Product Description

This book helps readers to see SIP in a broad communications context, assess what SIP can do and deliver, evaluate SIP's fit with other standards and systems, and plan new SIP-enabled services. The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is the signalling protocol that will deliver IP multimedia services for the third generation of mobile systems. It will merge together the cellular and Internet worlds. It will provide ubiquitous access to the services it enables, and make us a truly mobile population for the first time. These are not small claims, which might explain why some people have started looking to SIP as an all-purpose solution to building the telecom future. In fact, SIP is a powerful but limited protocol, with a well-defined scope.This book describes it in the context its framers intended, and meticulously explains how to use it as a transformative tool for telecom services. Written by one of the earliest contributors to SIP development in the IETF, "SIP Demystified" takes a long look at the "what's" and "why's" of today's most talked-about protocol, helping readers to move past the buzz, get poised for 3G, and start developing tomorrow's applications. You must read this book if: you're a telecom engineer, manager, or developer who wants to survive professionally in a converged world; you want a smooth transition from switched circuits to the connectionless paradigm; you want to be first to market with SIP services; you want to know how SIP interacts with other protocols; you need to find out what architectures support SIP; you have questions about QoS, security, and authentication; you want to evaluate SIP products, such as gateways, proxy servers, application servers, SIP phones, instant messaging, and presence applications; you're an industry analyst predicting and rating coming hot products and services; and, you're a curious noncombatant who can't get enough insider details on how the newest technologies work. "SIP Demystified" gives you jargon-free explanations of the concepts that set SIP apart from other protocols and the reasons the standard was drafted - so you can decide what to do with it.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #487672 in Books
• Published on: 2001-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

From the Back Cover
SEE SIP IN A BROAD COMMUNICATIONS CONTEXT

ASSESS WHAT SIP CAN DO AND DELIVER

EVALUATE SIP's FIT WITH OTHER STANDARDS AND SYSTEMS

PLAN NEW SIP-ENABLED SERVICES

The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is the signalling protocol that will deliver IP multimedia services for the third generation of mobile systems. It will merge together the cellular and Internet worlds. It will provide ubiquitous access to the services it enables, and make us a truly mobile population for the first time. These are not small claims, which might explain why some people have started looking to SIP as an all-purpose solution to building the telecom future.

In fact, SIP is a powerful but limited protocol, with a well-defined scope. This book describes it in the context its framers intended, and meticulously explains how to use it as a transformative tool for telecom services. Written by one of the earliest contributors to SIP development in the IETF, SIP DEMYSTIFIED takes a long look at the "what's" and "why's" of today's most talked-about protocol, helping readers to move past the buzz, get poised for 3G, and start developing tomorrow's applications.

You must read this book if--

* You're a telecom engineer, manager, or developer who wants to survive professionally in a converged world
* You want a smooth transition from switched circuits to the connectionless paradigm
* You want to be first to market with SIP services
* You want to know how SIP interacts with other protocols
* You need to find out what architectures support SIP
* You have questions about QoS, security, and authentication
* You want to evaluate SIP products, such as gateways, proxy servers, application servers, SIP phones, instant messaging, and presence applications
* You're an industry analyst predicting and rating coming hot products and services
* You're a curious noncombatant who can't get enough insider details on how the newest technologies work

SIP DEMYSTIFIED gives you jargon-free explanations of the concepts that set SIP apart from other protocols and the reasons the standard was drafted--so you can decide what to do with it.

About the Author
GONZALO CAMARILLO is the Principal Systems Expert with the Advanced Signaling Research Lab of Ericsson in Helsinki, Finland. An active participant in the IETF's SIP Working Group since its inception, he co-authored several contributions on SIP-related matters. He is also a frequent speaker at VoIP conferences and the Ericsson representative in the SIP Forum. He received an M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Universidad Politecnica de Madrid and another M.Sc. degree, also in Electrical Engineering, from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. He is continuing his studies as a Ph.D candidate at Helsinki University of Technology.

Customer Reviews

Excellent contextual overview of SIP
Perhaps Johan Silvander bought the wrong book. The Foreword (by Dr Jonathan Rosenberg, no less) states that this is not a book for developers or engineers. But for the broader audience for whom this book is intended it provides a thorough and refreshingly clear description of how SIP works and its place in the world of IP telephony. The introductory section on Circuit-Switched Networks provides an excellent contextual reference to the Packet Switching sections which follow. In fact the whole book follows a logical progression so that everything is set in context. It is copiously illustrated.

SIP made very simple maybe too simple
This book explains SIP in a simple way but maybe to simlpe. The lack of real world examples and some times over simplified theoretical examples is the difference between 4 and 3 stars