[SIPForum-discussion] SIP Forum User Agent Configuration Recommendation Ratified and Published as RFC 6011 by the IETF

[Marc Robins]

SIP Forum User Agent Configuration Recommendation Ratified and Published as
RFC 6011 by the Internet Engineering Task Force

RFC 6011 provides the guidelines for consistent and simple configuration of
SIP-based end-point devices

 

NORTH ANDOVER, MA, December 7, 2010 - The SIP Forum (
<http://www.sipforum.org/> www.sipforum.org) has announced that its User
Agent Configuration Recommendation for the locating, retrieving and
maintaining of SIP User Agents has been ratified and published as RFC 6011
by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
 
The publishing of the recommendation as RFC 6011 marks a significant
milestone for the SIP Forum, the leading IP communications industry
association, and its UA Configuration Task Group, led by Chairman John
Elwell, the Head of Standardization Strategy at Siemens Enterprise
Communications GmbH. The UA Configuration Task Group has been working on the
procedure since 2009, and has designed the standard in a manner that
addresses the needs of end users and services providers, as well as both
small businesses and large enterprises deploying SIP-enabled endpoints.
 
"While the interoperability of SIP has reached a point where most VoIP
phones can interact with most networks and service platforms, consistent
configuration and provisioning of the devices can sometimes be tricky for
non-technical end users. The goal of the Task Group has been to establish a
technical protocol that ensures the idea that when a customer attaches a
user agent, with or without an interface and regardless of vendor, something
useful and meaningful happens," said Richard Shockey, Chairman of the SIP
Forum. "This standard is important for the proliferation of SIP and equally
important for unified communications in general. We are happy the IETF has
approved the recommendation and published it as RFC 6011."
 
"I wish to thank all of those who worked quite hard over the course of many
months to reach this milestone, especially Scott Lawrence, Director of Open
Development at Linden Lab, who served as the primary document editor, and
John Elwell, UA Configuration Task Group Chair. This certainly would not
have been possible without their commitment to the work," added Marc Robins,
President and Managing Director of the SIP Forum.
 
Now published as RFC 6011 by the IETF's Internet Engineering Steering Group
(IESG) after a public review process by the IETF community, the User Agent
Configuration Recommendation (UA Config) sets a standard procedure for how a
SIP User Agent locates, retrieves and maintains current configuration
information for a given SIP Service Provider. It requires that each User
Agent, the configuration agent at the service provider and network
infrastructure meet such requirements to ensure communication. 
 
The implementation of the new standard should require minimal effort from
companies and service providers deploying or upgrading a SIP-based unified
communications system. Under the recommendation, no new equipment will be
required for end users, and for service providers and equipment makers,
there will be only a slight coding change.

For more information about the User Agent configuration standard, go to the
SIP Forum's UA Configuration Task Group at
<http://www.sipforum.org/content/view/311/253/>
www.sipforum.org/content/view/311/253/. 

 

To view the published text of RFC 6011, please visit
<http://tools.ietf.org/search/rfc6011> http://tools.ietf.org/search/rfc6011.

 

About The SIP Forum

The SIP Forum is an IP communications industry association that engages in
numerous activities that promote and advance SIP-based technology, such as
the development of industry recommendations, the SIPit interoperability and
testing events, special interoperability workshops, educational seminars,
special interest groups, and general promotion of SIP in the industry.  One
of the Forum's notable technical activities is the development of the
SIPconnect Technical Recommendation -- a standards-based recommendation that
provides detailed guidelines for direct IP peering and interoperability
between IP PBXs and VoIP service provider networks. The SIPconnect Compliant
Certification Program is an associated program through which eligible
companies can gain SIPconnect validation and the right to license the use of
the SIP Forum's 'SIPconnect Compliant' certification mark -- the official
brand of the leading standard for SIP Trunking products and services. Other
important Forum initiatives include work in Fax-over-IP interoperability,
User Agent Configuration, and the opportunities for SIP in Smart Grid
deployments. For more information, please visit:  <http://www.sipforum.org/>
http://www.sipforum.org.

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Best,

 

Marc

 

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Marc Robins

President and Managing Director

SIP Forum

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