Failover, load sharing and server architecture in SIP telephony

Computer Communications

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 927-942

  Singh, Kundan ^a   Schulzrinne, Henning ^a  

^a Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Availability; Failover; Load sharing; Scalability; SIP

Indexed keywords

AVAILABILITY; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; ROUTERS; SERVERS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP); ROUTING SERVERS; SERVER ARCHITECTURE; SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL (SIP) TELEPHONY;

INTERNET TELEPHONY;

EID: 33847046395     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2006.08.037     Document Type: Article

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