Signaling System 7 (SS7) Grundlagen (SS7)

Technicians at telephone companies who work with SS7

• Basics of digital telephone exchange
• Good voice knowledge
• Experience with participant access protocols like DSS1, QSIG, ISDN, TDM or E1

This course includes detailed knowledge of the comprehensive Signalling System 7 (SS7) standards und functions.

• Concepts and application areas of SS7 Nets
• Operating the SS7 Nets: associated, quasi associated, not associated
• Operation of SSP, STP, SCP
• Addressing and routing with the MTP
• Interconnection points to other networks
• ISUP messages and their meaning (f.E. IAM, SAM, ACM u.a.)
• Performance characteristics: Clip no screening, call forwarding, CCBS
• Addressing and routing with the SCCP
• Operating and workflow of the INAP
• Analysis of traces to ISUP and INAP
• Routing of service call numbers (z.B. 0800, 0900)
• Local number portability
• Next Generation Signaling
• SS7 over IP
• IETF SIGTRAN
• Signaling Gateway
• SCTP
• M2UA, M2PA, M3UA, SUA