SS7 over IP – SIGTRAN Training

Who Should Attend?

The course is intended for network engineers and anyone who needs technical knowledge on functionality of SIGTRAN and possibilities of SS7 messages transmission over IP network.

Course Content

  1. Introduction:
    • IP networks,
    • SS7 – Signalling System No. 7.
  2. SCTP – Stream Control Transmission Protocol
    • packets, association establishment, multi-homing, data transmission, data streams, sequence control, ordered and unordered delivery, association shut down and abort procedures.
  3. SCTP – exercise - analysis of the printout from the protocol analyser.
  4. SCTP Adaptation Layers
    • IUA – ISDN User Adaptation,
    • V5UA – V5.2 User Adaptation,
    • M2UA – MTP2 User Adaptation Layer,
    • M2PA – MTP2-User Peer-to-Peer Adaptation,
    • M3UA – MTP3-User Adaptation Layer,
    • SUA – SCCP-User Adaptation Layer.
  5. MTP3 User Adaptation Layer
    • M3UA - system architecture, services offered by M3UA, protocol stack, data structure, routing, M3UA messages and control procedures.
  6. M3UA – exercise
    • analysis of the printout from the protocol analyser.
  7. SCCP User Adaptation Layer – SUA (optional)
    • services provided by the SUA layer, protocol stack, routing and address translation, protocol elements, messages and procedures.
  8. ISDN Q.921 - User Adaptation Layer – IUA (optional)
    • services provided by the IUA layer, protocol stack, protocol elements, messages and procedures.
  9. SIGTRAN – Practical Issues
    • redundancy on M3UA, SCTP, IP, LAN, migration from legacy SS7 towards SIGTRAN.

Course Objectives

SS7 over IP (SIGTRAN) course gives a detailed description of the structure and functions of the SIGTRAN that can be used to carry SS7 messages over the IP connection. During the course all SIGTRAN protocols are discussed. However the stress is put on two of them: SCTP and M3UA, as the first is mandatory for any SIGTRAN system and the second is chosen by major GSM/UMTS equipment vendors to be implemented in their products.

Pre-requisites

The participants should have basic knowledge about SS7 and IP.

Training Structure

Two days training divided into logical sessions.

Methodology

Instructor led training and theoretical exercises.