SS7 and Sigtran System Engineering

Duration: 2 days or 12 hours Level: Level 3

SS7 and Sigtran System Engineering

Course Outline
Divided into 10 sections, the topics covered will include:

Section 1: SS7 and Sigtran Introduction (1.5 hours)

Requirements for SS7 and Sigtran in Modern Networks. SS7 Network Architecture - Signalling Points, SPC, STP, SLS, SRS. SS7 Protocol Stack - MTP1, 2 and 3, SCCP, SS7 Applications. SS7 Standards. Sigtran Transport Architecture. Sigtran Protocol Stack - IP, SCTP, User Adaptation. Application Servers and ASPs.

Section 2: Message Transfer Part Levels 1 and 2 (1.5 hours)

MTP1 Characteristics and Physical Formatting. MTP2 Signalling Units - MSU, LSSU, FISU. Link Establishment Procedures. Link Reliability Mechanisms - Preventive Cyclic Retransmission. Analysis of real network traces.

Section 3: Message Transfer Part Level 3 (1 hour)

MTP3 SNM and SMH. Routing Label Composition. Signalling Message Handling - Discrimination, Distribution and Routing. MTP3 Primitives - Transfer, Pause, Resume, Status. Signalling Network Management - Header Format and Functionality. Signalling Traffic Management - Signalling Link and Route Management, Changeovers, Changeback etc. Analysis of real network traces.

Section 4: NUP and ISUP (1 hour)

NUP Messages - Key Headers and Fields. Call Establishment using NUP. NUP Supplementary Services. ISUP Messages - Key Headers and Fields.

Call Establishment using ISUP. ISUP End to End Signalling. Analysis of real network traces.

Section 5:SCCP and SCCP Applications (1 hour)

SCCP Architecture. Connectionless Control - Class 0 and 1, UDT, XUDT, LUDT. Connection Orientated Control - Class 2 and 3, CR and CC, SLR, DLR. SCCP Routing and Global Titles. SCCP Message Formats and Types. SCCP Management. TCAP Operation - Transaction and Component Sublayers. Analysis of real network traces.

Section 6: Stream Control Transmission Protocol (1.5 hours)

Drivers for SCTP Development - limitations of TCP. SCTP Architecture - Associations, Endpoints, Streams, Chunks. SCTP Association Establishment - INIT, INIT-ACK, COOKIE-ECHO, COOKIE-ACK. SCTP Data Transmission and Acknowledgement - TSN, SSN, SID, SACK. Congestion Control and Load Balancing - Slow Start, Congestion Avoidance, Fast Retransmit. Analysis of real network traces.

Section 7: MTP3 User Adaptation Layer (1.5 hours)

M3UA Protocol Architecture. M3UA Deployment Options. Routing Keys and Routing Contexts. Layer Management Functions. M3UA Header Format. Procedures - ASP Establishment, Data Transfer, Signalling Network Management. Analysis of real network traces.

Section 8: M2UA and M2PA (1 hour)

M2UA Protocol Architecture. M2UA Interface Identifiers. M2UA Operation - border primitives, messages and message formats. MTP2 User Data Transfer and Support for SNM. Services Offered by M2PA. M2PA Message Format and Procedures - link setup, data message transfer. Analysis of real network traces.

Section 9: SUA and IUA (1 hour)

SUA Architecture and Deployment.

Routing Keys and Routing Contexts. SUA Management and Data Transfer Messages. IUA and Q.931 Architecture. IUA Procedures - Address Mapping, Message Formats, Q.931 Message Mapping. Analysis of real network traces.

Section 10: IP Network Security (1 hour)

Confidentiality, Integrity and Authentication of Signalling Messages. Techniques used to provide CIA - Encryption, Hashing, Digital Signatures and Certificates. Protecting Sigtran with IPSec. IPSec- AH and ESP. Sigtran and TLS.

Who Should Attend

Telecommunications Engineers requiring a detailed explanation of SS7 and its use in IP telecoms networks. Network Architects involved in the development and deployment of an IP based Next Generation Network.

Pre - Learning
Pre-Learning is provided to prime those attending the instructor led phase. Each lesson is based on an interactive online format and should take about 30 minutes to complete. The pre-Learning lessons are: Test of Understanding - Try the online check to see how much you know. Packet Switching. Protocol Stacks and IP. IP Addressing. Sigtran Basics.

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