Signaling System # 7

by Russell, Travis

• ISBN13: 9780071387729
• ISBN10: 0071387722
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-06-25
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional

Summary

Signaling System #7 (SS7) links telephone networks all over the globe, allowing them to share vital signaling and control information--every telecom carrier and manufacturer has to work and develop around SS7--and here is the only SS& focused text currently available.

* The industry authority since 1995
* New chapters on SIP, MGCP, H.323, and SS& over IP
* Each chapter covers 3 levels: Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced, in sections identified by icon
* CD-ROM containing the full book in searchable PDF

Author Biography

TRAVIS RUSSELL has over 20 years experience in the telecommunications industry with a broad background in data communications and telephony. He is an experienced field engineer, with installation, maintenance, and design experience in private voice networking, call center applications, data networks, and large switching networks. He is currently Technical Sales Manager for the Switching Division of Tekelec, the leading provider of SS7 solutions.Mr. Russell is also a professional speaker, and has delivered seminars, presentations, and lectures at industry forums, for telecommunications service providers, and at major universities. He is well versed in technology, and well known for his ability to deliver complex subjects in simple terms. He has delivered presentations in the United States, as well as Latin America and Europe. Mr. Russell currently has several telecommunications books published through McGraw-Hill. His most successful book, “Signaling System #7”, is in its second edition, and is used worldwide as the leading resource for this complex subject. Universities around the world use “Telecommunications Protocols” to teach graduate students the technologies of the telecommunications industry. This book was recently translated into Chinese for distribution in China.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Signaling System #7

Chapter 2: SS7 Network

Chapter 3: Overview of a Protocol

Chapter 4: Message Transfer Part (MTP)

Chapter 5: Message Transfer Part Level Three

Chapter 6: General Description of SCCP Functions

Chapter 7: SS7 and SIP

Chapter 8: SS7 and H.323

Chapter 9: Overview of TCAP

Chapter 10: Overview of ISUP

Chapter 11: SS7 over IP

Chapter 12: Local Number Portability

Chapter 13: ITV-TSS SS7 Publications

Chapter 14: SS7 and VoIP

Chapter 15: SS7 and TCP/IP

Chapter 16: SS7 and MGCP

Appendices