Media and Signalling negotiation

Asterisk Asterisk SIP
1

Hi All,

First let me dictate the call flow and the nodes involved.

UA1 <--------------> Proxy1 (Kamailio)/RTPProxy1 <-------------------> Asterisk <-------------> Proxy2(Kamailio) /RTPProxy2<---------> UA2

Currently, Asterisk acts as a B2BUA server, and the location lookup/registration is handled by the Proxies. The Asterisk, is in the signalling as well as media (audio) path.

Problem Statement:

  1. Asterisk should be in the audio path and not video path if the call is a audio+video call. So, audio goes from UA1, to RTPproxy, Asterisk to RTPProxy to UA2 and back. While video from UA1 to RTPProxy 1 to RTProxy2 to UA2.

Question:

  1. Can Asterisk be configured/programed, so that it negotiates with RTPProxy1/2 video IP/port? While for Audio it does negotiation with its own IP and Port as its currently doing.

Thanks
Abhijit

2

No, Asterisk does not operate that way and can’t be configured to do so.

3

Is there a way to send the RTPProxy1 ip:port to the UA2 in the Invite from Asterisk to UA2 instead of its own.

4

Or the other option, is the client UA1 sends a re-invite or update message to Asterisk (via Proxy) which contains only video m line and respective parameters, and Asterisk sends its Invite towards Proxy2/UA2 without fiddling with the SDP.

5

Can anyone help here? Its bit urgent

6

See http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#urgent on urgency. It seems likely that you have several man weeks of C code development ahead of you if you want to do this with Asterisk.

7

5 hours ago I was asleep and unconscious. As for your question the answer is still no, Asterisk is a B2BUA and except for limited cases (of which this is not one of them) does not pass such information through.