def open(self):
        """
        Open the Receiver using the supplied conneciton.
        If the handler has previously been redirected, the redirect
        context will be used to create a new handler before opening it.

        :param connection: The underlying client shared connection.
        :type: connection: ~uamqp.connection.Connection
        """
        # pylint: disable=protected-access
        self.running = True
        if self.redirected:
            self.source = self.redirected.address
            source = Source(self.source)
            if self.offset is not None:
                source.set_filter(self.offset.selector())
            alt_creds = {
                "username": self.client._auth_config.get("iot_username"),
                "password":self.client._auth_config.get("iot_password")}
            self._handler = ReceiveClient(
                source,
                auth=self.client.get_auth(**alt_creds),
                debug=self.client.debug,
                prefetch=self.prefetch,
                link_properties=self.properties,
                timeout=self.timeout,
                error_policy=self.retry_policy,
                keep_alive_interval=self.keep_alive,
                client_name=self.name,
                properties=self.client.create_properties())
        self._handler.open()
        while not self._handler.client_ready():
            time.sleep(0.05)
Open the Receiver using the supplied conneciton.
        If the handler has previously been redirected, the redirect
        context will be used to create a new handler before opening it.

        :param connection: The underlying client shared connection.
        :type: connection: ~uamqp.connection.Connection