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C559:2006 Unconditioned Local Loop Service (ULLS) Network Deployment

C559:2006 Explanatory Statement (pdf 251kb)
C559:2006 Part 1 ULLS Performance Requirements (pdf 553kb)
C559:2006 Part 2 Spectral Compatability Determination Process (pdf 549KB)
C559:2006 Part 3 Requirements for Deployment Class Systems (pdf 503 kb)

C559:2006 defines the performance requirements for DSL and other technologies on copper access network. The Code offers a coordinated approach to reduce the risk of interference between services deployed over access networks.

ACIF first published the Unconditioned Local Loop Service (ULLS) Network Deployment Rules Industry Code in August 2001. On the advice of the Network Reference Panel, the ACIF executive made some corrections in March 2002 to Part 3 of this Industry Code for clarity of and consistency between the definitions of Deployment Classes.

The Code was revised in 2003 to include in the Code the facility for use of a modified Crosstalk Calculation Template where a Non-deployment Class System is obtained by a linear filtering of the transmit PSD of a Deployment Class System, without any change to the line code plus some agreed changes to Benchmarks based on industry experience.

The Code was revised in 2005 to include Deployment Classes based on ADSL2, ADSL2+ and ESHDSL.

The Code was revised in 2006 to include Deployment Classes based on ADSL2 and ADSL2+ with extended upstream bandwidth.

Non-Deployment Class Systems
There is also a list of Non-Deployment Class Systems that may be of interest to anyone using C559:2006.
- Refer to C559:2006 for information on what is a Non-Deployment Class System.
- Refer to G618:2004 Approval of Non-Deployment Class Systems Industry Guideline for information on the process to propose a Non-Deployment Class System.

Spectral Compatibility Software Tool
The December 2005 version of the Spectral Compatibility Software Tool is available from us.  Please contact us if you would like the Tool to be emailed to you.  You will be sent a zip file (.zip, 2.7MB) which consists of a license agreement, a user manual and the Tool (.xls format, 16MB). The Tool can be used for the calculation of the crosstalk scenarios in C559:2006.

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C569:2005 Unconditioned Local Loop Service - Ordering, Provisioning and Customer Transfer

C569:2005 (pdf 497kb)

This Code provides a carrier/CSP operational framework for the ordering and provisioning of the unconditioned local loop pairs and the transfer of customers between CSPs.

Note: There was a limited revision of the Code in 2005 to modify clauses affected by changes to fair trading legislation in New South Wales and Victoria.  The next review is scheduled to occur in November 2007.

Eligible Party Identification Codes List

AS/ACIF S041.1:2009 Requirements for DSL Customer Equipment for connection to the PSTN - Part 1: General

Specifies the technical requirements for Customer Equipment (CE), or the parts of the CE that are designed or intended for connection to a DSL service that shares the metallic local loop with an analogue PSTN two-wire service.

Regulatory notice

This document has been made by ACMA as Telecommunications Technical Standard AS/ACIF S041.1–2009 under s376 of the Telecommunications Act 1997.

This document will be submitted to ACMA, for making as a technical standard under s376 of the Telecommunications Act 1997. Until it is made by ACMA compliance with this Standard is voluntary. The Standard as made by ACMA will commence on the day after it registered under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 (LIA) and it will be a disallowable instrument within the meaning of s46A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

ACMA is a Commonwealth authority with statutory powers to impose requirements concerning telecommunications Customer Equipment and Customer Cabling. ACMA requires Australian manufacturers and importers, or their Australian agents, of specified items of Customer Equipment and Customer Cabling to establish compliance with Standards such as this. Items are required to be labelled in accordance with the applicable labelling notices. Details on current compliance arrangements can be obtained from the ACMA website at www.acma.gov.au

This document supersedes AS/ACIF S041:2005. The superseded Standard is available at www.commsalliance.com.au/documents/available-superseded and is still an applicable Standard under the ACMA Telecommunications Labelling (Customer Equipment and Customer Cabling) Notice 2001 until its expiry date. A complete list of applicable Standards can be found at the ACMA Equipment Standards website at www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_2545.

AS/ACIF S043.1:2003 Requirements for Customer Equipment for connection to a metallic local loop interface of a Telecommunications Network- Part 1: General

This Standard specifies the technical requirements for Customer Equipment (CE) that is designed or intended for connection to a Telecommunications Network via a metallic local loop interface. This Standard does not apply to CE designed or intended for connection to HFC, coaxial cable or wireless local loop.

Regulatory Notice

This document was made by the Australian Communications Authority (ACA) as Telecommunications Technical Standard AS/ACIF S043.1 2003 under s376 of the Telecommunications Act 1997. The ACA was a Commonwealth authority with statutory powers to impose requirements concerning telecommunications Customer Equipment and Customer Cabling and was replaced on 01 July 2005 by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA). The ACMA requires Australian manufacturers and importers of specified items of Customer Equipment and Customer Cabling to establish compliance with Standards such as this. Items are required to be labelled to the applicable labelling notices. Details on current compliance arrangements can be obtained from the ACMA website at www.acma.gov.au.

Reconfirmation 

The Standard was reconfirmed in 2009 and the next review is scheduled to occur in January 2014.

AS/ACIF S043.2:2008 Requirements for Customer Equipment for connection to a metallic local loop interface of a Telecommunications Network - Part 2: Broadband

This Standard applies to Customer Equipment (CE) that-

1. is designed or intended for connection to a Telecommunications Network via a metallic local loop interface; and
2. has a broadband capability.

Regulatory Notice

This document has been made by ACMA as Telecommunications Technical Standard AS/ACIF S043.2–2008 under s376 of the Telecommunications Act 1997. ACMA is a Commonwealth authority with statutory powers to impose requirements concerning telecommunications Customer Equipment and Customer Cabling. ACMA requires Australian manufacturers and importers of specified items of Customer Equipment and Customer Cabling to establish compliance with Standards such as this. Items are required to be labelled to the applicable labelling notices. Details on current compliance arrangements can be obtained from the ACMA website at www.acma.gov.au.

This document supersedes AS/ACIF S043.2:2006. The superseded Standard is available at www.commsalliance.com.au/documents/available_superseded and is still an applicable Standard under the ACMA Telecommunications Labelling (Customer Equipment and Customer Cabling) Notice 2001 until its expiry date. A complete list of applicable Standards can be found at the ACMA Equipment Standards website at www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_2545.

AS/ACIF S043.3:2008 Requirements for Customer Equipment for connection to a metallic local loop interface of a Telecommunications Network Part 3: DC, low frequency AC and voiceband

This Standard specifies the technical requirements for Customer Equipment (CE) that-

1. is designed or intended for connection to a Telecommunications Network via a metallic local loop interface; and
2. is designed or intended to include one or more of the following capabilities:
   1. DC power feeding or signalling.
   2. Operation in the low frequency AC band, below 300 Hz.
   3. Operation in the voice frequency band.
   4. Operation above the voice frequency band up to 20 kHz.

Regulatory Notice

This document has been made by ACMA as Telecommunications Technical Standard AS/ACIF S043.3–2008 under s376 of the Telecommunications Act 1997. ACMA is a Commonwealth authority with statutory powers to impose requirements concerning telecommunications Customer Equipment and Customer Cabling. ACMA requires Australian manufacturers and importers of specified items of Customer Equipment and Customer Cabling to establish compliance with Standards such as this. Items are required to be labelled to the applicable labelling notices. Details on current compliance arrangements can be obtained from the ACMA website at www.acma.gov.au.

This document supersedes AS/ACIF S043.3:2001. The superseded Standard is available at www.commsalliance.com.au/documents/available_superseded and is still an applicable Standard under the ACMA Telecommunications Labelling (Customer Equipment and Customer Cabling) Notice 2001 until its expiry date. A complete list of applicable Standards can be found at the ACMA Equipment Standards website at www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_2545.

G563:2001 Supporting arrangements for the supply of Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Customer Equipment

G563:2001 (.pdf, 110 KB)

These supporting arrangements set out-

• information about DSL CE that should be made available to consumers and retailers; and
• requirements for a process for suppliers of DSL CE to be able to verify interoperability with Carriage Service Providers' equipment.

Reconfirmation

The Guideline was reconfirmed in 2007 and the next review is scheduled to occur in January 2012.

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G572:2007 Unconditioned Local Loop Service Fault Management

G572:2007 (.pdf, 431 KB)

Describes interoperator processes for recording, tracking and resolving individual customer and network ULLS faults, processes for ULLS testing by Access Seekers, definitions of fault types, procedures for restoring service and processes for handling DSL faults caused by interference.

G618:2004 Approval of Non-Deployment Class Systems under ACIF Industry Code C559

G618:2004(.pdf, 292 KB)

Describes the process for proposing Non-Deployment Class Systems under C559 Unconditioned Local Loop Service (ULLS) Network Deployment Rules Industry Code and gives detailed requirements for the information which must be submitted by the proposer.

The Guideline was reconfirmed in 2009 and the next review is scheduled to occur in 2014.

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G587:2002 Unconditioned Local Loop Service IT Specification - Transaction Analysis

G587:2002 (.pdf, 949 KB)

IT Specification Change Request Log and Change Request List (.zip, 164 KB)

Appendix A Reject Codes (.pdf, 98 KB)

Specifies the IT requirements for pre-order feasibility requests for unconditioned local loop pairs, the provisioning of unconditioned local loop pairs, and the returning of unconditioned local loop pairs to the Access Provider.