ABSTRACT: This document replaces TA-TSV-001063 and TR-TSV-001063.

Issue 1 of GR-1063, Generic Operations Criteria in Support of Intercarrier SMDS, presents the Telcordia view of proposed generic operations criteria for Network Elements (NEs) supporting Exchange Access Switched Multi-megabit Data Service (XA-SMDS) and SMDS serving arrangements between a client company and an Independent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC) as defined in GR-1060.

SMDS is a high-speed, connectionless, public, packet-switching service that will take LAN-like performance beyond the end-user's premises, across a wide area. The communications entities interconnected by SMDS include Local Area Networks (LANs), host systems, and user workstations.

This document provides NE operations criteria to support intercarrier SMDS in a single-SS, LEC network environment. It adds functional criteria needed per GR-1060. The operations criteria contained in this GR pertain to the Inter-Carrier Interface (ICI) for SMDS. Also included are a number of SNI-related operations functions necessary to support intercarrier SMDS.