RSP16

Specifications

ITU-T Q.701-Q.709 White 1996 (interworks with Blue), ANSI 2 T1.111-1996, China SS7, Japan TTC, JT-Q704 (v3 2002/5/30), JT-Q703(v3 1994/4/27), JT-Q702 (v1 19874/28), JT-Q701 (v2 1990/11/28)

ITU-T Q.711-Q.719 White 1996 (interworks with Blue), ANSI T1.112-1996

ANSI TCAP - T1.114 1996, ITU-T Q771-775 (White book, June 1997)

Q.2100, Q.2140, Q.2110, Q.2210, Q.2144, JT-Q2210, JT-Q2140, JT-Q2110, JT-I363.5/JT-QI361, GR-2878, I.363.5, I.361

Q703 Annex A

IETF RFC 4165: SIGTRAN SS7 MTP2-User Peer-to-Peer Adaptation Layer

IETF RFC 4666: SIGTRAN SS7 MTP3-User Adaptation Layer

IETF RFC 3868: SIGTRAN SS7 SCCP-User Adaptation Layer.

IETF RFC 2960: Stream Control Transmission Protocol
IETF RFC 3309: Stream Control Transmission Protocol Checksum Change

03.40 ETSI Document TS 100 901 v7.5.0

Cisco IP Transfer Point Capability

SCCP, GTT, and MTP3 any-to-any routing between all link types

QoS per SCTP association with classification based on:
Service indicator
Point code
Input link set
Global title address
Access lists
M3UA/SUA routing key

Full traditional SCCP and GTT support
Address translation

The ITP Gateway Screening is a process that checks the contents of an incoming/outgoing message and either allows or rejects the message based on provisioned screening. Screening rules are specified in tables and are applied to an inbound or outbound linkset or an application server. If the incoming message is allowed, it is further processed. If the outgoing message is allowed, it is routed to the specified destination.
Gateway screening tables are identified by the type of screening to be applied. Each gateway screening table consists of two types of information:
Screening information: screening parameters
Structural information: next screening steps
Screening rules are chained to indicate the next screening steps. The final result is either to allow the message for further routing or to discard the message.
Supports full traditional STP screening capability, including the MTP3- and SCCP-layer screening using access lists for any combination of the following MSU parameters:
MTP3 screening
Origination point code
Destination point code
Service indicator
Affected PC in management messages
SCCP screening
Called party
Global title indicator
Translation type
Numbering plan
Nature of address indicator
Encoding scheme
Point code
Subsystem number
Calling party
Global title indicator
Translation type
Numbering plan
Nature of address indicator
Encoding scheme
Point code
Subsystem number
SCCP management screening
Affected point code
Affected subsystem number
ISUP
ISUP message type
General screening
Byte-pattern and offset
Multilayer routing-based screening features are also supported; see multilayer routing feature description in table further below

Complete MTP3 and SCCP load sharing for links, link sets, and combined link sets for any link types

Primary, secondary, and capability point codes and M3UA/SUA routing keys: Up to 32 TDM links to adjacent nodes

The Multiple Instance feature enables multiple variant and network indicator combinations to run concurrently on one Cisco ITP. Up to 8 instances can be configured. Each instance is a separate domain with a defined variant, network indicator, Cisco ITP point code, optional capability point code, and optional secondary point code.
Instance Translation - This Cisco ITP feature enables the conversion of packets between instances of the same variant.
Instance Conversion - This Cisco ITP feature enables conversion between ITU and ANSI instances for point code and global title.

The ITP MLR feature helps enable intelligent routing of all SS7 messages at the MTP or SCCP layer based on a flexible schema including OPC-DPC-SI and CdPa and CgPA parameters. Additionally, MLR allows for TCAP-layer routing of SMS mobile-originated/mobile-terminated (MO/MT) messages based on the application or service from which they originated or to which they are destined. The MLR feature can make SMS message-routing decisions based on information found in the TCAP, MAP, and MAP-user layers. Advanced routing capabilities are based on parameters such as SMS A-address, B-address, destination SMSC, and origination MSC. Also supports IS-41 SMS message routing.

SIM-based authentication and authorization using RADIUS vendor-specific attributes interface.

Enables the ability to route segmented GSM MAPv2 and higher messages based on application-layer parameters by terminating the MO dialogue. This capability ensures that the SMS MO dialogues for a given B-address are handled by the same SMSC. MO-Proxy is incompatible with the MMSC Gateway feature.

The ITP Group feature provides the ability to use a single point code to represent a mated-pair of Cisco ITP signaling gateways and the application server client. The feature is available on the Cisco 2651, 7200, and 7301 platforms. The two Cisco ITPs must be identical platforms and must be collocated with a direct Ethernet interface connection. The maximum links supported by the Cisco ITP Group is the maximum supported by the single individual platform.

The Cisco ITP supports this additional MTP2-layer error correction algorithm which is often used for satellite-based SS7 links where one-way propagation delays can exceed 40ms.

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)-based network management for nodes, links, and routes (using a GUI); interoperates with CiscoWorks, CiscoView, HP OpenView products.

Definition

Border Gateway Protocol

Exterior Gateway Protocol

Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol

Hot Standby Routing Protocol

Interior Gateway Routing Protocol

Next Hop Resolution Protocol

Open Shortest Path First

Routing Information Protocol

Provision static routes

Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol

Class-based Ethernet class-of-service (CoS) matching and marking, class-based policy for Differentiated Services (DiffServ) assured forwarding per-hop behavior, class-based Weighted Fair Queuing, class-based marking, class-based shaping

Committed access rate

DiffServ-compliant Weighted Random Early Detection (WRED)

Flow-based WRED

Generic traffic shaping

Low Latency Queuing

Policy-Based Routing

Random Early Detection/WRED

Selective Packet Discard

Authentication, authorization, and accounting

Access lists

Cisco Discovery Protocol

DHCP Client, DHCP Proxy Client, DHCP Server-Easy IP Phase 2

IP EIGRP route authentication, IP multicast load splitting across equal-cost paths, IP-named access control list
IP-to-ATM QoS
IP Multicast
Cisco Express Forwarding

Network Address Translation

Network Time Protocol

Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service

Cisco Service Assurance Agent

SNMP, SNMP version 3, SNMPv2C

Terminal Access Controller Access Control System, TACACS SENDAUTH function, TACACS single connection

Supports all Cisco ITP platforms:
Cisco 2650 and 2651 Multiservice Platforms
Cisco 2811 Integrated Services Router
Cisco 7204VXR and 7206VXR Routers
Cisco 7301 Router
Cisco 7507 and 7513 Routers
Cisco 7600 Series Routers

Displays a real-time event list that supports acknowledgement, annotation, customized filtering, and field viewing that conform to ITU-T X.733 standards.
Receives native traps from hardware devices in the Cisco ITP solutions and uses Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) polling to identify the status of each managed Cisco ITP device and the status of links and link sets. Cisco MWTM uses easy-to-recognize color-coded icons to report the status.

Assists in provisioning destination point code (DPC) route tables, global title translation (GTT) tables, multilayer routing (MLR) address tables, application servers, application server processes, interfaces, links, and link sets by providing GUI-based editing; reduces errors by checking syntax and semantics before deploying the tables to the Cisco ITP device.

Provides extensive Web-based accounting and network statistics reports.
Displays real-time data rate and usage line graphs.
Includes network efficiency and detailed interface-level statistics as well as Q.752-based statistics reports, point code inventory reports including Message Transfer Part Level 3 (MTP3), GTT, MTP3 User Adaptation (M3UA) or Signaling Connection Control Part (SCCP) SCCP User Adaptation (SUA), Message Signal Unit (MSU) and multilayer routing reports.

Discovers the entire Cisco ITP network and displays each network element, neighboring equipment, and physical/logical connectivity in a network topology drawing that users can customize.

Customizable troubleshooting tools aid in reducing the total time to resolution of network/device problems.

Receives SNMP traps and generates Cisco MWTM-specific traps for forwarding to external SNMP-based network management applications such as Cisco Info Center or IBM Tivoli Netcool.
Statistics are stored in comma-separated value (CSV) format files for extracting performance and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) metrics information.
Northbound: Cisco ITP Extensible Markup Language (XML)/Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) APIs for events, traps, and inventory allows third-party OSSs to programmatically manage events by retrieving a list of events or providing access to inventory data.
Northbound: Cisco ITP Provisioning XML/SOAP APIs allows third-party OSSs to programmatically configure Cisco ITP tables and objects.

Supports multiple user-authentication methods-OS-based and standalone.
Optional SSL-based encryption between client and server support optional Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol-based encryption between server and network element.

Based on client/server architecture, Cisco MWTM supports Windows and Solaris clients and Solaris and Linux servers and provides data access through a Web browser.