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TANDBERG 3G Gateway User Manual 
 
5.2 SS7 Configuration 
To configure the Signaling System 7 (SS7 signaling) of the ISDN SS7 trunks click the ‘SS7’ link of 
the ‘System configuration’ tab, as depicted in the figure below. 
 
General 
•  Originating Point Code (OPC). A number between 0-2
14
, which uniquely identifies a 
signaling point, in this case the 3G Gateway, within a telephone network. This number 
consists of three parts, i.e. a network, cluster and member number, and will be provided 
by the network operator. 
•  Network indicator. A two bit data field within the Service Information Octet of the 
Message Signal Unit that permits discrimination between national and international 
messages. 
•  Law. Either ALAW or ULAW. An a-law algorithm is a standard companding, i.e. 
compressing and expanding, algorithm, used in European digital communication systems 
to optimize, i.e. modify, the dynamic range of an analog signal for digitizing. The µ-law 
algorithm is similar to a-law and used in North American and Japanese systems.  
 
Trunks 
A maximum of four PRI’s or SS7 trunks, i.e. cables carrying E1/T1, can be enabled in the 3G 
Gateway. 
•  Mode. Enable or disable a trunk. 
•  Destination Point Code (DPC). Uniquely identifies the destination signaling point of the 
trunk. It will be provided by the network operator. 
•  CIC. The Circuit Identification Code is a unique identifier for a data time slot in a cable 
(trunk). In this case the CIC acts as base address and can be defined for each SS7 trunk 
and sets the first time-slot number of the respective SS7 trunk. 
 
Link sets 
A link is a time slot within a trunk used for signaling. Link sets are typically used for signaling fail-
over purposes to one switch. 
•  Enabled. Checking this box enables at least one signaling link in a link set. 
•  Destination Point Code. Uniquely identifies the destination signaling point of the link. 
This can differ from the DPC of the trunk, e.g. the DPC of a Signaling Transfer Point 
(STP), see example 2 below. 
o
  Enabled. Link1 is checked by default. Whereas, a second link box can be 
checked to define an extra signaling link for fail-over purposes. 
o
  Trunk. Number of the trunk (1 - 4) in which a time slot is reserved for signaling. 
o
  Time slot. Number of the time slot, within aforementioned trunk, reserved for 
signaling. 
o
  SLC. A Signaling Link Code is a unique link number provided by the network 
operator to identify a link. 
 
Routes 
Routes are typically used for signaling fail-over purposes via multiple switches. 
•  Destination Point Code. Unique identifier indicating the destination signaling point of a 
trunk. 
•  Priority. Priority level of the route to the destination signaling point. Fail-over signaling 
paths will be followed according to this priority. 
•  Link set. Indicates the link to the destination signaling point according to the above 
mentioned priority setting. When set to off the respective route is disabled. 
 
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