RFC 6442 conveys location in SIP through the Geolocation header field: a cid: URI points to a PIDF-LO body in the request (location by value), while a sip, sips, pres, http or https URI must be dereferenced at a location server (location by reference).

Checked 2026-09-24

Vendor
IETF
Product
SIP
Subsystem
location conveyance
Deployment
not restricted
Region
not restricted
Release range
RFC 6442 (December 2011)
Checked
2026-09-24

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 24). Intrado enterprise 911 routing services: source note intrado-enterprise-911-rfc6442-value-vs-reference. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/intrado-enterprise-911-rfc6442-value-vs-reference

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-intrado-enterprise-911-rfc6442-value-vs-reference,
  title  = {Intrado enterprise 911 routing services: source note intrado-enterprise-911-rfc6442-value-vs-reference},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/intrado-enterprise-911-rfc6442-value-vs-reference},
  note   = {Source note intrado-enterprise-911-rfc6442-value-vs-reference, checked 2026-09-24}
}

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