SS7 network management using link monitors

Author

Jackson, Edmund ; Spindley, Robert ; Sinclair, Mark C. ; Reader, Simon

Author_Institution

Ipswich Syst. Eng. Centre, British Telecom Labs., UK

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

8-12 Jun 1997

Firstpage

883

Abstract

The disruption and loss of SS7 signalling networks during the summer of 1991 in North America by the “brown outs” and the resultant loss of services, revenue and customers, has focused the minds of many Telcos to put management systems in place to ensure network robustness. Their primary purpose being to identify problem trends earlier and speed up restoration of failed signalling components. We consider the role of SS7 link monitors in the management of a common channel signalling (CCS) network. Several applications were prototyped as a proof of principle, demonstrating the suitability of the Inet GeoProbe System as a platform for service and network management applications

Keywords

intelligent networks; telecommunication network management; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication signalling; Inet GeoProbe System; SS7 network management; SS7 signalling networks; Telcos; brown outs; common channel signalling network; failed signalling components restoration; intelligent networks; link monitors; management systems; network robustness; Adders; Carbon capture and storage; Databases; Intelligent networks; Signal processing; Signal restoration; Switching circuits; Systems engineering and theory; Telecommunication network reliability; Telecommunication traffic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1997. ICC '97 Montreal, Towards the Knowledge Millennium. 1997 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3925-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.1997.610006

Filename

610006