3G IMS Illustrated (2nd Level)

The SIP PRACK request/method

Better Communication
Introduction
Contents
3G Pkt Domain Basics

PRACK stands for Provisional ACKnowledgement.

It is an extended SIP request, i.e. it is not included in the original SIP RFC, but is defined in a
separate later RFC, 3262. It is used to acknowledge provisional responses (e.g. 183) in cases when
it is important that the provisional response will be sent reliably. It was pushed into IETF by the
3GPP folks who felt the need for this functionality in their complicated but robust UMTS IMS
network.
The mechanism of INVITE-1xx-PRACK is based on the INVITE-2XX-ACK one. However
noticeable difference is that PRACK needs to be responded by a 200 OK, while ACK needs not to.

From Ckt/Pkt To IMS

3G IMS Architecture
3G IMS Operation
Marketing Aspects
References/Quiz

IMS

Abbrev.

Take-a-break

Back