- SIP: An Overview
- IETF and the history of SIP
- Why was SIP needed?
- Why is SIP so widely adopted?
- Basics of SIP
- SIP’s place in today’s business and telecommunications marketplace
- Protocol Messages and Features
- Protocol and how it’s handled on the network
- Elements of a SIP message: Header, RTP stream, and more
- Routing SIP messages
- Call set-up
- Control features supported
- SIP Devices and Systems: How Each Element is Used, Potential Issues, Design and Security Considerations
- Gateways
- Media servers
- Application servers
- Registrars
- Proxy servers
- Load balancers
- End points
- Route plans
- SIP and Media Control: An In-depth Discussion of How the Media (Audio, Video, or Messaging) are Handled in SIP for Recording, Conferencing, and Mixed Applications
- SIP and VoIP System Planning and Design: A Typical SIP Deployment Scenario
- Design process
- Security issues
- Wide area networking considerations
- Putting the pieces together
- Migration strategies
- Action Learning Workshop (Optional Third-Day, Internet Connectivity Required)
- Develop a high-level design
- Use appropriate tools to size network requirements
- Build endpoint requirements plan
- Data network impact considered
- Select deployment model and procurement requirements
- Course Wrap-up
- Course recap
- Future of multimedia protocols and applications
- Q/A and evaluations
