SS7 TCAP Developer's Manual

P/N 6469-13

About This Manual

1.1 SS7 Architecture

1.2 TCAP Layer Services

2.1 TCAP API Concepts and Terminology

2.1.1 TCAP Service Users and Service Access Points

2.1.2 Entity and Instance IDs

2.1.3 Dialog IDs

2.1.4 SCCP Addresses

2.1.5 SCCP Quality of Service (QOS)

2.1.6 ANSI Transaction Types

2.1.7 ITU-T Transaction Types

2.1.8 TCAP Components

2.1.9 Message Lengths and Segmentation

2.2 Asynchronous Communication Model

2.2.1 Transaction Requests

2.2.2 Receiving Incoming Transactions and Status Indications

2.2.3 UnixWare and Solaris Systems

2.2.4 Windows NT

2.2.5 Multi-threading Considerations

2.3 TCAP API Procedures

2.3.1 Initialization/Binding

2.3.2 Transaction Requests

2.3.3 Simple Request/Response Transaction

2.3.4 Conversational/Linked Transaction

2.3.5 Handling Abnormal Conditions

2.3.6 Invalid Transaction Portions

2.3.7 Stranded Transactions

2.3.8 Invalid Component in a Begin/Query Message

2.3.9 Invalid Component in a Continue/Conversation Message

2.3.10 Invalid Component in an End/Response Message

2.3.11 Invoke Time-outs (ITU_T only)

2.3.12 Invalid Component in a Multiple Component Message

2.3.13 Status and Notify Indications

2.3.14 Signaling Point and Subsystem Status Procedures

2.3.15 Coordinated State Change

2.3.16 Subsystem State Changes

2.3.17 Remote Signaling Point Failures

2.4 TCAP Management API

2.4.1 TCAP Configuration Primitives

2.4.2 Control Requests

2.4.3 Statistics Request

2.5 Unsolicited Alarms

3.1 Data Types

3.1.1 Primitive Data Types

3.1.2 Point Codes

3.1.3 TCAP Octet Strings

3.1.4 TCAP Component IDs

3.1.5 Global Titles

3.2 Common Data Structures

3.2.1 SCCP Address Structure

3.2.2 Default Point Code

3.2.3 ITU-T with 24-bit Point Code

3.2.4 Global Title Use

3.2.5 SCCP Quality of Service (QOS) Structure

3.2.6 TCAP Transaction Information Structure

3.2.7 TCAP Dialog Section Structure

3.3 Component Data Structures

3.3.1 ANSI Component Structure

3.3.2 ITU-T Component Structure

3.4 Incoming Message Event Structures

3.4.1 General Receive Information Block Structure

3.4.2 TCAP Coord Event Structure

3.4.3 Signaling Point Status Event Structure

3.4.4 Subsystem Status Event Structure

3.4.5 TCAP Notification Event Structure

3.4.6 TCAP Status Event Structure

3.4.7 TCAP Transaction Data Event Structure

4.1 Files

TCAPAddComp

TCAPBindReq

TCAPCoordReq

TCAPCoordResp

TCAPGetComp

TCAPInitAPI

TCAPInitTrans

TCAPRetrieveMessage

TCAPStateReq

TCAPSyncObj

TCAPTermAPI

TCAPTransRqst

TCAPUnbindReq

5.1 Files

TCAPAlarmControl

TCAPGenCfg

TCAPGetGenCfg

TCAPGetSapCfg

TCAPInitGenCfg

TCAPInitMgmtAPI

TCAPInitSapCfg

TCAPSapCfg

TCAPSapStats

TCAPTermMgmtAPI

TCAPTraceControl

6.1 The FIND800 Sample Application

6.1.1 Acting as a 800 number server

6.1.2 Acting as an 800 number client

6.1.3 Troubleshooting

6.1.4 Using TCAP ITU-T Protocol

6.1.5 Adding Subsystem Numbers

6.2 The TCAPCFG Sample Utility

6.3 The TCAPMGR Sample Utility