Product Brief

Protocol Software

Dialogic® SS7 and SIGTRAN Protocol APIs

Dialogic® SS7 and SIGTRAN protocol APIs support a comprehensive range of Signaling System 7 (SS7) and IETF
SIGTRAN capabilities to manage the signaling traffic between an application and the SS7 network over TDM or
IP. These SS7 components offer a rich set of capabilities to support high availability, scalability, and carrier-grade
performance. Together, Dialogic® SS7 boards, APIs, and signaling servers enable equipment manufacturers and
developers to create cost-effective solutions for today’s modular networks.
Beyond the basic need to exchange signaling data with the carrier networks, the APIs provide the developer with a run-
time environment that coordinates the execution of signaling operations among separate processors in the configuration:
the application host computer, the SS7 interface board with protocol acceleration capabilities, and remote signaling servers
where messages can be processed without use of host computer cycles. The message handling software transports signaling
information between protocol layers or between a protocol layer and an application layer transparently, regardless of the
physical source and destination of the messages.
APIs are available for the traditional call control ISDN User Part (ISUP) as well as advanced Transaction Capabilities
Application Parts such as CAMEL and GSM-MAP, and from the traditional MTP TDM-based transport technology to
the latest IP-based SIGTRAN protocols. These protocol layer APIs are available as standalone software binaries for leading
telco-grade operating systems including:
• Solaris — Solaris 9, Solaris 10 (64 and 32 bit)
• Linux — Red Hat 9, RH enterprise server, MontaVista, SUSE, and others
• Windows — Windows® 2000, Windows Server® 2003, Windows® XP

Dialogic SS7 and SIGTRAN protocol APIs are represented as a layered model (see Figure 1). The APIs run either on the
Dialogic SS7 interface boards or on the application or signaling server host computer; Dialogic SIGTRAN protocols run
exclusively on the host.

OSI Model SS7 Protocol Stack SIGTRAN Circuit Stack SIGTRAN Transaction Stack

7 - Application INAP / IS-41 / INAP / IS-41 /

MAP MAP
6 - Presentation CAP WIN CAP WIN

ISUP / ISUP /
5 - Session TCAP BICC / BICC / TCAP
TUP TUP

4 - Transport SCCP SCCP

3 - Network MTP Layer 3 MTP3 MTP3

SIGTRAN

SUA
M3UA M3UA
SIGTRAN

2 - Data Link MTP Layer 2 M2PA M2PA

1 - Physical MTP Layer 1 SCTP SCTP

Physical Physical Physical Physical

Figure 1. SS7 and SIGTRAN Protocol Layers

Note that MTP1 and MTP2 always run on the Dialogic SS7 boards, whereas higher layers of the SS7 protocol stack may
run either on the board or the host.
Product Brief Dialogic® SS7 and SIGTRAN Protocol APIs

Additional Information
For additional information about supported operating system distributions, see the Guide to Dialogic® System Software,
Operating Systems, and Dialogic® Products at http://www.dialogic.com/products/docs/appnotes/9861_SW_OS_Prod_
Guide_an.pdf. For more details about support for the operating systems listed above and operating systems not listed,
contact Dialogic.
Dialogic continually evaluates expansion of its coverage of SS7 and SIGTRAN protocol standards and country-specific
variants. In addition to general market requirements, a feature request system is used to define customer priorities for
additions and changes to products. Contact a Dialogic sales representative about protocol development plans or individual
feature requests.
Worldwide contact information is available on the Dialogic website at http://www.dialogic.com/contact.

Technical Specifications
Country-Specific Variants
Bellcore, Telcordia

Belgium, France, Italy

China, Hong Kong

Sweden, Finland
3GPP
ITU-T
ANSI

Protocols for Linux, Solaris, Windows®,

ETSI

IETF

Australia
Germany

Mexico
Japan

UK
and Card Acceleration

SS7

MTP • • • • • • •
SCCP • • • • • • •
ISUP • • • • • • • • • • • •
BICC •
TUP • • •
TCAP • • • • •
MAP •
INAP/AIN • • •
CAP/CAMEL •
IS-41/WIN •
SIGTRAN

SCTP •
M2PA •
M3UA •
SUA •

Note that BICC is contained within the code and documentation files for ISUP, but is licensed separately. CAP/CAMEL
and AIN are contained within the code and documentation files for INAP and are all enabled with an INAP license.

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