RFC 5972 · INFORMATIONAL · 2010
WED · 29 JUL 2026
General Internet Signaling Transport State Machine
Overview
RFC 5972, “General Internet Signaling Transport State Machine”, is an Informational document published in October 2010 by T. Tsenov, H. Tschofenig, X. Fu, C. Aoun, E. Davies. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document describes state machines for the General Internet Signaling Transport (GIST). The states of GIST nodes for a given flow and their transitions are presented in order to illustrate how GIST may be implemented.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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