... MTP3, and ISUP, and so forth. A diagram showing how the SS7 protocol stack varies by SP can be found in Chapter 13.TUP and ISUP TUP and ISUP sit on top of MTP to provide circuit-related signaling ... Both North America and Japan bypassed TUP and went straight from earlier signaling systems to ISUP. ISUP supports both POTS and ISDN calls. It also has more flexibility and features than TUP. ... MTP—namely, TUP, ISUP, and SCCP in traditional SS7. The four-level terminology originated back when SS7 had only a call control protocol (TUP) and the MTP, before SCCP and TCAP were added. The...