SS7 and Sigtran Training

Topic areas covered include:

• Requirements for SS7 and Sigtran in modern networks.
• SS7 Network Architecture - Signalling Points, SPC, STP, SLS, SRS.
• SS7 Protocol Stack - MTP 1, 2 and 3, SCCP, SS7 Applications.
• SS7 Standards.
• Sigtran Transport Architecture.
• Sigtran Protocol Stack - IP, SCTP, User Adaptation.
• Application Servers and ASPs.

Topic areas covered include:

• 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.
• Activity: Where appropriate, network traces and associated exercises will feature throughout the section to enhance understanding.

Topic areas covered include:

• 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.
• Activity: Where appropriate, network traces and associated exercises will feature throughout the section to enhance understanding.

Topic areas covered include:

• 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.
• Activity: Where appropriate, network traces and associated exercises will feature throughout the section to enhance understanding.

Topic areas covered include:

• 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.
• Activity: Where appropriate, network traces and associated exercises will feature throughout the section to enhance understanding.

Topic areas covered include:

• 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.
• Activity: Where appropriate, network traces and associated exercises will feature throughout the section to enhance understanding.

Topic areas covered include:

• 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.
• Activity: Where appropriate, network traces and associated exercises will feature throughout the section to enhance understanding.

Topic areas covered include:

• 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.
• Activity: Where appropriate, network traces and associated exercises will feature throughout the section to enhance understanding.

Topic areas covered include:

• 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 (Transport Layer Security).