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3.1.4 CONNECT ACKNOWLEDGE

This message is sent by the network to the called user to indicate the user has been awarded the call. It may also be sent by the calling user to the network to allow symmetrical call control procedures. See Table 3-5.

Table 3-5/Q.931

CONNECT ACKNOWLEDGE message content

Message type: CONNECT ACKNOWLEDGE
Significance: local
Direction: both

Information element

Reference (subclause)

Direction

Type

Length

Protocol discriminator

4.2

Both

M

1

Call reference

4.3

Both

M

2-*

Message type

4.4

Both

M

1

Display

4.5

n ® u

O (Note 1)

(Note 2)

Signal

4.5

n ® u

O (Note 3)

2-3

NOTES

1. Included if the network provides information that can be presented to the user.

2. The minimum length is 2 octets; the maximum length is network dependent and is either 34 or 82 octets.

3. Included if the network optionally provides additional information describing tones.