SIP is a signalpng protocol designed to create, modify, and terminate a multimedia session over the Internet Protocol. It is an apppcation layer protocol that incorporates many elements of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). This tutorial covers most of the topics required for a basic understanding of SIP and to get a feel of how it works.

Audience

This tutorial has been prepared for professionals aspiring to learn the basics of SIP and make a career in telecom testing.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with this tutorial, you should have a good grasp over prepminary networking concepts including some of the basic protocols such as TCP, UDP, HTTP, SMTP, and VoIP.