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3.2.3 CONNECT

This message is sent by the called user to the network, and by the network to the calling user, to indicate acceptance of the access connection. See Table 3-25.

Table 3-25/Q.931

CONNECT message content

Message type: CONNECT
Significance: global
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

Channel identification

4.5

u ® n

O (Note 1)

2-*

Progress indicator

4.5

u ® n

O (Note 4)

2-4

Display

4.5

n ® u

O (Note 2)

(Note 3)

NOTES

1. Mandatory if this message is the first message in response to SETUP, unless the user accepts the channel indicated in the SETUP message.

2. Included in the network provides information that can be presented to the user.

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

4. Included in the event of interworking within a private network.