The Recommendation subfield of the cause element is not supported by the ISDN user part and its default interpretation there is Q.763, and when the field defaults the octets carrying it are omitted entirely rather than sent as zero.

Checked 2026-09-15

The Recommendation field is not supported by the ISUP. The default interpretation for ISUP is [ITU-T Q.763].
Vendor
ITU-T
Product
ITU-T Recommendation Q.850
Subsystem
Cause and location
Deployment
not restricted
Region
not restricted
Release range
edition 10/2018
Checked
2026-09-15

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 15). ITU-T Q.850 call clearing cause values: source note q850-the-recommendation-field-is-absent-in-isup. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/q850-the-recommendation-field-is-absent-in-isup

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-q850-the-recommendation-field-is-absent-in-isup,
  title  = {ITU-T Q.850 call clearing cause values: source note q850-the-recommendation-field-is-absent-in-isup},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/q850-the-recommendation-field-is-absent-in-isup},
  note   = {Source note q850-the-recommendation-field-is-absent-in-isup, checked 2026-09-15}
}

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