Synopsis

The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is the signalling protocol that will deliver IP multimedia services for the third generation of mobile systems. It will merge together the cellular and Internet worlds. It will provide ubiquitous access to the services it enables, and make us a truly mobile population for the first time. These are not small claims, which might explain why some people have started looking to SIP as an all-purpose solution to building the telecom future.

In fact SIP is a powerful but limited protocol, with a well-defined scope. This book describes it in the context its framers intended, and meticulously explains how to use it as a transformative tool for telecom services. Written by one of the earliest contributors to SIP development in the IETF, SIP Demystified takes a long look at the what's and why's of today's most talked-about protocol, helping readers to move past the buzz, get poised for 3G, and start developing tomorrow's applications.

SIP Demystified gives you jargon-free explanations of the concepts that set SIP apart from other protocols and the reasons the standard was drafted -- so you can decide what to do with it.

Biography

Gonzalo Camarillo is originally from Spain. Besides Madrid, where he was born, he has lived in Stockholm (Sweden), Helsinki (Finland) and New York (USA). He went to high school (Colegio Valdeluz) in Madrid and obtained a M.Sc. in electrical engineering from UPM (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid). Has obtained his second M.Sc, also in electrical engineering, from KTH (Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan), in Stockholm. He is currently a part-time Ph.D student at HUT (Helsinki University of Technology).

Mr. Camarillo first joined Ericsson Sweden to work for a research department called SwitchLab. He currently works for Ericsson in Finland with the Advanced Signalling Research Laboratory.

Mr. Camarillo is spending this year in New York as a visitor researcher at Columbia University as part of the collaboration existing between this university and Ericsson.