SIP
Understanding the Session Initiation Protocol, Second Edition
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2003
307 pages
978-1-58053-656-1 (ISBN)
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This newly revised edition of the ground-breaking Artech House bestseller, SIP: Understanding the Session Initiation Protocol gives you a thorough and up-to-date understanding of this revolutionary protocol for call signaling and IP Telephony. The second edition includes brand new discussions on the use of SIP for wireless multimedia communications. It explains how SIP is powerful "e;rendezvous"e; protocol that leverages mobility and presence to allow users to communicate using different devices, modes, and services anywhere they are connected to the Internet You learn why SIP has been chosen by the 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Program for wireless cell phones) as the core signaling, presence, and instant messaging protocol.
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- SIP Understanding the Session Initiation Protocol Second Edition
- Contents vii
- Foreword to the First Edition xvii
- Preface to the Second Edition xix
- Preface to the First Edition xxi
- 1 SIP and the Internet 1
- 1.1 Signaling Protocols 1
- 1.2 The Internet Engineering Task Force 2
- 1.3 A Brief History of SIP 3
- 1.4 Internet Multimedia Protocol Stack 4
- 1.5 Utility Applications 9
- 1.6 DNS and IP Addresses 10
- 1.7 URLs and URIs 12
- 1.8 Multicast 12
- 1.9 ABNF Representation 13
- References 14
- 2 Introduction to SIP 17
- 2.1 A Simple Session Establishment Example 17
- 2.2 SIP Call with Proxy Server 25
- 2.3 SIP Registration Example 31
- 2.4 SIP Presence and Instant Message Example 33
- 2.5 Message Transport 38
- References 42
- 3 SIP Clients and Servers 43
- 3.1 SIP User Agents 43
- 3.2 Presence Agents 44
- 3.3 Back-to-Back User Agents 45
- 3.4 SIP Gateways 45
- 3.5 SIP Servers 47
- 3.6 Acknowledgment of Messages 55
- 3.7 Reliability 56
- 3.8 Authentication 57
- 3.9 S/MIME Encryption 59
- 3.10 Multicast Support 60
- 3.11 Firewalls and NAT Interaction 61
- 3.12 Protocols and Extensions for NAT Traversal 62
- References 68
- 4 SIP Request Messages 71
- 4.1 Methods 71
- 4.2 URI and URL Schemes Used by SIP 98
- 4.3 Tags 102
- 4.4 Message Bodies 102
- References 104
- 5 SIP Response Messages 107
- 5.1 Informational 108
- 5.2 Success 112
- 5.3 Redirection 112
- 5.4 Client Error 113
- 5.5 Server Error 123
- References 126
- 6 SIP Header Fields 127
- 6.1 Request and Response Header Fields 128
- 6.2 Request Header Fields 140
- 6.3 Response Header Fields 153
- 6.4 Message Body Header Fields 158
- References 160
- 7 Related Protocols 163
- 7.1 SDP-Session Description Protocol 163
- 7.2 RTP-Real-Time Transport Protocol 171
- 7.3 RTP Audio Video Profiles 174
- 7.4 PSTN Protocols 176
- 7.5 SIP for Telephones 177
- 7.6 Universal Plug and Play Protocol 178
- References 178
- 8 Comparison to H.323 181
- 8.1 Introduction to H.323 181
- 8.2 Example of H.323 184
- 8.3 Versions 187
- 8.4 Comparison 187
- 8.5 Conclusion 191
- References 191
- 9 Wireless and 3GPP 193
- 9.1 IP Mobility 193
- 9.2 SIP Mobility 194
- 9.3 3GPP Architecture and SIP 201
- 9.4 3GPP Header Fields 203
- 9.5 Future of SIP and Wireless 204
- References 204
- 10 Call Flow Examples 207
- 10.1 SIP Call with Authentication, Proxies, and Record-Route 207
- 10.2 SIP Call with Stateless and Stateful Proxies with Called Party Busy 214
- 10.3 SIP to PSTN Call Through Gateway 218
- 10.4 PSTN to SIP Call Through Gateway 222
- 10.5 Parallel Search 225
- 10.6 H.323 to SIP Call 230
- 10.7 3GPP Wireless Call Flow 235
- 10.8 Call Setup Example with Two Proxies 254
- 10.9 SIP Presence and Instant Message Example 256
- References 259
- 11 Future Directions 261
- 11.1 SIP, SIPPING, and SIMPLE Working Group Design Teams 261
- 11.2 Other SIP Work Areas 263
- 11.3 SIP Instant Message and Presence Work 264
- References 264
- Appendix A: Changes in the SIP Specification from RFC 2543 to RFC 3261 267
- About the Author 271
- Index 273
