SS7 & Intelligent Network Fundamentals

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Duration: 1 - 2 days

Prerequisites: Understanding of basic telecommunications network functions and operation

Objectives:

At the conclusion of the workshop the student will be able to:

• Understand principles of signaling in fixed and wireless networks
• Understand the architecture, protocol and function of SS7
• Understand the requirements for planning and engineering signaling networks
• Identify the challenges of operating signaling networks
• Understand principles of intelligent network function and operation in fixed and wireless networks
• Identify the major intelligent network standards and their respective capabilities and functions
• Understand the role and importance of SS7 in support of number portability
• Review and evaluate various applications which rely on SS7 and/or intelligent network capabilities
• Identify the future direction of signaling and intelligent networks

Course Outline:

1.      Course introduction

2.      Signaling

2.1.            Trunk signaling

2.2.            Database signaling

3.      Signaling in wireless networks

3.1.            Call set-up

3.2.            Roaming

3.3.            Feature control

3.4.            Applications signaling

4.      Details of SS7

4.1.            Link types

4.1.1.      A-links

4.1.2.      B-links

4.1.3.      C-links

4.1.4.      D-links

4.1.5.      E-links

4.1.6.      F-links

4.2.            SS7 protocol and function

4.2.1.      MTP

4.2.2.      ISUP

4.2.3.      SCCP

4.2.4.      TCAP

4.2.5.      MAP

4.3.            SS7 translations

4.3.1.      Addressing

4.3.2.      Routing

5.      SS7 network planning and engineering

5.1.            Planning for availability and survivability

5.2.            Traffic engineering principles

6.      SS7 operational issues

6.1.            Signaling network management

6.2.            Synchronization

6.3.            Security

7.      Intelligent networks

7.1.            What is network intelligence

7.2.            Fixed networks

7.2.1.      IN

7.2.2.      AIN

7.2.3.      INAP

7.3.            Wireless networks

7.3.1.      Proprietary solutions

7.3.1.1.            Infrastructure provider proprietary

7.3.1.2.            ISUP loop-back

7.3.2.      Standards-based solutions

7.3.2.1.            CAMEL

7.3.2.2.            WIN

8.      Number portability

8.1.            Geographic portability

8.2.            Services portability

8.3.            Local number portability

8.3.1.      Fixed networks

8.3.2.      Wireless networks

9.      Applications

9.1.            Toll-free calling

9.2.            Prepay wireless

9.3.            SMS

9.3.1.      Introduction

9.3.2.      ANSI vs. GSM

9.3.3.      Inter-carrier SMS

9.4.            CNAP

9.5.            Stand-alone HLR

9.6.            Emergency and commercial location services

10.  Future of network intelligence

10.1.        Advances in intelligent networks

10.1.1.  Parlay

10.1.2.  Intelligent servers

10.1.3.  Intelligence distributed in mobile devices

10.2.        PSTN-to-IP convergence

10.2.1.  SS7 in IP networks

10.2.2.  Applications using IP as bearer

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