QSIG is an ISDN based signaling protocol for signaling between private branch exchanges (PBXs) in a Private Integrated Services Network (PISN). It makes use of the connection-level Q.931 protocol and the application-level ROSE protocol. ISDN "proper" functions as the physical link layer.

QSIG was originally developed by Ecma International, adopted by ETSI and is defined by a set of ISO standard documents, so is not owned by any one company. This allows interoperability between communications platforms provided by disparate vendors.

QSIG has two layers, called BC (basic call) and generic function (GF). QSIG BC describes how to set up calls between PBXs. QSIG GF provides supplementary services for large-scale corporate, educational, and government networks, such as line identification, call intrusion and call forwarding. Thus for a large or very distributed company that requires multiple PBXs, users can receive the same services across the network and be unaware of the switch that their telephone is connected to. This greatly eases the problems of management of large networks.

QSIG will likely never rival each vendor's private network protocols, but it does provide an option for a higher level of integration than that of the traditional choices.

List of QSIG standards

• ETS 300 052 - Multiple Subscriber Number
• ETS 300 055 - Call Waiting
• ETS 300 092 - Calling Line Identification Presentation (CLIP)
• ETS 300 093 - Calling Line Identification Restriction (CLIR)
• ETS 300 097 - Connected Line Identification Presentation (COLP)
• ETS 300 098 - Connected Line Identification Restriction (COLR)
• ETS 300 130 - Malicious Call Identification
• ETS 300 141 - Call Hold
• ETS 300 172 - Circuit-Mode Basic Service
• ETS 300 182 - Advice Of Charge
• ETS 300 188 - Three Way Conference
• ETS 300 207 - Call Diversion
• ETS 300 239 - Generic Functional Protocol
• ETS 300 256 - CFU Supplementary Service
• ETS 300 258 - Path Replacement (ANF-PR)
• ETS 300 260 - Call Transfer By Join (SS-CT)
• ETS 300 359 - Call Completion To Busy Subscriber (CCBS)
• ETS 300 369 - Explicit Call Transfer
• ETS 300 745 - Message Waiting Indication (MWI)
• ETS 300 259 - Path Replacement Additional Network Feature (ANF-PR)
• ETS 301 258 - Recall Supplementary Service (SS-RE)
• ETS 301 919 - Single Step Call Transfer Supplementary Service (SS-SSCT)

Source : European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)

See also

• H.450
• DPNSS

ca:QSIG de:QSIG es:QSIG fr:QSIG ru:QSIG sv:QSIG

---

Source: Wikipedia | The above article is available under the GNU FDL. | Edit this article