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.