Sinyalleşme Sistemi 7 – SS7
PSTN’de SS7, aramanın başlatıldığı bölgeden başka bir hakim bölgeye doğru giden aramaların başlatılması ve yönetilmesi için kullanılır. Buradan da anlaşılacağı gibi, SS7 ancak operatörler arasında kullanılır. Bu protocol aslında IP tabanlı ağlarda BGP protokolüne benzetilebilir. SS7 :Aramanın başlatılması, kurulması ve yönetilmesini,Arama bittiği zaman sonlandırılmasını, Ücretlendirilmesini, Arama yönlendirme, Arayan numaranın gösterilmesi, 800 ve 900′lü numara, Kullanıcı tanımlama, kişisel dolaşım gibi servisleride destekler.

Signaling System No. 7 (SS7) is a set of telephony signaling protocols which are used to set up most of the world’s public switched telephone network telephone calls. The main purpose is to set up and tear down telephone calls. Other uses include number translation, prepaid billing mechanisms, short message service (SMS), and a variety of other mass market services.

It is usually referenced as Signaling System No. 7 or Signaling System #7, or simply abbreviated to SS7. In North America it is often referred to as CCSS7, an acronym for Common Channel Signaling System 7. In some European countries, specifically the United Kingdom, it is sometimes called C7 (CCITT number 7) and is also known as number 7 and CCIS7.[notes 1]

There is only one international SS7 protocol defined by ITU-T in its Q.700-series recommendations.[1] There are however, many national variants of the SS7 protocols. Most national variants are based on two widely deployed national variants as standardized by ANSI and ETSI, which are in turn based on the international protocol defined by ITU-T. Each national variant has its own unique characteristics. Some national variants with rather striking characteristics are the China (PRC) and Japan (TTC) national variants.

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has also defined level 2, 3, and 4 protocols that are compatible with SS7 MTP2 (M2UA and M2PA), MTP3 (M3UA) and Signalling Connection Control Part (SCCP) (SUA), but use a Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) transport mechanism. This suite of protocols is called SIGTRAN.