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Signaling System No. 7

By Lee Dryburgh and Jeff Hew ett

Message Types
The TCAP message type (which is referred to as package type in ANSI) identifies the type of message being sent within the context of a transaction. Table 10-1 lists the seven package types for ANSI and Table 10-2 lists the five message types for ITU.

Table of Contents Copyright About the Authors Acknowledgments Icons Used in This Book Command Syntax Conventions Introduction Part I. Introductions and Overviews Chapter 1. The Evolution of Signaling Chapter 2. Standards Chapter 3. The Role of SS7 Chapter 4. SS7 Network Architecture and Protocols Introduction Chapter 5. The Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) Part II. Protocols Found in the Traditional SS7/C7 Stack Chapter 6. Message Transfer Part 2 (MTP2) Chapter 7. Message Transfer Part 3 (MTP3) Chapter 8. ISDN User Part (ISUP) Chapter 9. Signaling Connection Control Part (SCCP) Chapter 10. Transaction Capabilities Application Part (TCAP) Overview Message Types Transactions Components Dialogue Portion Message Encoding Element Structure Error Handling ITU Protocol Message Contents ANSI Protocol Message Contents ANSI National Operations ANSI Parameters Summary

Table 10-1. Package Types for ANSI

ANSI Package Types Unidirectional Query with Permission Query without Permission Response Conversation with Permission Hex Value Description

11100001 Sent in one direction and expects no reply. 11100010 Initiates a transaction, giving the receiving node permission to end the transaction.

11100011 Initiates a transaction but does not allow the receiving node to end the transaction

11100100 Ends a transaction. 11100101 Continues a transaction, giving the receiving node permission to end the transaction.

Conversation without 11100110 Continues a transaction, but does not allow the receiving node to end the transaction. Permission Abort 11110110 Sent to notify the destination node that an established transaction has been terminated without sending any further components that might be expected.

Table 10-2. Message Types for ITU

ITU Message Hex Types Value Description

Unidirectional 01100001 Sent in one direction and expects no reply. Begin (Reserved) End Continue (Reserved) Abort 01100010 Initiates a transaction. 01100011 Not used. 01100100 Ends a transaction. 01100101 Continues an established transaction. 01100110 Not used. 01100111 Sent to notify the destination node that an established transaction has been terminated without sending any further components that might be expected.

The message type also infers the stage of transaction processing. Figure 10-4 shows an example of an ITU conversation and an equivalent ANSI conversation. In ITU, a Begin message always starts a transaction, and an End message normally ends the transaction. (The "Transactions" section of this chapter discusses an exception to this rule.) The equivalent ANSI messages that begin and end transactions are Query (with or without permission) and Response, respectively. Conversation (ANSI) and Continue (ITU) messages indicate that further communication is required in an existing transaction.

Figure 10-4 Examples of ITU and ANSI Message Flow Previous Section Transactions | Next Section Share This

Part III. Service-oriented Protocols Chapter 11. Intelligent Networks (IN) Chapter 12. Cellular Networks Chapter 13. GSM and ANSI41 Mobile Application Part (MAP) Part IV. SS7/C7 Over IP Chapter 14. SS7 in the Converged World Part V. Supplementary Topics Chapter 15. SS7 Security and Monitoring Chapter 16. SS7 Testing Part VI. Appendixes Acronyms Appendix A. MTP Messages (ANSI/ETSI/ITU) Appendix B. ISUP Messages (ANSI/UK/ETSI/ITU-T) Appendix C. SCCP Messages (ANSI/ETSI/ITU-T) Appendix D. TCAP Messages and Components Appendix E. ITU-T Q.931 Messages Appendix F. GSM and ANSI MAP Operations Appendix G. MTP Timers in ITU-T/ETSI/ANSI Applications Appendix H. ISUP Timers for ANSI/ETSI/ITU-T Applications Appendix I. GSM Mobile Country Codes (MCC) and Mobile Network Codes (MNC) Appendix J. ITU and ANSI Protocol Comparison Appendix K. SS7 Standards Appendix L. Tektronix Supporting Traffic Appendix M. Cause Values

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