For the purposes of the present document, the following definitions apply. Alerting state: Answered state: Subscriber A: Subscriber B: Subscriber C: Subscriber D: Successful invocation:

All abbreviations used within the present document are given in TR 21.905.

This service is applicable to telephony (TS:11) only.

The supplementary service shall be provided after pre-arrangement with the service provider. The provision of the Call Hold (HOLD) supplementary service is also required.

The supplementary service shall be withdrawn at the subscriber request or for service provider reasons.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

The supplementary service shall be activated by the service provider as a result of provision.

The supplementary service shall be deactivated by the service provider as a result of withdrawal.

ECT shall be invoked by the served mobile subscriber by use of a control procedure as described in TS 22.030.

The served mobile subscriber (subscriber A) who has two calls (one with subscriber B and one with subscriber C), each of which can be an incoming call or an outgoing call, can request the invocation of the ECT supplementary service with respect to the two calls. The connection shall have been established on one of the calls (referred to as the call between subscriber A and subscriber B). The ECT supplementary service can be invoked after the connection has been established on the call between subscriber A and subscriber C, and in addition, as a network option, after subscriber C has been informed of the call (i.e. an outgoing call from subscriber A to subscriber C, where the connection has not yet been established). On successful invocation of the ECT supplementary service, the two calls between subscriber A and subscriber B and between subscriber A and subscriber C respectively shall be removed from subscriber A's access (i.e. the traffic channel and the signalling channel towards subscriber A will be released) and shall be transformed into a normal call between subscriber B and subscriber C where the state of the previously held party is changed to active without a subscriber action. The previously held party will be informed in the normal way of the retrieve procedure. If the network option above is supported, then if subscriber C is being informed of the call from subscriber A at the time of transfer, the call shall remain in this state at subscriber C (as a network option the ringing tone will be given to subscriber B), and when the connection is established by subscriber C, subscriber C shall be connected to subscriber B. Subscriber A will no longer have any control of the on-going call between B and C. The network shall inform (if possible) subscriber B and subscriber C of the occasion that call transfer has happened including the state (connection established, or user being informed of the call) of the call to the other subscriber. If the network option above is supported, then after connection is established on a call which was transferred whilst subscriber C was being informed of that call, subscriber B shall be informed that the connection has been established on the call to subscriber C. The line identity of subscriber B shall be indicated to subscriber C as specified in subclauses 8.1 through 8.4. The line identity of subscriber C shall be indicated to subscriber B as specified in subclauses 8.1 through 8.4, either:

• at the time of transfer, if the connection had been established between subscriber A and subscriber C; or
• when subscriber B is informed that the connection has been established to subscriber C, if this occurs after transfer.

Not applicable.

The charging principles applicable prior to the served mobile subscribers invocation of ECT, shall also apply after the ECT supplementary service is successfully invoked, i.e. the same charging information will continue to be collected after invocation as before. The charging information for both calls shall contain an indication of successful invocation of ECT.

If subscriber A originated the call between subscribers A and B, and subscriber B subscribes to CLIP, subscriber C's identity shall be presented to subscriber B, subject to subscriber C's line identification restrictions (see subclauses 8.2 and 8.4). If the connection has been established on the call between subscribers A and C before ECT is invoked, subscriber C's identity shall be presented when ECT is invoked. If the connection is established on the call between subscribers A and C after ECT is invoked, subscriber C's identity shall be presented when the connection on that call is established. If subscriber A originated the call between subscribers A and C, and subscriber C subscribes to CLIP, subscriber B's identity shall be presented to subscriber C, subject to subscriber B's line identification restrictions (see subclauses 8.2 and 8.4) when ECT is invoked.

If subscriber B originated the call between subscribers A and B, and subscriber B subscribes to CLIR, presentation of subscriber B's identity to subscriber C shall be controlled by that subscription. Subscriber B's serving network may also provide information on the cause of no CLI. If subscriber C originated the call between subscribers A and C, and subscriber C subscribes to CLIR, presentation of subscriber C's identity to subscriber B shall be controlled by that subscription. Subscriber C's serving network may also provide information on the cause of no CLI.

If subscriber B originated the call between subscribers A and B, and subscriber B subscribes to COLP, subscriber C's identity shall be presented to subscriber B, subject to subscriber C's line identification restrictions (see subclauses 8.2 and 8.4). If the connection has been established on the call between subscribers A and C before ECT is invoked, subscriber C's identity shall be presented when ECT is invoked. If the connection is established on the call between subscribers A and C after ECT is invoked, subscriber C's identity shall be presented when the connection on that call is established. If subscriber C originated the call between subscribers A and C, and subscriber C subscribes to COLP, subscriber B's identity shall be presented to subscriber C, subject to subscriber B's line identification restrictions (see subclauses 8.2 and 8.4) when ECT is invoked.

If subscriber A originated the call between subscribers A and B, and subscriber B subscribes to COLR, presentation of subscriber B's identity to subscriber C shall be controlled by that subscription. If subscriber A originated the call between subscribers A and C, and subscriber C subscribes to COLR, presentation of subscriber C's identity to subscriber B shall be controlled by that subscription.

No impact.

Where a network supports the option to transfer a call for which the connection has been established to a subscriber C to which the connection has not yet been established, the transferred call will be forwarded to a forwarded-to subscriber D if the CFB condition at subscriber C (i.e. UDUB) applies. For a call that is forwarded due to CFB after ECT is invoked, the sending of line identities to subscriber B and forwarded-to subscriber D respectively shall correspond to what is specified for the B and C subscribers in subclauses 8.1 through 8.4, i.e. replacing 'subscriber C' with 'the forwarded-to subscriber D' in the text.

The CFNRy timer at C is not restarted after the transfer has taken place. Where a network supports the option to transfer a call for which the connection has been established to a subscriber C to which the connection has not yet been established, the transferred call will be forwarded to a forwarded-to subscriber D if the call forwarding no reply timer expires. For a call that is forwarded due to CFNRy after ECT is invoked, the sending of line identities to subscriber B and forwarded-to subscriber D respectively shall correspond to what is specified for the B and C subscribers in subclauses 8.1 through 8.4, i.e. replacing 'subscriber C' with 'the forwarded-to subscriber D' in the text.

No impact.

No impact, any party may receive a CW indication before, during or after the calls are transferred. If subscriber A has one active, one held and one waiting call, then once ECT of the held and active calls has been successfully completed, subscriber A shall be offered the normal notification that there is a new call, as for a normal terminating call. If the call to subscriber C meets the waiting state at C, the subscriber B shall be informed after successful transfer about the waiting status at subscriber C.

No impact, if either subscriber B or C have put their call to the served subscriber A on hold prior to the transfer, the resulting transferred call shall remain on hold by that subscriber. In this case the remote parties shall not be informed of the held state on the call.

A served mobile subscriber who has invoked MPTY supplementary service is not allowed to invoke the ECT supplementary service. This is due to the fact that the MPTY functionality can not be subject to call transfer at all. Any of the remote parties is allowed to invoke ECT.

The two calls shall use the same closed user group for the transfer to be successful.

Served mobile subscriber:

• if call transfer is successfully accepted by the network, subscriber A will be disconnected, and therefore AoC processing at subscribers A Mobile Station will be stopped;
• for the combination AoC charging level and ECT, it is strongly recommended not to subscribe to both supplementary services at the same time.

Remote mobile subscriber:

• any AoC service at the remote sides will continue to calculate the charging information according to the original call.

No impact.

No impact.

No impact.

No impact.

No impact.

No impact. The ECT supplementary service can be invoked simultaneously by the users on a call for which the connection has been established, but this is not regarded as a normal situation. The network will not be required to prevent this occurring, but likewise cannot guarantee that the indications supplied to the users involved will be sensible to those users. There can be more than one indication generated due to multiple invocations of the ECT supplementary service and the arrival of such indications is dependent on the timing of their invocation by the users involved in the call. The network shall transfer these indications when they are generated. Therefore, both mobile subscribers (subscriber A and subscriber B) in a normal call, who have each subscribed to the ECT supplementary service, can simultaneous transfer the call. That is, if subscriber A and subscriber B are involved in a call on which the connection has been established, subscriber A can transfer the call to user C and subscriber B can transfer the call to user D.

This service is applicable to Telephony (TS:11) only. NA1 states: applicable to all circuit switched basic telecommunication services.

The NOTE describing the Call Hold scenario is not included in the 3GPP stage 1 specifications. In 3GPP specifications there a explicit explanation that the previously held party shall be informed of the retrieve procedure. NA1: In 3GPP specifications there is no explicit exchange of the subaddress of the remote parties after the successful transfer defined. NA1 states:

In the case where:

• the two calls are incompatible with ECT (either one of them or both are not Telephony service);
• the call state is not compatible with the request, e.g. one call is not answered;
• etc. (for further study).

the request will be rejected by the network and the subscriber will be notified of the cause. NA1 states:

NA1:

Annex A is missing in the ISDN specification.