SIST-TS TS 101 341 V1.1.1:2004
(Main)Telecommunications and Internet Protocol Harmonization Over Networks (TIPHON); Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) proforma for the support of supplementary services in H.323; Support of H.450.2: Call transfer supplementary services for H.323
General Information
- Abstract
PICS proforma for H.450.2 Supplementary Services
- Status
- Published
- Publication Date
- 31-Mar-2004
- Technical Committee
- SPN - Services and Protocols for Networks
- Current Stage
- 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
- Start Date
- 01-Apr-2004
- Due Date
- 01-Apr-2004
- Completion Date
- 01-Apr-2004
Overview
SIST-TS TS 101 341 V1.1.1:2004 addresses the Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) proforma for supplementary services in H.323 telecommunication networks, with a focus on supporting the H.450.2 Call Transfer supplementary service. Developed under the Telecommunications and Internet Protocol Harmonization Over Networks (TIPHON) project, this Slovenian standard ensures a consistent method for suppliers to declare the conformity of their implementations to international protocol requirements. This document plays a key role for organizations seeking interoperability and reliability in voice and multimedia communications over IP networks.
Key Topics
- PICS Proforma Structure: This standard provides a detailed structure for Implementation Conformance Statements. The proforma covers essential sections including identification of the implementation, protocol details, mandatory and optional roles, major and subsidiary capabilities, supported Protocol Data Units (PDUs), and timers.
- Call Transfer Support (H.450.2): Central to the standard is the mechanism for declaring support of H.450.2, which defines the call transfer supplementary service within H.323 packet-based communication systems. This service is essential for efficient call handling in enterprise and carrier-grade VoIP deployments.
- Detailed Capability Listing: The proforma template categorizes capabilities as mandatory, optional, or conditional, aligning with the requirements set forth in ITU-T Recommendation H.450.2 and ISO/IEC 9646-7 for PICS creation and completion.
- Interoperability & Conformance: By specifying the completion of the proforma, the standard enables organizations to clearly demonstrate protocol compliance, facilitating interoperability testing between different vendors’ equipment.
Applications
- Vendor Compliance Documentation: Equipment suppliers complete the PICS proforma to document and declare which H.450.2 features their H.323 products support, promoting transparency and facilitating procurement processes.
- Interoperability Testing: Test labs and certification bodies utilize the completed PICS to design and execute test plans, confirming that devices can seamlessly perform call transfer services across mixed networks.
- Network Planning: Service providers and network architects use PICS data to evaluate and select compatible network elements such as gateways, endpoints, and gatekeepers, ensuring robust support for supplementary services like call transfer.
- Regulatory and Tendering Processes: Completing the PICS proforma as per SIST-TS TS 101 341 is often a prerequisite for regulatory approval, inclusion in interoperability programs, and competitive tendering in the telecommunications market.
Related Standards
- ITU-T Recommendation H.450.2: Specifies the Call Transfer supplementary service for H.323-based networks.
- ITU-T Recommendation H.323: Defines packet-based multimedia communication systems, forming the broader framework for VoIP and multimedia over IP.
- ITU-T Recommendation H.225.0: Outlines call signaling protocols and media stream packetization for H.323.
- ISO/IEC 9646-1 & ISO/IEC 9646-7: Provide frameworks and methodologies for Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) conformance testing and the creation of Implementation Conformance Statements.
- ETSI TS 101 341: The European original from which SIST adapted and published the Slovenian edition.
By implementing SIST-TS TS 101 341 V1.1.1:2004, organizations can ensure their VoIP products and solutions align with international expectations for supplementary services, greatly enhancing interoperability, reliability, and marketability in telecommunications and internet protocol-based networks.
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Frequently Asked Questions
SIST-TS TS 101 341 V1.1.1:2004 is a technical specification published by the Slovenian Institute for Standardization (SIST). Its full title is "Telecommunications and Internet Protocol Harmonization Over Networks (TIPHON); Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) proforma for the support of supplementary services in H.323; Support of H.450.2: Call transfer supplementary services for H.323". This standard covers: PICS proforma for H.450.2 Supplementary Services
PICS proforma for H.450.2 Supplementary Services
SIST-TS TS 101 341 V1.1.1:2004 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 33.020 - Telecommunications in general. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.
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Standards Content (Sample)
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-april-2004
Harmonizacija telekomunikacij in internetnega protokola prek omrežij (TIPHON) -
Proforma izjava o skladnosti izvedbe protokola (PICS) za podporo dopolnilnih
storitev v H.323 - Podpora H.450.2 - Dopolnilna storitev za H.323: predaja klica
Telecommunications and Internet Protocol Harmonization Over Networks (TIPHON);
Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) proforma for the support of
supplementary services in H.323; Support of H.450.2: Call transfer supplementary
services for H.323
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: TS 101 341 Version 1.1.1
ICS:
33.020 Telekomunikacije na splošno Telecommunications in
general
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
Technical Specification
Telecommunications and Internet Protocol
Harmonization Over Networks (TIPHON);
Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS)
proforma for the support of supplementary services in H.323;
Support of H.450.2: Call transfer
supplementary services for H.323
2 ETSI TS 101 341 V1.1.1 (1999-09)
Reference
DTS/TIPHON-06008 (cf000icr.PDF)
Keywords
Voice, supplementary services, ICS, PICS,
telephony, IP
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights.4
Foreword .4
Introduction .4
1 Scope.5
2 References.5
3 Definitions and abbreviations .5
3.1 Definitions . 5
3.2 Abbreviations. 6
4 Conformance to this PICS proforma specification .6
Annex A (normative): PICS proforma for ITU-T Recommendation H.450.2 .7
A.1 Guidance for completing the PICS proforma.7
A.1.1 Purposes and structure . 7
A.1.2 Abbreviations and conventions. 7
A.1.3 Instructions for completing the PICS proforma . 9
A.2 Identification of the implementation.10
A.2.1 Date of the statement. 10
A.2.2 Implementation Under Test (IUT) identification . 10
A.2.3 System Under Test (SUT) identification. 10
A.2.4 Product supplier. 11
A.2.5 Client (if different from product supplier) . 11
A.2.6 PICS contact person. 12
A.3 PICS/System Conformance Statement (SCS) .12
A.4 Identification of the protocol .12
A.5 Global statement of conformance .12
A.6 Roles.13
A.7 Capabilities.13
A.7.1 Major capabilities.13
A.7.2 Subsidiary capabilities . 14
A.7.3 Protocol data units . 15
A.7.4 Protocol data unit parameters. 15
A.7.5 Timers. 16
History.17
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Intellectual Property Rights
IPRs essential or potentially essential to the present document may have been declared to ETSI. The information
pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, is publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be found
in SR 000 314: "Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); Essential, or potentially Essential, IPRs notified to ETSI in respect
of ETSI standards", which is available from the ETSI Secretariat. Latest updates are available on the ETSI Web server
(http://www.etsi.org/ipr).
Pursuant to the ETSI IPR Policy, no investigation, including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI. No guarantee
can be given as to the existence of other IPRs not referenced in SR 000 314 (or the updates on the ETSI Web server)
which are, or may be, or may become, essential to the present document.
Foreword
This Technical Specification (TS) has been produced by ETSI Project Telecommunications and Internet Protocol
Harmonization Over Networks (TIPHON).
Introduction
To evaluate conformance of a particular implementation, it is necessary to have a statement of which capabilities and
options have been implemented for a telecommunication specification. Such a statement is called an Implementation
Conformance Statement (ICS).
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1 Scope
The present document provides the Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) proforma for the Call
transfer supplementary service in ITU-T Recommendation H.323 [2] as specified in ITU-T
Recommendation H.450.2 [1] in compliance with the relevant requirements and in accordance with the relevant
guidance given in ISO/IEC 9646-7 [5].
The supplier of a protocol implementation which is claimed to conform to ITU-T Recommendation H.450.2 [1] is
required to complete a copy of the PICS proforma provided in annex A of the present document and is required to
provide the information necessary to identify both the supplier and the implementation.
2 References
The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present
document.
•
References are either specific (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.) or
non-specific.
• For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
• For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies.
• A non-specific reference to an ETS shall also be taken to refer to later versions published as an EN with the same
number.
[1] ITU-T Recommendation H.450.2 (1998): "Call transfer supplementary service for H.323".
[2] ITU-T Recommendation H.323 (1998): "Packet based multimedia communications systems".
[3] ITU-T Recommendation H.225.0 (1998): "Call signalling protocols and media stream
packetization for packet-based multimedia communication systems".
[4] ISO/IEC 9646-1 (1994): "Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Conformance
testing methodology and framework - Part 1: General concepts".
[5] ISO/IEC 9646-7 (1995): "Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Conformance
testing methodology and framework - Part 7: Implementation Conformance Statements".
3 Definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the following terms and definitions apply:
- terms defined in ITU-T Recommendation H.323 [2];
- terms defined in ITU-T Recommendation H.450.2 [1];
- terms defined in ISO/IEC 9646-1 [4] and in ISO/IEC 9646-7 [5].
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In particular, the following terms defined in ISO/IEC 9646-1 [4] apply:
Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS): statement made by the supplier of an implementation or system
claimed to conform to a given specification, stating which capabilities have been implemented. The PICS can take
several forms: protocol PICS, profile PICS, profile specific PICS, information object PICS, etc.
ICS proforma: document, in the form of a questionnaire, which when completed for an implementation or system
becomes a PICS
Protocol ICS (PICS): ICS for an implementation or system claimed to conform to a given protocol specification
3.2 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
APDU Application Protocol Data Unit
CT Call Transfer
GK Gatekeeper
GWY Gateway
ICS Implementation Conformance Statement
IUT Implementation Under Test
MCU Multipoint Control Unit
PDU Protocol Data Unit
PICS Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement
SCN Switched Circuit Network
SCS System Conformance Statement
SS Supplementary Service
SUT System Under Test
4 Conformance to this PICS proforma specification
If it claims to conform to the present document, the actual PICS proforma to be filled in by a supplier shall be
technically equivalent to the text of the PICS proforma given in annex A, and shall preserve the numbering/naming and
ordering of the proforma items.
A PICS which conforms to the present document shall be a conforming PICS proforma completed in accordance with
the guidance for completion given in clause A.1.
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Annex A (normative):
PICS proforma for ITU-T Recommendation H.450.2
Notwithstanding the provisions of the copyright clause related to the text of the present document, ETSI grants that users
of the present document may freely reproduce the PICS proforma in this annex so that it can be used for its intended
purposes and may further publish the completed PICS.
A.1 Guidance for completing the PICS proforma
A.1.1 Purposes and structure
The purpose of this PICS proforma is to provide a mechanism whereby a supplier of an implementation of the
requirements defined in ITU-T Recommendation H.450.2 may provide information about the implementation in a
standardized manner.
The PICS proforma is subdivided into subclauses for the following categories of information:
- guidance for completing the PICS proforma;
- identification of the implementation;
- identification of the protocol;
- global statement of conformance;
-roles;
- major capabilities;
- subsidiary capabilities;
- operations;
- arguments, results and errors;
- timers.
A.1.2 Abbreviations and conventions
The PICS proforma contained in this annex is comprised of information in tabular form in accordance with the
guidelines presented in ISO/IEC 9646-7.
Item column
The item column contains a number which identifies the item in the table.
Item description column
The item description column describes in free text each respective item (e.g. parameters, timers, etc.). It implicitly
means "is supported by the implementation?".
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Status column
The following notations, defined in ISO/IEC 9646-7, are used for the status column:
m mandatory - the capability is required to be supported;
o optional - the capability may be supported or not;
n/a not applicable - in the given context, it is impossible to use the capability;
x prohibited (excluded) - there is a requirement not to use this capability in the given context;
o.i qualified optional - for mutually exclusive or selectable options from a set. "i" is an integer which
identifies a unique group of related optional items and the logic of their selection which is defined
immediately following the table;
ci conditional - the requirement on the capability ("m", "o", "x" or "n/a") depends on the support of
other optional or conditional items. "i" is an integer identifying a unique conditional status
expression which is defined immediately following the table;
i irrelevant (out-of-scope) - capability outside the scope of the reference specification. No answer is
requested from the supplier.
Reference column
The reference column makes reference to ITU-T Recommendation H.450.2, except where explicitly stated otherwise.
Support column
The support column shall be filled in by the supplier of the implementation. The following common notations, defined in
ISO/IEC 9646-7, are used for the support column:
Y or y supported by the implementation;
N or n not supported by the implementation;
N/A, n/a or - no answer required (allowed only if the status is n/a, directly or after evaluation of a conditional
status).
If this PICS proforma is completed in order to describe a multiple-profile support in a system, it is necessary to be able
to answer that a capability is supported for one profile and not supported for another. In that case, the supplier shall
enter the unique reference to a conditional expression, preceded by "?" (e.g. ?3). This expression shall be given in the
space for comments provided at the bottom of the table. It uses predicates defined in the SCS, each of which refers to a
single profile and which takes the value TRUE if and only if that profile is to be used.
EXAMPLE 1: ?3: IF prof1 THEN Y ELSE N.
It is also possible to provide a comment to an answer in the space provided at the bottom of the table.
NOTE: As stated in ISO/IEC 9646-7, support for a received PDU requires the ability to parse all valid parameters
of that PDU. Supporting a PDU while having no ability to parse a valid parameter is non-conformant.
Support for a parameter on a PDU means that the semantics of that parameter are supported.
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Values allowed column
The values allowed column contains t
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