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guidelines and specifications for BellSouth products and
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can be obtained in bound, paper form by completing Form
RF-200, also included on this page, and sending
it to the:
BellSouth Documentation Service Center
3535 Colonnade Pkwy - NW5B
Birmingham, AL 35243
Phone (205) 977-7135
Other technical references, not included on this page,
may be obtained in either hard copy or PDF (if available)
from the service center. There is to be a charge for
hard copies and PDF copies. PDF copies are free by download
from this site. Please call the service center to check
on the availability of PDF. Internal BellSouth associates
may obtain technical references in hard copy or PDF
by completing Form RF-3724 and sending it to the Documentation
Service Center. These documents are also available to
BellSouth associates on the Forms Management website (formerly BELS) at http://forms.bls.com/.
Transport
| TR # / ID |
Issue / Date |
Technical Reference Title |
| Access
Reform |
1 / Nov 1997 |
Access Reform Customer Guide |
| TR-73501 |
7 / Jan 2007 |
LightGate® service
Interface and Performance Specifications |
| TR-73502 |
D / Feb 1991 |
BellSouth LATA Access Operations
Guidelines for Interexchange Customers Installation
and Maintenance of Switched Access services, Feature
Groups B, C, and D |
| TR-73503 |
8 / Apr 2003 |
Engineering and Installation Standards Central
Office Equipment |
| TR-73504 |
C / Dec 1989 |
BellSouth LATA Access Operations
Guidelines for Interexchange Customers Installation
and Maintenance of Feature Group A, WATS and Special
Access services |
| TR-73515 |
B / Apr 1991 |
PulseLink® X.75 Interface
Specification |
| TR-73519 |
B / Nov 1995 |
Central Office Drawing Technical Design Manual |
| TR-73525 |
D/ Oct 1999 |
MegaLink® service,
BellSouth® MegaLink® Channel service, BellSouth® MegaLink® Plus Service Interface and Performance Specification |
| TR-73535 |
A / Aug 1989 |
PulseLink® Service
Asynchronous Terminal Access |
| TR-73545 |
D / Sep 1994 |
SynchroNet® Service
Network Interface Specifications |
| TR-73546 |
A / Mar 1990 |
Restructured Private Line Channels
Voice Grade, Subvoice Grade, Audio, and Wired Music
Technical Descriptions |
| TR-73557 |
C / Mar 1994 |
BellSouth Private Line Video services |
| TR-73564 |
4 / Sep 2003 |
Management of Central Office Record Drawings in the Multi-Vendor Environment |
| TR-73566 |
B / May 1995 |
Spectrus Multipoint Video Conferencing
Service Operational and Performance Specifications |
| TR-73571 |
A / Jan 1993 |
TicketTaker® Service
Network Interface Specifications |
| TR-73575 |
A / Feb 1994 |
SMARTPath® Service
Interface and Performance Specification |
| TR-73582 |
5 / Jan 2007 |
SMARTRing® Service
OC-N STS-1 Interface and Performance Specifications |
| TR-73583 |
A / Sep 1994 |
Interface and Performance Specifications
for Digital Video Transport Service at the DS3 Rate |
| TR-73585 |
10/ Dec 2004 |
Asynchronous Transfer Node (ATM)
Network Interface and Performance Specifications |
| TR-73587 |
9/ Dec 2004 |
Frame Relay Service Interface Performance
Specifications |
| TR-73590 |
C / Jun 1999 |
Broadband Exchange Line
Service Interface and Performance Specifications |
| TR-73592 |
B / Jun 1997 |
SMARTGate® Service
Interface and Performance Specifications |
| TR-73593 |
May 1996 |
Interface and Performance Specifications
for Broadcast Television Signals Delivered over
Uncompressed Digital Transport Systems |
| TR-73604 |
A / Jul 1997 |
Enhanced Originating Line Screening
(EOLS) |
| TR-73612 |
9 / Mar 2003 |
ADSL Service Specifications |
| TR-73620 |
A / Jan 1999 |
DS1 Diverse Service Technical Specifications |
| TR-73630 |
9 / Aug 2008 |
Wavelength Services (Including Wavelength Dedicated Ring) |
| TR-73631 |
2 / Aug 2005 |
BellSouth SWA Common Transport IP Option Interface Specifications |
| TR-73632 |
6 / Nov 2006 |
BellSouth Metro Ethernet Service Interface Specifications |
| TR-73636 |
1 / Mar 2007 |
AT&T® Metro Ethernet Service Interface Specifications for Interconnection to Independent Company (ICO) |
Network Interfaces
| TR # / ID |
Issue / Date |
Technical Reference Title |
| TR-73520 |
B / Jun 1990 |
Description of the Network Interface
to Integrated Business Network Attendant Console
for a DMS-100 Based Digital ESSX® service |
| TR-73534 |
B / Feb 1991 |
Description of the Network Interface
to RingMaster® service |
| TR-73547 |
A / May 1990 |
Automatic Meter Reading Service Network
Interface Specifications |
| TR-73548 |
A / Jun 1990 |
Derived Channel Access Service Digital
Data Over Voice Network Interface Specification |
| TR-73552 |
A/ 1992 |
Electronic White Pages Interface
Specifications |
| TR-73568 |
A / Oct 1992 |
Basic Utility Outage Line (BUOL)
Service Network Interface Specifications |
| TR-73569 |
A / Jun 1993 |
Functional Criteria for the DS1 Interface
Connector |
| TR-73572 |
A / Apr 1993 |
Expanded Interconnection Service
DS1 and DS3 Level Network Interface Specification |
| TR-73581 |
A / Mar 1994 |
SMDS Network Interface Specifications |
| TR-73586 |
B / Dec 1996 |
Integrated Service Digital Network
(ISDN) Circuit-Switched and Packet-Switched Data
Bearer Services Performance Specifications |
| TR-73591 |
B / Oct 1995 |
Electronic Access to Video Dial Tone
Administrative System Network Interface Specifications |
| TR-73624 |
1/ Mar 2002 |
BellSouth Enterprise DSL Service
Specifications |
Unbundled
Network Elements (UNEs)
| TR # / ID |
Issue / Date |
Technical Reference Title |
| TR-73600 |
8 / Aug 2006 |
Unbundled
Local Loop - Technical Specifications |
| TR-73603 |
A / Feb
1999 |
Unbundled Dark Fiber
- Technical Specifications |
| TR-73619 |
A / Jan
1999 |
Local Interconnection
Mid-Span Meet Facility (LI-MSMF) Technical Specifications |
| TR-73634 |
1 / Mar
2004 |
Technical Specifications
- Shared Loops |
Public
Telephones
| TR # / ID |
Issue / Date |
Technical Reference Title |
| TR-73551 |
B / Jun 1990 |
Public Telephone Access
to Voice Messaging Network Interface Specifications |
| TR-73559 |
B / Feb 1991 |
COCOT Access to Voice Messaging Network
Interface Specifications |
Enhanced
911 (E911)
| TR # / ID |
Issue / Date |
Technical Reference Title |
| TR-73528 |
8 / Jun 2005 |
BellSouth E911 Service Interfaces
to Customer Premises Equipment at a Public Safety
Answering Point |
| TR-73576 |
A / Feb 1993 |
BellSouth Enhanced 911 for PBX/ALI
Service Network Interface Specifications |
| TR-73577 |
A / May 1993 |
BellSouth Enhanced 911 File Transfer
System (FTS) Database Activity Update Service for
PBX User/ALI Customers Network Interface Specifications |
| TR-73610 |
5 / Jun 2005 |
BellSouth E911 Real-Time Data Interfaces
for Wireless & Commercial Mobile Radio Service
(CMRS) Interconnection |
Microcell
Access
| TR # / ID |
Issue / Date |
Technical Reference Title |
| TR-73561 |
A / Sep 1991 |
Wideband Analog Transport
Interface and Performance Specifications for Microcell
Access Service |
| TR-73567 |
1 / Oct 1995 |
Wideband Analog Transport Microcell
Optical Link Service - Type B Arrangement Interface
and Performance Specifications |
| TR-73588 |
A / Dec 1994 |
Wideband Analog Transport Microcell
Optical Link Service - Type C Arrangements Interface
and Performance Specification |
| TR-73589 |
A / Feb 1995 |
Wideband Analog Transport Microcell
Optical Link Service - Type D Arrangements Interface
and Performance Specification |
Control
and Status Functions
| TR # / ID |
Issue / Date |
Technical Reference Title |
| TR-73531 |
A / 1989 |
Interfaces Between Miscellaneous
Control and Status Functions of BellSouth (SPCS)
Central Office and Customer Premises Equipment |
