Telcordia^® COMMON LANGUAGE^® Connections Information Service

Our Common Language Connections Information Service provides the reference data that identifies the “rules” and the “language” by which all connections are to be identified. Unlike our Equipment and Locations Information Services where we manage instance data registries, we provide and manage reference catalogues for Connections Information Services as accessed through the eCoder.

The Telcordia Connections Information Service can help you to:

• Improve network capacity utilization by up to 30%
• Reduce efforts associated with circuit rearrangements and disconnects
• Decrease systems integration-related costs
• Minimize the cost of in-house naming resources associated with the identification of circuit and facilities
• Enable trunk management systems to effectively provide decision support in terms of capacity sizing at the various points of interconnection (POI)
• Reduce capital budgets for transmission facilities by recapturing stranded paths
• Facilitate transactions with other carriers (e.g., wholesale service providers)

Our Common Language experts actively work with standards bodies to refine and extend the Connections Reference Data or the rule-sets that tell you and your systems how to code “connections” and how to interpret those codes. The information is then stored in the Telcordia Connections catalogue and shared with all Common Language Connections Information Service subscribers.

The three types of connection codes are:

• CLFI^™ Codes -- which identify physical connections, optical fibers and electrical carrier facilities, satellite or radio-based facilities, timeslots and channels on optical fiber and electrical carrier facilities
• CLCI^™ S/S Codes -- which identify special service circuits or dedicated transport
• CLCI^™ MSG Codes -- which identify PSTN trunking transport

The Connections Information Service provides the reference data or language dictionary necessary for the service provider to code both physical and logical connections in a meaningful and consistent manner, guaranteeing unique representation of each and every connection, not only within a service provider, but within the industry. These connections are stored in the service provider’s OSS, engineering, and inventory systems and serve to significantly streamline provisioning and assurance processes by providing meaningful connections representations.

All of the Common Language Information Services provide information via data registries, which make available large lists of published data that is relevant to a broad range of operators. Also provided is reference data, which provides a dictionary or coding guide that forms the basis for coding and interpreting the information stored in Common Language catalogues and your systems in a meaningful and consistent manner.