Post Dial Delay (PDD) measures the amount of time that passes before a caller hears a ring tone or busy signalfinal response is received for a SIP Invite. PDD starts counting time as soon as the caller enters the last digit of a phone number (the SIP Invite is received) and ends when ring tone is heard ( a SIP provisional response 18x or final response 200OK 2xx, 3xx, 4xx, 5xxx or 6xx response is received.)
The purpose of the Max PDD timer to allow a call to route advance if the timer has not expired.
The default time frame is 15 30 seconds for Max PDD when the value field is left empty.
B-Timer acts as an extension of PDD and is designed to work as a smaller subset timer to roll over to the next trunk in the same trunk group if no response is received from the vendor or customer. The B-timer is activated when the INVITE is sent to the outgoing trunk, and if no 100 Trying provisional response (i.e. SIP 18x) is received within the allocated time it will expire and roll over to the next Trunk or Trunk Group if available. B-timer values can be between 1-10 and must always be smaller than the PDD value. The default value entry field for B-timer is empty, which means it will not be considered unless an integer value between 1 to 10 is set for it.
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