6/5/011 NPAC SMS BUSINESS DAYS/HOURS & TIMERS

6/5/012 CONCEPTS Porting and Concurrence Business days Business hours Timers Service Provider profile

6/5/013 PORTING AND CONCURRENCE: Overview Porting: four steps process 1.Create 2.Concurrence 3.Activate 4.Broadcast SOA New SP NPAC LSMS (1)(2)(3)(4) (time) SOA Old SP (1) or (2) (3) (1) or (2) (4)

6/5/014 TIMERS (1)(2)(3)(4) (time) Number of business hours after the first create by which both service providers can authorize transfer of service. FRS. R Create 2.Concurrence 3.Activate 4.Broadcast Two timers: T1 (always start) & T2 (conditional start depending on concurrence) T1 start T1 end = T2 start T2 end

6/5/015 TIMERS (cont.) Timer types Short: T1: 1 hour (tunable) T2: 1 hour (tunable) Long: T1: 9 hours (tunable) T2: 9 hours (tunable) Port IN and Port OUT Remarks Independent of the Business Days/hours type Timers stop after concurrence have been reached Old SP New SP long short long timer

6/5/016 BUSINESS DAYS & BUSINESS HOURS TIMEFRAMES WHEN THE TIMERS RUN IN THE NPAC Types Long: From Monday to Saturday (fix values) 12 hours (tunable start time and duration) Short: From Monday to Friday (fix values) 12 hours (tunable start time and duration) Remarks Independent of the timer types Porting can be done outside these Timeframes CO to make Business Days tunable Old SP New SP long short long short

6/5/017 SERVICE PROVIDER PROFILE The Service Provider Profile provides information to the NPAC to manage the Service Provider data. Business days/hours flag Port IN Timer flag Port OUT Timer flag - No distinction between a Wireless and a Wireline provider -

6/5/018 REFERENCE NANC Functional Requirement Specifications (FRS) Version – September 1, 2001 (or later) Sections: Business Days/Hours Timer Types NPAC Customer Data 3.7 Business Hour and Days Requirements Subscription Version Creation requirements (reqs. R5.22 to R5.23.4)