The document provides an overview of the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), including that SIP is an application layer protocol for creating and terminating multimedia sessions, uses URIs for addressing different types of communications, and includes various SIP components, methods, responses, and flows for basic calls, registration, and calls via proxies and gateways.
The document provides an overview of the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), including that SIP is an application layer protocol for creating and terminating multimedia sessions, uses URIs for addressing different types of communications, and includes various SIP components, methods, responses, and flows for basic calls, registration, and calls via proxies and gateways.
The document provides an overview of the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), including that SIP is an application layer protocol for creating and terminating multimedia sessions, uses URIs for addressing different types of communications, and includes various SIP components, methods, responses, and flows for basic calls, registration, and calls via proxies and gateways.
The document provides an overview of the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), including that SIP is an application layer protocol for creating and terminating multimedia sessions, uses URIs for addressing different types of communications, and includes various SIP components, methods, responses, and flows for basic calls, registration, and calls via proxies and gateways.
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SIP Fundimentals
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Dennis Baron, January 15, 2008
np160 Page 1 What’s SIP
• IETF Standard defined by RFC 3261
• “The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is an application-layer control (signaling) protocol for creating, modifying and terminating sessions with one or more participants.” • Can be used for voice, video, instant messaging, gaming, etc., etc., etc. • Uses URIs for addressing – single communications identity – mailto:dbaron@MIT.edu for email
– xmpp:dbaron@MIT.EDU for instant messaging
– sip:dbaron@MIT.EDU for voice and video
• Username replaced by numbers for telephone applications
Dennis Baron, January 15, 2008
np160 Page 2 Where’s SIP
SDP codecs
Application RTSP SIP RTP DNS(SRV)
Transport TCP UDP
Network IP
Physical/Data Link Ethernet
Dennis Baron, January 15, 2008
np160 Page 3 SIP Components
• User Agents – Clients – Make requests – Servers – Accept requests
• Server types – Redirect Server – Proxy Server – Registrar Server – Location Server
• Gateways
Dennis Baron, January 15, 2008
np160 Page 4 SIP Trapezoid
DNS Location Server Server
DNS Registrar SIP
Outbound Inbound Proxy Proxy SIP SIP SIP
SIP Originating Terminating User Agent RTP User Agent
Dennis Baron, January 15, 2008
np160 Page 5 SIP Triangle ?
DNS Location Server Server
DNS Registrar
Inbound Proxy SIP SIP SIP
SIP Originating Terminating User Agent RTP User Agent
Dennis Baron, January 15, 2008
np160 Page 6 SIP Peer to Peer !
SIP Originating Terminating User Agent RTP User Agent
Back-to-Back User Agent
B2BUA
SIP SIP
Originating Terminating User Agent RTP User Agent
Dennis Baron, January 15, 2008
np160 Page 7 SIP Methods
• INVITE Requests a session
• ACK Final response to the INVITE
• OPTIONS Ask for server capabilities
• CANCEL Cancels a pending request
• BYE Terminates a session
• REGISTER Sends user’s address to server
Dennis Baron, January 15, 2008
np160 Page 8 SIP Responses
• 1XX Provisional 100 Trying
• 2XX Successful 200 OK
• 3XX Redirection 302 Moved Temporarily
• 4XX Client Error 404 Not Found
• 5XX Server Error 504 Server Time-out
• 6XX Global Failure 603 Decline
Dennis Baron, January 15, 2008
np160 Page 9 SIP Flows - Basic User User A B
“Calls” INVITE: sip:18.10.0.79 18.18.2.4
180 - Ringing Rings
200 - OK Answers
ACK
Talking RTP Talking
Hangs up BYE
200 - OK
Dennis Baron, January 15, 2008
np160 Page 10 Session Description Protocol • IETF RFC 2327 • “SDP is intended for describing multimedia sessions for the purposes of session announcement, session invitation, and other forms of multimedia session initiation.” • SDP includes: – The type of media (video, audio, etc.) – The transport protocol (RTP/UDP/IP, H.320, etc.) – The format of the media (H.264 video, MPEG video, etc.) – Information to receive those media (addresses, ports, formats and so on)
np160 Page 17 IS&T Services • MITvoip – Desktop VoIP telephones to replace traditional 5ESS telephones – New voice mail system – Web interface for user control – Transition over 2 to 2.5 years
• Personal SIP accounts
– Bring your own devices/software – Limited support
Dennis Baron, January 15, 2008
np160 Page 18 Soft and Hard SIP Clients • “Hard phones”
