Course Name
SS7 Protocols for GSM
4 ½ Days
Course Length
Description
The SS7 Protocols course provides an in-depth look at the structure and supporting documents of this widely-deployed signaling protocol. A thorough understanding of its structure, use and deployment is essential to anyone operating, managing or maintaining today’s complex telephony network. Emphasis is placed on underlying documentation that supports the protocol’s structure and use in trunk setup and application services.
What You Will Learn
This course will give the student the structure of the protocol down to the binary level. Emphasis is placed on giving the student the ability to isolate and sectionalize troubleshooting in the Common Channel Signaling (CCS) network. There is also a thorough examination of GSM services that are deployed today and how the network and the SS7 protocol support those services.
Who Will Benefit
This course will be an invaluable tool for those individuals responsible for maintenance and surveillance of the voice or signaling network. This is especially true for personnel working in a control center environment such as the NOC, INAC, ESAC, etc. Anyone responsible for maintaining services on the intelligent network platform would also benefit. Others would include network or traffic engineers, technical support and interconnection specialists.
Prerequisites
A basic knowledge of telephony and signaling would be helpful, but not essential.
Course Outline
- CCS Architecture
- Network Nodes
- Link Configurations
- Low-Speed and High-Speed Links
- Interconnection Issues
- Suppport Systems
- Introduction to the SS7 Protocol
- SS7 Protocol - MTP
- Supporting Documentation
- Signal Unit Structure
- Data Link Layer
- Link Layer
- Network Layer
- Routing and SLS
- Network Management
- Link Management
- Route Management
- Traffic Management
- Congestion Control
- SS7 Protocol - ISDN-UP
- Supporting Documentation
- Structure of ISDN-UP
- Messages Used by ISDN-UP
- Trunk Maintenance
- Sample Call Flow Scenarios
- SS7 Protocol - SCCP
- Supporting Documentation
- Connectionless and Connection-Oriented Services Used
- Structure of SCCP
- Global Title Translation
- Global Title Routing
- Signaling on the A-Interface
- BSSMAP and DTAP
- SS7 Protocol - ITU-T TCAP
- Supporting Documentation
- Structure of ITU-T TCAP
- TCAP Services
- TCAP Forms
- Local and Global Reference
- GSM Applications
- Architecture Overview
- GSM Identities and Numbering
- 3GPP Standards
- GSM MAP Specifications Document
- GSM MAP Operations
- GSM MAP Parameters
- Handovers
- Call Flow Scenarios
Exercises are provided throughout the course which will re-enforce a practical understanding of the material.
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