3GPP2 N.S0017-B Version 1.0.

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International Implementation of Wireless Telecommunication Systems Compliant with TIA/EIA-41

Revision: B

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International Implementation of Wireless Telecommunication Systems Compliant with TIA/EIA-41 Contents

1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................1
1.1 1.2 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ..........................................................2 REFERENCES ...................................................................................................3 NORTH AMERICAN NUMBER PLAN (NANP) MOBILE STATIONS........5 NON-NANP MOBILE STATIONS ...................................................................5 GUIDELINES FOR IMSI ASSIGNMENT ........................................................7 SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION NUMBER DATA TABLES..............................8

MOBILE IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS ......................................................5

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INTERNATIONAL MOBILE SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY .............................7

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SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ........................................................8 Other TIA/EIA-41 Parameter Numbering Considerations ...............................9 ADMINISTRATION OF THIS DOCUMENT ..............................................10

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REVISION HISTORY
Revision N.S0017 N.S0017-A N.S0017-B Publication Description

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Initial publication Publication, April, 2001 Publication, January, 2003 First revision Second revision.

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INTRODUCTION
When the first edition of the Mobile Station Land Station Compatibility Specification (IS-3, now TIA/EIA-553-A) was issued, it was envisioned that it would be adopted for use within North America. Provisions were included for international implementation; however, detailed guidelines to assist with such implementations were not included. TIA Subcommittee TR-45.2 recognized the need to provide such guidance and chartered a Working Group (Working Group VI) with this responsibility. The result of this Working Groups deliberations has been the production of TSB-29 as well as ongoing internationalization of other TIA standards, such as, TIA/EIA-41-D (N.S0005), TIA-751 (N.S0009), TIA/EIA/IS-807 (N.S0016), TIA/EIA/IS-875 (N.S0027), TIA/EIA-124 (N.S0026), TIA/EIA-136, IS-95, IS-91, and TIA/EIA-2000 (C.S0001). TSG-N has taken TSB-29 and produced the specification N.S0017. The principle aspects of international implementation addressed by this document are: The administration and assignment of System Identification Numbers (SIDs) The administration and assignment of Mobile Identification Numbers (MINs) Format of International Mobile Subscriber Identifiers (IMSIs)

The goal of this publication is to provide the international wireless telecommunications industry with the framework permitting the coordinated implementation of Wireless Radio Telecommunication Systems in compliance with the provisions of the AMPS family of air interface standards (e.g., TIA/EIA-553, IS-54, IS-91, IS-95, TIA/EIA-2000, and TIA/EIA-136).

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ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

ANSI AMPS BID CCITT CCS7 EIA GTT HLR IFAST IMSI IRM ISDN ITU-T MAP MC MCC MDN MIN MNC MS MSIN MTP NANP NMSI NPA SCCP SID SS7 STP TCAP TIA TSB VLR American National Standards Institute Advanced Mobile Phone Service Billing ID International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee ITU-T Common Channel Signaling System 7 Electronics Industry Alliance Global Title Translation Home Location Register International Forum on ANSI-41 Standards Technology International Mobile Subscriber Identity International Roaming MIN Integrated Services Digital Network International Telecommunications Union Telecommunications Mobile Application Part Message Center Mobile Country Code Mobile Directory Number Mobile Identification Number Mobile Network Code Mobile Station Mobile Subscriber Identification Number Message Transfer Point North American Numbering Plan National Mobile Subscriber Identity Number Plan Area Signaling Connection Control Part System Identification ANSI Signaling System 7 Signaling Transfer Point Transaction Capabilities Application Part Telecommunications Industry Association Telecommunication Systems Bulletin Visitor Location Register

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REFERENCES
The following standards and specifications contain provisions that, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this TSB. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject to revision, and parties to agreements based on this TSB are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the standards indicated below. ANSI and TIA maintain registers of currently valid national standards published by them. For further reference see the IFAST web site at http://www.ifast.org/. American National Standards Institute (ANSI) T1 standards: ANSI T1.112, Signaling Connection Control Part Formats and Codes; 1988 ANSI T1.114-1988, Signaling System Number 7 Transaction Capabilities Application Part (TCAP); 1988.

American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Joint standards: ANSI J-STD-008-1996, Personal Station-Base Station Compatibility Requirements for 1.8 to 2.0 GHz Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) Personal Communications Systems; 1996.

International Telecommunications Union Telecommunications (ITU-T) standards: Series E: Overall Network Operation, Telephone Service, Service Operation and Human Factors; November 1998. Recommendation E.212, The International Identification Plan for Mobile Terminals and Mobile Users; ITU-T, November 1998. Recommendation E.164, Numbering Plan for the ISDN era; CCITT, 1991. Annex to ITU Operational Bulletin No. 615 (1.III.1996) List of Mobile Country or Geographical Area Codes; March 1996. Annex B of ITU Q.713 SCCP formats and codes; 1995.

Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) ANSI standards and Interim Standards: TIA/EIA-41-D, Cellular Radio-Telecommunications Intersystem Operations; 1997. (ANSI-41) TIA/EIA-553-A Mobile Station SpecificationNovember 1999. Land Station Compatibility

TIA/EIA Interim Standard IS-91-A, Mobile Station Land Station Compatibility Standard; Telecommunications Industry AssociationNovember 1999. TIA/EIA Interim Standard IS-95-B, Mobile Station Base Station Compatibility Standard for Dual-Mode Wideband Spread Spectrum Cellular System; Telecommunications Industry Association; March 1999. TIA/EIA-124-C, Cellular Radio Telecommunications Intersystem Non-Signaling Data Communications (DMH); Telecommunications Industry Association; August 2000. TIA/EIA 136, Cellular System Mobile Station Land Station Compatibility Standard; Telecommunications Industry Association; Rev. D April 2002.

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TIA-751, TIA/EIA-41-D Modifications to Support IMSI; Telecommunications Industry Association; January, 2002. TIA/EIA Interim Standard IS-807, TIA/EIA-41-D Telecommunications Industry Association; 1999. Internationalization;

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MOBILE IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS

A 10-digit mobile identification number, known as MIN, is used to identify MSs according to all air interface standards published before 1994. A transition is underway to the IMSI (see 3).

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NORTH AMERICAN NUMBER PLAN (NANP) MOBILE STATIONS

The NANP MSs are those whose home system is within the NANP, as defined in ITU-T Recommendation E.164 The United States (its possessions and territories), Canada, Jamaica, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Turks and Caicos Islands, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. For such MSs the MIN is usually derived from the 10-digit national significant number, commonly referred to as the directory number. The format of this number is NPA-NXX-XXXX, where: NPA represents the 3-digit Numbering Plan Area, NXX represents the 3-digit mobile exchange code, and XXXX represents the 4-digit telecommunication number within the exchange.

Phones that have not been assigned an NANP MDN are treated as non-NANP mobile stations.

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NON-NANP MOBILE STATIONS

Non-NANP MSs are those MSs whose home system is external to the North American Numbering Plan (NANP). It is recommended that the MINs be assigned from the set of the MINs that is allocated to the MSs home country (or home service provider) by the International Forum on ANSI-41 Standards Technology (IFAST). For such MSs the format of the 10-digit MIN is 0XXX+6 Digits or 1XXX+6 Digits. The 0/1XXX portion will be assigned by IFAST to carriers that require international roaming. The MSs home service provider will assign the 6-digits of the MIN that follow the 0/1XXX portion. The following tables describe what is known about MIN formatting outside those formatted as NANP directory numbers. Each row of the tables describes a distinct group of MINs, and identifies the country and, when known, the company using that group of MINs. The tables are formatted as follows: MIN Prex The high order digits of the MIN. X indicates a MIN digit position that may assume a value between 0 and 9. The tables are sorted numerically. MIN Prefixes with the high order digit value of 0 or 1 are frequently referred to as International Roaming MINs (IRMs). Country or Geographic Area The country or geographic area that uses the related MIN Prefix.

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Company The company (national ministry or service provider) within the associated country or geographic area using the related MIN Prefix.

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0-XXX-XXXXXX MINs
See the IFAST Web Site for the most current assignment of 0-XXX-XXXXXX MINs. The URL for the site is: http://www.ifast.org.

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1-XXX-XXXXXX MINs
See the IFAST Web Site for the most current assignment of 1-XXX-XXXXXX MINs. The URL for the site is: http://www.ifast.org.

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XXX-0XX-XXXX MINs
MIN Prefix NPA 530 549 722 972 NXX 0XX 0XX 0XX 0XX Country or Geographical Area New Zealand Western Samoa Argentina Israel Pele-Phone Company Telecom New Zealand, Ltd. Telecom Samoa Cellular, Ltd.

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XXX-1XX-XXXX MINs
MIN Prefix NPA 530 852 NXX 1XX 170 Country or Geographical Area New Zealand Hong Kong Company Telecom New Zealand, Ltd. Pacific Link Communications

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NANP MINs Used Outside North America

MIN Prefix NPA 460 668 732 734 852 972 NXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Country or Geographical Area China Thailand Colombia Venezuela Hong Kong Israel (State of) unknown Several Carriers Several Carriers Several Carriers Hutchison Telecom Unknown Company

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INTERNATIONAL MOBILE SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY

The ITU-T Recommendation E.212 International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) is incorporated as an alternate MS identifier in newer MS air interface standards (e.g., TIA/EIA IS136 and TIA/EIA IS-95 Revision A). The utilization of IMSIs should be such that not more than the first 6 digits of the IMSI have to be analyzed in a visited public network for querying the home network. This identifier has the following format:
MCC MNC MSIN

Three digits

Two to three Digits

Maximum of ten digits

IMSI

Maximum of fifteen digits

Where: MCC MNC MSIN IMSI Mobile Country Code Mobile Network Code Mobile Subscriber Identification Number International Mobile Subscriber Identity

It is recommended that the IMSI format be used in accordance with the ITU-T E.212 recommendation. The application of E.212, beyond this recommendation, is a national issue.

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GUIDELINES FOR IMSI ASSIGNMENT

Use of the following guidelines minimizes international roaming problems: a. b. c. d. Use the MCC assigned to the country that a wireless system serves. The use of an MNC will allow optimal routing by signaling networks outside the home country. The length of an MNC should be restricted to no more than 3-digits until international agreements adopt longer values. CDMA MSs may need to be identified by a MIN based IMSI as defined by TIA-751.

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SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

A 15-bit system identification (SIDp) must be stored in the mobile station and used to identify the mobile stations home system (see 2.6.1.1.2 of EIA/TIA-553). This Bulletin assumes that SIDs are globally unique regardless of band class (See J-STD-008).

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SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION NUMBER DATA TABLES

This section identifies the organizations responsible for assigning subsets of the SID numbering space.

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Reserved Blocks or Spare Codes

SIDs with values from 32768 through 65535 cannot be transmitted by a wireless system. However, these SIDs are available for use to identify groups of wireless systems within the wireless industrys accounting infrastructure.

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SID Assignment Organizations Table 1: SID Assignment Organizations

Low SID 0 2176 2304 7680 26112 31104 32768 High SID 2175 2303 7679 26111 31103 32767 65535 Assignment Organization FCC/Cibernet Corporation IFAST (www.ifast.org) FCC/Cibernet Corporation (www.cibernet.com) IFAST (www.ifast.org) Cibernet Corporation (www.cibernet.com) IFAST (www.ifast.org) Non-transmissable SIDs assigned by Cibernet Corporation (www.cibernet.com)

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Other TIA/EIA-41 Parameter Numbering Considerations

TIA/EIA-41 (N.S0005) supports several parameters that may require national network administration. Some of these parameters are: a. b. c. d. e. f. BillingID (BILLID) CarrierDigits (CARDGTS) MobileSwitchingCenterIdentification (MSCID) MSCIdentificationNumber (MSCIN) PointCode_SubSystemNumber (PC_SSN) SenderIdentificationNumber (SENDERIN)

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