Lesson 4

Universal Translations Tables

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Objectives

Using site-specific information and appropriate

documentation, datafill universal translations tables
information, including the following:
• translator name
• range of digits
• translation system

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Outline
The Universal Translation tables information is addressed
in the following areas:
• MSISDN
• Universal Translations tables
• Head tables, Code tables, and Route tables
• Selectors and options for the xxHEAD, xxCODE, and
xxRTE tables
• Translations in the Universal Translations tables
• Deleting Universal Translations tables tuples
• Translations verification
• Universal Translations tables datafill

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Universal Translations Tables

XXRTE XXCODE XXHEAD

Each system contains

The Universal Translations is the following tables:
divided into systems managing • HEAD
sections of a digit string. • CODE
• RTE (Route)

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MSISDN Structure
Layout of an MSISDN
MSISDN

Mobile Subscriber Number:

Country Code National Destination Code referenced as “sn” in tables.

1-3 digits 2-5 digits 1-10 digits

National Significant Number (NSN)

MSISDN Example
Digit 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
CC 4 4
NDC 6 2 8 7 9
SN 5 0 9 8

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Universal Tables Organization
Digit String Segment Translations Associated Tables
Descriptions System

PXHEAD PXRTE
Prefix Code Digits PX
PXCODE

CTHEAD CTRTE
Country Code Digits CT
CTCODE

Foreign Area Code Digits FA FAHEAD FARTE

FACODE

Office Code OFCHEAD OFCRTE

OFC
Digits OFCCODE

Access Code Digits AC ACHEAD ACRTE

ACCODE

AM AMHEAD no RTE
Ambiguous Code Digits AMCODE table exists

Utility Code Digits FT FTHEAD FTRTE

FTCODE

Number Service Code Digits NSC NSCHEAD NSCRTE

NSCCODE

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xxHEAD Table: Fields & Options
Selectors and options in the universal translations tables help with
analyzing incoming digits and routing them from table to table.
Option Option Description

SDFLT (STANDARD DEFAULT)

DFLT
DFLT (DEFAULT)

NODFOP (NO DEFAULT OPTIONS)

DFOP
DFOP (DEFAULT OPTIONS)

CON (CONSUME)
CON
NOCON (NO CONSUME)

STD or 9

MAXIDX C

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xxHEAD Table: Field/Subfield Descriptions
XLANAME (translation name)
DFLT (default)
• DFLTSEL (default selector)
• XLASEL (translation data selector)
• OSEL (optional selector)
DFOP (default options selector)
• DFOPSEL (default selector)
CON (consume)
MAXIDX (maximum index)

XLANAME DFLT DFOP CON MAXIDX

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ENGXLA SDFLT NODFOP NOCON STD
FRNCXLA DFLT CONT (XLT AM FRNCXLA) $ NODFOP CON STD

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xxCODE Table: Field/Subfield Descriptions

• XLANAME (translation name)

• FROMD (from digits)
• TOD (to digits)
• XLADATA (Universal Translations data)
– XLASEL (Translation selector)
– OSEL (optional selector)

XLANAME FROMD TOD XLADATA

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GSMOBILE 44 44 RTE (DEST 1) $
GSMOBILE 33 33 CONT (XLT FA FRNCXLA) $ (CONSUME 2)$

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xxCODE Table: Selector Options (1/2)
The selector options in field XLASEL of the xxCODE table are the following:

Selector Name Selector Descriptions

The continue selector is used when further
CONT
translation is required in another table. The table to
index into is given by the XLT option. If the
CONT selector is used, the XLT option must be
present in the code table tuple or in the default
options of the corresponding head table.
The route selector is used when no further
RTE
translations are required, and the call is ready to be
routed out of the system.

The treatment selector is used when you want to

TRMT
send a call to treatment from a code or head table.
Sending a call to treatment ends translations on the
digits.

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xxCODE Table: Selector Options (2/2)
The selector options in field XLASEL of the xxCODE table are the following:

Selector Name Selector Descriptions

DBQ The database query selector is used to activate the
Send Routing Information (SRI) feature that queries
the CCN-HLR for a Mobile Subscriber Roaming
Number (MSRN). This feature will be discussed
further in another section.

DMOD The digit modification selector allows a digit string

to be changed into a different digit string by adding
to or deleting the original digits. This feature will
be discussed further in another section.

TNUM The TNUM selector enables universal translations

to switch back and forth between the called
directory number and the calling directory number.
This feature will be discussed further in another
section.
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xxCODE Table: Optional Selectors (1/2)

Subfield OSEL contains the optional selectors available in the xxCODE tables.

Option Option Description

This option is used with the CONT and the DMOD
XLT
selectors. It means that translations will proceed in
another translation system.

This option is used when the class of the dialed digits needs
CLASS
to be specified. The system uses the class of the digits
to determine what type of calls has entered translations.

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xxCODE Table: Optional Selectors (2/2)
Option Option Description

This option identifies the minimum and maximum number of digits

that the system should expect to receive for a particular call type.
The switch only looks at the maximum number of digits that were
MM specified, which could result in accidentally sending a call to
treatment. For example, if eight is specified in the maximum digits
but ten digits are dialed, the switch only analyzes the first eight
digits and ignores the last two digits.

This option results in the leading digits of a digit string to

CONSUME be either consumed or, not consumed by its current code
table before being sent to the next stage of translations.
This options identifies the destination route list that the
DEST
digits translations will continue in.
Provides the number of the service operation to be performed on
NSC
the call.
This option specifies an index in Table GSMDEFS. It may
GSMIDX
not be selected unless the NSC option is also selected.

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xxRTE Table: Field/Subfield Descriptions
• XLANAME (translation name)
• RTEREF (route reference number)
• RTELIST (route list)
– RTESEL (route selector)
xxCODE Table
XLANAME FROMD TOD XLADATA
-------------------------------------
FRNCXLA 33 33 RTE (DEST 1) $
ENGXLA 44 44 RTE (DEST 60) $

xxRTE Table
XLANAME RTEREF RTELIST
----------------------------------------------
FRNCXLA 1 (S FRN_2W_RT)$
ENGXLA 60 (N PSTN_MSC_2W NOMOD 2 N 0)$

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xxRTE Table: Selectors (1/2)
Subfield RTESEL, under the RTELIST field, contains the selectors in the
route tables.

Selector Name Selector Description

S STANDARD ROUTE
Indicates a trunk, which is identified by its CLLI,
selected from the trunk group.
Overcomes the restriction of having only eight
routes in a route list. In utilizing this selector,
a chain connecting any number of route lists
can be built, each route list containing up to
eight routes.

T TABLE NAME ROUTE

This selector sends the digit string to table
OFRT for routing.

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xxRTE Table: Selectors (2/2)
Subfield RTESEL, under the RTELIST field, contains the selectors in the
route tables.

Selector Name Selector Description

N NON-STANDARD ROUTE
A trunk is selected from the trunk group, and digits
are outpulsed according to fields DELETE and
PFXDIGS. The digits to prefix are outpulsed first,
followed by the received digits, with the exception
of the received prefix digits and the number of
digits entered in field DELETE. The standard
charging characteristics can be modified by field
MODCHG.

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DFLT Selector
The DFLT selector has two options:
• DFLT
Customizes the default information in the head tables using the
options and selectors seen so far only in the code tables (e.g.,
CONT).
• SDFLT
Selected when you utilize the system default information to continue
translations.

xxHEAD Table

XLANAME DFLT DFOP CON MAXIDX

-----------------------------------------------------
AUSXLA DFLT CONT (XLT AM INTXLA)$ NODFOP CON STD

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DFLT Selector Usage (1/2)
The DFLT option in the universal translation tables . . .
TABLE PXHEAD
XLANAME DFLT DFOP CON MAXIDX
-------------------------------------
LAC40XLA SDFLT NODFOP CON STD
THE DIGITS USED TO INDEX THE NEXT TABLE ARE: 01628512300

TABLE PXCODE
XLANAME FROMD TOD XLADATA
-------------------------------------------------------
LAC40XLA 01 01 CONT (XLT CT LAC40XLA) (CONSUME 2)$

TABLE CTHEAD
XLANAME DFLT DFOP CON MAXIDX
--------------------------------------------------------
LAC40XLA DFLT CONT (XLT CT GSMOBILE) NODFOP CON STD $
THE DIGITS USED TO INDEX THE NEXT TABLE ARE: 628512300

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DFLT Selector Usage (2/2)
System defaults when no match
TABLE CTCODE for "LAC40XLA" is found.
TUPLE NOT FOUND
DEFAULT FROM CTHEAD TABLE USED

TABLE CTHEAD
XLANAME DFLT DFOP CON MAXIDX
-----------------------------------
GSMOBILE SDFLT NODFOP CON STD
THE DIGITS USED TO INDEX THE NEXT TABLE ARE: 628512300

TABLE CTCODE
XLANAME FROMD TOD XLADATA
-----------------------------------------------------
GSMOBILE 628 628 CONT (XLT CT GSMOBILE) (CONSUME 3)$

Translations continues through the universal translations system

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CON Selector
CON selector of the head tables has the two following options:
• NOCON
• CON
Select the CON selector in the xxHEAD table to:
– Specify a range of digits (1, 2, 3).
– Consume it in the following xxCODE table.
Table xxHEAD

XLANAME DFLT DFOP CON MAXIDX

-----------------------------------
CHIXLA SDFLT NODFOP CON 9

Table xxCODE
XLANAME FROMD TOD XLADATA
------------------------------------------------
CHIXLA 21 21 CONT(XLT CT CHIXLA)(CONSUME 2)$

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CON Selector Usage (1/2)
Incoming digits into the universal translations system: 2172345459
TABLE PXHEAD
XLANAME DFLT DFOP CON MAXIDX
------------------------------------
CHIXLA SDFLT NODFOP NOCON STD
THE DIGITS USED TO INDEX THE NEXT TABLE ARE: 2172345459
TABLE PXCODE
XLANAME FROMD TOD XLADATA
---------------------------------------------------
CHIXLA 21 21 CONT (MM 10 11)(XLT CT CHIXLA)$
TABLE CTHEAD
XLANAME DFLT DFOP CON MAXIDX
-----------------------------------
CHIXLA SDFLT NODFOP CON STD
THE DIGITS USED TO INDEX THE NEXT TABLE ARE: 2172345459
TABLE CTCODE
XLANAME FROMD TOD XLADATA
--------------------------------------------------
CHIXLA 21 21 CONT(XLT FA CHIXLA)(CONSUME 2)$
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CON Selector Usage (2/2)
TABLE FAHEAD
XLANAME DFLT DFOP CON MAXIDX
----------------------------------
CHIXLA SDFLT NODFOP CON STD
THE DIGITS USED TO INDEX THE NEXT TABLE ARE: 72345459

TABLE FACODE
XLANAME FROMD TOD XLADATA
------------------------------------------------------
CHIXLA 723 723 CONT (XLT OFC CHIXLA)(CONSUME 3)$

TABLE OFCHEAD
XLANAME DFLT DFOP CON MAXIDX
----------------------------------
CHIXLA SDFLT NODFOP CON STD
THE DIGITS USED TO INDEX THE NEXT TABLE ARE: 45459
Translations continues through the OFC system
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MAXIDX Selector Usage

TABLE CTHEAD
XLANAME DFLT DFOP CON MAXIDX
-----------------------------------------
ENGXLA SDFLT NODFOP NOCON STD
THE DIGITS USED TO INDEX THE NEXT TABLE ARE:33661000

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MM Selectors Usage

TABLE: PXHEAD
XLANAME DFLT DFOP CON MAXIDX
----------------------------
ENGXLA SDFLT NODFOP CON 9

TABLE: PXCODE
XLANAME FROMD TOD XLADATA
-----------------------------------------------------------
ENGXLA 00 00 CONT ( MM 12 15) ( CONSUME 2) ( XLT CT ENGXLA)$

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Call Blocking, and CBMAX_OPTION
Start

CDPN is dialled?

Collect Info

Analyze Info

CDPN length
exceeds
CBMAX_OPTIO
N

No
CBMAX_OPTIO
N is set to Yes

Continue with call

processing
Call is blocked
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CONT Selectors Usage

TABLE CTCODE
XLANAME FROMD TOD XLADATA
--------------------------------------------------
ENGXLA 44 44 CONT(XLT FA ENGXLA)(CONSUME 2)$

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XLT Selectors Usage

TABLE CTCODE
XLANAME FROMD TOD XLADATA
-----------------------------------------------------
ENGXLA 44628 44628 CONT (XLT FA ENGXLA)(CONSUME 2)$

TABLE FAHEAD
XLANAME DFLT DFOP CON MAXIDX
-----------------------------------
ENGXLA SDFLT NODFOP CON 9
THE DIGITS USED TO INDEX THE NEXT TABLE ARE:6282751000

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xxCODE Table
The datafill stream (CONT XLT CT CHIXLA) can be explained as follows:
• CONT indicates translations will continue.
• XLT translations will proceed in the following defined system.
• CT defines the system.
• Within that system, the call indexes to tuple CHIXLA in table CTHEAD.
• CONSUME indicates to the code table to remove the front two digits
from translations before indexing into the CT system.

TABLE XXCODE
XLANAME FROMD TOD XLADATA
--------------------------------------------------
CHIXLA 44 44 CONT(XLT CT CHIXLA)(CONSUME 2)$

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RTE and DEST Selectors Usage
RTE and DEST Selectors
TABLE OFCHEAD
XLANAME DFLT DFOP CON MAXIDX
-----------------------------------
ENGXLA SDFLT NODFOP NOCON 9
THE DIGITS USED TO INDEX THE NEXT TABLE ARE: 2751000

TABLE OFCCODE
XLANAME FROMD TOD XLADATA
---------------------------------
ENGXLA 275 275 RTE (DEST 5) $

TABLE: OFCRTE
RTE RTEREF RTELIST
--------------------------------
ENGXLA 5 (S PSTN_MSC_2W) $

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S Selector Usage

TABLE: OFCRTE
RTE RTEREF RTELIST
----------------------------------
ENGXLA 5 (S PSTN_MSC_2W)

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N Selector Usage
PFXDIGS

TABLE OFCRTE
RTE RTEREF RTELIST
---------------------------------------------
ENGXLA 5 (N MSC_PSTN1_2W NOMOD 2 N 0) $

Delete PFXAFTER

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T Selector Usage
TABLE: PXRTE
XLANAME RTEREF
RTELIST
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
TRAINXLA 5
( T OFRT 100 )$

TABLE: OFRT
RTE RTELIST OPTIONS
-------------------
1 (SG CYC 50 BIG1 $) $ $
100 (S D SPAINTRK) $ $
108 (T OFRT 100) $ $
109 (CND RND 50 T OFRT 100) (S D ENGTRK) $ $

TABLE: SUPERTKG
SGNAME
TRKGRPS
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
BIG1
( STU1PET) ( STU2PET) ( STU3PET) ( STU4PET)$

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Deleting Universal Translations Table Tuples
When deleting tuples in the code tables only, verify FROMD and
TOD fields.
• In the example below, only one number will be deleted.

XLANAME FROMD TOD XLADATA

-------------------------------------------
GSMOBILE 888 888 CONT (XLT FA NATLXLA)$

The following tuple contains a compressed range of 11 digit sets:

• 888, 889, 890, 891, 892, 893, 894, 895, 896, 897, and 898.
To delete tuple GSMOBILE 888 898, you cannot use a single command
line. The entire range is not deleted, the system will not do it.

XLANAME FROMD TOD XLADATA

--------------------------------------------
GSMOBILE 888 898 CONT (XLT FA NATLXLA) $
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Graphic Convention

Digits stream received Description of the input/output

of the translation path
on a PSTN trunk

Translation System (e.g. AC,

AM, PX, OFC...) or Table name
PX
ICPSTN Translator name

Translation path, with the nature

353 89 of screening digits (From...To),
CONSUME 5 and selectors used
MM xx yy (e.g. CLASS, Min Max, DMOD, INSRT...)

[MSRN Translation continues...

To be continued in Whenever used, translation modules
Mobile Terminating Call section] reuse is highlighted

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Call Processing Data Flow
Table TRKGRP (XX)HEAD
or Table XLAENTRY XLASYS
XLANAME

(XX)CODE

Dialed digits N
Found? (XX)HEAD
Y
Other HEAD or CONT, DMOD, DFLT
Field XLASEL DFLTSEL
CODE tables DBQ
SDFLT
TRMT
TMTCNTL Feature activation Standard defaults
FEAT or
FEATINFO
RTE
S
Call termination
CND
T Another
Time-of-day
RTESEL Translations
routing
system
N

Digit modification
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Recommended Sequence through UXLA
Tables (1/2)

Incoming digits into the universal translations system: 00441924870837

TABLE PXHEAD
XLANAME DFLT DFOP CON MAXIDX
------------------------------------
INTXLA SDFLT NODFOP CON STD
THE DIGITS USED TO INDEX THE NEXT TABLE ARE: 00441924870837
TABLE PXCODE
XLANAME FROMD TOD XLADATA
---------------------------------------------------------
INTXLA 00 00 DMOD (XLR CT INTXLA)(DEL 2)(CONSUME 0)$
TABLE CTHEAD
XLANAME DFLT DFOP CON MAXIDX
----------------------------------------------------
INTXLA SDFLT NODFOP CON STD
THE DIGITS USED TO INDEX THE NEXT TABLE ARE: 441924870837
TABLE CTCODE
XLANAME FROMD TOD XLADATA
---------------------------------------------------------
INTXLA 441 441 CONT (MM 7 14)(XLT FA ENGXLA)(CONSUME 3)$

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Recommended Sequence through UXLA
Tables (2/2)
TABLE FAHEAD
XLANAME DFLT DFOP CON MAXIDX
-----------------------------------
ENGXLA SDFLT NODFOP CON STD
THE DIGITS USED TO INDEX THE NEXT TABLE ARE: 924870837
TABLE FACODE
XLANAME FROMD TOD XLADATA
------------------------------------------------------
ENGXLA 924 924 CONT (XLT OFC ENGXLA) (CONSUME 3)$
TABLE OFCHEAD
XLANAME DFLT DFOP CON MAXIDX
--------------------------------------
ENGXLA SDFLT NODFOP CON STD
THE DIGITS USED TO INDEX THE NEXT TABLE ARE: 870837
TABLE OFCCODE
XLANAME FROMD TOD XLADATA
--------------------------------------------------
ENGXLA 870 870 DBQ(NSC GSMSRI)(GSMIDX SRIINTL)$
TABLE GSMDEFS
SRIINTL(MODIFY(NOA NOA_INTL)(NPI NPI_ISDN)(TIMEOUT 20)$)$
++++TRAVER: SUCCESSFUL CALL TRACE++++

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Translation Verification Tool (TRAVER)

TRAVER is used to determine how the call can be routed by

displaying the following information:
• tables used to translate and route a call, the default values, or
invalid data
• each element of the route list with digits outpulsed
• each alternate conditional route
• trunks or positions to which the call is routed

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TRAVER Command Line
TRAVER requires the following information in the command line:
• code for the call originator
• identification of the originator
• MSISDN or MSRN being processed or the outgoing trunk
• type of report desired

Parameters Definitions

MS Indicates the originator is a mobile station.

TR Indicates the originator is a trunk.
T Indicates only a report on the tables entries is desired (trace).
NT Indicates only a report on the result is desired (no trace).
B Indicates a report on both table entries and results is desired.
P Indicates pre-VLR translations using PREXLIDX.

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TRAVER Command Examples

TRAVER <ORIGIN> <DIALED DIGITS> <TYPE OF TRAVER RESULT>

TRAVER MS 9726850000 LAC 85 CID 1 6141100213002 B

TRAVER TR ATLPET 16145270101 B

TRAVER MS 1 MSRN 33699392000 B

TRAVER MS 1 HON 33699393000 B

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