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Archived System CR SCR113011-1IG Detail

The CORA ASR Gateway application is being updated to support changes for ASOG 44, including ASOG, Mech Spec and UOM-ASR Schema changes as mandated by OBF. Details of the ASOG 44 industry changes can be found at: http://www.atis.org/

• The SANORT field is being added in Pre-Order Address Validation and will provide an indicator to communicate that the address ranges are all odd (“O”), all even (“E”), both (“B”), or undetermined (“U”). “U” is used when the ranges cannot be determined.

• A new value of “E” is being added to the Service Address Location Information (SALI) form, AFT field, and a new edit stating, “A value of E is optional when the SASN field is blank, otherwise prohibited”

• The AAI field on the SALI form is being extended from 60 characters to 150 characters. New requirement/edit states that if AFT = E then AAI is required.

• A new edit for the SI field on the SALI form states that if AFT = E, SI field is required

• New edits for the SPOT field on the SALI form state:

o SPOT is required when AFT = E

o SPOT is required when SI = N or C

o SPOT is required when SI = C then the SPOT must be populated with a CLLI code.

o The CLLI code populated in the SPOT field will be validated against the LERG unless the ASE-EC is populated with a non-company value.

• New edit stating if the ASC-EC field is populated on the Access Service Request (ASR) form, it must match the value populated in the ICSC on the ASR form

• New field is being added to the Confirmation Notice (FOC). The new field is Network Facility Requirement (NFR).

• A new field is being added to the Ethernet Virtual Connection (EVC) form. The new field is Ethernet Virtual Connection Meet Point ID (EVCMPID). This field is required when the ASC-EC is populated for Switched Ethernet

• A new field is being added to the ASR form. The new field is Jointly Provided Ring (JPR). This field is prohibited when the REQTYP is not “S” or “E” and the ASC-EC is not populated.

• The following fields will be prohibited on the ASR form when the ACT = D:

o LUP

o FNI

o RFNI

o PSL

o PSLI

o PIU

o PLU

o ISTN

o APOT

o IWBAN

• New contact fields are being added to the SALI form.

o Local Contact Electronic Mail Address – LCON Email

o Additional Alternate Local Contact Telephone Number – AALCON Tel

o Alternate Contact Electronic Mail Address – ALCON Email

• A new field is being added to the ASR form. The new field is Early Date Acceptance (EDA). This field is prohibited when the EXP or the ASC-EC fields are populated

Company Specific Edits: The following changes that are customer affecting are also being implemented:

New CORA Pre-Order Validations

New CORA GUI and ASR Gateway Validations

• ASRs with invalid characters will be rejected back to the customer. Details of the invalid characters will be documented in the CORA Users Guide and the Customer Training Presentation

• The DIVCKT or DIVPON field is required on the Transport or End User Forms when the SR field is also populated (diversity is being ordered)

• The DIVCKT or DIVPON field is prohibited on the Transport or End User Forms when the SR field is not populated (diversity is not being ordered)

• Require the CE-VLAN field on the EVC form to be populated when:

o The REQTYP is E or S

o The EVCI = B

o The ACT = N

o The SPEC is either SVCSP or SVCMUX

• New edit in the OEC section of the MEC form: When CenturyLink is not the controlling company in a Meet Point arrangement, a CenturyLink (formerly Qwest) ICSC is required to be present in the ICSC list on the MEC form

• New edit on the OEC section of the MEC form: When CenturyLink is in control of a Meet Point arrangement, a CenturyLink (formerly Qwest) ICSC is prohibited in the ICSC list on the MEC form

Changed CORA GUI and ASR Gateway Validations

• Change to the CSPC Validation for ASRs with REQTYP M or L. ASRs containing NC codes for Feature Group B and D will not be validated by the CSPC Validator.

• When the project field is populated with data ending in CONV and the due date is shorter than standard interval, CORA will no longer require the EXP field to be populated. These represent provider initiated CO Conversions.

CORA GUI Report enhancements:

• No new enhancements with this release

Status History

Project Meetings

03/21/12 Systems CMP Meeting Under Attachment J Susan Lorence – CenturyLink stated that Item 15, the CORA release, deployed on Monday, March 19, 2012 and has been moved to CLEC Test. It shows in Development because the package was created before the production deployment.

Under Attachment K Mark Coyne – CenturyLink relayed that the CORA release deployed on March 19, 2012. No issues have been reported to this point.

02/15/12 Systems CMP Meeting Mark Coyne – CenturyLink relayed there are two deploying CRs: SCR113011-1IG for CORA is due to be deployed on March 19, 2012.

01/18/12 Systems CMP Meeting Mark Coyne – CenturyLink relayed that a release walkthrough had been conducted on January 17 associated with SCR113011-1IG – ASOG 44 Industry Release/CORA and ASR Gateway.

12/14/11 Systems CMP Meeting Anne Robberson – CenturyLink presented the Change Request as it was defined in the document included in the meeting package.

Julia Redman-Carter – Windstream asked when (12/22/11Updates received from Windstream in CAPS) CLECS [delete THEY] would be getting detailed information regarding the [insert ASR] changes they would need to make to their system. Julia said they want to be able to respond SOONER THAN LATER BEFORE CHANGES ARE FINALIZED BECAUSE [delete SHE SAID] there is so much automation. [delete SHE] She needs to understand if a particular issue is a major one or not and does not want to have to wait UNTIL [delete ON] responses ARE FINALIZED AND CHANGES CANNOT BE MADE.

Susan Lorence – CenturyLink advised that the Draft Tech Specs would go out on January 6, 2012 and the walk-through would occur shortly thereafter and that the date of the walkthrough would be included in the meeting minutes. Susan said the release date would be March 19, 2012.

NOTE: As identified during the CMP monthly meeting, the CORA Walkthrough is scheduled for Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 10 AM MT.

Anne Robberson – CenturyLink asked if there were any more questions. There were none.

Mark Coyne – CenturyLink said if there are questions prior to the draft tech specs being distributed, they should be sent to the CMPCR@centurylink.com mailbox.

CenturyLink Response