The Cisco IOS 15M&T SIP guide describes adding the Reason header with the Q.850 cause to outgoing BYE and CANCEL requests and 4xx, 5xx and 6xx responses, so the original ISDN disconnect cause survives the SIP leg.

Checked 2026-09-24

Vendor
Cisco
Product
Cisco IOS voice gateway
Subsystem
Reason header
Deployment
on-premises
Region
not restricted
Release range
IOS 15M&T configuration guide updated 2014-11-25
Checked
2026-09-24

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 24). SS7 and carrier interworking concepts: source note ss7-carrier-interworking-cisco-reason-header. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/ss7-carrier-interworking-cisco-reason-header

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@misc{warmtransfer-claim-ss7-carrier-interworking-cisco-reason-header,
  title  = {SS7 and carrier interworking concepts: source note ss7-carrier-interworking-cisco-reason-header},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/ss7-carrier-interworking-cisco-reason-header},
  note   = {Source note ss7-carrier-interworking-cisco-reason-header, checked 2026-09-24}
}

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