This document specifies interworking between the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and QSIG within corporate telecommunication networks (also known as enterprise networks). SIP is an Internet application-layer control (signalling) protocol for creating, modifying, and terminating sessions with one or more participants. These sessions include, in particular, telephone calls. QSIG is a signalling...

This document describes functions implemented in Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) intermediaries known as Session Border Controllers (SBCs). The goal of this document is to describe the commonly provided functions of SBCs. A special focus is given to those practices that are viewed to be in conflict with SIP architectural principles. This document also explores the underlying requirements of n...

As a result of its low costs and high degree of integration with other services, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) has become very widely used, while Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is one of the most important protocols for providing the VoIP service. Since SIP is an open source code with a simple structure and high expansibility, SIP servers are more vulnerable to attack by SIP messages m...

SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) is becoming the mostly deployed signaling protocol for VoIP (Voice over IP). Security is of utmost importance for its usage due to the open architecture of the Internet. Recently, Yoon et al. proposed a SIP authentication scheme based on elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) that claimed to provide higher security than other schemes. However, as demonstrated in thi...

This paper describes the JAINTM JavaTM Call Control (JCC)∗ Application Programming Interface (API), and its relationship to network protocols, in particular the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). JCC is a high-level object-oriented open, standard API for Next Generation Network (NGN) softswitches that enables rapid creation, by third parties, of services that can run independently of the underl...

The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) has been used widely for Voice over IP (VoIP) service because of its potential advantages, economical efficiency and call setup simplicity. However, SIP-based VoIP service basically has two main security issues, malformed SIP message attack and SIP flooding attack. In this paper, we propose a novel mechanism for SIP-based VoIP system utilizing rule matching...

The existing security mechanisms in the Session Initiation Protocol are inadequate for cryptographically assuring the identity of the end users that originate SIP requests, especially in an interdomain context. This document recommends practices and conventions for identifying end users in SIP messages, and proposes a way to distribute cryptographically-secure authenticated identities. Peterson...

Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) based services, such as VoIP, Instant Messaging (IM) and Presence, depend on the Internet and SIP overlay infrastructure. Wireless ad hoc networks being devoid of any such infrastructure, require auxiliary mechanisms to support such services. In this paper, we have proposed an integration of the services with a cluster based ad hoc routing protocol and subseque...

In recent years Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) has become a popular multimedia application over the Internet. At the same time critical security issues in VoIP have started to emerge. The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is a predominant signalling protocol for VoIP. It is used to establish, maintain and terminate VoIP calls, playing a crucial role in VoIP. This paper is aimed at developi...

The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) was developed to control multi-media sessions on the Internet. Shortly after its debut as a standard in 1999, SIP was adopted by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) as the preferred signaling protocol for the Internet Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). This adoption provided a boost to the nascent protocol as traditional telecommunication services were i...