SS7

Pocket Guide

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Format of SS7 SU Types ..........................................2 SS7 LSSU Format......................................................2 SIO Field....................................................................3 Routing Label ............................................................3 Format of SPC (ANSI) ..............................................3 Format of ISPC (ITU)................................................4 MTP Management Messages Structure ....................4 SNM Heading Code Table ........................................4 SNT Heading Code Table ..........................................5 MSU Signalling Message Structure ..........................5 SS7 Function Levels ..................................................5 SNM/SNT Heading Code Table Abbreviations ........6 General ISUP Message Format: Mandatory Parameter Section ..............................7 General ISUP Message Format: Pointer Section ....................................................8 General ISUP Message Format: Optional Portion ..................................................8 SCCP Messages and Protocol Classes Table ............9 SCCP Messages Parameters Table ............................9 SCCP Parameter Name Codes Table ......................10 General ISUP CIC Field ..........................................10 ISUP Mandatory/Optional Parameters Table (ANSI) ................................................................11 ISUP Mandatory/Optional Parameters Table (ITU White Book) ..............................................13 ISUP Message Type Table ......................................15 ISUP Parameter Code Table ....................................16 TUP Heading Code Table ........................................18 TUP Heading Code Table Abbreviations ................19 Glossary of SS7 Acronyms......................................20 SS7 References ........................................................21

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Format of SS7 SU Types

Level 2 Closing FCS/CK Flag
8 16 2

FISU(LI=0)

F LI I FSN B
6 1 7

B I B
1

BSN

Opening Flag
* 8

Level 2

Level 3

Level 2

LSSU(LI=1,2) Closing FCS/CK

SF

Flag
8

F LI I FSN B
2 6 1 7

B I B
1

BSN

Opening Flag
8

16

8 or 16

Level 2

Level 3 Above

Level 2

MSU(LI>2)

Closing FCS/CK SIF Flag

8 16 8n,n>2

SIO

F LI I FSN B
2 6 1 7

B I B
1

BSN

Opening Flag
8

*First bit transmitted Closing Flag = International

SS7 LSSU Format

Level 2 Level 3 Level 2

Closing FCS/CK Flag

SF

F LI I FSN B

B I B

BSN

Opening Flag

Spare

Status Indications

CBA
0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1

Status Indication
"O"ut of alignment "N"ormal alignment "E"mergency alignment "O"ut of "S"ervice "P"rocessor "O"utage "B"usy

*First Bit Transmitted

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SIO Field
Level 2 Level 3 Above Closing FCS/CK SIF Flag F SIO LI I FSN B B I B BSN Opening Flag * Level 2

Sub-Service Field

Service Indicator *

DC BA 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 X X X X X X X X International network Spare National network Reserved for national use

DCBA 0000 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 Others SNM SNT (*1) SNT (*2) SCCP TUP ISUP DUP (*3) DUP (*4) Spare

XX *1 *2 *3 *4

ANSI Priority Regular MSGS Special MSGS Call and Circuit related Facility registration and cancellation

Routing Label
Level 2 Level 3 Above Closing FCS/CK SIF Flag F SIO LI I FSN B B I B BSN Opening Flag * Level 2

Management or Signalling Information ITU TUP CIC OPC DPC

Routing Label SCCP ISUP SLC OPC DPC

ITU: 12 14 14 Bits
*First Bit Transmitted

4 14 14 Bits ITU: ANSI/Bellcore: 5 24 24 Bits

Format of SPC (ANSI)

DPC or OPC

HGFEDCBA HGFEDCBA HGFEDCBA

Network Identifier 8 Network Cluster 8 SPC
*First Bit Transmitted

Network Cluster Member * 8

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Format of ISPC (ITU)

DPC or OPC

L KJIHGFED C
Area/Network Identification 8 SANC ISPC

Zone Identification 3

Signalling Point Identification * 3

*First Bit Transmitted

MTP Management Messages Structure

Level 2 Level 3 Level 2

Closing FCS/CK SIF Flag

F SIO LI I FSN B

B I B

BSN

Opening Flag

MTP Level 3

MTP Management Information

Routing Label

Information Content

H1 MSG Type

H0 MSG Group

SNM Heading Code Table SNT Heading Code Table

*First Bit Transmitted

SNM Heading Code Table

(See Abbreviations List on page 6)
MSG Group H1 H0 0000 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 1000 Other

0000 CHM 0001 ECM 0010 FCM 0011 TFM 0100 RSM 0101 MIM 0110 TRM 0111 DLM 1000 SPARE 1001 UFC 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111
LLI = LLT in ITU LRI = LRT in ITU *ANSI only

COO COA ECO ECA RCT TFC TFP TCP* TFR RSP RSR RCP LIN LUN LIA TRA TRW* DLC CSS ENS UPU

CBD CBA

TCR TFA TCA* RCR LUA LID LFU LLI CNP

LRI

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SNT Heading Code Table

(See Abbreviations List on page 6)
MSG Group SLTM SLTA H1 H0 0001 0010 0001 Test SLTM SLTA

MSU Signalling Message Structure

Level 2 Level 3 Level 2

Closing FCS/CK SIF Flag

F SIO LI I FSN B

B I B

BSN

Opening Flag

Signalling Information

Routing Label

TUP

TUP Message Information Elements

H1

HO

SLS
CIC Code Message Type

ISUP

ISUP Message Information Elements Optional Part Mandatory Variable Part

Message Type Mandatory Fixed Part

SCCP User Message/

Data

TCAP

Component Portion Component n .... Component 1

Transaction Portion

*First Bit Transmitted

SS7 Function Levels

Users of SS7
OSI Layer

OMAP
7 ASES TC 4-6

TCAP TCAP ISP SCCP Level 4

ISUP Level 4

TUP Level 4

MTP (Levels 1 - 3)
1-3 NSP

Signalling Network Functions Level 3 Signalling Link Functions Level 2 Signalling Data Link Functions Level 1

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SNM/SNT Heading Code Table Abbreviations

MSG CBA CBD CHM CNP CNS COA COO CSS DLC DLM ECA ECM ECO FCM LFU LIA LID LIN LLI LRI LUA LUN MIM RCP RCR RCT RSM RSP RSR SLTA SLTM TCA TCP TCR TFA TFC TFM TFP TFR TRA TRM TRW UFC UPU Message Group Changeback-acknowledgment signal Changeback-declaration signal Changeover and changeback messages Connection-not-possible signal Connection-not-successful signal Changeover-acknowledgment signal Changeover-order signal Connection successful signal Signalling-data-link-connection-order signal Signalling-data-link-connection-messages Emergency-changeover-acknowledgment signal Emergency-changeover messages Emergency-changeover-order signal Signalling-traffic-flow control messages Link forced uninhibit message Link inhibit acknowledgment message Link inhibit denied message Link inhibit message Link local inhibit test signal Link remote inhibit test signal Link uninhibit acknowledgment Link uninhibit message Management inhibiting messages Signalling-route-set-test cluster-prohibited signal Signalling-route-set-test cluster-restricted signal Signalling-route-set-congestion-test signal Signalling-route-set-test messages Signalling-route-set-test prohibited signal Signalling-route-set-test restricted signal Signalling Link Test Acknowledgment Signalling Link Test Message Transfer-cluster-allowed signal Transfer-cluster-prohibited signal Transfer-cluster-restricted signal Transfer-allowed signal Transfer-controlled signal Transfer-prohibited, transfer-allowed, transferrestricted messages Transfer-prohibited signal Transfer-restricted signal Traffic restart allowed signal Traffic restart messages Traffic restart waiting signal MTP user flow control messages User part unavailable signal -6-

General ISUP Message Format:

Mandatory Parameter Section
Level 2 Level 3 Above Closing FCS/CK SIF Flag F SIO LI I FSN B B I B BSN Opening Flag Level 2

Signaling Information

Routing Label

Message Type Code CIC** Mandatory Fixed Part Pointers for the Mandatory Variable Part Pointer for the Start of Optional Part Mandatory Variable Part Optional Part
*First Bit Transmitted

Mandatory Parameter A Mandatory Parameter B ---------------Mandatory Parameter Z

The length of the Mandatory Parameter is dependent on the type of the parameter.
**For ISUP only.

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General ISUP Message Format:

Pointer Section
Level 2 Level 3 Above Closing FCS/CK SIF Flag F SIO LI I FSN B B I B BSN Opening Flag Level 2

Signalling Information

Routing Label

Message Type Code CIC** Mandatory Fixed Part Pointers for the Mandatory Variable Part Pointer for the Start of Optional Part Mandatory Variable Part Optional Part

Pointer to Parameter 1 Pointer to Parameter 2 ---------------Pointer to Parameter m

Length of Parameter 1 Parameter 1 Content Length of Parameter 2 Parameter 2 Content ------------------------------Length of Parameter m

**For ISUP only. *First Bit Transmitted

Parameter m Content

General ISUP Message Format:

Optional Portion
Level 2 Level 3 Above Closing FCS/CK SIF Flag F SIO LI I FSN B B I B BSN Opening Flag Level 2

Signalling Information

Routing Label

Optional Parameter 1 Length of Parameter 1 Parameter 1 Content

Message Type Code CIC** Mandatory Fixed Part Pointers for the Mandatory Variable Part Pointer for the Start of Optional Part Mandatory Variable Part Optional Part
**For ISUP only. *First Bit Transmitted

Optional Parameter 2 Length of Parameter 2 Parameter 2 Content --------------------------Optional Parameter m Length of Parameter m Parameter m Content End of Optional Parameters

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SCCP Messages and Protocol Classes Table

Protocol Class 0 1 2 3 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
* ANSI only

Message Type CR CC CREF RLSD RLC DT1 DT2 AK UDT UDTS ED EA RSR RSC ERR IT XUDT XUDTS Connection Request Connection Confirm Connection Refused Released Release Complete Data form 1 Data form 2 Data Acknowledgment Unitdata Unitdata Service Expedited Data Expedited Data Ack. Reset Request Reset Confirm Error Inactivity Test Extended Unitdata* Extended Unitdata Service*

Code 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 111 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 1111 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0

SCCP Messages Parameters Table

Messages/ Parameter Field
Message Type Code Destination local ref. Source local ref. Called party address Calling party address Protocol Class Segmenting/Reassembling Receive Sequence No. Sequencing/Segmenting Credit Release cause Return cause Reset cause Error cause Data Refusal cause End of opt. parameters SCCP Hop Counter ISNI

CR CC CREF RLSD RLC DT1 DT2 AK ED EA RSR RSC ERR IT UDT XUDT* UDTS XUDTS*
m m m o m m m m m o o m m m m o o o o o o o m o o o m o o m o o m m m m m m m m m m1 m1 m m m m o o m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m

1) Information in these fields is ignored if the protocol class parameter indicates class 2 * ANSI only

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SCCP Parameter Name Codes Table

Parameter Name Binary Code 8765 End of optional parameters Destinations local reference Source local reference Called party address Calling party address Protocol class Segmenting/reassembling Receive sequence number Sequencing/segmenting Credit Release cause Return cause Reset cause Error cause Refusal cause User data SCCP hop counter* ISNI*
* ANSI only

4321 0000 0001 0010 0 0 11 0100 0101 0 11 0 0 111 1000 1001 1010 1 0 11 11 0 0 11 0 1 111 0 1111 0000 1010

0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001 1111

General ISUP CIC Field

Level 2 Level 3 Above Closing FCS/CK SIF Flag F SIO LI I FSN B B I B BSN Opening Flag Level 2

ISUP Message Information Element

Message Type

CIC Code

Routing Label

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 CIC Least Significant

Spare

CIC Most Significant

*First Bit Transmitted

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ISUP Mandatory/Optional Parameters Table (ANSI)

FAC
M

PARAMETER FIELD
M O O M M M M M M M M M M M

CVT CCR BLO BLA SUS CGB CGBA GRS IAM INR INF CRA CRM COT ACM EXM ANM CPG FOT REL CFN CVR RLC RSC UBL UBA RES CGU CGUA GRA CQR CQM LPA UCIC

Message Type

Access Transport

Automatic Congestion Level

Backward Call Indicators O O O

Business Group

O O

Call Reference

Called Party Number

Charge Number

Calling Party Number

Calling Party's Category

Carrier Identification M M M O M M O

Carrier Selection Information

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Cause Indicators

Circuit Group Assignment Map

Circuit Group Characteristic Indicators

Circuit Group Supervision Message Type Ind

Circuit Indentification Name

Circuit State Indicator

Circuit Validation Response Ind

CLLI Code

Connection Request

Continuity Indicators

Egress Service

Event Information O

Forward Call Indicators

Generic Address

Generic Digits

O O

ISUP Mandatory/Optional Parameters Table (ANSI) Continued

PARAMETER FIELD

CVT CCR BLO BLA SUS CGB CGBA GRS IAM INR INF CRA CRM COT ACM EXM ANM CPG FOT REL CFN CVR RLC RSC UBL UBA RES CGU CGUA GRA CQR FAC CQM LPA UCIC

Generic Name

Hop Counter

Information Indicators

Information Request Indicators

Jurisdiction Information

Nature of Connection Indicators

Network Transport

Notification Indicator

Original Called Number

Operator Services Information

Opt. Backward Call Indicators

Originating Line Information

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M

Outgoing Trunk Group Number

O M

Precedence

Range and Status

Redirection Information

O O O

Redirecting Number

Remote Operations

Service Activation

Service Code

Special Processing Request

Suspend/Resume Indicators

Transaction Request

Transit Network Selection

Transmission Medium Used

User Service Information

User Service Information Prime

O O

User-to-User Indicators

User-to-User Information

ISUP Mandatory/Optional Parameters Table (ITU White Book)

CC RS LPA SU RE CF CQ FR FAC ID IR NR SG PAM US F O O F F F F F F F F F F F F F F O CG CG CGB CGU FAA FAR F F F BLO UBL OL BLA UBA UCI CQ GR GR UPA UP F

Message

IAM

SAM

IN

IN

COT

ACM CO

CP

ANM

FOT

RE

RL

F O O

F O O

F O O

F O O

F O O O

F O O O V F V F V O

O O

O V O F

O O

O O

O O

O O

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F O O O O O O O O

O O

O O

O F

O O

F O O O O

O O

O O

O O O

PARAMETER FIELD Message Type Access Delivery Information Access Transport Automatic Congestion Level Backward Call Indicators Call Diversion Information Call History Information Call Reference Called Party Number Calling Party Number Calling Party's Category Cause Indicators Circuit Group Supervision Message Type Ind. Circuit State Indicator CUG Interlock Code Connected Number Connection Request Continuity Indicators Echo Control Information End of Optional Parameters Event Information Facility Indicator Forward Call Indicator Generic Digit Generic Notification Ind. Generic Number Generic Reference Information Indicators Information Request Indicators

F = Mandatory fixed length parameter V = Mandatory variable length parameter O = Optional parameter, fixed or variable length

ISUP Mandatory/Optional Parameters Table (ITU White Book) Continued

BLO UBL OL SU RE CF CQ FR FAC ID IR NR SG PAM US CG CG CGB CGU FAA FAR BLA UBA UCI CQ GR GR UPA UP

Message

IAM

SAM

IN

IN

COT

ACM CO

CP

ANM

FOT

RE

RL

CC RS LPA

PARAMETER FIELD O O O O O O O

O F O

O O

O O

O O

O O

Location Number Message Compatibility Information MCID Response Indicator MCID Request Indicators MLPP Precedence Nature of Connection Indicators Network Specific Facility Optional Backward Call Indicators Optional Forward Call Indicators Original Called Number Originating ISC Point Code Parameter Compatibility Information Propagation Delay Counter Range and Status O V V V V O O O O

O O O O O

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Redirection Information Redirecting Number

O O

Redirection Number

O O O

O O

O O O

O O O

O O O

O O O

O F O O

Redirection Number Restr. Remote Operations Service Activation Signaling Point Code Subsequent Number Suspend/Resume Indicators Transit Network Selection Transmission Medium Requirement Transmission Medium Requirement Prime Transmission Medium Used User Service Information

User Service Information Prime

User-to-User Indicators User-to-User Information

O O O

O O

O O

O O

O O

O O

F = Mandatory fixed length parameter V = Mandatory variable length parameter O = Optional parameter, fixed or variable length

ISUP Message Type Table

Acronym ACM ANM BLO BLA CMC CMRJ CMR CPG CGB CGBA CQM CQR GRS GRA CGU CGUA CRM CRA CVR CVT CSVR CSVS CRG CFN CON COT CCR DRS EXM FAC FAA FAD FAI FRJ FAR FOT IDR IRS INF INR IAM LPA NRM OLM PAM REL RLC RSC RES SGM SAM SUS UBL UBA UCIC UPA UPT USR
* ANSI-ISUP only ** ITU-ISUP only

Message Type Address Complete Answer Blocking Blocking Acknowledgment Call Modification Completed Call Modification Reject Call Modification Request Call Progress Circuit Group Blocking Circuit Group Blocking Acknowledgment Circuit (Group) Query Circuit (Group) Query Response Circuit Group Reset Circuit Group Reset Acknowledgment Circuit Group Unblocking Circuit Group Unblocking Acknowledgment Circuit Reservation Circuit Reservation Acknowledgment Circuit Validation Response Circuit Validation Test CUG Selection and Validation Request CUG Selection and Validation Response Charge Information Confusion Connect Continuity Continuity Check Request Delayed Release Exit Facility Facility Accepted Facility Deactivated Facility Information Facility Reject Facility Request Forward Transfer Identification Request Identification Response Information Information Request Initial Address Loop Back Acknowledgment Network Resource Management Overload Pass-along Release Release Complete Reset Circuit Resume Segmentation Subsequent Address Suspend Unblocking Unblocking Acknowledgment Unequipped CIC User Part Available User Part Test User-to-user Information

Code 00000110 00001001 00010011 00010101 00011101* 00011110* 00011100* 00101100 00011000 00011010 00101010 00101011 00010111 00101001 00011001 00011011 11101010* 11101001* 11101011* 11101100* 00100101* 00100110* 00110001** 00101111 00000111 00000101 00010001 00100111* 11101101* 00110011 00100000 00100010* 00100011* 00100001 00011111 00001000 00110110** 00110111** 00000100 00000011 00000001 00100100 00110010 00110000 00101000 00001100 00010000 00010010 00001110 00111000 00000010 00001101 00010100 00010110 00101110 00110101 00110100 00101101

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ISUP Parameter Code Table

Message Type Access Delivery Information Access Transport Automatic Congestion Level Backward Call Indicators Business Group Call Diversion Information Call History Information Call Modification Indicators Call Reference Called Party Number Calling Party Number Calling Partys Category Carrier Identification Carrier Selection Information Cause Indicators Charge Number Circuit Assignment Map Circuit Group Characteristic Indicator Circuit Group Supervision Message Type Ind. Circuit Identification Name Circuit State Indicator Circuit Validation Response Indicator CUG Check Response Indicators CUG Interlock Code COMMON LANGUAGE Connected Number Connection Request Continuity Indicators Echo Control Information Egress End of Optional Parameters Event Information Indicators Facility Indicator Facility Information Indicators Forward Call Indicators Freephone Indicators Generic Address Generic Digits Generic Name Generic Notification Generic Number Generic Reference Hop Counter Index Information Indicators Information Request Indicators Jurisdiction Location Number MCID Request Indicator MCID Response Indicator Message Compatibility Information MLPP Precedence Nature of Connection Indicators Network Specific Facilities Network Transport Notification Indicator
* ANSI-ISUP only ** ITU-ISUP only

Code 00101110** 00000011 00100111 00010001 11000110* 00110110** 00101101** 00010111* 00000001 00000100 00001010 00001001 11000101* 11101110* 00010010 11101011* 00100101* 11100101* 00010101 11101000* 00100110 11100110* 00011100* 00011010 11101001* 00100001 00001101 00010000 00110111** 11000011* 00000000 00100100 00011000 00011001* 00000111 01000001** 11000000* 11000001 11000111* 00101100** 11000000** 01000010** 00111101 00011011* 00001111 00001110 11000100* 00111111** 00111011** 00111100** 00111000** 00111010** 00000110 00101111** 11101111* 11100001*

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ISUP Parameter Code Table Continued

Message Type Operator Services Information Optional Backward Call Indicators Optional Forward Call Indicators Original Called Number Originating Line Information Origination ISC Point Code Outgoing Trunk Group Number Parameter Compatibility Information Precedence Propagation Delay Counter Range and Status Redirecting Number Redirection Information Redirection Number Redirection Number Restriction Remote Operations Service Activation Service Code Indicator Signaling Point Code Special Processing Request Subsequent Number Suspend/resume Indicators Transaction Request Transit Network Selection Transmission Medium Requirement Transmission Medium Requirement Prime Transmission Medium Used User Service Information User Service Information Prime User Teleservice Information User-to-user Indicators User-to-user Information
* ANSI-ISUP only ** ITU-ISUP only

Code 11000010* 00101001 00001000 00101000 11101010* 00101011** 11100111* 00111001** 00111010* 00110001** 00010110 00001011 00010011 00001100 01000000** 00110010 00110011 11101100* 00011110 11101101* 00000101 00100010 11100011* 00100011 00000010 00111110** 00110101 00011101 00110000 00110100** 00101010 00100000

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TUP Heading Code Table

MSG Group

H1

H0

0000 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111

IAI

SAM SAO COT CCF

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FAM FSM BSM SBM UBM CSM CCM GRM UNN LOS SST ACB DPN MPR EUM CCL RSC HGU HUA GRS GRA SGB SBA SGU SUA

IAM GSM GRQ ACM SEC ANU ANC RLG MGB

CHG CGC ANN BLO MBA

NNC CBK BLA MGU

ADI CLF UBL MUA

CFL RAM UBA HGB

SSB FOT CCR HBA

CNM

0000 0001 0010 0 0 11 0100 0101 0 11 0 0 111 1000 1001 1010 1 0 11 11 0 0 11 0 1 111 0 1111

ACC

TUP Heading Code Table Abbreviations

ACB ACC ACM ADI ANC ANN ANU BLA BLO BSM CBK CCF CCL CCM CCR CFL CGC CHG CLF CNM COT CSM DPN EUM FAM FOT FSM GRA GRM GRQ GRS GSM HBS HGH HGU HUA IAI IAM LOS MBA MGB MGU MPR Access barred signal Automatic congestion control information message Address complete message Address incomplete signal Answer signal, charge Answer signal, no charge Answer signal, unqualified Blocking-acknowledgment signal Blocking signal Backward set-up message Clear-back signal Continuity failure signal Calling party clear signal Circuit supervision message Continuity-check-request signal Call failure signal Circuit-group-congestion signal Charging message Clear-forward signal Circuit network management message group Continuity signal Call supervision message Digital path not provided signal Extended unsuccessful backward set-up information message Forward address message Forward-transfer signal Forward set-up message Circuit group reset-acknowledgment message Circuit group supervision messages General request message Circuit group reset message General forward set-up information message Hardware failure oriented group blockingacknowledgment message Hardware failure oriented group blocking message Hardware failure oriented group unblocking message Hardware failure oriented group unblockingacknowledgment message Initial address message with additional information Initial address message Line-out-of-service signal Maintenance oriented group blockingacknowledgment message Maintenance oriented group blocking message Maintenance oriented group unblocking message Misdialed trunk prefix - 19 -

TUP Heading Code Table Abbreviations Continued

MUA NNC RAN RLG RSC SAM SAO SBA SBM SEC SGB SGU SSB SST SUA UBA UBL UBM UNN Maintenance oriented group unblocking acknowledgment message National-network-congestion signal Reanswer signal Release-guard signal Reset-circuit signal Subsequent address message Subsequent address message with one signal Software generated group blocking-acknowledgment message Successful backward set-up information message Switching-equipment-congestion signal Software generated group blocking message Software generated group unblocking message Subscriber-busy signal (electrical) Send-special-information tone signal Software generated group unblocking-acknowledgment Unblocking-acknowledgment signal Unblocking signal Unsuccessful backward set-up information message Unallocated number signal

Glossary of SS7 Acronyms

ASE BIB BSN CCITT CCS CIC DPC DUP FCS FIB FSN FISU GTT ISP ISPC ISUP LI LSSU MSU MTP NSP OMAP Application Service Element Backward Indicator Bit Backward Sequence Number International Telegraph & Telephone Coucultative Committee Common Channel Signalling Circuit Identification Code Destination Point Code Data User Part Frame Check Sequence Forward Indicator Bit Forward Sequence Number Fill-In Signal Unit Global Title Translation Intermediate Service Part International Signalling Point Code ISDN User Part Length Indicator Link Status Signal Unit Message Signal Unit Message Transfer Part Network Services Part Operations and Maintenance Application Part - 20 -

Glossary of SS7 Acronyms Continued

OPC OSI SANC SCCP SEP SF SI SIF SIO SLC SLS SNM SNT SP SPC SPR SSF STP SU TC TCAP TUP Origination Point Code Open Systems Interconnection Signalling Area Network Code Signalling Connection Control Part Signalling End Point Status Field Service Indicator Signalling Information Service Information Octet Signal Link Code Signal Link Selection Signalling Network Management Signalling Network Testing Signalling Point Signalling Point Code Signalling Point W/SCCP Relay function Sub-Service Field Signal Transfer Point Signal Units Transaction Capabilities Transaction Capabilities Application Part Telephone User Part

SS7 References CCITT White Book, Volume VI, Fascicle VI.7, Recommendations Q.700-Q.716: Specifications of Signalling System No. 7. CCITT White Book Volume VI, Fascicle VI.8, Recommendations Q.721-Q.766: Specifications of Signalling System No.7. ITU White Book, ITU-T Recommendation Q.763: Specifications of Signalling System Number 7. GR-246-CORE, Issue 1, December 1994: Specifications of Signalling System Number 7.
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