SS7/C7 Protocols/Operation
- Session 1: Signaling Overview
- History of Telecommunications Signaling
- Network Signaling Evolution
- What is Signaling?
- What is Out-of-Band Signaling?
- Summary of the Signaling Network Architecture
- Network Signaling Evolution
- The North American Signaling Architecture
- Signaling System No 7
- Overview of SS7, IN, AIN, Wireless, and VoIP
- Standards Organizations
- Session 2: SS7 Network Architecture
- Service Switching Points (SSPs)
- Signal Transfer Points (STPs)
- Service Control Points (SCPs)
- Intelligent Peripherals (IPs)
- Service Nodes (SNs)
- Service Management and Creation
- Session 3: SS7 Signal Data Links
- Access Link (A)
- Bridge Link (B)
- Cross Link (C)
- Diagonal Link (D)
- Extended Link (E)
- Fully Associated Link (F)
- Session 4: SS7 Applications
- Advanced Intelligent Networks (AIN)
- Basic Call Setup Example
- Database Query Example
- Layers of the SS7 Protocol
- What Goes over the Signaling Link?
- Addressing in the SS7 Network
- Signal Unit Structure
- What Are the Functions of the Different Signaling Units?
- Message Signal Unit Structure
- Local Number Portability (LNP)
- SS7 and Database Connection
- Wireless Applications
- OSS Interconnection: E911/911, LIDB, OS/DA
- Session 5: SS7 Layers
- Physical Layer
- Message Transfer Part (MTP) – Level 2
- Message Transfer Part (MTP) – Level 3
- Signaling Connection Control Part (SCCP)
- ISDN User Part (ISUP)
- Transaction Capabilities Application Part (TCAP)
- Operations, Maintenance, and Administration Part (OMAP)
- Session 6: Network Service Part (NSP) of SS7
- Message Transfer Part (MTP)
- Data Link Level Signaling
- SS7 Signaling Units
- Signaling Network Function Level
- Signaling Information
- SS7 Signaling Message Types
- SS7 Network Node Identification
- SS7 Network Management Message Types
- Link and Route Management
- Traffic Management
- Signaling Connection Control Part (SCCP)
- Routing and Discrimination
- Global Title Routing
- Subsystem Management
- Session 7: User Part of SS7
- Transaction Capabilities Application Part (TCAP)
- Operation, Maintenance, and Administration Part (OMAP)
- ISDN User Part (ISUP)
- Session 8: Message Transfer Part (MTP)
- MTP Levels 1, 2, and 3
- Message Routing
- MTP Level One
- Structure of MTP Level Two
- Basic Error Control Method
- CRC
- Link Status Signal Unit (LSSU)
- Signal Unit Alignment Procedure
- Structure of MTP Level Three
- Message Handling
- Normal Routing Procedure
- Signaling Network Management
- Network Maintenance
- Network and Link Management
- Session 9: ISDN User Part (ISUP) Advanced Concepts
- ISUP Services
- Call Setup and Teardown
- Connection Control
- Messages and Formats
- Interworking with ISDN Q.931
- Session 10: Signaling Connection Control Part (SCCP)
- Enhancements to MTP Routing
- Flow Control
- Connection-Oriented and Connectionless Services
- Global Title Translation
- SCCP Management
- SCCP Management Structure
- Message Types
- Task of SCCP Messages
- Parameters of SCCP Messages
- The Principle of a SCCP Connection
- Session 11: Transaction Capabilities Application Part (TCAP)
- Component and Transaction Portions
- ASP Services
- TCAP Message Structure
- Connectionless TCAP
- TCAP Parameters
- Session 12: Wireless Network Overview
- Elements in a Mobile Network
- Mobile Switching Center (MSC)
- Base Station Controller (BSC)
- Base Transceiver Station (BTS)
- Home Location Register (HLR)
- Visitor Location Register (VLR)
- Short Message Service Center (SMSC) ANSI-41 and Mobile Application Part (MAP)
- GSM, CDMA and SS7
- Session 13: SS7 Enabling Products
- SS7 Enabling Product Overview
- SS7 STACKS
- Source Code
- Binary Stacks
- SS7 Boards
- SS7 Platforms
- Session 14: SS7 Equipments
- Service Switching Points (SSP) and Mobile Switching Center (MSC)
- SS7 Connectivity Software
- Signaling Transfer Points (STP)
- Service Control Points (SCP)/Adjunct Processors (AP)
- Intelligent Peripherals (IP)/Service Nodes (SN)
- Home Location Registers (HLR)/Visitor Location Registers (VLR)
- Short Message Service Centers (SMSC)
- Voice over IP (VoIP) Gateways
