1 Overview of Converged Application Server Architecture
This chapter introduces the Oracle Communications Converged Application Server.
Before continuing, you should familiarize yourself with the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards listed in Table 1-1.
Table 1-1 SIP and SDP Standards
| Protocol | Description | URL |
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Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) |
From the IETF document, "[SIP is} an application-layer control (signaling) protocol for creating, modifying, and terminating sessions with one or more participants. These sessions include Internet telephone calls, multimedia distribution, and multimedia conferences." |
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Session Description Protocol (SDP) |
From the IETF document, "SDP is intended for describing multimedia sessions for the purposes of session announcement, session invitation, and other forms of multimedia session initiation." |