# Presentation: 922010

## LNPA Wireless/Wireline Integration Task ForceNANC Status

- June 30, 1997
- Bonnie J. Baca

## North American Numbering CouncilLNP Timeline

- June 17, 1996

- Mid-Atlantic LLC Formed

- July 2, 1996

- FCC LNP Order

- September 1, 1996

- September 1, 1996

- October 1, 1996

- October 1, 1996

- October 1, 1996

- October 1, 1996

- November 8, 1996

- November 18, 1996

- December 2, 1996

- May 1, 1997

- October 1, 1997

- March 31, 1998

- December 31, 1998

- Northeast LLC Formed

- West Coast LLC Formed

- Midwest LLC Formed

- Western Region LLC Formed

- Southeast LLC Formed

- First NANC Meeting

- First LNPA Selection
- Working Group Meeting

- First Task Force Meetings

- Southwest LLC Formed

- NANC Report Due to FCC

- First LNP Deployment

- Complete Deployment
- Largest 100 MSAs

- Cellular Deliver Call*

- Cellular SP Portability

- June 30, 1999

- *  Deliver calls from cellular network to ported numbers anywhere in the U.S.

## North American Numbering CouncilNANC Structure

-                     NANC
- -  Federal Advisory Committee
- -  NANPA
- -  LNPA

- LNPA Selection Working Group
- -  Oversee LNPA Deployment

- LNPA Architecture Task Force
- -  How are LNPA Vendors Selected?
- -  Who are LNPA Vendors?
- -  What are LNPA Duties?
- -  What is Geographic Coverage of
-    Databases?

- LNPA Technical & Operational
- Requirements Task Force
- -  What LNPA Standards are
-    required?

- LNPA Wireless/Wireline Integration
- Task Force
- -  Cellular Architectural impacts
- -  Cellular standards

## North American Numbering CouncilLNPA Working Group & Task Force Composition

- _ILECs_
- Ameritech
- Bell Atlantic
- BellSouth
- Frontier
- GTE
- NYNEX
- Pacific Bell
- Southwestern Bell
- Sprint
- Telefonica de Puerto Rico
- US West

- _Commissions_
- California PUC
- Florida PUC
- Illinois Commerce Commission
- Maryland PUC
- Ohio PUC

- _Cable_
- Cox
- Interstate Fibernet
- Time Warner/NCTA

- _Associations_
- OPASTCO
- USTA

- _Vendors_
- Bellcore
- Illuminet/ITN
- Lockheed Martin
- Lucent Technologies
- Nortel
- Perot Systems
- Telecom Software Enterprises

- _CLECs_
- AT&T
- MCI
- Sprint
- Stentor
- Teleport
- WinStar
- WorldCom

- _Wireless_
- Airtouch Communications
- BellSouth Wireless
- CTIA
- PCIA
- Sprint PCS/PCIA
- US West Wireless

## North American Numbering CouncilNANC Recommendations

- How Are LNPA Vendors Selected?
**Prior to NANC Formation - State/Regional Activities**
- State/Regional LNP Workshops formed in 7 RBOC Regions
- Limited Liability Company (LLC) Formed in 7 RBOC Regions
- RFPs Developed and Distributed
- Technical Specifications Developed
- Midwest Region Vendor Selected
**After NANC Formation - NANC Activities**
- Assess State/Regional Efforts
- Determine National Selection Criteria
- Compare State/Regional Efforts to National Criteria
- Determine Where State/Regional Efforts Satisfy National Selection Criteria
- Working Group and Task Forces resolve State/Regional issues

- North American Numbering CouncilNANC Recommendations

## North American Numbering CouncilNANC Recommendations

-    _Selection Criteria_
- Competitively Neutral Vendor - No financial or market interest in providing Local Exchange Service in U.S.
- Equal and Open Access to LNP Databases
- Uniformity in provision of LNP Data
- Cost Effective implementation of LNP
- Consistency in LNP administration
- LNPA compliance with NANC determined technical standards
- Regionalized LNP Deployment within FCC Deployment Schedule

- North American Numbering CouncilNANC Recommendations

## North American Numbering CouncilNANC Recommendations

-  Who are LNPA Vendors?

## North American Numbering CouncilNANC Recommendations

- Develop, implement, and maintain regional LNP databases (i.e., NPAC SMS)
- Operate regional NPACs
- What is geographic coverage of databases?
- Seven (7) Regions - Mirror RBOC Territories
- One (1) Number Portability Administration Center (NPAC) Service Management System (SMS) in each region

- North American Numbering CouncilNANC Recommendations

## North American Numbering CouncilNANC Recommendations

- Adopted Standard Inter-Service Provider Operations Flows
- Provisioning Process
- Conflict - Provisioning Process
- Cancellation - Provisioning Process
- Cancellation Conflict - Provisioning Process
- Disconnect Process
- Audit Process
- Code Opening Process

- North American Numbering CouncilNANC Recommendations

## North American Numbering CouncilNANC Recommendations

- Adopted NANC Functional Requirements Specification (FRS)
- FRS defines functional requirements of NPAC SMS
- Adopted NANC Interoperable Interface Specification (IIS)
- IIS contains information model for the NPAC SMS mechanized interfaces

- North American Numbering CouncilNANC Recommendations

## North American Numbering CouncilNANC - Future Role for LNP

- LNPA Initial Deployment Oversight
- LNPA General Oversight
- NPAC SMS Change Management Process
- Location/Service Portability and Wireless Number Portability
- LNP Dispute Resolution
- Expanded NANP Environments

- North American Numbering CouncilNANC - Future Role for LNP

## North American Numbering CouncilLNPA Working Group Charge

- May 2 LNPA Working Group Meeting
- Form administrative team open to all Working Group and Task Force members to address:
- LNPA Initial Deployment Oversight
- LNPA General Oversight
- NPAC SMS Change Management Process
- LNP Dispute Resolution Process
- Wireless LNP
- LNPA Working Group Co-Chairs to Address
- Number Pooling
- Location and Service Portability

## North American Numbering Council LNPA Administrative Task Force

- Invitation sent to all Working Group and Task Force Members
- Met on June 5-6, 1997, in St. Louis
- Meeting Objective
- Define Purpose and specific objective for each issue
- Perform preliminary discussions
- Determine Next Steps
- Identify team to complete each issue

## North American Numbering Council Wireless LNP

- _PURPOSE_
-   To address and include wireless number portability requirements in LNP industry standards.
- _PROCESS_
- Identify where wireless LNP standards are required
- Identify wireless LNP issues requiring industry consensus
- Determine NPAC SMS requirements for wireless LNP
- _OPEN ISSUES_
- Rate Center boundaries - Architecture Report 7.3 vs. Wireless Report 1.6
- LRN Implementation - Architecture Report 7.2
- Call blocking on default routing - Architecture Rpt 7.10 vs. Wireless Rpt 1.7.1
- Call Scenarios - Architecture Report 8
- N-1 routing language - Architecture 7.8 vs. Wireless 2.2

## North American Numbering Council Wireless LNP

- Propose formation of LNPA Wireless/Wireline Integration Task Force
- _STATUS_
- First meeting of LNPA W/W Task Force scheduled for June 30, 1997

- North American Numbering Council Wireless LNP