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Problem

For no apparent reason my Snom phone ends the current call after about 15 minutes!


Solution

To Understand the issue let's take a look at the following SIP communication between Snom Phone and PBX:

  • The Snom Phone with number 123456 sends an Invite to 7890;
  • The call comes in and is established between 123456 and 7890, so far so good.

Note: For better overview we have removed some SIP headers from the communication and highlighted the most important ones in this error analysis.
Sent to Udp:217.x.xx.xx:5060 from Udp:192.168.2.124:50422 at Jan 30 12:57:23.743 (1419 bytes):
INVITE sip:7890@testpbx.de;user=phone SIP/2.0
From: "Test" <sip:123456@testpbx.de>;tag=dzadbqiwhi
To: <sip:7890@testpbx.de;user=phone>
Call-ID: 313538303338353434303531333530-mxeagr7ulapk
CSeq: 2 INVITE
User-Agent: snomD765/10.1.49.11
Contact: <sip:123456@192.168.2.124:50422>;reg-id=1
X-Serialnumber: 000413xxxxxx

Supported: timer, 100rel, replaces, from-change
Accept: application/sdp
Session-Expires: 3600
Min-SE: 90
------------------------

Received from Udp:217.x.xx.xx:5060 on Udp:192.168.2.124:50422 at Jan 30 12:57:28.017 (1339 bytes):

SIP/2.0 200 OK
Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 192.168.2.124:50422;received=84.141.56.123;rport=50422;branch=z9hG4bK-qa5k4ddrhvok
To: <sip:7890@testpbx.de;user=phone>;tag=h7g4Esbg_p65542t1580385444m252622c553395349s1_688083261-1877431650
From: "Test" <sip:123456@testpbx.de>;tag=dzadbqiwhi
Call-ID: 313538303338353434303531333530-mxeagr7ulapk
CSeq: 2 INVITE
Contact: <sip:partner@217.x.xx.xx;transport=udp>
Session-Expires: 1800;refresher=uas
Supported: timer


In this case it is very important what is negotiated between the Snom phone and the other party (PBX server).

  • Let us concentrate on the parameters that are important for the duration of the session ( call ).
  • The Snom phone suggests a session duration of 3600 seconds; see: Session Expires: 3600
  • In the 200 OK the PBX changes this value to Session Expires: 1800 (=30 minutes).
  • Additionally it defines who renews the session: refresher=uas. This means that the (uas: user agent server) takes over the session refresh. In this case the PBX.

What does the RFC say: The refresher has to send an update after the half of the time. In our case it is exactly 15 minutes.

  • If the client (in this case the Snom phone) does not receive any message from the server after half the time to keep the session running, the client terminates the session.
  • What the Snom phone also does with the sending of the BYE.
  • This procedure is described here: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4028


Here you can see the BYE being sent by the phone after 15 minutes and 13 seconds:

Sent to Udp:217.x.xx.xx:5060 from Udp:192.168.2.124:50422 at Jan 30 13:12:41.714 (699 bytes):

BYE sip:partner@217.x.xx.xx;transport=udp SIP/2.0
From: "Test" <sip:123456@testpbx.de>;tag=dzadbqiwhi
To: <sip:7890@testpbx.de;user=phone>;tag=h7g4Esbg_p65542t1580385444m252622c553395349s1_688083261-1877431650
Call-ID: 313538303338353434303531333530-mxeagr7ulapk
CSeq: 4 BYE
User-Agent: snomD765/10.1.49.11
Contact: <sip:123456@192.168.2.124:50422>;reg-id=1
Content-Length: 0


In the SIP Trace we also see that right after the Snom phone sends the BYE, the PBX sends an update for the session, but this comes late(13:12:43.583).

Received from Udp:217.x.xx.xx:5060 on Udp:192.168.2.124:50422 at Jan 30 13:12:43.583 (716 bytes):

UPDATE sip:123456@192.168.2.124:50422 SIP/2.0
To: "Test" <sip:123456@testpbx.de>;tag=dzadbqiwhi
From: <sip:7890@testpbx.de;user=phone>;tag=h7g4Esbg_p65542t1580385444m252622c553395349s1_688083261-1877431650
Call-ID: 313538303338353434303531333530-mxeagr7ulapk
CSeq: 3 UPDATE
Contact: <sip:partner@217.x.xx.xx;transport=udp>
Min-Se: 900
Session-Expires: 1800;refresher=uac
Supported: timer
Content-Length: 0


Conclusion:

  • This proves that the problem is on the server side, because it does not update the session in time.

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