SCFA - Secondary Connecting Facility Assignment

Identifies the provider carrier system and channel to be used from a Wideband Analog, High Capacity or Optical Network facility when the customer has assignment control.

NOTE 1: The format and structure of this field is defined in the ANSI approved standard, ATIS-0300097, Structure for the Identification of Communications Connections for Information Exchange or by COMMON LANGUAGE in BR-795-450-100. A brief summary of the format can be found in ATIS-0404000, Section 2.14.5.

NOTE 2: May also identify a high capacity system which has been ordered by an end user or another carrier.

VALID ENTRIES:

CLFI Code

NOTE 1: The facility type code and CLLI codes used in the location elements of the CLFI code are maintained by Telcordia Technologies.

NOTE 2: Virgules are used as delimiters to separate all elements of the SCFA.

NOTE 3: All element entries of the SCFA are left justified with no trailing spaces.

NOTE 4: When multiple levels of CFA are being provided, the highest level of CFA is populated in the CFA field and the lower level CFA is populated in the SCFA field.

NOTE 5: For those companies that do not combine unbundled network elements, the SCFA field may not be populated when ordering dedicated interoffice transport.

NOTE 6: For thru-connect configurations, HBAN should be provided when available.

NOTE 7: On initial facility order, an entry of “NEW” may be used in the facility designation element.

USAGE: This field is conditional.

NOTE 1: Required when the SCFA field on the FGA, Trunking or Transport Form is populated, otherwise optional.

DATA CHARACTERISTICS: 42 alpha/numeric characters

EXAMPLES: 1 0 1 / T 1 / 3 / B S T N M A G T C G 0 / B S T N M A M T C G 0

   1 0 1 / T 1 / 1 - 2 4 / B S T N M A G T C G 0 / B S T N M A M T K 3 1

NOTE 1: The second example indicates the proper format for ranging channel assignments.