Actually, any tier2 or tier1 network in Europe will require a SS7 conformance tests on-site before you plug in any equipment they are unfamiliar with. We did this for a tier1 vendor towards tier1 networks - Avaya, AT&T, Lucent , Ericsson, Alcatel, Nortel - don't matter - they all have to do this testing. The benefit we had as tier1 vendor was that our customers was companies like BT, so we got it free by getting the networks to do it for us. The actual rules seems to vary from vendor to vendor and country to country, but a generic aproach is to lease a Tester that can do this more or less automated and collect the traces as evidance of comformance. The Testers are expensive, but they can be leased for a decent cost (1000 GBP etc). You might even have people on the list with access to testers that could be convinced to contribute the comformance traces. It is doable, but keep in mind to verify that the test method will be accepted by the network in advance. /J From: gustavomarsico at gmail.com Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 18:07:21 -0600 To: asterisk-ss7 at lists.digium.com Subject: Re: Asterisk + libss7 with BT in the UK You can always get a good old Inet Spectra and perform your own tests based on the docs. On Dec 3, 2012, at 5:41 PM, Michael Mueller <ss7box at gmail.com> wrote:i can offer this bit of depressing information - at ss7box we never cracked BT - we connected to other providers that had top-shelf equipment connected to BT; BT has special features, connection testing is expensive, and there's no fixing while testing - we figured that we'd need to buy a BT conformant test-bed and develop against that; project revenue didn't match investment and effort, so we gave up on BT; FT and ATT were much easier to work with you'll need the BT docs, a compliant BT SS7 device to test against, and a pile of money to go through conformance testing good luckM On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Leo Brown <leo at netfuse.org> wrote: Hi Not far. Do you want to join forces? :) What is your proposed setup and time scale? Leo Leo Brown | Technical Director Netfuse Telecom Limited +44 5601 056 056 +1 347 566 4200 On 19 Nov 2012, at 02:18, "Storer, Darren" <darren.storer at gmail.com> wrote: Hi Leo, how did you get on with standing up your SS7/C7 interconnect with BT? Best regards Darren On 16 October 2012 19:40, Leo Brown <leo at netfuse.org> wrote: Hi List, We're new to libss7 and are considering setting up some links to BT with Digium PRI cards. First - does anyone, or has anyone heard of successful connections with BT or other UK SS7 providers? Second - before they agree to begin we must complete this form: https://www.btwholesale.com/pages/cmsjsps/Network_Info/Interconnection/Manuals/PSTN_Provisioning_Manual/Interconnect_Switch_System.jsp I can find some of the timeout values in the source code, but not all of them. If anyone had any guidance on filling this form I'd be very grateful! The Processor Outage question also has me stumped. Thanks!Leo -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-ss7 mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-ss7 -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-ss7 mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-ss7 -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-ss7 mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-ss7 -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-ss7 mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-ss7 -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-ss7 mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-ss7 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-ss7/attachments/20121206/01d042aa/attachment.htm>
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