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Tutorials on SIP and SIP SER server

The following is an example of the updated tutorial run at the APAN conference in Taipei, and at the following locations:

The original version (17 May 2004) was probably the first full day SIP workshop run at an international network research conference. This workshop was conducted at the APAN/Questnet Jul 2004 Cairns conference and a copy for prosperity can be found here.

This and other SIP Workshops were the collective contributions from members of the APAN SIP/H323 Working Group under the steard of Stephen Kingham and Quincy Wu (aka AAron Solomon).

CONTENTS:

SIP TUTORIAL OUTLINE Tuesday 23rd Aug Room D:

This outline will change.

Objectives:

Advanced tolpics will be covered in the SIP Stream on Thursday 25th August in Room F.

Start
Duration
Title
Objective
Speaker
9:00
10minutes
Introduction
Stephen

9:10

30 minutes

Review VoIP, IP Telephony and Video (slides)

In terms of where the technology can be applied:

  • as VoIP and VIDEOoIP across the WAN
  • as IP Telephones and VIDEO Terminals for to replace PABX and for colaboration and supporting Emergency Services,
  • as Roaming IP Telephones.

Stephen
9:40
50 minutes

Introduction to SIP Protocol (slides, call flows by Zultys, MSWord doc)

  • basic introduction through to detailed examination of the protocol.
  • examination of calls made at the workshop.

Largely a formal presentation with some demonstration. Some of the SIP detail will be covered in other sessions that follow.

Stephen
10:30
30 minutes
 Morning Tea  

11:00
20 minutes

Assign SIP Accounts to each participant (template).

Each participant will get a SIP account allocated to them to make and recieve SIP calls.

 All

11:20

30 minutes

Some more SIP features not covered yet (slides)

  • Understand Authentication in SIP & Authorisation in SER.
  • Instant Messaging
  • Presence
  

11:50

40 minutes

Basic configuration of SER Proxy Server (slides, link to install guide)

  • Overview of User administration of SER
  • Configuration of SER to make and receive calls from the PSTN and SIP User Agents (UAs).
  • Configuration of Forking.

Step-bystep instructions to build a SER SIP Proxy Server can be found on the APAN Web site soon after APAN Taipei meeting in 2005.

Install Fedora Unix and SER.

Presentation, demonstration and hands-on.

 
12:30
90 minutes
 Lunch  

14:00

40 minutes

Installation and configuration of various SIP Clients, Gateways and Servers (Link to various configuration templates for User Agents)

Between three and four UAs will be reviewed.

  • Cisco VoIP Gateways
  • Zultys telephones
  • Cisco 7960 telephones
  • Polycom telephones
  • Windows Messenger 5.0
  • Radvision viaIP400 MCU
  • SIPC
  • France telecom eConf
  • NBEN from TWAREN - demonstration only.
  • X-lite

Delegates will have registered various User Agents (SIP Clients) to their SIP Proxy server and be able to make and receive calls.

Everyone

14:40

50 minutes

Operating and Fault Finding SIP (slides)

The following problems will be reviewed and some demonstrated:

  • User cannot register
  • User cannot make a call
  • User cannot receive calls
  • Call connects but no Audio or Video in one or both directions

The following tools will be demonstrated:

  • Where to find and use the SER logs and use secret
  • ngrep to view traffic to from Server
  • How to use Ethereal to decode SIP
  • myphpadmin for managing the mysql database

 

15:30

30 minutes

 Afternoon Tea  

16:00

35 minutes

Installation and basic configuration of Asterisk Proxy Server

  • Overview of installation of Asterisk
  • Configuration of Asterisk to make and receive calls from the PSTN and SIP User Agents (UAs).

Presentation.

Ruston

16:35

40 minues

A Mixed bag of issues and Services (slides)

How SIP can and is used to integrate:

  • Voice Mail
  • Interactive Voice Response (IVR Units)
  • Computer Telephone Integration
  • Peering, DNS, ENUM, TRIP SIP.edu.

Presentation.

 

17:15
15 minutes

Finish at 17:30

Conclusion/wrap up

Time for discussion

 

 

 

 

ADVANCED SIP TOPICS Thursday 25th Aug Room F:

Introduction to SIP will be covered in the SIP Stream on Tuesday 23rd August in Room D.

 

9:00 - 9:30: Introduction by Stephen Kingham and Quincy Wu Chairs of the APAN SIP Working Group

9:30 - 10:00 SIP.edu presentation by Dennis Barron, Chair Internet2, SIP.edu Working Group

10:00 - 10:30 Using H.350 with SIP by Kewin Stoeckigt

10:30 - 11:00 Morning Tea

10:30 - 10:50 Peering SIP Networks in APAN by Stephen Kingham and Quincy Wu

10:50 - 11:30 How to configure SER SIP Server to use ENUM to Route SIP Calls by Kewin Stoeckigt
Presentation and Handson session for delegates have their own SER SIP Servers.

11:30 - 12:00 Update on AARNet SIP-H.323 Gateway Project by Ruston Hutchens

12:00 - 12:30 Integrating voice, video (H.323 and ISDN) and data networks using SIP: What the users liked! at Edith Cowan University Australia by Steve Johnston

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 14:50 Reports from NREN reports on VoIP deployments:

15:30 - 16:00 Afternoon Tea

16:00 - 16:30: Update from Terena's Voice Video Collaboration Task Force (European equivalent to APAN SIP-H.323 Working Group by Egon Verharen, Chair Terena VVC-TF.

16:30 - 17:30 GNUGatekeeper to provide H.323 Gatekeeper, Security, H.350 integration, and peering to the rest of the H.323 world. A Best practice Guide by Stephen Kingham and Kewin Stoeckigt and Ruston Hutchens

 

 

APAN SIP Working Group Meeting 14:00-17:30 Friday 26th August 2005 Room F:

14:00 - 14:20 Introduction

14:20 - 14:40 Review Project1 : Peering SIP Networks in APAN, and central APAN SIP Server

14:40 - 15:00 Review Project2 : Provide SIP accounts and SIP conferencing facilities to APAN individuals.

15:00 - 15:30 Open discussion and oportunity for updates from Members

15:30 - 16:00 Afternoon Tea

16:00 - 16:20 Agenda bash the remaining time.

 

17:30 Finish

 

 

 

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