Developments in Telecommunications With a Focus on SS7 Network Reliability /

• Main Author: Rufa, Gerhard (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer organization.; Computer Science.; Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks.

This book summarizes important developments in telecommunications, including SS7 over IP, with a focus on SS7 network reliability. But why is SS7 network security and reliability so important? An SS7 network outage results in a breakdown of the signalling between the individual nodes of the network,...

Table of Contents:

• and Overview
• Development and Fundamental Conception of SS 7
• On the Specification of the MTP
• SS 7 over IP Networks
• SS 7 over IP Signalling Transport Protocol Architectures
• SS7 over IP Signalling Network Architectures
• SS7 over IP Protocol Description
• SS 7 Network Outages
• SS 7 Flow Control
• MTP Restart Procedure
• Real SS 7 Networks
• Potential Problems in Real SS 7 Networks
• How to Avoid SS 7 Network Outages
• Migration to an IP-Based Network.