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3.1.6 INFORMATION

This message is sent by the user or the network to provide additional information. It may be used to provide information for call establishment (e.g. overlap sending) or miscellaneous call-related information. See Table 3-7.

Table 3-7/Q.931

INFORMATION message content

Message type: INFORMATION
Significance: local (Note 1)
Direction: both

Information element

Reference (subclause)

Direction

Type

Length

Protocol discriminator

4.2

Both

M

1

Call reference

4.3

Both

M (Note 2)

2-*

Message type

4.4

Both

M

1

Sending complete

4.5

Both

O (Note 3)

1

Display

4.5

n ® u

O (Note 4)

(Note 5)

Keypad facility

4.5

u ® n

O (Note 6)

2-34

Signal

4.5

n ® u

O (Note 7)

2-3

Called party number

4.5

u ® n

O (Note 8)

2-*

NOTES

1. This message has local significance, but may carry information of global significance.

2. This message may be sent with the dummy call reference defined in 4.3 when feature key management procedures are used (see Recommendation Q.932); otherwise the minimum length is 2 octets.

3. Included if the user optionally indicates completion of overlap sending to the network, or if the network optionally indicates completion of overlap receiving to the user.

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

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

6. Either the Called party number or the Keypad facility information element is included by the user to transfer called party number information to the network during overlap sending. The Keypad facility information element may also be included if the user wants to convey other call establishment information to the network, or to convey supplementary service information.

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

8. Either the Called party number or the Keypad facility information element is included by the user to convey called party number information to the network during overlap sending. The Called party number information element is included by the network to convey called party number information to the user during overlap receiving.