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Invitation for Participation

GR-1100-CORE
Billing Automatic Message Accounting Format (BAF) Generic Requirements, Issue 17

Telcordia proposes that a new issue (Issue 17) of GR-1100 be developed, with industry input and participation.

Automatic Message Accounting (AMA) is the process that generates the data from which customers and carriers are billed for their use of network services. GR-1100 contains requirements for the Billing AMA Format (BAF) information recorded to support the full range of Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) services. This document has been designed to support the BAF information needs of LECs and their telecommunications equipment suppliers. It is intended for planners of new services and capabilities for which billing is to be usage-based; for designers, developers, and implementers; and for individuals involved in AMA operations.

The BAF requirements in GR-1100 describe the AMA elements needed to support a complete spectrum of services and technologies, including local and network interconnection services, operator services, toll-free services, Intelligent Network database services, wireline and wireless call recording, Internet Protocol (IP) addressing, and broadband data services.

The BAF requirements in this document contain all AMA format requirements and elements needed to support services and technologies that are described in Telcordia generic requirements. Future issues of this GR will include all general BAF requirement updates, public vendor-specific AMA formats approved by the BAF Advisory Group (BAFAG), and other format elements that are known to have been implemented by one or more equipment suppliers.

The Value of Participation

GR-1100 is the up-to-date, authoritative source for the AMA elements needed to support a complete spectrum of services and technologies, including local and network interconnection services, wireline and wireless call recording, database services, IP addressing, and broadband data services. Participants in this project will have direct influence in the identification and design of new BAF data elements, and will be better able to ensure that their call detail recording information needs are being met. They will also be able to request clarifications to the descriptions of existing BAF data elements, if desired, to better represent actual usage of the BAF data for telecommunications services billing. Examples of recent extensions in BAF include the introduction of new elements to support IP services, including IP Multimedia System (IMS) and web-based applications. In addition, terminology has been updated to be consistent with the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)/Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) specifications.

In addition to having input into the layout and design of new elements and modifications to existing elements, participants receive an update to GR-1100-CORE in June and receive the industry version in December. Participants receive the files electronically in PDF format and also receive a CD containing GR-1100-CORE in HTML format (which is not available to industry).

Telcordia Invites Your Participation

Pursuant to provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, related to the development of industry-wide generic requirements, Telcordia invites all interested parties to participate in this GR project. If your company is interested in participating in this activity, please contact Telcordia. An Enterprise License is included in the participation fee for this GR project. Funding participants will receive two revisions to GR-1100-CORE during 2012. GR-1100-CORE files are delivered to funding participants in HTML electronic format.

To proceed with this project, it is expected that Telcordia will need at least three industry participants. While the project can proceed with fewer participants, deliverables may change as a result. The participating industry members will be apprised regularly of project status and any changes in deliverables.