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ALSO CALLED: Session Initiation Protocol, Session Initiated Protocol
DEFINITION: The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard protocol for initiating an interactive user session that involves multimedia elements such as video, voice, chat, gaming, and virtual reality.Like HTTP or SMTP, SIP works in the Application layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) communications model. The Application layer is the level responsible  … 
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SIP Trunks: A No-Brainer for VoIP Rollouts
sponsored by Sprint
EGUIDE: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunking services from IP telephony service providers have been on the market since 2005, but deployments have been limited. Read this Pocket E-Guide to find out why network managers should be looking at SIP as a part of their VoIP deployment plans.
Posted: 13 Nov 2009 | Published: 13 Nov 2009


Reality Check: Five Things You Should Know About SIP
sponsored by Catalyst Telecom
PODCAST: In this edition of Reality Check, telecom analyst and resident expert Jon Arnold discusses the five things you should know about SIP. Take a listen and learn about SIP trunking, presence, mobile SIP and more.
Posted: 02 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 02 Nov 2009


Catalyst Telecom and Avaya Solutions Guide
sponsored by Catalyst Telecom
EBOOK: Whatever challenges your business is facing, we've got a solution for that. When you partner with the leader in business communications solutions, you get more than just products. Read this eBook to learn the many benefits of employing Catalyst Telecom services and solutions.
Posted: 30 Oct 2009 | Published: 30 Oct 2009


SIP Trunking Is Key to Accelerating Unified Communications Deployments
sponsored by Sprint
ANALYST REPORT: This report introduces the reader to Unified Communications and to SIP trunking and how it can play a key role in accelerating the deployment of UC. It also provides recommendations on how to evaluate SIP trunking providers and some thoughts for initial deployment.
Posted: 20 Oct 2009 | Published: 20 Oct 2009


SIP: Myth versus reality
sponsored by Orange Business Services
WHITE PAPER: Modern packet-based communications are sweeping away traditional telephony standards and changing the way businesses stay connected. SIP, the latest IP enabler to hit the market, is often portrayed as the key to implementing more sophisticated, flexible voice and unified communications. But is that a fact, or merely well-publicized fiction?
Posted: 21 Jul 2009 | Published: 21 Jul 2009

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SIP DEFINITION (continued): …  for ensuring that communication is possible. SIP can establish multimedia sessions or Internet telephony calls, and modify, or terminate them. The protocol can also invite participants to unicast or multicast sessions that do not necessarily involve the initiator. Because the SIP supports name mapping and redirection services, it makes it possible for users to initiate and receive communications and services from any location, and for networks to identify the users whereever they are.SIP is a request-response protocol, dealing with requests from clients and responses from servers. Participants … 
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