Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Signaling System #7Chapter 2: The SS7 NetworkChapter 3: Overview of a ProtocolChapter 4: Overview of Signal Units Chapter 5: Message Transfer Part (MTP)Chapter 6: Message Transfer Part (MTP) Level 3Chapter 7: Signaling Transport (SIGTRAN)Chapter 8: ISDN User Part (ISUP)Chapter 9: General Description of SCCP FunctionsChapter 10: Overview of TCAPChapter 11: Mobile Application Part (MAP)Chapter 12: SS7 and the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)Appendix A: ITU-TSS SS7 PublicationsAppendix B: American National Standards Institute (ANSI) SS7 PublicationsAppendix C: Cause Codes Appendix D: Acronym ListBibliographyIndex

About the Author

Travis Russell is Regional Sales Manager of the Network Switching Division at Tekelec in North Carolina. He has been a field engineer in the telecommunications business for over 20 years, and lectures on basic telecommunications at area colleges and universities, as well as industry seminars. He is the author of Telecommunications Protocols, Signaling System #7, and the co-author of CDPD: Cellular Digital Packet Data Standards and Technology, all published by McGraw-Hill.