SS7 Introduction
SS7 Introduction
SS7 Introduction
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3/2/08
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Gatot Mardianto
Signalling Concept
What is Signalling ?
Standardisation Bodies:
The ITU (International Telecommunication Union)
UN
(United
Nations)
ITU
General
Secretariat
Office
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ITUD
ITUR
ITU-T
www.3gpp.org
is a collaboration agreement that was
established in December 1998. The
collaboration agreement brings together a
number of telecommunications standards
bodies which are known as
Organizational Partners. The current
Organizational Partners are ARIB, CCSA, ETSI,
ATIS, TTA, and TTC
www.ietf.org
Is an organised activity of Internet Society (ISOC).
ISOC is a not-for-profit organization
founded in 1992 to provide leadership in
Internet related standards, education, and policy.
ISOC is supported by more than 90 organizational members
and 26,000 individual members
Signalling Types
Signalling is divided into three
types:
signalling within the exchange
a) Service Request
b) Access Grant
c) Setup
(Digits)
d) Page
Exchange
A Subscriber
g) Alert
h) Connect
i) Connect Acknowledge
e) Service Request
f) Setup
g) Alert
h) Connect
i) Connect Acknowledge
B Subscriber
MSC
Hey, I want to call
number
2...
Hold on a second, who are you and what is your number?
I am a priority subscriber and my number is 214-123-4567
Asubscriber
CONVERSATION
I want to clear the call now
Got it, bye bye!
Bsubscriber
host A
user A
application
application
Communication
hardware/softwar
e
Communication
hardware/softwar
e
transmission medium
host B
user B
OSI Stack
host A
host B
application
Communication
hardware/software
Application Layer
Presentation Layer
Session Layer
Transport Layer
Network Layer
Physical Layer
application
Communication
hardware/software
transmission medium
application
application
protocol
Application Layer
protocol
Presentation Layer
protocol
Session Layer
protocol
Transport Layer
protocol
Network Layer
Physical Layer
protocol
interface
protocol
transmission medium
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CCS7
CCS7 is an internationally standardised Common
Channel Signalling (CCS) system. It is optimised for operation
in digital telecommunication networks such as GSM.
Layer
Application layer
Presentation layer
Session layer
Transport layer
Network layer
Physical layer
Application Part
User Part
(GSM specific part)
SCCP
User Part
Level
(Common part)
(PSTN, ISDN,
GSM)
3
2
1
SCCP introduced
ISDN user part modified to ISDN-UP
The SCCP served OMAP, with an application service part
in between, which provided services of the Presentation,
Session and the Transport layer
2G SGSN
GGSN
BSC
SIM card
GSM / UMTS
mobile
GSM BTS
Network Subsystem
(GSM +UMTS)
SRR
3G SGSN
HLR
MSC
MGW
RNC
UMTS
mobile
Landline NW
(PSTN/ISDN)
UMTS (WCDMA)
BTS
IN SCP
MAP/INAP TUP
TCAP
NUP
ISUP
SCCP
MTP
PSTN
Exchange
TUP
NUP
ISUP
SCCP
MTP
MAP / INAP
BSSAP
BSC
SCCP
SCCP
MTP
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TCAP
MTP
HLR/EIR/AC
A'
Iu
Media
Media
Gateway
Gateway
MSC
MSC
RANAP / BSSAP
BSSAP
BB/NB SCCP
SCCP
RNC
RNC
RANAP
Broadband SCCP
Broadband MTP-3
BB/NB MTP-3
SSCF-NNI
SSCF-NNI
SSCOP
SSCOP
AAL5
AAL5
ATM Layer
ATM
MTP-3
MTP-2
MTP-2
ATM Layer
MTP-1
MTP-1
ATM
TDM
TDM
HL
R/
HS
S
BSC
MSC Server
GSM
PSTN/ISDN
MSC Server
RNC
H.248
MGW
MGW
Iu-CS
WCDMA
APSE
Other PLMN
IP/ATM
Backbone
Iu-PS
External
IP networks
GGSN
SGSN
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Services
CAP
MAP
H.248
H.248for
for
MGW
control
MGW control
RANAP
RANAPor
or
BSSAP
BSSAP
towards
towardsradio
radio
network
network
MSS/
GCS
Nc
AAL2/AAL5
ATM
Nb
MGW
BSSAP
AAL2
ATM
A
TDM
BSC
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H.248
IP
Mc
Iu-CS
RNC
MSC
Server
Mc
H.248
IP
RANAP
AAL5/ATM
BICC
BICCor
orSIP
SIP
for
signalling
for signalling
RTP
IP
SS7
TDM
MGW
User
Userdata
dataover
over
ATM,
TDM
ATM, TDMor
or
IP
IP
PSTN
RANAP
---Radio Access Network Application Part
Maintains Iu-interface Control Plane, thus
handling activities between the RAN and CN.
Broadband CCS
RANAP
ATM
RNC
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MGW
Presentation / Author / Date / Document Number
IP
R
A
A
P
MSS/VLR
RANAP
MAP
RANAP
ISUP
RANAP
TCAP
SCCP
M3UA
M3UA
SCTP
SCTP
IP
IP
MSS
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SCCP
MTP3B
MTP3B
SSCF
SSCF
SSCOP
SSCOP
AAL5
AAL5
ATM
ATM
MGW
RNC
Application
Signalling
adaptation:
Sigtran
M3UA
SCTP
Transport layer
IP
Physical layer
Ethernet/SDH/e
tc.
Applicatio
n can be
ISUP,
BICC,
SCCP, etc.
MAP
TCAP
TCAP
SMSC
SCCP
M3UA
M3UA
HLR
SCTP
SCTP
IP
IP
BICC
MSC Server
ISUP
BSSAP
RANAP
SCCP
SCCPb
SCTP
M3UA
M3UA
IP
SCTP
SCTP
IP
IP
IP
M3UA
PSTN/
ISDN
MSC Server
RAN/BSS
ISUP
MTP3
MGW
M3UA
SCTP
IP
SCCP
MGW
MGWs act as Signaling GWs
MEGACO / H.248
---Media Gateway Control protocol
The H.248 protocol is used in the Mc
interface between MSC Server and
MGW Rel.4.
MSC Server controls the user
plane terminations and contexts in
MGW Rel.4 through the Mc interface.
MSS/VLR
L
MEGACO/ H.248
ATM/IP/TDM
MGW
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MGW
MSC Server
IAM
Bearer cntr
Bearer cntr
MGW address
MGW
MGW
MSS
H.248
MSS
H.248
MGW
MGW
Presentation / Author / Date / Document Number
In IP backbone, no
separate bearer
signalling is used.
Instead, the information
about the bearer is
tunneled in H.248 and
SIP or BICC via the MSC
Servers. (IPBCP)
Bearer information ..
and ISUP carried in IP address:
signalling messages192.168.3.2
MSC Server
MSC Server
INVITE
Bearer cntr
Bearer cntr
Port: 5964
Codec: AMR mode
7
.
.
ISUP: 84FC 03FC
SIP
.
UDP/SCTP
IP
192.168.3.2/5964
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MGW
Presentation / Author / Date / Document Number
MGW
SETUP
Signaling channel
AAL2
Switc
h
AAL2 paths
CID(x)
AAL2
Switc
h
CID(x)
ATM
Switc
h
MAP/INAP
TCAP
SCCP
M3UA
GCS
BICC
ISUP
MAP/INAP
TCAP
SCCP
BICC
ISUP
PSTN
Exchange
SCCP
M3UA
MTP3
MGW
MAP / INAP
RANAP
RNC
SCCP
MTP3b
TCAP
SCCP
M3UA
HLR/EIR/AC
ISUP
BSSAP
SCCP
BSC
MTP
MSC Server
BSS
RANA
AP
P
SCCP
BICC
M3UA
H.248 M3UA
SCTP
SCTP
IP
IP
Ethernet
Ethernet
ISUP
H.248
SCCP
SCTP
IP
Ethernet
MTP
RANAP
RNC
SCCP
Backbone
MTP3b
SCCP
MTP3b
AAL5
AAL5
ATM
ATM
Phy
Phy
M3UA
MGW
MGW
MGW
PSTN
MAP
MAP
CAP
CAP
INAP
INAP
TCAP
TCAP
BSSAP
BSSAP RANAP
RANAP
SCCP
SCCP
BICC
BICC
M3UA
M3UA
H.248
H.248
SCTP
SCTP
IPv4,
IPv4,IPv6
IPv6
Ethernet
Ethernet
ISUP
ISUP
TCP
TCP
SIP
SIP
UDP
UDP
Signaling Hardware in
DX200 MSS / IPA2800 MGW
ET
LAN switch
SIGU
BSU
CCSU
CMM
Ext.Sync.
CLS
GSW
X.25 or
NMS and
SMSC
BDCU
MB
CMU
VLRU
STU
LAN switch
CHU
OMU
VDU
and
LPT
PSTN
CLS
EXT.
SYNC
ET
NSS
TGFP
CDSU
GSW
IPET
Control
LAN
Switch
IP
LAN
VANG
PBX
ET
X.25 or LAN to
NMS and SMSC
TGSU
CASU
MFSU
BSU
CCSU
BDCU
PAU
MESSAGE BUS
VDU and
CCMU
CMU
CM
VLRU
STU
CHU
OMU
DN98616796
IP Trunk / SIGTRAN
LAN
LAN
LPT
LAN
IP
NIS1 (U3)
NP8S1 (U4)
STM-1
ATM
Nb Interface
(Towards other
MGWs)
Ethernet
NIS/
NPS
MXU
IPEIPU
VANU
IWS1
STM-1
TDM
NIWU
E1/T1/J1
TDM
NIP1
E1/T1/JT1
IMA/ATM
SFU
CM
CACU
SPMU
NEMU
ESA2
4
WDU
MXU
MXU
OMU
Transcoding, voice
quality enhancements,
copies ingress stream
to egress stream
TCU
ESA2
4
ISU
LAN
WDU
FDU
ATM STM-1
I
u
RANAP NIS1
over AAL5
RANAPESA-24
over IP
RNC
SFU
1G Ethernet
ISU
MXU
FE
MSC
Server
MTP3 / M3UA
interworking
MGW
Appendix
MSS interfaces
MGW Interfaces
MGW Interfaces
TDM used for:
A-interface
PSTN
IWF
i-MSS
interconnection
ATM
STM1/OC3
E1/T1/JT
1
MGW
TDM
E1/T1/JT1
STM1/OC3
IP
Ethern
et
IP used for:
H.248 control
IP user plane to backbone
SIGTRAN
MGW Interfaces
MSC Server
MSC Server
TDM
GSM BSS
BSC
Backbone
EFR/G.711
G.711
(FR, EFR)
PSTN
ATM
AMR
WCDMA
MGW
RNC
PSTN
G.711
PSTN/
PLMN
G.711
IP/ATM/TDM
Backbone
Iu
MGW
PSTN/
PLMN