The purpose of the Signal information element is to allow the network to optionally convey information to a user regarding tones and alerting signals. (See 7).
The Signal information element is coded as shown in Figure 4-34 and Table 4-24.
The length of this information element is three octets.
The Signal information element may be repeated in a message.
Bits  | 
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8  | 
    7  | 
    6  | 
    5  | 
    4  | 
    3  | 
    2  | 
    1  | 
    Octets  | 
  
Signal Information element identifier  | 
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0  | 
    0  | 
    1  | 
    1  | 
    0  | 
    1  | 
    0  | 
    0  | 
    1  | 
  
Length of signal contents  | 
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0  | 
    0  | 
    0  | 
    0  | 
    0  | 
    0  | 
    0  | 
    1  | 
    2  | 
  
Signal value  | 
    3  | 
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Signal information element
Signal information element
Signal value (octet 3)  | 
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Bits  | 
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8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  | 
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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  | 
    Dial tone on  | 
  
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1  | 
    Ring back tone on  | 
  
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0  | 
    Intercept tone on  | 
  
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1  | 
    Network congestion tone on  | 
  
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0  | 
    Busy tone on  | 
  
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1  | 
    Confirm tone on  | 
  
0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0  | 
    Answer tone on  | 
  
0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1  | 
    Call waiting tone  | 
  
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0  | 
    Off-hook warning tone  | 
  
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1  | 
    Preemption tone on  | 
  
0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1  | 
    Tones off  | 
  
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0  | 
    Alerting on - pattern 0 (Note 1)  | 
  
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1  | 
    Alerting on - pattern 1 (Note 1)  | 
  
0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0  | 
    Alerting on - pattern 2 (Note 2)  | 
  
0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1  | 
    Alerting on - pattern 3 (Note 1)  | 
  
0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0  | 
    Alerting on - pattern 4 (Note 1)  | 
  
0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1  | 
    Alerting on - pattern 5 (Note 1)  | 
  
0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0  | 
    Alerting on - pattern 6 (Note 1)  | 
  
0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1  | 
    Alerting on - pattern 7 (Note 1)  | 
  
0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1  | 
    Alerting off  | 
  
All other values are reserved.  | 
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NOTES 1. The use of these patterns is network dependent. 2. Used for special/priority alerting.  | 
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