Signaling protocol

A signaling protocol is a type of protocol used to identify signaling encapsulation. Signaling is used to identify the state of connection between telephones or VOIP terminals (IP telephone or PCs or VoWLAN units). The following is a list of signaling protocols:

• QSIG
• Session Initiation Protocol
• H.323
  • H.225.0
• H.248
• Media Gateway Control Protocol
• Megaco
• Signaling System No. 5
• Signaling System No. 7
• Dual-tone multi-frequency signaling
• R1
• R2 signalling
• NBAP (Node B Application Part)
• SCCP (Skinny Call Control Protocol), or 'Skinny' for short
• Jingle
• Q.931