Who Should Attend?

This is an advanced signalling course intended for network engineers, network planning and tuning staff and anyone with network experience, who needs deep technical knowledge on SS7.

Course Content

1. GSM architecture and air interface.
2. Traffic Cases (radio connection establishment, location update, IMSI detach, mobile originating and mobile terminating call set-up, handover).
3. Signalling System No. 7 (protocol stack).
4. MTP - Message Transfer Part (MTP 1, MTP 2, MTP 3, HSSL).
5. ISUP - ISDN User Part.
6. SCCP - Signalling Connection Control Part.
7. BSSAP - Base Station System Application Part (BSSMAP, DTAP).
8. TCAP - Transaction Capabilities Application Part.
9. MAP - Mobile Application Part.

Course Objectives

SS7 in GSM course focuses on signalling between GSM Core Network nodes. The course also describes co-operation between Core Network and Base Station System during procedures like call set-up, location update and SMS transfer.

Pre-requisites

The participants should have attended GSM Technology course or should have the equivalent knowledge. Practical experience in GSM would be recommended.

Training Structure

Three days training divided into logical sessions.

Methodology

Instructor led training.