Signaling Transport (sigtran)

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NOTE: This charter is a snapshot of the 54th IETF Meeting in Yokohama, Japan. It may now be out-of-date.

Last Modifield: 02/01/2002

Chair(s):
Lyndon Ong <lyong@ciena.com>
Transport Area Director(s):
Scott Bradner <sob@harvard.edu>
A. Mankin <mankin@isi.edu>
Transport Area Advisor:
Scott Bradner <sob@harvard.edu>
Technical Advisor(s):
Shawn Routhier <sar@epilogue.com>
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Description of Working Group:
The primary purpose of this working group will be to address the transport of packet-based PSTN signaling over IP Networks, taking into account functional and performance requirements of the PSTN signaling. For interworking with PSTN, IP networks will need to transport signaling such as Q.931 or SS7 ISUP messages between IP nodes such as a Signaling Gateway and Media Gateway Controller or Media Gateway.

Examples of such transport include:

- transport of signaling between a Signaling Gateway and Media Gateway or Media Gateway Controller - transport of signaling ("backhaul") from a Media Gateway to a Media Gateway Controller - transport of TCAP between a Signaling Gateway and other IP nodes

Applications include:

- Internet dial-up remote access - IP telephony interworking with PSTN - Other services as identified

Specific goals are:

1. Architecture and Performance Requirements: The working group will produce an informational RFC identifying functionality and performance requirements to support signaling over IP. Signaling messages have very stringent loss and delay requirements in the existing telephone networks that need to be supported.

2- Transport: The working group will produce a standards track proposal or proposals defining transport of signaling protocols using SCTP, based on the requirements identified above.

These proposals will identify the method of encapsulation of different signaling protocols. This will include differentiating between different protocols being carried, and what components are transported, translated or terminated at the SG. Security and resilience must be addressed.

Note: TCAP is a transaction protocol with different functions and requirements than call control signaling. This will need to be taken into account in its mapping to IP networks.

This work will be done in conjunction with other IETF working groups looking at similar issues. The working group will also ensure that good information conduits exist with groups in other standards groups with expertise in the relevant signaling protocols or in the network requirements for the transport of the relevant signaling protocols.

The group will make use of existing IETF QoS and security technology and will not address creation of new QoS or security functions for IP networks. Nor will the working group work on defining new call control or device control protocols.

Goals and Milestones:
Done  Submit Initial draft of Signaling Architecture and Performance Requirements document as an Internet-Draft
Done  Issue initial IDs on Transport Layer Protocols and Encapsulation of Signaling Protocols
Done  Submit requirements document to IESG for publication as an RFC
Done  Submit revised version of drafts incorporating discussions and early implementation experience.
Done  Submit IP-based transport protocol draft to IESG for publication as a Standards-track RFC
Done  Submit initial adaptation drafts to IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard
Done  Submit protocol Applicability Statements draft to IESG for consideration as an Informationl RFC
DEC 01  Submit remaining adaptation drafts to IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard
DEC 01  Submit protocol MIB draft to IESG for consideration as an Proposed Standard
Internet-Drafts:
  • - draft-ietf-sigtran-m2ua-15.txt
  • - draft-ietf-sigtran-m3ua-12.txt
  • - draft-ietf-sigtran-sctp-mib-07.txt
  • - draft-ietf-sigtran-sua-14.txt
  • - draft-ietf-sigtran-signalling-over-sctp-applic-05.txt
  • - draft-ietf-sigtran-m2pa-05.txt
  • - draft-ietf-sigtran-m3ua-mib-03.txt
  • - draft-ietf-sigtran-v5ua-03.txt
  • - draft-ietf-sigtran-dua-03.txt
  • - draft-ietf-sigtran-m3ua-implementors-guide-01.txt
  • - draft-ietf-sigtran-iua-imp-guide-00.txt
  • Request For Comments:
    RFCStatusTitle
    RFC2719 I Architectural Framework for Signaling Transport
    RFC2960 PS Stream Control Transmission Protocol
    RFC3057 PS ISDN Q.921-User Adaptation Layer
    RFC3257 I Stream Control Transmission Protocol Applicability Statement

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