SignalingSystemNo.

WilliamEmmanuelS.YU
DepartmentofInformationSystemsand
ComputerScience
AteneodeManilaUniversity
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Acronyms

SSPserviceswitchingpoints
STPsignalingtransferpoints
SCPservicecontrolpoints
DTMFdualtonemultifrequency

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SignalingSystem#7(SS7)

Theprotocolthatgovernstheoperationofthe
PSTN
setsupandteardownlocalandlongdistance
phonecalls
digitaltechnologywhichallowsextravalue
addedfeatures

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History

ITUcommissionedCCITT(nowITUT)tostudy
thepossibilityofanalldigitalintelligentnetwork
(IN)
ITUTdevelopedinthemid1960sadigital
signalingstandard,theCommonChannel
InterofficeSignalingSystem#6orSS6forshort

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History

SS6wasapacketbasednetworkusing
messageslikethoseoftheX.25packetnetwork
SS6useda2.4kbpsatfirst,thenupgradedthis
to4.8kbpsdatalinks
SS6evolvedintoSS7whichisnowthesignaling
standardofthewholeworld

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NetworkDetails

56kbpsor64kbpsfullduplexdigitalsignaling
dedicatedpacketdatanetwork
CommonChannelSignalingdatanetworkis
separatefromthevoicenetwork
Providesnetworkmanagementfunctionality
throughthedatanetwork

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Signaling

Basicfunctions
addressing
supervision

pointsofsignaling
betweensubscriberandCO
betweenCOs

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TypesofSignaling

ConventionalDCsignalsusingDTMFbetween
subscriberandCOandSFbetweenCOs
DCSignalingusesdirectcurrenttosignal
distantoffices(e.g.E&Morearandmouth
signaling)

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TypesofSignaling

InbandSignalingwhereDCsignalingisnot
possiblelikeintandemoffices,usesDTMF,MF,
andSF,andtransmitsoverthesamevoice
circuitused
OutofbandSignalingusedforanalogcarrier
systems,itsendstonesoveradifferent
bandwidth(e.g.inanunused3.7kHzbandwidth
insomePOTS)

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TypesofSignaling

DigitalSignalingsignalingbitsareinsertedinto
digitalvoicestream(bitrobbing)likeinDS1
CommonChannelSignalingaseparate
channelusedbyallsignalingelementsfor
transmissionofelectricalinformation

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ConnectingtotheSS7Cloud
SCP

SCP

CO
LL

STP

STP

STP

STP

SSP

SSP

PRI

PBX

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PRI

Residential
BRI

BRI

PBX

SS7NetworkElements

SSP

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STP

SCP

ServiceSwitchingPoint(SSP)

Performcallprocessinginbehalfoftheuser
(CPE)
ServeasthesourceanddestinationforSS7
messages
TalkstoanotherSSPortoanSTP
Implementedatendofficesoraccesstandem
devices

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SignalingTransferPoint(STP)

TranslatesSS7messages
RoutesSS7messagesbetweennetworknodes
(e.g.STP,SSP)anddatabases(e.g.SCP)
RelaySS7messagesbetweenSSPs,STPs,and
SCPs
SimilartoOSILayer3(NetworkLayer)

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ServiceControlPoint(SCP)

Containssoftwareanddatabasesforthe
managementofcalls
Providestollfree(800)callservicesandrouting
Receivesqueriesfromandreturnresponsesto
SSPsthroughSTPs

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SS7Operation

SourceUPgeneratesamessageandsendsitto
adestinationUPthroughanSTP
STProutesmessagesusinginformationinthe
messagelikeroutinglabels,sourceand
destinationaddress
Routesarefixedunlessanetworkfailureoccurs

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SomeFunctionsofSS7

Setupandcleardownatelephonecall
Calledpartyslineisfree
Providesubscriberbusysignal
Indicatewhenacalledpartyslineisoutof
service

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SomeFunctionsofSS7

ProvidecallerID
Callforwarding
Maliciouscallidentification
Requesttoholdtheconnection

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SomeFunctionsofSS7

Furnishestollfreeservices
Charginginformation
Languageofassistanceoperators
Securityaccesscalls(CUG)
Useofechosuppression

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SS7Evaluation

Verysuccessfulandusedbypracticallyallthe
(PSTN)carriersintheworld
Successwasalmostassuredbecauseits
predecessorswerewoefullyinadequate
SomeofthefeaturesappearinGSM(Global
MobileSystem)andevensatellitesignaling

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