CONTENTS

 1     Scope
 2     References
 3     Definitions
        3.1     Terms defined by this Recommendation
        3.2     Terms defined in other Recommendations
 4     Abbreviations
 5     Conventions
 6     Compatibility issues
        6.1     Overview of differences between editions
                  6.1.1     Differences between Red Book and Blue Book
                  6.1.2     Differences between Blue Book and the 1993 edition
                  6.1.3     Differences between the 1993 edition and 1996 edition
                  6.1.4     Differences between the 1996 edition and 2001 edition
        6.2     Interworking problems
                  6.2.1     Red Book to Blue Book interworking
                  6.2.2     Blue Book to 1993 edition interworking
                  6.2.3     1993 edition to 1996 edition interworking
                  6.2.4     1996 edition to 2001 edition interworking
        6.3     Compatibility test and message change procedures
 7     Use of addressing parameters
        7.1     Description of addressing parameters in primitives
                  7.1.1     Subsystem numbers (3.4.2.2/Q.713)
                  7.1.2     The global title
                  7.1.3     Use of non-standardized TT and SSN in the international network.
        7.2     Procedure to derive SCCP-addressing requirements
        7.3     Global title conversion operations
        7.4     The generic numbering plan
                  7.4.1     Example
                  7.4.2     Considerations for introduction of the generic numbering plan
        7.5     Considerations for the SCCP users on the inputs for global title
 8     SCCP networking aspects
        8.1     Network structures in view of SCCP management capabilities
                  8.1.1     Configurations of subsystems
                  8.1.2     Unambiguousaddresses
                  8.1.3     Load distribution
                  8.1.4     Configurations of relay/gateway nodes
        8.2     Application of connection-oriented services
                  8.2.1     Coupling of connection sections (clause 3/Q.714)
        8.3     Application of connectionless services
                  8.3.1     The return on error procedure (4.2/Q.714)
                  8.3.2     Maximal length supported by SCCP connectionless procedures
        8.4     Support of MTP-3b
                  8.4.1     Protocol architecture
                  8.4.2     Interworking
 9     SCCP congestion handling
        9.1     Assigning importance values to application messages
        9.2     Responsibilities for the application
        9.3     Application of MTP congestion procedures
        9.4     Application of SCCP and node congestion procedures
        9.5     Coordination of congestion control measures between SCCP and other MTP users
10     SCCP support for Number Portability