M2UA terminology

Hi all,

I'm working to define a network having some M2UA SG
implementations and one who resides on the MGC side
and I need some help to clarify the structure of the
network - so here's my question, maybe already
answered.

Which will be the correct interpretation for the
Application Server term (rfc3331) at MCG, considering
the following situations

[MGC]---[SG]------------[SEP]
            \          /
             \--[STP]-/ 

AS <=> signaling links set (direct signaling route to
SEP)
or 
AS <=> all the signaling routes towards SEP
or 
[MGC]------[SG1]----[STP1]---SS7 network behind STP1 
     \-----[SG2]----[STP2]---SS7 network behind STP2 
AS = MGC and in this case a SG could be used only for
a specific part of the network described at MGC and
following this logic the SEP and STP from the first
case should be reached by separate SGs.

Thanks
Iulian



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