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SMS/800 System Requirements for NPA 844 Support

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System and Screen Requirements for NPA 844 Support

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Introduction

SMS/800 Services are provided to both Responsible Organizations (Resp Orgs) and Service Control

Point (SCP) Owner/Operators (0/0s). Resp Orgs are organizations that use the SMS/800 to perform

functions by electronically completing forms displayed on terminals at their locations. A service

provider may do this directly or arrange to have it done by another company. It usually takes just a

few minutes to enter call-processing information for a given Toll Free number. SCPs are real-time

database systems in the networks of the Local Exchange Companies (LECs) that contain instructions

for routing calls. Services provided include instructions as to how subscribers wish their Toll Free

numbers to be routed and terminated by location or choosing multiple carriers for different time

periods.

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Issue Date Revised By Description of Change Page#

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industry and SMS/800 Data Center and SMS/800 pages Business Manager.

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Table of Contents

1.1 Document Purpose and Scope ................................................................................................... 6 ·1.2 Target Audience ................................................................................................................................ 6 1.3 Project Overview ......................................................................................................................... 6 1..4 Requirements Numbering ................................................................................................................................ 6 1.5 Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Special Terms ....................................................................................... 6

2.1 Feature/Product Description ............................................................................................................. 7 2 .. 2 Benefit/Value ........................................................................................................................................ 7 2.3 Security Risk Assessment ........................................................................................................................ 7 2.4 Assumptions ........................................................................................................................................ 7

3 .. 1 Current .................................................................................................................................................... 8 3.2 Future ........................................................................................................................................................................ 8

5.1 WRA Screen Changes .................................................................................................................... 10 5. 1. 1 New Parameters ........................................................................................................................ 11 5.1.2 Existing and Modified Parameters ................................................................................ 12 5. 1. 3 Messages ............................................................................................................................... 13

6.1 On-Line Help User Interface .......................................................................................................................... 13 6.2 Documentation Impacts ............................................................................................................................ 13 6.3 References .................................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.

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1. Introduction

This Requirements (REO) document defines the "System Requirements" (including functionality requirements) of the new SMS/800 enhancement known as "SMS/800 Support for NPA 844".

SMS/800, Inc.'s representative, SMS/800 Software Support (system engineers, developers and testers), SMS/800 Help Desk, SMS/800 Data Center and SMS/800 Responsible Organizations (Resp Orgs).

Project "SMS/800 Support for NPA 844" has the goal of making it possible for Responsible Organizations of Toll Free numbers (commonly spelled as "Toll Free numbers" and abbreviated as "Dial#") to reserve Toll Free numbers in the 844 Numbering Plan Area (NPA) code and create Customer Records (CRs) for Toll Free numbers in the 844 NPA.

For information regarding planned code opening of NPA 844, please contact the SMS/800 Business Manager.

For information regarding Service Control Points (SCP) support of or planned support of NPA 844, please contact the SCP owner/operators.

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800-844-R.NN.nnn

where

.. R is a constant, NN is a number that can range from 01 to 99 and .n is an optional number that can range from 1 to 999, and

" 844 is the abbreviated identifier for the feature, and

" 800 is the identifier for the SMS/800 product.

• Requirements numbers may or may not be consecutive.

3270 - SMS/800 3270 user-interface

CR- Customer Record

MGI - SMS/800 Mechanized Generic Interface

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SCP- Service Control Point

System administrator- SMS/800 Help Desk and SMS/800 Software Support that have "SAC" or "OPERS" user class. User class is defined on the Security User Data (Security User Data) screen in 3270/'WBA user-interfaces.

Toll Free number- A Toll Free number; abbreviated "Dial#".

WBA- SMS/800 Web Based Access user-interface

WRS- Web-based Reporting System

2. General Information

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The SMS/800 NPA 844 Support is an "Enhancement" to SMS/800. This Enhancement is to be developed in response to the customer's request for SMS/800 to support Toll Free numbers (known industry wide as "Toll Free numbers") and Customer Records (CRs) in NPA 844.

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The SMS/800 NPA 844 Support enhancement provides the customer and industry assurance that SMS/800 will have a pool of available Toll Free numbers that supports industry demand.

This enhancement doesn't impact SMS/800 security because access to the SMS/800 database (including data records in any supported NPA) will follow the security process that is already in place for all the supported NPAs.

• It is assumed that all Toll Free Network Service Providers and Service Control Points (SCPs) will support NPA 844 when 844 is "open" in the production environment and delta test environment.

• It is assumed that before NPA 844 code is opened by the FCC for reservation and use by Resp Orgs, the SMS/800 Data Center will have sufficient data space setup for the SMS/844 database and tables in the production environment.

.. It is assumed that the SMS/800 Billing System will support billing Resp Orgs that control Toll Free numbers in NPA 844 when 844 is "open" in SMS/800.

" MGI Specification (SR-4592) is not impacted.

.. SCP Interface Specification (TM-STS-000798) is not impacted.

.. CR Batch Update interface (SR-5120) is not impacted.

.. The SMS/800 Billing Interface is not impacted.

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• SMS/800 Web-based Reporting System (WRS) (i.e., the Business Objects based reporting application) is not impacted.

3. Processing/Flows

Refer to section 5 for detailed processing flows.

c Currently, Resp Orgs have the capability to search and reserve and create/update Customer Records (CRs) and perform other Toll Free related functions for Toll Free numbers in NPAs 800, 888, 877, 866 and 855 via the following interfaces: Web Based Access (WBA), 3270 user interface and Mechanized Generic Interface (MGI).

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When the SMS/800 NPA 844 Support enhancement becomes generally available (GA) and the industry opens 844 to Resp Orgs, Resp Orgs will have the ability to search and reserve and create/update Customer Records (CRs) and perform other Toll Free related functions for Toll Free numbers in NPAs 844, 800, 888, 877, 866 and 855 via the following interfaces: Web Based Access (WBA), 3270 user interface and Mechanized Generic Interface (MGI).

4. Requirements

(800-844-R.01) SMS/800, including the SMS/800 database, will have the capability to support Toll Free Number Plan Area (NPA) code 844.

Design Notes: Database Definitions (DBDs) will support SMS/800 data in Toll Free code 844. Program Specification Blocks (PSBs) will support SMS/800 data in Toll Free code 844.

(800-844-R.02) All the SMS/800 batch jobs that are run by Toll Free NPA or Toll Free NPANXX will support 844.

(800-844-R.03) SMS/800 will have the capability to allow authorized system administrators (i.e., SMS/800 Software Support) to 'open' Toll Free NPA 844.

(800-844-R.04) SMS/800-SCP interface will support NPA 844.

(800-844-R.OS) SMS/800 Mechanized Generic Interface (MGI) will support NPA 844.

Note- The SMS/800 MGI Specification (SR-4592) is not impacted by the 844 enhancement because SR-4592 does not contain NPA-specific requirements.

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(800-844-R.OS) SMS/800 3270 interface will support NPA 844.

(800-844-R.07) SMS/800 Web Based Access (WBA) will support NPA 844.

(800-844-R.08) SMS/800 Reports History Database (RHDB) will support storing data that is in NPA 844.

(800-844-R.09) Automation interface will support NPA 844.

(800-844-R.10) SMS/800 Customer Record (CR) Batch Update interface will support NPA 844.

(800-844-R.11) The Billing interface between SMS/800 - SMS/800 Billing System will support NPA 844.

Number Allocation Feature Changes:

(800-844-R.12) The SMS/800 System will have the capability to turn 'on' Number Allocation for either 844-only or all NPAs when Number Allocation is set to "Manual Override" mode via the Reservation Allocation Control (RMS) screen.

(800-844-R.13) The Reservation Allocation ("WRA") screen will support Number Allocation run at any interval. WRA will support daily rationing or weekly rationing of number reservations in NPA 844.

Note: See section 5 for related changes to the WRA screen.

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5. User Interface Requirements

Screen layouts described in this document are only illustrative. Specifics of screens and error messages will be determined during the detailed software design/coding and multi-unit testing phases. Final screen layouts will be documented in the final User Guide(s).

Note: Throughout this document, the term "you" refers to a Resp Org user.

The WRA screen will be edited in order to support new requirement 800-844-R.13. The modified WRA screen is shown below.

An example of an empty, modified WRA screen in the 3270 user-interface is shown below.

SMS/800 NOW:

WRA - RESERVATION ALLOCATION

ENTITY:

tiUJVJBER COUNT: (WOR!GNG + ASSIGNED + RESERVED)

Hl\EI<ET SHARE: ___ %

!'·iAP.KET SHAPE ALLOCATION:

I"IXED ALLOCATION:

MANUAL ALLOCATION: MANUAL OVEPRIDE:

ENTITY LIMIT:

CREDIT ADDED:

ADJUSTED LIMIT:

l'JUMBERS RESERVED THIS PERIOD:

REMAINING ALLOCATION:

C!VJD: KEY:

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An example of an empty, modified WRA screen in the WBA user-interface is shown below.

Reservation Allocation

Number Count (Working +Assigned +Reserved)

Market Share: %

Market Share Allocation:

Fixed AJiocation:

Manual .Allocation: Manual Override:

Entity Umrt:

Credit }\dded:

Adjusted Limit:

Numbers Reserved This Period:

Remaining Allocation:

Note: Refer to the user guide for the final version of the screen.

No new screen parameters are needed to support Toll Free code 844.

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Entity

Number Count

Market Share

Market Share Allocation

Fixed Allocation

Manual Allocation

Entity Limit

Credit Added

Adjusted Limit

Numbers Reserved This Period


View-only field

View-only; the value will be calculated by SMSI800


Text field; required; editable only by authorized system administrators.


View-only; the value will be calculated by SMSI

! View-only; the value will be calculated by SMSI800

View-only; the value will be calculated by

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NIA (i.e., no change is planned for this field).



The allowance of Toll Free numbers that the retrieved Entity is allowed to reserve within the current Reporting Period if Number Allocation field on RMS screen is 'On' provided Manual Allocation is 'Off'.

The allowance of Toll Free numbers that the retrieved Entity is allowed to reserve within the current Reporting Period if Number Allocation field on RMS screen is 'On' provided Manual Allocation is 'Off'.

The quantity of Toll Free numbers that the retrieved Entity is allowed to reserve this Reporting Period when Number Allocation

• is 'On' provided Manual Override is 'On'.

. When Manual Override is set to 'Off': Entity Limit will equal the sum of (Fixed Allocation) plus (Market Share Allocation) for the retrieved Entity for the Reporting Period.

When Manual Override is set to 'On': Entity Limit will equal the value in the Manual Allocation field.

The product of (the quantity of Toll Free numbers that the retrieved Entity spared last Reporting Period) multiplied by (the Credit% value in the RMS screen).

When Market Share Allocation is 'On' (i.e., when Manual Override is set to 'Off'): The sum of (Entity Limit) plus (Credit Added).

A count of Toll Free numbers that the retrieved Entity reserved in the current

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A count of how many Toll Free numbers the retrieved Entity is allowed to reserve this Reporting Period.

The value is calculated as the (Adjusted Limit) minus the (Numbers Reserved This Period).

No new error codes are needed to support Toll Free code 844.

6. Support Requirements

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(800-844-R.14) WBA On-Line Help will be updated for the WRA screen's help topic.

(800-844-R.15) 3270 On-Line Help will be updated for the WRA screen's help topic.

SMS/800 User Guide: Web Based Access (WBA) (BR 780-004-280) will be updated to reflect changes to the WRA screen.

SMS/800 User Guide: 3270 (BR 780-004-221) will be updated to reflect changes to the WRA screen.

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