SIP Demystified (Paperback)

by Gonzalo Camarillo (Author) "The telephone network, also known as the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), reaches almost every country in the world..." (more)
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Product Description
State-of-the-art SIP primer

SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) is the open standard that will make IP telephony an irresistible force in communications, doing for converged services what http does for the Web. SIP Demystified – authored by Gonzalo Camarillo, one of the contributors to SIP development in the IETF--gives you the tools to keep your company and career competitive. This guide tells you why the standard is needed, what architectures it supports, and how it interacts with other protocols. As a bonus, you even get a context-setting background in data networking. Perfect if you're moving from switched voice into a data networking environment, here's everything you need to understand:

* Where, why, and how SIP is used
* What SIP can do and deliver
* SIP's fit with other standards and systems
* How to plan implementations of SIP-enabled services
* How to size up and choose from available SIP products

From the Back Cover
SEE SIP IN A BROAD COMMUNICATIONS CONTEXT

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Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (August 28, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071373403
• ISBN-13: 978-0071373401
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #451,289 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Skip the first half, July 14, 2002

By	John Orton (Hillsboro, OR United States) - See all my reviews

I found this book covered too many points on the spectrum. The first half goes over everything BUT SIP. Most people who want to learn the generic SIP structure already know how a simple telephone and data network operates.

This takes a little too long to get the the "meat" but from there on gives a pretty good detail of the SIP format for anyone looking at understanding the basic SIP code format.

As a fundamentals book for anyone wanting to start learning SIP programming it would be a good reference to have on the shelf. Skip the first half though.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Helpful, October 18, 2004

By	John Jones (London) - See all my reviews

I thought this book was very helpful to understand the basic concepts of SIP.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best SIP book for beginners, December 5, 2001

By A Customer

This is the best book for who wants to know about SIP initially, especially on what SIP can do conceptually. This book is feasible for everyone that includes executives, managers and engineers. This book also provides very good related information in the Internet Forum.