Cause No. 1 - Unallocated (unassigned) number [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the called party cannot be reached because, although the called party number is in a valid format, it is not currently allocated (assigned).
Cause No. 2 - No route to specified transit network (national use) [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the equipment sending this cause has received a request to route the call through a particular transit network that it does not recognize. The
equipment sending this cause does not recognize the transit network either because the transit network does not exist or because that particular transit network, while
it does exist, does not serve the equipment that is sending this cause.
Cause No. 3 - No route to destination [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the called party cannot be reached because the network through which the call has been routed does not serve the destination desired.
This cause is supported on a network dependent basis.
Cause No. 4 - send special information tone [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the called party cannot be reached for reasons that are of a long term nature and that the special information tone should be returned to the
calling party.
Cause No. 5 - misdialed trunk prefix (national use) [Q.850]
This cause indicates the erroneous inclusion of a trunk prefix in the called party number. This number is to be stripped from the dialed number being sent to the
network by the customer premises equipment.
Cause No. 6 - channel unacceptable [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the channel most recently identified is not acceptable to the sending entity for use in this call.
Cause No. 7 - call awarded, being delivered in an established channel [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the user has been awarded the incoming call, and that the incoming call is being connected to a channel already established to that user for
similar calls (for example, packet-mode x.25 virtual calls).
Cause No. 8 - preemption [Q.850]
This cause indicates the call is being preempted.
Cause No. 9 - preemption - circuit reserved for reuse [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the call is being preempted and the circuit is reserved for reuse by the preempting exchange.
Cause No. 16 - normal call clearing [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the call is being cleared because one of the users involved in the call has requested that the call be cleared. Under normal situations, the
source of this cause is not the network.
Cause No. 17 - user busy [Q.850]
This cause is used to indicate that the called party is unable to accept another call because the user busy condition has been encountered. This cause value may be
generated by the called user or by the network. In the case of user determined user busy it is noted that the user equipment is compatible with the call.
Cause No. 18 - no user responding [Q.850]
This cause is used when a called party does not respond to a call establishment message with either an alerting or connect indication within the prescribed period of
time allocated.
Cause No. 19 - no answer from user (user alerted) [Q.850]
This cause is used when the called party has been alerted but does not respond with a connect indication within a prescribed period of time.
Note: This cause is not necessarily generated by Q.931 procedures but may be generated by internal network timers.
Cause No. 20 - subscriber absent [Q.850]
This cause value is used when a mobile station has logged off, radio contact is not obtained with a mobile station or if a personal telecommunication user is
temporarily not addressable at any user-network interface.
Cause No. 21 - call rejected [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the equipment sending this cause does not want to accept this call, although it could have accepted the call because the equipment
sending this cause is neither busy nor incompatible. This cause may also be generated by the network, indicating that the call was cleared due to a supplementary
service constraint. The diagnostic field may contain additional information about the supplementary service and reason for rejection.
Cause No. 22 - number changed [Q.850]
This cause is returned to a calling party when the called party number indicated by the calling party is no longer assigned, the new called party number may
optionally be included in the diagnostic field. If a network does not support this cause, cause no: 1, unallocated (unassigned) number shall be used.
Cause No. 26 - nonselected user clearing [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the user has not been awarded the incoming call.
Cause No. 27 - destination out of order [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the destination indicated by the user cannot be reached because the interface to the destination is not functioning correctly. The term "not
functioning correctly" indicates that a signal message was unable to be delivered to the remote party; for example, a physical layer or data link layer failure at the
remote party, or user equipment off-line.
Cause No. 28 - invalid number format (address incomplete) [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the called party cannot be reached because the called party number is not in a valid format or is not complete.
Cause No. 29 - facilities rejected [Q.850]
This cause is returned when a supplementary service requested by the user cannot be provided by the network.
Cause No. 30 - response to STATUS INQUIRY [Q.850]
This cause is included in the STATUS message when the reason for generating the STATUS message was the prior receipt of a STATUS INQUIRY.
Cause No. 31 - normal, unspecified [Q.850]
This cause is used to report a normal event only when no other cause in the normal class applies.
Cause No. 34 - no circuit/channel available [Q.850]
This cause indicates that there is no appropriate circuit/channel presently available to handle the call.
Cause No. 35 - Call Queued [Q.850]
Cause No. 38 - network out of order [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the network is not functioning correctly and that the condition is likely to last a relatively long period of time, for example, immediately
reattempting the call is not likely to be successful.
Cause No. 39 - permanent frame mode connection out-of-service [Q.850]
This cause is included in a STATUS message to indicate that a permanently established frame mode connection is out-of-service (for example, due to equipment or
section failure) [see Annex A/Q.933].
Cause No. 40 - permanent frame mode connection operational [Q.850]
This cause is included in a STATUS message to indicate that a permanently established frame mode connection is operational and capable of carrying user
information. [see Annex A/Q.933]
Cause No. 41 - temporary failure [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the network is not functioning correctly and that the condition is no likely to last a long period of time; for example, the user may want to try
another call attempt almost immediately.
Cause No. 42 - switching equipment congestion [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the switching equipment generating this cause is experiencing a period of high traffic.
Cause No. 43 - access information discarded [Q.850]
This cause indicates that 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 subaddress as indicated in the diagnostic. It is noted that the particular type of access information discarded is optionally included in the
diagnostic.
Cause No. 44 - requested circuit/channel not available [Q.850]
This cause is returned when the circuit or channel indicated by the requesting entity cannot be provided by the other side of the interface.
Cause No. 46 - precedence call blocked [Q.850]
This cause indicates that there are no preemptable circuits or that the called user is busy with a call of equal or higher preemptable level.
Cause No. 47 - resource unavailable, unspecified [Q.850]
This cause is used to report a resource unavailable event only when no other cause in the resource unavailable class applies.
Cause No. 49 - Quality of Service not available [Q.850]
This cause is used to report that the requested Quality of Service, as defined in Recommendation X.213, cannot be provided (for example, throughput of transit delay
cannot be supported).
Cause No. 50 - requested facility not subscribed [Q.850
This cause indicates that the user has requested a supplementary service which is implemented by the equipment that generated this cause, but the user is not
authorized to use.
Cause No. 52 - outgoing calls barred
Cause No. 53 - outgoing calls barred within CUG [Q.850]
This cause indicates that although the calling party is a member of the CUG for the outgoing CUG call, outgoing calls are not allowed for this member of the CUG.
Cause No. 54 - incoming calls barred
Cause No. 55 - incoming calls barred within CUG [Q.850]
This cause indicates that although the calling party is a member of the CUG for the incoming CUG call, incoming calls are not allowed for this member of the CUG.
Cause No. 57 - bearer capability not authorized [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the user has requested a bearer capability which is implemented by the equipment that generated this cause, but the user is not authorized
to use.
Cause No. 58 - bearer capability not presently available [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the user has requested a bearer capability, which is implemented by the equipment that generated this cause, but is not available at this time.
Cause No. 62 - inconsistency in outgoing information element. [Q.850]
This cause indicates an inconsistency in the designated outgoing access information and subscriber class
Cause No. 63 - service or option not available, unspecified [Q.850]
This cause is used to report a service or option not available event only when no other cause in the service or option not available class applies.
Cause No. 65 - bearer capability not implemented [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the equipment sending this cause does not support the bearer capability requested.
Cause No. 66 - channel type not implemented [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the equipment sending this cause does not support the channel type requested.
Cause No. 69 - requested facility not implemented [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the equipment sending this cause does not support the requested supplementary services.
Cause No. 70 - only restricted digital information bearer capability is available (national use) [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the calling party has requested an unrestricted bearer service but the equipment sending this cause only supports the restricted version of
the requested bearer capability.
Cause No. 79 - service or option not implemented, unspecified [Q.850]
This cause is used to report a service or option not implemented event only when no other cause in the service or option not implemented class applies.
Cause No. 81 - invalid call reference value [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the equipment sending this cause has received a message with a call reference, which is not currently in use on the user-network interface.
Cause No. 82 - identified channel does not exist [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the equipment sending this cause has received a request to use a channel not activated on the interface for a call. For example, if a user
has subscribed to those channels on a primary rate interface numbered from 1 to 12 and the user equipment or the network attempts to use channels 13 through 23,
this cause is generated.
Cause No. 83 - a suspended call exists, but this call identify does not [Q.850]
This cause indicates that a call resume has been attempted with a call identity which differs from that in use for any presently suspended call(s).
Cause No. 84 - call identity in use [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the network has received a call suspended request containing a call identity (including the null call identity) which is already in use for a
suspended call within the domain of interfaces over which the call might be resumed.
Cause No. 85 - no call suspended [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the network has received a call resume request containing a Call identity information element that presently does not indicate any
suspended call within the domain of interfaces over which calls may be resumed.
Cause No. 86 - call having the requested call identity has been cleared [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the network has received a call resume request containing a Call identity information element indicating a suspended call that has in the
meantime been cleared while suspended (either by network time-out or by the remote user).
Cause No. 87 - user not a member of CUG [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the called user for the incoming CUG call is not a member of the specified CUG or that the calling user is an ordinary subscriber calling a
CUG subscriber.
Cause No. 88 - incompatible destination [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the equipment sending this cause has received a request to establish a call that has low layer compatibility, high layer compatibility or
other compatibility attributes (for example, data rate), which cannot be accommodated.
Cause No. 90 - nonexistent CUG [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the specified CUG does not exist.
Cause No. 91 - invalid transit network selection (national use) [Q.850]
This cause indicates that a transit network identification was received, which is of an incorrect format as defined in Annex C/Q.931
Cause No. 95 - invalid message, unspecified [Q.850]
This cause is used to report an invalid message event only when no other cause in the invalid message class applies.
Cause No, 96 - mandatory information element is missing [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the equipment sending this cause has received a message that is missing an information element, which must be present in the message
before that message can be processed.
Cause No. 97 - message type nonexistent or not implemented [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the equipment sending this cause has received a message with a message type it does not recognize either because this is a message
not defined or defined but not implemented by the equipment sending this cause.
Cause No. 98 - message not compatible with call state or message type nonexistent or not implemented. [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the equipment sending this cause has received a message such that the procedures do not indicate that this is a permissible message to
receive while in the call state, or a STATUS message was received indicating an incompatible call state.
Cause No. 99 - Information element/parameter nonexistent or not implemented [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the equipment sending this cause has received a message that includes information element(s)/parameter(s) not recognized because the
information element(s)/parameter name(s) are not defined or are defined but not implemented by the equipment sending the cause. This cause indicates that the
information element(s)/parameter(s) were discarded. However, the information element is not required to be present in the message in order for the equipment
sending the cause to process the message.
Cause No. 100 - Invalid information element contents [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the equipment sending this cause has received an information element that it has implemented; however, one or more fields in the I.E. are
coded in such a way which has not been implemented by the equipment sending this cause.
Cause No. 101 - message not compatible with call state [Q.850]
This cause indicates that a message has been received which is incompatible with the call state.
Cause No. 102 - recovery on timer expiry [Q.850]
This cause indicates that a procedure has been initiated by the expiration of a timer in association with error handling procedures.
Cause No. 103 - parameter non-existent or not implemented - passed on (national use) [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the equipment sending this cause has received a message that includes parameters not recognized because the parameters are not
defined or are defined but not implemented by the equipment sending this cause. The cause indicates that the parameter(s) were ignored. In addition, if the
equipment sending this cause is an intermediate point, then this cause indicates that the parameter(s) were passed unchanged.
Cause No. 110 - message with unrecognized parameter discarded [Q.850]
This cause indicates that the equipment sending this cause has discarded a received message that includes a parameter that is not recognized.
Cause No. 111 - protocol error, unspecified [Q.850]
This cause is used to report a protocol error event only when no other cause in the protocol error class applies.
Cause No. 127 - Interworking, unspecified [Q.850]
This cause indicates that an interworking call (usually a call to SW56 service) has ended.
Notes about Cause Codes over 128
Cause code values of 128 and higher are not sent over the network, and are not defined in Rec. Q.850. A terminal displaying a value 128 or higher and claiming it is a
cause code arguably has a bug or is implementing some proprietary diagnostic code (not necessarily bad). Some documentation has cause codes listed with
numbers higher than 128, but at this time they are proprietary in nature. The PRI equipment vendors are the most likely to use these codes as they have been using
proprietary messages in the facilities data link for some time now (there is an as yet undefined area in the FDL which is big enough to carry small datagrams or
messages. It is typically used to pass proprietary control or maintenance messages between multiplexers.
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