OpenSS7
SS7 for the
Common Man
© Copyright 1997-2007 OpenSS7 Corporation All Rights Reserved.
Last modified: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:54:03 GMT
Home TopIndex FirstPrev Next LastMore Download Info FAQ Mail  Home -> Documentation -> SIGTRAN -> draft-bidulock-sigtran-aspext-01
Quick Links

Download

SCTP

SIGTRAN

SS7

Hardware

STREAMS

Asterisk

Related

Package

Manual

FAQ

SIGTRAN

SCTP

UA

TUA

SUA

ISUA

M3UA

M2UA

M2PA

IUA

TALI

SS7 over IP

Documentation

FAQ

SIGTRAN

Design

Conformance

Performance

References

Man Pages

Manuals

Papers

Home

Overview

Status

Documentation

Resources

About

News

draft-bidulock-sigtran-aspext-01

Description: Request For Comments

You can download source copies of the file as follows:

draft-bidulock-sigtran-aspext-01.txt in text format.
draft-bidulock-sigtran-aspext-01.ps in ps format.
draft-bidulock-sigtran-aspext-01.pdf in pdf format.

Listed below is the contents of file draft-bidulock-sigtran-aspext-01.txt.




Network Working Group                                     Brian Bidulock
INTERNET-DRAFT                                       OpenSS7 Corporation

Expires in six months                                    January 2, 2003

     Application Server Process (ASP) Extension (ASPEXT) Framework
                                  for
                   Signalling User Adaptation Layers
                 <draft-bidulock-sigtran-aspext-01.txt>

Status of this Memo

     This document is an Internet-Draft and is in full conformance with
  all provisions of Section 10 or RFC 2026.  Internet-Drafts are working
  documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas,
  and its working groups.  Note that other groups may also distribute
  working documents as Internet-Drafts.

     Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six
  months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents
  at any time.  It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference
  material or to cite them other than as 'work in progress'.

     The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at
  http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt

     The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at
  http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html

     To learn the current status of any Internet-Draft, please check the
  Directories on ftp.is.co.za (Africa), nic.nordu.net (Europe),
  munnari.oz.au (Pacific Rim), ftp.ietf.org (US East Coast), or
  ftp.isi.edu (US West Coast).

Abstract

     This Internet-Draft describes ASP Extensions (ASPEXT) for
  Signalling User Adaptation Protocols [IUA...TUA], which permits
  cooperating Signalling Peer Processes (SPPs) to indicate to each other
  the specific protocol extensions that each supports.

1.  Introduction

1.1.  Scope

     This Internet-Draft provides parameters and procedures in extension
  to the parameters and procedures of the Signalling User Adaptation

B. Bidulock                    Version 0.1                        Page 1

Internet Draft                  UA ASPEXT                January 2, 2003

  Layers (UAs) [IUA...TUA], for the purpose of supporting a framework
  for extending the parameters and procedures of these Adaptation
  Layers.

     UA implementations with ASPEXT are intended to be compatible with
  UA implementations not supporting this configuration.

1.2.  Change History

  Changes from Version 0.0 to Version 1.0:

       - added this history section,
       - updated references,
       - updated version numbers and dates,
       - updated postscript diagrams,
       - updated author's address.

1.3.  Terminology

     ASPEXT adds the following terms to the terminology presented in the
  UA documents:

  ASP Extension (ASPEXT) - An extension to one or more of the the UAs
     that requires identification of the capabilities of the SPP to
     support the extension as part of its requirements.

  Signalling Peer Process (SPP) - refers to an ASP, SGP or IPSP.

  Signalling User Adaptation Layer (UA) - one or more of the Stream
     Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) [RFC 2960] ISDN Signalling
     User Adaptation Layers [IUA...GR303UA] or SS7 Signalling User
     Adaptation Layers [M2UA...TUA].  supporting the concept of ASP
     Management[1].

1.4.  Overview

     There is a need to provide extensions for the Signalling User
  Adaptation Layer protocols that require interworking between
  Signalling Peer Processes (SPPs) implementing a specific extension and
  SPPs not implementing the extension.

     ASPEXT provides parameters and procedures that allow Signalling
  Peer Processes (SPPs) implementing a given set of extensions to
  indicate its support to other SPPs as well as to discover the support
  for extensions provided by peer SPPs.

1.4.1.  Existing Extension Management

     The existing UA procedures[2] make no provisions for the management
  of extensions.  Any mechanism that an SPP might use to determine the
  extension support of peer SPPs depends upon implementation dependent
  configuration information or protocols between SPPs.

B. Bidulock                    Version 0.1                        Page 2

Internet Draft                  UA ASPEXT                January 2, 2003

     For example, if an ASP implements and extension that requires that
  the ASP have knowledge of whether a peer SGP supports the extension,
  the ASP would have to be configured with this SGP-specific
  information, or would need to use some implementation-dependent
  mechanism to determine this information.

     The lack of an IETF procedure for managing extension support
  represents a deficiency of the existing UA procedures[2] that detracts
  from interoperability between separate implementations of SPP peers.

1.4.2.  ASP Extension Management

     ASPEXT provide support for the following:

   - Support for an SPP indicating to peer SPPs the extensions that are
     supported.
   - Support for an SPP discovering what extensions are supported by
     peer SPPs.
   - Support for an SPP supporting ASPEXT interworking with an SPP that
     does not support ASPEXT.

2.  Conventions

     The keywords MUST, MUST NOT, REQUIRED, SHALL, SHALL NOT, SHOULD,
  SHOULD NOT, RECOMMENDED, NOT RECOMMENDED, MAY, and OPTIONAL, when they
  appear in this document, are to be interpreted as described in [RFC
  2119].

3.  Protocol Elements

     ASPEXT provides the following parameters and the messages in which
  they are included in addition to the parameters of the UAs.[3]

3.1.  Parameters

     ASPEXT provides the following parameters in addition to the
  parameters defined for the UAs.[3]

3.1.1.  ASP Extensions

     The ASP Extensions parameter is a common parameter used in the
  ASPUP and ASPUP ACK messages to identify the extension capabilities of
  the ASP (ASPUP) and the extension capabilities of the SGP or IPSP
  (ASPUP ACK).

     The ASP Extensions parameter is formatted as follows:

B. Bidulock                    Version 0.1                        Page 3

Internet Draft                  UA ASPEXT                January 2, 2003

     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |         Tag = 0xXXXX          |            Length = 8         |
    +- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+
    |                       ASP Extension #1                        |
    +- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+
    |                       ASP Extension #2                        |
    +- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+
    \                               .                               \
    /                               .                               /
    \                               .                               \
    /                                                               /
    +- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+
    |                       ASP Extension #n                        |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

      EDITOR'S NOTE:-  The parameter tag values shown as 0xXXXX
      above will be assigned by IANA within the common parameter
      range of the SIGTRAN UAs and may change its value in further
      versions of this document.

     The ASP Extensions parameter contains one or more of the following
  fields:

  ASP Extension field: 32-bits (unsigned integer)

    The ASP Extension field contains an IANA registered extension
    identifier number that identifies the extension supported by the ASP
    in an ASPUP or an extension supported by the SGP or IPSP in an ASPUP
    ACK.  Examples of valid values for the ASP Extension field are as
    follows:

        0   None
        1   Protocol Limits Extension [SGINFO]
        2   Load Selection Extension [LOADSEL]
        3   Load Grouping Extension [LOADGRP]
        4   Correlation Id and Heartbeat Extension [CORID]
        5   Registration Extension [REGEXT]
        6   Session Identification Extension [SESSID]
        -   (All other values are IETF reserved.)

    Each occurrence of an ASP Extension field indicates that the sending
    SPP supports the specified extension.  The ASP Extension parameter
    MUST contain at least one ASP Extension value.  An ASP Extension
    field containing the value "None" MUST be the only ASP Extension
    field included in the ASP Extension parameter.

B. Bidulock                    Version 0.1                        Page 4

Internet Draft                  UA ASPEXT                January 2, 2003

3.2.  Messages

     ASPEXT extends the following messages defined for the UAs.[3]

3.2.1.  ASP Up (ASPUP)

     ASPEXT supplements the ASPUP message by permitting the following
  optional parameters to be included in the message:

      Extension Parameters
      -----------------------------------------
      ASP Extensions              Optional

     The format of the resulting ASPUP message is as follows:

     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |         Tag = 0x0011          |            Length = 8         |
    +- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+
    |                         ASP Identifier                        |
    +-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
    |         Tag = 0xXXXX          |            Length = 8         |
    +- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+
    \                                                               \
    /                         ASP Extensions                        /
    \                                                               \
    +-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
    |         Tag = 0x0004          |            Length             |
    +- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+
    \                                                               \
    /                           Info String                         /
    \                                                               \
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

      EDITOR'S NOTE:-  The parameter tag values shown as 0xXXXX
      above will be assigned by IANA within the common parameter
      range of the SIGTRAN UAs and may change its value in further
      versions of this document.

     To indicate its support for a specific extension, the ASP MUST
  include the specific extension number in the ASP Extensions parameter
  in the ASPUP message.

     No other changes to the ASPUP message format are provided by this
  extension.

B. Bidulock                    Version 0.1                        Page 5

Internet Draft                  UA ASPEXT                January 2, 2003

3.2.2.  ASP Up Acknowledgment (ASPUP ACK)

     ASPEXT supplements the ASPUP ACK message by permitting the
  following optional parameters to be included in the message:

      Extension Parameters
      -----------------------------------------
      ASP Extensions              Optional

     The format of the resulting ASPUP ACK message is as follows:

     0                   1                   2                   3
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |         Tag = 0xXXXX          |            Length = 8         |
    +- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+
    \                                                               \
    /                         ASP Extensions                        /
    \                                                               \
    +-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
    |         Tag = 0x0004          |            Length             |
    +- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+
    \                                                               \
    /                           Info String                         /
    \                                                               \
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

      EDITOR'S NOTE:-  The parameter tag values shown as 0xXXXX
      above will be assigned by IANA within the common parameter
      range of the SIGTRAN UAs and may change its value in further
      versions of this document.

     To indicate its support for a specific extension, SGP and IPSP MUST
  include the specific extension number in the ASP Extensions parameter
  in the ASPUP ACK message.

     No other changes to the ASPUP ACK message format are provided by
  this extension.

4.  Procedures

     The following procedures are provided in extension to the UA
  procedures by ASPEXT.

4.1.  ASP Management Procedures

4.1.1.  ASP Up Procedures

     In extension of the "ASP Up Procedures" of the UAs[2], ASPEXT
  provides the following procedures:

B. Bidulock                    Version 0.1                        Page 6

Internet Draft                  UA ASPEXT                January 2, 2003

     Whenever an ASP, as part of the normal UA procedures, sends an ASP
  Up (ASPUP) message to an SGP or IPSP it MAY include the ASP Extensions
  parameter indicating the extensions supported by the ASP.

     Upon receiving an ASP Up (ASPUP) message from an ASP that contains
  the ASP Extensions parameter, an SGP or IPSP supporting ASPEXT MUST
  register the ASP's support of the specified extensions and MUST place
  an ASP Extensions parameter of its own in the responding ASP Up
  Acknowledgment (ASPUP ACK) indicating which of the extensions provided
  in the ASPUP are supported.

     If an SGP or IPSP supporting ASPEXT receives an ASPUP message that
  does not contain an ASP Extensions parameter, the SGP or IPSP MAY
  assume that the ASP does not support any extensions, or MAY rely on
  internal configuration data to determine the extensions supported by
  the ASP.  The SGP or IPSP SHOULD NOT include the ASP Extensions
  parameter in the responding ASPUP ACK message.

     Upon receiving an ASP Up Acknowledgment (ASPUP ACK) containing an
  ASP Extensions parameter, an ASP supporting ASPEXT MUST register the
  SGP or IPSP's support of the specified extensions.

     If an SPP supporting ASPEXT receives an ERR message indicating the
  ASP Extensions parameter as an "Invalid Parameter" in response to an
  ASPUP or ASPUP ACK message, the SPP SHOULD re-attempt sending the
  ASPUP or ASPUP ACK message without the ASP Extensions parameter.

4.1.2.  ASP Down Procedures

     In extension to the "ASP Down Procedure" of the UAs[2], ASPEXT
  provides the following procedures:

     Whenever an ASP, as part of the normal UA procedures, sends an ASP
  Down (ASPDN) message to an SGP or IPSP, the ASP supporting ASPEXT
  SHOULD clear any ASP Extensions previously registered while the ASP
  was in the ASP-UP state for the SGP.

     Upon sending an ASP Down Acknowledgment (ASPDN ACK), either in
  response to an ASPDN or unsolicited, an SGP supporting ASPEXT SHOULD
  clear any ASP Extensions previously registered while the ASP was in
  the ASP-UP state at the SGP.

5.  Examples

5.1.  Both ASP and SGP/IPSP support ASP Extensions

     Figure 1 illustrates an example where both the ASP and the SGP or
  IPSP support ASPEXT.

B. Bidulock                    Version 0.1                        Page 7

Internet Draft                  UA ASPEXT                January 2, 2003

              ASP                                    SGP/IPSP
               |                                         |
          (1)  |      SCTP Association Established       |
               |<- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ->|
               |                                         |
          (2)  |    ASPUP (Extensions: LOADSEL, CORID)   |
               |---------------------------------------->|
               |                                         |
          (3)  |     ASPUP ACK (Extensions: LOADSEL)     |
               |<--------------------------------------->|
               |                                         |
          (4)  |                                         |
               |                                         |

       Figure 1.  Both ASP and SGP/IPSP support ASP Extensions

     The example sequence of events for the example illustrated in
  Figure 1 is as follows:

   (1)   An SCTP Association is established or the ASP is otherwise in
         the ASP-DOWN state.

   (2)   The ASP sends an ASPUP message to the SGP or IPSP containing an
         ASP Extensions parameter identifying (for example) two
         extensions: Load Selection [LOADSEL] and Correlation
         Id/Heartbeat [CORID]; indicating the ASP's support for these
         two extensions requiring interworking support.

   (3)   The SGP or IPSP responds with an ASPUP ACK message containing
         an ASP Extensions parameter identifying (for example) support
         for only one extension: Load Selection [LOADSEL]

   (4)   The ASP and SGP/IPSP register the peer's support (or lack of
         support) for the LOADSEL and CORID extensions and modify
         subsequent procedures accordingly.

5.2.  Interworking Examples

5.2.1.  ASP supports ASP Extensions, SGP/IPSP does not

     Figure 2 and 3 illustrate an example where the ASP supports ASPEXT
  but the SGP or IPSP does not.

B. Bidulock                    Version 0.1                        Page 8

Internet Draft                  UA ASPEXT                January 2, 2003

              ASP                                    SGP/IPSP
               |                                         |
          (1)  |      SCTP Association Established       |
               |<- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ->|
               |                                         |
          (2)  |    ASPUP (Extensions: LOADSEL, CORID)   |
               |---------------------------------------->|
               |                                         |
          (3)  |               ASPUP ACK                 |
               |<--------------------------------------->|
               |                                         |
          (4)  |                                         |
               |                                         |

       Figure 2.  ASP supports ASP Extensions, SGP/IPSP ignores

     The example sequence of events for the example illustrated in
  Figure 2 is as follows:

   (1)   An SCTP Association is established or the ASP is otherwise in
         the ASP-DOWN state.

   (2)   The ASP sends an ASPUP message to the SGP or IPSP containing an
         ASP Extensions parameter identifying (for example) two
         extensions: Load Selection [LOADSEL] and Correlation
         Id/Heartbeat [CORID]; indicating the ASP's support for these
         two extensions requiring interworking support.

   (3)   The SGP or IPSP ignores the ASP Extensions parameter in the
         ASPUP and responds with an ASPUP ACK message containing no ASP
         Extensions parameter.

   (4)   The ASP either assumes that the SGP or IPSP does not support
         the LOADSEL or CORID extensions, or relies upon configuration
         data to indicate the SGP or IPSP's support for these
         extensions.  The ASP modifies its subsequent procedures with
         regard to the extension accordingly.

B. Bidulock                    Version 0.1                        Page 9

Internet Draft                  UA ASPEXT                January 2, 2003

              ASP                                    SGP/IPSP
               |                                         |
          (1)  |      SCTP Association Established       |
               |<- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ->|
               |                                         |
          (2)  |    ASPUP (Extensions: LOADSEL, CORID)   |
               |---------------------------------------->|
               |                                         |
          (3)  |         ERR("Invalid Parameter")        |
               |<--------------------------------------->|
               |                                         |
          (4)  |                 ASPUP                   |
               |---------------------------------------->|
               |                                         |
          (5)  |               ASPUP ACK                 |
               |<--------------------------------------->|
               |                                         |
          (6)  |                                         |
               |                                         |

       Figure 3.  ASP supports ASP Extensions, SGP/IPSP refuses

     The example sequence of events for the example illustrated in
  Figure 3 is as follows:

   (1)   An SCTP Association is established or the ASP is otherwise in
         the ASP-DOWN state.

   (2)   The ASP sends an ASPUP message to the SGP or IPSP containing an
         ASP Extensions parameter identifying (for example) two
         extensions: Load Selection [LOADSEL] and Correlation
         Id/Heartbeat [CORID]; indicating the ASP's support for these
         two extensions requiring interworking support.

   (3)   The SGP or IPSP refuses to accept the ASP Extensions parameter
         in the ASPUP message and responds with an ERR("Invalid
         Parameter") message indicating such.

   (4)   The ASP re-attempts by sending an ASPUP message without an ASP
         Extensions parameter.

   (5)   The SGP or IPSP responds with an ASPUP ACK message containing
         no ASP Extensions parameter.

   (6)   The ASP either assumes that the SGP or IPSP does not support
         the LOADSEL or CORID extensions, or relies upon configuration
         data to indicate the SGP or IPSP's support for these
         extensions.  The ASP modifies its subsequent procedures with
         regard to the extension accordingly.

B. Bidulock                    Version 0.1                       Page 10

Internet Draft                  UA ASPEXT                January 2, 2003

5.2.2.  SGP/IPSP supports ASP Extensions, ASP does not

     Figure 4 illustrates an example where the SGP or IPSP supports
  ASPEXT but the ASP does not.

              ASP                                    SGP/IPSP
               |                                         |
          (1)  |      SCTP Association Established       |
               |<- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ->|
               |                                         |
          (2)  |                 ASPUP                   |
               |---------------------------------------->|
               |                                         |
          (3)  |               ASPUP ACK                 |
               |<--------------------------------------->|
               |                                         |
          (4)  |                                         |
               |                                         |

       Figure 4.  SGP/IPSP supports ASP Extensions, ASP ignores

     The example sequence of events for the example illustrated in
  Figure 4 is as follows:

   (1)   An SCTP Association is established or the ASP is otherwise in
         the ASP-DOWN state.

   (2)   The ASP sends an ASPUP message to the SGP or IPSP not
         containing an ASP Extensions parameter.

   (3)   The SGP or IPSP responds with an ASPUP ACK message not
         containing an ASP Extensions parameter.

   (4)   The SGP either assumes that the ASP does not support the CORID
         extensions, or relies upon configuration data to indicate the
         ASP's support for these extensions.  The SGP modifies its
         subsequent procedures with regard to the extension accordingly.

6.  Security

     ASPEXT does not introduce any new security risks or considerations
  that are not already inherent in the UA [IUA...TUA].  Please see the
  "Security" sections of IUA [IUA], DUA [DUA], V5UA [V5UA], GR303UA
  [GR303UA], M2UA [M2UA], M3UA [M3UA], SUA [SUA], ISUA [ISUA] and TUA
  [TUA], for security considerations and recommendations that are
  applicable to each of these UAs.

     It is possible that an attacker or malicious endpoint might
  manipulate the ASP Extensions parameter in an attempt to cause denial
  of service attacks on either an SGP or ASP.  However, because each
  extension has a fall back procedure which provides for interworking
  without the ASPEXT capability, ASPEXT introduces no further threat if
  the endpoint adheres to the following rule:

B. Bidulock                    Version 0.1                       Page 11

Internet Draft                  UA ASPEXT                January 2, 2003

     Although an endpoint has registered an ASP extension against a peer
  endpoint, the registering endpoint SHOULD take this information as
  advisory and continue to effect interworking and fullback procedures
  in the event that the information in the ASP Extensions parameter is
  malicious, in error, or invalid.

7.  IANA Considerations

7.1.  Extensions

     ASPEXT provides an additional ASP Extensions message parameter to
  the common parameter range of the SIGTRAN UAs [IUA...TUA]:

   (a)   The parameter is named the ASP Extensions parameter.

   (b)   The structure of the ASP Extensions parameter field conforms to
         the UA general TLV format and is described in detail in Section
         3.1.1.

   (c)   The detailed definition of each component of the ASP Extensions
         parameter values is described in Section 3.1.1.

   (d)   This document also provides a detailed description of the
         intended use of the ASP Extensions parameter, and in which
         messages the ASP Extensions parameter should appear, how many
         times, and when.

      EDITOR'S NOTE:-  The ASP Extensions parameter tag value shown
      throughout this document as 0xXXXX will be assigned by IANA
      within the common parameter range of the SIGTRAN UAs and may
      change its value in further versions of this document.

7.2.  Protocol Extensions

     UA protocols may be extended through IANA in three ways:

   - through definition of additional message classes;

   - through definition of additional message types; and,

   - through definition of additional message parameters.

     The definition and used of new message classes, types and
  parameters is an integral part of the SIGTRAN adaptation layers.
  Thus, these extensions are assigned by IANA through an IETF Consensus
  action [RFC 2434].

     The proposed extension MUST in no way adversely affect the general
  working of the protocol.

     To permit interoperability of implementations supporting a
  particular extension with implementation not supporting that
  extension, a UA Extension number can be assigned to a protocol

B. Bidulock                    Version 0.1                       Page 12

Internet Draft                  UA ASPEXT                January 2, 2003

  extension in accordance with this document.  A new registry will be
  created by IANA to allow:

7.2.1.  IETF Defined UA Protocol Extension

     In additional to the documentation required for each message class,
  message type and message parameter extension, the documentation of the
  UA Protocol Extension number MUST include the following information:

   (a)   A long and short name for the Extension.

   (b)   A detailed description of the the purpose of the Extension.

   (c)   A detailed description of the Message Classes, Types and
         Parameters provided by the extension.

   (d)   A detailed description of the interworking between UA
         implementations supporting the Extension and UA implementations
         not supporting the Extension.

Notes

  [1]  Currently all SS7 Signalling User Adaptation Layers support ASP
       Management with the exception of M2PA [M2PA06].

  [2]  See, for example, Section 4 of the specific UA document
       [M3UA...TUA].

  [3]  See, for example, Section 3 of the specific UA document
       [M3UA...TUA].

References

  IUA.
       K. Morneault, S. Rengasami, M. Kalla and G. Sidebottom, "ISDN
       Q.921-User Adaptation Layer," RFC 3057, The Internet Society
       (November, 2000).  [Normative]

  DUA.
       R. Mukundan, N. Mangalpally, K. Morneault and A. Vydyam,
       "DPNSS/DASS 2 Extensions to the IUA Protocol," <draft-ietf-
       sigtran-dua-04.txt>, Internet Engineering Task Force - Signalling
       Transport Working Group (October 2002).  Work In Progress.
       [Informative]

  V5UA.
       E. Weilandt, N. Khanchandani and S. Rao, "V5.2-User Adaption
       Layer (V5UA)," <draft-ietf-sigtran-v5ua-03.txt>, Internet
       Engineering Task Force - Signalling Transport Working Group (June
       2002).  Work In Progress. [Informative]

B. Bidulock                    Version 0.1                       Page 13

Internet Draft                  UA ASPEXT                January 2, 2003

  GR303UA.
       R. Mukundan, K. Morneault, "GR-303 extensions to the IUA
       Protocol," <draft-ranjith-sigtran-gr303ua-00.txt>, Internet
       Engineering Task Force - Signalling Transport Working Group
       (October 2002).  Work In Progress. [Informative]

  M2UA.
       K. Morneault, R. Dantu, G. Sidebottom, B. Bidulock and J. Heitz,
       "Signaling System 7 (SS7) Message Transfer Part 2 (MTP2) - User
       Adaptation Layer," RFC 3331, Internet Engineering Task Force -
       Signalling Transport Working Group (September, 2002).
       [Normative]

  M3UA.
       G. Sidebottom, K. Morneault and J. Pastor-Balbas, (eds),
       "Signaling System 7 (SS7) Message Transfer Part 3 (MTP3) - User
       Adaptation Layer (M3UA)," RFC 3332, Internet Engineering Task
       Force - Signalling Transport Working Group (September, 2002).
       [Normative]

  SUA.
       J. Loughney, G. Sidebottom, L. Coene, G. Verwimp, J. Keller and
       B. Bidulock, "SS7 SCCP-User Adaptation Layer (SUA)," <draft-ietf-
       sigtran-sua-14.txt>, Internet Engineering Task Force - Signalling
       Transport Working Group (June 30, 2002).  Work in Progress.
       [Normative]

  ISUA.
       B. Bidulock, "SS7 ISUP-User Adaptation Layer (ISUA)," <draft-
       bidulock-sigtran-isua-00.txt>, Internet Engineering Task Force -
       Signalling Transport Working Group (January 5, 2003).  Work In
       Progress. [Informative]

  TUA.
       B. Bidulock, "SS7 TCAP-User Adaptation Layer (TUA)," <draft-
       bidulock-sigtran-tua-01.txt>, Internet Engineering Task Force -
       Signalling Transport Working Group (January 2, 2003).  Work In
       Progress. [Informative]

  RFC 2960.
       R. Stewart, Q. Xie, K. Morneault, C. Sharp, H. J. Schwarzbauer,
       T. Taylor, I. Rytina, H. Kalla, L. Zhang and V. Paxson, "Stream
       Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)," RFC 2960, The Internet
       Society (February 2000).  [Normative]

  M2PA06.
       T. George, R. Dantu, M. Kalla, H. J. Schwarzbauer, G. Sidebottom,
       K. Morneault and B. Bidulock, "SS7 MTP2-User Peer-to-Peer
       Adaptation Layer," <draft-ietf-sigtran-m2pa-06.txt>, Internet
       Engineering Task Force - Signalling Transport Working Group
       (August 28, 2002).  Work In Progress. [Informative]

  RFC 2119.
       S. Bradner, "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement

B. Bidulock                    Version 0.1                       Page 14

Internet Draft                  UA ASPEXT                January 2, 2003

       Levels," RFC 2119 - BCP 14, Internet Engineering Task Force
       (March 1997).  [Normative]

  SGINFO.
       B. Bidulock, "Signalling Gateway (SG) Information Support,"
       <draft-bidulock-sigtran-sginfo-01.txt>, Internet Engineering Task
       Force - Signalling Transport Working Group (January 2, 2003).
       Work In Progress. [Informative]

  LOADSEL.
       B. Bidulock, "Load Selection Extension for Signalling User
       Adaptation Layers (LOADSEL)," <draft-bidulock-sigtran-
       loadsel-01.txt>, Internet Engineering Task Force - Signalling
       Transport Working Group (January 2, 2003).  Work In Progress.
       [Informative]

  LOADGRP.
       B. Bidulock, "Load Grouping Extension for Signalling User
       Adaptation Layers (LOADGRP)," <draft-bidulock-sigtran-
       loadgrp-01.txt>, Internet Engineering Task Force - Signalling
       Transport Working Group (January 2, 2003).  Work In Progress.
       [Informative]

  CORID.
       B. Bidulock, "Correlation Id and Heartbeat Procedures Supporting
       Lossless Fail-Over," <draft-bidulock-sigtran-corid-01.txt>,
       Internet Engineering Task Force - Signalling Transport Working
       Group (January 2, 2003).  Work In Progress. [Informative]

  REGEXT.
       B. Bidulock, "Registration Extensions for SS7 Signalling User
       Adaptation Layers," <draft-bidulock-sigtran-regext-01.txt>,
       Internet Engineering Task Force - Signalling Transport Working
       Group (January 2, 2003).  Work In Progress. [Informative]

  SESSID.
       B. Bidulock, "Session Identification for SS7 Signalling User
       Adaptation Layers," <draft-bidulock-sigtran-sessid-01.txt>,
       Internet Engineering Task Force - Signalling Transport Working
       Group (January 2, 2003).  Work In Progress. [Informative]

  RFC 2434.
       T. Narten, H. T. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an IANA
       Considerations Section in RFCs," RFC 2434, The Internet Society
       (October, 1998).  [Normative]

B. Bidulock                    Version 0.1                       Page 15

Internet Draft                  UA ASPEXT                January 2, 2003

Author's Addresses

  Brian Bidulock                                  Phone: +1-780-490-1141
  OpenSS7 Corporation                        Email: bidulock@openss7.org
  1469 Jeffreys Crescent                     URL: http//www.openss7.org/
  Edmonton, AB  T6L 6T1
  Canada

  This Internet draft expires July, 2003.

B. Bidulock                    Version 0.1                       Page 16

Internet Draft                  UA ASPEXT                January 2, 2003

                       List of Illustrations

  Figure 1 - Both ASP and SGP/IPSP support ASP Extensions .......    8
  Figure 2 - ASP supports ASP Extensions, SGP/IPSP ignores ......    9
  Figure 3 - ASP supports ASP Extensions, SGP/IPSP refuses ......   10
  Figure 4 - SGP/IPSP supports ASP Extensions, ASP ignores ......   11

                         Table of Contents

  Status of this Memo ...........................................    1
  Abstract ......................................................    1
  1 Introduction ................................................    1
  1.1 Scope .....................................................    1
  1.2 Change History ............................................    2
  1.3 Terminology ...............................................    2
  1.4 Overview ..................................................    2
  1.4.1 Existing Extension Management ...........................    2
  1.4.2 ASP Extension Management ................................    3
  2 Conventions .................................................    3
  3 Protocol Elements ...........................................    3
  3.1 Parameters ................................................    3
  3.1.1 ASP Extensions ..........................................    3
  3.2 Messages ..................................................    5
  3.2.1 ASP Up (ASPUP) ..........................................    5
  3.2.2 ASP Up Acknowledgment (ASPUP ACK) .......................    6
  4 Procedures ..................................................    6
  4.1 ASP Management Procedures .................................    6
  4.1.1 ASP Up Procedures .......................................    6
  4.1.2 ASP Down Procedures .....................................    7
  5 Examples ....................................................    7
  5.1 Both ASP and SGP/IPSP support ASP Extensions ..............    7
  5.2 Interworking Examples .....................................    8
  5.2.1 ASP supports ASP Extensions, SGP/IPSP does not ..........    8
  5.2.2 SGP/IPSP supports ASP Extensions, ASP does not ..........   11
  6 Security ....................................................   11
  7 IANA Considerations .........................................   12
  7.1 Extensions ................................................   12
  7.2 Protocol Extensions .......................................   12
  7.2.1 IETF Defined UA Protocol Extension ......................   13
  Notes .........................................................   13
  References ....................................................   13
  Author's Addresses ............................................   16
  List of Illustrations .........................................   17

B. Bidulock                    Version 0.1                       Page 17

Internet Draft                  UA ASPEXT                January 2, 2003

Copyright Statement

  Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2003).  All Rights Reserved.

     This document and translations of it may be copied and furnished to
  others, and derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain it
  or assist in its implementation may be prepared, copied, published and
  distributed, in whole or in part, without restriction of any kind,
  provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are
  included on all such copies and derivative works.  However, this
  document itself may not be modified in any way, such as by removing
  the copyright notice or references to the Internet Society or other
  Internet organizations, except as needed for the purpose of developing
  Internet standards in which case the procedure for copyrights defined
  in the Internet Standards process must be followed, or as required to
  translate into languages other than English.

     The limited permission granted above are perpetual and will not be
  revoked by the Internet Society or its successors or assigns.

     This document and the information contained herein is provided on
  an "AS IS" basis and THE INTERNET SOCIETY AND THE INTERNET ENGINEERING
  TASK FORCE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT
  NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY THAT THE USE OF THE INFORMATION HEREIN
  WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY RIGHTS OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
  MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

B. Bidulock                    Version 0.1                       Page 18


OpenSS7
SS7 for the
Common Man
Home TopIndex FirstPrev Next LastMore Download Info FAQ Mail  Home -> Documentation -> SIGTRAN -> draft-bidulock-sigtran-aspext-01
Last modified: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:54:03 GMT
© Copyright 1997-2007 OpenSS7 Corporation All Rights Reserved.