RFC4028 Session Timers in the SIP

RFC4028 Session Timers in Session Initiation Protocol
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Abstract:
This document defines an extension to the Session Initiation Protocol
(SIP). This extension allows for a periodic refresh of SIP sessions
through a re-INVITE or UPDATE request. The refresh allows both user
agents and proxies to determine whether the SIP session is still
active. The extension defines two new header fields:
Session-Expires, which conveys the lifetime of the session, and
Min-SE, which conveys the minimum allowed value for the session
timer.

note:
SIP里面的session timer是很重要的，在IMS网络中，网元之间必须要有heart-beat
机制，用来保证session的有效性。如果session不再有效，应该及时回收资源。