Control Protocols

• H323 – Complex, multiple flow, ancient

  • Has a large install base

• Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)

  • New, simple, only sets up RTP streams

• Cisco Skinny (Propritary)

  • Allows complete phone customization

• MGCP (mediatrix Gateway Control Protocol)

  • Went the way of AMIGA. Good but Not widely deployed because it was initially close source ?

• IAX (Inter-Asterisk eXchange)

  • Simple, transverses NAT, Compessed

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