The SIP Servlet Tutorial

SIP Requests

The SIP protocol defines some common request types:

Table 1–1 Common SIP Requests

SIP Request 

Description 

INVITE

initiate a session between two participants 

ACK

the client acknowledges receiving the final message from an INVITE request

BYE

terminates a connection 

CANCEL

cancels any pending actions, but does not terminate any accepted connections 

OPTIONS

queries the server for a list of capabilities 

REGISTER

registers the address in the To header with the server

SIP requests are codes used to indicate the various stages in a connection between SIP-enabled entities.

See SIP Requests for a list of all SIP requests.