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## RE: SVI status and official letter about Patapsco routing table

Released on 2012-07-06 07:00 GMT

Email-ID | 214646
Date | 2011-03-30 20:59:02
From | kkou@intracom.gr
To | g.nakkoul@intracom.sy, kkou@intracom.gr, Alessio.Fantini@selex-comms.com, gpapa@intracom.gr, fabio.carrino@selex-comms.com

Hello all,
Regarding the Ringback issue in SS7 and after the answer from Ghassan
about
the procedure and the explanation of the issue and according to a
discussion
with our SS7 experts, the normal procedure to an SS7 call (e.g. incoming
to
Tetra) should be according to the following:
PRI PRI SS7
SCN--------GW---------SVI---------Siemens CO
| | |<----IAM-----|Initial Address message
| |<--Setup--| |Converted by SVI to Setup message
|<--Setup--| | |B subscriber (Tetra) starts ringing
|>>>>>>>>>>|>>>>>>>>>>|>>>>>>>>>>>>>|SCN generates RingBack tone to CO
|---Alert->| | |SCN replies with Alert message
| |---Alert->| |
| | |-----ACM---->|Converted by SVI to Address Complete
|Ringing | | |
|Ringing | | |
|Ringing | | |
|B Answers | | |When called user answers the phone...
|-Connect->| | |SCN sends Connect message
| |-Connect->| |
| | |-----ANM---->|Converted by SVI to ANswer Message
| c o n v e r s a t i o n |
| c o n v e r s a t i o n |
| c o n v e r s a t i o n |
The key pints to the above is that:
1. Always in telephony, the called party exchange node (in our case the
SCN)
produces the Ringback tone inside the payload channel.
2. The ACM message (Alert in DSS1) alerts the intermediate nodes to open a
"through connection" so that the Ringback tone can pass through.
3. The ACM message (Alert in DSS1) contains a 2-bit information element
known as "called party status information". Possible values can be:
01="Subscriber free". In this case the receiving CO must open the
voice channel.
00="no indication". This case is not usual, nevertheless the
receiving CO could also open the voice channel.
For our case, first we must be sure about point 1 above. When we are OK
with
point 1, then we must have the call log by means of ISUP messages trace to
try to identify the problem.
Let me also remind Alessio's and Fabio's original plan to test SS7
connectivity with SS7 emulator, i.e. another SVI back to back with the
existing one and Aurora. If this works, we would prove it's an issue of
Siemens.
(pGW---LiberatorE---SVI---SVI---Aurora) instead of
(pGW---LiberatorE---SVI---Siemens CO)
Regards
Costas
-----Original Message-----
From: Konstantinos Kouriannidis [mailto:kkou@intracom.gr]
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 9:56 PM
To: 'g.nakkoul@intracom.sy'
Cc: 'Papadakis Giorgos'; 'Alessio.Fantini@selex-comms.com';
'fabio.carrino@selex-comms.com'
Subject: RE: SVI status and official letter about Patapsco routing table
Have you tried a call waiting after the Tetra code to listen to any
announcement ?
KK
-----Original Message-----
From: g.nakkoul@intracom.sy [mailto:g.nakkoul@intracom.sy]
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 9:10 PM
To: Konstantinos Kouriannidis
Cc: 'Papadakis Giorgos'; Alessio.Fantini@selex-comms.com;
fabio.carrino@selex-comms.com
Subject: RE: SVI status and official letter about Patapsco routing table
Dear All,
the procedure that we have implement was as the follwoing:
PSTN subscriber dial a (Tetra Code)+ (Tetra SSI)(the exact test was
0582000139) 058 is the Tetra code and 2000139 is the number of Tetra
(SSI)
the scinario is as the following :
a PSTN subscriber calling the previous number then a call will be
delivered to Tetra Sub. then later on the same sub will here ringing
but the PSTN caller will not hear anything(a ringback tone).
Regards,
Ghassan Nakkoul
Intracom Syria
Email:g.nakkoul@intracom.sy
Mobile:0993000822
Quoting Konstantinos Kouriannidis :
> Hello Ghassan,
> Please describe where exactly is the problem with SS7 incoming to Tetra
> Ringback tone.
> According to Alessio the procedure achieved is as follows:
>
> 1. SS7 Subscriber dials something like "85" to reach the GW
> 2. After 2-3 seconds, a GW announcement (voice) asks to dial a Tetra
> terminal number
> 3. SS7 Subscriber dials the Tetra terminal number
> 4. After a while the Tetra terminal rings
> 5. After some ringings, the Tetra terminal subscriber answers the call
> 6. Conversation in progress
> ...
>
> As I understood from your previous e-mail (see bottom), SS7 Subscriber
does
> not listen to ring back tone between steps 4 and 5.
>
> As Alessio understood, the customer wants the SS7 Subscriber to listen
to
a
> ring back tone ALSO between steps 1 and 2.
>
> Please be more precise about what is the procedure that has been
achieved
> and what the customer really wants.
>
> PS : you had e-mailed to me:"... we just have a one mater that SWO is
> nagging about it is that we are missing a ring back toward the PSTN
caller
> (the caller could not hear the ringing toward him on the telephone hand
set
> when he calls tetra terminal)."
>
> Regards
> Costas
>
>
>