Under RFC 7339's default loss algorithm the oc value is a percentage from 0 to 100 by which the client must cut the requests it forwards to the overloaded server; oc-validity is in milliseconds.

Checked 2026-09-25

Vendor
IETF
Product
SIP
Subsystem
overload control
Deployment
any
Region
not restricted
Release range
current as of 2026-09-25
Checked
2026-09-25

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 25). SIP 503 and trunk out-of-service failures: source note sip-503-trunk-failures-rfc7339-loss-algo. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-503-trunk-failures-rfc7339-loss-algo

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-sip-503-trunk-failures-rfc7339-loss-algo,
  title  = {SIP 503 and trunk out-of-service failures: source note sip-503-trunk-failures-rfc7339-loss-algo},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-503-trunk-failures-rfc7339-loss-algo},
  note   = {Source note sip-503-trunk-failures-rfc7339-loss-algo, checked 2026-09-25}
}

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