PSN governance obligations for all connectivity services
Published 5 November 2015
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Please note that the reference numbers to these obligations are not sequential as they have been retained from the previous publication of governance obligations.
Obligation COM.4 mandatory for PSN connectivity services
Permitted traffic flows on PSN are:
- from a PSNSP (either a network provider or a service provider) to/from a DNSP but not directly to the GCN
- from a DNSP to any other DNSP via the GCN
- not from a DNSP to another DNSP other than via the GCN (eg not via a PSNSP connected to two DNSPs)
- not via a private connection between two DNSPs
- not from a PSNSP to another PSNSP other than via a DNSP or DNSPs and the GCN
Obligation COM.11 mandatory for PSN connectivity services
Applicants must manage and be accountable for the scheduling and cost of compliance for their service, including but not limited to the costs of any third party independent assurance and testing bodies, or PSN team resources. They must accept that compliance requests may be subject to rescheduling by the PSN team, according to the PSN team’s prioritisation criteria. Any costs will be agreed between the PSN team and the applicants before they are incurred.
Obligation COM.22 mandatory for PSN connectivity services
The recipient of a compliance warning notice must provide a response, containing timescales that are acceptable to the PSN team, within five working days of receiving the compliance warning notice.
Obligation COM.23 mandatory for PSN connectivity services
Following instruction from the PSN CTO to rescind a PSN compliance certificate, the PSN team will require any affected PSN connected infrastructures, services or connectivity services to disconnect from the PSN. Owners of these infrastructures, services or connectivity services shall follow any instruction in the timeframe required by the PSN team.
Obligation COM.26 mandatory for PSN connectivity services
Applicants must ensure that their PSN compliance test results are independently verified, using either PSN team resources or third party independent assurance and testing bodies as appointed by or approved by the PSN team, as a condition for achieving PSN compliance certification. Applicants must also ensure that any independent third party conducting these tests acknowledges in writing that the tests results are to be provided to the PSN team and that the PSN team will be relying on those results. Applicants must make these test results available to the PSN team on request and as required.
Obligation COM.28 mandatory for PSN connectivity services
Where compliance verification involves tests, applicants must prepare a test plan and test scripts for compliance verification. The test scripts must be detailed enough to show compliance with all conditions.
Obligation COM.29 mandatory for PSN connectivity services
Applicants must allow the PSN team to review any PSN compliance test scripts and test plans prior to the conduct of compliance verification. The PSN team may – but is not obliged to – review these.
Obligation COM.30 mandatory for PSN connectivity services
If the PSN team chooses to review the test scripts and test plans then it must do so within ten working days providing written comments to applicants. Applicants must submit revised test plans and test scripts to the PSN team for its review within ten working days of receipt of such comments.
Obligation COM.31 mandatory for PSN connectivity services
Where the PSN team provides written comments to test plans and test scripts, applicants must not commence compliance verification until such comments have been addressed.
Obligation COM.32 mandatory for PSN connectivity services
Applicants must allow the PSN team to review any PSN compliance test scripts, test plans and the associated results at any time during, on or after the completion of compliance verification.
Obligation COM.33 mandatory for PSN connectivity services
Applicants and the PSN team shall meet to review the test plans and test scripts within ten working days of any written request by the PSN team.
Obligation COM.34 mandatory for PSN connectivity services
On completion of compliance verification, applicants must provide a written report to the PSN team, prepared by an independent compliance verification body, which details any compliance related issues, actions, observations and a compliance recommendation.
Obligation COM.41 mandatory for PSN connectivity services
A DNSP network must allow traffic with any direct connection it has with any PSN customer or PSN service provider to transit across the GCN, subject to any access restrictions imposed by the PSN customer or PSN service provider.
Obligation COM.42 mandatory for PSN connectivity services
A PSN service offering network services must allow traffic with any direct connection it has with any PSN customer or PSN service provider to transit to a DNSP network, subject to any access restrictions imposed by the PSN customer or PSN service provider.