The present document specifies the stage three of the Call Waiting (CW) supplementary service for the pan-European
Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) as provided by the European public telecommunications operators by
means of the Signalling System No.7 protocol for the ISDN User Part (ISUP). Stage three identifies the protocol
procedures and switching functions needed to support a telecommunication service (see ITU-T
Recommendation I.130 [1]).
The present document does not specify the additional protocol requirements where the service is provided to the user
via a telecommunications network that is not an ISDN.
The present document does not specify the additional protocol requirements for the national signalling interface.
Although the present document applies only to the international interconnection, the specification of functions, formats
and codes of messages and signals, and actions performed at originating and destination local exchanges are retained.
Formats, codes and procedures marked for national use are included for informative purposes for the international
interface specification. If these items so marked are supported within a national network and operators network, then it
is proposed that they shall be supported in this manner.
NOTE: In the case where a national signalling system behaves differently, the international gateway exchange is
to support both the concerned national and international network.
The CW supplementary service permits a subscriber to be notified of an incoming call (as per basic call procedures)
with an indication that no interface information channel is available. The user then has the choice of accepting, rejecting
or ignoring the waiting call (as per basic call procedures).
The CW supplementary service is considered meaningful when applied to the telephony teleservice and the speech and
3,1 kHz audio bearer services.