress information.
 In summary, it SHOULD be possible to observe indicators about:
  1. Incoming session
  1. Availability of real-time text, voice, and video channels
  1. Session progress
  1. Incoming real-time text
  1. Any loss in incoming real-time text
  1. Typed and transmitted real-time text

6.2.4.2. Alerting

 For users who cannot use the audible alerter for incoming sessions,
 it is RECOMMENDED to include a tactile, as well as a visual,
 indicator.
 Among the alerting options are alerting by the User Agent's User
 Interface and specific alerting User Agents registered to the same
 registrar as the main User Agent.
 It should be noted that external alerting systems exist and one
 common interface for triggering the alerting action is a contact
 closure between two conductors.

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6.2.4.3. Text Presentation

 Requirement R32 states that, in the display of text conversations,
 users must be able to distinguish easily between different speakers.
 This could be done using color, positioning of the text (i.e.,
 incoming real-time text and outgoing real-time text in different
 display areas), in-band identifiers of the parties, or a combination
 of any of these techniques.

6.2.4.4. File Storage

 Requirement R31 recommends that ToIP systems allow the user to save
 text conversations.  This SHOULD be done using a standard file
 format.  For example: a UTF-8 text file in XHTML format [15],
 including timestamps, party names (or addresses), and the
 conversation text.

6.2.5. Interworking Functions

 A number of systems for real-time text conversation already exist as
 well as a number of message-oriented text communication systems.
 Interoperability is of interest between ToIP and some of these
 systems.
 Interoperation of half-duplex and full-duplex protocols, and between
 protocols that have different data rates, may require text buffering.
 Some intelligence will be needed to determine when to change
 direction when operating in half-duplex mode.  Identification may be
 required of half-duplex operation either at the "user" level (i.e.,
 users must inform each other) or at the "protocol" level (where an
 indication must be sent back to the gateway).  However, special care
 needs to be taken to provide the best possible real-time performance.
 Buffering schemes SHOULD be dimensioned to adjust for receiving at 30
 characters per second and transmitting at 6 characters per second for
 up to 4 minutes (i.e., less than 3000 characters).
 When converting between simultaneous voice and text on the IP side,
 and alternating voice and text on the other side of a gateway, a
 conflict can occur if the IP user transmits both audio and text at
 the same time.  In such situations, text transmission SHOULD have
 precedence, so that while text is transmitted, audio is lost.
 Transcoding of text to and from other coding formats may need to take
 place in gateways between ToIP and other forms of text conversation,
 for example, to connect to a PSTN text telephone.

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 Session setup through gateways to other networks may require the use
 of specially formatted addresses or other mechanisms for invoking
 those gateways.
 ToIP interworking requires a method to invoke a text gateway.  These
 text gateways act as User Agents at the IP side.  The capabilities of
 the gateway during the call will be determined by the call
 capabilities of the terminal that is using the gateway.  For example,
 a PSTN textphone is generally only able to receive voice and real-
 time text, so the gateway will only allow ToIP and audio.
 Examples of possible scenarios for invocation of the text gateway
 are:
 a. PSTN textphone users dial a prefix number before dialing out.
 b. Separate real-time text subscriptions, linked to the phone number
    or terminal identifier/ IP address.
 c. Real-time text capability indicators.
 d. Real-time text preference indicators.
 e. Listen for V.18 modem modulation text activity in all PSTN calls
    and routing of the call to an appropriate gateway.
 f. Call transfer request by the called user.
 g. Placing a call via the Web, and using one of the methods described
    here
 h. A text gateway with its own telephone number and/or SIP address
    (this requires user interaction with the gateway to place a call).
 i. ENUM address analysis and number plan.
 j. Number or address analysis leads to a gateway for all PSTN calls.

6.2.5.1. PSTN Interworking

 Analog text telephony is cumbersome because of incompatible national
 implementations where interworking was never considered.  A large
 number of these implementations have been documented in ITU-T V.18
 [16], which also defines the modem detection sequences for the
 different text protocols.  In rare cases, the modem type
 identification may take considerable time, depending on user actions.

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 To resolve analog textphone incompatibilities, text telephone
 gateways are needed to transcode incoming analog signals into T.140
 and vice versa.  The modem capability exchange time can be reduced by
 the text telephone gateways initially assuming the analog text
 telephone protocol used in the region where the gateway is located.
 For example, in the USA, Baudot [25] might be tried as the initial
 protocol.  If negotiation for Baudot fails, the full V.18 modem
 capability exchange will take place.  In the UK, ITU-T V.21 [26]
 might be the first choice.
 In particular, transmission of real-time text on PSTN networks takes
 place using a variety of codings and modulations, including ITU-T
 V.21 [26], Baudot [25], dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF), V.23 [27],
 and others.  Many difficulties have arisen as a result of this
 variety in text telephony protocols and the ITU-T V.18 [16] standard
 was developed to address some of these issues.
 ITU-T V.18 [16] offers a native text telephony method, plus it
 defines interworking with current protocols.  In the interworking
 mode, it will recognise one of the older protocols and fall back to
 that transmission method when required.
 Text gateways MUST use the ITU-T V.18 [16] standard at the PSTN side.
 A text gateway MUST act as a SIP User Agent on the IP side and
 support RFC 4103 real-time text transport.
 While ToIP allows receiving and sending real-time text simultaneously
 and is displayed on a split screen, many analog text telephones
 require users to take turns typing.  This is because many text
 telephones operate strictly half duplex.  Only one can transmit text
 at a time.  The users apply strict turn-taking rules.
 There are several text telephones which communicate in full duplex,
 but merge transmitted text and received text in the same line in the
 same display window.  Here too the users apply strict turn taking
 rules.
 Native V.18 text telephones support full duplex and separate display
 from reception and transmission so that the full duplex capability
 can be used fully.  Such devices could use the ToIP split screen as
 well, but almost all text telephones use a restricted character set
 and many use low text transmission speeds (4 to 7 characters per
 second).
 That is why it is important for the ToIP user to know that he or she
 is connected with an analog text telephone.  The session description
 [9] SHOULD contain an indication that the other endpoint for the call

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 is a PSTN textphone (e.g., connected via an ATA or through a text
 gateway).  This means that the textphone user may be used to formal
 turn taking during the call.

6.2.5.2. Mobile Interworking

 Mobile wireless (or cellular) circuit switched connections provide a
 digital real-time transport service for voice or data.  The access
 technologies include GSM, CDMA, TDMA, iDen, and various 3G
 technologies, as well as WiFi or WiMAX.
 ToIP may be supported over the cellular wireless packet-switched
 service.  It interfaces to the Internet.
 The following sections describe how mobile text telephony is
 supported.

6.2.5.2.1. Cellular "No-gain"

 The "No-gain" text telephone transporting technology uses specially
 modified Enhanced Full Rate (EFR) [17] and Enhanced Variable Rate
 (EVR) [18] speech vocoders in mobile terminals used to provide a text
 telephony call.  It provides full duplex operation and supports
 alternating between voice and text ("VCO/HCO").  It is dedicated to
 CDMA and TDMA mobile technologies and the US Baudot (i.e., 45 bit/s)
 type of text telephones.

6.2.5.2.2. Cellular Text Telephone Modem (CTM)

 CTM [7] is a technology-independent modem technology that provides
 the transport of text telephone characters at up to 10 characters/sec
 using modem signals that can be carried by many voice codecs and uses
 a highly redundant encoding technique to overcome the fading and cell
 changing losses.

6.2.5.2.3. Cellular "Baudot mode"

 This term is often used by cellular terminal suppliers for a cellular
 phone mode that allows TTYs to operate into a cellular phone and to
 communicate with a fixed-line TTY.  Thus it is a common name for the
 "No-Gain" and the CTM solutions when applied to the Baudot-type
 textphones.

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6.2.5.2.4. Mobile Data Channel Mode

 Many mobile terminals allow the use of the circuit-switched data
 channel to transfer data in real time.  Data rates of 9600 bit/s are
 usually supported on the 2G mobile network.  Gateways provide
 interoperability with PSTN textphones.

6.2.5.2.5. Mobile ToIP

 ToIP could be supported over mobile wireless packet-switched services
 that interface to the Internet.  For 3GPP 3G services, ToIP support
 is described in 3G TS 26.235 [19].

6.2.5.3. Instant Messaging Interworking

 Text gateways MAY be used to allow interworking between Instant
 Messaging systems and ToIP solutions.  Because Instant Messaging is
 based on blocks of text, rather than on a continuous stream of
 characters like ToIP, gateways MUST transcode between the two
 formats.  Text gateways for interworking between Instant Messaging
 and ToIP MUST apply a procedure for bridging the different
 conversational formats of real-time text versus text messaging.  The
 following advice may improve user experience for both parties in a
 call through a messaging gateway.
 a. Concatenate individual characters originating at the ToIP side
    into blocks of text.
 b. When the length of the concatenated message becomes longer than 50
    characters, the buffered text SHOULD be transmitted to the Instant
    Messaging side as soon as any non-alphanumerical character is
    received from the ToIP side.
 c. When a new line indicator is received from the ToIP side, the
    buffered characters up to that point, including the carriage
    return and/or line-feed characters, SHOULD be transmitted to the
    Instant Messaging side.
 d. When the ToIP side has been idle for at least 5 seconds, all
    buffered text up to that point SHOULD be transmitted to the
    Instant Messaging side.
 e. Text Gateways must be capable of maintaining the real-time
    performance for ToIP while providing the interworking services.
 It is RECOMMENDED that during the session, both users be constantly
 updated on the progress of the text input.  Many Instant Messaging
 protocols signal that a user is typing to the other party in the

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 conversation.  Text gateways between such Instant Messaging protocols
 and ToIP MUST provide this signalling to the Instant Messaging side
 when characters start being received, or at the beginning of the
 conversation.
 At the ToIP side, an indicator of writing the Instant Message MUST be
 present where the Instant Messaging protocol provides one.  For
 example, the real-time text user MAY see ". . . waiting for replying
 IM. . . " and when 5 seconds have passed another . (dot) can be
 shown.
 Those solutions will reduce the difficulties between streaming and
 blocked text services.
 Even though the text gateway can connect Instant Messaging and ToIP,
 the best solution is to take advantage of the fact that the user
 interfaces and the user communities for instant messaging and ToIP
 telephony are very similar.  After all, the character input,
 character display, Internet connectivity, and SIP stack can be the
 same for Instant Messaging (SIMPLE) and ToIP.  Thus, the user may
 simply use different applications for ToIP and text messaging in the
 same terminal.
 Devices that implement Instant Messaging SHOULD implement ToIP as
 described in this document so that a more complete text communication
 service can be provided.

6.2.5.4. Multi-Functional Combination Gateways

 In practice, many interworking gateways will be implemented as
 gateways that combine different functions.  As such, a text gateway
 could be built to have modems to interwork with the PSTN and support
 both Instant Messaging as well as ToIP.  Such interworking functions
 are called combination gateways.
 Combination gateways could provide interworking between all of their
 supported text-based functions.  For example, a text gateway that has
 modems to interwork with the PSTN and that support both Instant
 Messaging and ToIP could support the following interworking
 functions:
  1. PSTN text telephony to ToIP
  1. PSTN text telephony to Instant Messaging
  1. Instant Messaging to ToIP

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6.2.5.5. Character Set Transcoding

 Gateways between the ToIP network and other networks MAY need to
 transcode text streams.  ToIP makes use of the ISO 10646 character
 set.  Most PSTN textphones use a 7-bit character set, or a character
 set that is converted to a 7-bit character set by the V.18 modem.
 When transcoding between character sets and T.140 in gateways,
 special consideration MUST be given to the national variants of the
 7-bit codes, with national characters mapping into different codes in
 the ISO 10646 code space.  The national variant to be used could be
 selectable by the user on a per-call basis, or be configured as a
 national default for the gateway.
 The indicator of missing text in T.140, specified in T.140 amendment
 1, cannot be represented in the 7-bit character codes.  Therefore the
 indicator of missing text SHOULD be transcoded to the ' (apostrophe)
 character in legacy text telephone systems, where this character
 exists.  For legacy systems where the ' character does not exist, the
 .  (full stop) character SHOULD be used instead.

7. Further Recommendations for Implementers and Service Providers

7.1. Access to Emergency Services

 It must be possible to place an emergency call using ToIP and it must
 be possible to use a relay service in such a call.  The emergency
 service provided to users utilising the real-time text medium must be
 equivalent to the emergency service provided to users utilising
 speech or other media.
 A text gateway must be able to route real-time text calls to
 emergency service providers when any of the recognised emergency
 numbers that support text communications for the country or region
 are called, e.g., "911" in the USA and "112" in Europe.  Routing
 real-time text calls to emergency services may require the use of a
 transcoding service.
 A text gateway with cellular wireless packet-switched services must
 be able to route real-time text calls to emergency service providers
 when any of the recognized emergency numbers that support real-time
 text communication for the country is called.

7.2. Home Gateways or Analog Terminal Adapters

 Analog terminal adapters (ATA) using SIP-based IP communication and
 RJ-11 connectors for connecting traditional PSTN devices SHOULD
 enable connection of legacy PSTN text telephones [23].

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 These adapters SHOULD contain V.18 modem functionality, voice
 handling functionality, and conversion functions to/from SIP-based
 ToIP with T.140 transported according to RFC 4103 [4], in a similar
 way as it provides interoperability for voice sessions.
 If a session is set up and text/t140 capability is not declared by
 the destination endpoint (by the endpoint terminal or the text
 gateway in the network at the endpoint), a method for invoking a
 transcoding server SHALL be used.  If no such server is available,
 the signals from the textphone MAY be transmitted in the voice
 channel as audio with a high quality of service.
 NOTE: It is preferred that such analog terminal adaptors do use RFC
 4103 [4] on board and thus act as a text gateway.  Sending textphone
 signals over the voice channel is undesirable due to possible
 filtering and compression and packet loss between the endpoints.
 This can result in character loss in the textphone conversation or
 even not allowing the textphones to connect to each other.

7.3. User Mobility

 ToIP User Agents SHOULD use the same mechanisms as other SIP User
 Agents to resolve mobility issues.  It is RECOMMENDED that users use
 a SIP address, resolved by a SIP registrar, to enable basic user
 mobility.  Further mechanisms are defined for all session types for
 3G IP multimedia systems.

7.4. Firewalls and NATs

 ToIP uses the same signalling and transport protocols as VoIP.
 Hence, the same firewall and NAT solutions and network functionality
 that apply to VoIP MUST also apply to ToIP.

7.5. Quality of Service

 Where Quality of Service (QoS) mechanisms are used, the real-time
 text streams should be assigned appropriate QoS characteristics, so
 that the performance requirements can be met and the real-time text
 stream is not degraded unfavourably in comparison to voice
 performance in congested situations.

8. Security Considerations

 User confidentiality and privacy need to be met as described in SIP
 [2].  For example, nothing should reveal in an obvious way the fact
 that the ToIP user might be a person with a hearing or speech
 impairment.  It is up to the ToIP user to make his or her hearing or
 speech impairment public.  If a transcoding server is being used,

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 this SHOULD be as transparent as possible.  However, it might still
 be possible to discern that a user might be hearing or speech
 impaired based on the attributes present in SDP, although the
 intention is that mainstream users might also choose to use ToIP.
 Encryption SHOULD be used on an end-to-end or hop-by-hop basis as
 described in SIP [2] and SRTP [20].
 Authentication MUST be provided for users in addition to message
 integrity and access control.
 Protection against Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks needs to be
 provided, considering the case that the ToIP users might need
 transcoding servers.

9. Contributors

 The following people contributed to this document: Willem Dijkstra,
 Barry Dingle, Gunnar Hellstrom, Radhika R. Roy, Henry Sinnreich, and
 Gregg C. Vanderheiden.
 The content and concepts within are a product of the SIPPING Working
 Group.  Tom Taylor (Nortel) acted as independent reviewer and
 contributed significantly to the structure and content of this
 document.

10. References

10.1. Normative References

 [1]   Bradner, S., Ed., "Intellectual Property Rights in IETF
       Technology", BCP 79, RFC 3979, March 2005.
 [2]   Rosenberg, J., Schulzrinne, H., Camarillo, G., Johnston, A.,
       Peterson, J., Sparks, R., Handley, M., and E. Schooler, "SIP:
       Session Initiation Protocol", RFC 3261, June 2002.
 [3]   Schulzrinne, H., Casner, S., Frederick, R., and V. Jacobson,
       "RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time Applications", STD 64,
       RFC 3550, July 2003.
 [4]   Hellstrom, G. and P. Jones, "RTP Payload for Text
       Conversation", RFC 4103, June 2005.
 [5]   ITU-T Recommendation F.703,"Multimedia Conversational
       Services", November 2000.
 [6]   Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement
       Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

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 [7]   3GPP TS 26.226, "Cellular Text Telephone Modem Description"
       (CTM).
 [8]   ITU-T Recommendation T.140, "Protocol for Multimedia
       Application Text Conversation" (February 1998) and Addendum 1
       (February 2000).
 [9]   Handley, M., Jacobson, V., and C. Perkins, "SDP: Session
       Description Protocol", RFC 4566, July 2006.
 [10]  Rosenberg, J., Schulzrinne, H., and P. Kyzivat, "Indicating
       User Agent Capabilities in the Session Initiation Protocol
       (SIP)", RFC 3840, August 2004.
 [11]  Rosenberg, J., Schulzrinne, H., and P. Kyzivat, "Caller
       Preferences for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)", RFC
       3841, August 2004.
 [12]  Rosenberg, J. and H. Schulzrinne, "An Offer/Answer Model with
       Session Description Protocol (SDP)", RFC 3264, June 2002.
 [13]  Camarillo, G., Burger, E., Schulzrinne, H., and A. van Wijk,
       "Transcoding Services Invocation in the Session Initiation
       Protocol (SIP) Using Third Party Call Control (3pcc)", RFC
       4117, June 2005.
 [14]  Yergeau, F., "UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646", STD
       63, RFC 3629, November 2003.
 [15]  "XHTML 1.0: The Extensible HyperText Markup Language: A
       Reformulation of HTML 4 in XML 1.0", W3C Recommendation,
       Available at http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1.
 [16]  ITU-T Recommendation V.18, "Operational and Interworking
       Requirements for DCEs operating in Text Telephone Mode",
       November 2000.
 [17]  TIA/EIA/IS-823-A, "TTY/TDD Extension to TIA/EIA-136-410
       Enhanced Full Rate Speech Codec (must used in conjunction with
       TIA/EIA/IS-840)"
 [18]  TIA/EIA/IS-127-2, "Enhanced Variable Rate Codec, Speech Service
       Option 3 for Wideband Spread Spectrum Digital Systems, Addendum
       2."
 [19]  "IP Multimedia default codecs", 3GPP TS 26.235

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 [20]  Baugher, M., McGrew, D., Naslund, M., Carrara, E., and K.
       Norrman, "The Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP)", RFC
       3711, March 2004.
 [21]  ITU-T Recommendation F.700, "Framework Recommendation for
       Multimedia Services", November 2000.

10.2. Informative References

 [22]  Charlton, N., Gasson, M., Gybels, G., Spanner, M., and A. van
       Wijk, "User Requirements for the Session Initiation Protocol
       (SIP) in Support of Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Speech-impaired
       Individuals", RFC 3351, August 2002.
 [23]  Sinnreich, H., Ed., Lass, S., and C. Stredicke, "SIP Telephony
       Device Requirements and Configuration", RFC 4504, May 2006.
 [24]  European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), "Human
       Factors (HF); Guidelines for Telecommunication Relay Services
       for Text Telephones". TR 101 806, June 2000.
 [25]  TIA/EIA/825 "A Frequency Shift Keyed Modem for Use on the
       Public Switched Telephone Network." (The specification for
       45.45 and 50 bit/s TTY modems.)
 [26]  International Telecommunication Union (ITU), "300 bits per
       second duplex modem standardized for use in the general
       switched telephone network". ITU-T Recommendation V.21,
       November 1988.
 [27]  International Telecommunication Union (ITU), "600/1200-baud
       modem standardized for use in the general switched telephone
       network", ITU-T Recommendation V.23, November 1988.
 [28]  Camarillo, G., "Framework for Transcoding with the Session
       Initiation Protocol", Work in Progress, May 2006.
 [29]  Camarillo, G., "The SIP Conference Bridge Transcoding Model",
       Work in Progress, January 2006.

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Authors' Addresses

 Guido Gybels
 Department of New Technologies
 RNID, 19-23 Featherstone Street
 London EC1Y 8SL, UK
 Tel +44-20-7294 3713
 Txt +44-20-7296 8001 Ext 3713
 Fax +44-20-7296 8069
 EMail: guido.gybels@rnid.org.uk
 http://www.ictrnid.org.uk
 Arnoud A. T. van Wijk
 Real-Time Text Taskforce (R3TF)
 EMail: arnoud@realtimetext.org
 http://www.realtimetext.org

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