Standards for Access Service Request
Abstract
Selling carrier Ethernet (CE) services to off-net customers over peering carrier Ethernet networks (CENs) requires service providing operators to purchase E-access service from access providing operators. This purchase order known as access service request (ASR) constitutes a business-to-business (B2B) transaction. To ensure that there is no confusion about what is being requested, standardization of these request forms is required. This chapter provides brief descriptions of various access service request forms available from the Ordering and Billing Forum (OBF) which manages these forms and is part of an industry organization called the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS). The ...
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