GR 82 CORE : ISSUE 15

Preface
1. Introduction
    1.1 Purpose
    1.2 Definitions
    1.3 Organization of This Document
    1.4 Reasons for Issue 8
    1.5 Reasons for Issue 7
    1.6 Related Documents
    1.7 Requirement Labeling Conventions
    1.8 Updating of This Document
2. Network Architecture
    2.1 CCS Network Services
    2.2 CCS Network Components
    2.3 Network Architecture
3. STP Functional Architecture
    3.2 STP Functions
    3.3 Interfaces
    3.4 Capacity
4. Signaling
    4.1 SS7 Protocol Overview
    4.2 Message Transfer Part (MTP)
    4.3 Signaling Connection Control Part (SCCP)
    4.4 Operations, Maintenance, and Administration Part (OMAP)
5. Operation Requirements
    5.1 Overview of the Operational Environment
    5.2 STP Provisioning Requirements
6. STP Fault and Performance Management
    6.1 Introduction
    6.2 Operations System (OS) Interfaces
    6.3 Measured Entity Types
    6.4 Measurement Requirements
    6.5 Measurement Reports
    6.6 Event Reporting
    6.7 Control Capabilities
7. Network Management
8. System Interfaces
    8.1 Signaling Interfaces
    8.2 OS Interfaces
    8.3 Operations Work Positions
    8.4 Security of Operations Interfaces
9. Performance
    9.1 Reliability
    9.2 STP Transport Time
    9.3 Accuracy
10. Environmental Requirements
    10.1 Power
    10.2 Equipment
    10.3 Electromagnetic and Electrical Environment
11. Quality
    11.1 Introduction
    11.2 Reliability and Quality Switching Systems Generic Requirements
12. Supplier Support
    12.1 Documentation on Operations
    12.2 Software Documentation
Appendix A: Changes for E-Links and Complex Network Architectures
Appendix B: STP Requirements for Toll-Free Service
            B.1 Introduction
            B.2 MTP and SCCP Message Formats for Toll-Free Service
            B.3 Operations
Appendix C: STP Requirements for Gateway Function
            C.1 Introduction
            C.2 Overview of the Gateway Screening Process
            C.3 Description of Gateway Screening Tables
            C.4 Motivation for New Screening Requirements
            C.5 Gateway Screening Requirements
            C.6 Measurements
            C.7 Performance
            C.8 Service Indicator Expansion Impacts on Gateway
                Screening
Appendix D: Cluster Routing and Management at STPs
            D.1 Introduction
            D.2 Applicability of Cluster Management
            D.3 Status Definitions
            D.4 Cluster Status Maintenance
            D.5 Procedures for Cluster Management at STPs
Appendix E: STP Requirements for SCCP INS
            E.1 Introduction
            E.2 Definition of Terms
            E.3 Format and Coding of the SCCP INS Parameter
            E.4 SCCP INS Message Routing Procedures
            E.5 SCCP INS Operations Requirements
Appendix F: Translation Type Mapping Function
            F.1 Introduction
            F.2 Definition of Terms
            F.3 Translation Type Mapping Function
            F.4 STP Operations Requirements for Translation Type
                Mapping
            F.5 Performance Requirements
Appendix G: Priority Processing of Network Management Tasks in STPs
            G.1 Introduction
            G.2 Monitoring of NM Processor Occupancy
            G.3 STP NM Task Prioritization
            G.4 Priority Assignments for NM Tasks
            G.5 NM Task Validation
Appendix H: Guidelines to Determine GTT Table Sizes
            H.1 Introduction
            H.2 General Assumptions
            H.3 Worst-Case Estimates
            H.4 Refining Worst-Case Estimates
            H.5 Related Issues
Appendix I: Estimates of GTT Capacity
            I.1 Introduction
            I.2 Services and Service-Related Assumptions
            I.3 Network Architectures
            I.4 Service Impacts on GTT Information
            I.5 Results
Appendix J: Operations Requirements for Selected SCCP Functions
            J.1 Operations Support for XUDT Capabilities
            J.2 Operations Requirements for the Two-Step GTT Function
Appendix K: Additional Signaling Link Interfaces
            K.1 ATM High-Speed Signaling Links Using the SAAL Protocol
            K.2 IPVHSLs Using the M2PA Protocol
            K.3 Summary
References
Acronyms & Glossary
Requirement-Object Index
Figures
Tables

Gives the view of proposed generic requirements and objectives for a typical Common Channel Signaling (CCS) Network Provider utilizing Signaling Transfer Points (STPs) in their CCS network. STPs are packet switches in the CCS network that transfer messages from one signaling link to another at Level 3.