| Session Initialize Protocol can support multimedia communication on IP. Compared to h.323 protocol , SIP was a simple,opened and extensible protocol. Get widespread attention and supporting when it was born. For this reason, IEEE established a special department to research and improves SIP Protocol, and released a second version of SIP in rfc 3261. Now SIP group is moving a single step to SIP's improved and research its implication.Almost the same time, all kinds of telecom and Internet organizes are apt to SIP. First is the 3GPP conform the SIP as the kernel protocol of 3G mobile communication globe system, then makes the entire equipment manufacturer obey to the SIP protocol to ensure the interconnected networks. The second is windows system changed its netmeeting software from h.323 to SIP, it means the most valuable communication software even instance message tools was changed to follow SIP. For telecom network and Internet, SIP became the direction of future network's development for flexibility of to do business. SIP is a kind of telecom signal protocol, so it has a characteristic of complex architecture as nature. It can provide well transparency for existing PSTN business. SIP used to support multimedia and other new businesses; it has more flexible property for multiimplication business based on IP networks. |