Multimedia Technology - General & Miscellaneous, Protocols & Standards - Computer Networks, Telecommunications Technology, Telephony & Telephone Systems, Internet Telephony

Sip

Name: Sip
Author: Alan B. Johnston
ISBN: 9781580531689

by Alan B. Johnston

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Essential reading for anyone involved in the development and operation of voice or data networks, SIP: Understanding the Session Initiation Protocol is a ground-breaking book that quickly provides a thorough understanding of this revolutionary protocol for IP telephony. It shows how SIP offers a highly scalable and cost-effective way to offer new and exciting telecommunication feature sets, helping professionals design their "next generation" networks and develop new applications and software stacks. Discussions include SIP as a key component in the Internet multimedia conferencing architecture, request and response messages, devices in a typical network, types of servers, SIP headers, comparisons with existing signaling protocols including H.323, related protocols SDP (Session Description Protocol) and RTP (Real-time Transport Protocol), and the future direction of SIP. Detailed call flow diagrams illustrate how this technology works with other protocols such as H.323 and ISUP.

It shows how SIP provides a highly-scalable and cost-effective way to offer new and exciting telecommunication feature sets, helping you design your "next generation" network and develop new applications and software stacks.

About the Author, Alan B. Johnston

Alan B. Johnston is an advisory engineer at WorldCom and an adjunct at Washington University. He holds a B.E.(Hons) in electrical and electronic engineering from the University of Melbourne, Australia and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Lehigh University.

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Introduces the session initiation protocol (SIP), which is a new signaling protocol developed to set up, modify, and tear down multimedia sessions over the Internet. The author, who is an advisory engineer at WorldCom, discusses SIP as a component in the Internet multimedia conferencing architecture, request and response messages, devices in a typical network, types of clients and servers, SIP headers, comparisons with existing signaling protocols, and the related session description protocol and real-time transport protocol. Detailed call flow diagrams illustrate how this technology works with other protocols such as H.323 and ISUP. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)