Network Working Group                                        I. Faynberg
Internet Draft                                       Lucent Technologies
<draft-faynberg-spirits-inpintreqs-02.txt>                       J. Gato
Expires June 2001                                           Airtel Movil
                                                                   H. Lu
                                                     Lucent Technologies
                                                             L. Slutsman
                                                                    AT&T


      IN- and PINT-related Requirements for SPIRITS Protocol


Status of this Memo

   This document is an Internet-Draft and is in full conformance with all
   provisions of Section 10 of RFC2026.

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1. Abstract

   This Internet-Draft is written in response to the SPIRITS WG chairs'
   call for contributions to the future RFC on the SPIRITS protocol
   requirements. This document does not contain the full set of such
   requirements. Its goal is to introduce the requirements pertinent to
   Intelligent Network (IN), Wireless IN, and the (future) work of
   PSTN/Internet iNTernetworking (PINT) WG. The present version of the
   document differs from the previous one in that it contains wireless IN
   material.

2. Conventions

   In examples, "C:", "P", and "S:" indicate lines sent by the client,
   Proxy, and server respectively.

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED",  "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119.




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   Unless otherwise qualified, the term PINT is used here not to refer to
   the present PINT services and protocol, but in reference to the scope
   of the generic PINT (vs. SPIRITS) service characteristic--being invoked
   from an IP network (vs. PSTN).

3. Introduction

   This Internet-Draft is written in response to the SPIRITS WG chairs'
   call for contributions to the future RFC on the SPIRITS protocol
   requirements. This document does not contain the full set of such
   requirements. Its goal is to introduce the requirements pertinent to
   Intelligent Network (IN), Wireless IN, and the (future) work of
   PSTN/Internet iNTernetworking (PINT) WG. The present version of the
   document differs from the previous one in that it contains wireless IN
   material.

   The joint PINT/SPIRITS architecture (described in [1]) is depicted in
   Figure 1.

   It is assumed that the SPIRITS Client is either co-located with the IN
   Service Control Function (SCF) or communicates with it (over the
   PSTN-specific interface D) in such a way so as to act on behalf of the
   PSTN/IN. (This assumption is confirmed by current implementations, as
   reported in [2].)

   The SPIRITS services are invoked (and, subsequently, the SPIRITS
   protocol is initiated) when a message from a SPIRITS Client (located in
   the IN Service Control Point [SCP] or Service Node [SN]) arrives on
   interface C to the SPIRITS Proxy. The SPIRITS Proxy processes the
   message and, in turn, passes it on over the Interface B to the SPIRITS
   server.  In most practically important cases, the request from a
   SPIRITS client is ultimately caused by a request from a Central Office
   (i.e., a telephone switch) sent to either the SCP or SN, although the
   Internet-based service initiation by these elements that had not been
   triggered by the Central Office is theoretically possible. (Definitely,
   none of the SPIRITS benchmark services are initiated in such a way, so
   for the purposes of the SPIRITS protocol development, it should be
   assumed that the service invocation was a direct result of an earlier
   action by the Central Office.)


















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              Subscriber's     IP Network
              IP Host

               _______________    ....................
              | _____________ | A . ________________ .
              | |PINT Client|*******| PINT Server  |********
              | |___________| |   . |______________| .     *
              | ____________  |   .        *         .     *
              | |  SPIRITS  | | B . _______*________ .     *
              | |  Server   |*******|SPIRITS Proxy | .     *
              | |___________| |   . |______________| .     *
              |_______________|   .........*..........     *
                                           *C              *
              _________________      ______*________       *
             |  Subscriber     |    |SPIRITS Client |      *
             |  Telephone           |               |      *
             |_________________|    |_______________|      *
                      *                    *               * E
                      * Line               * D             *
            ++++++++++*+++++++++++PSTN+++++*+++++++++++++++*++
                      *                    *               *
              +----------------+     +------------------------+
              |  SSP(Switch)   |*****| SERVICE CONTROL        |
              |                |     |                        |
              +----------------+ SS7 +------------------------+


              Figure 1. Joint PINT/SPIRITS Architecture



   With PINT (and that also applies to the present PINT architecture and
   protocol as described in [3], the service request to the PINT Server
   is always initiated by the PINT Client over the interface A. The PINT
   Server can either be co-located with the IN Service Control or a
   similar entity (referred to as "Executive System" by [3]) or
   communicate with it over the PSTN-specific interface E.

   As Figure 1 shows, the PINT Client and SPIRITS Server are co-located
   in Subscriber's IP Host. In fact, both can be implemented to run as
   one process. No provision is made for interactions between the PINT
   Client and SPIRITS Server. Similarly, the PINT Server and SPIRITS
   Proxy are assumed to be co-located, too. This assumption is
   convenient but not essential; the PINT Server could also be co-
   located with the SPIRITS Client. In either case, no specific
   provision is made to define interworking between either the PINT
   Server and SPIRITS Proxy or PINT Server and SPIRITS Client other then
   by listing the overall PINT-related requirements.

   Since the wireless networks currently deployed worldwide are based on
   circuit switching, they are considered PSTN networks for the SPIRITS
   purposes. Adding SPIRITS type of services to wireless networks can
   allow new services to be developed (for example, location information



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   could be handled in the IP network).

   Nevertheless, there are certain peculiarities of Wireless networks,
   which force considerations to be made in the in the protocol
   requirements and in the SPIRITS architecture.

   The particular Wireless IN standard development being considered here
   is Customized Application for Mobile Network Enhanced Logic (CAMEL)
   phase 3, standardized by the Third Generation Partnership Group
   (3GPP). The relevant service and architectural considerations and
   protocol requirements are presented later in this document. As far as
   the architecture is concerned, certain wireless events are generated
   by Home Location Register (HLR), which may but does not have to be
   part of the SSP. These events are communicated to Service Control, at
   which point they use the same mechanism for invoking SPIRITS services
   as in the IN case.

   The rest of this Internet-Draft addresses the general IN
   Requirements, specific Wireless IN requirements, PINT Requirements,
   the protocol development methodology, and security issues, in that
   order.

4. IN Requirements

   The interface immediately relevant to IN is that between the SPIRITS
   Client and SPIRITS Proxy (interface C). A typical message (which
   starts a SPIRITS service) looks like that:

   C -> P: <Event Notification>, <Parameter-List (DP)>

   The relevant events correspond to the detection points (DPs) of the
   IN Basic Call State Model (BCSM). The <Parameter-List> is a function
   of a specific DP; it contains the parameters relevant to it. The
   following requirements apply:

   1) The list of the DPs to be covered encompasses those defined in the
   IN Capability Set 3 BCSM as well as those related to the Wireless IN
   (WIN) as specified by 3GPP and the IMT 2000 project in ITU-T.

   2) Not all parameters associated with such DPs are needed by the
   SPIRITS benchmark services, nor may all the parameters be needed in
   SPIRITS. The selection of the relevant parameters is part of the
   SPIRITS protocol definition.

   3) It is desirable to avoid semantic overload of protocol messages.
   (One way to achieve that is to match each type of an event with a
   message that corresponds to it.) In case the SPIRITS protocol is
   designed as a set of extensions to another (existing) protocol with
   the defined message set, the syntax and semantics of the extensions
   should be defined with this requirement in mind.

   4) The ITU-T Recommendations use the abstract syntax notation (ASN.1)
   to specify the semantics of the IN Application Protocol (INAP)
   parameters, which are expected to be binary-encoded. Neither the use



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   of the ASN.1 nor the requirement for binary encoding is a typical
   requirement for the IETF application protocols. Recognizing that,
   provisions must be made for careful specification of the conversion
   of the INAP parameters to text, which must preserve their original
   semantics. The actual conversion of the parameters is the function of
   the SPIRITS Client.

   In order to issue an initial query (or a notification) to service
   control, a switch must have such a DP set. This can be done
   statically via service management (this particular action should be
   left to implementation and thus is considered outside of the scope of
   SPIRITS Protocol) or dynamically--but only for the purpose of a
   particular call--from the service control. In the latter case, it is
   part of the SPIRITS (or PINT) protocol to request the event
   notification from the service control. A work-in-progress SIP
   proposal [4] should be specifically considered.  This function can be
   performed by either the SPIRITS Client or PINT Server, the
   distinction being further discussed in the next section. Assuming
   that it is performed by the SPIRITS Client, the relevant message
   should look like

   C: SUBSCRIBE <Event> <Mode> <DP-specific parameters>,

   where <Event> refers to a particular DP; <Mode> determines whether
   the Event Detection Point (EDP) is to be armed as EDP Request (EDP-
   R), EDP Notification (EDP-N), or TDP-R (the need for TDP-N is not
   foreseen); and the <DP-specific parameters> is the list of the values
   of the parameters associated with the EDP (for example, if the DP in
   question is O_No_Answer, then the value of the appropriate timer
   should be included in the list). Note that such a subscription may
   also originate at a) PINT Client or b) SPIRITS Proxy, either of which
   may (but does not have to) have a locally significant definition of
   the <Event>. In either case, it is the function of the SPIRITS Client
   to translate the definition of the Event into a particular DP (or set
   of DPs) when passing the message to Service Control. To summarize,
   for the case when PINT and SPIRITS events are defined in a way where
   they do not refer to the BCSM DPs, it is the function of the SPIRITS
   Client to define a mapping:

   Event -> DP List,

   for each event for which the PSTN notification is needed.

   The list of CS-2 DPs envisioned in SPIRITS is

           - origination_attempt_authorized (the SPIRITS
             service can control call attempts, (for example, to
             limit calls during specific time periods)

           - collected_information and analyzed_information (for
             SPIRITS outgoing call screening)

           - o_answer, o_term_seized, and t-answer (to release
             SPIRITS resources after the call is completed and



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             perform relevant OA&M actions such as creating a record of
             attempts to reach a party via various means like land-line
             phone, cell phone, and paging.)

           - o_no_answer, route_select_failure, and t_no_answer
             (to re-route a call)

           - o_busy (to re-route a call and for Internet Call Waiting)

           - o_mid_call and t_mid_call (to assist a midcall action)

           - o_abandon, o_disconnect, t_abandon, and t_disconnect (to
             terminate a SPIRITS service and release the resources and
             perform relevant OA&M actions such as creating a record of
             attempts to reach a party via various means like land-line
             phone, cell phone, and paging.)



   With that, the only DPs needed to implement the present SPIRITS
   milestone services are

           - termination_attempt_authorized (needed for SPIRITS
             "milestone" services)

           - facility_selected_and_available (could be used in SPIRITS
             Internet Caller-ID)

           - t_busy (for Internet Call Waiting and Call Forwarding).


5. Wireless-IN-related Requirements

   Wireless IN covers several types of "calls," which are neither
   circuit switched nor have an effect on circuit switched calls.  For
   this reason, those are not considered in SPIRITS requirements. To
   further clarify this point, the types of "calls" not considered are


           - USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data)
           - GPRS (General Packet Radio System)
           - SMS (Short Message System)

   The types of calls relevant to SPIRITS are as follows:

         a) Voice Calls. In this case there is no DP (as compared
         with IN CS3) for consideration, since CAMEL DPs are
         included in CS2. The only special case is "Not Reachable"
         (when it is detected that the mobile user is out of
         coverage or has switched off), which is mapped as a special
         cause in the Busy DP. Since the Busy DP parameters would be
         received (if a SPIRITS service has subscribed to Busy), it
         would be possible to distinguish a "busy" from a "not
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         one of the parameters in the Event Notification message (from
         SPIRITS Client to SPIRITS Proxy, over the interface C) denotes
         the "cause" for the Busy Detection Point.

         Another aspect of difference, when compared to PSTN, is setting
         of static DPs. In CAMEL networks, this is done in the Home
         Location Register (HLR) (and copied to the VLR during
         location update). It is important to note this difference, even
         though it has no effect on the SPIRITS protocol.

         b) Mobility Management events.  This allows a SPIRITS server to
         be notified of changes of location of a mobile user. The events
         would only be applicable to mobile users reachable through a
         Circuit Switched network. To provide for this function, the
         subscription marks must be set in the subscriber's HLR. This is
         equivalent to setting TDPs in the SSP. In this case the marks
         in the HLR (which are copied to the Visitor Location Register
         [VLR] on location update) are not mapped into Trigger Detection
         Points. As with TDP setting, this is outside of the scope of
         the SPIRITS protocol.

      In order to support this function in SPIRITS, the SPIRITS
      protocol should be able to map the CAMEL specific operations
      into events notification to the SPIRITS client. Since the SCP
      receives the information about the mobility state, this involves
      the C interface. (This is just an extension of the DP notification
      mechanism from the SPIRITS client to the SPIRITS proxy).

      The events (which are not DP-related) which need notifications are

           - Location Update in the same VLR service area.
           - Location Update in another VLR service area.
           - International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) attach.
           - Mobile Station (MS) initiated IMSI detach.
           - Network-initiated IMSI detach.

         With this mechanism, the SPIRITS services can use the location
         information. For example, the Internet Call Waiting service can
         re-direct the call to a mobile phone.

         c) Supplementary Services Notification.

         This mechanism makes a SPIRITS server aware of a subscriber
         having invoked a supplementary service, such as
         Explicit Call Transfer, Call Deflection, Call Completion on
         Busy Subscriber, or Multi-Party.


6. PINT-related Requirements

   Before a SPIRITS service can be invoked, the relevant IP Host must be
   registered. Thus, Registration is an essential service (not yet
   addressed by PINT), which is initiated from the IP side. The
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   authenticate the subscriber.

   Depending on the model, this can be done in two ways with the present
   architecture:

   1) The PINT Client issues the appropriate Register message over the
   interface A, which is then passed to by the PINT server to the
   SPIRITS Proxy and SPIRITS Client:

   PINT C.: -- REGISTER --> PINT S. [--> SPIRITS Proxy --> SPIRITS C.].
   In this case the SPIRITS Client (co-located with the service control)
   is responsible for record keeping and the authentication.

   2) The PINT Client issues the appropriate Register message to the
   PINT Server, which then passes this information to the PSTN service
   control "by magic".

   The second model is much easier to handle, because it involves only
   one relevant interface ("A"); however it assumes no interworking
   between PINT and SPIRITS except that the SPIRITS Client finds "by
   magic" that a friendly and expecting IP Host is alive and well.

   As noted in previous section, the existing SUBSCRIBE/NOTIFY PINT
   building blocks [3] must be extended for their use in SPIRITS for the
   purposes of setting DPs/getting DP event notifications. (A more
   general SIP mechanism for the same PINT-introduced block is described
   in [4]; it provides the necessary mechanism for specifying relevant
   events.)  Conversely, the same building blocks for this functional
   capabilities can be used in both PINT and SPIRITS protocols. Note,
   however, that in SPIRITS the PSTN notification may arrive without a
   particular subscription to an event (in the case of a statically set
   DP).

7. Follow-up on Event Notifications

   The requirements of this section are neither PINT-specific, nor IN-
   specific; their role is to outline the remaining element necessary
   for the delivery of the SPIRITS service, which is the reaction to the
   notification received.

   In a particular scenario where

   a) The IP subscriber registers a SPIRITS service;

   b) A call triggering the SPIRITS service is received (and
   notification is sent); and

   c) The call disposition is performed by the end user,

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                   |---->  REGISTER  ----->|
           SPIRITS |<----   EVENT    <-----|SPIRITS
            Proxy  |----> DISPOSITION ---->| Client
                   |                   |
                                       |
                                       |
                                       |
                                       V
                                 Service Control
                                       |
                                       |
                                       V
                                      SSP

           Figure 2: Sequence of SPIRITS actions




   One of the following actions is required by benchmark services:

   a) Accept the incoming call.

   b) Reject the incoming call.

   c) Redirect the incoming call.

   d) Accept the call via VoIP (this particular item is outside
      of the scope of SPIRITS WG).

   Accordingly, the SPIRITS protocol should define the following message
   types:

   a) S->P: <Accept Call>

   b) S->P: <[Reject Call],[Cause]>

   c) S->P: <[Redirect Call],[Redirection Destination]>


   8. Methodology

   To determine the MINIMUM SPIRITS protocol vocabulary (i.e., the set
   of messages), the PSTN events associated with each detection point of
   the Basic Call State Model should be examined. To date, the CS-2 BSCM
   has the richest set of DPs, although not all switching exchanges have
   implemented it.

   To determine the MINIMUM information available to the SPIRITS client
   (this information is to be carried by the SPIRITS protocol from
   SPIRITS client to SPIRITS server), each DP-specific information
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   Parameters should be event-specific, the folowing generic types of
   parameters are expected to be mandatory:

           - timer (for no answer)

           - midcall control infomation (for mid_call)

           - number of digits (for collected_information)


9. Security Considerations

   It is assumed that the interface C is between trusted entities. Thus,
   there are no particular IN-related or requirements to the protocol
   pertinent to this interface. The assumption that the PINT Client and
   SPIRITS Server are co-located dictates that the security
   considerations for the A and B interfaces are exactly the same.


10. Acknowledgements

   The authors are grateful to all participants in the SPIRITS group for
   the discussion that has been shaping this work. Many thanks go to
   John Voelker for his incisive comments.


   11. References

   [1] L. Slutsman (Ed.) et al, The SPIRITS Architecture. <draft-ietf-
   spirits-architecture-00.txt>, Work in Progress. October 2000.

   [2] H. Lu (Ed.) et al, Pre-SPIRITS Implementations of PSTN-initiated
   Services, <draft-ietf-spirits-implementations-02.txt>, Work in
   Progress. July 2000.

   [3] S. Petrack, and L. Conroy, The PINT Service Protocol: Extensions
   to SIP and SDP for IP Access to Telephone Call Services, Proposed
   Standard. RFC 2848.

   [4] A. Roach, Event Notification in SIP, <draft-roach-sip-subscribe-
   notify-01.txt>, Work in Progress. October 2000.


   12. Author's Addresses

   Lev Slutsman
   AT&T Laboratories
   200 Laurel Ave.
   Middletown, New Jersey, 07748
   Phone: (732) 420-3752
   Email: lslutsman@att.com

   Igor Faynberg
   Bell Labs/Lucent Technologies



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