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Building a signaling protocol architecture for future mobile networks

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Third-generation mobile systems are emerging. These systems will support a unified user access to a variety of services, including the existing mobile and fixed network (PSTN, N-ISDN) services, the enhanced multimedia and multiparty services envisaged for broadband networks, and personal communication services as well. The role of signaling is predominant in building a flexible, efficient, and evolving system. The aim of this paper is to provide a framework for developing a signaling protocol architecture for future mobile networks. The study especially focuses on the universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS). Within this framework various design and operational requirements imposed on UMTS can be satisfied. A method to deal with the functional complexity of UMTS is provided. Mobile networks are viewed as integral parts of the broadband infrastructure and are built upon the IN principles.

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Abbreviations

AAL:

ATM adaptation layer

AC:

application context

AE(I):

application entity (invocation)

ALS:

application layer structure

AP:

application process

ASE:

application service element

ATM:

asynchronous transfer mode

BAP:

broadband application part

BTS:

base transceiver station

CCSS7:

Common Channel Signaling System No. 7

CDMA:

code division multiple access

CPN:

customer premises network

CSS:

cell site switch

DDB:

distributed database

ETSI:

European Telecommunication Standards Institute

FA:

functional architecture

FE:

functional entity

FI:

functional interface

FG:

functional group

FM:

functional model

IN:

intelligent network

INAP:

intelligent network application part

INCM:

intelligent network conceptual model

LAN:

local area network

LE:

local exchange

MACF:

multiple association control function

MAN:

metropolitan area network

MSCP:

mobility and service control point

MSDP:

mobility and service data point

MT:

mobile terminal

MTP-3:

message transfer part-3

NA:

network architecture

NE:

network entity

NLP:

network layer protocol

NNI:

network-node interface

PE:

physical entity

PI:

physical interface

PSTN:

public switched telephone network

RACE:

Research and Technology Development for advanced Communications in Europe

RAS:

radio access system

ROSE:

remote operations service element

RC:

reference configuration

SAAL:

Signaling ATM adaptation layer

SACF:

singla association control function

SAO:

single association object

SCCP:

signaling connection control part

TDMA:

time division multiple access

TX:

transit exchange

UMTS:

universal mobile telecommunication system

UNI:

user-network interface

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    John A. Korinthios & Efstathios D. Sykas

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Korinthios, J.A., Sykas, E.D. Building a signaling protocol architecture for future mobile networks. Int J Wireless Inf Networks 3, 89–103 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02107050

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