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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- IAM
- See: Initial Address Message
- IAP
- See: Initial Alignment Procedure
- IAP
- See: Intercept Access Point
- IAP
- See: Internet Access Provider
- IGFs
- See: International Gateway Facilities
- ILMI
- See: Interim Link Management Interface
- IMUX
- See: Inverse Multiplexer
- Inbound Call Center
- A call center (group of customer service agents) that receives telephone calls from customers. Inbound call centers (teleservice centers) are often used in response to advertisements and direct marketing campaigns. The call routing to inbound call centers can be fixed (established telephone lines) or dynamically controlled (based on activity or skills based routing.)
- Information Service
- Information services involve the processing of information that is transferred through a communications system. Information services add value to information by generating, acquiring, storing, transforming, processing, retrieving, utilizing, or making available information via telecommunications. Examples of information services include fax store and forward, electronic publishing, text to voice conversion, and news services.
- Initial Address Message (IAM)
- A message in the SS7 system that is used in the ISDN User Part to initiate trunk signaling between two SSP s.
- Initial Alignment Procedure (IAP)
- A procedure that is used when a signaling link is activated for the first time or when a link connection is restored after a communication failure.
- Integrated Service Unit (ISU)
- The combination of a digital service unit (DSU) and channel service unit (CSU) into one device. The ISU interfaces a customer s digital telephone equipment to the formats used by a telephone network by adapting digital protocols, electrical levels and physical connections.
- Integrated Services Control Point...
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