What is SIP?

The Session Initiation Protocol, or SIP, is a new IETF signaling protocol for establishing real-time calls and conferences over Internet Protocol networks. Each session may include different types of data such as audio and video although currently most of the SIP extensions address audio communication. As a traditional text-based Internet protocol, it resembles the hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) and simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP). SIP uses Session Description Protocol (SDP) for media description.

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