LNPA Working Group
Status Report to NANC
October 16, 2001

Gary Sacra, ILEC Co-Chair

Report Items
•	Wireless Number Portability Subcommittee (WNPSC/WNPO) Report  (Separate Handout and Report)
•	LNPA Report
-NPAC Release 3 Status
-PIM Report
-LNPA Administrative Items

	    Next Meeting …  November 13 – 15, Kansas City, Kansas – Hosted by Illuminet

•	NPAC Release 3 Status:

The LNPA spent a portion of the October meeting reviewing the project plan for NPAC Point Release 3.1.  This Point Release is being developed in the short term to address the NPAC-SOA interface performance issues associated with NPAC Release 3.0.  To date, only the Northeast Region is running on NPAC Release 3.0.  Following is the current planned rollout schedule for Point Release 3.1:

2/11/02		Northeast Region
3/11/02		Region 2
3/25/02		Region 3
4/8/02		Region 4
4/22/02		Region 5
5/6/02		Region 6
5/20/02		Region 7

The NAPM LLC has approved Statement of Work (SOW) 28 for NPAC Point Release 3.1.  The LLC will also determine which regions will fill production slots 2 through 7.

NeuStar announced they are changing the NPAC hardware configuration coincident with the implementation of Point Release 3.1.  With the combination of 3.1 Change Orders and new NPAC hardware configuration, NeuStar estimates total throughput performance improvement will be 3-4 times that of Release 3.0.  This is for both SOA and LSMS interfaces.  Service provider systems must also support 3.1 Change Orders and faster throughput in order to achieve improved performance end-to-end. 

The LNPA will address any longer term solution to this issue on a contribution basis.  NeuStar will participate in any discussions.  

LNPA Working Group
Status Report to NANC
October 16, 2001

•	PIM Report

PIM 1 - Multi-Service Provider (Reseller) Flows

The LNPA voted to accept the NNPO's proposed process flows comprised of only Option B (Network SP to Network SP flows) and recommend them as an industry standard.  The LNPA has contacted the OBF and NNPO in writing advising both groups of the decision.  We will perform a final proofing of the NNPO flows, revise the NANC wireline provisioning flows to incorporate the NNPO approach (Option B), and submit the revised flows to NANC as a recommended standard. 

		This PIM is CLOSED.

PIM 5 - Inadvertent Porting
		
The LNPA is awaiting feedback from the NIIF on its liaison requesting modification of NIIF guidelines (NIIF Issue 190).  The NAPM/LLC approved SOW 19 and it is currently in language review by NAPM attorney.

PIM 6 - NENA request for standard on unlock/migrate transactions during porting

NENA is still working the issue.  

PIM 9 - USLEC has explained that carriers will not accept third party trouble tickets, or do not understand LNP          	aspect of the report when trouble ticket was accepted. 

No new examples have been provided by submitter.  LNPA voted to close this PIM.

PIM 11 - A process for moving 1K blocks between switches within the same company and rate 
              center, using EDR functionality, is needed to satisfy the FCC’s requirement to manage TN inventory by     
              rate center rather than wire center.

The PIM has been referred to INC (INC Issue 319).

PIM 12 - Operator Service Functionality (Wireless Number Portability)

This issue is currently being addressed at the OBF's Messaging and Processing Subcommittee and will be kept open for tracking.

PIM 13 - Premature Disconnect - Old Service Provider is removing switch translations on or near due date and             
  the number has not been ported to New Service Provider.

This PIM has been brought back into the LNPA, as it is a NANC LNP process flow issue.

LNPA Working Group
Status Report to NANC
October 16, 2001

PIM 14 - Disconnect of NXX Codes with Ported TNs

This PIM has been reopened and referred to INC at their request.

PIM 15 - Returned NXX Codes containing Ported TNs - Edit in NPAC requires active ported TNs to be
              deleted before NXX code "ownership" can be changed.  This is a service-affecting process.  Pooling
              the thousands blocks in the code circumvents the need to make the change at the NXX code level in 
              NPAC.

	This PIM has been referred to INC.

PIM 16 - Portability flag being changed in the LERG.

This is a new PIM submitted by Sprint that addresses instances where the codeholder has removed the portability indicator in the LERG on an NPA-NXX that was originally opened as a portable code.   

•	LNPA Administrative Items

None to report.

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