Specialist Task Force 321:
TISPAN Emergency call standards development of Location Information
and protocol support for Emergency Communications 

Who we are:

Team Leader: Jim Price See our questionnaire !
Team Member: Pietro Schicker  

What we do :

The activity will prepare the requirement documentation to enable standards that allow a secure network and user environment for the support of all the emergency services in eEurope (eBusiness, eGovernment, etc.).

This will include an analysis of the requirements and protocols for interworking and mapping with regard to the location information and Mobile Location Protocol (MLP) for the interconnection interface between Fixed and Mobile networks for Emergency Communications.

There will then be an appraisal of the ongoing work within the various standards bodies to interwork the location information that could be generated by an NGN or other type of network such that the Emergency service(s) only need to go to one place to obtain the location information. At present there is no international standard for PSAPs currently available and this is now being worked on in ETSI TC TISPAN with ETSI 3GPP, and the experts are currently engaged with ongoing work in the IETF ECRIT Working Group.

This is not an exhaustive list.  Additional applications may be identified in the course of the activity.

Work Items:
DTS/TISPAN-03048-EMTEL
DTS/TISPAN-03049-EMTEL

Read our Terms of Reference

Why we do it:

In order to effectively deliver emergency services to the location of an emergency, it is necessary for the emergency service to have accurate information that enables them to identify the location. In many circumstances, the person reporting the emergency can provide the emergency service with information about the location of the emergency. However this information could be inaccurate and the nature of the emergency may prevent the person from being able to communicate that information. For this reason it is essential that emergency services are able to access accurate location information.

Time plan for the work:

Task 1	Establish STF team	Jan 2007
Task 2	Start-up activities	Jan/Feb 2007
Task 3	Establish and maintain technical liaisons	Feb 2007 - March 2008
Task 4	Stakeholder consultation activities	Feb 2007 - March 2008
Task 5	Identify and examine current initiatives in and outside Europe	March 2007 - April 2007
Task 6	Issues and recommendations to support the location information for emergency communications into TISPAN NGN networks	July 2007 - April 2008
Task 6b	TISPAN approval of TSs	May 2008
Task 6c	Publication of TSs	June 2008 at the latest
Task 7	Result dissemination	December 2007 onwards, and until Final Report
Task 8	Conclusions and recommendations & Final Report delivered to EC/EFTA	28 August 2008

Questionnaire on Emergency Caller Location

STF321 is short of information from a number of countries. We have produced a short questionnaire in an attempt to correct this. All readers are invited to respond to any or all of the questions with details of the situation in their countries, adding any extra information they feel will be useful. 

Please send your answer directly to the STF Leader, Jim Price at jim.price@etsi.org or jnprice@btinternet.com 

Download questionnaire MS-Word format / .pdf format

We thank you in advance for your co-operation.

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.