The New McGraw-Hill Telecom Factbook

Book excerpt: The #1 Working Reference on SS7--Revised & Expanded Signaling System #7 is the hands-down choice for engineers and network managers everywhere. Travis Russell's Signaling System #7, Third Edition, gives you a bedrock understanding of the signaling network, its architecture, and the protocols used to communicate through it. Accessible even to novices, Russell's guide also provides the technical details, protocol messages, and application examples so fundamentally helpful to developers, engineers, and network planners. Network-switching expert Russell brings his succinct, logical style to: * New coverage on VoIP and SS7-TCP/IP interactions * Solutions to protocol issues in migrating telecom to the Internet * Details on SS7 in broadband and cellular networking * Lucid explanations of protocols and network entities, with hands-on examples and applications * Clarifications of ANSI standards and Bellcore publications, with model solutions *New information on local number portability * Needed technical data for design and specifications