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SS7 01 Introduction - Odp

1) SS7 and SS7 over IP are protocols that allow communication and signaling between network elements in telecommunication networks. 2) SS7 uses a layered protocol stack and separates signaling from call transport, allowing for highly reliable out-of-band signaling. 3) Key SS7 network elements include SSPs, STPs, and SCPs which route and transport signaling messages and provide access to databases.

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SS7 01 Introduction - Odp

1) SS7 and SS7 over IP are protocols that allow communication and signaling between network elements in telecommunication networks. 2) SS7 uses a layered protocol stack and separates signaling from call transport, allowing for highly reliable out-of-band signaling. 3) Key SS7 network elements include SSPs, STPs, and SCPs which route and transport signaling messages and provide access to databases.

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SS7 and SS7 over IP protocol suite

Topics

Example of GSM communication


What is SS7/SS7-over-IP?
Many SS7 Protocol Standards
In-band & out-of-band signalling
SS7 conceptual model
STP (Signalling Transfer Point)
Signalling link and linkset
SS7 stack versus OSI model
SS7 stack in a SS7 network topology
SIGTRAN / Cisco ITP stack
SS7 network topology with ITPs
Communication in GSM

MSC VLR
BSC

Cell Phone EIR


BTS
(originator)

HLR

BSC VLR
CGF

BTS
Cell Phone
(receiver)
MSC
Registration into network

MSC VLR
BSC

Cell Phone EIR


BTS
(originator)

HLR

1)MS>MSCLocationUpdateRequest
2)MS<MSCIdentityRequest
3)MS>MSCIdentityResponse
4)MS<>MSC
MSC<>HLRAuthentication
5)MS<>MSC
MSC<>EIRIMEIcheck
Registration into network

MSC VLR
BSC

Cell Phone EIR


BTS
(originator)

HLR

6) MSC -> HLR Update Location


7) HLR -> MSC Insert Subsriber Data
8) MSC -> HLR Insert Subsriber Data Acknowledgment
9) HLR -> MSC Update Location Acknowledgment
10) MSC -> MS Location Update Accept
11) MS -> MSC TMSI Reallocation Complete
Communication in GSM
Air Interface Access Network Core Network
for signalling using
BSC MSC VLR SS7 or SS7 over IP

Cell Phone BTS


(originator)
EIR

HLR
CGF

BSC VLR

BTS
Cell Phone
(receiver)
MSC
What is SS7/SS7-over-IP?

SS7 = international standard signalling protocol


SS7 provides highly reliable message transfer
no duplication or loss when sending messages
SS7 is widely deployed worldwide in Public Switched and Cellular
Telephony Networks
SS7 is spoken between
network switches, for basic call control and related services
network switches and databases, for network based services,
e.g. voice-mail, 0800 numbers, prepaid billing, roaming
SS7-over-IP (SIGTRAN) complements SS7 with
SS7-over-IP transport protocols
set of APIs to directly address SS7 stack layers in IN applications
Many SS7 Protocol Standards

SS7 was originally defined by ITU (predecessor CCITT)


US ANSI standard was developed from the Blue Book
Bellcores version is based on the ANSI standard
is today the US standard (with some exceptions)
China, Japan have their own flavour of SS7.

NEW SS7-over-IP, using so-called SIGTRAN protocols


Next generation of SS7 making use of IP infrastructure
Cisco ITP handles both SIGTRAN
as well as the traditional SS7 protocols/flavours
In-band and out-of-band signalling

signalling
before SS7:
EO EO
in-band
signalling Conversation

Conversation
with SS7:
SSP CCSSO
out-of-band
signalling
STP
STP
STP
STP

signalling signalling
SS7 conceptual model

SP (SSP) SP (SSP)
STP STP

SP (SCP) Packet
Switched
SP (SCP) SS7 network

STP STP Signalling Network


SP (SSP) SP (SSP)

Exchange Exchange

Circuit
Switched
voice network
Exchange Exchange
Transport Network
STP (Signalling Transfer Point)

High speed, ultra-reliable SS7 network switch/router


Routing SS7 messages on
SS7 message header information
STP routing table information
STP fail-over
setup in fail-over pairs(mated pairs)
designed at 40% of its maximum capacity
Signalling link and linkset

SS7 Network Elements are interconnected


with dedicated digital, bidirectional links/timeslots.
Link
designed at 40% of max capacity
identified by SLC (Signalling Link Code), 0..15
Linkset
all parallel links between two SS7 nodes/point codes
max 16 links in one linkset
Signalling link and linkset

Linksets
SLC=0 STP
STP
STP
SSP
SLC=1

SLC=0 SLC=1
SLC=0

STP
STP
SSP Combined
STP
SLC=1
Linkset
SS7 Stack - OSI Model

MAP IS41 OSI layer 7 - Application flow control


(Application) - Logical connection
ISUP Management
TCAP

SCCP
OSI layer 3 - Message Routing
MTP3 (Network) - Message sequencing
OSI layer 2 - Point to point transmission
MTP2
(Data Link) - Error Detection
OSI layer 1 - Physical interface definition
MTP1 (Physical) - Bit stream transmission
SS7 Over IP - OSI Model

MAP / IS41 MAP / IS41 MAP / IS41


ISUP
ISUP ISUP
TCAP TCAP TCAP

SCCP SCCP

MTP3 SUA
M3UA
M2PA

SCTP

IP

Ethernet

Physical
SS7 Stack in SS7 network topology

SCCP SCCP
MTP3 MTP3
MAP IS41 MTP2 MTP2 MAP IS41
ISUP TCAP MTP1 MTP1 TCAP
SCCP SCCP
MTP3 STP
STP STP
STP MTP3
MTP2 MTP2
MTP1 MTP1

SSP SMSC

STP
STP STP
STP

SCCP SCCP
MTP3 MTP3
MTP2 MTP2
MTP1 MTP1

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