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SIGnalling TRANSport (SIGTRAN) Stack

Description: OpenSS7 Project Manual Pages SIGTRAN Stack

SIGTRAN(4) provides an introductory manual page for SIGTRAN stack components and interfaces. You can also select one of the component or interface sections from the diagram below:

OpenSS7 SIGTRAN Stack Interfaces Signallining System No. 7 (SS7) Layer Manager (LM) Layer Management Interface (LMI) Application Interface (API) Applications Bearer Independent Call Control (BICC) Interface (BICCI) Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) User Part (ISUP) Interface (ISUPI) Transaction Capabilities Application Part (TCAP) Interface (TCAPI) Bearer Independent Call Control (BICC) User Adaptation Layer (BUA) Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) User Part (ISUP) User Adaptation Layer (ISUA) Transaction Capabilities Application Part (TCAP) User Adaptation Layer (TUA) Service Connection Control Part (SCCP) Interface (SCCPI) Signalling Connection Control Part (SCCP) User Adaptation Layer (SUA) Message Transfer Part (MTP) Interface (MTPI) Message Transfer Part Level 3 (MTP3) User Adaptation Layer (M3UA) Message Transfer Part Level 2 (MTP2) User Adaptation Layer (M2UA) Signalling Link (SL) Interface (SLI)

Components

Interfaces

Components

Bearer Independent Call Control (BICC) User Adaptation Layer (BUA)

This section provides a roadmap to Manual Pages for BICC User Adaptation Layer (BUA).

Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) User Part (ISUP) User Adaptation Layer (ISUA)

This section provides a roadmap to Manual Pages for SS7 ISUP User Adaptation Layer (ISUA).

Transaction Capabilities Application Part (TCAP) User Adaptation Layer (TUA)

This section provides a roadmap to Manual Pages for SS7 TCAP User Adaptation Layer (TUA).

Signalling Connection Control Part (SCCP) User Adaptation Layer (SUA)

This section provides a roadmap to Manual Pages for SS7 SCCP User Adaptation Layer (SUA).

Message Transfer Part Level 3 (MTP3) User Adaptation Layer (M3UA)

This section provides a roadmap to Manual Pages for SS7 MTP Level 3 User Adaptation Layer (M3UA).

Message Transfer Part Level 2 (MTP2) User Adaptation Layer (M2UA)

This section provides a roadmap to Manual Pages for SS7 MTP Level 2 User Adaptation Layer (M2UA).


SIGTRAN

Section: OpenSS7 STREAMS SIGTRAN Devices (4)
Updated: 2008-10-31
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NAME

SIGTRAN - OpenSS7 Signalling Transport (SIGTRAN) Devices

SYNOPSIS

int sigtran_stream = open(sigtran_device, flags);

DESCRIPTION

SS7 Devices

SIGTRAN[1]
provides the following SS7 pseudo-device drivers:

bua(4)
SS7 BICC User Adaptation Layer (BUA) protocol layer transporting and distributing the services provided by bicc(4) and providing an IO Control interface, lmi_ioctl(4), for BUA-specific management, bua_ioctl(4).
isua(4)
SS7 ISUP User Adaptation Layer (ISUA)[2] protocol layer transporting and distributing the services provided by isup(4) and providing an IO Control interface, lmi_ioctl(4), for ISUA-specific management, isua_ioctl(4).
tua(4)
SS7 TCAP User Adaptation Layer (TUA)[3] protocol layer transporting and distributing the services provided by tcap(4) and providing an IO Control interface, lmi_ioctl(4), for TUA-specific management, tua_ioctl(4).
sua(4)
SS7 SCCP User Adaptation Layer (SUA)[4] protocol layer transporting and distributing the services provided by sccp(4) and providing an IO Control interface, lmi_ioctl(4), for SUA-specific management, sua_ioctl(4).
m3ua(4)
SS7 MTP3 User Adaptation Layer (M3UA)[5..7] protocol layer transporting and distributing the services provided by mtp(4) and providing an IO Control interface, lmi_ioctl(4), for M3UA-specific management, m3ua_ioctl(4).
m2ua(4)
SS7 MTP2 User Adaptation Layer (M2UA)[8, 9] protocol layer transporting and distributing the services provided by sl(4) and providing an IO Control interface, lmi_ioctl(4), for M2UA-specific management, m2ua_ioctl(4).

SS7 Modules

SIGTRAN provides the following SS7 modules:

m2pa(4)
SS7 MTP2 User Peer-to-Peer Adaptation Layer (M2PA)[10]

ISDN Devices

SIGTRAN provides the following ISDN pseudo-device drivers:

iua(4)
ISDN Q.921 User Adaptation Layer (IUA)[11] protocol layer transporting and distributing the services provided by dl(4), and providing an IO Control Interface, lmi_ioctl(4), for IUA-specific management, iua_ioctl(4).
dua(4)
DPNSS/DASS 2 Extentions to the IUA Protocol (DUA)[12] protocol layer transporting and distributing the services provided by dua(4), and providing an IO Control Itnerface, lmi_ioctl(4), for DUA-specific management, dua_ioctl(4).
v5ua(4)
V5 User Adaptation Layer (V5UA)[13] protocol layer transporting and distributing the services provided by v5(4), and providing an IO Control Interface, lmi_ioctl(4), for V5UA-specific management, v5ua_ioctl(4).
gr303ua(4)
GR-303 User Adaptation Layer (GR303UA)[14] protocol layer transporting and distributing the services provided by gr303(4), and providing an IO Control Interface, lmi_ioctl(4), for GR303UA-specific management, gr303ua_ioctl(4).

DEVICES

/dev/bua, /dev/isua, /dev/tua, /dev/tua-tpi-cl, /dev/tua-tpi-co, /dev/sua, /dev/sua-npi, /dev/sua-tpi-cl, /dev/sua-tpi-co, /dev/m3ua, /dev/m3ua-npi, /dev/m3ua-tpi-cl, /dev/m3ua-tpi-co, /dev/m2ua, /dev/m2ua-cdi, /dev/m2ua-dlpi, /dev/iua, /dev/v5ua, /dev/gr303ua.

SEE ALSO

ss7confd(8), isdnconfd(8), SS7(4), ISDN(4), MG(4).

VERSIONS

This manpage was updated 2008-10-31 for sigtran release 0.9.2.4.

Most of the devices and modules listed here do not appear until strss7-0.8.4.

m2pa(4) first appeared in strss7-0.8.2.

REFERENCES

[1]
RFC 2719, Framework Architecture for Signaling Transport, October 1999, Lyndon Ong, ed., The Internet Society. <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2719.txt>
[2]
draft-bidulock-sigtran-isua-00.txt, SS7 ISUP-User Adaptation Layer (ISUA), January 5, 2003, Brian Bidulock, ed., Internet Engineering Task Force --- Signalling Transport Working Group. Work In Progress. (Expired) <http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-bidulock-sigtran-isua-00.txt>
[3]
draft-bidulock-sigtran-tua-01.txt, SS7 TCAP-User Adaptation Layer (TUA), January 2, 2003, Brian Bidulock, ed., Internet Engineering Task Force --- Signalling Transport Working Group. Work In Progress. (Expired) <http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-bidulock-sigtran-tua-01.txt>
[4]
RFC 3868, Signalling Connection Control Part User Adaptation Layer (SUA), October 2004, John Loughney, ed., The Internet Society. <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3868.txt>
[5]
draft-ietf-sigtran-rfc3332bis-05.txt, Signaling System 7 (SS7) Message Transfer Part 3 (MTP3)-User Adaptation Layer (M3UA), October 2005, Javier Pastor, ed., Internet Engineering Task Force --- Signalling Transport Working Group. Work In Progress <http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-sigtran-rfc3332bis-05.txt>
[6]
ESTI TS 102 142-V1.1.1 (2003-05), Services and Protocols for Advanced Networks (SPAN) --- MTP/SCCP/SSCOP and SIGTRAN (Transport of SS7 over IP) --- Message transfer part 3 User Adaptation layer (M3UA), May 2003, (Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne), ETSI, European Telecommunications Standards Institute. [DTS/SPAN-130263] (Endorsement of RFC 3332 (2002), modified) <http://www.etsi.org/>
[7]
RFC 4666, Signaling System 7 (SS7) Message Transfer Part 3 (MTP3) --- User Adaptation Layer (M3UA), September 2006, K. Morneault, J. Pastor-Balbas, (eds), The Internet Society. <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4666.txt>
[8]
RFC 3331, Signaling System 7 (SS7) Message Transfer Part 2 (MTP2) --- User Adaptation Layer, September 2002, Ken Morneault, ed., The Internet Society. <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3331.txt>
[9]
ETSI TS 102 141-V1.1.1 (2003-05), Services and Protocols for Advanced Networks (SPAN) --- MTP/SCCP/SSCOP and SIGTRAN (Transport of SS7 over IP) --- Message transfer part 2 User Adaptation layer (M2UA), May 2003, (Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne), ETSI, European Telecommunications Standards Institute. [DTS/SPAN-130262] (Endorsement of RFC 3331 (2002), modified) <http://www.etsi.org/>
[10]
RFC 4165, Signaling System 7 (SS7) Message Transfer Part 2 (MTP2)-User Peer-to-Peer Adaptation Layer (M2PA), September 2005, Tom George, ed., The Internet Society. (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD) <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4165.txt>
[11]
RFC 4233, Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Q.921-User Adaptation Layer, January 2006, Ken Morneault, ed., The Internet Society. (Obsoletes RFC 3057) <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4233.txt>
[12]
RFC 4129, Digital Private Network Signaling System (DPNSS)/Digital Access Signaling System 2 (DASS 2) Extensions to the IUA Protocol, August 2005, Ranjith Mukundan, ed., The Internet Society. (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD) <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4129.txt>
[13]
RFC 3807, V5.2-User Adaption Layer (V5UA), June 2004, E. Weilandt, N. Khanchandani and S. Rao, The Internet Society. (Updates RFC 3057) <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3807.txt>
[14]
draft-ietf-sigtran-gr303ua-00.txt, GR-303 extensions to the IUA Protocol, December 2002, R. Mukundan, K. Morneault, Internet Engineering Task Force --- Signalling Transport Working Group. Work In Progress. (Expired) <http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-sigtran-gr303ua-00.txt>

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IDENTIFICATION


OpenSS7 STREAMS SIGTRAN: Package sigtran version 0.9.2.4 released 2008-10-31.

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Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
SS7 Devices
SS7 Modules
ISDN Devices
DEVICES
SEE ALSO
VERSIONS
REFERENCES
TRADEMARKS
IDENTIFICATION

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