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Update of previous version to include late comments and new requirements.

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Publication Date
31-Oct-2003
Current Stage
6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
Start Date
01-Nov-2003
Due Date
01-Nov-2003
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01-Nov-2003

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SIST-V ETSI/EG 201 897 V1.2.1:2003 is the Slovenian adoption of ETSI EG 201 897 Version 1.2.1. It defines service provider access requirements for fixed and mobile telecommunications networks, showing how a Service Provider can use specific Public Telecommunications Network functionality through the Service Provider Access Interface (SPAI).

What does SIST-V ETSI/EG 201 897 V1.2.1:2003 specify?

SIST-V ETSI/EG 201 897 V1.2.1:2003 specifies generic functional requirements for Service Provider Access (SPA) in a fixed and mobile environment. It is written from the Service Provider viewpoint, but it also relates to Public Network Operator responsibilities because the two sides must interwork securely and without harming network integrity.

The scope covers the second set of access requirements for services delivered over one or more operator networks, including mobile, cordless, fixed, Internet and broadband-related services. It focuses on the Service Provider Access Interface (SPAI), and it is meant to guide protocol enhancements or new protocols where needed.

The document is organized as follows:

  • Clause 1 states the scope.
  • Clause 2 lists the references used with the document.
  • Clause 3 defines terms and abbreviations.
  • Clause 4 explains the background, regulatory, security, service interaction and charging context.
  • Clause 5 gives a high-level summary of the Service Provider Access requirements and their priority.
  • Clause 6 develops those requirements in detail with examples and information flow charts.
  • Clause 7 gives an architectural view of Service Provider Access.
  • Annex A is a bibliography.

What are the key requirements of SIST-V ETSI/EG 201 897 V1.2.1:2003?

SIST-V ETSI/EG 201 897 V1.2.1:2003 groups its requirements by function and marks each one for Circuit-Related (CR) and Non-Circuit-Related (NCR) use. Table 1 is important in practice because it shows which functions are high, medium or void priority from the Service Provider viewpoint.

Location and terminal capability handling

Clause 6.1 covers location determination, both network location and geographic location. In practice, this lets a Service Provider ask where a user is attached to the network or where the user is geographically located, which matters for mobility, service personalization and location-dependent services.

Clause 6.2 covers management of terminal capabilities. The document includes ways to determine, modify and retrieve terminal capabilities and personality/device or module information, and it includes profile access between the user terminal and the Service Provider. In practice, this supports services that must adapt to the terminal’s functions or the user’s service settings.

Subscriber profile access

Clause 6.3 covers management of the profile of the Service Provider’s service subscriber. The main functions are alteration of the subscriber profile and retrieval of profile data from the PTN. In practice, this lets a Service Provider update service settings in the network and check the current profile used for service delivery.

Call and event control

Clause 6.4 covers event and call management. It includes call disconnection indication, joining and splitting call legs, delivery of information before alerting, supervision of a dropped-back call, avoidance of cyclical routing, multimedia multiparty call control, text delivery, user-plane resource negotiation, confidential communication requests and communication priority.

This is the core of day-to-day service control. It supports advanced call handling, service interaction during call setup, and controlled use of network resources, which are all important when a Service Provider needs the network to perform actions beyond ordinary call setup and release.

Network management and authentication

Clause 6.5 covers network management events. It includes reporting events for Quality of Service (QoS), reporting events for fault diagnostics, requesting event monitoring and subsequent reporting, electronic ordering of network management functions, and authentication-related requests involving the Service Provider, the PTN and the terminal.

In practice, these functions support service assurance, troubleshooting and controlled access. They are the parts a Service Provider would use to observe network behaviour, trigger monitoring and authenticate users or terminals through the network.

Charging and accounting

Clause 6.6 covers provision of call charging information. It includes real-time charging information and real-time exchange of charge detail record information. In practice, this supports hot billing, subscription-based charging, pre-pay use cases and other charging models where the Service Provider needs live cost information instead of only end-of-call billing data.

Service presence, discovery and binding

Clause 6.7 covers service presence, discovery and binding. It includes context requests with specified service capabilities, discovery of PTN service capabilities, binding to PTN with specified service capabilities, and Service Provider requests for presence and availability.

In practice, these functions help a Service Provider find what a network can do, establish the right service relationship, and decide whether a service can be offered through a given PTN environment.

What terms does SIST-V ETSI/EG 201 897 V1.2.1:2003 define?

  • Service Provider Access (SPA) - the access facility that enables a Service Provider to reach specific functionality of a Public Telecommunications Network.
  • Service Provider Access Interface (SPAI) - the interface between a PTN and a Service Provider’s equipment that carries SPA functions.
  • Service Provider (SP) - the entity that provides services to its subscribers on a contractual basis.
  • Public Telecommunications Network Operator (PTNO) - the entity responsible for developing, providing and maintaining telecommunications services and operating the corresponding networks.
  • Public Telecommunications Network (PTN) - a telecommunications network that provides services to the general public.
  • Circuit-Related (CR) - a signalling connection where the call connection is extended from the PTN to the Service Provider’s equipment.
  • Non-Circuit-Related (NCR) - a control connection where the call connection is not extended to the Service Provider’s equipment.
  • Calling Line Identity (CLI) - the number that uniquely identifies the subscriber line used for a call.

Who uses SIST-V ETSI/EG 201 897 V1.2.1:2003?

SIST-V ETSI/EG 201 897 V1.2.1:2003 is used by Service Providers, PTNOs and standards engineers who need a common description of service access functions. It is also relevant to protocol designers, network architects and security specialists who must decide how SPA functions should be carried across interfaces.

In practice, users apply it when they:

  • plan access to fixed, mobile, cordless, Internet or broadband services over one or more networks
  • define or evaluate SPAI-based interfaces
  • design network-side support for location, charging, authentication and call control
  • assess security, privacy and lawful interception implications
  • compare CR and NCR implementations from a service delivery perspective

What changed in SIST-V ETSI/EG 201 897 V1.2.1:2003 from the previous edition?

SIST-V ETSI/EG 201 897 V1.2.1:2003 is an update of the previous version to include late comments and new requirements.

Which standards are used with SIST-V ETSI/EG 201 897 V1.2.1:2003?

The document relies on regulatory, ETSI and ITU-T references that frame access, interconnection, security and service modelling.

  • Directive 98/10/EC and Directive 97/33/EC - provide the European regulatory background for access and interconnection.
  • ETSI EG 201 722 - defines the first set of Service Provider access requirements.
  • ETSI EG 201 807 - covers network operator requirements for delivering service provider access.
  • ETSI EG 201 899 - models service provider access requirements using an API approach.
  • ETSI ETS 300 374-1 and ETSI EN 301 140-1 - provide INAP protocol specifications for CS1 and CS2.
  • Directive 97/66/EC, ETSI ES 201 158, ETSI EG 201 781, ETSI TR 101 664 and ETSI TR 101 365 - address privacy, lawful interception, security features and threat analysis.
  • ETSI ES 201 915 (all parts) - provides the Open Service Access API reference path.
  • ETSI EG 201 916 - discusses standards development for open inter-network interfaces and SPA.
  • ETSI EN 301 152-1 - covers CAMEL protocol support for mobile network enhanced logic.
  • ECTRA/REC (00)03 and ITU-T Recommendation E.106 - give guidance on CLI use and international emergency preference.

What does the SIST-V ETSI/EG 201 897 V1.2.1:2003 document contain?

The document contains a priority table for the main SPA requirements, then detailed clauses for each function area with example usage, technical aspects and information flow charts. It also includes figures for scenarios such as network location determination, terminal capability exchange, call leg join and split, pre-alerting information delivery, dropped-back call supervision, text delivery, resource negotiation, ciphering requests, network event reporting and real-time charging.

Clause 7 adds an architectural view and points to technology-independent SPA architectures that can support the requirements. Annex A gives bibliographic references used to place the guide in context.

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SIST-V ETSI/EG 201 897 V1.2.1:2003 is a guide published by the Slovenian Institute for Standardization (SIST). Its full title is "Services and Protocols for Advanced Networks (SPAN) - Service Provider Access - Service Provider Access Requirements in a Fixed and Mobile Environment". This standard covers: Update of previous version to include late comments and new requirements.

Update of previous version to include late comments and new requirements.

SIST-V ETSI/EG 201 897 V1.2.1:2003 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 33.040.35 - Telephone networks. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.

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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-november-2003
Storitve in protokoli za napredna omrežja (SPAN) - Dostop ponudnika storitve -
Zahteve dostopa ponudnika storitve v fiksnem in mobilnem okolju
Services and Protocols for Advanced Networks (SPAN) - Service Provider Access -
Service Provider Access Requirements in a Fixed and Mobile Environment
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EG 201 897 Version 1.2.1
ICS:
33.040.35 Telefonska omrežja Telephone networks
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

ETSI Guide
Services and Protocols for Advanced Networks (SPAN);
Service Provider Access;
Service Provider Access Requirements
in a Fixed and Mobile Environment

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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights.8
Foreword.8
1 Scope .9
2 References .9
3 Definitions and abbreviations.10
3.1 Definitions.10
3.2 Abbreviations .11
4 Introduction .12
4.1 Current situation.12
4.2 Regulatory aspects.12
4.3 Security aspects .13
4.4 Service interaction aspects .14
4.5 Charging aspects .14
4.6 Guidelines for the Service Provider Access Requirements .15
5 Functional requirements for the Service Provider Access.16
5.1 Location determination.17
5.1.1 Network location determination .17
5.1.2 Geographic location determination.17
5.2 Management of terminal capabilities .17
5.2.1 Determination of the terminal capabilities of the SP's service user .17
5.2.2 Modification of the terminal capabilities of the SP's service user .17
5.2.3 Modification of the personality device/module of the SP's service user.17
5.2.4 SP retrieval of profile from user terminal .17
5.2.5 SP modification of its service user's profile.17
5.2.6 Terminal retrieval of profile from its user's service provider.18
5.2.7 Terminal modification of SP's service user's profile.18
5.3 Management of the profile of the SP's service subscriber.18
5.3.1 Alteration of the profile of the SP's service subscriber.18
5.3.2 SP retrieval of profile from the PTN.18
5.4 Event and call management.18
5.4.1 Indication of the disconnection of a call .18
5.4.2 Join operation of individual legs of a call .18
5.4.3 Split operation of individual legs of a call .18
5.4.4 Delivery of information to the SP's service user prior to alerting.18
5.4.5 Supervision of a dropped-back call.19
5.4.6 Avoidance of the cyclical routeing of signalling or user messages .19
5.4.7 Multimedia multiparty call control .19
5.4.8 user interaction for text delivery .19
5.4.9 user-plane resource negotiation and selection.19
5.4.10 user request for confidential communication.19
5.4.11 Service Provider request for confidential communication.19
5.4.12 PTN request for confidential communication.19
5.4.13 Communication priority.19
5.5 Network management.20
5.5.1 Reporting of network events for measuring the Quality of Service.20
5.5.2 Reporting of network events for the purpose of fault diagnostics .20
5.5.3 Request for event monitoring and subsequent reporting.20
5.5.4 Electronic ordering of network management functions .20
5.5.5 SP request for authentication .20
5.5.6 PTN request for SP's service user authentication.20
5.5.7 Terminal authentication performed by the PTN .20
5.6 Provision of accounting information .20
5.6.1 Provision of call charging information in real time .20
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5.6.2 Exchange of charge detail record information in real time.21
5.7 Service Presence, Discovery and Binding.21
5.7.1 Context request to SP with specified service capabilities from the service user and SP .21
5.7.2 Discovery of PTN service capabilities by SP .21
5.7.3 Binding to PTN with specified service capabilities between the service user and SP .21
5.7.4 SP request for presence and availability on a PTN with specified service capabilities .21
6 Functional requirements.21
6.1 Location determination.21
6.1.1 Network location determination .21
6.1.1.1 Priority .21
6.1.1.2 Example of usage .22
6.1.1.3 Technical aspects .22
6.1.1.4 Information flow chart .22
6.1.2 Geographic location determination.22
6.1.2.1 Priority .22
6.1.2.2 Example of usage .22
6.1.2.3 Technical aspects .23
6.1.2.4 Information flow chart .23
6.2 Management of terminal capabilities .24
6.2.1 Determination of the terminal capabilities of the SP's service user .24
6.2.1.1 Priority .24
6.2.1.2 Example of usage .24
6.2.1.3 Technical aspects .24
6.2.1.4 Information flow chart .24
6.2.2 Modification of the terminal capabilities of the SP's service user .26
6.2.2.1 Priority .26
6.2.2.2 Example of usage .26
6.2.2.3 Technical aspects .26
6.2.2.4 Information flow chart .27
6.2.3 Modification of the personality device/module of the SP's service user.27
6.2.3.1 Priority .27
6.2.3.2 Example of usage .27
6.2.3.3 Technical aspects .27
6.2.3.4 Information flow chart .28
6.2.4 SP retrieval of profile from user terminal .28
6.2.4.1 Priority .28
6.2.4.2 Example of usage .28
6.2.4.3 Technical aspects .28
6.2.4.4 Information flow chart .29
6.2.5 SP modification of its service user's profile.29
6.2.5.1 Priority .29
6.2.5.2 Example of usage .29
6.2.5.3 Technical aspects .29
6.2.5.4 Information flow chart .30
6.2.6 Terminal retrieval of profile from its user's service provider.30
6.2.6.1 Priority .30
6.2.6.2 Example of usage .30
6.2.6.3 Technical aspects .30
6.2.6.4 Information flow chart .31
6.2.7 Terminal modification of SP's service user's profile.31
6.2.7.1 Priority .31
6.2.7.2 Example of usage .31
6.2.7.3 Technical aspects .31
6.2.7.4 Information flow chart .32
6.3 Management of the profile of the SP's service subscriber.32
6.3.1 Alteration of the profile of the SP's service subscriber.32
6.3.1.1 Priority .32
6.3.1.2 Example of usage .32
6.3.1.3 Technical aspects .32
6.3.1.4 Information flow chart .33
6.3.2 SP retrieval of profile from the PTN.33
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6.3.2.1 Priority .33
6.3.2.2 Example of usage .33
6.3.2.3 Technical aspects .33
6.3.2.4 Information flow chart .34
6.4 Event and call management.34
6.4.1 Indication of the disconnection of a call .34
6.4.1.1 Priority .34
6.4.1.2 Example of usage .34
6.4.1.3 Technical aspects .34
6.4.1.4 Information flow chart .35
6.4.2 Join operation of individual legs of a call .35
6.4.2.1 Priority .35
6.4.2.2 Example of usage .35
6.4.2.3 Technical aspects .36
6.4.2.4 Information flow chart .36
6.4.3 Split operation of individual legs of a call .36
6.4.3.1 Priority .36
6.4.3.2 Example of usage .36
6.4.3.3 Technical aspects .36
6.4.3.4 Information flow chart .37
6.4.4 Delivery of information to the SP's service user prior to alerting.37
6.4.4.1 Priority .37
6.4.4.2 Example of usage .37
6.4.4.3 Technical aspects .37
6.4.4.4 Information flow chart .38
6.4.5 Supervision of a dropped-back call.38
6.4.5.1 Priority .38
6.4.5.2 Example of usage .38
6.4.5.3 Technical aspects .38
6.4.5.4 Information flow chart .39
6.4.6 Avoidance of the cyclical routeing of signalling or user messages .39
6.4.6.1 Priority .39
6.4.6.2 Example of usage .39
6.4.6.3 Technical aspects .39
6.4.6.4 Information flows.39
6.4.7 Multimedia multiparty call control .40
6.4.7.1 Priority .40
6.4.7.2 Example of usage .40
6.4.7.3 Technical aspects .40
6.4.7.4 Information flow chart .41
6.4.8 User Interaction for text delivery.41
6.4.8.1 Priority .41
6.4.8.2 Example of usage .41
6.4.8.3 Technical aspects .41
6.4.8.4 Information flow chart .42
6.4.9 User-Plane resource negotiation and selection .42
6.4.9.1 Priority .42
6.4.9.2 Example of usage .42
6.4.9.3 Technical aspects .42
6.4.9.4 Information flow chart .43
6.4.10 User request for confidential communication.43
6.4.10.1 Priority .43
6.4.10.2 Example of usage .43
6.4.10.3 Technical aspects .43
6.4.10.4 Information flow chart .44
6.4.11 Service Provider request for confidential communication.44
6.4.11.1 Priority .44
6.4.11.2 Example of usage .44
6.4.11.3 Technical aspects .44
6.4.11.4 Information flow chart .45
6.4.12 PTN request for confidential communication.45
6.4.12.1 Priority .45
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6.4.12.2 Example of usage .45
6.4.12.3 Technical aspects .45
6.4.12.4 Information flow chart .46
6.4.13 Communication priority.47
6.4.13.1 Priority .47
6.4.13.2 Example of usage .47
6.4.13.3 Technical aspects .47
6.5 Network management events .47
6.5.1 Reporting of network events for measuring the Quality of Service.47
6.5.1.1 Priority .47
6.5.1.2 Example of usage .47
6.5.1.3 Technical aspects .47
6.5.1.4 Information flow chart .48
6.5.2 Reporting of network events for the purpose of fault diagnostics .48
6.5.2.1 Priority .48
6.5.2.2 Example of usage .48
6.5.2.3 Technical aspects .48
6.5.2.4 Information flow chart .49
6.5.3 Request for event monitoring and subsequent reporting.49
6.5.3.1 Priority .49
6.5.3.2 Example of usage .49
6.5.3.3 Technical aspects .49
6.5.3.4 Information flow chart .50
6.5.4 Electronic ordering of network management functions .50
6.5.4.1 Priority .50
6.5.4.2 Example of usage .50
6.5.4.3 Technical aspects .50
6.5.4.4 Information flow chart .51
6.5.5 SP request for Authentication .51
6.5.5.1 Priority .51
6.5.5.2 Example of usage .51
6.5.5.3 Technical aspects .51
6.5.5.4 Information flow chart .52
6.5.6 PTN request for SP's service user authentication.52
6.5.6.1 Priority .52
6.5.6.2 Example of usage .52
6.5.6.3 Technical aspects .52
6.5.6.4 Information flow chart .53
6.5.7 Terminal Authentication performed by the PTN .53
6.5.7.1 Priority .53
6.5.7.2 Example of usage .53
6.5.7.3 Technical aspects .54
6.5.7.4 Information flow chart .54
6.6 Provision of call charging information.54
6.6.1 Provision of call charging information in real time .54
6.6.1.1 Priority .54
6.6.1.2 Example of usage .54
6.6.1.3 Technical aspect.54
6.6.1.4 Information flow chart .55
6.6.2 Exchange of charge detail record information in real time.55
6.6.2.1 Priority .55
6.6.2.2 Example of usage .55
6.6.2.3 Technical aspect.55
6.6.2.4 Information flow chart .56
6.7 Service presence, discovery and binding.56
6.7.1 Context request to Service Provider with specified service capabilities from the service user and SP .56
6.7.1.1 Priority .56
6.7.1.2 Example of usage .56
6.7.1.3 Technical aspects .56
6.7.1.4 Information flow chart .57
6.7.2 Discovery of PTN service capabilities by SP .57
6.7.2.1 Priority .57
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6.7.2.2 Example of usage .57
6.7.2.3 Technical aspects .57
6.7.2.4 Information flow chart .58
6.7.3 Binding to PTN with specified service capabilities between the service user and SP .58
6.7.3.1 Priority .58
6.7.3.2 Example of usage .58
6.7.3.3 Technical aspects .58
6.7.3.4 Information flow chart .59
6.7.4 SP request for presence and availability on a PTN with specified service capabilities .59
6.7.4.1 Priority .59
6.7.4.2 Example of usage .59
6.7.4.3 Technical aspects .59
6.7.4.4 Information flow chart .60
7 Architectural view of the Service Provider Access.60
Annex A (informative): Bibliography.61
History .62
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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 ETSI SR 000 314: "Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); Essential, or potentially Essential, IPRs notified to ETSI in
respect of ETSI standards", which is available from the ETSI Secretariat. Latest updates are available on the ETSI Web
server (http://webapp.etsi.org/IPR/home.asp).
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 ETSI 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 ETSI Guide (EG) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Services and Protocols for Advanced
Networks (SPAN).
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1 Scope
The present document lists the second set of network access requirements that Service Providers (SP) have in delivering
telecommunication services including, but not limited to, second and third generation mobile, cordless and fixed
services, over one or more operator's networks. As used here, telecommunication services include: voice telephony,
multimedia and data, to name a few areas. The network requirements also include mobility-, Internet- and
broadband-related aspects that were not yet covered by the preceding EG 201 722 [3] which address the first set of
access requirements that Service Providers (SPs) have in delivering services over one or more Public
Telecommunications Networks (PTNs), primarily fixed PTNs, A companion document, EG 201 807 [4] addresses
network operators' requirements for the delivery of service provider access.
The scope of the present document is to describe generic function
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