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Chapter 2. The Basics

2.1. Linkset
2.2. Shell Management client
2.3. SS7 Service
2.4. JBoss Communications SS7 Stack Usage

The JBoss Communications SS7 Stack is logically divided into two sections. The lower section includes SS7 Level 3 and below. The lower section is influenced by type of SS7 hardware (Level 1) used. The upper section includes SS7 Level 4 and above. This logical division is widely based on flexibility of JBoss Communications SS7 Stack to allow usage of any SS7 hardware available in the market and yet JBoss Communications SS7 Stack Level 4 and above remains the same.

Important

Be aware, JBoss Communications SS7 Stack is subject to changes as it is under active development!

JBoss Communications SS7 Stack consists of following functional blocks:

Linkset is logical group of links between two Signaling Points. This term hides MTP layer, ie. it abstracts whether hardware MTP is used , M3UA or JBoss Communications SS7 Stack one.

Three type of Linkset are defined

Each type of linkset has coresponding factory. Please refer to Section 3.2.1, “Configuring LinksetFactory” for list and guidelines how to configure each factory.

Configuration of linkset factories is exaplained in section Section 3.2, “ Configuring JBoss Communications SS7 Stack ”

Shell is Command Line Interface (CLI) tool which allows to manage different aspects of JBoss Communications SS7 Stack in interactive manner. It connects to different instances of JBoss Communications SS7 Stack which manage Linksets and SCCP routing. For detailed information please refer to: ???. Usually Shell will be invoked from remote machine(remote to Linksets and application protocols).

Service is element which is used to manage LinkSets and protocols like SCCP. SS7 service creates instance of JBoss Communications SS7 Stack SCCP and bind's it to JNDI name java:/mobicents/ss7/sccp

SS7 Service is JMX based service deployed in JBoss Application Server

Diagram below depicts elements which are deployed as part of SS7 Service:

Service serves following purposes:

Configuration of SS7 Service is exaplained in section Section 3.2, “ Configuring JBoss Communications SS7 Stack ”

Diagram below depicts how JBoss Communications SS7 Stack is used: