Course Name: ANSI-41 MAP

 

Course Length: 2 days

 

Description: The ANSI-41 MAP is an application standard that provides a means to perform intersystem handoff and roaming.  This course examines the call flow scenarios and the TCAP structure defined in the standard.  Also shown, is how the various network entities communicate with each other.

 

What You Will Learn: The student will gain valuable knowledge of how mobile services are accomplished in today’s ANSI-41 networks.  This includes how to analyze and decipher critical parameters within the SS7 protocol structure and the Mobile Application Part (MAP) application.  You will also learn important call flow scenarios and how network entities communicate vital information in a mobile network.

 

Who Will Benefit From This Course: ANSI-41 MAP is designed for individuals responsible for, or involved with, network planning, switch maintenance, central office engineering, interconnection, technical support or network operations.  Though this course is designed for wireless providers, those involved in the wireline interconnect area would also find it beneficial.

 

Course Outline:

 

·        Overview and Intersystem Handoff

ü      Interconnection between the wireline and wireless networks

ü      A brief background of the ANSI-41 standard

ü      How mobiles are identified

ü      The network reference model

ü      Intersystem handoff call flows

·        Signaling Protocols

ü      Signaling concepts

ü      SS7 protocol and ANSI-41 MAP

ü      The lower layers – MTP and SCCP

ü      General TCAP structures

ü      TCAP message construction

ü      ANSI-41 operations and parameters

 

·        Automatic Roaming

ü      Concept of location

ü      Roaming and ANSI-41 MAP

ü      Roaming operations

ü      Roaming Scenarios:

Ø      Mobile authentication and registration

Ø      Voice features

Ø      Short Message Service

ü      OA&M

ü      ANSI-41 Enhancements

Ø      WIN

Ø      WNP

Ø      E911

Ø      Over-the-Air Activation

Ø      Next release of ANSI-41

 

Exercises are provided throughout the course, re-enforcing a practical understanding of the material.

 

Course Prerequisites: A basic knowledge of mobile networks is helpful, but not required.