A REPORT ON TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONAL ISSUES IMPACTING THE PROVISION OF WIRELESS ENHANCED 911 SERVICES

The 9-1-1 system faces serious challenges in locating 9-1-1 callers who use wireless telephones. The purpose of this report is to convey the results of an independent inquiry into the technical and operational issues affecting the deployment of wireless Enhanced 911 (E911) services in the United States. One over-arching issue that immediately emerged is that the existing wireline E911 infrastructure while generally reliable, is seriously antiquated. This is troubling because it means that the additional network elements and functionalities necessary to handle the increasing volume of wireless E911 calls are being built upon a platform or foundation that has serious limitations in terms of speed, scalability, and adaptability. Additionally, it is troubling because these limitations not only burden the development of wireless E911 services, but they will also constrain our ability to extend E911 access to a rapidly growing number of non-traditional devices (e.g., PDAs), systems (e.g. telematics) and networks (e.g., voice networks that employ Voice- over-the-Internet Protocol -- VoIP). The author reaches six main conclusion and makes six major recommendations

• Record URL:
  http://www.e911institute.org/theIssues/hatfieldReport.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: 2003. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation Systems Washington DC. Format: website
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Communications Commission

  Washington, DC  United States 

  Department of Transportation

  Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Hatfield, Dale N
• Publication Date: 2003

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cellular radio; Emergency communication systems; Identification systems; Monitoring; Policy; Safety; Technology assessment
• Uncontrolled Terms: Identification and monitoring systems
• Subject Areas: Policy; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00942926
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 2 2003 12:00AM