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InterChange iQ 2000 and iQ 2000plus
6.5.4 Route Optimisation Options
The DPNSS SSRV services configuration menu asks two additional questions when Route
Optimisation/Path Replacement interworking is enabled:
Does PBX accept ROP-INV string (YES/NO) ?
and
Restrict ROP call ref mappings (YES/NO) ?
Use of DPNSS ROP-INV String
This is fully discussed in section 4.13, above.
Restricted ROP Call Reference Mappings
When InterChange interworks the QSIG Path Replacement Network Feature with DPNSS
Route Optimisation it constructs a DPNSS Call Reference value from the Path Replacement
parameters provided in QSIG, and vice-versa. The service parameter definitions do not
match exactly; this has been rectified only in the most recent DPNSS specification (issue 7)
and there are many PBXs that do not implement the upgraded standard.
The algorithm that older versions of InterChange iQ 2000 (up to release R2.0.5) used for
constructing the Call Reference value produces inter-PBX addresses of the form …99xxxx
These have been found to conflict with some DPNSS network numbering plans. The later
InterChange releases use an alternative algorithm that is less likely to cause problems, but
they still support the old algorithm for backwards compatible interworking.
This backwards compatibility support is not required when all InterChange units in a network
are running release R2.1 or R2.2 software and can be disabled by answering YES to the
question. However, there is no need to restrict the mapping unless you know your network
numbering plan will conflict.
6.5.5 QSIG Facility Element Encoding
InterChange iQ 2000’s QSIG Protocol and Supplementary Services support can be
characterized to any one of three different QSIG definitions. These are:
•
the original definition defined by ECMA on behalf of ETSI in 1993 (ETS 300 172 /
ETS 300 239 versions 1 & subsequently adopted service specifications)
•
the ISO definition, adopted in 1994 (ISO/IEC 11572/11582:1995 & services)
•
the ISO-aligned definition adopted by ETSI in 1995 (ETS 300 172/239 versions 3
& services)
When the Q.931 QSIG protocol profile is selected the QSIG facility element encoding
defaults to ETSI 1995.