- •Contents
- •Foreword to the First Edition
- •Preface to the Third Edition
- •Preface to the Second Edition
- •Preface to the First Edition
- •1 SIP and the Internet
- •1.1 Signaling Protocols
- •1.2 Internet Multimedia Protocol Stack
- •1.2.1 Physical Layer
- •1.2.2 Data/Link Layer
- •1.2.3 Network Layer
- •1.2.4 Transport Layer
- •1.2.5 Application Layer
- •1.2.6 Utility Applications
- •1.2.7 Multicast
- •1.3 Internet Names
- •1.4 URLs, URIs, and URNs
- •1.5 Domain Name Service
- •1.5.1 DNS Resource Records
- •1.5.2 Address Resource Records (A or AAAA)
- •1.5.3 Service Resource Records (SRV)
- •1.5.4 Naming Authority Pointer Resource Records (NAPTR)
- •1.5.5 DNS Resolvers
- •1.6 Global Open Standards
- •1.7 Internet Standards Process
- •1.8 A Brief History of SIP
- •1.9 Conclusion
- •References
- •2 Introduction to SIP
- •2.1 A Simple Session Establishment Example
- •2.2 SIP Call with a Proxy Server
- •2.3 SIP Registration Example
- •2.4 SIP Presence and Instant Message Example
- •2.5 Message Transport
- •2.5.1 UDP Transport
- •2.5.2 TCP Transport
- •2.5.3 TLS Transport
- •2.5.4 SCTP Transport
- •2.6 Transport Protocol Selection
- •2.7 Conclusion
- •2.8 Questions
- •References
- •3 SIP Clients and Servers
- •3.1 SIP User Agents
- •3.2 Presence Agents
- •3.3 Back-to-Back User Agents
- •3.4 SIP Gateways
- •3.5 SIP Servers
- •3.5.1 Proxy Servers
- •3.5.2 Redirect Servers
- •3.5.3 Registrar Servers
- •3.6 Uniform Resource Indicators
- •3.7 Acknowledgment of Messages
- •3.8 Reliability
- •3.9 Multicast Support
- •3.10 Conclusion
- •3.11 Questions
- •References
- •4 SIP Request Messages
- •4.1 Methods
- •4.1.1 INVITE
- •4.1.2 REGISTER
- •4.1.5 CANCEL
- •4.1.6 OPTIONS
- •4.1.7 SUBSCRIBE
- •4.1.8 NOTIFY
- •4.1.9 PUBLISH
- •4.1.10 REFER
- •4.1.11 MESSAGE
- •4.1.12 INFO
- •4.1.13 PRACK
- •4.1.14 UPDATE
- •4.2 URI and URL Schemes Used by SIP
- •4.2.1 SIP and SIPS URIs
- •4.2.2 Telephone URLs
- •4.2.3 Presence and Instant Messaging URLs
- •4.3 Tags
- •4.4 Message Bodies
- •4.5 Conclusion
- •4.6 Questions
- •References
- •5 SIP Response Messages
- •5.1 Informational
- •5.1.1 100 Trying
- •5.1.2 180 Ringing
- •5.1.3 181 Call is Being Forwarded
- •5.1.4 182 Call Queued
- •5.1.5 183 Session Progress
- •5.2 Success
- •5.2.2 202 Accepted
- •5.3 Redirection
- •5.3.1 300 Multiple Choices
- •5.3.2 301 Moved Permanently
- •5.3.3 302 Moved Temporarily
- •5.3.4 305 Use Proxy
- •5.3.5 380 Alternative Service
- •5.4 Client Error
- •5.4.1 400 Bad Request
- •5.4.2 401 Unauthorized
- •5.4.3 402 Payment Required
- •5.4.4 403 Forbidden
- •5.4.5 404 Not Found
- •5.4.6 405 Method Not Allowed
- •5.4.7 406 Not Acceptable
- •5.4.8 407 Proxy Authentication Required
- •5.4.9 408 Request Timeout
- •5.4.11 410 Gone
- •5.4.12 411 Length Required
- •5.4.13 412 Conditional Request Failed
- •5.4.14 413 Request Entity Too Large
- •5.4.15 414 Request-URI Too Long
- •5.4.16 415 Unsupported Media Type
- •5.4.17 416 Unsupported URI Scheme
- •5.4.18 417 Unknown Resource Priority
- •5.4.19 420 Bad Extension
- •5.4.20 421 Extension Required
- •5.4.21 422 Session Timer Interval Too Small
- •5.4.22 423 Interval Too Brief
- •5.4.23 428 Use Identity Header
- •5.4.24 429 Provide Referror Identity
- •5.4.25 430 Flow Failed
- •5.4.26 433 Anonymity Disallowed
- •5.4.27 436 Bad Identity-Info Header
- •5.4.29 438 Invalid Identity Header
- •5.4.30 439 First Hop Lacks Outbound Support
- •5.4.31 440 Max-Breadth Exceeded
- •5.4.32 470 Consent Needed
- •5.4.33 480 Temporarily Unavailable
- •5.4.34 481 Dialog/Transaction Does Not Exist
- •5.4.35 482 Loop Detected
- •5.4.36 483 Too Many Hops
- •5.4.37 484 Address Incomplete
- •5.4.38 485 Ambiguous
- •5.4.39 486 Busy Here
- •5.4.40 487 Request Terminated
- •5.4.41 488 Not Acceptable Here
- •5.4.42 489 Bad Event
- •5.4.43 491 Request Pending
- •5.4.44 493 Request Undecipherable
- •5.4.45 494 Security Agreement Required
- •5.5 Server Error
- •5.5.1 500 Server Internal Error
- •5.5.2 501 Not Implemented
- •5.5.3 502 Bad Gateway
- •5.5.4 503 Service Unavailable
- •5.5.5 504 Gateway Timeout
- •5.5.6 505 Version Not Supported
- •5.5.7 513 Message Too Large
- •5.5.8 580 Preconditions Failure
- •5.6 Global Error
- •5.6.1 600 Busy Everywhere
- •5.6.2 603 Decline
- •5.6.3 604 Does Not Exist Anywhere
- •5.6.4 606 Not Acceptable
- •5.7 Questions
- •References
- •6 SIP Header Fields
- •6.1 Request and Response Header Fields
- •6.1.1 Accept
- •6.1.2 Accept-Encoding
- •6.1.3 Accept-Language
- •6.1.4 Alert-Info
- •6.1.5 Allow
- •6.1.6 Allow-Events
- •6.1.7 Answer-Mode
- •6.1.8 Call-ID
- •6.1.9 Contact
- •6.1.10 CSeq
- •6.1.11 Date
- •6.1.12 Encryption
- •6.1.13 Expires
- •6.1.14 From
- •6.1.15 History Info
- •6.1.16 Organization
- •6.1.17 Path
- •6.1.19 Record-Route
- •6.1.20 Recv-Info
- •6.1.21 Refer-Sub
- •6.1.22 Retry-After
- •6.1.23 Subject
- •6.1.24 Supported
- •6.1.25 Timestamp
- •6.1.27 User-Agent
- •6.2 Request Header Fields
- •6.2.1 Accept-Contact
- •6.2.2 Authorization
- •6.2.3 Call-Info
- •6.2.4 Event
- •6.2.5 Hide
- •6.2.6 Identity
- •6.2.7 Identity-Info
- •6.2.8 In-Reply-To
- •6.2.9 Info-Package
- •6.2.10 Join
- •6.2.11 Priority
- •6.2.12 Privacy
- •6.2.13 Proxy-Authorization
- •6.2.14 Proxy-Require
- •6.2.15 P-OSP-Auth-Token
- •6.2.16 P-Asserted-Identity
- •6.2.17 P-Preferred-Identity
- •6.2.18 Max-Breadth
- •6.2.19 Max-Forwards
- •6.2.20 Reason
- •6.2.21 Refer-To
- •6.2.22 Referred-By
- •6.2.23 Reply-To
- •6.2.24 Replaces
- •6.2.25 Reject-Contact
- •6.2.26 Request-Disposition
- •6.2.27 Require
- •6.2.28 Resource-Priority
- •6.2.29 Response-Key
- •6.2.30 Route
- •6.2.31 RAck
- •6.2.32 Security-Client
- •6.2.33 Security-Verify
- •6.2.34 Session-Expires
- •6.2.35 SIP-If-Match
- •6.2.36 Subscription-State
- •6.2.37 Suppress-If-Match
- •6.2.38 Target-Dialog
- •6.2.39 Trigger-Consent
- •6.3 Response Header Fields
- •6.3.1 Accept-Resource-Priority
- •6.3.2 Authentication-Info
- •6.3.3 Error-Info
- •6.3.4 Flow-Timer
- •6.3.5 Min-Expires
- •6.3.7 Permission-Missing
- •6.3.8 Proxy-Authenticate
- •6.3.9 Security-Server
- •6.3.10 Server
- •6.3.11 Service-Route
- •6.3.12 SIP-ETag
- •6.3.13 Unsupported
- •6.3.14 Warning
- •6.3.15 WWW-Authenticate
- •6.3.16 RSeq
- •6.4 Message Body Header Fields
- •6.4.1 Content-Encoding
- •6.4.2 Content-Disposition
- •6.4.3 Content-Language
- •6.4.4 Content-Length
- •6.4.5 Content-Type
- •6.4.6 MIME-Version
- •6.5 Questions
- •References
- •7 Wireless, Mobility, and IMS
- •7.1 IP Mobility
- •7.2 SIP Mobility
- •7.4 IMS Header Fields
- •7.5 Conclusion
- •7.6 Questions
- •References
- •8 Presence and Instant Messaging
- •8.1 Introduction
- •8.2 History of IM and Presence
- •8.3 SIMPLE
- •8.4 Presence with SIMPLE
- •8.4.1 SIP Events Framework
- •8.4.2 Presence Bodies
- •8.4.3 Resource Lists
- •8.4.4 Filtering
- •8.4.6 Partial Publication
- •8.4.7 Presence Documents Summary
- •8.5 Instant Messaging with SIMPLE
- •8.5.1 Page Mode Instant Messaging
- •8.5.4 Message Composition Indication
- •8.5.5 Multiple Recipient Messages
- •8.5.6 Session Mode Instant Messaging
- •8.6 Jabber
- •8.6.1 Standardization as Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol
- •8.6.2 Interworking with SIMPLE
- •8.6.3 Jingle
- •8.6.4 Future Standardization of XMPP
- •8.7 Conclusion
- •8.8 Questions
- •References
- •9 Services in SIP
- •9.1 Gateway Services
- •9.2 SIP Trunking
- •9.3 SIP Service Examples
- •9.4 Voicemail
- •9.5 SIP Video
- •9.6 Facsimile
- •9.7 Conferencing
- •9.7.1 Focus
- •9.7.2 Mixer
- •9.8 Application Sequencing
- •9.9 Other SIP Service Architectures
- •9.9.1 Service Oriented Architecture
- •9.9.2 Servlets
- •9.9.3 Service Delivery Platform
- •9.10 Conclusion
- •9.11 Questions
- •References
- •10 Network Address Translation
- •10.1 Introduction to NAT
- •10.2 Advantages of NAT
- •10.3 Disadvantages of NAT
- •10.4 How NAT Works
- •10.5 Types of NAT
- •10.5.1 Endpoint Independent Mapping NAT
- •10.5.2 Address Dependent Mapping NAT
- •10.5.3 Address and Port Dependent Mapping NAT
- •10.5.4 Hairpinning Support
- •10.5.5 IP Address Pooling Options
- •10.5.6 Port Assignment Options
- •10.5.7 Mapping Refresh
- •10.5.8 Filtering Modes
- •10.6 NAT Mapping Examples
- •10.7 NATs and SIP
- •10.8 Properties of a Friendly NAT or How a NAT Should BEHAVE
- •10.9 STUN Protocol
- •10.10 UNSAF Requirements
- •10.11 SIP Problems with NAT
- •10.11.1 Symmetric SIP
- •10.11.2 Connection Reuse
- •10.11.3 SIP Outbound
- •10.12 Media NAT Traversal Solutions
- •10.12.1 Symmetric RTP
- •10.12.2 RTCP Attribute
- •10.12.3 Self-Fixing Approach
- •10.13 Hole Punching
- •10.14 TURN: Traversal Using Relays Around NAT
- •10.15 ICE: Interactive Connectivity Establishment
- •10.16 Conclusion
- •10.17 Questions
- •References
- •11 Related Protocols
- •11.1 PSTN Protocols
- •11.1.1 Circuit Associated Signaling
- •11.1.2 ISDN Signaling
- •11.1.3 ISUP Signaling
- •11.2 SIP for Telephones
- •11.3 Media Gateway Control Protocols
- •11.4.1 Introduction to H.323
- •11.4.2 Example of H.323
- •11.4.3 Versions
- •References
- •12 Media Transport
- •12.1 Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP)
- •12.2 RTP Control Protocol (RTCP)
- •12.2.1 RTCP Reports
- •12.2.2 RTCP Extended Reports
- •12.3 Compression
- •12.4.1 Audio Codecs
- •12.4.2 Video Codecs
- •12.5 Conferencing
- •12.6 ToIP—Conversational Text
- •12.7 DTMF Transport
- •12.8 Questions
- •References
- •13 Negotiating Media Sessions
- •13.1 Session Description Protocol (SDP)
- •13.1.1 Protocol Version
- •13.1.2 Origin
- •13.1.3 Session Name and Information
- •13.1.5 E-Mail Address and Phone Number
- •13.1.6 Connection Data
- •13.1.7 Bandwidth
- •13.1.8 Time, Repeat Times, and Time Zones
- •13.1.9 Encryption Keys
- •13.1.10 Media Announcements
- •13.1.11 Attributes
- •13.2 SDP Extensions
- •13.3 The Offer Answer Model
- •13.3.1 Rules for Generating an Offer
- •13.3.2 Rules for Generating an Answer
- •13.3.3 Rules for Modifying a Session
- •13.3.4 Special Case—Call Hold
- •13.4 Static and Dynamic Payloads
- •13.5 SIP Offer Answer Exchanges
- •13.6 Conclusion
- •13.7 Questions
- •References
- •14 SIP Security
- •14.1 Basic Security Concepts
- •14.1.1 Encryption
- •14.1.2 Public Key Cryptography
- •14.1.4 Message Authentication
- •14.2 Threats
- •14.3 Security Protocols
- •14.3.1 IPSec
- •14.3.3 DNSSec
- •14.3.4 Secure MIME
- •14.4 SIP Security Model
- •14.4.1 SIP Digest Authentication
- •14.4.2 SIP Authentication Using TLS
- •14.4.3 Secure SIP
- •14.4.4 Identity
- •14.4.5 Enhanced SIP Identity
- •14.6 Media Security
- •14.6.1 Non-RTP Media
- •14.6.2 Secure RTP
- •14.6.3 Keying SRTP
- •14.6.4 Best Effort Encryption
- •14.6.5 ZRTP
- •14.7 Questions
- •References
- •15 Peer-to-Peer SIP
- •15.1 P2P Properties
- •15.2 P2P Properties of SIP
- •15.3 P2P Overlays
- •15.4 RELOAD
- •15.5 Host Identity Protocol
- •15.6 Conclusion
- •15.7 Questions
- •References
- •16 Call Flow Examples
- •16.1 SIP Call with Authentication, Proxies, and Record-Route
- •16.2 SIP Call with Stateless and Stateful Proxies with Called Party Busy
- •16.3 SIP to PSTN Call Through Gateways
- •16.4 PSTN to SIP Call Through a Gateway
- •16.5 Parallel Search
- •16.6 Call Setup with Two Proxies
- •16.7 SIP Presence and Instant Message Example
- •References
- •17 Future Directions
- •17.2 More Extensions
- •17.3 Better Identity
- •17.4 Interdomain SIP
- •17.5 Making Features Work Better
- •17.6 Emergency Calling
- •17.7 More SIP Trunking
- •17.9 Improved NAT Traversal
- •17.10 Security Deployment
- •17.11 Better Interoperability
- •References
- •A.1 ABNF Rules
- •A.2 Introduction to XML
- •References
- •About the Author
Foreword to the First Edition
The Internet now challenges the close to $1 trillion world telecom industry. A renaissance in communications is taking place on the Internet. At its source are new communication protocols that would be impractical on the centralized control systems of circuit-switched networks used in telecommunications. The Internet and the World Wide Web can be technically defined only by their protocols. Similarly, IP telephony and the wider family of IP communications are defined by several key protocols, most notably by the Session Initiation Protocol, or SIP.
The previously closed door of telecommunications is now wide open to web developers because of SIP and its relation to the web HTTP 1.1 protocol and the e-mail SMTP protocol. IP communications include voice/video, presence, instant messaging, mobility, conferencing, and even games. We believe many other communication areas are yet to be invented. The integration of all types of communications on the Internet may represent the next “killer application” and generate yet another wave of Internet growth.
As explained in this book, SIP is a close relative of the HTTP 1.1 and SMTP protocols. This represents a revolution in communications because it abandons the telecom signaling and control models developed for telephony over many years in favor of Internet and web-based protocols. Users and service providers obtain not only seamless integration of telephony and conferencing with many other World Wide Web and messaging applications, but also benefit from new forms of communications, such as presence and instant messaging.
Mobility can also be managed across various networks and devices using SIP. Location management is now under user control, so that incoming “calls” can be routed to any network and device that the called party may prefer. Users may even move across the globe to another service provider and maintain not only their URL “number”, but also their personal tailored services and preferences. The end user gains control over all possible preferences, depending on
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various parameters such as who the other party is, what network he is on and what devices he is using, as well as time of day, subject, and other variables.
The new dimension in communications called “presence” enables users for the first time to indulge in “polite calling” by first sensing presence and preferences of the other party, before making a call. In its turn, presence can trigger locationand time-dependent user preferences. Users may want to be contacted in different ways, depending on their location and type of network access.
E-commerce will also benefit from IP communications. Extremely complex telecom applications, as found in call centers, have become even more complex when integrated with e-mail and web applications for e-commerce. Such applications, however, are quite straightforward to implement using SIP, due to its common structure with the web and e-mail. For example, both call routing and e-mail routing to agents—based on various criteria such as queue length, skill set, time of day, customer ID, the web page the customer is looking at, and customer history—can be reduced to simple XML scripts when using SIP and another IETF standard, the Call Processing Language (CPL). These examples are in no way exhaustive, but are mentioned here as a way of introduction.
This book starts with a short summary of the Internet, the World Wide Web, and its core protocols and addressing. Though familiar to many readers, these chapters provide useful focus on issues for the topics ahead. The introduction to SIP is made easy and understandable by examples that illustrate the protocol architecture and message details. Finally, in the core of the book, a methodical and complete explanation of SIP is provided. We refer the reader to the Table of Contents for a better overview and navigation through the topics.
Alan Johnston has made significant contributions toward the use of SIP for communications over the Internet. I had the privilege of watching Alan in meetings with some of the largest telecom vendors as he went methodically line by line over hundreds of call flows, which were then submitted as an Internet Draft to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and implemented in commercial systems. Alan combines in this book his expertise and methodical approach with page turning narrative and a discreet sense of humor.
I could not help reading the book manuscript page by page, since everything from Internet basics, protocols, and SIP itself is explained so well, in an attractive and concise manner.
Henry Sinnreich Distinguished Member of Engineering WorldCom Richardson, Texas July 2000
Preface to the Third Edition
Like the SIP protocol, this book continues to expand and grow in new directions. While the core SIP protocol is essentially the same as it was in 2000, in the years since then, many SIP extensions have been proposed and standardized in the IETF. Important areas such as NAT traversal, SIP and media security, and peer-to-peer (P2P) applications have made many changes in the protocol and the protocol suite. As before, this book will help you sort through all the RFCs and fully understand this important protocol.
Chapter 1 is an introduction for those unfamiliar with the basics of the Internet and the TCP/IP protocol suite. Readers with familiarity in this area can probably skip straight to Chapter 2 for a quick introduction to the SIP protocol. For the rest of the readers, you will find an overview of the various layers of the protocol stack and an introduction to such concepts as the Domain Name Service (DNS) and Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) and an introduction to the Internet standards process in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Also for the beginner, a new appendix introduces the basics of ABNF and XML, essential for understanding SIP syntax.
Chapters 2 and 3 give you the basics of the protocol, the various messages, elements, transports, and applications. Chapters 4 and 5 explain the SIP request types or methods, with one new method introduced in this edition. Chapters 5 and 6 detail all the SIP response messages and header field types. There are literally dozens and dozens of new responses and header fields in this edition; Chapter 6 alone now has 50 references, five times as many as the first edition. Chapter 7 covers mobility and wireless aspects of SIP. Chapter 8 covers the important presence and instant messaging applications and extensions for SIP, known as SIMPLE. While the basics for these applications were in previous editions, the full suite of functions and operations is now standardized and covered with examples in this chapter. Chapter 9 covers SIP services from VoIP to SIP trunking to conferencing, fax, and video.
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Chapter 10 represents many years of hard work in the industry for solving the Network Address Translation (NAT) traversal issue. A large impediment to SIP and VoIP deployment has been NAT traversal, and the scalability of many older solutions has been a major headache for deployments. This chapter explains how NAT works, new classifications schemes for understanding the types of NAT. Then, hole punching is explained, with detailed examples of various types of NAT. NAT traversal protocols such as STUN, TURN, and ICE are explained, and the ways that SIP uses them to scaleably solve the NAT traversal problem are described. This chapter represents the latest technology from the field, presented in this edition for the first time.
This edition also has more information about related protocols such as SDP, H.323, Jabber or XMPP, and Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP) for media. Chapter 13 discusses how SIP negotiates various types of multimedia sessions.
Chapter 14 is a concise summary of SIP security, starting with the basics of security and encryption, attacks, security protocols, and SIP authentication mechanisms. This chapter also has detailed information about delivering secure media (Secure RTP or SRTP) with SIP. New media keying protocols including ZRTP are also covered.
Chapter 15 is new, covering peer-to-peer (P2P) technologies and how they apply to SIP. The new RELOAD protocol being developed in the IETF is covered, along with other approaches including Host Identity Protocol or HIP.
Chapter 16 includes the detailed call flows for which this book is famous, and Chapter 17 discusses the future of SIP and areas of development and innovation in the years to come. Perhaps these topics will find their way into another future edition.
Also new in this edition are the review questions at the end of most chapters. This has evolved from the classes I have taught on Internet communications at Washington University in St. Louis over the past few years. In fact, much of the new material was generated and developed for my teaching. As a result, I thank my past (and future) students for their interest and attention. I also thank Dr. John Corrigan and Dr. Tom Bush for their support and encouragement of this class. I would like to thank Anwar Siddiqui, Harvey Waxman, and Mun Yuen Leong at Avaya for their support of my SIP work. I especially thank my wife Lisa for her excellent cover artwork and figure design.
In closing, I thank everyone at Artech for giving me the opportunity once again to write about my favorite topic. I also thank you, my past and current readers, for your interest, support, and enthusiasm, and I wish you the best of luck in all your endeavors with the Session Initiation Protocol.