These minutes are based substantially on notes by Barry Lewin, Bellcore.

Thanks a lot Barry for taking excellent notes.

Walt

Minutes to May 15 ICC Test Team meeting.

Meeting began at 9:00 AM.

1. Discussion on 911. When a number is ported, you need to test on day

one as to whether the line can reach 911. On day two, it is important to

call the database administrator to determine whether the line is marked

properly.

Part of the test includes multiple portings of a single TN. In this

trial, surcharges need to be handled properly and the test plan talks of

a built in assumption that the surcharge should be calculated based on

being in the database for at least two weeks.

2. The SCP committee wrote a few test scripts with error conditions and

they(the SCP folks) are meeting next week to finish that off. The

majority of their issues are on the looping situation.

3. Issues around ISDN. Right now there are about 160 test scripts in the

test plan. The plan won t be cut down, but individual trial participants

will need to pick and choose which of those tests to run. One comment

(Andy Chalk) suggested that this is a problem because it is likely that

all participants will select a different subset. The determination of

this sub-set must be developed by the SPoC group. Walt noted that this

does not preclude coordination between interconnected parties during the

trial.

4. Some of the scripts are vague on terms like "default toll carrier"

but Walt pointed out that we can work those issues as they materialize.

Perhaps contacting the test script author would be a good first step.

5. Freezing the test plan - at the Operations team meeting yesterday

there was discussion about mass calling and similar items. From that

perspective, the plan is not frozen. Walt pointed out that by "frozen"

he means "stabilize" or "not introducing additional changes in advance

of the trial." Bill Belshaw noted that a few items are still in process

(e.g., 911) and will be add-ons. Otherwise, the plan is pretty stable.

6. Question on cellular - cellular will only be a part of the test to

the extent that they will have incoming trunk groups.

Open Action items:

Item 12 - synonymous with mass calling - as soon as we get items from

the Operations team Walt will try to find someone at Ameritech to write

scripts.

Item 15 - will not be available for the trial and is viewed as a

non-issue for the trial.

Item 18 - items soon to be available for the test plan (probably by the

end of the month). Proposed web scripts will be on Barry s web page.

Item 24 - no change in status, although Walt gave an update on what the

NTC is looking at. He also highlighted some comparatively simple tests

in his lab and saw extensive looping based on the XUDT message counts.

Item 26 - Bill Belshaw is working on this. Text has been finalized and

approved. Update should come before end of May.

Item 28 - post dial delay tests. Being worked by SPoC team. The

conclusion of the Operations team was to measure it and state the

results as fact, but make a judgment as to whether it is good or bad.

The responsibility is that each participating company report their post

dial delay under various scenarios. There is nothing that requires it to

be measured on EACH call. Dick pointed out that each participant is

being required to measure it and state the measurement method. Mitch

Kapor agreed to write a definition on PDD and give to Bill Belshaw

Item 29 - Walt and Betty Shelby wrote LSMS test cases and gave to Bill

Belshaw for inclusion on 4/9/97.

Item 30 - SCP committee is submitting this next week. We will review at

next meeting.

Item 32 - Much of the data has been collected, the rest will be here

today and the issue should be closed tomorrow (assuming all info

arrives).

Item 34 - Walt suggested closing this issue and leave it to those

running ISDN tests to draw out for their own purposes.

Item 38 - closed.

Item 39 - closed

Item 41 - closed

Item 42 - closed last time by saying it would be worked by SPoCs

Item 43 - closed

Item 44 - SCP looping test. This is a combination of other items and

Walt suggested that it be closed (due to redundancy).

Item 45 - looping test. It will be submitted but won t likely be

included in the trial. The NIIF will decide how to handle this on a

going forward basis. Walt suggested that this be closed.

Item 47 - This is of concern in a rolling overload situation. The text

in 4.3 will be updated to reflect this. Barry Bishop will be able to

discuss this later.

Item 48 - Is there an issue with TTNs? This is still open because Jeff

and Walt did not connect. It is possible that this will be discussed

later today. The real question is what activity is going on in T1S1 (per

Jim Joerger). Item remains open. Walt will ask Barry Bishop this

afternoon about this.

The test team meeting concluded at 10:45 AM. Dick Dowd took the floor as

chair of the SpoC committee.

Dick discussed the need for identifying the minimum set of tests to run.

he raised the suggestion of not including CLASS or AIN in the minimum

set.

Dick also discussed the definition of success (or failure). The

direction is for the SPoCs to report on results factually and let the

determination of success be in the eyes of the readers (not the SPoCs).

Once the trial report is put together and the findings are documented,

we invite the participants to put together a single page on whether the

trial was/was not successful to them, bearing in mind this is not

intended to be an advertisement. Walt felt that at a minimum, there

needs to be at least two incumbents and two CLECs with porting in

between. Walt s view was that the concept is to assure that we can prove

in the LRN platform and this definition should drive the minimum set of

tests.

Do we have a format for that report? Dick said he does and has forwarded

it to Barry. It is due on October 17. Dick is willing to share it after

ratification by the Operations Committee. Dick was unwilling to share a

preliminary draft because it may change significantly. Organizationally

(and protocol wise) it is up to the Operations Committee to make that

call. The format will be similar to what was done in New York. Dick is

proposing an expanded version of the NY report which is on

www.ported.com.

There was an issue with non-disclosure agreements and sharing between

Ameritech and others. People were asked to bring in their information

and hands it out, Ameritech won t be the go-between and therefore NDAs

may not be needed.

Question on the table is whether it is appropriate to have

non-participants who are in the room participate in the discussion. Some

companies are unwilling to share beyond the six participants. This will

be cared for as the June meeting will be separate for the SPoCs.

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