IMS ENUM and DNS

Mechanism
IP Multimedia Subsystem Series
E.164 Definitions

• The international ITU-T E.164-number for geographic areas is composed of

decimal digits arranged in two code fields: the country code (CC) and the
national (significant) number N(S)N. The national (significant) number may be
further subdivided into national destination code and subscriber number fields,
according to national requirements.

CC NDC SN

1-3 digits Max (15-n) digits National Number

Max 15 digits

ITU-T E.164 number for geographic areas

 SIP URL

AS

Trigger A Party Services

Invite (SIP URL: B@IPAdd)
S-CSCF IP Add I-CSCF

Invite (SIP URL: B@domainB)

P-CSCF DNS

Invite (SIP URL: B@domainB)

UE (A)
TEL URL

AS

Trigger A Party Services

S-CSCF IP Add I-CSCF

Invite (TEL URL: B)

P-CSCF DNS DNS cannot resolve TEL URL

Invite (TEL URL: B)

UE (A)
ENUM Definitions

• ENUM = E.164 Number Mapping

• Telephone number mapping is a system of unifying the
international telephone number system of the public switched
telephone network with the Internet addressing and
identification name spaces.
• The E.164 number to URI DDDS (ENUM) application provides a
mapping from E.164-based "names" to various URIs, including SIP,
as defined in [RFC3761];
TEL URL (ENUM query success)

AS

Trigger A Party Services

Invite (SIP URL: B@IPAdd)

S-CSCF IP Add I-CSCF

DomainB
TEL URL

SIP URL

IP Add
Invite (TEL URL: B)

P-CSCF ENUM DNS

Invite (TEL URL: B)

UE (A)
TEL URL (ENUM query fail)

AS

Trigger A Party Services

Invite (TEL URL)
S-CSCF BGCF

TEL URL
Invite (TEL URL: B) Fail

P-CSCF ENUM

Invite (TEL URL: B)

UE (A)
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