Signaling System - SS7
Posted On Monday, June 23, 2008 at at 5:09 AM by Murali SrinivasanSignaling System - SS7
It is a set of telephony signaling protocols which are used to set up the vast majority of the world's public switched telephone network telephone calls. The main purpose is to set up and tear down telephone calls.
It is usually abbreviated to SS7 though inNorth America it is often referred to as CCSS7, an acronym for "Common Channel Signaling System 7". In some European countries, specifically the United Kingdom , it is sometimes called C7 (CCITT number 7) and is also known as number 7 and CCIS7. (ITU-T was formerly known as CCITT.)
It is usually abbreviated to SS7 though in
