2 Description of circuit telecommunication services by the attribute method

22.0013GPPPrinciples of circuit telecommunication services supported by a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN)Release 17TS

2.1 General

Telecommunication services are described by attributes which define service characteristics as they apply at a given reference point where the customer accesses the service. The description of a telecommunication service by the method of attributes is composed of:

– technical attributes as seen by the customer; and

– other attributes associated with the service provision, e.g. operational and commercial attributes.

2.2 Categorisation of telecommunication services

The concepts introduced in the present document are illustrated in table1.

Table 1: Categorisation of telecommunication services

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

BEARER SERVICE

TELESERVICE

Basic
Bearer
Service

Basic Bearer service + supplementary services

Basic Teleservice

Basic Teleservice + supplementary service