Re: Conceptual doubt between an ASP and SGP

Ajay,

Please see comments below...

Ajay Garg wrote:                              (Thu, 13 Mar 2014 11:48:19)
>    Hi all.
>    I am an absolute newbie in telecom domain, so kindly forgive me if I
>    sound incredibly stupid.
>    From what I understand, an ASP is a process running on an AS, and a SGP
>    is a process running on a SG.

Not quite.  See RFC 4666 "1.2 Terminology" for a definition of ASP,
AS, SGP and SG.

>    Each ASP <-> SGP link is a SCTP connection.
>    Also, I understand that SGP is responsible for message-routing, while
>    an ASP is merely an end-point for a SCTP connection.
>    Given that, are there any extra differences between a ASP and SGP (in
>    addition to the routing-capabilities of a SGP)?
>    I will be grateful for any pointers/clarifications.

RFC 4666 describes for 124 pages the differences between ASP and SGP.

BTW, it is not an SGP per se that has routing capabilities, but an
SG, where the SG is made up of some SGP, an SS7 stack and a
interworking function.

See also RFC 2719 "Framework Architecture for Signaling Transport"
for a better overview of what's going on.

--brian

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