Voice Protocols
Ref: IETF RFC 3261
SIP
Session Initiation Protocol
Direct Telecom Definition • Carrier Industry Standard
Signaling protocol used for initiating, maintaining, and terminating real-time voice and video sessions.
Technical Definition & Carrier Engineering Standards
Session Initiation Protocol is the universal standard for carrier VoIP interconnection, trunking, and IP-PBX communication. It works in tandem with SDP for media negotiation and RTP/SRTP for actual voice stream transport.