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The SPIRITS Architecture
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Network Working Group L. Slutsman, Editor
Request for Comments: 3136 AT&T Labs
Category: Informational I. Faynberg
H. Lu
M. Weissman
Lucent Technologies
June 2001
The SPIRITS Architecture
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.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2001). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This document describes the architecture for supporting SPIRITS
services, which are those originating in the PSTN (Public Switched
Telephone Network)and necessitating the interactions between the PSTN
and the Internet. (Internet Call Waiting, Internet Caller-ID
Delivery, and Internet Call Forwarding are examples of SPIRIT
services.) Specifically, it defines the components constituting the
architecture and the interfaces between the components.
1. Introduction
This document describes the architecture for supporting SPIRITS
services, which are those originating in the PSTN (Public Switched
Telephone Network) and necessitating the interactions between the
PSTN and the Internet. (Internet Call Waiting, Internet Caller-ID
Delivery, and Internet Call Forwarding are examples of SPIRIT
services.) Specifically, it defines the components constituting the
architecture and the interfaces between the components.
The rest of the document is organized as follows:
+ Section 2 describes example SPIRITS services from the end-user
point of view;
+ Section 3 describes the SPIRITS architecture;
Slutsman, et al. Informational
