Signaling System No.7, IS-41 and cellular telephony networking

Author

Wilson, David R.

Author_Institution

Motorola Inc., Arlington Heights, IL, USA

Volume

80

Issue

4

fYear

1992

fDate

4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

644

Lastpage

652

Abstract

Globally, the common channel Signaling System No.7 (SS7) has grown and matured over the past five years in two directions. Outside of the US, the development of CCITT Signaling System No.7 (C7) has grown largely due to the need for modern call completion capabilities in national telephone networks. Within the US, SS7 has evolved from the need to provide fast and reliable database services to the support of the custom calling features to the local exchange carrier (LEC) networks. The 1990s will further accelerate the requirements for network solutions to customer needs, especially in the rapidly growing cellular telephony industry. These network solutions are forcing the merger of call delivery and database services in both the SS7 and C7 worlds. The issues, concerns, and difficulties with the merger of these functions are discussed

Keywords

cellular radio; radiotelephony; signalling (telecommunication networks); telecommunication services; telephone networks; C7; CCITT; SS7; Signaling System No.7; call completion capabilities; call delivery; cellular telephony networking; custom calling features; database services; local exchange carrier; national telephone networks; Acceleration; Cellular networks; Communication system signaling; Corporate acquisitions; Intserv networks; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Protocols; Samarium; Switches; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/5.135387

Filename

135387