Introduction

 

Practical coverage of SIP, including interpretation and diagramming of call flows. Overview of best practices in end to end SIP interworking.

 

Audience

 

This is a broad-based program relevant to engineers responsible for core network operations as well as the customer premise. Depending on the size and level of experience of the students, the latter portion of the course can be adapted to a workshop format with “deep dives” in areas of interest.

 

Prerequisites

• TCP/IP fundamentals

 

Objectives

• working knowledge of SIP protocol fundamentals
• practical understanding of commercial non-IMS topologies
• ability to diagram and understand a SIP service flow from a SIP log

 

Preparation (pre-class)

• “SIP Tutorial: practical SIP introduction” (available on www.leonidconsulting.com/publications)

 

Duration

 

2 days

 

Facilities Requirements

 

 

 

Course Content

 

Day 1

• Objectives of the protocol
• Topology
• Requests vs. Responses
• Route Learning
• Loop Avoidance
• Request Types
• Response Types
• Basic Message Flows
• Exercise: diagram a simple call’s SIP message flow from log file (using a ladder diagram worksheet)

 

Day 2

• Review
• Pop/Oral Quiz
• Exercise: diagramming more advanced call flows
• Final Review and Questions
• Exam
  • Diagram SIP message flow
  • Multiple choice