What is LRN?
An LRN is a unique number that uses a 10-digit telephone number format to efficiently and cost effectively route calls to numbers that have been ported or moved from one carrier to another. Essentially, the LRN assigns a unique 10-digit telephone number to each switch in a defined geographic area and this location routing number serves as a network address. Carriers routing telephone calls to customers that have transferred their telephone numbers from one carrier to another perform a database query to obtain the location routing number that corresponds to the dialed telephone number. The carrier would then route the call to the new carrier based on the location routing number.
Why LRN is used?
In 1996, the U.S. Congress mandated a change in local telephone service that allowed any carrier to enter a local market. This regulation meant that consumer’s phone services could be moved from one provider to another and the number remains with the consumer. Prior to this ruling the NPA-NXX determined where a number resided and how to route a call to this number. With the 1996 ruling, consumers could keep their number but a system was needed to determine where the number reside for providers to efficiently route calls. Part of the 1996 mandate was that every ported number must have an LRN assigned to it. NeuStar was chosen to develop and maintain the Number Portability Administration Center (NPAC) to support local number porting.
Previously, the NPA-NXX was the method used to identify the state and rate center where the number was originally assigned, as well as the service provider and carrier type (wireless or wireline). As discussed above, LRN service was introduced to provide end users with the ability keep their numbers when they change providers. The LRN therefore replaced the need to identify rate center, state, service provider, and carrier type and only identifies the switch that the number is associated with. If a number has never been ported, it will not have an LRN, but will route based on the NPA-NXX of the number. Numbers that have been ported and consequently have an LRN, route based off the NPA-NXX of the LRN.
How LRN’s affect VoIP wholesale origination?
Most wholesale VoIP provider’s route termination calls using jurisdictional routing, which is comprised of interstate (between states) and intrastate (within one state) routes. Simply put, jurisdictional routing is based off the originating and the destination numbers. If the calling number is located in the same state as the called number, it is an intrastate call. If the calling number is located in a different state than the called number, it is an interstate call. Carriers using jurisdictional routing can choose to dip for the LRN (the most direct route) or they can choose to not dip for the LRN, but run the risk of paying a high rate for the call.
Jurisdictional routing is call routing through the recognition of originating and destination telephone numbers and encompasses intrastate and interstate routes. Most wholesale Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers route termination calls in this manner. Carriers using this method can elect to dip for a ported number’s LRN; if they do not, they may pay a higher rate for that call.
While all of this remains invisible to the eyes of consumers, they would probably be surprised to learn that only a relatively small section of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 gave rise to the technological infrastructure which affords them such an invaluable convenience.
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