RE: Is an xxUA SGP capable of serving multiple SGs

I also would call this "1 SG supporting multiple networks" -IMO, NA is an
attribute of traffic rather than a SG identifier- but as long as we all have
the same understanding in terms of how the protocol is supposed to work
naming issues are less important.

   tolga



> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
> Behalf Of Barry Nagelberg
> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 3:44 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [Sigtran] Is an xxUA SGP capable of serving multiple SGs
>
>
> Brian,
>
> Good point. "1 SG supporting multiple networks" is an equally
> valid way to express the idea.
>
> I nevertheless contend that "multiple SGs in an SGP" is a valid
> concept. I find it an easy way to conceptualize the
> setup that I described below, sort of a mirror image of "multiple
> ASs in an ASP".
>
> Barry Nagelberg
> Adax, Inc.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian F. G. Bidulock [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 9:30 AM
> To: Barry Nagelberg
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Sigtran] Is an xxUA SGP capable of serving multiple SGs
>
>
> Barry,
>
> I would call that 1 SG supporting multiple networks, not an SGP
> belonging to multiple SGs.
>
> --brian
>
> Barry Nagelberg wrote:
>    (Tue, 07 Feb 2006 15:24:47)
> > Tolga,
> >
> > There is no need for the "SGP to inform ASP about which SGs
> that specific SGP is part of". This is known to the craft
> > administrator at each end, SGP and ASP.
> >
> > Let's consider the example in which a single SGP is serving 2
> SGs. SG1 represents SS7 network 1 and SG2 represents
> > network 2.
> > The ASP wishes to register to receive data only for network 1,
> i.e. SG1. The craft administrators agree that a value
> of
> > '1' in the Network Appearance param will represent network 1.
> >
> > 1. When the ASP sends a REG_REQ msg, it includes the Network
> Appearance param, and sets it to '1'. This tells the SGP
> > that the ASP wishes to register to receive data for network 1, i.e. SG1.
> >
> > 2. The SGP approves the registration request and responds with
> Routing Context 1. Now the ASP and SGP have established
> > that all communications between them for network 1 will be
> indicated by routing context 1.
> >
> > Barry Nagelberg
> > Adax, Inc.
> >
>
> --
> Brian F. G. Bidulock
> [email protected]
> http://www.openss7.org/
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