SS7 Basics, Second Edition
This guidebook provides an overview of SS7 technologies, how they are structured, and why they are important.
TABLE OF CONTENTS SS7 Basics, Second Edition
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- Gateway
- A gateway is a communications device or assembly that transforms data that is received from one network into a format that can be used by a different network. A gateway usually has more intelligence (processing function) than a bridge as it can adjust the protocols and timing between two dissimilar computer systems or data networks. A gateway can also be a router when its key function is to switch data between network points.
- Gateway Mobile Switching Center (GMSC)
- A switching system that is used in a mobile communications network that also connects to other networks such as the public switched telephone network (PSTN).
- Geographic Number Portability (GNP)
- Geographic number portability involves the transfer of telephone numbers for telephone devices or services that are used outside the normal geographic boundaries of the service provider s original system or area. Geographic number portability allows a customer to keep their same area code when they move to new cities or other distant geographic regions.
- Global Title (GT)
- A routing name (such as customer-dialed digits) that does not contain explicit information to enable routing in a communication network. The global title is usually converted to an address that allows the network to setup or route information to its ultimate destination point.
- Global Title Translation (GTT)
- A process used in a common-channel signaling system (such as SS7) that uses a routing table to convert an address (usually a telephone number) into the actual destination address (forwarding telephone number) or into the address of a...
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