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Contents

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Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility

1 Service Controller Overview

• About Service Controller
• Service Controller Use Cases
• The Service Controller Functional Architecture
  • Orchestration Engine
  • Interworking Modules
    • IM-SSF
    • IM-SCF (Reverse IM-SSF)
    • IM-ASF
    • R-IM-ASF
    • IM-PSX ETSI/ANSI MAP
    • IM-UIX-SMS
    • IM-UIX-USSD
    • IM-PSX-Plugin
  • Supplementary Modules
    • SM-LSS
    • SM-PME
• About Implementing SIP Applications for the NGIN Solution

2 Setting Up the NGIN Solution

• About the NGIN Solution
  • Session Control
  • Session Initiation
  • Subscriber State and Location Query
  • Short Message Delivery
• Enabling Control of Sessions in the SS7 Network
  • Connecting Service Controller to the Legacy SS7 Network
  • Setting Up the SIP Interface for SIP Applications
  • Defining a Service Orchestration Chain
• Enabling Initiation of Sessions in the SS7 Network
  • Enabling Acceptance of Incoming Initial SIP Messages
  • Routing Incoming Initial SIP Messages to the IMASF Module
  • Routing Sessions to Switches in the SS7 Network
• Enabling Query of Subscriber State and Location
  • Connecting Service Controller to the Mobile Network
  • Setting Up the SIP Interface for SIP Applications
  • Routing SIP Requests to the HLR and VLR in the Mobile Network
• Enabling Short Message Delivery to Mobile Subscribers
  • Setting Up the SIP Interface for SIP Applications
  • Connecting Service Controller to the SMSC
  • Routing SIP Requests to the SMSC
• Enabling Short Message Reception from Mobile Subscribers
  • Connecting Service Controller to the SMSC
  • Setting Up the SIP Interface for SIP Applications
  • Routing SMSs to the SIP Application

3 Setting Up the SCIM Solution

• About the SCIM Solution
• Enabling Delivery of Multiple Applications to Sessions in the Network
  • Connecting Service Controller to the IMS Network
  • Setting Up the SIP Interface with SIP Applications
  • Defining a Service Orchestration Chain

4 Setting Up Online Charging for SS7 Networks

• About the Online Charging for SS7 Networks Solution
• Enabling OCS Charging of SS7 Sessions
  • Setting Up Connectivity to the Legacy SS7 Network
  • Setting Up Connectivity to the OCS
  • Defining a Service Orchestration Chain

5 Setting Up Online Charging Solution for IMS Networks

• About the Online Charging Solution for IMS Networks
• Enabling OCS Charging of SIP Sessions
  • Setting Up Connectivity to the IMS Network
    • Enabling Acceptance of Incoming Initial SIP Messages
    • Configuring the RIMASF-SIP Module
    • Routing Incoming Initial SIP Messages to the RIMASF-SIP Module
  • Setting Up Connectivity to the OCS
  • Defining a Service Orchestration Chain

6 Manipulating Headers and Body of Messages

• About Manipulating Headers and the Body of the Message
  • About the Mapping File
    • Converting Headers and SDP Body to the XML Representation
    • About the Structure of the Mapping File
  • Manipulating SIP Headers
    • Converting the Headers to XML
    • Changing the Contents of the Header
  • Manipulating an SDP Body
    • Converting the SDP Body
    • Manipulating the SDP Body
    • Changing the Content Type in the Transformation Result
• Setting Up Manipulation of Message Headers and Body

7 Configuring Service Orchestration

• About Service Orchestration
• Using Static Service Orchestration
• Using Orchestration Logic in the LSS for Service Orchestration
• Using Orchestration Logic in an HSS for Service Orchestration
• Updating the Service Orchestration Chain
  • Updating the Static Orchestration Chain
  • Updating the Orchestration Logic in the LSS
  • Updating the Orchestration Logic in the HSS

8 Monitoring Service Controller

• About Monitoring Service Controller
• Monitoring the Processing Domain
  • Monitoring the IN Interface
    • Getting Counters of Dialogs
    • Getting Counters of Messages
  • Getting Statistics on the TCAP Interface
    • Getting Counters of TCAP Transactions
    • Getting Counters of TCAP Abort Messages
    • Getting Counters of TCAP Messages
    • Getting Counters of TCAP Components
  • Getting Statistics on IM-SCF
  • Getting Statistics on IM-SSF
  • Monitoring the SIP Interfaces
    • Getting Statistics on the SIP Interface
    • Getting Statistics on IM-ASF SIP
    • Getting Statistics on R-IM-ASF
  • Monitoring the SMPP Interfaces
    • Getting Statistics on the SMPP Interface
    • Getting Statistics on IM-UIX-SMS SMPP
    • Getting Statistics on IM-UIX-USSD SMPP
  • Getting Statistics on IM-PSX Plugin
  • Getting Statistics on the Orchestration Engine
• Monitoring the Signaling Domain
  • Checking the Status of SS7 Network Entities
  • Checking the Status of SMPP Network Entities
  • Checking the Status of SIP Network Entities
• Checking Availability of the SIP Port

9 Implementing Overload Protection

• Implementing Overload Protection
  • Using Gauges and Counters as Key Overload Indicators
    • Understanding System and Module Levels of Overload Protection
    • Understanding the Essential Steps for Configuring Overload Protection
• Configuring Key Overload Indicators
  • Configuring Threshold Crossed Notifications Rules
  • Specifying Your Key Overload Indicators
  • Configuring General Monitoring Parameters
  • Configuring the Overload Protection Behavior

10 Implementing Keep Alive Session Timer

• Implementing Keep Alive Session Timer
• Configuring the Keep Alive Session Timer

11 Implementing SSU Sigtran High Availability

• Implementing SSU Sigtran High Availability