SR 3337 : ISSUE 3

1 Introduction
      1.1 Intended Audience and Scope
      1.2 Purpose
      1.3 Terminology
      1.4 Carrier-to-Carrier ATM Interconnections, and the ATM
              Forum's B-ICI
      1.5 Key Related Documents
      1.6 Organization
2 General Ordering and Provisioning Guidelines
      2.1 Ordering and Provisioning Background
              2.1.1 Service Negotiation (Including the ASOG Process)
              2.1.2 Issuance and Confirmation of the Design Layout
                        Report (DLR)
              2.1.3 Pre-Service Testing
      2.2 Ordering and Provisioning of a Multiservice ATM
              Interconnection: A Layered Approach
      2.3 Interim Procedures for Ordering ATM Interconnection
      2.4 Long-Term Procedures for Ordering ATM Interconnection
              2.4.1 Overview of Relevant Standards Committees
                        and Forums
              2.4.2 Current and Future Directions in the OBF
3 ATM Background, and Interconnection Configurations
      3.1 ATM Background
              3.1.1 ATM Technology and Services
              3.1.2 ATM Virtual Paths and Virtual Channels
              3.1.3 ATM Service Classes, and Service Categories
              3.1.4 The ATM Adaptation Layer (AAL)
              3.1.5 ATM QoS Classes
              3.1.6 PVCs and SVCs
      3.2 ATM Interconnection Configurations
4 Ordering and Provisioning a Physical ATM Interface
      4.1 Physical-Level Parameters
      4.2 Per Physical Interface ATM Parameters
5 Ordering and Provisioning ATM PVC Connections
      5.1 PVC Ordering and Provisioning Procedures
      5.2 ATM PVC Parameters
      5.3 Additional ATM PVC Information
6 Ordering and Provisioning XA-PVC-CRS
7 Ordering and Provisioning XA-PVC-FRS Over and ATM Connection
      7.1 Frame Relay Overview
      7.2 Ordering and Provisioning Procedures
      7.3 Parameters of an ATM PVC that Supports XA-PVC-FRS
      7.4 AAL5 and FRS-Specific Parameters for XA-PVC-FRS over ATM
8 Ordering and Provisioning XA-PVC-CES Over an ATM Connection
      8.1 CES Overview
      8.2 Ordering and Provisioning Procedures
      8.3 Parameters of an ATM PVC that Supports XA-PVC-CES
      8.4 AAL1 and CES-Specific Parameters for XA-PVC-CES over ATM
9 Ordering and Provisioning XA-SMDS Over an ATM Connection
      9.1 SMDS Overview
      9.2 Ordering and Provisioning Procedures
      9.3 Parameters of an ATM PVC that Supports XA-SMDS
      9.4 AAL3/4 and SMDS-Specific Parameters for XA-SMDS over ATM
10 Ordering and Provisioning Signaling Links, and the VPCs They
      Control
      10.1 Signaling Overview
      10.2 Provisioning a BISUP Signaling Link Over an ATM PVC
              10.2.1 Parameters of an ATM PVC that Supports Signaling
              10.2.2 AAL5 and Signaling-Specific Parameters
      10.3 Specifying the VPCs Controlled by a BISUP Signaling Link
Appendix A Summary of ATM Parameters
Appendix B Relationship To Parameters in Other Documents
References
Acronyms
List of Figures
Figure 2-1 Layered Ordering of a Multiservice ATM Interconnection
Figure 2-2 Ordering Example
Figure 2-3 Key Standards Committees and Industry Forums
Figure 3-1 Virtual Channel Connections
Figure 3-2 Virtual Path Connections
Figure 3-3 Defining Characteristics of Service Classes
Figure 3-4 Example ATM Interconnections Between Different Carrier
              Networks
Figure 3-5 Multiservice ATM Interconnection
Figure 3-6 Different Inter-Carrier Services Sharing a Common
              Transmission Path
Figure 4-1 Different B-ICIs Defined by ATM Forum
Figure 4-2 Identification of Selected Ordering and
              Provisioning Terms
Figure 5-1 Individual ATM Connections Within a Physical ATM Interface
Figure 7-1 Carrier-to-Carrier Interfaces Supporting Frame Relay
              Service
Figure 7-2 Protocol Stack for FRS over ATM
Figure 8-1 Examples of DS1 and DS3 Circuit Emulation Service
Figure 9-1 Example Architecture Supporting SMDS
Figure 9-2 Protocol Stack for SMDS Over ATM
Figure 10-1 The Associated Mode of Inter-office Signaling
Figure 10.2 Protocol Stack for Signaling Link Using Associated
              Mode Signaling
List of Tables
Table 5-1 Required Parameters for Policing Algorithm(s)
Table 5-2 Conformance Definitions in Traffic Management
              4.0 Specification
Table 5-3 Additional Conformance Definitions, Derived from
              UNI 3.1 Specification
Table 9-1 Related SMDS Requirements Documents
Table A-1 Summary of Per-Interface ATM Parameters
Table A-2 Summary of Per-Order ATM Parameters
Table A-3 Summary of Per-PVC ATM Parameters
Table B-1 Relationship Between ATM Terms in This Document and
              ATM Forum's M4 NE View
Table B-2 Relationship Between ATM Terms in This Document and
              OBF Terms

This document is limited to provisioning/ordering Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) interconnections between different carrier networks. It does not include the end-to-end ATM connections by any one carrier on behalf of an end customer for provisioning/ordering.