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April 1994, Volume 12, Number 3
COMMON CHANNEL SIGNALING NETWORKS:
PERFORMANCE, ENGINEERING, PROTOCOLS, AND CAPACITY MANAGEMENT
Guest Editors - V. A. Bolotin, P. J. Kuhn, C. D. Pack, and R. A. Skoog
Guest Editorial
V. A. Bolotin, P. J. Kuhn, C. D. Pack, and R. A. Skoog

List of Acronyms Used in this Issue

PAPERS
Introduction
Common Channel Signaling Networks: Past, Present, Future
P. J. Kuhn, C. D. Pack, and R. A. Skoog

Performance Analysis and Congestion Control
A Scalable and Reusable Emulator for Evaluating the Performance of SS7 Networks
A. A. Lazar, K. H. Tseng, K. S. Lim, and W. Choe

Perfromance Analysis of SS7 Congestion Controls Under Sustained Overload
D. R. Manfield, G. K. Millsteed, and M. Zukerman

On the Efficacy of Using the Transfer-Controlled Procedure During Periods of STP Processor Overload in SS7 Networks
M. Rumsewicz

Effects of Feedback Delay on the Performance of the Transfer-Controlled Procedure in Controlling CCS Network Overloads
D. E. Smith

Modeling Call Holding Time Distributions for CCS Network Design and Performance Analysis
V. A. Bolotin

A Control Mechanism to Prevent Correlated Message Arrivals from Degrading Signaling No. 7 Network Performance
H. Kosal and R. A. Skoog

Safe and Effective Error Rate Monitors for SS7 Signaling Links
D. C. Schmidt

Error Monitoring Issues for Common Channel Signaling
V. T. Hou, K. Kant, V. Ramaswami, and J. L. Wang

Architecture and Applicants
On the Design of a Hierarchical SS7 Network: A Graph Theoretical Approach
L. Krauss and G. Rufa

Assuring SS7 Dependability: A Robustness Characterization of Signaling Network Elements
V. V. Karmarkar

Capacity and Performance Analysia of Signaling Networks in Multivendor Environments
M. Bafutto, P. J. Kuhn, and G. Willmann

Congestion and Flow Control in Signaling System No. 7 -- Impacts of Intelligent Networks and New Services
J. Zepf and G. Rufa

Issues
Consideration on Common Channel Signaling Evolution for Global Intelligent Networking
M. Fujioka and Y. Wakahara

ATM-Based Signaling Network Topics on Reliability and Performance
R. Franz, K. D. Gradischnig, M. N. Huber, and R. Stiefel

Issues on the Design of Survivable Common Channel Signaling Networks
M. M. Mostrel

Alternatives to Achieve Software Diversity in Common Channel Signaling Networks
N. L. Hung, A. R. Jacob, and S. E. Makris

Deployment Issues of CCS Links on Self-Healing Rings
A. T. Leung and S. Wainberg

Statistical Analysis of CCSN/SS7 Traffic Data from Working CCS Subnetworks
D. E. Duffy, A. A. McIntosh, M. Rosenstein, and W. Willinger