Signaling System No. 7 (SS7/C7) · Protocol, Architecture, and Services @Team DDU by Dryburgh, Lee -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Signaling System No. 7 (SS7/C7): Protocol, Architecture, and Services Table of Contents Copyright About the Authors

About the Technical Reviewers

Acknowledgments Icons Used in This Book Command Syntax Conventions

Reference Information

Introduction

Who Should Read This Book? How This Book Is Organized

Part I: Introductions and Overviews

Chapter 1. The Evolution of Signaling

The History of Signaling Subscriber Signaling Channel Associated Signaling Common Channel Signaling (CCS) Summary

Chapter 2. Standards

History of International Telephony Standards Regional Standards National and Industry Standards

Chapter 3. The Role of SS7

Signaling System No. 7-Based Services Signaling System No. 7: The Key to Convergence Summary

Chapter 4. SS7 Network Architecture and Protocols Introduction

Pre-SS7 Systems History of SS7 SS7 Network Architecture SS7 Protocol Overview Summary

Chapter 5. The Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)

Network Topology PSTN Hierarchy Access and Transmission Facilities Network Timing The Central Office Integration of SS7 into the PSTN Evolving the PSTN to the Next Generation Summary

Part II: Protocols Found in the Traditional SS7/C7 Stack

Chapter 6. Message Transfer Part 2 (MTP2)

Signal Unit Formats Signal Unit Delimitation Length Indicator Signal Unit Alignment Error Detection Error Correction Signaling Link Initial Alignment Signaling Link Error Monitoring Processor Outage Flow Control Summary

Chapter 7. Message Transfer Part 3 (MTP3)

Point Codes Message Format Signaling Message Handling Signaling Network Management Summary

Chapter 8. ISDN User Part (ISUP)

Bearers and Signaling ISUP and the SS7 Protocol Stack ISUP Message Flow Message Timers Circuit Identification Codes Enbloc and Overlap Address Signaling Circuit Glare (Dual-Seizure) Continuity Test ISUP Message Format Detailed Call Walk-Through Circuit Suspend and Resume ISUP and Local Number Portability ISUP-ISUP Tandem Calls Interworking with ISDN Supplementary Services Additional Call Processing Messages Maintenance Messages and Procedures Summary

Chapter 9. Signaling Connection Control Part (SCCP)

SCCP Architecture SCCP Message Transfer Services SCCP Messages and Parameters SCCP Routing Control (SCRC) SCCP Management (SCMG) Summary

Chapter 10. Transaction Capabilities Application Part (TCAP)

Overview Message Types Transactions Components Dialogue Portion Message Encoding Element Structure Error Handling ITU Protocol Message Contents ANSI Protocol Message Contents ANSI National Operations ANSI Parameters Summary

Part III: Service-oriented Protocols

Chapter 11. Intelligent Networks (IN)

The Intelligent Network Service Logic and Data IN Services IN and the SS7 Protocol Evolution of the Network IN/1 The Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN 0.X, IN CS-X) Additional IN Service Examples Intelligent Network Application Protocol (INAP) Summary

Chapter 12. Cellular Networks

Network Architecture Interfaces and Protocols Mobility Management and Call Processing Summary

Chapter 13. GSM and ANSI-41 Mobile Application Part (MAP)

MAP Operations Mobility Management Operation and Maintenance Call Handling Supplementary Services Short Message Service (SMS) Summary

Part IV: SS7/C7 Over IP

Chapter 14. SS7 in the Converged World

Next Generation Architecture SigTran User Adaptation (UA) Layers MTP Level 3 UA (M3UA) SCCP User Adaptation (SUA) MTP Level 2 User Adaptation (M2UA) ISDN User Adaptation (IUA) Transport Adaptation Layer Interface (TALI) Early Cisco SS7/IP Solution SS7 and SIP/H.323 Interworking Summary

Part V: Supplementary Topics

Chapter 15. SS7 Security and Monitoring

Traffic Screening MTP3: Management Messages SCCP Parameters Traffic Monitoring Summary

Chapter 16. SS7 Testing

Test Equipment Test Specification Creation MTP 2 Testing MTP 3 Testing ISUP Testing ISUP Supplementary Services Testing SCCP Testing TCAP Testing Summary

Part VI: Appendixes

Appendix A. MTP Messages (ANSI/ETSI/ITU) Appendix B. ISUP Messages (ANSI/UK/ETSI/ITU-T) Appendix C. SCCP Messages (ANSI/ETSI/ITU-T) Appendix D. TCAP Messages and Components Appendix E. ITU-T Q.931 Messages Appendix F. GSM and ANSI MAP Operations

GSM MAP Operations ANSI-41 MAP Operations

Appendix G. MTP Timers in ITU-T/ETSI/ANSI Applications

Message Transfer Part 2 Timers Message Transfer Part 3 Timers

Appendix H. ISUP Timers for ANSI/ETSI/ITU-T Applications Appendix I. GSM Mobile Country Codes (MCC) and Mobile Network Codes (MNC) Appendix J. ITU and ANSI Protocol Comparison

Message Transfer Part 3 ISDN User Part Signaling Connection User Part Transaction Capabilities User Part

Appendix K. SS7 Standards

ITU-T Recommendations ETSI Publications 3GPP Publications ANSI Standards Telcordia Standards BSI and BTNR standards IETF Documents Test Documents

Appendix L. Tektronix Supporting Traffic Appendix M. Cause Values Acronyms

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