Subject: [Ecrit] Additional Data "Service Delivered by Provider" extended proposal

From: "Winterbottom, James" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 11:06:24 +0800

Hi All,

I made some comments back in March on section 6.2 "Service Delivered by Provider to End user" of the additional data document. My concern was that the section conflated access type, connectivity flow and intended application in such a way that you couldn't define a wireless data-only service with a caller using an OTT voice provider. I provided a rough suggestion that Hannes has subsequently asked me to expand on a bit. I am sure the following is not perfect, but it does show perhaps more clearly where I see this section needing to go and I do welcome any suggestions.

I propose that the <SvcDelByProvider> element have four elements:
<PhysicalAccessType>
<ConnectionType>
<ServiceType>
<ApplicationServiceType>

<PhysicalAccessType> can be further broken down into <WirelessAccess> or <WiredAccess>
For <WirelessAccess> I was thinking: Satellite, CDMA2000, CDMA1xRTT, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, WiFi, WiMAX, LTE. We may be able to reduce or expand this set based on comments and thoughts.
For <WiredAccess> I was thinking a <type> and a <modulation> or encoding.
For <type> I was thinking: Twisted-Pair, Coax, Fibre. I am not sure if HFC needs its own in this set or if there are others to consider.
For <modulation> I was thinking: POTS, ADSL, ADSL2, ADSL2+, DOCSIS-1, DOCSIS-2, DOCSIS-3. I am sure there are others here. My rationale for providing this level of detail is that indicates something of the service speed, but there may be more reasons. I could be convinced quite easily to drop it too.

<ConnectionType> I was thinking: Circuit-Switched, Packet-Switched. I am not sure if there are others.

<ServiceType> I was thinking: Voice, Data, Fax. There may be others. More than one of these values might be allowed.

<ApplicationType> I was thinking that this would pick up most of what used to be in the original <SvcDelByProvider> element:
               Pay/Coin
               One-Way-Outbound
               Inmate-Service
               Soft-Dial
               Quick-Service
               Warm-Disconnect
               Suspended
               MLTS
               Sensor-Unattended
               Sensor-Attended
               Telephone (physical or software)
               Video-Phone (physical or software)
               Relay-Service

An example of this approach would then be:

<SvcDelByProvider>
               <PhysicalAccess>
                              <WirelessAccess>HSDPA</WirelessAccess>
               </PhysicalAccess>
               <ConnectionType>PacketSwitched</ConnectionType>
               <ServiceType>Data</ServiceType>
               <ApplicationType/>
</SvcDelByProvider>

In this example the provider is providing an HSDPA data service so there is no <ApplicationType>.

Cheers
James