terminalAlias and terminalAliasPattern in RCF

[Chris Wayman Purvis]

Frank,

What do you mean by "using" an alias?  As a gatekeeper I would NOT expect to
route calls to you when they're addressed to an alias you asked for and were
not granted.

Regards,
Chris

Frank Derks wrote:

> The RCF message may include the terminalAlias and terminalAliasPattern elements.
>
> According to the description of the terminalAlias element, it is used to:
>
> 1. Inform the terminal about alias addresses by which other terminals may
>    identify the terminal
> 2. To assign an alias (or multiple aliases) to a terminal when it does not
>    specify an alias in the RRQ
>
> According to the description of the terminalAliasPattern element, it is used to:
>
> 1. Inform the terminal about the alias(es), from the list of aliases in the RRQ,
>    that are accepted
> 2. To assign an alias (or multiple aliases) to a terminal when it does not
>    specify an alias in the RRQ
>
> It is not clear whether the contents of terminalAlias "override" the alias(es)
> in the RRQ. I.e. should (or shall) the terminal only use an alias(es) from the list
> returned in the RCF and forget about the alias(es) that it used in the RRQ? Or
> is this information provided so the terminal will accept incoming calls destined
> for these returned aliases?
>
> For terminalAliasPattern, this seems to be somewhat clearer, as the description
> says something about "acceptable aliases from the RRQ". Still, the text doesn't
> go at great lengths to explain what acceptable means.
>
> Regards,
>
> Frank
>
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