CONTENTS

 1     Scope 
 2     References 
        2.1     Normative references         
        2.2     Informative references        
 3     Terms and abbreviations  
        3.1     Terms     
        3.2     Abbreviations        
 4     Signalling protocols          
 5     Overview and background motivation      
        5.1     Service goals         
        5.2     IPCablecom reference architecture 
        5.3     Introduction to ISTP          
        5.4     Specification goals 
        5.5     Specification interfaces       
 6     Architecture      
        6.1     IPCablecom to PSTN       
        6.2     Signalling architecture network model         
        6.3     Distribution model  
        6.4     Guaranteed performance    
       6.5      Protocol stack       
 7     Functional areas
        7.1     Mapping relationships        
        7.2     Message distribution          
        7.3     Dynamic mapping  
        7.4     Relationships         
        7.5     Initialization
        7.6     Recovery
        7.7     Dynamic provisioning         
        7.8     Administration       
        7.9     Security  
       7.10     Maintenance         
       7.11     Measurement        
       7.12     Alarms  
       7.13     Congestion           
       7.14     Management of lower layers         
 8     Protocol     
        8.1     General requirements         
        8.2     Procedures
        8.3     Failure detection and handling        
        8.4      Message format    
        8.5     Messages  
 9     SCTP and TCP usage recommendations  
        9.1     SCTP usage recommendations       
        9.2     TCP usage recommendations         
10     ISTP message flows and timer definitions
       10.1     Timers   
       10.2     MGC requests ISUP service procedure    
       10.3     MGC terminates ISUP service procedure 
       10.4     Residential CA requests TCAP service procedure 
       10.5     Residential CA terminates TCAP service procedure          
       10.6     A typical origination communication           
       10.7     Freephone service
       10.8     MGC failover procedure   
       10.9     MGC switchover procedure         
Appendix I – Bibliography    
        I.1        European 
        I.2          North American