CONTENTS

 1     General
        1.1     Purpose
        1.2     Scope
        1.3     Background
        1.4     OSI applicability
        1.5     Relationship to the Three Stage Process
 2     The OSI Reference Model
        2.1     General Description of the OSI Reference Model
        2.2     OSI Layering and SS No. 7
 3     Control and User Plane Modelling Aspects
 4     OSI Application Layer Structure
        4.1     AEs, APs, AEIs and APIs
        4.2     AE-type and Application Context
        4.3     ASEs, SACFs and MACFs
        4.4     SAOs
 5     Addressing
        5.1     Introduction
        5.2     Basic Definitions of SS No. 7 Addressing Information
        5.3     Addressing Information in DSS 1
        5.4     A Brief Review of OSI Addressing Concepts
        5.5     Lower Layer Addressing Relationships in International SS No. 7
        5.6     Summary of Addressing Equivalents Noted for International SS No. 7
        5.7     Further Study Item for Evolution of SS No. 7 Addressing
        5.8     Addressing Equivalents for DSS 1
 6     Application of OSI Application Layer Concepts
        6.1     Application of OSI Application Layer Concepts to SS No. 7
        6.2     Association Control Requirements for Signalling
        6.3     ROSE
 7     Management Functionality
 8     Layer 4, 5, 6 Guidelines
        8.1     General
        8.2     Layer 6 – Presentation
        8.3     Layer 5 – Session
        8.4     Layer 4 – Transport
 9     Layer 1, 2, 3 Guidelines
10     Convergence Functions
11     Applying Protocol Architecture Guidelines: Intelligent Network Application Part (INAP)
       11.1     How IN Concepts are Realized in Protocol
       11.2     Structure in the Application Layer
       11.3     Proposed Structure of the INAP
       11.4     Protocol Assumptions
       11.5     IN Application Part Structure
       11.6     Hypothetical Example
12     Compatibility Mechanisms and Rules in SS No. 7 and DSS 1
       12.1     Background
       12.2     Evolutionary Requirements
       12.3     Forward and Backward Compatibility
       12.4     Compatibility Rules for SS No. 7 and DSS 1
       12.5     Application Protocol Enhancement Mechanism (ROSE-based protocols)
13     References
14     List of Acronyms