SR-69 CAFD Issue 4 Volume I: General AMA Data December 2000

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1 Volume I: General AMA Data Contents Contents 1. Introduction Purpose Description Relationship to Other Documentation History of Automatic Message Accounting (AMA) Perspective Early Message Accounting Operator Tickets Message Registers Mark-Sense Tickets Automatic Message Accounting LAMA/CAMA Concepts Central Office AMA Recording Methods Paper Tape Magnetic Tape AMA Teleprocessing Automatic Message Accounting Recording Center (AMARC) Automatic Message Accounting Teleprocessing System (AMATPS) Future Billing Automatic Message Accounting (AMA) Record Formats General Background Billing AMA Format What is Billing AMA Format? Physical and Structural Organization Logical Content Benefits of Billing AMA Format Basic Advantages of New Tape Structure Recording Characteristics Tape Labels Physical and Logical Data Sets Block and Record Characteristics Data Fields Locally Assigned Recording Formats Automatic Message Accounting (AMA) Test Tape Description What is a Test Tape? Who Uses Test Tapes? What is the Structure of a Test Tape? Test Tape Labels Volume Label v

2 Volume I: General AMA Data Standard Data Set Label 1 (HDR1/EOF1) User Label 1 (UHL1/UTL1) Test Tape Data Set Contents Structure Code, Call Type and Sensor Type Sensor Identification Recording Office Type Recording Office Identifications Timing Indicator Study Indicator Service Feature Overseas Indicator Terminating NPA Originating and Terminating Numbers Elapsed Time Test Tape Documentation Test Tape Scheduling Standard Labels General Volume Label (Figure 5-1) Header Label 1 (Figure 5-2) Header Label 2 (Figure 5-3) User Label 1 (Figure 5-4) End-of-File Label 1 (Figure 5-5) End-of-File Label 2 (Figure 5-6) Tape Mark Label Sequence for Single Data Set Label Sequence for Multiple Data Sets Automatic Message Accounting (AMA) Timing General Short Supervisory Transition and Minimum Chargeable Duration Timed Release Disconnect Single Time Line Zero Duration Calls Long Duration Calls Recording Long Duration Calls in the Single-Entry Format Recording Long Duration Calls in Billing AMA Format Recording Long Duration Calls in Billing AMA Format for Other Sensors Time and Date Conventions in Billing AMA Format Recording System Clock Changes Chargeable Calls Recorded in Billing AMA Format Timing Allowances and Rounding Automatic Message Accounting (AMA) Controls AMA Tape Handling Controls General vi

3 Volume I: General AMA Data AMA Nine-Track Magnetic Tape Controls ESS, TSPS A ESS, 2/2B ESS, 4 ESS - Single-Entry Format, CAMA-C, MAMA, No. 1 AMARC, Generic 2 of No. 1A AMARC Standard Format Tapes Central Office Magnetic Tape Quality Magnetic Tape Environment Control Transporting of Tapes Control of Tape Receipt Degaussing and Retaining Tapes Physical and Logical Data Set Controls General AMA Tape Inventory System Recommended Procedures for Handling Tape-Read Errors Standard and User Label Editing Recovery of Billing AMA Format Data Header and Trailer Editing Media Change and End of Recording Records Formats Sequence Number Usage HOBIS (Beginning with Generic 2 - HOBI2) DMS DMS-100 Family AMATPS Duplicate Checking Hourly Time Tracking Block and Record Count Balancing Volume Tracking Tracer Records Tracer Record Usage General Tracer Record Data Uses Billing Service Measurement Plan (BSMP) Network Switching Performance Measurement Plan (NSPMP) AMA Quality Assurance Network Maintenance Overview of Tracer Record Philosophy Time Tracking Using Tracer Records Volume Tracking Using Tracer Records Generic Issue Identification Automatic Message Accounting Teleprocessing System (AMATPS) Tracer Record Usage General AMATPS Architecture AMATPS Components Tracer Record Types vii

4 Volume I: General AMA Data Physical Data Set Delimiters Logical Data Set Delimiters Primary and Secondary Data Audit Records Call Assembly and Call Processing Audit Records Tracer Record Generation Tracer Record Structure Hexadecimal Identifier (Table 00) Data Fields AMA Entry Processing Functions for AMATPS Tracer Record Data Module 1: Duplicate Processing Checking Module 2: AMATPS Tape Inventory Report Module 3: Report of AMATPS Lost Records Module 4: Report of Call Assembly Losses Module 5: AMATPS Missing Sequence Report Module 6: AMATPS Collector Repoll Activity Report Module 7: AMATPS Tracer Record Report Capability Module 8: AMATPS Transmitter All Seems Well Checking Specifications For Converting Single-Entry Format to Billing Automatic Message Accounting (AMA) Format General Perspective Brief Description of Format Conversion Single-Entry Format (Old Format) Call Data Blocks Special Characters Labels Call and Statistical Entry (SE) Format Billing AMA Format Record Descriptor Word (RDW) Hexadecimal Identifier Structure Code Identifier Billing AMA Format Field Descriptions Field Structure High Runner Structure Codes Necessary Conditions High Runner Structures Exceptions to Billing AMA Format Practice Complaint-Observed and Flat Rate SLUS Call Called Number on 7-Digit Message Rate Calls Directory Assistance Calls Long Duration Calls Tracer Records Conversion Charts References References 1 Glossary Glossary 1 viii

5 List of Figures List of Figures Figures Figure 3-1. AMA Data Set Figure 3-2. Variable-Length, Blocked Record Format Figure 4-1. Test Tape Calling and Called Numbers Figure 5-1. Volume Label Figure 5-2. Header Label Figure 5-3. Header Label Figure 5-4. User Label Figure 5-5. End-of-File Label Figure 5-6. End-of-file Label Figure 6-1. SST and UMCD Figure 6-2. Long Duration Call Records Figure 6-3. Timing Allowances Figure 7-1. Magnetic Tape Acclimation Guide Figure 7-2. Sequence Number Updates Figure 7-3. DMS-10 and DMS-100 Family Sequence Number Updates Figure 7-4. AMATPS Sequence Number Updates Figure 8-1. AMATPS Transmitter Implementation Plans Figure 8-2. Generation of Tracer Records Figure 8-3. Duplicate Processing Checking Figure 8-4. Information Items for Tape Inventory Report Figure 9-1. BCD Character Values Figure 9-2. Legal BCD Character Pairs Input to Format Conversion Process Figure 9-3. Header, Trailer and Transfer Format Labels Figure 9-4. Time Change Label Format Figure 9-5. SE Format to Billing AMA Format Conversion Figure 9-6. Data Group T Conversion Table Figure 9-7. Tables Billing Format B.1 and B.3 Usage Figure 9-8. Tracer Data Conversion Figure 9-9. Conversion from Single Entry to Telcordia AMA Format Figure Conversion from Single Entry to Telcordia AMA Format Figure Conversion from Single Entry to Billing AMA Format ix