[SIPForum-discussion] Is SIP important to IoT?

[Paul Kyzivat]

On 7/19/16 3:51 PM, Rodrigo Pimenta Carvalho wrote:
> Hi Paul.
>
>
> Thank you very much for your comments!
>
>
> In my case, for example, I'm participating in a project for a company
> that built products in surveillance area.
>
> Its new product will be a kind of intercom that runs a SIP Proxy. Such
> intercom, when connected to Internet, will be able to communicate with
> smart phones of the residents of the respective house. The intercom will
> communicate with surveillance cameras placed in such house too. The
> communication with such cameras will use IP, but not SIP. The SIP is
> being used only between the intercom and the phones. I think this is an
> example of project that we have things connected to Internet and giving
> more security for people. So, could it be called a IoT project? Maybe
> yes. What do you think?

AFAIK there is no widely agreed definition of IoT. Rather it is more of 
a marketing buzzword. So IMO there is no point in using *that* as any 
criterion for what you do or don't do. Instead, I suggest you simply 
decide what you want to do, and then decide on the best protocols to use 
to do it. (If you want to discuss whether SIP is a good choice for the 
things you want to do then I may be able to help.)

You can then turn your product over to the marketing people. If they 
decide to describe your product as part of the IoT then so be it.

	Thanks,
	Paul

> Regards.
>
>
> RODRIGO PIMENTA CARVALHO
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> *De:* discussion-bounces at sipforum.org <discussion-bounces at sipforum.org>
> em nome de Paul Kyzivat <pkyzivat at alum.mit.edu>
> *Enviado:* quinta-feira, 14 de julho de 2016 19:17
> *Para:* discussion at sipforum.org
> *Assunto:* Re: [SIPForum-discussion] Is SIP important to IoT?
>
> On 7/11/16 4:53 PM, Rodrigo Pimenta Carvalho wrote:
>> Hi.
>>
>>
>> I'm starting to study about Internet of Things and how SIP relates to
>> it. So, I have some beginner questions:
>>
>>
>> 1 - How much does SIP matter to IoT? That is, can I say that SIP is very
>> important to IoT because many communications on this "new" Internet will
>> use such protocol?
>>
>>
>> 2 - Could someone here point some project for IoT that depends on SIP?
>>
>>
>> 3 - If SIP is important to IoT, what is the main use of such protocol in
>> ioT in general?
>
> I have not heard any discussion of this.
>
> AFAIK IoT is a buzzword without any commonly understood definition, so
> it is hard to answer such a question in general.
>
> My *impression* is that most discussion of IoT talks about little *light
> weight* devices. So it may be that sip is too heavy for those.
>
> OTOH, on the surface, IoT could encompass any sort of thing that usually
> operates without human interaction. That could include bigger stuff that
> might not find sip a burden. If so, then the question is: what would SIP
> be good for in that context? It is mostly about establishing media
> sessions between devices. How might that apply for IoT class things?
>
> The first that comes to my mind is surveillance cameras, for instance
> for connection with loggers, etc.
>
>         Thanks,
>         Paul
>
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