Table 5. ISDN Cause Codes (Continued)
Decimal
Brief Description
Invalid number
28
format
(address incomplete)
29
Facilities rejected
Response to STATUS
30
INQUIRY
31
Normal, unspecified
No circuit/channel
34
available
35
Call queued
38
Network out of order
Permanent frame
39
mode connection out-
of-service
Permanent frame
40
mode connection
operational
41
Temporary failure
Switching equipment
42
congestion
Access information
43
discarded
Requested circuit/
44
channel not available
Precedence call
46
blocked
Expanded Description
The called party cannot be reached
because the called number is not in a
valid format or is not complete.
A requested supplementary service
cannot be provided by the network.
This is a confirmation of the receipt of a
STATUS INQUIRY.
No other normal-class cause applies.
There is no appropriate circuit/channel
presently available to handle the call.
The call has been queued at the central
office (CO).
The network is not functioning for
reasons of a long-term nature.
Immediately re-placing the call is not
likely to be successful.
Included in a STATUS message,
indicating a permanently established
frame mode connection is out-of-service
due to equipment or section failure.
The STATUS message indicates a
permanently established frame mode
connection is operational and capable of
carrying user information.
The network is not functioning for
reasons of a short-term nature. You may
attempt another call almost immediately.
The switching equipment generating this
cause is experiencing a period of high
traffic.
The network could not deliver access
information to the remote user as
requested. That is, user-to-user
information, low layer compatibility, high
layer compatibility, or sub-address as
indicated in the diagnostic.
The circuit or channel indicated by the
requesting entity cannot be provided by
the other side of the interface.
There are no pre-emptable circuits or the
called user is busy with a call of equal or
higher pre-emptable level.
ISDN Cause Codes
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