MAPS INAP PROTOCOL EMULATOR Intelligent Network Application Part - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Intelligent Network Application Part (INAP) Emulation over IP, TDM and ATM

MAPS™ INAP PROTOCOL EMULATOR

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MAPS™ INAP (Intelligent Network Application Part)

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• Simulation of INAP (Intelligent Network Application Part) services
• Supports testing network elements gsmSCF and gsmSSF
• As per ANSI specifications, the supported services are CNAM (Calling Name Delivery), LNP (Local

Number Portability), and Toll-free 800 Number

• Prepaid Voice Call Service, Toll Free Voice Call Service, Low Balance Voice Call Service, and Initiate

Call Attempt (ICA) Service over IP as per ITU-T specifications

• ITU and ANSI variants of SS7 implemented over M3UA, M2PA, M2UA, MTP3

Highlights

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• Multi-protocol, Multi-interface Simulation
• Provides fault insertion, and erroneous call flows testing capability
• Performance testing, Load Testing, Functional testing, Regression testing and Conformance testing
• f network elements
• Ready scripts make testing procedure simpler, less time consuming and hence time to market

products

• Test response of network against protocol message modification, or corruption
• Inter-operability testing of networks

Applications

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Supported Protocol Standards (over IP)

ITU INAP IP Protocol Stack ANSI INAP IP Protocol Stack Supported Protocols Standard / Specification Used

CNAM GR-118-CORE LNP GR 1299 CORE TCAP ANSI T1.114-1996 SCCP ANSI T1.112-1996 MTP ANSI T1.111-1996 SCTP RFC 4960

Supported Protocols Standard / Specification Used

ITU INAP CS2 Q.1228 TCAP ANSI T1.114-1996 SCCP Q.713, CCITT (ITU-T) Blue Book M3UA RFC 3332 M2PA RFC 4165

Supported Protocols Standard / Specification Used

ITU INAP CS2 EN 301 140-1 V1.3.4 (1999-06) TCAP ANSI T1.114-1996 SCCP Q.713, CCITT (ITU-T) Blue Book MTP Q.703, ITU-T Blue Book

INAP TDM Protocol Stack

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Typical Call Procedures

Prepaid Voice Call Service

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Toll Free Voice Call Service

Call Procedures

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Initial Call Attempt (ICA) Service

Call Procedures

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Low Balance Voice Call Service (Release on Low Balance)

Call Procedures

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Low Balance Voice Call Service (playAnnouncement on Low Balance)

Call Procedures

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CNAM (Calling Name Delivery) Service

Call Procedures

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LNP (Local Number Portability) Service

Call Procedures

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Toll-free 800 Number Service

Call Procedures

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INAP IP Testbed Setup

MAPS Feature

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INAP TDM Testbed Setup

MAPS Feature

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INAP ATM Testbed Setup

MAPS Feature

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Profile Editor

MAPS Feature

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Script Editor

MAPS Feature

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Message Editor

MAPS Feature

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Incoming Call Handler Configuration

MAPS Feature

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INAP IP Call Generation

MAPS Feature

Loading Scripts and Profiles Message Sequence Decode Message

Active Calls Call Status Call Events

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INAP IP Call Reception

MAPS Feature

Message Sequence Decode Message

Call Results

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INAP IP Event Log

MAPS Feature

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ANSI INAP IP Incoming Call Handler Configuration

MAPS Feature

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Load Generation

MAPS Feature

Step Fixed Ramp Uniform Saw-tooth Normal

• Stability/Stress and Performance testing using Load Generation
• Different types of Load patterns to distribute load
• User can load multiple patterns for selected script
• User configurable Test Duration, CPS, Maximum and Minimum Call

Rate etc

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INAP IP Bulk Call Generation

MAPS Feature

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Bulk Call Statistics & Graph

MAPS Feature

Call Stats and Graph Message Stats

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MAPS™ API Architecture

MAPS Feature

• API wraps our proprietary scripting language in standard languages familiar to the user:

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Python

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Java

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VB Scripts

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TCL

• Clients and Servers support a “Many-to-Many” relationship, making it very easy for users to develop

complex test cases involving multiple signaling protocols.

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CLI Support

MAPS Feature

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