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Table Of Contents
DNS Example
Elements and Architectures
Header Fields
Header Fields – Compact Forms
Header Parameters & Values
INVITE Client Transaction
INVITE Server Transaction
INVITE/200
Mapping Between SS7 USI and the SIP SDP (SS7 Origination)
Mapping Between the SIP SDP and SS7 USI/HLC (SIP Origination)
Mapping ISUP Cause Codes to SIP-I/SIP-T Responses
Mapping SIP-T Responses to ISUP Cause Codes
Mechanics: Location
Mechanics: Registration
Namespaces and Priority Values for the Resource Priority Header Field
NAPTR Records
Non-INVITE Client Transaction
Non-INVITE Server Transaction
Option Tags for SIP Extensions
Response Code
Security Mechanism Names
Session Description Protocol
SIP Events
SIP Methods
SIP Response to a Call Progress (CPG) Message
SIP Timers
SIP/SIPS URI Parameters
SIP-I Responses - ISUP Cause Codes
SIPS's Use of DNS
SRV Records
Types of DNS Resource Records
URI Purposes
Warning Codes
Glossary of SIP Acronyms
SIP References

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References

RFC 1035	Domain Names - Implementation and Specification
RFC 2543	SIP: Session Initiation Protocol
RFC 2782	A DNS RR for Specifying the Location of Services (DNS SRV)
RFC 2976	The SIP INFO Method
RFC 3261	SIP: Session Initiation Protocol
RFC 3262	Reliability of Provisional Responses in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
RFC 3263	Session Initiation Protocol (SIP): Locating SIP Servers
RFC 3265	Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-Specific Event Notification
RFC 3311	The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) UPDATE Method
RFC 3312	Integration of Resource Management and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
RFC 3313	Private Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Extensions for Media Authorization
RFC 3323	A Privacy Mechanism for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
RFC 3325	Private Extensions to the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for Asserted Identity within Trusted Networks
RFC 3326	The Reason Header Field for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
RFC 3327	Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Extension Header Field for Registering Non-Adjacent Contacts
RFC 3329	Security Mechanism Agreement for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
RFC 3398	Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) User Part (ISUP)to Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Mapping
RFC 3403	Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Part Three: The Domain Name System (DNS) Database
RFC 3428	Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Extension for Instant Messaging
RFC 3455	Private Header (P-Header) Extensions to the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for the 3rd-Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)
RFC 3486	Compressing the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
RFC 3515	The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Refer Method
RFC 3596	DNS Extensions to Support IP Version 6
RFC 3603	Private Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Proxy-to-Proxy Extensions for Supporting the PacketCable Distributed Call Signaling Architecture
RFC 3608	Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Extension Header Field for Service Route Discovery During Registration
RFC 3680	A Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Event Package for Registrations
RFC 3840	Indicating User Agent Capabilities in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
RFC 3841	Caller Preferences for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
RFC 3842	A Message Summary and Message Waiting Indication Event Package for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
RFC 3856	A Presence Event Package for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
RFC 3857	A Watcher Information Event Template-Package for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
RFC 3891	The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) “Replaces” Header
RFC 3892	The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Referred-By Mechanism
RFC 3903	Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Extension for Event State Publication
RFC 3911	The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) “Join” Header”
RFC 3959	The Early Session Disposition Type for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
RFC 4028	Session Timers in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
RFC 4092	Usage of the Session Description Protocol (SDP) Alternative Network Address Types (ANAT) Semantics in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
RFC 4235	An INVITE-Initiated Dialog Event Package for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
RFC 4240	Basic Network Media Services with SIP
RFC 4244	An Extension to the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for Request History Information
RFC 4354	A Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Event Package and Data Format for Various Settings in Support for the Push-to-Talk over Cellular (PoC) Service
RFC 4412	Communications Resource Priority for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
RFC 4457	The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)P-User-Database Private-Header (P-Header)
RFC 4458	Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) URIs for Applications such as Voicemail and Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
RFC 4474	Enhancements for Authenticated Identity Management in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
RFC 4488	Suppression of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) REFER Method Implicit Subscription
RFC 4538	Request Authorization through Dialog Identification in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
RFC 4566	SDP: Session Description Protocol
RFC 4575	A Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Event Package for Conference State
RFC 4662	A Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Event Notification Extension for Resource Lists
RFC 4730	A Session Initiation Protocol(SIP) Event Package for Key Press Stimulus (KPML)
RFC 4916	Connected Identity in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
RFC 4964	The P-Answer-State Header Extension to the Session Initiation Protocol for the Open Mobile Alliance Push to Talk over Cellular
RFC 4967	Dial String Parameter for the Session Initiation Protocol Uniform Resource Identifier
RFC 5002	The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)P-Profile-Key Private Header (P-Header)
RFC 5009	Private Header (P-Header) Extension to the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for Authorization of Early Media
RFC 5049	Applying Signaling Compression (SigComp) to the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
RFC 5079	Rejecting Anonymous Requests in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
RFC 5360	A Framework for Consent-based Communications in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
RFC 5363	Framework and Security Considerations for Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) URI-List Services
RFC 5365	Multiple-Recipient MESSAGE Requests in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
RFC 5366	Conference Establishment Using Request-Contained Lists in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
RFC 5367	Subscriptions to Request-Contained Resource Lists in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
RFC 5368	Referring to Multiple Resources in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
RFC 5373	Requesting Answering Modes for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)

draft-ietf-sip-gruu-15	Obtaining and Using Globally Routable User Agent (UA) URIs (GRUU) in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
draft-ietf-sip-ice-option-tag-02	Indicating Support for Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE) in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
draft-sparks-sipcore-invfix-00	Correct transaction handling for 200 responses to Session Initiation Protocol INVITE requests

ITU-T Q.1912.5 “Interworking between Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and Bearer Independent Call Control Protocol or ISDN User Part”

Travis, Russell. The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS): Session Control and Other Network Operations (New York: McGraw-Hill Companies, 2008)

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