SIP: Understanding the Session Initiation Protocol, Second Edition

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1580536557 ISBN 13: 9781580536554

Publisher: Artech House, 2003

This revised edition of "SIP: Understanding the Session Initiation Protocol" gives you a thorough and up-to-date understanding of this revolutionary protocol for call signalling and IP telephony. The second edition includes brand new discussions on the use of SIP for wireless multimedia communications. It explains how SIP is powerful "rendezvous" protocol that leverages mobility and presence to allow users to communicate using different devices, modes and services anywhere they are connected to the Internet. You learn why SIP has been chosen by the 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Program for wireless cell phones) as the core signalling, presence and instant messaging protocol.

About the Author:

Alan B. Johnston is a distinguished technical member at MCI and an adjunct assistant professor of electrical engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. 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. He is a co-author of the new SIP specification RFC 3261 and several other SIP-related RFCs.