ListofSIPrequestmethods

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SIPrequestsarethemessagesintheSessionInitiationProtocolthatinitiateafunctionalityoftheprotocol.
Theyaresentbyauseragentclienttotheserver,andareansweredwithoneormoreSIPresponses,which
returnaresultcodeofthetransaction,andgenerallyindicatethesuccess,failure,orotherstateofthe
transaction.
SIPrequests
Request
name

Description

Notes

RFC
references

INVITE

Whensentduringanestablished
TheinvitemessageinitiatesaSIPdialogwith
dialog(reinvite)itmodifiesthe
theintenttoestablishacall.Itissentbyauser
sessions,forexampleplacinga
agentclienttoauseragentserver.
callonhold.

RFC3261

ACK

Confirmthatanentityhasreceivedafinal
responsetoanINVITErequest.

RFC3261

BYE

Thismethodsignalsterminationofadialog
andendsacall.

Thismessagemaybesentby
eitherendpointofadialog.

CANCEL

Cancelanypendingrequest.

UsuallymeansterminatingaSIP
callwhileitisstillringing,before RFC3261
answer.

OPTIONS

Querythecapabilitiesofanendpoint.

Itisoftenusedforkeepalive
purposes.

RFC3261

REGISTER

RegistertheSIPURIlistedintheToheader
fieldwithalocationserverandassociatesit
withthenetworkaddressgiveninaContact
headerfield.

Itimplementsalocationservice.

RFC3261

PRACK

Provisionalacknowledgement.

PRACKissentinresponseto
provisionalresponse(1xx).

RFC3262

SUBSCRIBE

Initiatesasubscriptionfornotificationof
eventsfromanotifier.

RFC6665

NOTIFY

Informasubscriberofnotificationsofanew
event.

RFC6665

PUBLISH

Publishaneventtoanotificationserver.

RFC3903

INFO

Sendmidsessioninformationthatdoesnot
modifythesessionstate.

REFER

AskrecipienttoissueSIPrequestforthe
purposeofcalltransfer.

RFC3515

MESSAGE

Transporttextmessages.

RFC3428

UPDATE

Modifiesthestateofasessionwithout
changingthestateofthedialog.

RFC3311

Thismethodisoftenusedfor
DTMFrelay.

RFC3261

RFC6086

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