MAPS™ BICC over IP Emulator

Overview

BICC (Bearer Independent Call Control protocol) is a call control protocol based on ISUP and is used between the serving nodes to support ISDN services independent of the bearer and signaling transport technology.

GL’s MAPS™ (Message Automation & Protocol Simulation) is an advanced and versatile protocol simulator/tester that can simulate a variety of protocols encountered in the telecom space, including SIP, MGCP, UMTS, GSM, MLPPP, MEGACO, ISDN, CAS, SS7, and many more. Now, MAPS™ BICC IP product line bearing the same acronym is used to emulate all the BICC interfaces over both TDM and IP. It is designed to specifically simulate BICC call control signaling as defined by ITU-T standards between Mobile Switching Centre (MSC) and Gateway MSC (GMSC) server nodes. In addition, it also supports error tracking, regression testing, conformance testing, load testing, and call generation. It can run pre-defined test scenarios against test objects in a controlled & deterministic manner.

MAPS™ BICC IP Emulator supports powerful utilities like Message Editor, Script Editor, and Profile Editor which allow new scenarios to be created or existing scenarios to be modified using BICC IP call control messages and parameters.

GL’s MAPS™ BICC IP currently supports the following procedures emulating MSC (VLR), and GMSC entities in the network-

Successful Basic Call procedure with enBloc and Overlap operation
Setup procedures
Mid Call Procedures
Normal Call Release Procedures
Unsuccessful call Setup
Codec modification/mid-call Codec negotiation procedures

Protocol Specific Features

BICC simulation over IP network
Supports transmission and detection of various RTP traffic such as, digits, voice file, single tone, and dual tones over established calls.
High density of up to 20,000 calls with traffic is easily achievable per appliance (5000 calls per port)
User-friendly GUI for configuring the BICC IP Layers
Supports BICC IP bearer control (call control or APM) messages
Supported procedures includes Successful Basic Call, Additional Setup, Mid Call, Normal Call Release, Unsuccessful Call Setup, Codec modification/mid-call Codec Negotiation
Access to all BICC Call Control Message Parameters OPC, DPC, calling number, called number, and more
Simulate MSC and GMSC Nodes in the BICC over IP network
User-friendly GUI for configuring the M3UA Layers
Provides call reports with associated captured events and error events during call simulation
Option to send reports to database accessible via web interface
Supports Client-Server functionality requires additional license; clients supported are TCL, Python, VBScript, Java, and .Net
Automation, Remote access, and Schedulers to run tests 24/7