Re: ASP Capabilities value 0x2 of interworking field

Tolga,

Go read RFC 2719 again.

--brian

Tolga Asveren wrote:                                                                 (Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:57:38)
> > SGs, by definition in the consensus model, have SS7 interfaces.
> [TOLGA]I have a different opinion here. It is obvious that the initial/main
> purpose was to interface conventional SS7 networks -hence the "gateway" in
> the name-, but OTOH conceptually what SGP provides is just hosting
> corresponding SCCP(MTP3 for M3UA) layer for the applications on ASPs. As far
> as I can see it really doesn't matter whether TDM based links or IP
> transport is used to transfer bits and bytes.
> 
> You know that it has been agreed that the following, where SGP1 relays
> between ASP1 and ASP2 is a valid configuration:
> 
> +------+       +------+
> | ASP1 |       | ASP2 |
> +--+---+       +---+--+
>    |               |
>    |    +------+   |
>    +----+SGP1  +---+
>         +------+
> Actually, something more important than whether me,you or somebody else
> thinks that it is valid is whether the protocol supports it. From SGP point
> of view, conceptually it is irrelevant whether the destination is in IP
> domain or in conventional SS7 domain.

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Brian F. G. Bidulock
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