Transport and Applications ForSS7 Signaling FrankTuhus

Transport and services for SS7 signaling over IP
Frank Tuhus Systems Engineer ftuhus@cisco.com
ITP Overview V54
2007 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Cisco Confidential
Legacy STP SS7 Deployment

SCPs STPs Transport Network STPs SCPs
ATM/TDM
Legacy STPs are becoming EOL and are expensive to upgrade Legacy STPs do not provide a seamless migration to IP networks Legacy STPs have limited scalability of on-board applications
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Signaling Core Network Evolution

2000 2G 2005 3G 2010 3G+
Legacy
SS7 APPLICATIONS TCAP
SIGTRAN
SS7 APPLICATIONS TCAP
Next Gen
SS7 & INTERNET APPLICATIONS TCAP
SCCP MTP3 SCCF-NNI MTP2 SSCOP AAL5 MTP1 SSCOP AAL5 SCCF-NNI
SCCP MTP3 M3UA M2PA MTP2 SCTP MTP1 IP SUA
SCCP MTP3 M3UA M2PA SCTP IP SUA
SIP
TCP
UDP
Networks will continue to evolve and converge to an IP centric model The speed of this evolution and convergence is debatable and it will happen at speeds which will vary per operator
SS7oIP Benefits
Cost Efficiencies
More efficient network for SS7 transport Operationally simpler and more efficient to manage Affordable people are easier to hire
Enables a variety of IP-based revenue- generating services/applications

Further enhanced bandwidth efficiencies Lower barriers to entry for application vendors Seamless operation over network generations
Smooth transition from 2G to 3G
ITP Overview
Cisco Confidential
IETF SIGTRAN Working Group

Multi-vendor group that is designing SS7oIP standards
Group includes Cisco, NT, Lucent, Alcatel, Ericsson, Nokia, Siemens, Tekelec, etc.
http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/sigtran-charter.html
Developed based on the RFC process, such as created the Internet and Web standards Includes SCTP, M2PA, M3UA, SUA and M2UA
Cisco is a co-author on all of the above except SUA Continues to evolve with changing operator requirements
ITP Overview
Cisco Confidential
Sigtran Protocols
SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol, RFC2960) transport layer that provides reliable data transfer over IP M2PA (MTP2-User Peer-to-Peer Adaptation, RFC 4165) provides MTP3 with equivalent transport layer services as MTP2 M3UA (MTP3-User Adaptation, RFC3332, 4666) client/server protocol providing a gateway to legacy SS7 network for IP-based applications that interface to the MTP3 layer SUA (SCCP-User Adaptation, RFC3868) client/server protocol providing a gateway to legacy SS7 network for IP-based applications that interface to the SCCP layer. M2UA (MTP2-User Adaptation, draft status) client/server protocol providing a gateway to legacy SS7 network for IP-based applications that interface to the MTP2 layer (not supported with Cisco ITP) Security Considerations for SIGTRAN Protocols specifies an Internet security protocol standards track (TLS/IPSEC)
ITP Protocol Architecture

Cisco ITP IOS
TCAP/MAP SCCP or ISUP MTP3 M3UA SSCF-NNI MTP2 SSCOP AAL5 MTP1 SCTP IP UDP M2PA SUA
SIP
Any to Any Routing

An ITP is:
IP-enabled core STP (SS7 router) & Signaling Gateway Integrated high-capacity IP and SS7 routing in one box A core STP with:
Carrier Grade reliability with Low Power/Small Footprint Traditional TDM-based STP and Next-generation STP Supports integrated applications such as Number Portability and Flexible Numbering and Equipment Identity Register (EIR)
A Signaling Gateway with:

Flexible range of platforms to suit all needs Strong SMS routing capabilities with MLR Strong partnership with messaging and IN vendors
ITP and the Core STP
ITP Overview
Cisco Confidential
Legacy STP SS7 Deployment

SCPs STPs Transport Network STPs SCPs
ATM/TDM
Legacy STPs are becoming EOL and are expensive to upgrade Legacy STPs do not provide a seamless migration to IP networks Legacy STPs have limited scalability of on-board applications
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Cisco SS7 Deployment

SCPs Transport Network SCPs
ATM/TDM
Cap and grow legacy STPs with high density/low cost ITPs Migrate legacy STP/SCP functionality to an SCP function ITP provides the foundation and flexibility to migrate to 3G or 3G+ networks as the carrier needs warrant
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Cisco SIGTRAN Deployment

Core Routers SCPs SCPs
Edge Router + STP
MPLS IP
Edge Router + STP
ITPs are native IP devices and allow the operator maximum flexibility in both SS7 and IP routing capabilities in one device Cisco has the IP expertise to properly deploy IP networks ITPs can be deployed with integrated IP routing
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Signaling Infrastructure
Migration to IP
SMSC/HLR/IN STP1_1
Signaling TDM Transport Network
STP2_1
MSCs/Softswitch
Legacy
Access TDM STP1_2 SMSC/HLR/IN Signaling GW STP2_2 Access TDM MSCs/Softswitch
Signaling Over IP, TDM as option IP or TDM
IP Enabled STP
SS7oIP
Access-Links TDM SUA or M3UA
Access-Links TDM SUA or M3UA
SCCP/ISUP MTP3b/MTP3 SSCF-NNI

MTP3b Stack HSL
ITP Overview
SSCOP AAL5
MTP2 MTP1
M2PA
M3UA SCTP IP
Cisco Confidential
SUA
SS7oIP with SIGTRAN
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M3UA Deployment Architecture

HLR / MSC Server STP1_1
Existing TDM based SS7 Network
STP2_1
MSC
Before
STP1_2 STP2_2 MSC
After
HLR / MSC Server
M3UA / SCTP / IP
M2PA / SCTP / IP
SG2_1
LAN Switch
SG1_1 SG2_2 STP2_1 MSC
100Mbps/NIC
SG1_2
QoS Available
Existing TDM based SS7 Network
STP2_2
Cisco Confidential
ITP Overview
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ITP as a Signaling Gateway
ITP Overview
Cisco Confidential
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Signaling Gateway Problem Statement

LSL/HSL LSL/HSL Applications
HLR MSC MSC

STP
HLR Legacy SS7 SMSC SMSC IN IN
STP STP
MSC MSC
STP
Expensive links (US$5-10 K per link) on the STP side Huge footprint and power consumption A new element means new point-codes and network changes
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ITP Signaling Gateway Solution

LSL/HSL LSL/HSL/M2PA/ SUA/M3UA
Application node STP STP
Application node
High performance gateway between legacy (ATM/TDM) SS7 and SIGTRAN signaling SIGTRAN protocol support for M2PA, M3UA and SUA True appliance architecture OPEX reduction
Signaling gateway AND Cisco IOS-based router in a single system

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SS7 Offload Network

LSL/HSL M2PA LSL/HSL LSL/HSL/M2PA/ SUA/M3UA
MSC MSC MSC MSC

STP STP
IP
Application node
Application node
Legacy SS7
STP STP
Save money on the expensive legacy equipment. Transport bulk SCCP traffic (e.g. SMS) over IP
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IP Enabled Messaging Network

LSL/HSL M2PA LSL/HSL M3UA/SUA
MSC MSC MSC MSC

STP STP
IP
Application node
Application node
Legacy SS7
STP STP
Increased bandwidth to application (Ethernet) Improved performance of application nodes Decreased signaling costs (commoditized)
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MLR & SMS Router Architecture

Send back for Routing
Route Determination MAP Parsing TCAP Parsing Advanced MTP & SCCP Routing SCCP
TRIGGER
MTP3 (b) M3UA SCCF-NNI MTP2 SSCOP AAL5

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SUA M2PA SCTP
MTP1
Cisco Confidential
IP
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MLR Controlled Messaging

MLR SUA
MSC MSC MSC MSC IP
Voting SMS-C
User to user SMS-C
SMS antispam engine
MLR allows for optimization of messaging nodes for specific traffic types (e.g. voting messages) Differentiation of SLA and QOS per traffic type or user group (Re)-direct traffic to anti-spam/virus engine
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ITP Multi-Layer Routing
ITP Overview
Cisco Confidential
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MLR & SMS Router Architecture

Route Determination SMS-SRI Parsing MAP Parsing TCAP Parsing Advanced MTP SCCP Routing SCCP
TRIGGER

SUA M2PA SCTP
MTP1
Cisco Confidential
IP
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MLR Router Architecture

block Optional
Route Determination MAP Parsing TCAP Parsing Advanced MTP & SCCP Routing SCCP
TRIGGER
UDTS

SUA M2PA SCTP
MTP1
Cisco Confidential
IP
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ITP Multi-Layer Routing (MLR)

Select messages with Gateway Screening rules:
Destination or Originating point code for MTP3 Service Indicator (ISUP or SCCP) SCCP Called Party Address (GT, PC, SSN) SCCP Calling Party Address (GT, PC, SSN), etc
Route messages based on a combination of:

Any MAP Operation code from GSM-MAP SMS specific parameters for MO and MT SRI-SM specific parameters
Distribute messages to a server group using weighted round-robin or B-address binding hash Servers may be connected via TDM, HSL or SIGTRAN links Optionally modify SCCP Calling or Called Party addresses (and some MAP addresses)
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ITP Multi-Layer Routing (MLR) - results

Result can be:
New SCCP GT, Point Code, SSN, xUA ASNAME, server group Server group can load-shared by weighted round robin or a B-address hash Result Action can be to: BLOCK, CONTINUE or ROUTE
BLOCK is used for MLR based screening:

Example of use is ITP-only anti-spam
ROUTE is used for onward routing:

Example of use is SRI interception for flexible numbering Manage roaming traffic or traffic from broadcast events Intercept of INAP, CAMEL, MAP traffic for MNP
CONTINUE = more rules to process

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Messaging User Scenarios
ITP Overview
Cisco Confidential
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Next-Gen Mobile Service Development

App App11 App 2 App2 App 3 App3 App 4 App4 App 5 App5 App 6 App6
Control/Applications Plane
Internet application model Fast time to market Open interface New process for service
Signalling Plane
Open interface northbound (IP) Standard SS7 signaling Cisco ITP as interface to SS7 network One-to-many application scalability
Transport Plane
Mobile Network
Voice transport network ITP allows uncoupling of signaling from network elements
ITP Overview
Cisco Confidential
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MLR MTP3 OPC-DPC Routing

Subscriber A in Non-home network
MSC
4.4.4
HL R OP Que DP C=4.4 ry C= 6.6 .4 .6
Special Fraud and Billing
Low Quality Network
HLR PC=6.6.6
3.3.3 2.2.2
ry Que HLR =2.2.2 PC 6.6.6 O = DPC
High Quality Network
MSC
MLR selective routes the message from 2.2.2 over the high quality network
Subscriber A in home network

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Multi-Layer Routing (MLR)

Example: Short Message Service Center
Broadcast Event
To vote on American Idol, send SMS to 1111 For vote on Big Brother, send SMS to 2222
SMSC SMSC SMSC
ITP distributes messages in a weighted round-robin fashion when multiple servers can handle the same service
MSC
SS7 Network
Voting Server
MSC
IP IP
Voting Server ITP inspects SCCP, TCAP, MAP, and MAP-User parameters to route SMSMO to the correct service center(s) handling the message.
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MAP Op-code Router with MLR

SMS spam Engine*
MSC VLR SMSC
FPLMN
MSC VLR STP
MSC VLR
MO-SMS MT-SMS SRI-SM UpdateLocation
Cleaned MT-SMS
Managed Roaming Node*
HLR
HPLMN
Cleaned MO-SMS
SMSC
* = Partner provided
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First Delivery Attempt for SMS-MO

FDA Message Flow
Benefits include: Greatly reduces SMS infrastructure $$ Removes 60-70% of SMS traffic!! FDA
4 6
FDA initiates SRI to find the location of Mobile 2 FDA attempts SMS delivery to Mobile 2.
5 HLR returns location of Mobile 2 2

ITP intercepts SMSMO and forwards it to the FDA device
IP Network
7
If successful FDA, then CDR is produced
CDR DB
HLR
3
FDA sends SMS-MO acknow. to MSC
Data Center
8
If FDA not successful, then FDA delivers message to SMSC
SS7 Network
SMSC
Remote PoPs
SS7 Mobile 1 1
Mobile 1 sends SMS to Mobile 2
ITP Overview
Message Center
Mobile 2
SMPP/UCP SUA M3UA
Drivers: Burgeoning SMS traffic volumes Adoption of SMS-based voting events

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Next Gen Signaling Partners

30+ Partners Delivering Value-added Applications
ITP Overview
Cisco Confidential
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SMS Anti-spam
ITP Overview
Cisco Confidential
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GSMA White Paper

Network Vulnerabilities
Side Effects
1. Spamming
The Operator is spammed by SME having an agreement with him.
The Home Operator could be accused of Spam relay by his customers or by another operator having a roaming agreement The home operator has to bear relay operator fees and no termination fees can be collected from him. Termination fees will not be paid by anyone. The home operator terminates the SMS free of charge. The Customer who has their MSISDN faked will be charged inappropriate fees.
2. Flooding
The Operator is spammed by SME connected to Foreign Networks SMSC
3. Faking
The Operator is spammed by pirates engine simulating a regular SMSC
4. Spoofing
The Operator is spammed by pirates engine simulating Mobiles in roaming situation.
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Case 2 Flooding
HPLMN
HLR DELIVER_SM SME
SMSC STP
MSC VLR
SS7 Interconnect
FPLMN STP
SUBMIT_SM SME SRI_SM
SMSC
HLR
MSC VLR
ITP Overview
Cisco Confidential
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Case 2 Flooding Mitigation

HPLMN
HLR SME
SMSC STP
MSC VLR
White List for authorized SMSC. Black-List for barred SMSC or keywords
SS7 Interconnect
Heuristic detection for abnormal activity coming from specific SMSC. Or message content
FPLMN
SUBMIT_SM SME
DELIVER_SM SRI_SM
STP MSC VLR

HLR
SMSC
ITP Overview
Cisco Confidential
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Case 3 Faking
Forged SMSC Address
HPLMN
HLR SME DELIVER_SM
SMSC STP
MSC VLR
SRI_SM
SMSC MSISDN 123456789 FPLMN
SS7 Interconnect
DELIVER_SMac k
STP MSC VLR

HLR
SME
SMSC MSISDN 123456789
ITP Overview
Cisco Confidential
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Case 3 Faking Mitigation

HPLMN
HLR SME
SMSC STP
MSC VLR
White List for authorized SMSC Black-List MAP/SCCP address inconsistency and keywords
SRI_SM DELIVER_SM
SMSC MSISDN 123456789 FPLMN
SS7 Interconnect
Heuristic detection for abnormal activity coming from specific source Correlate SMSC and MSISDN information
STP
SME
SMSC MSISDN 123456789

HLR
MSC VLR
ITP Overview
Cisco Confidential
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Case 4 Spoofing
Forged Originator Address
HPLMN
SRI_SM SME HLR DELIVER_SM
MSISDN 123456789 MSC VLR
SMSC STP
SUBMIT-SM SS7 Interconnect
MSISDN 123456789 FPLMN STP

SME
SMSC
HLR
MSC VLR
ITP Overview
Cisco Confidential
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Case 4 Spoofing Mitigation

HPLMN
HLR SME
SMSC STP
SUBMIT_SM
Black-List for specific Keyword in the message body.

SS7 Interconnect

SME
Heuristic detection for repetitive occurrence of message Body or Header.
SMSC
HLR
MSC VLR
ITP Overview
Cisco Confidential
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Case 4 Spoofing Mitigation

SRI_SM
HPLMN
HLR SME
SMSC STP
SUBMIT_SM
SS7 Interconnect
In addition SRI_SM check is performed for SMS_MO to understand the subscribers real VLR location

SME
SMSC
HLR
MSC VLR
ITP Overview
Cisco Confidential
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SMS Spam/Fraud Prevention Partners
ITP Overview
Cisco Confidential
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ITP Overview
Cisco Confidential
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ITP Customer Examples
ITP Overview
Cisco Confidential
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Acision and ITP

SMS Voting Offload Architecture using MLR
6 ITP 7513s HSL & Multi-layer Routing
MLR
MLR
MLR
ITP Overview
Cisco Confidential
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NextGen Signaling Transport Network

Core ITP (HSL) Deployment 16 sites
MSC
MSC SMSC
MSC
MSC
HLR MSC
MSC
MSC
HLR
MSC MSC
HLR
Driver: E/// STPs do not scale with addition of MNP Solution: Inserted ITP signaling plane to carry 70% of SS7 traffic Deployment: Network-wide, 16 sites, 9 cities Next step: Migrate Core to SoIP
MSC
MSC
HLR MSC
MSC
HLR
MSC
HLR
MSC
ITP Overview
Cisco Confidential
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SMS Traffic Explosion

Offload SMS Traffic from Legacy STPs
NorthWest Region
MSC SMSC
MSC
SMS Offload M2PA Links - IP Core SIGTRAN Compliant
Driver: SMS traffic increases Solution: ITP SMS offload.

MSCs & HLRs retain links to Legacy STPs
ITP
Deployment: Network- wide, ITPs in 6 regions Next Step: Add additional

SS7 traffic over IP
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Telstra Wireline
Nationwide Core SS7 Transport
ATM E1 HSL Link A-Plane ITP- P1 ITP- P2 B-Plane ITP- A2 Site#1 ITP- M2 ITP- M1 R&D LAB site$#5 Site#4 ITP- A1
ITP- B1 ITP- B2 Sites#2
ITP- S1 ITP- S2
Sites#3
* Existing STP Planes (interconnected with ITP plane) are not shown in this slide
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Custom Ring Back Tone Service

User Experience
Caller can listen music, voice, or other any sound registered by caller as a ring back tone sound.
HLR
Personalized Tone Conversion
Network Architecture
MSC HLR MSC Core SS7 Network
MSC
Registration of Own Tone
MWTM
STP
8 STP Layer
STP
2 Ring
Color Ring 22 Ring Tone Servers across 2 POPs
For this service, Infravalley provides a control server that maintains subscribers data.
34% of 22M subs using it by end of the year 2002. Triples the # of SS7 messages for a call download per call
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Core ITP (SS7oIP) Deployment

99% of all Signaling Traffic via ITPs
MSC
Brasov
MSC
SCP M2PA Links SS7oIP Core SIGTRAN Compliant HLR
SMSC
Avrig (Bucharest)
DBC (Bucharest)
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Edge ITP SS7 Deployment

STP Services Across 16 sites
MSC MSC MSC MSC MSC MSC MSC MSC
MSC MSC
MPLS Core Next Generation Signaling Transport M2PA SIGTRAN Core (B/D links) 16 MSC sites Some SCTP links over VSAT 2-hop traversal requirement
MSC MSC
MSC
MSC
MSC
MWTM
MSC MSC MSC
MWTM
Central Site - Jakarta

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SMS Messaging Offload Deployment

Six Sites with M2PA Core
MSC MSC MSC MSC
MSC MSC
MSC MSC
Next Generation Signaling Transport M2PA SIGTRAN Core 6 MSC sites SCTP links over VSAT 2-hop traversal requirement
MLR
MSC MSC
MWTM
SMSC
ITP Overview
MWTM
SMSC SMSC SMSC
Cisco Confidential
Central Site - Jakarta

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Country-wide SS7oIP Transport

Nationwide SS7oIP Transport w/ Six PoPs
ITU SS7 ITU SS7 ANSI SS7 ANSI SS7
Variant Conversion
Variant Conversion
VAR-CONV, M3UA-SUA, High-Performance Licenses apply only at Centralized ITPs
Lahug
IP
Pioneer
SU A
SMSC x 6
Centralized ITP: 60k MSU/s Maximum
/S UA UA
Valero
Phase 1: 12 x 7500s Phase 2: 4 x 7500s for SMSC

3 M
Remote ITP: 30k MSU/s Maximum

HLR/SMSC
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ITP M2PA Design for Globe Telecom

Philippines / Globe Telecom (Phase1/2/3)
Any-to-Any IP SCTP Links Direct SS7 Routing
Access Routers
Core Routers T3/E3
T3/E3
T3/E3
FastETH via LAN SW MSO3-2 MTSO1-1 MTSO2-1 MSO1-3

ITP Overview
MSO1-4 MSO1-2 MSO1-5 MSO2-2

MTSO3-1 MSO3-4 MSO3-3 MSO2-4 MSO2-3

Cisco Confidential
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OpEx Reduction for Leased Lines

SS7oIP and IP-enabled SMSC
7301 SMSC
Madison, WI STP
Milwaukee, WI STP
7507 2651 MSC
26 Remote Sites
2651 MSC 2651 MSC MWTM 2651 MSC 7507
2651 MSC
7507
7507
2651 MSC
STP Tulsa, OK Phase 1: Phase 2: Phase 3: Phase 4:

ITP Overview
STP Knoxville, TN
26 remote sites 4 additional central sites 26 additional remote sites STP phase-out
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International Roaming Service

Connections to Operators Worldwide
Bermuda
MSC MSC
Taiwan STP STP Guam

MSC MSC MSC MSC
Tampa hub w/ 15 remote ITP pairs Inter-carrier routing Connection to core network Point code normalization Roaming, 800 service, LIDB, calling name, NP
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ITP and eServGlobal

Billing, Messaging & IN Services
Standard SS7 SS7/ATM SS7/IP
TDM Transport Pre-Paid SUA/SCTP/IP
HLR
MSC
MSC
Post-Paid IP Transport
MWTM
HLR Legacy TDM-Based End Nodes HSL LINK M3UA/SUA LINK

Cisco Confidential
Primary Business of eServGlobal Is the Delivery and Integration of Advanced Telecommunications Applications
ITP Overview
LSL TDM LINK M2PA LINK

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ITP M2PA Gateway Deployment

Schlumberger IP-Enabled SMSC
MSC
SMSC
HSL Transport M2PA/SCTP/IP
STP HLR STP TDM Transport STP

MSC
SMSC
SMSC
IP Transport
STP HLR Legacy TDM-Based End Nodes HSL LINK M3UA/SUA LINK
Cisco Confidential
With 64 kbps links, some SMSCs CPU runs at 30% based on transaction rate IP VHSL delivers maximum transactions to each SMSC
LSL TDM LINK M2PA LINK

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ITP Overview
3G Signaling Network
Nation Wide WCDMA 3G Signaling Network
A-Plane STM-1 HSL SMSC SMSC A-Plane MSO3-1 B-Plane STM-1 HSL C-Link STM-1 HSL MSO1-1 MSO1-3 MSO1-2
HLR B-Plane FNR MSO2-1
MSO3-2
HLR MSO3-2 HLR FNR
FNR SMSC SMSC
TMSC/MSC
ITP Overview
Cisco Confidential
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Frank Tuhus Systems Engineer ftuhus@cisco.com

ITP Overview V54

2007 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

Legacy STP SS7 Deployment

Signaling Core Network Evolution

SCCP MTP3 M3UA M2PA MTP2 SCTP MTP1 IP SUA

SCCP MTP3 M3UA M2PA SCTP IP SUA

Enables a variety of IP-based revenue- generating services/applications

Smooth transition from 2G to 3G

2007 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

IETF SIGTRAN Working Group

2007 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

ITP Protocol Architecture

Any to Any Routing

A Signaling Gateway with:

ITP and the Core STP

2007 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

Legacy STP SS7 Deployment

Cisco SS7 Deployment

Cisco SIGTRAN Deployment

Edge Router + STP

Edge Router + STP

Signaling TDM Transport Network

Signaling Over IP, TDM as option IP or TDM

Access-Links TDM SUA or M3UA

Access-Links TDM SUA or M3UA

SCCP/ISUP MTP3b/MTP3 SSCF-NNI

2007 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

M3UA Deployment Architecture

Existing TDM based SS7 Network

HLR / MSC Server

SG1_1 SG2_2 STP2_1 MSC

Existing TDM based SS7 Network

2007 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

ITP as a Signaling Gateway

2007 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

Signaling Gateway Problem Statement

HLR MSC MSC

HLR Legacy SS7 SMSC SMSC IN IN

ITP Signaling Gateway Solution

Application node STP STP

Signaling gateway AND Cisco IOS-based router in a single system

SS7 Offload Network

MSC MSC MSC MSC

IP Enabled Messaging Network

MSC MSC MSC MSC

MLR & SMS Router Architecture

MTP3 (b) M3UA SCCF-NNI MTP2 SSCOP AAL5

SUA M2PA SCTP

MLR Controlled Messaging

MSC MSC MSC MSC IP

User to user SMS-C

SMS antispam engine

ITP Multi-Layer Routing

2007 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

MLR & SMS Router Architecture

Send back for Routing

MTP3 (b) M3UA SCCF-NNI MTP2 SSCOP AAL5

SUA M2PA SCTP

MLR Router Architecture

Send back for Routing

MTP3 (b) M3UA SCCF-NNI MTP2 SSCOP AAL5