SS7 Performance Measurements

Contents

1Introduction

2

Performance Measurement Groups

3

Measurements of Ss7TcapIetc PM Group

4

Measurements of Ss7TcapAnsi PM Group

5

Measurements of Ss7Sccp PM Group

6

Measurements of Ss7M3uaAssociation PM Group

1   Introduction

This document describes the SS7 performance measurements.

For description of PM concepts and operations, i.e. how to work with PM jobs, refer to the Performance Management.

2   Performance Measurement Groups

Table 1 lists the SS7 performance measurement groups.

Table 1    PmGroups

pmGroupId

Properties

Ss7TcapIetc

  • description: Measurements at TCAP ITU/ETSI/TTC/Chinese (IETC) level. The measured object identifier is "Ss7=1,TcapIetc=1".

  • pmGroupVersion: 1

Ss7TcapAnsi

  • description: Measurements at TCAP ANSI level. The measured object identifier is "Ss7=1,TcapAnsi=1".

  • pmGroupVersion: 1

Ss7Sccp

  • description: Measurements at SCCP level. The measured object identifier is "Ss7=1,Sccp=1".

  • pmGroupVersion: 1

Ss7M3uaAssociation

  • description: Measurements at M3UA association level. The measured object identifier is "Ss7=1,M3ua=1,LocalSp=<A>,RemoteSp=<B>", where <A> and <B> are integers.

  • pmGroupVersion: 2

The update frequency is 60 seconds for all measurements.

3   Measurements of Ss7TcapIetc PM Group

Table 2 provides measurement types of Ss7TcapIetc PM group.

Table 2    Ss7TcapIetc Measurements

measurementTypeId

Properties

ss7TcapIetcTransactionsPerSecond

  • description: Number of TCAP IETC transactions per second. A transaction is one received and one sent TCAP message.

  • collectionMethod: GAUGE

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Transactions per second (TPS)

ss7TcapIetcOutComponents

  • description: Number of sent TCAP IETC components.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of components sent

ss7TcapIetcInComponents

  • description: Number of received TCAP IETC components.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of components received

ss7TcapIetcAbortedDialoguesLocally

  • description: Number of aborted TCAP IETC dialogues by the local side.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of Aborted dialogues

ss7TcapIetcAbortedDialoguesRemotely

  • description: Number of aborted TCAP IETC dialogues by the remote side.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of Aborted dialogues

4   Measurements of Ss7TcapAnsi PM Group

Table 3 provides measurement types of Ss7TcapAnsi PM group.

Table 3    Ss7TcapAnsi Measurements

measurementTypeId

Properties

ss7TcapAnsiTransactionsPerSecond

  • description: Number of TCAP ANSI transactions per second. A transaction is one received and one sent TCAP message.

  • collectionMethod: GAUGE

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Transactions per second (TPS)

ss7TcapAnsiOutComponents

  • description: Number of sent TCAP ANSI components.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of components sent

ss7TcapAnsiInComponents

  • description: Number of received TCAP ANSI components.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of components received

ss7TcapAnsiAbortedDialoguesLocally

  • description: Number of aborted TCAP ANSI dialogues by the local side.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of Aborted dialogues

ss7TcapAnsiAbortedDialoguesRemotely

  • description: Number of aborted TCAP ANSI dialogues by the remote side.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of Aborted dialogues

5   Measurements of Ss7Sccp PM Group

Table 4 provides measurement types of Ss7Sccp PM group.

Table 4    Ss7Sccp Measurements

measurementTypeId

Properties

ss7SccpAttemptsToBindWithWrongSsn

  • description: Number of unsuccessful attempts to bind with a not configured or faulty configured Sub System Number (SSN).

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of unsuccessful attempts

6   Measurements of Ss7M3uaAssociation PM Group

Table 5 provides measurement types of Ss7M3uaAssociation PM group.

Table 5    Ss7M3uaAssociation Measurements

measurementTypeId

Properties

ss7M3uaAssociationInDatas

  • description: Number of received DATA messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationOutDatas

  • description: Number of sent DATA messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationInKBytes

  • description: Amount of received data on M3UA association in KBytes. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: KByte

ss7M3uaAssociationOutKBytes

  • description: Amount of sent data on M3UA association in KBytes. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: KByte

ss7M3uaAssociationLostDatasInCongestion

  • description: Number of lost DATA messages on M3UA association due to congestion. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationNotActiveTime

  • description: Duration in seconds M3UA association has spent in a state other than ACTIVE. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Seconds

ss7M3uaAssociationCongestionTime

  • description: Duration in seconds M3UA association has spent in congestion. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Seconds

ss7M3uaAssociationInErrors

  • description: Number of received ERROR messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationOutErrors

  • description: Number of sent ERROR messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationDiscardedDatas

  • description: Number of discarded DATA messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationInNotifies

  • description: Number of received NOTIFY messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationInScons

  • description: Number of received Signaling Congestion (SCON) messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationInCongestionInds

  • description: Number of received congestion indications from SCTP on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of occurrences

ss7M3uaAssociationNotActive

  • description: Number of times M3UA association became not active. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Seconds

ss7M3uaAssociationInAspacs

  • description: Number of received Application Server Process (ASP) Active (ASPAC) messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationOutAspacs

  • description: Number of sent Application Server Process (ASP) Active (ASPAC) messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationInAspacAcks

  • description: Number of received Application Server Process (ASP) Active Acknowledgements (ASPAC ACK) messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationOutAspacAcks

  • description: Number of sent Application Server Process (ASP) Active Acknowledgements (ASPAC ACK) messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationInDauds

  • description: Number of received DAUD messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationOutDauds

  • description: Number of sent DAUD messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationInDavas

  • description: Number of received DAVA messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationOutDavas

  • description: Number of sent DAVA messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationInDunas

  • description: Number of received DUNA messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationOutDunas

  • description: Number of sent DUNA messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationInDupus

  • description: Number of received DUPU messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationOutDupus

  • description: Number of sent DUPU messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationInAspdnAcks

  • description: Number of received Application Server Process (ASP) Down Acknowledgement (ASPDN ACK) messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationOutAspdnAcks

  • description: Number of sent Application Server Process (ASP) Down Acknowledgement (ASPDN ACK) messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationInAspdns

  • description: Number of received Application Server Process (ASP) Down (ASPDN) messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationOutAspdns

  • description: Number of sent Application Server Process (ASP) Down (ASPDN) messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationInAspiaAcks

  • description: Number of received Application Server Process (ASP) Inactive Acknowledgements (ASPIA ACK) messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

s7M3uaAssociationOutAspiaAcks

  • description: Number of sent Application Server Process (ASP) Inactive Acknowledgements (ASPIA ACK) messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationInAspias

  • description: Number of received Application Server Process (ASP) Inactive (ASPIA) messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationOutAspias

  • description: Number of sent Application Server Process (ASP) Inactive (ASPIA) messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationInAspupAcks

  • description: Number of received Application Server Process (ASP) Up Acknowledgements (ASPUP ACK) messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationOutAspupAcks

  • description: Number of sent Application Server Process (ASP) Up Acknowledgements (ASPUP ACK) messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationInAspups

  • description: Number of received Application Server Process (ASP) Up (ASPUP) messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationOutAspups

  • description: Number of sent Application Server Process (ASP) Up (ASPUP) messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationInAspsms

  • description: Number of received Application Server Process (ASP) State Maintenance (ASPSM) messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationOutAspsms

  • description: Number of sent Application Server Process (ASP) State Maintenance (ASPSM) messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationInAsptms

  • description: Number of received Application Server Process (ASP) Traffic Maintenance (ASPTM) messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationOutAsptms

  • description: Number of sent Application Server Process (ASP) Traffic Maintenance (ASPTM) messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationInNonDatas

  • description: Number of received non-DATA messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationOutNonDatas

  • description: Number of sent non-DATA messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationInMgmts

  • description: Number of received Management (MGMT) messages (ERROR and NOTIFY) on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationOutMgmts

  • description: Number of sent Management (MGMT) messages (ERROR and NOTIFY) on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationInSsnms

  • description: Number of received SS7 Signalling Network Management (SSNM) messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages

ss7M3uaAssociationOutSsnms

  • description: Number of sent SS7 Signalling Network Management (SSNM) messages on M3UA association. There is one measurement per association identified by the Local Sp, Remote Sp value pair.

  • collectionMethod: CC

  • aggregation: SUM

  • measurementStatus: USED

  • resetAtGranPeriod: true

  • measurementResult: Number of messages