Jingle (XEP-0166) [1] defines a framework for negotiating and managing out-of-band multimedia sessions over XMPP. In order to provide a flexible framework, the base Jingle specification defines neither data transport methods nor media (session) types, leaving that up to separate specifications. The current document defines a transport method for establishing and managing IAX [2] sessions between XMPP entities.
IAX is a peer-to-peer media and signaling protocol, where the endpoints maintain state machines. With respect to media, sequencing and timing information is included into IAX frames, without the use of Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP) for the media. [3] The IAX protocol handles the signaling and, when the call is accepted by both peers, the media passes between the two hosts. With this approach, IAX doesn't suffer from NAT traversal problems associated with others protocols like SIP or other related protocols.
The Jingle transport description defined herein is designed to meet the following requirements:
In order for the initiating entity in a Jingle exchange to start the negotiation, it MUST send a Jingle "session-initiate" stanza as described in Jingle (XEP-0166) [1]. This stanza MUST include at least one transport method. If the initiating entity wishes to negotiate the IAX transport, it MUST include an empty <transport/> child element qualified by the 'http://jabber.org/protocol/jingle/transport/iax' namespace.
<iq to='juliet@capulet.com/balcony'
from='romeo@montague.net/orchard'
id='jingle1'
type='set'>
<jingle xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/jingle'
action='session-initiate'
initiator='romeo@montague.net/orchard'
sid='a73sjjvkla37jfea'>
<description ...>
<transport xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/jingle/transport/iax' version='2'/>
</jingle>
</iq>
As described in Jingle (XEP-0166) [1], to provisionally accept the session initiation request, the target entity returns an IQ-result:
<iq type='result' from='juliet@capulet.com/balcony' to='romeo@montague.net/orchard' id='jingle1'/>
To accept the IAX transport method, the target entity MUST send a <jingle/> element with an action of 'transport-accept', specifying the transport method desired.
This <transport/> element MUST include two <candidate/> element per channel, whose 'ip' and 'port' attributes specify the IP address and port number of the candidate that the initiator has reason to believe will be most likely to succeed for that channel. The two candidates are the local and remote one. NAT type doesn't matter because the IAX protocol by itself addresses the problem of NAT traversal. We differentiate the two candidates with name attribute.
The transport attributes are:
User and Password are OPTIONAL and needed in the case we want to call an extension that is behind an Asterisk PBX. The Asterisk PBX has to be properly configured to accept this kind of call.
When we get the answer, it is time to see if the media that we want to start is supported by both peers. If so the IAX session is initialized by the protocol stack.
The candidate attributes are:
To discover this public IP address we need a third party and SHOULD make discovery via RFC 3489 [4], which will be an address on the outside of the firewall or NAT.
<iq to='romeo@montague.net/orchard'
from='juliet@capulet.com/balcony'
id='jingle1'
type='set'>
<jingle xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/jingle'
action='transport-accept'
initiator='juliet@capulet.com/balcony'
sid='a73sjjvkla37jfea'>
<transport xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/jingle/transport/iax'
version='2'
secure='aes128'
user='some-Asterisk-Username'
password='some-Asterisk-Password'>
<candidate name='local' ip='some-Local-IP-address-here' port='some-Local-Port-here'/>
<candidate name='public' ip='some-Remote-IP-address-here' port='some-Remote-Port-here'/>
</transport>
</jingle>
</iq>
The syntax and semantics informational message payloads specific to the IAX transport method will be defined in a future version of this specification.
The port is returned by the IAX library stack initialization process. [5] By default the port is 4569 UDP but if there is more than one IAX entity in the same box this port could be different.
Once the Jingle negotiation has been completed and the IAX stack has control, the initiating entity has to set his callerID information (cidname to Jingle and cidnum to JabberID) before dialing to a contact. If the initator's client has to show the contact's information, this comes from the initiator attribute of the returned IQ.
IAX is a native protocol of the Asterisk PBX. When using the IAX protocol we could easily connect with an Asterisk PBX. There are two scenarios:
We want to reach an internal extension directly (or go to PSTN line through Asterisk). in that case we need a user and password with rights into the PBX and setup into the Jabber client (the Jabber client will act like a softphone). This information has to be given for the final user to the entity. The idea in this scenario isn't so clear because if the jabber client acts like a softphone and we need to call an extension, we coudl just dial the extension without using Jingle.
The Asterisk PBX accept incoming calls from IAX. In that case just call the Asterisk like other peer and the Asterisk MUST be properly configured for accepting the 'anonymous' (not an internal user of the PBX) incoming call.
In both cases, the Asterisk PBX has to be logged into the Jabber network and implement the Jingle extension like a channel (Asterisk terminology).
If it is necessary to send Dual Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF) tones, it is RECOMMENDED to use the IAX-native methods specified in draft-ietf-guy-iax. The XML format specified Jingle DTMF (XEP-0181) [6] MAY be used only as a fallback.
To follow.
This document requires no interaction with the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) [7].
The XMPP Registrar [8] shall include 'http://jabber.org/protocol/jingle/transport/iax' and 'http://jabber.org/protocol/jingle/info/iax' in its registry of protocol namespaces.
The XMPP Registrar shall include the name "iax" in its registry of Jingle transport descriptions. The registration is as follows:
<transport> <name>iax</name> <desc>Jingle IAX sessions.</desc> <doc>XEP-0179</doc> </transport>
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1. XEP-0166: Jingle <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0166.html>.
2. IAX: Inter-Asterisk eXchange Version 2 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-guy-iax>. Work in progress.
3. IAX is a binary protocol; this design choice was made for bandwidth efficiency.
4. RFC 3489: STUN - Simple Traversal of User Datagram Protocol (UDP) Through Network Address Translators (NATs) <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3489>.
5. Among IAX library implementations, IAXclient is recommended since it is easy to use, stable, multiplatform, and used in most IAX implementations.
6. XEP-0181: Jingle DTMF <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0181.html>.
7. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is the central coordinator for the assignment of unique parameter values for Internet protocols, such as port numbers and URI schemes. For further information, see <http://www.iana.org/>.
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Recommended use of IAX-native methods for DTMF.
Initial version.
Synced with last revision of Jingle and Raw UDP transport. Review some descriptions and modify some names like location for candidate
Modify the initiate proccess, Rome tell to Juliet the transport to use and she answer with the transport information needed to be contacted. Added to transport the remoteTransport an localTransport data.
Some fixes and take care of Asterisk PBX entity.
First draft.
@report{cano2006jingle-iax,
title = {Jingle IAX Transport Method},
author = {Cano, Antonio F. and Saint-Andre, Peter},
type = {XEP},
number = {0179},
version = {0.2},
institution = {XMPP Standards Foundation},
url = {https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0179.html},
date = {2006-02-23/2006-03-23},
}END