But what's the point of putting TCAP in asterisk? Are you planning on writing applications for asterisk that use TCAP? Or, do you want asterisk to be an SCP? Personally, I think most people out there would like to see asterisk be able to terminate calls to SS7 networks. For that, you only need ISUP. -Andrew On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 04:33:20PM -0400, Matthew Crocker wrote: > > > >My idea is to create a generic interface for asterisk to > >access ISUP applications via sockets. The idea would be to > >create an ISUP library similar to libPRI, but, instead of talking > >directly over a zap device, communicate via RPC. That way it would be > >very easy to build a middleware solution to have asterisk use Aculab > >cards, openSS7, or something like that. And, since fundamentally, > >asterisk is never going to use anything except ISUP, it doesn't > >need to > >know about MTP2/MTP3/SCCP/etc. > > > > I would include ISUP & TCAP. Ideally I would rather have my SS7 A- > links terminate in a purpose built box (ss7box, Cisco 2600 with ss7 > software). I would want Asterisk to handle the ISUP/TCAP over IP > (SIGTRAN ??). I think it will be nearly impossible to get Asterisk- > ss7 certified by an RBOC for interconnect to their network. Without > certification it is only good as a toy in a lab scenario. Using an > existing box (cisco) would make the certification process much > easier, unnessesary. > > -- > Matthew S. Crocker > Vice President > Crocker Communications, Inc. > Internet Division > PO BOX 710 > Greenfield, MA 01302-0710 > http://www.crocker.com >
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