Message Transfer Part 3

Topics

MTP3 messages
Message routing
Link alignment Test messages
Message Transfer Part 3

MAP IS41 Features:

routing on pointcodes
ISUP link selection
TCAP link distribution (SI)
traffic management
SCCP route (state) management
link (state) management
MTP3

MTP2

MTP1
Point Code

ITU Point Code

3 bits zone
8 bits network
3 bits SP ID
signalling
zone
zone area / network ID
Point ID

ANSI, CHINA, JAPAN

8 bits network ID
8 bits network cluster
8 bits cluster member

network ID network cluster cluster member

 MTP3 Message Format

1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 2B - 272B 2B 1B

BSN FSN Lenght

Flags SIO SIF CRC 16 Flags
BIB FIB spare

SService
erviceInformation
InformationOOctet
ctet
Sub-System Field
SSF SI
00xx international network
01xx spare (international)
10xx national network
11xx reserved (national)

Example: Service Indicator

On line you receive binary stream 11000001 (first 0000 management messages
received bit is 1, second received bit is 1 ...). 0001 testing & maintanance msg.
0011 SCCP
From this you choose Sub-System field 1000 and 0100 Telephone User Part (TUP)
0101 ISDN User Part (ISUP)
Service Indicator 0011. 0110 Data User Part
0111 Data User Part
Result: protocol used in SIF is SCCP in national 1000 Reserved for MTP testing
network 1001 Broadband ISUP
1010 Satellite ISUP
Message format Network Indicator
 MTP3 Message Format

1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 2B - 272B 2B 1B

BSN FSN Lenght

Flags SIO SIF CRC 16 Flags
BIB FIB spare

Signalling Information Field

14 14 4 4 4
0000

SLC

Link management
H0
DPC OPC H1
0001

SLC

Link testing
H0
H1

DPC OPC Test Pattern

xxxx

Send Data
SLS

DPC OPC MTP User Data

Routing Label
 SS7 network example

LINKSET
SMSC set of links
GT=31654331800 directly connected to adjacent PC/node
PC=51 Route 2 LINK
to PC 71 MTP3 view of a SS7 link
Mapped onto a DATA_LINK entity
linked to SLC(Signalling Link Code)
Route 1 DESTINATION
to PC 71 PC in SS7 network
ROUTE:
STP1 STP2 linkset to reach a PC destination
PC=61 PC=62

MSC HLR
GT=31653524806 STP3 GT=31635243321
PC=71 PC=63 PC=81
 MTP3 routing table for PC 51

SMSC MTP3 routing table

GT=31654331800
PC=51 Dest Route Loadsharing
Route 2
to PC 71 61 Route1,Route2 Preferred
62 Route2,Route1 Preferred
Route 1 63 Route1,Route2 Loadsharing
to PC 71 71 Route1,Route2 Loadsharing
Route 4 81 Route1,Route2 Loadsharing
STP1 STP2
PC=61 PC=62

Route 9 Route 5
Route 3 Route 8
MSC HLR
GT=31653524806 Route 7 STP3 Route 6 GT=31635243321
PC=71 PC=63 PC=81
 MTP3 routing table for PC 61

SMSC MTP3 routing table

GT=31654331800
PC=51 Dest Route Loadsharing
Route 2
to PC 71 51 Route1,Route4 Preferred
62 Route4,Route3 Preferred
Route 1 63 Route3,Route4 Preferred
to PC 71 71 Route9,Route3 Preferred
Route 4 81 Route3,Route4 Preferred
STP1 STP2
PC=61 PC=62

Route 9 Route 5
Route 3 Route 8
MSC HLR
GT=31653524806 Route 7 STP3 Route 6 GT=31635243321
PC=71 PC=63 PC=81
 MTP3 routing table for PC 62

SMSC MTP3 routing table

GT=31654331800
PC=51 Dest Route Loadsharing
Route 2
to PC 71 51 Route2,Route4 Preferred
61 Route4,Route5 Preferred
Route 1 63 Route5,Route4 Preferred
to PC 71 71 Route4,Route5 Loadsharing
Route 4 81 Route8,Route5 Preferred
STP1 STP2
PC=61 PC=62

Route 9 Route 5
Route 3 Route 8
MSC HLR
GT=31653524806 Route 7 STP3 Route 6 GT=31635243321
PC=71 PC=63 PC=81
 MTP3 routing table for PC 63

MTP3 routing table

SMSC
GT=31654331800 DestRoute Loadsharing
PC=51
Route 2 51 Route3,Route5 Loadsharing
to PC 71 61 Route3,Route5 Preferred
62 Route5,Route3 Preferred
Route 1 71 Route7,Route3 Preferred
to PC 71 81 Route6,Route5 Preferred
Route 4
STP1 STP2
PC=61 PC=62

Route 9 Route 5
Route 3 Route 8
MSC HLR
GT=31653524806 Route 7 STP3 Route 6 GT=31635243321
PC=71 PC=63 PC=81
 MTP3 Message routing (1/3)

MTP3 routing table

DATA | to PC 71 DATA | to PC 71
MAP Dest Route Loadsharing MAP
71 Route1,Route2 Preferred
TCAP 81 Route1,Route2 Loadsharing TCAP
SCCP SCCP
MTP3 MTP3 Path followed by SS7 MTP3
messages
MTP2 MTP2 MTP2

SMSC STP1 MSC

PC=51 PC=61 PC=71
 MTP3 Message routing (2/3)

MTP3 routing table

DATA | to PC 71 DATA | to PC 71
Dest Route Loadsharing
MAP 51 Route1,Route4 Preferred MAP
TCAP 71 Route9,Route3 Preferred TCAP
SCCP SCCP
MTP3 MTP3 Path followed by SS7 MTP3
messages
MTP2 MTP2 MTP2

SMSC STP1 MSC

PC=51 PC=61 PC=71
 MTP3 Message routing (3/3)

MTP3 routing table

DATA | to PC 71 DATA | to PC 71
Dest Route Loadsharing
MAP 61 Route9, Route7 Preferred MAP
TCAP 71 Its me! TCAP
SCCP SCCP
MTP3 MTP3 Path followed by SS7 MTP3
messages
MTP2 MTP2 MTP2

SMSC STP1 MSC

PC=51 PC=61 PC=71
Link alignment Test messages

link alignment done by MTP2 under MTP3 control

At successful MTP2 alignment,
=> MTP3 sends a SLTM and waits for a SLTA

Pattern
DPC OPC SLC H0 H1 Test Pattern
Length

0001 0001 SLTM (0x11)

0001 0010 SLTA (0x21)

 Background: MTP3 in SMSC SS7 trace

20:45:56.76| Tx| 122|SJB0 |

E9 A2 3F 83 00 F4 10 1D 09 01 03 0D 17 0A 12 08 00 12 04 74 09 00 49
99 0A 12 08 00 12 04 74 09 00 12 00 54 62 52 48 04 53 94 03 00 6C 4A
A1 48 02 01 01 02 01 2E 30 40 80 08 42 02 01 41 10 11 06 F7 84 06 91
74 09 00 12 00 04 2C 04 0A 91 74 39 94 94 98 00 00 99 20 80 02 54 65
00 1D 64 50 19 34 7F 80 D8 61 F7 99 CE 6A 97 DD A0 0E 08 1D 96 83 D8
F9 39 3D 04 02

20:45:56.76 | Tx | 1b0 | 122| f/bsn: A2(E9) ( 63)

INT SLS: 1 3400(13312) << 3443(13379) SCCP
SCCP Message type UDT ProtClass 1, NoReturn datalen 84
SCCP Calling/-ed:
RGT SSN 8 noPC GT[4] i4790002100 >> RGT SSN 8 noPC GT[4]
i4790009499
TCAP-BEGIN ( 82) Trans-id = 53000394
TCAP-INVOKE( 72) id: 1 Codetag: 2(1)=46 >> ForWSm
To IMSI 201014011161 (SC: Int/E164 479000210) : MT:SMS-Deliver /
noMoreMsgS
Originator Int/E164 4793494981 with PID 00 DCS 00 SCTS: 99/02/08
20:45:56
ShortMsg(1D): des langt,men har lyst!