IMPLEMENTATION & MIGRATION WORKING GROUP

PROVISIONING EXPERTS MEETING

Wednesday 1st March 2006

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New ACO - Segregated Route Option

Objective of session is to:

• Show current example of route to BT DLE• Explain how VIC circuits will be shown on ACO • Show result of Cardiff (Pathfinder) changes • Summarise results of the exercise

ntl's version of BT ACO has:

• Extra columns with exchange 'real names'• Extra column with transmission identity in ntl terminology• ‘Transmission Verifier’ sheet for easy checking of Sneids• IEC check system (BT switch against Point of Connection)

BT ACO v. ntl version of BT ACO

Cardiff(CF/REX/1)

Cardiff DLE E(CF/UE)

Cardiff Iolite NGS(CF/ILT)

2 E1s on Sneid A2 E1s on Sneid B4 E1s on Sneid C2 E1s on Sneid D

Egress/IDA route(total = 10 E1s)

Existing Egress, IDA,Ingress etc routes on six Sneids

Migration Cardiff DLE Unit E (CF/UE)

Today

Note: NTS connection not shown

Cardiff(CF/REX/1)

Cardiff DLE E(CF/UE)

Cardiff Iolite NGS(CF/ILT)

2 E1s on Sneid A2 E1s on Sneid B4 E1s on Sneid C2 E1s on Sneid D

Egress/IDA route(total = 10 E1s)

Existing Egress, IDA,Ingress etc routes on six Sneids

Migration Cardiff DLE Unit E (CF/UE)

Traffic removed from DLE route & segregated route(s) built

Note: NTS connection not shown

Cardiff(CF/REX/1)

Cardiff DLE E(CF/UE)

Cardiff Iolite NGS(CF/ILT)

Migration Cardiff DLE Unit E (CF/UE)

New route jumpered on existing transmission

2 E1s on Sneid A2 E1s on Sneid B4 E1s on Sneid C2 E1s on Sneid D

Egress/IDA route(total = 10 E1s)

Existing Egress, IDA,Ingress etc routes on six Sneids

Note: NTS connection not shown

Cardiff(CF/REX/1)

Cardiff DLE E(CF/UE)

Cardiff Iolite NGS(CF/ILT)

Migration Cardiff DLE Unit E (CF/UE)

Traffic re-instated & old route data recovered

2 E1s on Sneid A2 E1s on Sneid B4 E1s on Sneid C2 E1s on Sneid D

Egress/IDA route(total = 10 E1s)

Existing Egress, IDA,Ingress etc routes on six Sneids

Note: NTS connection not shown

KEY £ d # ! x P/R/C H @

CF/REX/1 CF/UE 755 EGRESS + IDA 2 ISICF/REX/1 CF/UE 3677 EGRESS + IDA 2 ISICF/REX/1 CF/UE 7169 EGRESS + IDA 4 ISICF/REX/1 CF/UE 8307 EGRESS + IDA 2 ISICF/REX/1 CF/UE 19352/14309 NTS 2 ISI

Operator Switch

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Today’s ACO: connections to CF/UE

ACO showing CF/UE virtual connections

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NGS ROUTE

ROUTE TYPE

KEY £ d # ! P/R/C H + +CF/REX/1 CF/UE 755 EGRESS + IDA 2 R -2CF/REX/1 CF/UE 755 DLE VIC 0 P 2 CF/REX/1 CF/ILT EGRESS + IDA - vDLE

CF/REX/1 CF/ILT 755 EGRESS + IDA -vDLE 0 R 2

CF/REX/1 CF/UE 3677 EGRESS + IDA 2 R -2CF/REX/1 CF/UE 3677 DLE VIC 0 P 2 CF/REX/1 CF/ILT EGRESS + IDA - vDLE

CF/REX/1 CF/ILT 3677 EGRESS + IDA -vDLE 0 R 2

CF/REX/1 CF/UE 7169 EGRESS + IDA 4 R -4CF/REX/1 CF/UE 7169 DLE VIC 0 P 4 CF/REX/1 CF/ILT EGRESS + IDA - vDLE

CF/REX/1 CF/ILT 7169 EGRESS + IDA -vDLE 0 R 4

CF/REX/1 CF/UE 8307 EGRESS + IDA 2 R -2CF/REX/1 CF/UE 8307 DLE VIC 0 P 2 CF/REX/1 CF/ILT EGRESS + IDA - vDLE

CF/REX/1 CF/ILT 8307 EGRESS + IDA -vDLE 0 R 2

Operator Switch

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Order

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CP SWITCH 1141 CODE

NGS 1141 CODE

VIRTUAL INTERCONNECT CAPACITY (VIC)

ASSOCIATED NGS ROUTE DETAILS

Amended ACO (part) for Cardiff

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NGS ROUTE

ROUTE TYPE

KEY £ d # ! P/R/C H + +CF/REX/1 CF/UE 755 EGRESS + IDA 2 R -2CF/REX/1 CF/UE 755 DLE VIC 0 P 2 CF/REX/1 CF/ILT EGRESS + IDA - vDLE

CF/REX/1 CF/TY 755 EGRESS + IDA 4 R -4CF/REX/1 CF/TY 755 EGRESS + IDA 3 C -3CF/REX/1 CF/TY 755 DLE VIC 0 P 4 CF/REX/1 CF/ILT EGRESS + IDA - vDLECF/REX/1 CF/UD 755 EGRESS + IDA 6 R -6CF/REX/1 CF/UD 755 DLE VIC 0 P 6 CF/REX/1 CF/ILT EGRESS + IDA - vDLE

CF/REX/1 CF/ILT 755 EGRESS + IDA -vDLE 0 R 12

CF/REX/1 CF/UE 3677 EGRESS + IDA 2 R -2CF/REX/1 CF/UE 3677 DLE VIC 0 P 2 CF/REX/1 CF/ILT EGRESS + IDA - vDLE

CF/REX/1 CF/TY 3677 EGRESS + IDA 4 R -4CF/REX/1 CF/TY 3677 DLE VIC 0 P 4 CF/REX/1 CF/ILT EGRESS + IDA - vDLECF/REX/1 CF/UC 3677 EGRESS + IDA 2 R -2CF/REX/1 CF/UC 3677 DLE VIC 0 P 2 CF/REX/1 CF/ILT EGRESS + IDA - vDLECF/REX/1 CF/UD 3677 EGRESS + IDA 4 R -4CF/REX/1 CF/UD 3677 DLE VIC 0 P 4 CF/REX/1 CF/ILT EGRESS + IDA - vDLE

CF/REX/1 CF/ILT 3677 EGRESS + IDA -vDLE 0 R 12

Operator Switch

Connection 1141 Code

Route Type

Ro

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BT Switch Connection 1141 Code

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Advance Capacity

Order

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CP SWITCH 1141 CODE

NGS 1141 CODE

VIRTUAL INTERCONNECT CAPACITY (VIC)

ASSOCIATED NGS ROUTE DETAILS

SUMMARY

• New ACO format is manageable• May be thousand or more additional rows…...• Open to errors - no easy checking mechanism • Excel not user friendly - need Access to manipulate data• Poor data integrity using Excel:

- no history log- no audit trail for changes