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Fields in the H.248 Messages

Each H.248 message contains the following fields:

TRACE_TIMESTAMP
[BEGIN #SEQNUM  TIMESTAMP  5-TUPLE  DIRECTION  MSG_SIZE]
MegacoMessage
[END #SEQNUM]

The following is a sample ServiceChange message:

Oct 10 09:32:28
[BEGIN #778  Oct 10 09:32:28  UDP:10.50.40.100:2944->172.16.1.1:2944  TX  168]
AU=0x00000000:0x00000000:0x000000000000000000000000
!/1 [10.50.40.100]:2944
T=1{
C=-{
SC=ROOT{
SV{MT=RS,RE="901",AD=2944,PF=JNPR_PGCP/1,V=3,20071010T09322800}}}}
[END #778]

Table 16 describes the fields in H.248 messages.

Table 16: Description of Fields in H.248 Messages

Field

Description

TRACE_TIMESTAMP

Time the messaged was captured. The timestamp is in the format HH:MM:SS.mmmmmm

BEGIN

Constant string BEGIN that indicates the beginning of a message.

#SEQNUM

Sequential number of the message used to correlate the BEGIN header with the END footer.

TIMESTAMP

Date and time of the message. Time is displayed in the format HH:MM:SS.mmmmmm

5-TUPLE

UDP or TCP packet’s 5-tuple (transport protocol, source address and port, destination address and port). Used to identify the VPG and the PGC that exchanged the message.

DIRECTION

Direction message was sent from the VPG:

  • TX for an outgoing H.248 message.
  • RX for an incoming H.248 message.

MSG_SIZE

Size of message in bytes excluding transport protocol (UDP/TCP/IP) overhead.

MegacoMessage

Captured data including the interim authentication header (if any).

END

Constant string END that indicates the end of a captured message.


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