September 2021

Committee Reports

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• NGIIF: Next Generation Interconnection Interoperability Forum
  • Issue: 0067
  • Title: Remove Section 7.4.2, Updating Contact Information and Test Numbers in the LERG Routing Guide, from ATIS-0300106, Intercarrier Call Completion/Call Termination Handbook
  • Statement: Recommend the removal of Section 7.4.2, Updating Contact Information and Test Numbers in the LERG Routing Guide, from ATIS-0300106, Intercarrier Call Completion/Call Termination Handbook as adding test numbers to the LERG is referenced in Section 7.2.1 and the contact information is published in the Contact Directory. NGIIF should also update references to Telcordia Technologies in the Handbook.
  • Resolution: NGIIF updated Section 7.4.2 of ATIS-0300106, Intercarrier Call Completion/Call Termination Handbook, to direct service providers to use the NGIIF Service Provider Contact Directory to maintain up-to-date contact information, as well as LERG 6 to update test numbers.
  • Status: Final Closure

  For more information, visit the NGIIF home page or contact Mignot Asefa.

• PTSC: Packet Technologies and Systems Committee
  • Issue: 0158
  • Title: Non-IP Call Authentication Evaluation
  • Statement: The passage of the TRACED Act and adoption by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of its March 2020 FNPRM (Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking) highlighted a need to further examine non-IP (i.e., TDM) call authentication.
  • Resolution: This Issue was closed with the publication of the following documents: ATIS-1000095, Extending STIR/SHAKEN over TDM ATIS-1000096, Signature-based Handling of Asserted information using toKENs (SHAKEN): Out-of-Band PASSporT Transmission Involving TDM Networks ATIS-1000097, Technical Report on Alternatives for Call Authentication for Non-IP Traffic
  • Status: Final Closure

  For more information, visit the PTSC home page or contact Anna Karditzas.

• WTSC: Wireless Technologies and Systems Committee
  • Issue: 0089
  • Title: E2/ESP Location Information: Preserving Position Methods
  • Statement: The original contribution, WTSC-ELOC-2016-00067R001, provided background and a list of proposals with regard to the conveyance of both geo and civic location information over the E2/ESP interface, preserving both location source methods in order to reconstruct both types of location information within a NG9-1-1 Emergency Services environment (e.g., ESInet/NGCS). The current ATIS-0700028.v002 solution provides only support for conveying civic location source marking over the E2 interface if both types of location are provided. Some implementations seek the ability to convey a more complete set of dual location information. The recommendation is to study this item to see if the relevant ATIS standards should allow for the conveyance of both geo location method and civic location method information when both are present.
  • Resolution: Work to resolve this issue has been combined with WTSC Issue 0091 under a new WTSC Issue 0093, Enhanced Location Capabilities in Support of Emergency Calling. With the opening of Issue 0093, Issue 0089 was closed.
  • Status: Final Closure

  • Issue: 0091
  • Title: Location Accuracy Improvements for Emergency Calls Using Alternative Location Determination Methods
  • Statement: ATIS-0700028.v002, Location Accuracy Improvements for Emergency Calls, was originally developed to support the National Emergency Address Database (NEAD) architecture. Because of the recent decommissioning of the NEAD, it was determined at the Feb. 26, 2020 IMSESINET meeting that there is valuable material in ATIS-0700028.v002 that should be retained (e.g., class of service indications DL1, DL2, civic), and it was agreed that references to the NEAD should be removed.
  • Resolution: Work to resolve this issue has been combined with WTSC Issue 0091 under a new WTSC Issue 0093, Enhanced Location Capabilities in Support of Emergency Calling. With the opening of Issue 0093, Issue 0091 was closed.
  • Status: Final Closure

  For more information, visit the WTSC home page or contact Anna Karditzas.

Definitions

• New Issue: Business, operational, or technical needs that a committee has reached consensus to address.
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• Issue in Initial Pending: Issues previously in Initial Closure for which new and substantive information impacting the consensus resolution has been received. An issue may also be in Initial Pending if output that may impact the consensus resolution is expected from another industry group, regulatory body or similar organization.
• Issue in Final Closure: Issues for which work is completed and the resolution accepted by the industry.

Recently Approved ATIS Standards

NGIIF

• Document Number: ATIS-0300106(2021-09)
• Title: Overview and Operational Considerations Related to the Application of Information Spoofing Mitigation Techniques to 9-1-1 and Callback Calls in an End-State NG9-1-1 Environment
• Type: Revision
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OBF

• Document Number: ATIS-04000-0064-ATIS-0404028-0064
• Title: Access Service Request (ASR) Guidelines Version 64
• Type: Revision
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• Document Number: ATIS 0404110-0039
• Title: Unified Ordering Model - Access Service Request (UOM-ASR) Volume I
• Type: Revision
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• Document Number: ATIS 0410002-0039
• Title: Unified Ordering Model (UOM) Volume II – Analysis - For Access Service Ordering Guidelines (ASOG)
• Type: Revision
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• Document Number: ATIS 0410003-0039
• Title: Unified Ordering Model (UOM) - Volume III – Design - For Access Service Ordering Guidelines (ASOG)
• Type: Revision
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PTSC

• Document Number: ATIS-1000078
• Title: National Security / Emergency Preparedness Priority Service Session Initiation Protocol Resource-Priority Header (SIP RPH) Signing and Verification using PASSporTs
• Type: New
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TOPS

• Document Number: ATIS-I-0000087
• Title: ATIS 5G Supply Chain Standard: Creating the Foundation for Assured 5G Networks
• Type: New
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Recent Policy Filings

INC

• Date: 9/17/21
• Description: Comments response to the Maine Public Utilities Commission Petition to direct the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA) to report on technical, operational, and cost requirements associated with an individual telephone number (ITN) pooling trial.
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