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<!-- I-CSCF Module User's Guide -->
<chapter>
  <title>&adminguide;</title>

  <section>
    <title>Overview</title>

    <para>This module provides all functionality to build an IMS ICSCF.</para>
  </section>

  <section>
    <title>Dependencies</title>

    <section>
      <title>&kamailio; Modules</title>

      <para>The Following modules must be loaded before this module:</para>

      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>TM - Transaction Manager</para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>SL - Stateless Reply</para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>CDP - C Diameter Peer</para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>CDP_AVP - CDP AVP Applications</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </section>

    <section>
      <title>External Libraries or Applications</title>

      <para>This modules requires the Kamailio internal IMS library.</para>
    </section>
  </section>

  <section>
    <title>Parameters</title>

    <section>
      <title><varname>route_lir_user_unknown</varname> (string)</title>

      <para>This is the route which is executed if HSS returns "user unknown"
      in LIR</para>

      <para><emphasis> Default value is ''. </emphasis></para>

      <example>
        <title><varname>route_lir_user_unknown</varname> parameter
        usage</title>

        <programlisting format="linespecific">
...
modparam("ims_icscf","route_lir_user_unknown", "lir_term_user_unknown")
...
        </programlisting>
      </example>
    </section>

    <section>
      <title><varname>route_uar_user_unknown</varname> (string)</title>

      <para>This is the route which is executed if HSS returns "user unknown"
      in UAR.</para>

      <para><emphasis> Default value is ''. </emphasis></para>

      <example>
        <title><varname>route_uar_user_unknown</varname> parameter
        usage</title>

        <programlisting format="linespecific">
...
modparam("ims_icscf","route_uar_user_unknown", "uar_term_user_unknown")
...
        </programlisting>
      </example>
    </section>

    <section>
      <title><varname>scscf_entry_expiry</varname> (integer)</title>

      <para>This is the time in s after which S-CSCF entries in the I-CSCF's
      SCSCF list will expire.</para>

      <para><emphasis> Default value is 300. </emphasis></para>

      <example>
        <title><varname>scscf_entry_expiry</varname> parameter usage</title>

        <programlisting format="linespecific">
...
modparam("ims_icscf","scscf_entry_expiry", 300)
...
        </programlisting>
      </example>
    </section>

    <section>
      <title><varname>cxdx_forced_peer</varname> (string)</title>

      <para>FQDN of Diameter Peer (HSS) to use for communication (UAR, LIR).
      If you use this, the routing defined in your diameter xml configuration
      file (CDP) will be ignored and as a result you will lose the benefits of
      load balancing and failover. </para>

      <para><emphasis> Default value is "". </emphasis></para>

      <example>
        <title><varname>cxdx_forced_peer</varname> parameter usage</title>

        <programlisting format="linespecific">
...
modparam("ims_icscf", "cxdx_forced_peer", "hss.ims.smilecoms.com")
...
    </programlisting>
      </example>
    </section>

    <section>
      <title><varname>cxdx_dest_realm</varname> (string)</title>

      <para>Destination realm to be used in Diameter messags to HSS</para>

      <para><emphasis> Default value is "ims.smilecoms.com".</emphasis></para>

      <example>
        <title><varname>cxdx_dest_realm</varname> parameter usage</title>

        <programlisting format="linespecific">
...
modparam("ims_icscf", "cxdx_dest_realm", "ims.smilecoms.com")
...
    </programlisting>
      </example>
    </section>
    
    <section>
      <title><varname>use_preferred_scscf_uri</varname> (int)</title>

      <para>Whether or not this ICSCF has a preferred S-CSCF to use when the
      HSS returns a list of SCSCFs.  0 means this I-CSCF has no preferred
      SCSCF.  1 means it has a preferred S-CSCF.</para>

      <para><emphasis> Default value is 0.</emphasis></para>

      <example>
        <title><varname>use_preferred_scscf_uri</varname> parameter usage</title>

        <programlisting format="linespecific">
...
modparam("ims_icscf", "use_preferred_scscf_uri", 1)
...
    </programlisting>
      </example>
    </section>
    
    <section>
      <title><varname>preferred_scscf_uri</varname> (string)</title>

      <para>If use_preferred_scscf_uri is set then this is the URI of the preferred
	  SCSCF.</para>

      <para><emphasis> Default value is "".</emphasis></para>

      <example>
        <title><varname>preferred_scscf_uri</varname> parameter usage</title>

        <programlisting format="linespecific">
...
modparam("ims_icscf", "preferred_scscf_uri", "sip:scscf.ims.smilecoms.com:6060")
...
    </programlisting>
      </example>
    </section>
    
    
  </section>

  <section>
    <title>Functions</title>

    <section>
      <title><function
      moreinfo="none">I_scscf_select(initial)</function></title>

      <para>This function is used to retrieve the next unused SCSCF from
      thelist for this request (based on callid).</para>

      <para>A positive return code (1) means an SCSCF was found and is armed
      for routing.</para>

      <para>Meaning of the parameters is as follows:</para>

      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para><emphasis>initial</emphasis> - Signal whether or not this is
          an original or subsequent.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>

      <para>This function can be used from REQUEST_ROUTE |
      FAILURE_ROUTE.</para>

      <example>
        <title><function moreinfo="none">I_scscf_select</function>
        usage</title>

        <programlisting format="linespecific">...
if (I_scscf_select("0")) {
     #there is an S-CSCF list - no need to do a UAR
     t_on_reply("register_reply");
     t_on_failure("register_failure");
     t_relay();
}
...
        </programlisting>
      </example>
    </section>

    <section>
      <title><function moreinfo="none">I_scscf_drop()</function></title>

      <para>Drop the list of SCSCFs for this request (based on callid).</para>

      <para>This function can be used from REQUEST_ROUTE | FAILURE_ROUTE |
      REPLY_ROUTE</para>

      <example>
        <title><function moreinfo="none">I_scscf_drop</function> usage</title>

        <programlisting format="linespecific">...
I_scscf_drop();
...
</programlisting>
      </example>

      <para>.</para>
    </section>

    <section>
      <title><function
      moreinfo="none">I_perform_user_authorization_request(route_block,
      capabalities)</function></title>

      <para>Perform a UAR on Diameter CXDX interface. This function will build
      a list of SCSCFs to be used and populate the SCSCF list for the request.
      On a succesful return of this message you can get the next available
      SCSCF by using the I_scscf_select functoin in 4.1.</para>

      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>Route block to resume after async UAR Diameter reply.</para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
          <para>capabilities - whether to request capabilities or not "1" -
          with capabilities, "0" - no capabilities.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>

      <para>This function can be used from REQUEST_ROUTE.</para>

      <para>p.s. this is executed asynchronously. See example on how to
      retrieve return value</para>

      <example>
        <title>I_perform_user_authorization_request usage</title>

        <programlisting format="linespecific">
...
I_perform_user_authorization_request("REG_UAR_REPLY","0"); #0=REG/DEREG; 1=REG+Capabilities
exit;
...
route[REG_UAR_REPLY]
{
    #this is async so to know status we have to check the reply avp
    switch ($avp(s:uaa_return_code)){
            case 1: #success
                    if (I_scscf_select("0")){
                            t_on_failure("register_failure");
                            t_on_reply("register_reply");
                            #now relay to appropriate SCSCF
                            if (!t_relay()) {
                                    t_reply("500", "Error forwarding to SCSCF");
                            }
                    } else {#select failed
                            I_scscf_drop();
                            t_reply("500", "Server error on SCSCF Select (UAR)");
                    }       
                    break;          
            case -1: #failure
                    xlog("L_ERR", "UAR failure - error response sent from module\n");
                    break;
            case -2: #error
                    xlog("L_ERR", "UAR error - sending error response now\n");
                    t_reply("500", "UAR failed");
                    break;
            default:
                    xlog("L_ERR", "Unknown return code from UAR, value is [$avp(s:uaa_return_code)]\n");
                    t_reply("500", "Unknown response code from UAR");
                    break;
    }
}
...          
        </programlisting>
      </example>
    </section>

    <section>
      <title><function
      moreinfo="none">I_perform_location_information_request(route_block)</function></title>

      <para>Perform a LIR on Diameter CXDX interface.</para>

      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>Route block to resume after async LIR Diameter reply.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>

      <para>This function can be used from REQUEST_ROUTE.</para>

      <para>p.s. this is executed asynchronously. See example on how to
      retrieve return value</para>

      <example>
        <title>I_perform_location_information_request</title>

        <programlisting format="linespecific">
...
I_perform_location_information_request("SESSION_LIR_REPLY","0");
exit;
...
route[SESSION_LIR_REPLY]
{
    if ($avp(lia_return_code) == 1) {
            if (I_scscf_select("0")) {
                    append_branch();
                    t_on_reply("initial_request_reply");
                    t_on_failure("initial_request_failure");
                    if (!t_relay()) {
                            t_reply("500","Error forwarding towards S-CSCF");
                            break;
                    }
                    break;
            } else {
                    xlog("L_DBG", "dropping scscf list on initial request\n");
                    I_scscf_drop();
                    t_reply("500", "Server error on LIR select S-CSCF");
                    break;
            }
    } else {
            t_reply("500", "Server error on LIR");
            break;
    }
    break;
}
...          
        </programlisting>
      </example>
    </section>
  </section>

  <section>
    <title>Statistics</title>

    <section>
      <title>Average UAR Response Time (uar_avg_response_time)</title>

      <para>The average response time in milliseconds for UAR-UAA
      transaction.</para>
    </section>

    <section>
      <title>UAR Timeouts (uar_timeouts)</title>

      <para>The number of UAR timeouts.</para>
    </section>

    <section>
      <title>Average LIR Response Time (lir_avg_response_time)</title>

      <para>The average response time in milliseconds for LIR-LIA
      transaction.</para>
    </section>

    <section>
      <title>LIR Timeouts (lir_timeouts)</title>

      <para>The number of LIR timeouts.</para>
    </section>
  </section>
</chapter>
