Specialist Task Force 315:
TISPAN Emergency call standards development of Location Information
and protocol support for Emergency Communications – review of extended
requirements
Who we are:
Team Leader:
Jim Price
Team Member:
Pietro Schicker
What we do :
This STF proposal has been funded by
the Board in preparation for the work that is required to support the TISPAN
work ongoing for location information, and as a precursor to the activities
required by the EC. This work does not include any activities which are funded
under STF QG. The work on the STF is urgent to ensure that the NGN meets the
requirements of the ETSI Members. The output will be in the form of a Temporary
Document to the TISPAN#13 meeting in February 2007.
Read our
Terms
of Reference
Why we do it:
The support of additional means of citizens to be able to
communicate to an emergency centre in a NGN by the use of text and/or video
could be deployed by the hard of hearing community. This then requires that
these services are able to communicate location information so that this
community is treated in the same was as the rest of the community.
If this location information is deployed on private
company NGN (IP) networks it may eliminate the occasions where an emergency
vehicle is sent to a location where the private network interconnects with the
public network rather than where the real emergency is located.
The introduction of the NGN (IP) network also gives the
various governments the opportunity to co-operate across borders such that the
emergency service communications are standard and the location of the emergency
is crucial for this to happen.
In the move towards technology-independent support of
consumers to access services, it is recognised that a large number of consumers
will be using 3G terminals and networks. Therefore the project will work closely
with the development of 3G systems to assure consumers that the eEurope
infrastructure remains secure and trusted for this method of access
Time plan for the work:
| Task 1: Establish STF team |
Nov 2006 |
| Task 2: Start-up activities |
21 Nov 2006 |
| Task 3: Progress report to TISPAN#12bis |
11-15 Dec 2006 |
| Task 4: Temporary document and Final Report to TISPAN#13 |
Feb 2007 |
How to contact us :
If you would like more information, please contact the STF
Leader:
jnprice@btinternet.com
Note: this information is based upon STF working assumptions.
The views expressed do not necessarily represent the position of ETSI in this
context.