Analysis of the link error monitoring protocols in the common channel signaling network
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
- Vol. 1 (1) , 31-47
- https://doi.org/10.1109/90.222905
Abstract
Motivated by the excessive link status changes ob- served in some field operations of the Common Channel Signaling (CCS) network, we provide a detailed analysis of the signaling link error monitoring algorithms in the Signaling System No. 7 (SS7) protocol. These algorithms determine when to fail a link due to excessive error rates and when to put a failed link back into service. Our analysis shows that, under current SS7 specifications of the error monitorhtg algorithms, the probability of a signaling link oscillating in and out of service could be high depending on the trat'lic load, signal unit size, and the statistical nature of errors (bursty or random). Further, the link oscillation phenomenon could become worse as longer Transaction Capability Application Part (TCAP) messages for transaction-based services (e.g., 800 Service) are carried in the CCS networks. While the risk to the existing network may not be high due to the light loads carried at presenL there is still a need to study the error monitoring issues thoroughly.Keywords
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