• CCITT Rec. Q.701 (11/1988) – FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION OF THE MESSAGE TRANSFER PART (MTP) OF SIGNALLING SYSTEM No. 7
  • 1 Introduction
    • 1.1 General
    • 1.2 Objectives
    • 1.3 General characteristics
  • 2 Signalling system structure
    • 2.1 Basic functional division
    • 2.2 Functional levels
    • 2.3 Signalling message
    • 2.4 Functional interface
  • 3 Message transfer part and the signalling network
    • 3.1 General
    • 3.2 Signalling message handling functions
    • 3.3 Signalling network management functions
    • 3.4 Testing and maintenance functions
    • 3.5 Use of the signalling network
  • 4 Message transfer capability
    • 4.1 General
    • 4.2 User location in system structure
    • 4.3 Message content
    • 4.4 User accessibility
    • 4.5 Transport service performance
  • 5 Differences from the Red Book
    • 5.1 Signalling Information Field length
    • 5.2 Signalling Point Restart
    • 5.3 Management Blocking
    • 5.4 Signalling Link Test
    • 5.5 Compatibility mechanism
    • 5.6 Timer values
    • 5.7 Processor Outage
    • 5.8 User flow control
    • 5.9 Management Inhibiting and Management Inhibiting test procedure
    • 5.10 Signalling point/signalling transfer point congestion
  • 6 Compatibility in the message transfer part
    • 6.1 Unreasonable Information
    • 6.2 Treatment of spare fields
    • 6.3 Lack of acknowledgement
  • 7 Interworking of Yellow, Red and Blue MTP implementations
    • 7.1 Yellow Book to Red Book interworking
    • 7.2 Red Book to Blue Book interworking
    • 7.3 Yellow Book to Blue Book Interworking
  • 8 Primitives and Parameters of the Message Transfer Part
    • 8.1 Transfer
    • 8.2 Pause
    • 8.3 Resume
    • 8.4 Status
    • 8.5 Restart