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- FOREWORD
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- The CCITT (the International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative
- Committee) is a permanent organ of the International Telecommunication
- Union (ITU). CCITT is responsible for studying technical, operating and tar-
- iff questions and issuing Recommendations on them with a view to standard-
- izing telecommunications on a worldwide basis.
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- The Plenary Assembly of CCITT which meets every four years,
- establishes the topics for study and approves Recommendations prepared by
- its Study Groups. The approval of Recommendations by the members of
- CCITT between Plenary Assemblies is covered by the procedure laid down
- in CCITT Resolution No. 2 (Melbourne, 1988).
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- Recommendation I.255.4 was prepared by Study Group I and was
- approved under the Resolution No. 2 procedure on 2 July 1990.
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- CCITT NOTE
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- In this Recommendation, the expression "Administration" is used for
- shortness to indicate both a telecommunication Administration and a recog-
- nized private operating agency.
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- πITU1990
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- All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized
- in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy-
- ing and microfilm, without permission in writing from the ITU.
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- PAGE BLANCHE
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- Recommendation I.255.4
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- PRIORITY SERVICE
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- 1 Definition
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- The Priority service provides for preferential treatment in the net-
- work to calls originating from and/or addressed to certain numbers in the
- order of path selection.
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- 2 Description
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- 2.1 General description
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- This service provides preferential treatment in the network for calls:
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- a) originating from subscribers' lines. This is designated as A-priority;
- and/or
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- b) addressed to certain emergency numbers. This is designated as B-
- priority and concerns the order of path selection in the ISDN.
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- For A-priority, subscribers' lines are classified into two A-priority
- categories which are:
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- i) subscribers with first order priority (I) for all calls;
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- ii) subscribers with first order priority (II) on a per call basis.
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- Only one B-priority category is envisaged.
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- 2.2 Specific terminology
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- The A-priority service meets the needs of a subscriber for whom it is
- necessary to have calls completed urgently at any time when the service is
- activated for his lines.
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- The B-priority service meets the needs of subscribers for calling
- specified emergency numbers. This service also meets the needs of Adminis-
- trations, communities and other organizations which provide this service.
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- 2.3 Qualifications on the applicability to telecommunication services
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- The Priority supplementary service is applicable to all telecommuni-
- cation services.
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- 3 Procedures
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- 3.1 Provision/withdrawal
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- The provision of this service requires arrangements between the sub-
- scriber and the Administration.The service can also be established unilater-
- ally by the Administration for administrative reasons. The subscriber has to
- inform the Administration if he wants this service with A- or B-priority.
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- The Administration can withdraw the service at the request of the
- subscriber or for administrative reasons.
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- 3.2 Normal procedures
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- 3.2.1 Activation/deactivation/interrogation procedures
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- Priority will be given to the subscriber by the Administration, which
- has full control of the registration.
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- All changes to priority information are made by the Administration.
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- After provision of the A-priority service, the subscriber may activate
- and deactivate the service by the use of a control procedure.
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- B-priority is activated upon provision.
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- 3.2.2 Invocation and operation
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- When the service is provided for all calls, it will automatically be
- invoked by the network at the call set-up.
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- For a call based request, it will be invoked by the user using a service
- code as a part of a call set-up. For this service option, invocation is possible
- only for the calling terminal in A-priority, category II.
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- For calls to B-priority numbers, this service may automatically be
- invoked by the network depending on the address dialled, i.e. calls to fire,
- rescue and ambulance services.
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- Calls originating from subscribers' lines with the appropriate A-pri-
- ority category will be treated as priority calls at the sending exchange as well
- as at the transit and the incoming exchange. This means that a priority call
- will have preferential access to all network units necessary for a call set-up.
- When a priority call meets congestion in the network the call is not released,
- but waits for the first line to be free.
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- This supplementary service does not give priority in accessing a busy
- subscriber. For this purpose other supplementary services may be used.
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- The preferential treatment of priority calls within the network should
- include the following functions:
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- _ extended waiting time before time-out of network units;
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- _ waiting for a line on the route to become free.
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- 3.3 Exceptional procedures
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- When a priority call is requested within an Administration that has
- no agreement to provide this service, the call will proceed as for a normal
- call.
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- If the priority call is not connected due to congestion, the call will be
- cancelled after a time-out (e.g. five seconds).
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- (Further study required.)
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- 3.4 Alternate procedures
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- None identified.
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- 4 Network capabilities for charging
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- This Recommendation does not cover charging principles. Future
- Recommendations in the D-Series are expected to contain that information.
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- It shall be possible to charge the subscriber accurately for the ser-
- vice.
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- 5 Interworking consideration
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- The service will be provided whenever there is an ISDN User Part
- (ISUP) available.
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- In networks where there is no ISUP available or where priority ser-
- vice is not offered, the priority call will be handled as a normal call.
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- If a B-priority call originates in a network that does not support the
- priority service, the priority will be assigned to the call upon entering the
- network supporting the priority service.
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- 6 Interaction with other supplementary services
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- 6.1 Call Waiting
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- No impact, i.e. neither supplementary service affects the operation of
- the other supplementary service.
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- 6.2 Call Transfer
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- Priority service is restricted only to A-B connections.
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- 6.3 Connected Line Identification Presentation (COLP)
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- No impact, i.e. neither supplementary service affects the operation of
- the other supplementary service.
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- 6.4 Connected Line Identification Restriction (COLR)
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- No impact, i.e. neither supplementary service affects the operation of
- the other supplementary service.
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- 6.5 Calling Line Identification Presentation (CLIP)
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- No impact, i.e. neither supplementary service affects the operation of
- the other supplementary service.
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- 6.6 Calling Line Identification Restriction (CLIR)
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- No impact, i.e. neither supplementary service affects the operation of
- the other supplementary service.
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- 6.7 Closed User Group
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- No impact, i.e. neither supplementary service affects the operation of
- the other supplementary service.
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- 6.8 Conference Calling
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- No impact, i.e. neither supplementary service affects the operation of
- the other supplementary service.
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- 6.9 Direct Dialling-In
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- No impact, i.e. neither supplementary service affects the operation of
- the other supplementary service.
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- 6.10 Diversion services
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- Priority service is restricted to A-B connections.
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- 6.11 Line Hunting
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- No impact, i.e. neither supplementary service affects the operation of
- the other supplementary service.
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- 6.12 Three Party Service
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- No impact, i.e. neither supplementary service affects the operation of
- the other supplementary service.
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- 6.13 User-to-User Signalling
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- No impact, i.e. neither supplementary service affects the operation of
- the other supplementary service.
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- 6.14 Multiple Subscriber Number
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- No impact, i.e. neither supplementary service affects the operation of
- the other supplementary service.
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- 6.15 Call Hold
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- No impact, i.e. neither supplementary service affects the operation of
- the other supplementary service.
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- 6.16 Advice of Charge
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- No impact, i.e. neither supplementary service affects the operation of
- the other supplementary service.
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- 6.17 Multi-level precedence and preemption service (MLPP)
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- No impact, i.e. neither supplementary service affects the operation of
- the other supplementary service.
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- 6.18 Priority service
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- If at some point there is more than one priority connection waiting
- for service, "first in, first out" principle is to be followed.
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- 7 Overall SDL diagram
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- The overall SDL Diagram is shown in Figures 1/I.255.4 and 2/
- I.255.4.
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- Fig.1 = 24cm
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- Fig. 2 = 24 cm
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