SS7 User's Guide

UNDER CONSTRUCTION as of August 7th, 2009.

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The signaling information/code contained in this document/product is based on the best information we have available. Although it has been tested successfully with other piece of signaling equipment, we cannot guarantee that it will conform to the usage of any particular switch in the field.

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SS7 User's Guide

MTP2

• Overview
  • Summary
  • Features
  • Architecture
    • Priorities
    • Flow Control
  • Specification
• MTP2 Configuration
  • Configuration of layer
    • General Configuration
    • Link Configuration
  • Compatibility
    • Variants
• MTP2 Alarms
  • Link Alarms
  • MTP2 States
    • Link States Get
    • Link States Set
  • MTP2 Statistics
    • Link Statistics
  • MTP2 Standalone mode
    • Send Action
    • Send Data
    • Received Data
    • Retrieved Data

MTP3

• Overview
  • Summary
  • Features
  • Architecture
    • Addressing
      • Signaling Points
    • Routing
    • Flow Control
    • Multiple OPC Capability
  • Specification
• MTP3 Configuration
  • Configuration of layer
    • General Configuration
    • Userpart Configuration
    • Linkset Configuration
    • Link Configuration
    • Route Configuration
  • Compatibility
    • Variants
    • Timers
  • Link Alarms
  • Linkset Alarms
  • Route Alarms
• MTP3 States
  • Link States Get
  • Link States Set
  • Route Linkset States Get
  • Route Linkset States Set
  • Route States Get
• MTP3 Statistics
  • General Statistics
  • Link Statistics
  • Route Linkset Statistics
  • Route Statistics
• MTP3 Standalone mode
  • Send Data
  • Received Data

ISUP

• Overview
  • ISUP summary
  • Architecture within the TB640
  • Configuration sequence
  • Features of the TB640 ISUP layer
  • Specifications
• ISUP Configuration
  • Layout of the ISUP network
  • Configuration of layer
    • General
    • Network
    • Userpart
    • Interface
    • Circuits
  • Compatibility
    • Variants
• ISUP Signaling
  • Host application requirements
    • General guidelines for designing an efficient call control application using ISUP
    • General guidelines for designing highly redundant application (blade failure)
    • General guidelines for designing a high-performance system
    • General guidelines to have highly redundant high-performance system (host failure)
  • Information element usage
    • IE Usage
    • IE inclusion in different messages
    • Reading and writing IEs
    • Most common IEs ITU format definitions
      • Called party number IE
      • Calling party number IE
      • Calling party’s category IE
      • Forward call indicator IE
      • Nature of connection indicators IE
      • Backward call indicators IE
      • Subsequent number IE
      • Cause indicators IE
      • Suspend/resume indicators IE
      • Range and status IE
  • ISUP functionalities and behaviours
    • Blocking and unblocking
    • Circuit group functions
    • Flow control
    • Circuit continuity testing
      • Continuity testing within a call
      • Continuity testing outside a call
  • Call flow and scenarios
    • Successful basic call setup (no ACM)
    • Successful basic call setup (with ACM)
    • Successful call setup (with CPG)
    • Successful call setup (overlap)
    • Successful call release
    • Outgoing call refused by incoming side
    • Call collision because racing condition host TB640
    • Call collision between two SS7 nodes
    • Call with successful continuity testing
    • Call with failed continuity testing and successful re-check
    • Call with failed continuity testing and no re-check
    • Call with failed continuity testing and failed re-check
    • Call with failed continuity testing and failed re-check (timeout)
    • Successful continuity testing out-of-call
    • Failed continuity testing out-of-call with successful re-check
    • Failed continuity testing out-of-call with failed re-check
    • Circuit group reset
    • Circuit blocking
    • Circuit group blocking
    • Circuit unblocking
    • Circuit group unblocking

SCCP

• Overview
  • Summary
  • Features
  • Architecture
    • Connectionless Service
    • Management
    • Addressing
      • Global Title Translation Association
      • Routing
    • Traffic Limitation and Congestion Control
    • Interworking
    • Messages
  • Specification
• SCCP Configuration
  • Configuration of layer
    • General Configuration
    • Network Configuration
    • Lsap Configuration
    • Route Configuration
    • Userpart Configuration
    • GTT Association Configuration
    • GTT Address Map Configuration
  • Compatibility
    • Variants
• SCCP Alarms