Generic signaling protocol: switching, networking, and interworking

Author

Miller, Patrick A. ; Turcu, Petre N.

Author_Institution

Bell Commun. Res., Red Bank, NJ, USA

Volume

40

Issue

5

fYear

1992

fDate

5/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

967

Lastpage

979

Abstract

The authors show how to design communication networks that are based upon the generic signaling protocol (GSP see ibid., vol.40, no.5, p.957-66, 1992), a simple but powerful connection management protocol. They define the output of a switching system that has multiple GSP interfaces, both its switching output and its event notification output. The behavior of an entity that provides transparent GSP networking is specified and the messages exchanged during an example interswitch call are listed. Also discussed is a scheme that allows a network to evolve its interswitch signaling gradually toward GSP, and to continue to support older network access protocols (e.g. DTMF and Q.931). The advantageous capabilities of GSP are enumerated by comparing GSP to the initial set of ISDN call setup protocols and X.25

Keywords

ISDN; protocols; signalling (telecommunication networks); ISDN; X.25; call setup protocols; communication networks; connection management; generic signaling protocol; interswitch call; interswitch signaling; interworking; multiple interfaces; network access; networking; notification output; switching output; switching system; Access protocols; Communication switching; Computer network management; Computer networks; Energy management; ISDN; Power system management; Signal design; Switches; Switching systems;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0090-6778

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/26.141462

Filename

141462