ETSI ETR 032 TECHNICAL December 1991 REPORT Source: ETSI TC-NA Reference:DTR/NA-070101 ICS: 33.080 Key words: Network, UPT Network Aspects (NA); A standardisations programme for Universal Personal Telecommunications (UPT) ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute ETSI Secretariat Postal address: F-06921 Sophia Antipolis CEDEX - FRANCE Office address: 650 Route des Lucioles - Sophia Antipolis - Valbonne - FRANCE X.400: c=fr, a=atlas, p=etsi, s=secretariat - Internet: [email protected] Tel.: +33 92 94 42 00 - Fax: +33 93 65 47 16 Copyright Notification: No part may be reproduced except as authorized by written permission. The copyright and the foregoing restriction extend to reproduction in all media. New presentation - see History box © European Telecommunications Standards Institute 1991. All rights reserved. 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Page 3 ETR 032: December 1991 Contents Foreword .......................................................................................................................................................5 1 Scope ..................................................................................................................................................7 2 Basic concepts of UPT........................................................................................................................7 2.1 Background..........................................................................................................................7 2.2 Objectives and basic features of UPT .................................................................................8 2.3 Evolutionary aspects............................................................................................................8 3 Overview of standardisation areas relevant to UPT............................................................................9 4 Standardisation issues in details .......................................................................................................10 4.1 General service aspects ....................................................................................................11 4.2 General network aspects ...................................................................................................11 4.3 Signalling ...........................................................................................................................11 4.3.1 Introduction....................................................................................................11 4.3.2 Open issues ..................................................................................................12 4.4 Interworking .......................................................................................................................12 4.4.1 Introduction....................................................................................................12 4.4.2 Harmonisation of the services.......................................................................12 4.4.3 Standardisation of the network interfaces .....................................................13 4.4.4 Harmonisation of the network protocols........................................................13 4.4.5 Harmonisation of the access interface..........................................................13 4.5 Embedding of UPT in the "IN" concept..............................................................................13 4.6 Numbering, addressing and routing...................................................................................14 4.6.1 Introduction....................................................................................................14 4.6.2 Open issues ..................................................................................................14 4.7 Charging, accounting and billing........................................................................................15 4.8 UPT user equipment..........................................................................................................15 4.9 Security ..............................................................................................................................16 4.9.1 Introduction....................................................................................................16 4.9.2 Open issues ..................................................................................................17 4.10 Human factors ...................................................................................................................18 4.11 Operational aspects...........................................................................................................18 4.12 Network management........................................................................................................18 5 Proposed standards ..........................................................................................................................18 5.1 General service aspects ....................................................................................................19 5.2 General network aspects ...................................................................................................19 5.3 Signalling ...........................................................................................................................19 5.4 Interworking .......................................................................................................................19 5.5 Intelligent networks ............................................................................................................19 5.6 Numbering, addressing and routing...................................................................................19 5.7 Charging, accounting and billing........................................................................................20 5.8 UPT user equipment..........................................................................................................20 5.9 Security ..............................................................................................................................20 5.10 Human factors ...................................................................................................................20 5.11 Operational aspects...........................................................................................................21 5.12 Network management........................................................................................................21 6 State of UPT-related work in international bodies.............................................................................21 6.1 General service aspects ....................................................................................................21 6.2 General network aspects ...................................................................................................21 6.3 Signalling and interworking ................................................................................................22 6.4 Intelligent network ..............................................................................................................22 6.5 Numbering, addressing and rerouting ...............................................................................22 6.6 Charging, accounting and billing........................................................................................22 Page 4 ETR 032: December 1991 6.7 UPT user equipment ......................................................................................................... 22 6.8 Security ............................................................................................................................. 23 6.9 Human factors................................................................................................................... 23 6.10 Operational Aspects.......................................................................................................... 23 6.11 Network management....................................................................................................... 23 Annex A: Resulting series of UPT standards (perspective).................................................................. 24 A.1 General ............................................................................................................................................. 24 A.2 Service aspects ................................................................................................................................ 24 A.3 Operational aspects.......................................................................................................................... 24 A.4 Network aspects ............................................................................................................................... 24 A.5 Signalling .......................................................................................................................................... 24 A.6 Terminal aspects .............................................................................................................................. 25 A.7 Network management aspects........................................................................................................