Developments in Telecommunications

This book summarizes important developments in telecommunications, including SS7 over IP, with a focus on SS7 network reliability.
But why is SS7 network security and reliability so important? An SS7 network outage results in a breakdown of the signalling between the individual nodes of the network, so that the services of the telecommunication network are no longer available for customers. Apart from the tremendous financial damage to the network operator, the social consequences of such a network breakdown cannot be underestimated…

This book offers a multidisciplinary perspective on the mobile telecommunications industry. The aim of the book is to offer both comprehensive and up-to-date surveys of recent developments and the state-of-the-art of various economical and technical aspects of mobile telecommunications markets.