Signaling System #7 - Hardcover

Travis Russell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071361197 ISBN 13: 9780071361194

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, 2000

Synopsis

The #1 Working Reference on SS7--Revised & Expanded Signaling System #7 is the hands-down choice for engineers and network managers everywhere. Travis Russell's Signaling System #7, Third Edition, gives you a bedrock understanding of the signaling network, its architecture, and the protocols used to communicate through it. Accessible even to novices, Russell's guide also provides the technical details, protocol messages, and application examples so fundamentally helpful to developers, engineers, and network planners. Network-switching expert Russell brings his succinct, logical style to: * New coverage on VoIP and SS7-TCP/IP interactions * Solutions to protocol issues in migrating telecom to the Internet * Details on SS7 in broadband and cellular networking *Lucid explanations of protocols and network entities, with hands-on examples and applications * Clarifications of ANSI standards and Bellcore publications, with model solutions * New information on local number portability * Needed technical data for design and specifications

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From the Back Cover

"If one book were to be used as a reference source and learning tool for the SS7 protocol in today's switching networks, this should be the choice."

---Amazon.com reader review* Now updated for packet telephony! The #1 Working Reference on SS7-- Revised & Expanded Signaling System #7 Travis Russell A leading-edge, sought-after source in telecommunications, Travis Russell's Signaling System #7 provides a bedrock understanding of the signaling network, its architecture, and the protocols used to communicate through it. Accessible even to novices, Russell's guide also provides the technical details, protocol messages, and application examples so fundamentally helpful to developers, engineers, and network planners. In this Internet-intensive edition, network-switching expert Russell brings his succinct, logical style to: New coverage on VoIP and SS7-TCP/IP interactions. Solutions to protocol issues in migrating telecom to the Internet. Details on SS7 in broadband and cellular networking. Lucid explanations of protocols and network entities, with hands-on examples and applications. Clarifications of ANSI standards and Bellcore publications, with model solutions. New information on local number portability. Needed technical data for design and specifications. Travis Russell's guide is a model of clarity and content, designed to help anyone understand the ¿why¿s¿ and ¿how¿s¿ of SS7, and to help technical professionals make the most of it. Bypassing heavy-handed engineering theory and mathematical derivations, each chapter presents a readable discussion, followed by technical details such as parameters, message structures, and bit values. Isn¿t it time to see for yourself why Signaling System #7 is the hands-down choice for engineers and network managers everywhere? * On the second edition.

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A leading-edge, sought-after source in telecommunications, Travis Russell's Signaling System #7 provides a bedrock understanding of the signaling network, its architecture, and the protocols used to communicate through it. Accessible even to novices, Russell's guide also provides the technical details, protocol messages, and application examples so fundamentally helpful to developers, engineers, and network planners.

In this Internet-intensive edition, network-switching expert Russell brings his succinct, logical style to:

New coverage on VoIP and SS7-TCP/IP interactions. Solutions to protocol issues in migrating telecom to the Internet. Details on SS7 in broadband and cellular networking. Lucid explanations of protocols and network entities, with hands-on examples and applications. Clarifications of ANSI standards and Bellcore publications, with model solutions. New information on local number portability. Needed technical data for design and specifications.

Travis Russell's guide is a model of clarity and content, designed to help anyone understand the “why’s” and “how’s” of SS7, and to help technical professionals make the most of it. Bypassing heavy-handed engineering theory and mathematical derivations, each chapter presents a readable discussion, followed by technical details such as parameters, message structures, and bit values. Isn’t it time to see for yourself why Signaling System #7 is the hands-down choice for engineers and network managers everywhere?

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071361197
• ISBN 13: 9780071361194
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 575