Short description
From leading WorldCom engineers--expert guidance on how to plan for SIP implementation
Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) has gained tremendous market acceptance since it became an official IETF Internet communications standard in 1999. SIP is the technology that makes it possible for multimedia communications sessions on the Web--ones that allow voice, video, chat, interactive games, and others to run all at the same time. Now that the deployment of real SIP networks is about to take off, two leaders of the commercial rollout deliver complete guidance on this exciting new technology. Geared to IT and networking professionals and decision-makers at Internet service providers (ISPs), as well as networking (NSPs) and application (ASPs) service providers, this book helps readers sort through the available vendor offerings and services to discover how to integrate and maximize SIP's power across their networks.
Long description
This book is like a good tour guide. It doesn't just describe the major attractions; you share in the history, spirit, language, and culture of the place. - Henning Schulzrinne, Professor, Columbia University. Since its birth in 1996, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) has grown up. As a richer, much more robust technology, SIP today is fully capable of supporting the communication systems that power our twenty-first century work and life. This second edition handbook has been revamped to cover the newest standards, services, and products. You'll find the latest on SIP usage beyond VoIP, including Presence, Instant Messaging (IM), mobility, and emergency services, as well as peer-to-peer SIP applications, quality-of-service, and security issues - everything you need to build and deploy today's SIP services. This book will help you - work with SIP in Presence and event-based communications; handle SIP-based application-level mobility issues; develop applications to facilitate communications access for users with disabilities; set up Internet-based emergency services; explore how peer-to-peer SIP systems may change VoIP; understand the critical importance of Internet transparency; identify relevant standards and specifications; and, handle potential quality-of-service and security problems.
Review
... a good book for what it is... (M2 Communications, 22 April 2002)
... a very good explanation of an interesting topicthe overview of SIP is excellenta call flow explains the complex sequence of events very well... (Computer Bulletin, September 2002)
Table of contents
- Foreword. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Chapter 1 Introduction. Chapter 2 Internet Communications Enabled by SIP. Chapter 3 Architectural Principles of the Internet. Chapter 4 DNS and ENUM. Chapter 5 Real-Time Internet Multimedia. Chapter 6 SIP Overview. Chapter 7 SIP Service Creation. Chapter 8 User Preferences. Chapter 9 SIP Security. Chapter 10 NAT and Firewall Traversal. Chapter 11 SIP Telephony. Chapter 12 Voicemail and Universal Messaging. Chapter 13 Presence and Instant Messaging. Chapter 14 SIP Conferencing. Chapter 15 SIP Application Level Mobility. Chapter 16 Emergency and Preemption Communication Services. Chapter 17 Accessibility for the Disabled. Chapter 18 Quality of Service for Real-Time Internet Communications. Chapter 19 SIP Component Services. Chapter 20 Peer-to-Peer SIP. Chapter 21 Conclusions and Future Directions. Index.