Information Interchange - Structure and Coded Representation of National Security and Emergency Preparedness (NS/EP) Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP) Codes for the North American Telecommunications System
The Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP) codes for national security and emergency preparedness (NS/EP) have been developed to ensure priority treatment of North American's most important telecommunications services. These codes@ when provided@ require and authorize service providers to provision and restore certain services@ which have been designated most critical to NS/EP. Services being requested for provisioning or restoration shall have full attention and priority over non-TSP service requests. The TSP System and procedures apply to give priority treatment to the following telecommunication services: ? Common carrier services which are interstate and foreign telecommunications services; ? Common carrier services which are intrastate telecommunications services inseparable from interstate or foreign telecommunications services@ and intrastate telecommunications services to which TSP priority levels are assigned; and ? Services@ which are provided by government and/or non-common carriers and are interconnected to common carrier services@ assigned TSP priority levels. Purpose This standard establishes the specifications@ characteristics@ and values of the National Security/ Emergency Preparedness (NS/EP) Telecommunications Service Priority code used by the NS/EP Telecommunications Service Priority System (TSP) and telecommunication service vendors providing NS/EP services.