Course objectives: By the end of the course delegates will be able to:
- Describe the Functionality and Features of Signalling.
- Describe the Functionality of Analogue UND Digital Subscriber Signalling.
- Describe the various types of signalling used on different network types.
- Describe the Functionality of Private Network Signalling.
- Describe the Functionality of Public Network Signalling.
Course content:IntroductionWhat is Signalling?, Standards, ITU-T Recommendations, Signalling
Categories - Supervisory Addressing, E.164, Call
Information, Network Management, Network Components, Inband/Outband
Switch Signalling, Analogue Vs Digital Signalling.
Analogue Subscriber SignallingAnalogue Local Loops/Switches/Trunks, Digital Switches/Local
Loops, Telephone Handset, Accessing the Local Exchange,
Pulse/Tone Dialling.
Digital Subscriber Signalling Integrated Digital Access, DASS2 & DPNSS, DASS2 - Call,
IMUX, Euro ISDN, Q.931 Call Control, Message Identification,
Message Types, Call Establishment Messages, Call Clearing.
Network TypesService Types, Circuit Switched, Packet Switched, Signalling
Terminology, In-Channel Signalling, G.704, Performance and Quality, Digital Signalling, CAS, CAS Applications,
Foreign Exchange, CCS, Break-In/Out.
Private Network Signalling TypesNetworking PABXs, Inter PABX Analogue Signalling Methods,
E & M, Tone-On-Idle, Inter PABX Digital Signalling
Methods, DPNSS, DPNSS Deployment, PABX Support for DPNSS,
DPNSS Call, Q.Sig, Q.Sig support/functionality/protocol,
Message Overview, Call Establishment.
Public Network SignallingSS7, SS7 Operations, SS7 Topology, SSP, STP, SCP, Database
Types - CMSDB NP LIDB HLR VLR, Signalling Modes,
Link Types, Further Redundancy, Linksets, SS7 addressing,
Point Codes, Sub-System, Global Title Addressing and Translation,
ANSI PCs, ITU-T PCs, SS7 Protocol Stack, MTP Level 1, MTP
Level 2, Flo- Control, FISU, LSSU, MSU, MSU SIF, MTP Level
3, SCCP, TCAP, TUP, Facility Format, Main Facilities, Flow
Control Negotiation, Closed User Groups, Reverse Charging,
Fast Select Facility, Throughput Class Negotiation, Call
Barring, On-Line Facility Registration. BTUP, ISDN ISUP,
Supplementary Services, ISUP Call - IAM, Progress/Answer/Suspend/
Resume/Release Messages,
Intelligent Network (IN)Introduction, IN Evolution, IN Conceptual Model, IN Target
Services & Service Features, Service Independent Building
Blocks
An intensive course that defines and explores the signalling methods that are to be found in today's telecommunications services.