Re: ASP Capabilities value 0x2 of interworking field

"Brian F. G. Bidulock" <[email protected]> Mon, 19 Dec 2005 04:55:57 -0700

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Ilie,

Ilie Glib wrote:                                                      (Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:39:07)
> Brian,
> 
> could you please answer the following questions
> 
> 1) Can SG register via RKM? If not, why the value 0x2 that indicates
> Signalling Gateway?

You are confused.  0x2 indicates signalling gateway capability: i.e.,
the registering node has an SS7 network interfaces and behaves as an
SG when interworking to that interface.

> 
> 2) Is there any difference between capabilities 0x0 and 0x1 in SUA
> 
>      0x0 indicates no interworking with SS7 Networks.
>      0x1 indicates IP Signalling Endpoint (ASP), interworking with SS7
>         networks.

Yes, one supports interworking with SS7 networks and the other does not.

> 
> I was more after a definition of the Relay capability in SUA
> framework. Although SUA RFC mentions Relay and describes it, the
> definition of Relay is missing.

See SCCP specifications for a definition of a relay node.

--brian

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