Identifies the provider circuit ID.
NOTE 1: The provider assigning this circuit identifier determines the content of this field in accordance with COMMON LANGUAGE standards maintained by Telcordia Technologies.
NOTE 2: When a component within the format is purposely omitted, the component should still be delimited and compressed to eliminate any spaces.
NOTE 3: All components within the ECCKT should be delimited by either virgules or periods.
NOTE 4: If all positions in a component within the ECCKT are not populated, the component should be compressed to eliminate any spaces.
VALID ENTRIES:
Facility Identifier
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. The Connecting Facility Assignment consists of the following elements:
1. Facility Designation - A code that, for a specific type of facility, uniquely identifies a path between two network nodes (1-5 alpha/numeric characters).
2. Facility Type - A code that describes a type of facility when it is other than a single baseband channel on cable. Valid entries are outlined in Telcordia Technologies practice BR 795-450-100 (1-6 alpha/numeric characters).
3. Channel/Pair/Time Slot - A code that identifies a specific assignable portion of a facility (1-5 alpha/numeric characters).
4. Location A - A standardized code that uniquely identifies the location of facility terminal A, which has the lower in alpha/numeric sequence of the two facility location codes. Valid entries are outlined in Telcordia Technologies practice BR 795-(100-186)-100 (8 or 11 alpha/numeric characters).
5. Location Z - A standardized code that uniquely identifies the location of facility terminal Z, which has the higher in alpha/numeric sequence of the two facility location codes. Valid entries are outlined in Telcordia Technologies practice BR 795-(100-186)-100 (8 or 11 alpha/numeric characters).
NOTE 2: Either Location A or Z must be 11 characters.
USAGE: This field is conditional.
NOTE 1: Required when the SEGACT field is “C”, “D” or “R”.
NOTE 2: Required when the SEGACT field is “N” and an ECCKT has been previously provided to the customer.
NOTE 3: Otherwise optional.
DATA CHARACTERISTICS: 36 alpha/numeric characters
EXAMPLE: 1 0 3 / O C 0 3 / W A S H D C S W W 0 1 / W A S H D C M T W 0 1