IN

BASICS
Overview
 Intelligent network
 A network architecture intended both for fixed as well as
mobile telecom networks
 Allows operators to provide value-added services in
addition to the standard telecom services such as PSTN,
ISDN and GSM
 In IN, the intelligence is provided by network nodes
owned by telecom operators, as opposed to solutions
based on intelligence in the telephone equipment, or in
Internet servers provided by any part.
 IN is based on the SS7 protocol
 IMS standards can be seen as a hybrid of IN and
Internet services
The Main Idea of IN

Intelligent
Intelligent Layer
Layer The newly
introduced
system.
IN Separates service control function
from switching function.

Signaling Layer
The existing
network
resources.
Switch
Switch &
&
Transmission Layer

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Basic Features
 The basic motovation behind the development of the IN system was
the need for a more flexible way of adding sophisticated services to
the existing network.
 Before IN was developed, all new feature and/or services that was
to be added had to be implemented directly in the core switch
systems.
 This results in very long release cycles as the bug hunting and
testing had to be extensive and thorough to prevent the network
from failing.
 With the advent of IN, most of these services was moved out of the
core switch systems and into self serving nodes
 This created a modular and more secure network that allowed the
services providers themselves to develop variations and value-
added services to their network without submitting a request to the
core switch manufacturer and wait for the long development process
Standards
 The IN concepts, architecture and protocols were
originally developed as standards by the ITU-T
 The primary aim of the IN was to enhance the core
telephony services offered by traditional
telecommunications networks
 This core would then provide a basis upon which
operators could build services in addition to those
already present on a standard telephone exchange
 ITU-T standard set Q.1210 to Q.1219, or Capability Set
One (CS-1)
 Following the success of CS-1, further enhancements
followed in the form of CS-2
Flavors
 European flavours developed by ETSI, American flavours by ANSI, and
Japanese variants also exist.
 The main reasons for producing variants in each region was to ensure
interoperability between equipment manufactured and deployed locally
 However, new functionality was also added which meant that variants
diverged from each other and the main ITU-T standard.
 The biggest variant was called Customised Applications for Mobile
networks Enhanced Logic (CAMEL )
 This allowed for extensions to be made for the mobile phone
environment, and allowed mobile phone operators to offer the same IN
services to subscribers while they are roaming as they receive in the
home network.
 IN is there in the area of VOIP and SIP
 New standards: JAIN and Parlay
 From a technical view, the SCE is beginning to move away from its
proprietary graphical origins and is moving towards a Java applicatio
server environment.
 IN Architecture

CCS7 SCE
HLR
SCP SMP

TCP/IP
VC
SSP/IP

MSC/SSP CMP

GMSC/SSP SMAP SMAP

GMSC/SSP IP
MSC GMSC
MSC/SSP
MIN

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IN System Components

SCE --- Service Creation Environment

SMP --- Service Management Point
SCP --- Service Control Point
SSP --- Service Switching Point
SMAP --- Service Management Access Point
CMP --- Card Management Point
IP --- IN Peripherals
VC --- Voucher Center

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 Service Creation Environment -- SCE
• SCE is a computer system based on UNIX platform with
graphic user interface.
• The development environment used to create the services
present on the SCP
• Usually, proprietary graphical languages have been used
to enable telecom engineers to create services directly.
• user can use Graphical Interface to manipulate between
different functions to formulate a service
On SCE, you can:
 Create new IN services
 Test and simulate IN services
 Modify or upgrade IN services

SCE outputs the IN services in binary files, which can be

transferred to SMP.
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Service Management Point -- SMP

SMP is a computer system based on UNIX platform, which is for:

 Service management
 Network management
 Charging management
 Subscriber management There is a data base
in SMP
 Storing billing records
 Managing SCP remotely
 SMAP access management
 ……

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 Service Management Access Point -- SMAP

SMAP is a PC based on Windows 9x/2000 system,

which is :

 The client of SMP. SMAP accesses the data from SMP

database.
 The man machine interface of SMP. Most management
functions of SMP must be configured and executed on SMAP.
 And has a graphic interface and easy to use.
Sometimes, we refer SMS to SMP and SMAP together.

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Voucher Center -- VC

VC is a computer system based on UNIX platform, which is for:

 Storing scratch cards
 Voucher cards management
 Recharging subscribers

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 Card Management Point -- CMP

CMP is a PC based on Windows 9x/2000 system, which

 is the client of VC. CMP accesses the

data from VC database.
 is for voucher cards management
 is the man machine interface of VC.
Most management functions of VC must
be configured and executed on CMP.
 has graphic interface and easy to use.

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 Service Control Function (SCF) or
Service Control Point (SCP)
SCP is a computer system based on UNIX platform,
which:
 communicates with SSPs and IPs via CAP
 storing billing records temporarily
 controls IN calls
 controls IN charging
 executes service logics
 controls call traffic
This is a separate set of platforms that receive
queries from the SSP.
The SCP contains service logic which
implements the behaviour desired by the
operator, i.e., the services.
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 Service Switching Function (SSF) or Service
Switching Point (SSP)
SSP is a special switching system, which
 can trigger IN calls, and then
 report IN calls to SCP, and after receiving the instructions from
SCP, SSP will
 make the connection between the caller and the called.
 communicates with SCP via INAP or CAP
 generates billing records after successful IN calls
 communicates with local switches via CCS7.

This is co-located with the telephone exchange itself, and acts as the
trigger point for further services to be invoked during a call.
The SSF is responsible for entertaining calls requiring value added
services

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SDF/SDP
 Service Data Function (SDF) or Service Data Point (SDP)
 A database that contains additional subscriber data, or other data
required to process a call, e.g., subscribers’s prepaid remaining
credit
 The SDF may be a separate platform, or is sometimes co-located
with the SCP.
Specialized Resource Function (SRF) or Intelligent
Peripheral (IP)
 IP is the system for
o Playing voice prompts to IN service users
o Collect user information
 IP communicates with SSP via ISUP and with SCP via
INAP.
 IP usually has very large storing capacity to record voices.
 Sometimes, IP is combined with SSP.
A node which can connect to both the SSP and the SCP
and delivers additional special resources into the call,
mostly related to voice data, for example play voice
announcements or collect DTMF tones from the user.

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Protocols
 The core elements described above use standard
protocols to communicate with each other.
 The interfaces between the SSP and the SCP are SS7
based
 This means that the IN standards only had to define the
application layer which was called the Intelligent Networks
Application Part or INAP
 The INAP messages are encoded using ASN-1.
 The interface between the SCP and the SDP is defined in
the standards to be an X.500 Directory Access Protocol or
DAP.
 However, a more lightweight interface called LDAP has
emerged from the IETF which is considerably simpler to
implement, so many SCPs have implemented that instead.
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Service Data

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Database
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Architecture of
IN Charging System

TELLIN-SMP
TELLIN-SMP Settlement Center

Charging
Call Management
Tickets Information Settlement
Result
TELLIN-SCP
TELLIN-SCP & remote call
tickets
Apply
Apply
Charging
Charging
Report

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M900/1800-SSP BAU
BAU Billing Center

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Charging Feature of TELLIN (1)

1. TELLIN provides three charging methods:


Charge by time
 One off charge

 Fixed tariff

2. TELLIN provides flexible premiums and premium rates


Basic premium
 IN premium

 User related premium

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 Charging Feature of TELLIN (2)
3. How TELLIN handles discounts
 Daily discount
 Discount by week

 Discount by holiday or festival

 Discount by subscriber

4. TELLIN can classify charging types according to the called or calling

numbers, and set charging rates flexibly. The categories mainly include:
 Local call
 Domestic toll

 International toll

 Charges for calls to special areas

 Charges for mobile calls

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Service Examples
 Call screening
 Account card calling
 Private-number plans
(with numbers remaining
unpublished in
directories)
 Prefix free dialing from
cellphones abroad
 Seamless MMS message
access from abroa
 Prepaid Calling Card
service
 Free Phone service
 Virtual Private Network
service
 Advertising service
 Tele-Voting service
 Number Portable service
 Mass Calling service
 Wide Area Centrex
service
 Universal Personal
Telephone service.
 TELLIN Service Categories

Commodity Services
Free Phone, AD, Calling Card, Televoting, Mas Calling, etc.

Network Operator Services

Number Portable, Authenticate Gateway, etc.

Corporate Services
VPN, WAC, etc.

Customized Service
Personal 800, Special Data, Special Flow, etc.

Personal mobility services

UPT, Portable IN, Service based on location, etc.

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PSTN/ISDN IN Services
 ACC Account Card Calling
 FPH Free Phone
 VPN Virtual Private Network
 WAC Wide Area Centrex
 UPT Universal Personal Telecommunication
 VOT Tele Voting
 MAS Mass Calling
 NP Number Portable
 AD Advertising
 CCC Credit Card Calling
 PRM Premium Rate
 UAN Unique Access Number
 TBK Telephone Bank
 TP Telephone Payment
 TV Telephone Virement
 SPL Split Payment
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GSM/CDMA/GPRS IN Services

 Pre-Paid Service
 Mobile Virtual Private Network

 Wireless Advertising

 Cell and Time Discount Service

 Press by Voice Service

 Originating Call Screening

 Terminating Call Screening

 Originating Hunting

 Terminating Hunting

 Personal Discount Service

 Original Dependent Routing

 Familiarity Number Service

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Internet IN Services

 Calling Card IP Phone

 Caller IP Phone
 Caller IP Fax
 Internet Call Waiting (ICW)
 Click to Dial
 IP Centrex
 IP Free Phone
 IP VPN

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