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Features

The National ISDN Council has published documents containing the generic guidelines for each element of the National ISDN Feature Platform. These documents are available for ordering either online or over the phone.
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Process

The National ISDN Enhancements process (NIE) provides a way to add features and capabilities to the NI platform. Enhancement features are included in the NI for a given year (NI-XX) when at least 2 participating switch suppliers have the capability available in first quarter of that year.

This enhancement process has been in place since the October 1994 NIUF meeting, and status updates on the process are provided at subsequent NIUF meetings.
See more information on the Enhancements Process


IOC

National ISDN Ordering Codes (IOCs) have been adopted by the Regional Bell Operating Companies to facilitate ISDN ordering and line provisioning. Both Generic and Non-Generic Capability Packages have been developed to define these ordering codes.
View the Capability Packages


SPID

The Service Profile Identifier (SPID) is a number assigned to a fully initializing ISDN terminal that enables the Stored Program Control Switching System (SPCS) to uniquely identify the ISDN terminal at layer 3 of the D-channel signaling protocol. The National ISDN Council has published "SPID Simplification," which is a clear explanation of the assignment of the SPID code.
Read about SPID Simplification


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