@misc{rfc4488, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 4488, howpublished = {RFC 4488}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC4488}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4488}, author = {Orit Levin}, title = {{Suppression of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) REFER Method Implicit Subscription}}, pagetotal = 8, year = 2006, month = may, abstract = {The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) REFER extension as defined in RFC 3515 automatically establishes a typically short-lived event subscription used to notify the party sending a REFER request about the receiver's status in executing the transaction requested by the REFER. These notifications are not needed in all cases. This specification provides a way to prevent the automatic establishment of an event subscription and subsequent notifications using a new SIP extension header field that may be included in a REFER request. {[}STANDARDS-TRACK{]}}, }