Information technology -- Telecommunications and information exchange between systems -- Private Integrated Services Network -- Inter-exchange signalling protocol -- Call Priority Interruption and Call Priority Interruption Protection supplementary services

ISO/IEC 15992:2003 specifies the signalling protocol for the support of the Call Priority Interruption (SS-CPI) and Call Priority Interruption Protection (SS-CPIP) supplementary services at the Q reference point between Private Integrated services Network eXchanges (PINXs) connected together within a Private Integrated Services Network (PISN).

NOTE This edition of ISO/IEC 15992:2003 does not apply to calls using the circuit-mode multiple rate bearer service.

SS-CPI allows a call request for a priority call to proceed successfully in the case that there is no user information channel available. This is accomplished by force releasing an established call of lower priority.

SS-CPIP allows for the protection of calls against interruption from priority calls.

The Q reference point is defined in ISO/IEC 11579-1.

Service specifications are produced in three stages and according to the method specified in ETS 300 387. ISO/IEC 15992:2003 contains the stage 3 specification for the Q reference point and satisfies the requirements identified by the stage 1 and stage 2 specifications in ISO/IEC 15991.

The signalling protocol for SS-CPI(P) operates on top of the signalling protocol for bas