Modeling and simulation of the common channel signalling (CCS7) network

Author

Bour, Yair ; Kwok, Alice

Author_Institution

Telecommun. Res. Lab., Winnipeg, Man., Canada

Volume

1

fYear

1995

fDate

15-16 May 1995

Firstpage

42

Abstract

This paper discusses a simulation study of CCS7 network. The approach consists of modeling the CCS7 network in terms of its physical resources, such as signalling links, and protocols. Services were categorized into call-types and characterized in terms of the signalling messages required for each call-type. The call-types modeled thus far are: POTS (local and Toll calls), 800, and simple Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) services. A discrete event simulation program called Comnet III from CACI was used as the simulation environment. The results of the simulation study comparing this model to measurements obtained from an actual network are presented. From the results it is shown that simulation models are useful planning tools

Keywords

discrete event simulation; intelligent networks; planning; protocols; telecommunication computing; telecommunication links; telecommunication services; telecommunication signalling; 800 service; Advanced Intelligent Network services; CACI; CCS7 network; Comnet III; POTS; Toll calls; call-types; common channel signalling network; discrete event simulation program; local calls; measurements; modeling; physical resources; planning tools; protocols; signalling links; signalling messages; simulation; simulation environment; simulation models; Discrete event simulation; Intelligent networks; Personal communication networks; Predictive models; Protocols; Subscriptions; Switches; Telecommunication switching; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

WESCANEX 95. Communications, Power, and Computing. Conference Proceedings., IEEE

Conference_Location

Winnipeg, Man.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2725-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WESCAN.1995.493942

Filename

493942