RFC 8465 · INFORMATIONAL · 2018

Using the Mobile Equipment Identity URN as an Instance ID

Overview

RFC 8465, “Using the Mobile Equipment Identity URN as an Instance ID”, is an Informational document published in September 2018 by R. Atarius. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document specifies how the Uniform Resource Name (URN) namespace reserved for the Third Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2) identities and its Namespace Specific String (NSS) for the Mobile Equipment Identity (MEID) can be used as an Instance ID. The purpose of this Instance ID is to fulfill the requirements for defining how a specific URN needs to be constructed and used in the "+sip.instance" Contact header field parameter for outbound behavior.

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