Course/Exam Encapsulation

The SIP Illustrated course is encapsulated within the SIP/VoIP Illustrated hybrid/master course. Questions for the SIP expert exam are taken only from Modules tagged as ‘SIP Illustrated’ or ‘SIP/VoIP Illustrated’.

Contents and methodology    

16 hours on the basics of SIP/VoIP plus advanced topics. Utilizes the TDvL (Top Down via Links) and LBE (Learn By Example)    methodologies. The Top level (148 pages) provide 3 first hours of SIP and IP Telephony overview. Next layer (550 pages) provides additional 5 hours of deeper dive into the details of the protocol plus coverage of advanced topics such as Security and Instant Messaging and Presence. The bottom two layers (812 pages) cover all the Nitty-Gritty details and nuances of the protocol (in 8 hours) - mostly via detailed examples.

Intended audience

SIP/VoIP Marketing and Technical people as well as Developers who need to dive into the details. 

Prerequisites

Minimal IP knowledge is assumed (although some of the examples attempt to refresh your IP knowledge as needed) 

Outline

Module 1 - SIP (and VoIP) Basics

History of SIP and VoIP, The key problems with the existing Telephony, The SIP (VoIP) Solution, Caution about SIP and VoIP (HA, QoS, Security) , How SIP overcomes the issues of concerns , SIP killer Apps. Quiz.

Module 2 - Technical Overview

Concepts and functionality, registration and location discovery mechanisms, SIP URIs, related protocols (SDP, DNS, RTP and audio/video/app/text codecs, MIME, HTTP, H323), SIP messages, SIP elements (SIP phone, proxy, redirect server, registrar, gateway, NAT/Firewall), SIP services, Interaction with PSTN, etc, Quiz.

Module 3 - Technical Concepts/Advantages

IP based protocol versus circuit based, SIP programming environment (CPL, Voice XML, JAIN, API, SIP Servlets, SIP CGI), Relation between SIP and DNS, The transaction concept, UTF-8 format of the messages - the idea behind it, similarity and difference between SIP and HTTP, SMTP, What issues are out of the scope of SIP, The inevitable comparison: SIP versus H.323, Quiz.

Module 4 - SIP/VoIP Related Terms/Advanced Topics

Cellular environment (3G), Wi-Fi, Admission Control, Bandwidth/codecs, CPL, CRM, DNS, ENUM, Floor Control, H.261, H323, HTTP, High availability, IETF, Instant Messaging and Presence, IP Backbone, Megaco/MGCP, MIME, MMS versus VoIP, MOML, MSML, NAT/ALG/SBC, Online service, PBX, PCMU, Policy control, PSTN/ISUP, QoS Key Attributes, RTCP, RTP, SDP, Security, SMS, SMTP, TLS, Traffic control, TRIP, Unicast versus Multicast, Voice XML, WAP, etc, Quiz.

Module 5 - SIP Based Services

Auto Conference, Call Filtering to Mail, Personal/Selective Presence, Transfer to Web, Web Caller ID, Web IVR, etc. Illustrative module. No Quiz. Does not derive questions for the expert exam.

Module 6 - Call Flows (examples - Registration, Invitation, Services and Misc.)

SIP Client New registration example, Update registration example, Query registration, Cancel registration - elaborations on all relevant SIP methods, headers and tokens (via hyperlinks). Elaborations on related technical topics, such as authentication, transactions, state machines, timers, transport etc., Quiz.

Direct Invite, Forking proxy, SIP to PSTN, invitation to a multicast conference, H323 to SIP - elaborations on all relevant SIP/SDP methods, headers and tokens (via hyperlinks). Elaborations on related technical topics, such as URLs, DNS search, security transport (TLS) etc., Quiz.

Call Hold, Unattended transfer, CFB, Call management (screening), Call 1-800, Exchange capabilities (Options) - elaborations on all relevant SIP/SDP methods, headers and tokens (via hyperlinks). Elaborations on related technical topics, such as Message retransmission, Statefulness of proxies, VoIP gateways, Quiz.

Module 7 - SIP in the Market place

The standards evolution of SIP and VoIP, Detailed description of the SIP Working Groups, Testing - IOTs, SIPIt. Introduction and analysis of key Commercial products - Conference broker, SoftSwitch, SIP phones, SIP gateways, servers, Instant Messaging and Presence applications, SIP PBX, Voice XML, Java enabled phones, SIP API, Analog adapters, Web managed interfaces. SIP services - Voice transport for residence, Voice transport for biz and enterprise, Carrier centric services, Overlay SIP services, Wireless, Others. Quiz.

Module 8 - SIP/VoIP eLAB/References/Resources

X-Lite/Ethereal LAB, Embedded hands-on Quiz/Exercises. Links to key SIP web sites, SIP stacks, SIP test tools, Links to SIP standards. Link to the SIP RFC 3261 navigator and clarifier tool.

Summarizing Quiz.