TY - GEN
T1 - A strategy for the resolution of intelligent network (IN) and Signalling System No. 7 (SS7) congestion control conflicts
AU - Jennings, Brendan
AU - Lodge, Fiona
AU - Curran, Thomas
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - Signalling System No. 7 (SS7) networks are used to transport call control messages for both traditional telephony and advanced intelligent network (IN) based services. A large number of IN implementations have been successfully deployed, however a key factor in ensuring their ongoing commercial success will be that they continue to meet specified performance targets. Because network congestion may have a serious adverse effect on IN service performance, much research effort has been focused on IN congestion control. However, in general, this research has not taken into account operation of the standardised congestion controls operating at the SS7 plane of the network. This paper outlines an investigation that demonstrates that the interaction between SS7 and IN congestion controls is not always harmonious and can lead to serious performance degradation. A congestion control strategy, which resolves the problems identified, is presented and evaluated.
AB - Signalling System No. 7 (SS7) networks are used to transport call control messages for both traditional telephony and advanced intelligent network (IN) based services. A large number of IN implementations have been successfully deployed, however a key factor in ensuring their ongoing commercial success will be that they continue to meet specified performance targets. Because network congestion may have a serious adverse effect on IN service performance, much research effort has been focused on IN congestion control. However, in general, this research has not taken into account operation of the standardised congestion controls operating at the SS7 plane of the network. This paper outlines an investigation that demonstrates that the interaction between SS7 and IN congestion controls is not always harmonious and can lead to serious performance degradation. A congestion control strategy, which resolves the problems identified, is presented and evaluated.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICC.1998.683094
DO - 10.1109/ICC.1998.683094
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0031635862
SN - 0780347889
SN - 9780780347885
T3 - International Conference on Communications - Proceedings
SP - 1601
EP - 1606
BT - ICC 1998 - 1998 IEEE International Conference on Communications
T2 - 1998 IEEE International Conference on Communications: New Century Communications, ICC 1998 - Affiliated with SUPERCOMM 1998
Y2 - 7 June 1998 through 11 June 1998
ER -