IFAST14: 4-5 October 2000

The following list contains all the currently approved IFAST Study Projects. Each listed Study Project contains a title and the name of its mentor. In some instances, an outline of the Project’s Work Plan is also provided.

• Mentor Group to create a letter to the IFAST membership and TR45 documenting the issue, requirements, and potential solutions.
• Industry to provide comments in response to the letter.
• Review project and comments at IFAST15 to determine the ongoing project Work Plan.

Project 2: IMSI Implementation, Backward Compatibility, and MIN-based IMSI versus True IMSI– Lloyd Johnson

 

• Document E.212 implementation requirements for ANSI-41 networks.
• Identify potential national implementation issues.
• Address/resolve identified issues on an IFAST-wide basis.

Project 3: Uniform Dialing Plan, Support of Supplemental Services, and Future Feature Code Standardization – Fred Gaechter

 

• Identify dialing plan components potentially appropriate for worldwide uniformity in ANSI-41 networks.
• Determine current worldwide dialing plan components’ implementations.
• Develop a migration plan for worldwide uniformity implementation.

• Pre-paid international roaming
• Wireless FreePhone service
• Location-based services

• Include current Projects plus other pertinent international roaming-related information.

• Include a section on "Fraud when Roaming Internationally".

• Routing Data
• ANSI to ITU SS7 Gateway Issues
• Short Message Service