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.
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 CFA is populated in the CFA field and the lower level CFA is populated in the SCFA field.
NOTE 5: When the UNE field on the ASR Form is populated, use of the SCFA field may be restricted to those companies that offer re-bundling.
NOTE 6: On initial facility order, an entry of “NEW” may be used in the facility designation element.
USAGE: This field is conditional.
NOTE 1: Optional when the CFA field is populated, otherwise prohibited.
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 shows the proper format for ranging channel assignments.