Telco

Deep dives and quick notes from telecom platforms, signaling, and charging systems.

12 posts in Telco.
Dec 6, 2022
Convert Diameter msg hex string to Wireshark pcap
A “raw” hex string can be converted into Wireshark pcap: query="<hex string here>" export …
Telco
Aug 25, 2020
Wireshark MATE for Diameter Charging-Control
That’s surprising that for all these years I didn’t know about Wireshark MATE: MATE: Meta Analysis and Tracing Engine What is MATE? Well, to …
Telco
Feb 16, 2020
Wireshark LUA plugin
This is an example of a LUA plugin for Wireshark which goes through the packets and generates a statistic. In my case, I was looking for …
Telco
Dec 14, 2016
How to connect a SCTP single-homed node with SCTP multi-homed one?
Typical and most robust way of configuring connectivity over SCTP (e.g. Diameter or Camel links) is to use two independent IP links (VLANs), …
Telco
Dec 10, 2016
ASN.1 encoding tutorial
Introduction Recently I in my work I had to encode an Inap (to be more precise – Sinap) content “by hand”. It’s not a rocket science however …
Telco
Dec 10, 2016
My fight with OpenSS7
Introduction One day I decided it would be fun to play with a real SS7 stack. The only one I could find was OpenSS7.
Telco
Dec 10, 2016
Q.850 Release Cause tool
I love Wireshark, but sometimes it doesn’t decode all the parameters I need. One example: Q.850 cause codes inside INAP/CAMEL Release Call …
Telco
Sep 20, 2010
Application Context Name (ACN)
The application context (AC) is the mechanism for identifying the protocol and the protocol version of an application part (AP). The object …
Telco
Oct 8, 2006
Alcatel PBX services
Another student project — this time a description of Alcatel PBX services (Update 2023: the page seems to be offline). Originally hosted on …
Telco
Oct 16, 2005
Web-to-UUS gateway
During my time at TP S.A. I worked in the Network Division, in a team focused on ISDN services. One of the projects I helped build was a …
Telco
Oct 16, 2005
Ezenia videoconferencing system
Near the end of my studies I ran into videoconferencing systems. It inspired my thesis topic — IP telephony — and I dug into the H.323 and …
Telco
May 17, 2005
PointCode Converter
Check interactive WWW Point Code Converter Quick summary This is a small calculator for converting SS7 point codes between different …
SS7 Point Codes
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