Session Initiation Protocol

voice-over-IP communications protocol
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Session Initiation Protocol

Summary

Session Initiation Protocol is a signaling protocol[1]. It draws 457 Wikipedia views per month (signaling_protocol category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Session Initiation Protocol is credited with the discovery of Jonathan Rosenberg[3].
  • Session Initiation Protocol's instance of is recorded as signaling protocol[4].
  • Session Initiation Protocol's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2008009773[5].
  • Session Initiation Protocol's has use is recorded as Voice over IP[6].
  • Session Initiation Protocol's has use is recorded as Call control[7].
  • Session Initiation Protocol's Commons category is recorded as Session Initiation Protocol[8].
  • Session Initiation Protocol's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07362[9].
  • Session Initiation Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 3261: SIP: Session Initiation Protocol[10].
  • Session Initiation Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 2543: SIP: Session Initiation Protocol[11].
  • Session Initiation Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 3265: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-Specific Event Notification[12].
  • Session Initiation Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 6665: SIP-Specific Event Notification[13].
  • Session Initiation Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 7621: A Clarification on the Use of Globally Routable User Agent URIs (GRUUs) in the SIP Event Notification Framework[14].
  • Session Initiation Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 5367: Subscriptions to Request-Contained Resource Lists in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)[15].
  • Session Initiation Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 5727: Change Process for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and the Real-time Applications and Infrastructure Area[16].
  • Session Initiation Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 3969: The Internet Assigned Number Authority (IANA) Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) Parameter Registry for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)[17].
  • Session Initiation Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 3427: Change Process for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)[18].
  • Session Initiation Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 3968: The Internet Assigned Number Authority (IANA) Header Field Parameter Registry for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)[19].
  • Session Initiation Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 7957: DISPATCH-Style Working Groups and the SIP Change Process[20].
  • Session Initiation Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 6446: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Event Notification Extension for Notification Rate Control[21].
  • Session Initiation Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 3853: S/MIME Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Requirement for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)[22].
  • Session Initiation Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 4320: Actions Addressing Identified Issues with the Session Initiation Protocol's (SIP) Non-INVITE Transaction[23].
  • Session Initiation Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 4916: Connected Identity in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)[24].
  • Session Initiation Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 5393: Addressing an Amplification Vulnerability in Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Forking Proxies[25].
  • Session Initiation Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 5621: Message Body Handling in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)[26].
  • Session Initiation Protocol's described by source is recorded as RFC 8262: Content-ID Header Field in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)[27].

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Works and Contributions

Session Initiation Protocol is credited with the discovery of Jonathan Rosenberg[3].

Why It Matters

Session Initiation Protocol draws 457 Wikipedia views per month (signaling_protocol category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . RFC 3261: SIP: Session Initiation Protocol. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . weare.cisco.com. Retrieved . weare.cisco.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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