2. 3UPERSEDEDBYAMORERECENTVERSION
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4HE )45 4ELECOMMUNICATION 3TANDARDIZATION 3ECTOR )45
4 IS A PERMANENT ORGAN OF THE )NTERNATIONAL 4ELECOM
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4 IS RESPONSIBLE FOR STUDYING TECHNICAL
3. OPERATING AND TARIFF QUESTIONS AND ISSUING
2ECOMMENDATIONSONTHEMWITHAVIEWTOSTANDARDIZINGTELECOMMUNICATIONSONAWORLDWIDEBASIS
4HE 7ORLD 4ELECOMMUNICATION 3TANDARDIZATION #ONFERENCE 743#
18. THE EXPRESSION !DMINISTRATION IS USED FOR CONCISENESS TO INDICATE BOTH A
TELECOMMUNICATIONADMINISTRATIONANDARECOGNIZEDOPERATINGAGENCY
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!LLRIGHTSRESERVED.OPARTOFTHISPUBLICATIONMAYBEREPRODUCEDORUTILIZEDINANYFORMORBYANYMEANS
34. THECODINGOFTHEDIAGNOSTICISTHESAMEAS
FORTHECORRESPONDINGINFORMATIONELEMENTIN1
#ODINGOF#ONDITION
4HECONDITIONDIAGNOSTICISCODEDASFOLLOWS
IT
ITS
IT #ONDITIONASFOLLOWS
.ETWORKSERVICE 0ROVIDER
.ETWORKSERVICE 5SER
IT #ONDITIONASFOLLOWS
.ORMAL
!BNORMAL
ITS
#ONDITIONASFOLLOWS
5NKNOWN
0ERMANENT
4RANSIENT
#ODINGOF4RANSITNETWORKIDENTITY
4HE DIAGNOSTIC FIELD CONTAINS THE ENTIRE TRANSIT NETWORK SELECTION OR NETWORK SPECIFIC FACILITIES INFORMATION ELEMENT AS
APPLICABLE
177. )350 1
!NNEX!1
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!PPLICATIONINDICATESTHATTHECAUSEVALUEMAYBECARRIEDIN$33ANDOR)350#AUSESCARRIEDIN)350WHICHARENOTMARKEDFORNATIONALUSE.5 ARETHEMINIMUMSETOFCAUSEVALUESTHAT
SHALLBESUPPORTEDOVERTHEINTERNATIONALINTERFACE
4HEREFERENCESINCLUDEDARENOTEXHAUSTIVE
4HESEARETYPICALLOCATIONSGENERATEDWITHINTHESCOPEOFTHEASSOCIATED2ECOMMENDATIONS/THERLOCATIONSMAYBEUSEDDEPENDINGUPONTHENETWORKCONFIGURATION
,OCKING AND NON
LOCKING SHIFT PROCEDURESDESCRIBED IN 1 ARE APPLIED )N PRINCIPLE INFORMATION ELEMENT IDENTIFIERS ARE ORDERED IN THE SAME ORDER AS THE INFORMATION ELEMENT IN THE
RECEIVEDMESSAGE
7HENONLYLOCKINGSHIFTINFORMATIONELEMENTISINCLUDEDANDNOVARIABLELENGTHINFORMATIONELEMENTIDENTIFIERFOLLOWS
204. EG4ISCODEDAS 4HEFOLLOWINGCODINGISUSEDINEACH
OCTET
IT 3PARE
IT
)!CHARACTER
#ODINGOF-ESSAGETYPE
-ESSAGETYPEISCODEDASSPECIFIEDIN4ABLE1AND4ABLE
1
205. RESPECTIVELY
#ODINGOFPARAMETERNAME
0ARAMETERNAMEISCODEDASSPECIFIEDIN4ABLE1
#AUSE$EFINITIONS
.ORMALCLASS
#AUSE.O 5NALLOCATEDUNASSIGNED NUMBER
4HIS CAUSE INDICATES THAT THE CALLED PARTY CANNOT BE REACHED BECAUSE
209. DOESNOT
SERVETHEEQUIPMENTWHICHISSENDINGTHISCAUSE
4HISCAUSEISSUPPORTEDONANETWORK
DEPENDENTBASIS
#AUSE.O .OROUTETODESTINATION
4HISCAUSEINDICATESTHATTHECALLEDPARTYCANNOTBEREACHEDBECAUSETHENETWORKTHROUGHWHICHTHECALLHASBEENROUTED
DOESNOTSERVETHEDESTINATIONDESIRED
4HISCAUSEISSUPPORTEDONANETWORK
DEPENDENTBASIS
#AUSE.O 3ENDSPECIALINFORMATIONTONE
4HIS CAUSE INDICATES THAT THE CALLED PARTY CANNOT BE REACHED FOR REASONS THAT ARE OF A LONG TERM NATURE AND THAT THE
SPECIALINFORMATIONTONESHOULDBERETURNEDTOTHECALLINGPARTY
#AUSE.O -ISDIALLEDTRUNKPREFIXNATIONALUSE
4HISCAUSEINDICATESTHEERRONEOUSINCLUSIONOFATRUNKPREFIXINTHECALLEDPARTYNUMBER
#AUSE.O #HANNELUNACCEPTABLE
4HISCAUSEINDICATESTHATTHECHANNELMOSTRECENTLYIDENTIFIEDISNOTACCEPTABLETOTHESENDINGENTITYFORUSEINTHISCALL
#AUSE.O #ALLAWARDEDANDBEINGDELIVEREDINANESTABLISHEDCHANNEL
4HISCAUSEINDICATESTHATTHEUSERHASBEENAWARDEDTHEINCOMINGCALL
212. THESOURCEOFTHISCAUSEISNOTTHENETWORK
#AUSE.O 5SERBUSY
4HISCAUSEISUSEDTOINDICATETHATTHECALLEDPARTYISUNABLETOACCEPTANOTHERCALLBECAUSETHEUSERBUSYCONDITIONHAS
BEEN ENCOUNTERED 4HIS CAUSE VALUE MAY BE GENERATED BY THE CALLED USER OR BY THE NETWORK )N THE CASE OF USER
DETERMINEUSERBUSY
213. ITISNOTEDTHATTHEUSEREQUIPMENTISCOMPATIBLEWITHTHECALL
#AUSE.O .OUSERRESPONDING
4HIS CAUSE IS USED WHEN A CALLED PARTY DOES NOT RESPOND TO A CALL ESTABLISHMENT MESSAGE WITH EITHER AN ALERTING OR
CONNECTINDICATIONWITHINTHEPRESCRIBEDPERIODOFTIMEALLOCATED
#AUSE.O .OANSWERFROMUSERUSERALERTED
4HIS CAUSE IS USED WHEN THE CALLED PARTY HAS BEEN ALERTED BUT DOES NOT RESPOND WITH A CONNECT INDICATION WITHIN A
PRESCRIBEDPERIODOFTIME
./4% 4HISCAUSEISNOTNECESSARILYGENERATEDBY1PROCEDURESBUTMAYBEGENERATEDBYINTERNALNETWORKTIMERS
#AUSE.O 3UBSCRIBERABSENT
4HISCAUSEVALUEISUSEDWHENAMOBILESTATIONHASLOGGEDOFF
215. ALTHOUGH IT COULD HAVE
ACCEPTEDTHECALLBECAUSETHEEQUIPMENTSENDINGTHISCAUSEISNEITHERBUSYNORINCOMPATIBLE
4HISCAUSEMAYALSOBEGENERATEDBYTHENETWORK
216. INDICATINGTHATTHECALLWASCLEAREDDUETOASUPPLEMENTARYSERVICE
CONSTRAINT 4HE DIAGNOSTIC FIELD MAY CONTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUPPLEMENTARY SERVICE AND REASON FOR
REJECTION
#AUSE.O .UMBERCHANGED
4HIS CAUSE IS RETURNED TO A CALLING PARTY WHEN THE CALLED PARTY NUMBER INDICATED BY THE CALLING PARTY IS NO LONGER
ASSIGNED4HENEWCALLEDPARTYNUMBERMAYOPTIONALLYBEINCLUDEDINTHEDIAGNOSTICFIELD)FANETWORKDOESNOTSUPPORT
THISCAUSEVALUE
218. UNALLOCATEDUNASSIGNED NUMBERSHALLBEUSED
#AUSE.O .ON
SELECTEDUSERCLEARING
4HISCAUSEINDICATESTHATTHEUSERHASNOTBEENAWARDEDTHEINCOMINGCALL
#AUSE.O $ESTINATIONOUTOFORDER
4HISCAUSEINDICATESTHATTHEDESTINATIONINDICATEDBYTHEUSERCANNOTBEREACHEDBECAUSETHEINTERFACETOTHEDESTINATION
ISNOTFUNCTIONINGCORRECTLY4HETERM NOTFUNCTIONINGCORRECTLY INDICATESTHATASIGNALLINGMESSAGEWASUNABLETOBE
DELIVERED TO THE REMOTE PARTY EG A PHYSICAL LAYER OR DATA LINK LAYER FAILURE AT THE REMOTE PARTY
219. OR USER EQUIPMENT
OFF
LINE
#AUSE.O )NVALIDNUMBERFORMATADDRESSINCOMPLETE
4HISCAUSEINDICATESTHATTHECALLEDPARTYCANNOTBEREACHEDBECAUSETHECALLEDPARTYNUMBERISNOTINAVALIDFORMATOR
ISNOTCOMPLETE
./4% 4HISCONDITIONMAYBEDETERMINED
IMMEDIATELYAFTERRECEPTIONOFAN34SIGNALOR
ONTIME
OUTAFTERTHELASTRECEIVEDDIGIT
#AUSE.O ACILITYREJECTED
4HISCAUSEISRETURNEDWHENASUPPLEMENTARYSERVICEREQUESTEDBYTHEUSERCANNOTBEPROVIDEDBYTHENETWORK
2ECOMMENDATION1 3UPERSEDEDBYAMORERECENTVERSION
221. UNSPECIFIED
4HISCAUSEISUSEDTOREPORTANORMALEVENTONLYWHENNOOTHERCAUSEINTHENORMALCLASSAPPLIES
2ESOURCEUNAVAILABLECLASS
#AUSE.O .OCIRCUITCHANNELAVAILABLE
4HISCAUSEINDICATESTHATTHEREISNOAPPROPRIATECIRCUITCHANNELPRESENTLYAVAILABLETOHANDLETHECALL
#AUSE.O .ETWORKOUTOFORDER
4HISCAUSEINDICATESTHATTHENETWORKISNOTFUNCTIONINGCORRECTLYANDTHATTHECONDITIONISLIKELYTOLASTARELATIVELYLONG
PERIODOFTIMEEGIMMEDIATELYRE
ATTEMPTINGTHECALLISNOTLIKELYTOBESUCCESSFUL
#AUSE.O 0ERMANENTFRAMEMODECONNECTIONOUT
OF
SERVICE
4HIS CAUSE IS INCLUDED IN A34!453MESSAGE TO INDICATE THAT A PERMANENTLY ESTABLISHED FRAME MODE CONNECTION IS
OUT
OF
SERVICEEGDUETOEQUIPMENTORSECTIONFAILURE SEE!NNEX!1
#AUSE.O 0ERMANENTFRAMEMODECONNECTIONOPERATIONAL
4HIS CAUSE IS INCLUDED IN A34!453MESSAGE TO INDICATE THAT A PERMANENTLY ESTABLISHED FRAME MODE CONNECTION IS
OPERATIONALANDCAPABLEOFCARRYINGUSERINFORMATIONSEE!NNEX!1
#AUSE.O 4EMPORARYFAILURE
4HISCAUSEINDICATESTHATTHENETWORKISNOTFUNCTIONINGCORRECTLYANDTHATTHECONDITIONISNOTLIKELYTOLASTALONGPERIOD
OFTIMEEGTHEUSERMAYWISHTOTRYANOTHERCALLATTEMPTALMOSTIMMEDIATELY
#AUSE.O 3WITCHINGEQUIPMENTCONGESTION
4HISCAUSEINDICATESTHATTHESWITCHINGEQUIPMENTGENERATINGTHISCAUSEISEXPERIENCINGAPERIODOFHIGHTRAFFIC
#AUSE.O !CCESSINFORMATIONDISCARDED
4HISCAUSEINDICATESTHATTHENETWORKCOULDNOTDELIVERACCESSINFORMATIONTOTHEREMOTEUSERASREQUESTED
233. INCOMINGCALLS
ARENOTALLOWEDTOTHISMEMBEROFTHE#5'
#AUSE.O EARERCAPABILITYNOTAUTHORIZED
4HIS CAUSE INDICATES THAT THE USER HAS REQUESTED A BEARER CAPABILITY WHICH IS IMPLEMENTED BY THE EQUIPMENT WHICH
GENERATEDTHISCAUSEBUTTHEUSERISNOTAUTHORIZEDTOUSE
#AUSE.O EARERCAPABILITYNOTPRESENTLYAVAILABLE
4HIS CAUSE INDICATES THAT THE USER HAS REQUESTED A BEARER CAPABILITY WHICH IS IMPLEMENTED BY THE EQUIPMENT WHICH
GENERATEDTHISCAUSEBUTWHICHISNOTAVAILABLEATTHISTIME
#AUSE.O )NCONSISTENCYINDESIGNATEDOUTGOINGACCESSINFORMATIONANDSUBSCRIBERCLASS
4HISCAUSEINDICATESTHATTHEREISANINCONSISTENCYINTHEDESIGNATEDOUTGOINGACCESSINFORMATIONANDSUBSCRIBERCLASS
#AUSE.O 3ERVICEOROPTIONNOTAVAILABLE
243. 3UPERSEDEDBYAMORERECENTVERSION
#AUSE.O -ESSAGETYPENON
EXISTENTORNOTIMPLEMENTED
4HIS CAUSE INDICATES THAT THE EQUIPMENT SENDING THIS CAUSE HAS RECEIVED A MESSAGE WITH A MESSAGE TYPE IT DOES NOT
RECOGNIZEEITHERBECAUSETHISISAMESSAGENOTDEFINEDORDEFINEDBUTNOTIMPLEMENTEDBYTHEEQUIPMENTSENDINGTHIS
CAUSE
#AUSE.O -ESSAGENOTCOMPATIBLEWITHCALLSTATEORMESSAGETYPENON
EXISTENTORNOTIMPLEMENTED
4HIS CAUSE INDICATES THAT THE EQUIPMENT SENDING THIS CAUSE HAS RECEIVED A MESSAGE SUCH THAT THE PROCEDURES DO NOT
INDICATE THAT THIS IS A PERMISSIBLE MESSAGE TO RECEIVE WHILE IN THE CALL STATE
244. OR A 34!453 MESSAGE WAS RECEIVED
INDICATINGANINCOMPATIBLECALLSTATE
#AUSE.O )NFORMATIONELEMENTPARAMETERNON
EXISTENTORNOTIMPLEMENTED
4HIS CAUSE INDICATES THAT THE EQUIPMENT SENDING THIS CAUSE HAS RECEIVED A MESSAGE WHICH INCLUDES INFORMATION
ELEMENTS PARAMETERS NOTRECOGNIZEDBECAUSETHEINFORMATIONELEMENTIDENTIFIERS PARAMETERNAMES ARENOTDEFINED
OR ARE DEFINED BUT NOT IMPLEMENTED BY THE EQUIPMENT SENDING THE CAUSE 4HIS CAUSE INDICATES THAT THE INFORMATION
ELEMENTS PARAMETERS WEREDISCARDED(OWEVER
246. ONE OR MORE FIELDS IN THE INFORMATION ELEMENT ARE CODED IN SUCH A WAY WHICH HAS NOT BEEN
IMPLEMENTEDBYTHEEQUIPMENTSENDINGTHISCAUSE
#AUSE.O -ESSAGENOTCOMPATIBLEWITHCALLSTATE
4HISCAUSEINDICATESTHATAMESSAGEHASBEENRECEIVEDWHICHISINCOMPATIBLEWITHTHECALLSTATE
#AUSE.O 2ECOVERYONTIMEREXPIRY
4HIS CAUSE INDICATES THAT A PROCEDURE HAS BEEN INITIATED BY THE EXPIRY OF A TIMER IN ASSOCIATION WITH ERROR HANDLING
PROCEDURES
#AUSE.O 0ARAMETERNON
EXISTENTORNOTIMPLEMENTED
PASSEDONNATIONALUSE
4HIS CAUSE INDICATES THAT THE EQUIPMENT SENDING THIS CAUSE HAS RECEIVED A MESSAGE WHICH INCLUDES PARAMETERS NOT
RECOGNIZEDBECAUSETHEPARAMETERSARENOTDEFINEDORAREDEFINEDBUTNOTIMPLEMENTEDBYTHEEQUIPMENTSENDINGTHE
CAUSE4HECAUSE INDICATES THAT THE PARAMETERS WEREIGNORED )N ADDITION
251. THEPRECISECAUSEFORAMESSAGEWHICHISBEINGSENTCANNOTBEASCERTAINED
'ENERALRULESFORTHEHANDLINGOFTHELOCATIONFIELD
4HIS CAUSE SPECIFIES THE RULES FOR HANDLING OF THE LOCATION FIELD IN THE #AUSE AND THE 0ROGRESS INDICATOR INFORMATION
ELEMENTSPARAMETERS
IGURE SHOWSTHE REFERENCE CONFIGURATION WHICH IS USED TO IDENTIFY VARIOUS NODES WHERE THE LOCATION FILEDMAYBE
GENERATED
4ABLESHOWSTHESETTINGOFTHELOCATIONFIELDTOBEGENERATEDBYANODEINTHEREFERENCECONFIGURATIONANDTHELOCATION
FIELDINFORMATIONEXPECTEDBYUSER!INEACHCASE
2ECOMMENDATION1 3UPERSEDEDBYAMORERECENTVERSION
252. 3UPERSEDEDBYAMORERECENTVERSION
4HEHANDLINGOFTHELOCATIONFIELDSHALLBEACCORDINGTOTHEFOLLOWINGRULES
I )F THE EVENT CAUSING THE GENERATION OF THE LOCATION FIELD TAKES PLACE IN AN INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
IEINCOMING OR OUTGOING OR INTERNATIONAL TRANSIT EXCHANGE THE LOCATION SHALL BE SET TO )NTERNATIONAL
NETWORK
II )F THE EVENT CAUSING THE GENERATION OF THE LOCATION FIELD TAKES PLACE IN A NATIONAL TRANSIT NETWORK
254. THE LOCATION SHALL BE SET TO 0UBLIC NETWORK SERVING THE LOCAL USER OR 0UBLIC NETWORK SERVING THE
REMOTEUSERONTHEBASISOFNETWORKCONFIGURATION
./4% ,OCATIONS5SERAND0RIVATENETWORKSERVINGTHELOCALUSERSHALLNOTBEGENERATEDINPUBLICNETWORKS
IV )FTHEEVENTCAUSINGTHEGENERATIONOFTHELOCATIONFIELDTAKESPLACEINTHEPRIVATENETWORK
269. THAT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ARE
NOTGENERATEDONTHEACCESS
0UBLIC
)NTERNATIONAL
4RANSITNETWORK
EYONDANINTERWORKINGPOINT
4HECAUSEVALUESENTISTHEONEOFTHELATESTOCCURREDEVENTEGRETRANSMITTINGOFTHERELEASEMESSAGE
B (ANDLINGOFLOCATIONINDICATORS
)F THE EVENT CAUSING THE SENDING OF THE CAUSE INDICATORS PARAMETER TAKES PLACE IN THE INTERNATIONAL
EXCHANGE IE INCOMING
271. THE LOCATION WILL BE SET TO
)NTERNATIONALNETWORK
)F INTERWORKING IS ENCOUNTERED IN THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE AND IF A MESSAGE CONTAINING THE CAUSE
INDICATORS PARAMETER IS SENT BECAUSE OF THE RECEIPT OF A MESSAGE OF THE OTHER SIGNALLING SYSTEM
272. THE
LOCATIONWILLBESETTO EYONDANINTERWORKINGPOINT )
4HELOCATION PUBLICNETWORKSERVINGTHELOCALUSER OR PRIVATENETWORKSERVINGTHELOCALUSER SHOULD
NOTBESENTONTHEINTERNATIONALSECTION4HECONVERSIONFROM PUBLICNETWORKSERVINGTHELOCALUSER TO
PUBLIC NETWORK SERVING THE REMOTE USER OR PRIVATE NETWORK SERVING THE LOCAL USER TO PRIVATE
NETWORKSERVINGTHEREMOTEUSER SHALLTAKEPLACEINTHENATIONALNETWORKGENERATINGTHECAUSE
)NALLOTHERCASESTHEINTERNATIONALEXCHANGEWILLPASSONTHERECEIVEDLOCATION
5SINGTHISSOLUTION