{"id":299383,"date":"2020-02-26T10:35:24","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T15:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/?p=299383"},"modified":"2020-02-26T10:35:25","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T15:35:25","slug":"what-is-sip-and-what-is-it-used-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/what-is-sip-and-what-is-it-used-for\/","title":{"rendered":"What is SIP and what is it used for?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>IP\u2026.I\u2019ve heard of that before. That\u2019s right! Most of you must have heard of IP. IP stands for Internet Protocol. It\u2019s a method of transporting packets across your local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN). But what about SIP?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2020\/02\/sip-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-299413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2020\/02\/sip.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2020\/02\/sip-150x75.png 150w, https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2020\/02\/sip-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2020\/02\/sip-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is SIP?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>SIP stands for Session Initiation Protocol. It is a communication protocol used for initiating and integrating real-time multimedia communication sessions including video, voice, messaging and other applications.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What does SIP do? SIP bridges communication services between multiple endpoints. Basically, you need SIP to set up a call through the Internet and get two or more telephones to talk to each other.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Utilizing a combination of hardware, software, and voice protocols, your conversations are carried over the IP network to its intended destination. A VoIP system converts the analog audio signals (your voice) into digital data that can be understood by the <a href=\"\/voip-phones\">VoIP devices<\/a> and transmitted over the IP network to the other end of the call.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that you know what SIP is, how about we explore <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/what-are-sip-phones\/\">the types of SIP phones and the pros and cons of using a SIP phone<\/a>?<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are new to VoIP and don\u2019t know where to start, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/new-to-voip\">be sure to check out our new to VoIP page<\/a>!\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IP\u2026.I\u2019ve heard of that before. That\u2019s right! Most of you must have heard of IP. IP stands for Internet Protocol. It\u2019s a method of transporting packets across your local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN). But what about SIP?\u00a0 What is SIP? SIP stands for Session Initiation Protocol. 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