Source note · E911 test calls and validation
RFC 6881 says user agents MUST NOT place a test call immediately after booting and should wait a random time if the IP address changes after boot.
Checked 2026-09-25
- Vendor
- IETF
- Product
- SIP emergency calling
- Subsystem
- test calls
- Deployment
- standard
- Region
- not restricted
- Release range
- RFC 6881 (March 2013)
- Checked
- 2026-09-25
Sources
- RFC 6881 (BCP 181): Best Current Practice for Communications Services in Support of Emergency Calling — IETF / RFC Editor · tier 1 standards and regulators · Section 15, ED-81
Cite this note
APA
WarmTransfer. (2026, September 25). E911 test calls and validation: source note e911-testing-procedures-rfc6881-no-test-at-boot. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/e911-testing-procedures-rfc6881-no-test-at-boot
BibTeX
@misc{warmtransfer-claim-e911-testing-procedures-rfc6881-no-test-at-boot,
title = {E911 test calls and validation: source note e911-testing-procedures-rfc6881-no-test-at-boot},
author = {{WarmTransfer}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/e911-testing-procedures-rfc6881-no-test-at-boot},
note = {Source note e911-testing-procedures-rfc6881-no-test-at-boot, checked 2026-09-25}
}