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Contents • SIP overview • Logical entities in SIP • SIP addresses • Example of SIP messages • SIP routing and Name System (DNS) • SIP registrations • Routing: SIP server in mode • Routing: SIP server in redirect mode • Summary of SIP methods • Application areas of SIP • Modularity of SIP • The Session Description Protocol • References, books, and further reading SIP general overview • SIP is a end-to-end, -server, extensible, text based protocol. • The design base was HTTP and SMTP • SIP was originally used to establish, modify and terminate multimedia sessions in the inte . • SIP has evolved to be able to set-up a broad range of sessions: – Multimedia (e.g., voice, , etc) – Gaming Server – Presence and Instant Messaging Request • SIP messages are either requests or responses. Response • SIP messages carries zero or more “bodies”. • SDP is the common body for session initiation. • SIP runs on any transport protocol (UDP, TCP, TLS, SCTP) – The spec mandates UDP and TCP. Other transport protocols are optional Overview of SIP functionality • SIP provides the following functionality: – User location (not geographical location) – User availability – User capabilities – Session set-up – Session management • SIP does not provide services – But it enables the system to provide services – It has been demonstrated that it is easy to provide services with SIP SIP logical entities • User Agent (UA): An endpoint – User Agent (UAC): sends requests, receives responses – User Agent Server (UAS): receives requests, sends responses • server: work host that proxies requests and responses, i.e., acts as a UAC and as a UAS. • Redirect server: a UAS that redirects requ