SS7 Over IP

Benefits:

• Ease of deployment: When using signaling gateways (such as access service group [ASG]), there is no need to disrupt the existing SS7 network, and future enhancements are transparent.
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  Less costly equipment: There is no need for further expensive investments in the legacy signaling elements.
• Better efficiency: SIGTRAN over an IP network doesn't require the physical E1/T1 over synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) rings. Using new technologies like IP over SDH and IP over fiber, for instance, can achieve much higher throughput.
• Higher bandwidth: SIGTRAN information over IP does not constrain to link capacity as it does in the SS7 network. The IP network is much more flexible than the TDM-based legacy network.
• Enhanced services: Implementing a core IP network facilitates a variety of new solutions and value-added services (VAS).