1、 AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS ATIS-0300211.2012 INFORMATION INTERCHANGE - STRUCTURE AND CODED REPRESENTATION OF NATIONAL SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS (NS/EP) TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PRIORITY (TSP) CODES FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM As a leading tech
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12、h TSP priority levels are assigned; and Services, which are provided by government and/or non-common carriers and are interconnected to common carrier services, assigned TSP priority levels. 1.2 Purpose This standard establishes the specifications, characteristics, and values of the National Securit
13、y/ Emergency Preparedness (NS/EP) Telecommunications Service Priority code used by the NS/EP Telecommunications Service Priority System (TSP) and telecommunication service vendors providing NS/EP services. ATIS-0300211.2012 2 2 Normative References The following standards contain provisions, which,
14、through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this American National Standard. At the time of publication, the edition indicated was valid. All standards are subject to revision, and parties to agreements based on this American National Standard are encouraged to investigate the possibili
15、ty of applying the most recent edition of the standard indicated below. FCC 88-341, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Report and Order authorizing the Telecommunications Service Priority Program.1NCS Directive (NCSD) 3-1, Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP) System for National Security E
16、mergency Preparedness (NS/EP), August 10, 2000.1NCS Manual 3-1-1, Service User Manual for the Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP) System, May 5, 2000.1NCS Manual 3-1-2, Service Vendor Handbook for the Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP) Program, December 10, 2000.13 Definitions, Abbrevia
17、tions, thus it is used with a singular verb. 3.1.2 data element: A single unit of data that in a certain context is considered indivisible. It cannot be decomposed into more fundamental segments of data that have useful meanings within the business. 3.1.3 Executive Office of President (EOP): The FCC
18、 designated administrator of the TSP Program. The EOP has delegated responsibilities to the Manager, National Communication Services, but acts as the final approval or denial authority for assignments of TSP priority levels. 3.1.4 Federal Communications Commission (FCC): Provides regulatory oversigh
19、t of NS/EP TSP Program implementation. It also enforces TSP rules and regulations; acts as a final authority for approval, revision, or disapproval of priority actions by the EOP. 3.1.5 format structure: A combination of data elements grouped in a prescribed sequence. 3.1.6 National Communications S
20、ystem (NCS): Responsible for implementing the TSP Program and has established the Office of Priority Telecommunications to administer the system on a daily basis. 3.1.7 provisioning: The act of supplying telecommunication service to a user, including all associated transmission, wiring, and equipmen
21、t. 1This document is available from the Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP) Program homepage at . ATIS-0300211.2012 3 3.1.8 restoration: The repair or returning to service of telecommunications services that have experienced a service outage or are unusable for any reason. 3.1.9 service provid
22、er: Any individual, association, partnership, corporation, organization, or other entity (including common carriers and government organizations) offering telecommunications equipment, facilities, services, or combination thereof. 3.1.10 service user: Any individual or organization supported by a te
23、lecommunications service for which a TSP assignment has been requested or assigned. NS/EP telecommunications services within the Federal, State, local, or foreign governments, as well as private industry, are eligible for TSP. 3.1.11 telecommunication services: The transmission, emission, or recepti
24、on of intelligence of any nature, by wire, cable, satellite, fiber optics, laser, radio, visual or other electronic, electric, electromagnetic, or acoustically coupled means, or any combination thereof. 3.2 Abbreviations that is, there shall be no distinction made between upper and lower case letter
25、s. However, it is recommended that the code be represented with upper case letters. 5 Data Elements Clause 6 of this standard describes TSP code formats that contain data elements that are defined and described in the following clauses. 5.1 Provisioning Priority Code A standard code to identify the
26、type of priority level needed for the designated service. This data element shall consist of one alpha or one numeric character. ATIS-0300211.2012 4 5.2 Restoration Priority (RP) Code A standard code to identify the type of priority level needed for restoration of the service users designated servic
27、e. This data element shall consist of one numeric character. 6 Code Set Values This clause describes the TSP Code Set Values for each of the data elements defined in Clause 5. 6.1 Provisioning Priority Code A standard code to designate the provisioning priority level for the designated request. This
28、 data element shall have the fixed values of E, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 0 (zero). A zero indicates that no provisioning priority is assigned. Table 1 depicts the relationship of each code value among the choices available. Table 1 - Provisioning Character Representation Relationships E Highest 1 2 3 4 5 L
29、owest 0 (ZERO) ATIS-0300211.2012 5 6.2 Restoration Priority Code A standard code to designate the restoration priority level for the designated service. This data element shall consist of one character with the fixed values of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 0 (zero). A zero indicates that no restoration priority
30、 is assigned. Table 2 depicts the relationship of each code value among the choices available. Table 2 - Restoration Character Representation Relationships 1 Highest 2 3 4 5 Lowest 0 (ZERO) ATIS-0300211.2012 6 6.3 Provisioning for example, DS3 or OC-3 circuits can be requested for designated NS/EP u
31、se. Since TSP applies to physical circuits, direct TSP rules and codes apply for provisioning such circuits as well as in the case for manual repair if automated restoration means are not available. A request for a physical circuit dedicated for NS/EP (e.g., private line) requires the use of TSP cod
32、es for provisioning and manual repair per current practice. Once provisioned, if this circuit can be restored via automated capabilities under failure conditions (e.g., circuit provisioned over a SONET ring), then TSP codes do not apply for the automated restoration process. If manual repair is nece
33、ssary, then priority for repair is dictated by TSP codes per current practice. A.2 Emergency Telecommunications Service (ETS) The evolution of the Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS) in the PSTN to a broader class of services in NGN/IP environments known as Emergency Telecommunica
34、tions Service (ETS) requires enhancements for automated preferential treatment as described in ATIS-1000010.2006 (R2011), Support of Emergency Telecommunications Service (ETS) in IP Networks2. ETS comprises real-time Voice over IP calls as well as other forms of telecommunications traffic data, vide
35、o, and multimedia. As in the case with GETS in the PSTN, whereby the Signaling System 7 (SS7) recognizes the initiation of a GETS call and provides preferential treatment over a non-GETS call for admission in the PSTN, TSP codes do not apply directly. Rather, as in the case for GETS service in the P
36、STN, priority rules and mechanisms are needed in NGN/IP environments in order to facilitate preferential admission and restoration policies. Specifically, priority agreements are used to classify ETS as a preferred service over other services, signaling extensions are used to communicate the high pr
37、iority of ETS, and finally priority-enabling mechanisms are defined that recognize the signaled priority and provide desired actions.3A request for an NS/EP service such as ETS that requires signaling procedures for call/session setup does not require the use of TSP codes. In such cases, the service
38、 request is established by signaling the “High” priority for call/session setup and service restoration in case of failure conditions. NS/EP services are classified with the highest available priority for admission control and service restoration. 2This document is available from the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS), 1200 G Street N.W., Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005. 3Additional detail is provided in ATIS-1000023.2008, ETS Network Element Requirements for a NGN IMS Based Deployments, also available at the link in footnote 2.
