The dramatic increase in Internet traffic is driving the need to standardize strategies for offloading data from the circuit-switched network and optimizing the performance of IP-centric next generation networks. The PSTN is expected to continue providing the vast majority of residential users with access to the Internet and other data services. SS7 Fundamentals provides a thorough introduction to SS7. Signaling System #7 Fundamentals training is the hands-down choice for engineers and network managers everywhere. It gives you a bedrock understanding of the signaling network, its architecture, and the protocols used to communicate through it.
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the participant will have a through understanding of:
SS7 (Signaling System 7) Network Architecture
SS7 Protocol Stack
Signaling Network Elements: SSPs, STPs and SCPs
Signaling Network Structures
SS7 Signal Units
Signaling Links
SS7 ProtocolS
Message Transfer Part (MTP) Level 1-3
SCCP, TCAP and ISUP
SS7 in Mobile Networks
MAP, CAMEL and CAP
SS7 in Next-Generation Networks
SS7 and VoIP
SS7 Enabling Products
SS7 Troubleshooting, Configuration and Testing Scenarios
Course Outline
INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
Signaling Overview
What is Signaling?
What is Out-of-Band Signaling?
Signaling Network Architecture
Network Signaling Evolution
The North American Signaling Architecture
Signaling System No 7
SS7 for Wireless and VoIP
SS7, IN, AIN, Wireless, and VoIP
Standards Organizations
SS7 EVOLUTION, ARCHITECTURE, and APPLICATIONS
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
SS7 Network Architecture
Signal Switching Points (SSPs)
Signal Transfer Points (STPs
Signal Control Points (SCPs)
Intelligent Peripherals (IPs)
Service Nodes (SNs)
Service Management and Creation
SS7 Signal Data Links
SS7 PROTOCOL OVERVIEW
Overview of the OSI Model
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 (OMA&P)
Network Service Part (NSP) of SS7
Message transfer part (MTP)
Signaling data link level signaling link function level
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
User Part of SS7
Transaction capabilities application part (TCAP)
Operation, maintenance, and administration part (OMAP)
Application services part (ASP)
ISDN user part (ISUP)
PRA and ISU
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
LSSU
Signal Unit Alignment Procedure
Structure of MTP Level Three
Message Handling
Normal routing Procedure
Signaling Network Management
Network Maintenance
Network and Link Management
ISDN User Part (ISUP)
ISUP Services
Call Setup and Teardown
Connection Control
Messages and Formats
Interworking with ISDN Q.931
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
Transaction Capabilities Application Part (TCAP)
Component and Transaction Portions
ASP Services
TCAP Message Structure
Connectionless TCAP
TCAP Parameters
Wireless Market Summary
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)
SS7 in 2G, 2.5G & 3G Mobile Nnetworks
MAP Signalling Scenarios
MAP Traffic Case
GSM location updating
ANSI-41 Initial Registration
SS7 and Mobile Intelligent Networks
INAP and CAP
Basic IN call handling scenario in CAMEL
VoIP
VoIP Call Control Protocol Overview
SS7 Interworking with H.323, SIP, and Media Gateway Control (MEGACO)
SS7 and IP Transport
Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)
SS7-IP Interowrking
SS7 PRODUCTS
SS7 Enabling Products
SS7 Enabling Products
SS7 STACKS
Source Code
Binary Stacks
SS7 Boards
SS7 Platforms
VoIP Gateways
Service Switching Points (SSP) And 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)
This course is designed to provide an overview of SS7 for communications professionals, software engineers, system engineers, networking professionals, marketing and sales professionals, information systems engineers, and other telecommunications/data communications individuals who plan on using or evaluating SS7 and related products, applications and services.
Prerequisites
This is an introductory course with no prerequisites.
Testimonials
An excellent course! I had some previous SS7 experience, but this course went through all the SS7 concepts and gave me a better understanding of the SS7 network's functionality and capabilities. Course was very interactive and it was adapting on the fly, following our interests and needs .
Mihai Bortnowski, CML Emergency Services, Ottawa Canada
Instructor made sure material being covered was relevant to our job requirements. Allowed the class to dictated topics covered.
Instructor allowed conversation of topics to drift into real-world applications.
The instructor and the material fully met my expectations and the needs of the team
His knowledge of the industry as well as training methods made the class very effective.
Having spent years studying learning theories, I was impressed with the instructor's ability to make class a success.
As someone who processes the direct telecom bills for Facilities I was able to gain a better understanding of what SS7 is, how it relates to the work our engineers do (especially calculating trunks needed), and will trunks needed), and will be able hopefully to recognize its coding on our invoices.
The instructor was obviously very knowledgable on the subject matter and yet was able to explain it in terms that even I, not being an engineer, could easily understand.
I thought the instructor was an excellent instructor. I learned a lot. Thank you.
Multiple Comments Submitted by Marian Miyahira, Training Projects Specialist, Verizon Wireless, On Site Training in St. Louis and Minneapolis
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