The purpose of this clause is to identify the subset of the SCCP functions which are necessary to provide addressing, error detection and segmentation facilities in the Gs interface. If this subset of SCCP functions is implemented, compatibility with a full ITU-T or ANSI SCCP shall be maintained. Only the needs of the user of SCCP (refer to
TS 29.018) are taken into account in this clause: the operations and maintenance requirements about SCCP functions are outside the scope of the present document.
No SCCP translation function is required in the VLR or the SGSN between the national and the local MTP. The Destination Point Code and Subsystem Number would allow direct routing by the local SCCP and MTP. Global Title addressing is supported on the Gs interface to provide flexibility in the addressing scheme implementation (note that the SGSN is assigned a global title in order to communicate with an HLR across an inter PLMN boundary).
Only connectionless class 0 SCCP services are used on the Gs interface. These simplifications are applicable to the signalling between an SGSN and a VLR in GSM PLMNs.
The minimum set of SCCP functions which apply are specified in the ITU-T Recommendations Q.711, Q.712, Q.713 and Q.714, for E1 interface and ANSI T1.112 for T1 interface with the qualifications specified in this Recommendation.