The Session Initiation Protocol: Internet-centric signaling

Author

Schulzrinne, Henning ; Rosenberg, Jonathan

Author_Institution

Columbia Univ., NY, USA

Volume

38

Issue

10

fYear

2000

fDate

10/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

134

Lastpage

141

Abstract

The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) provides advanced signaling and control functionality for a wide variety of multimedia services. SIP can efficiently and scalably locate resources based on a location-independent name and then negotiate session characteristics. It can find use in applications ranging from Internet telephony and conferencing to instant messaging, event notification, and the control of networked devices. We summarize the main protocol features and describe a range of extensions currently being discussed within the Internet Engineering Task Force

Keywords

Internet telephony; multimedia communication; protocols; telecommunication signalling; Internet Engineering Task Force; Internet telephony; Internet-centric signaling; Session Initiation Protocol; advanced signaling; applications; conferencing; control functionality; event notification; instant messaging; location-independent name; multimedia services; networked devices control; resources location; session characteristics; Communication standards; Conference management; Internet telephony; Multicast protocols; Resource management; Routing protocols; Standards publication; Streaming media; Transport protocols; Web and internet services;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.874980

Filename

874980