SIST EN 301 161 V1.1.1:2005
(Main)Management of the European Telephony Numbering Space (ETNS)
- Abstract
Standardize, based on DTR/NA-021408, the number structure, including t he allocation of codes to the services described, number length and ev
- Status
- Published
- Publication Date
- 31-Mar-2005
- Technical Committee
- SPN - Services and Protocols for Networks
- Current Stage
- 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
- Start Date
- 01-Apr-2005
- Due Date
- 01-Apr-2005
- Completion Date
- 01-Apr-2005
SIST EN 301 161 V1.1.1:2005 is the Slovenian standard identical to ETSI EN 301 161 Version 1.1.1. It specifies how the European Telephony Numbering Space (ETNS) is managed, including the number structure, the allocation of service codes, call routing and the roles involved in assigning and maintaining ETNS numbers. It is written for telecom operators, ETNS Service Providers (SP), registrars, administrators and regulators that handle pan-European numbering.
What does SIST EN 301 161 V1.1.1:2005 specify?
SIST EN 301 161 V1.1.1:2005 specifies the methods for routing calls to an ETNS number and the management methods used to control those procedures. It also defines how ETNS numbers are structured, how code values are allocated to services, how long the numbers may be, and how the ETNS can evolve towards global numbering.
The document is organized into:
- scope, references, definitions and abbreviations
- a reference model for the ETNS
- the European number structure
- evolution from ETNS to a global scheme
- ETNS management
- ETNS numbering conventions
- routeing number distribution
- ETNS Service Provider portability
- one informative annex for reservation proposals
| Annex | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Annex A | Information to include in a proposal for reservation of an ESI |
What are the key requirements of SIST EN 301 161 V1.1.1:2005?
The core requirement is that ETNS uses E.164 numbering with Country Code 388, and the whole European number (En) shall not exceed 15 digits. In practice, this means the numbering plan must fit into the international telephone numbering framework and be handled as a non-geographic overlay on existing national plans.
Number structure and dialing
Clause 5 says an En is made up of a European Service Identity (ESI) and a European Subscriber Number (ESN). The En shall be dialled in international format, and if extra digits are dialled after a recognized number, they should not make the call fail. For implementers, that affects how switches and databases parse dialled digits.
Clause 5 also says any tariff information included in the En shall be placed only in the ESI. That matters because charging information must be encoded consistently, not spread across the subscriber part of the number.
ESI and ESN rules
The ESI is the service identifier. It uses ECC 388 plus a European Service Code (ESC), and its length may vary between 4 and 7 digits depending on capacity and service needs. The ESN is service dependent: it may be structured or unstructured, and for services targeting 10 million numbers, a fixed-length ESN shall be at least 7 digits long.
Call handling model
Clause 4 describes a two-leg call process. First, the calling party dials the En and the serving exchange translates it into a routeing number (Rn). Second, the service network uses the Rn to provide the ETNS service. In practice, this separates number translation from service delivery, which helps operators design routing and service platforms independently.
Management roles
Clause 7 assigns high-level management to the administrator, day-to-day ESN management to the registrar, and advice to an advisory body. The ETNS Service Provider (SP) sells the service and requests numbers on behalf of the subscriber. This division matters because it tells each party which decisions they control and which records they maintain.
ESI creation and numbering conventions
Clause 7.2 sets the conditions for establishing an ETNS service and assigning an ESI. The service must comply with ETSI standards, ITU-T Recommendations and national regulatory requirements, must not already exist as an ETNS or global service, and should be described with enough detail to launch it. Clause 8 adds that numbering conventions can be changed only by the administrator after consultation with the advisory body and other interested parties.
Routeing number distribution and portability
Clause 9 allows centralized or distributed updating of routeing numbers. In the centralized approach, the registrar receives the Rns from the SP and distributes them to the serving networks; in the distributed approach, the SP distributes them directly through a standardized procedure. Clause 10 says unstructured ESNs shall be portable between ETNS SPs.
What terms does SIST EN 301 161 V1.1.1:2005 define?
- European Telephony Numbering Space (ETNS) - the E.164 numbering resource identified by country code 388 and used for ETNS services.
- European number (En) - a number within the ETNS.
- European Service Identity (ESI) - the part of the European number that identifies the service.
- European Subscriber Number (ESN) - the subscriber part behind the ESI, which may be structured or unstructured.
- ETNS routeing number (Rn) - an E.164 number used to route the call to the service exchange.
- ETNS Service Provider (SP) - the entity that provides one or more ETNS services to subscribers under contract.
- Serving network (SgN) - the network that interrogates the translation database and forwards the call.
- Registrar - the party responsible for day-to-day management of the ESNs behind each ESI.
Who uses SIST EN 301 161 V1.1.1:2005?
ETNS administrators use this standard to set numbering conventions and decide which services receive an ESI. Registrars use it to maintain ESN records and update routeing information. ETNS Service Providers (SP) use it when requesting numbers, planning service structure and distributing routeing numbers.
Network operators, serving networks and service networks use it to implement call routing and database updates. National Regulatory Authorities (NRA) and other regulators use it when assessing whether a proposed ETNS service fits the numbering and regulatory rules. Buyers and planners in telecoms use it to understand whether a service can be built, routed and ported within the ETNS framework.
Which standards are used with SIST EN 301 161 V1.1.1:2005?
- ITU-T Recommendation E.164 - provides the international public telecommunication numbering plan and the numbering framework used by ETNS.
- EN 301 160 - covers routing of calls to ETNS services and complements the management rules in this document.
- TR 101 073 - gives additional material on number portability for pan-European services.
- TR 101 079 - covers routing of calls to pan-European services using ETNS.
- ES 201 104 - provides human factors requirements for ETNS.
What does the SIST EN 301 161 V1.1.1:2005 document contain?
The document contains a conceptual reference model for ETNS, including the management part and the call-related part, with figures showing actors and reference points. It also includes the number structure diagrams for the European number, the structured and unstructured ESN, and the preferred evolution path from ETNS to a global scheme.
Clause 9 sets out two methods for updating ETNS translation databases, centralized and distributed, and illustrates the difference with an architecture figure. Annex A gives the information to include in a proposal for reservation, such as service description, charging information, market potential, timescales and other considerations.
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-april-2005
Upravljanje evropskega telefonskega številskega prostora (ETNS)
Management of the European Telephony Numbering Space (ETNS)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 301 161 Version 1.1.1
ICS:
33.040.01 Telekomunikacijski sistemi Telecommunication systems
na splošno in general
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EN 301 161 V1.1.1 (1998-10)
European Standard (Telecommunications series)
Management of the European
Telephony Numbering Space (ETNS)
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Reference
DEN/NA-021413 (ar000ico.PDF)
Keywords
management, addressing
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights.4
Foreword .4
Introduction .4
1 Scope.5
2 References.5
2.1 Normative references. 5
2.2 Informative references . 5
3 Definitions and abbreviations .6
3.1 Definitions . 6
3.2 Abbreviations. 7
4 Reference model for the ETNS.8
4.1 Call-related part . 9
4.1.1 First leg: getting the routeing number . 9
4.1.2 Second leg: providing the ETNS service. 9
4.1.3 Service provision by the Serving network. 9
4.2 Management part . 10
4.2.1 European number assignment. 10
4.2.2 Routeing numbers (Rns) updating. 10
5 The European number (En).12
5.1 Requirements for European numbers. 12
5.2 Structure of European numbers. 12
5.3 European Service Identity (ESI) . 12
5.4 European Subscriber Number (ESN). 13
6 Evolution from ETNS to a global scheme .13
7 Management of the ETNS.14
7.1 Organizations involved in the management of ETNS . 14
7.2 Criteria for the establishment of an ESI. 14
8 ETNS numbering conventions .15
9 Distribution of routeing numbers.15
9.1 Centralized management approach . 15
9.2 Distributed management approach. 15
10 ETNS Service Provider (SP) portability .15
Annex A (informative): Information to file in a proposal for reservation.16
A.1 Preferred ESI.16
A.2 Description of service .16
A.3 Charging Information.16
A.4 Market Potential.16
A.5 Timescales.17
A.6 Other considerations .17
History.18
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Intellectual Property Rights
IPRs essential or potentially essential to the present document may have been declared to ETSI. The information
pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, is publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be found
in SR 000 314: "Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); Essential, or potentially Essential, IPRs notified to ETSI in respect
of ETSI standards", which is available free of charge from the ETSI Secretariat. Latest updates are available on the
ETSI Web server (http://www.etsi.fr/ipr or http://www.etsi.org/ipr).
Pursuant to the ETSI IPR Policy, no investigation, including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI. No guarantee
can be given as to the existence of other IPRs not referenced in SR 000 314 (or the updates on the ETSI Web server)
which are, or may be, or may become, essential to the present document.
Foreword
This European Standard (Telecommunications series) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Network
Aspects (NA).
National transposition dates
Date of adoption of this EN: 9 October 1998
Date of latest announcement of this EN (doa): 31 January 1999
Date of latest publication of new National Standard
or endorsement of this EN (dop/e): 31 July 1999
Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 31 July 1999
Introduction
ETSI, under a mandate from the CEU, has been requested to produce a standard for the number structure, possible
evolution of European numbers (Ens) towards a global scheme, and framework of functions regarding ETNS numbering
conventions. ETO has, on behalf of ECTRA for the CEU, produced proposals for the management of the ETNS, and
developed ETNS numbering conventions to be agreed by ECTRA. The studies made in ETSI and the standards
produced are a prerequisite to the necessary commercial agreements between the parties willing to participate in the
ETNS.
The present document is based on the results of the ETSI studies on the topic, based on the prime requirement of the
ETNS which is the ability to introduce services in an open competitive environment.
ECTRA having decided in November 1996 to base the ETNS on Country Code (CC) 388 (see note), this numbering
scheme is therefore the only one covered within the present document.
NOTE: The country code has currently only been reserved for trial purposes until the beginning of 1999.
The present document has been designed for an early implementation of the ETNS. Improvements of the ETNS
architecture may occur later and result in revisions of the present document. In particular, the present document contains
some architectural alternatives which will be assessed during the trial period.
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1 Scope
The present document specifies the methods for routeing a call from the calling party to the called party and the
management methods to be used for controlling such procedures. It also describes the number structure, including the
allocation of codes to the service described, number length and evolution from National numbers to pan-European to
global numbers.
2 References
References may be made to:
a) specific versions of publications (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.), in
which case, subsequent revisions to the referenced document do not apply; or
b) all versions up to and including the identified version (identified by "up to and including" before the version
identity); or
c) all versions subsequent to and including the identified version (identified by "onwards" following the version
identity); or
d) publications without mention of a specific version, in which case the latest version applies.
A non-specific reference to an ETS shall also be taken to refer to later versions published as a EN with the same
number.
2.1 Normative references
[1] ITU-T Recommendation E.164 : "The international public telecommunication numbering plan".
[2] EN 301 160 (V1.1): "Routeing of calls to the European Telephony Numbering Space (ETNS)
services".
2.2 Informative references
[3] TR 101 073 (V1.1): "Number portability for pan-European services".
[4] TR 101 079 (V1.1): "Network Aspects (NA); Routeing of calls to pan-European services using
European Telephony Numbering Space (ETNS)".
[5] ES 201 104 (V1.1): "Human Factors (HF); Human factors requirements for a European Telephony
Numbering Space (ETNS)".
[6] ETO Report: "Management, Routeing and Portability aspects of the European Telephony
Numbering Space (ETNS)".
[7] NPTF WP0 Document.
[8] NPTF WP1 Document.
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3 Definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the following definitions apply:
administrator: The administrator has the responsibility for the high level management of the ETNS.
assisted network: A network which routes a call to an European number towards a serving network it has agreement
with in order to complete the call.
called party: An entity that terminates a call to an European number. The called party may be the ETNS subscriber to
the European number, an entity delegated by the ETNS subscriber, or a terminating equipment of the service network
(e.g. a recorded announcement equipment).
calling party: An entity that dials a European number.
ETNS country: A CEPT member country participating in the ETNS.
ETNS Registrar database: The database maintained by the Registrar where all data, both administrative and
operational, for each European number are registered.
ETNS routeing number: An ITU-T E.164 [1] number used to route to the service exchange. It can also identify the
called party, the ETNS service provider, and / or the originating network for routeing purposes.
ETNS service provider: An entity that provides one or more ETNS service(s) to its ETNS subscribers on a contractual
basis.
ETNS service: A service that has been assigned an ESI.
ETNS subscriber: An entity that requests a European number from a ETNS service provider in order to offer access
from a calling party to a ETNS service.
ETNS translation database: A database which, in the call process, translates the European number into a routeing
number.
ETNS: The numbering resource identified by E.164 [1] country code 388, used for the provisioning of the ETNS
services.
European number: A number out of the ETNS.
originating network: A network, either assisted or serving, to which the calling party is connected.
Registrar: The registrar is responsible for the day-to-day management of the ESNs behind each ESI.
service exchange: An exchange of the service network that triggers the provision of the service on reception of the
routeing number, and then forwards the call.
service network: A network that operates one or more service exchange(s).
serving exchange: An exchange, in the serving network, that can interrogate directly or indirectly an ETNS translation
database to obtain a routeing number related to the European number, and then forward the call.
serving network: A network, with one or more serving exchange(s).
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3.2 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
CC E.164 [1] Country Code
CEPT Conférence Européenne des Postes et Télécommunications
CEU Commission of the European Union
ECC European Country Code
ECTRA European Committee for Telecommunications Regulatory Affairs
En European number
ENTF European Numbering Task Force
ESC European Service Code
ESI European Service Identity
ESN European Subscriber Number
ETNS European Telephony Numbering Space
ETO European Telecommunications Office
GSN Global Subscriber Number
IN-CS1 Intelligent Network Capability Set 1
ISUP International Signalling User Part
NDC National Destination Code
NRA National Regulatory Authority
SgN Serving Network
SN Subscriber Number
SP ETNS Service Provider
Rn Routeing number
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4 Reference model for the ETNS
This clause provides a conceptual description of the implementation of the European Telephony Numbering Space
(ETNS). Figure 1 shows the actors involved in the ETNS, and their relationship with each other. Also shown in figure 1
are the relevant reference points for the ETNS that are described in subclauses 4.2 and 4.3. Figure 1 is divided into call-
related and non call-related parts in order to clearly show the distinction between the routeing functions and the
management functions.
Administrator
MANAGEMENT PART
ETNS
Registrar
Subscriber
D
Ec
Serving Service
Network Provider
Ed
Service
CALL-RELATED PART
Provider
A
B
Calling Serving Service Called
Party Network Network Party
CF
Assisted Terminating
Network Network
Figure 1: Actors and reference points
The reference points in the management (non call-related) part of the figure 1 are used in the present document, while
the reference points in the call-related part are used in TR 101 079 [4].
The ETNS Service Provider (SP) is the entity that is relevant in the process of number assignment. The service network
is the entity that is relevant in call processing. One single entity may be both the ETNS SP and the service network, or
they may be different entities; in the latter, the entity that assumes the function of ETNS SP may or may not participate
in the call process. Such a distinction leads to recognize two concepts under the word "service provision": the function
of the first is to sell a service to a ETNS subscriber, and to be the sole interface with this ETNS subscriber, this is the
role of the ETNS SP; the function of the second is to operate the call, this is the role of the service network.
The Serving Network (SgN) is responsible for routeing a call from the calling party to the service network. The service
network (and potentially the SP) is (are) responsible for providing the service itself.
European numbers (Ens) are managed by independent authorities which are identified as the registrar and the
administrator in figure 1.
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4.1 Call-related part
This subclause describes the principles for routeing a call from the calling party to the called party. This is studied in
detail in TR 101 079 [4] and EN 301 160 [2]. A call to a European number (En) can be divided in two parts.
4.1.1 First leg: getting the routeing number
The calling party shall dial the En in its international format.
Based on the European Service Identifier (ESI), clause 5, the call is routed to the serving exchange in the SgN.
Potentially, this exchange may not be located in the calling party's network. The originating network is then called an
assisted network, interconnected to the
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