RFC 3485 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2003

The Session Initiation Protocol and Session Description Protocol Static Dictionary for Signaling Compression

Overview

RFC 3485, “The Session Initiation Protocol and Session Description Protocol Static Dictionary for Signaling Compression”, is a Proposed Standard document published in March 2003 by M. Garcia-Martin, C. Bormann, J. Ott, R. Price, A. B. Roach. It has since been updated by RFC 4896. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is a text-based protocol for initiating and managing communication sessions. The protocol can be compressed by using Signaling Compression (SigComp). Similarly, the Session Description Protocol (SDP) is a text-based protocol intended for describing multimedia sessions for the purposes of session announcement, session invitation, and other forms of multimedia session initiation. This memo defines the SIP/SDP-specific static dictionary that SigComp may use in order to achieve higher efficiency. The dictionary is compression algorithm independent. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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What “Proposed Standard” means

An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.

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