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Signaling System 7 (SS7)
Table of Contents:
Definition and Overview
1. What is Signaling?
2. What is Out-of-Band Signaling?
3. Signaling Network Architecture
4. The North American Signaling Architecture
5. Basic Signaling Architecture
6. SS7 Link Types
7. Basic Call Setup Example
8. Database Query Example
9. Layers of the SS7 Protocol
10. What Goes Over the Signaling Link
11. Addressing in the SS7 Network
12. Signal Unit Structure
13. What are the Functions of the Different Signaling Units?
14. Message Signal Unit Structure
Self-Test
Glossary
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Self-Test
1. The signaling of SS7 features _____ signaling.
a. in-band
b. out-of-band
2. SS7 _____ multifrequency tones for signaling.
a. uses
b. does not use
3. Associated signaling _____ for signaling to network elements to which there is no direct trunk connection.
a. allows
b. does not allow
4. SSPs _____ the packet switches of the SS7 network.
a. are
b. are not
5. Element symbol one is __________.
a. SSP
b. STP
c. SCP
6. Element symbol two is ____________.
a. SSP
b. STP
c. SCP
7. Element symbol three is __________.
a. SSP
b. STP
c. SCP
8. STPs and SCPs are not customarily deployed in pairs.
a. true
b. false
9. SCPs are always deployed in pairs.
a. true
b. false
10. A links connect an STP and either an SSP or an SCP.
a. true
b. false
11. An ACM indicates that an IAM has reached the called subscriber's switch and that the subscriber is not busy.
a. true
b. false
12. An IAM indicates that a call has reached its proper destination.
a. true
b. false
13. When a called subscriber picks up the phone, his or her switch sends an ANM to indicate that the trunks should be connected in both directions.
a. true
b. false
14. An REL is a message that indicates that switches at both ends have released the trunk.
a. true
b. false
15. All 800 numbers are assigned to a subscriber line themselves.
a. true
b. false
16. Dialing an 800 number causes the switch to suspend a call and query a database for further instructions.
a. true
b. false
17. Links that connect nonmated STP pairs in different networks may be referred to as ______________.
a. B links
b. D links
c. B/D links
d. any of the above
18. MTP management messages and ISUP call setup messages are addressed to ___________.
a. separate applications
b. a signal connection control port
c. B links
d. a node as a whole
19. The SCCP supports _______________.
a. routing to subsystems
b. global title translation
c. load sharing among SCPs
d. all of the above and other functions as well
20. Signaling units are broken up into units of how many bits?
a. 8
b. 16
c. 32
d. 64
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