ATIS Emergency Communications (EC)

Standards Development

DOCUMENT #: GSC13-PLEN-35

FOR: Presentation

SOURCE: ATIS

AGENDA ITEM: Plenary; 6.2

CONTACT(S): Michael Fargano, Qwest (Michael.Fargano@qwest.com)

Submission Date:July 1, 2008

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Highlight of Current Activities (1)

General EC Types N. America Ex. ATIS Std Role

Citizen-to-Authority E911 E911 for wireless, VoIP, NGN, NG911 – in ESIF, PTSC, WTSC, NIIF, INC, PRQC

Authority-to-Citizen Emergency Alert System (EAS); Commercial Mobile Alert Service (CMAS); Emergency Notification System (ENS)

EAS for IPTV – in IIF; CMAS for wireless – in WTSC; ENS – for wireline voice in NIIF, PTSC

Authority-to-Authority ETS (Priority Services in support of National Security & Emergency Preparedness)

ETS – in PTSC, PRQC, WTSC, NIIF and TMOC

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Citizen-to-Authority (E911)• Focus on NG911 (e.g., NGN/IMS and Location Parameter

Acquisition, Conveyance Architecture, and Protocols) and various near term/legacy matters (e.g., routing number administration for VoIP and wireless)

Authority-to-Citizen (EAS, CMAS, ENS)• Focus on emergency notification standards support for various

technologies: – IPTV EAS requirements and metadata– Wireless CMAS functions and interfaces:

• Common aspects (i.e., Gov-to-Service Provider [gateway-to-gateway] interface, and mobile device behavior) done in collaboration with TIA

• GSM/UMTS specific aspects– Wireline ENS best practices

Authority-to-Authority (ETS)• Focus on ETS for NGN and VoIP (incremental standards and

standards changes)

Highlight of Current Activities (2)

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Strategic Direction

• Work in response to regulatory mandates and statutory changes

• Work proactively to support Public Safety needs • Focus on regional needs (North America) and in coordination

with global directions

• Coordinate/collaborate with other organizations where appropriate (e.g., TIA, ITU, IETF, NENA, etc.)

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Challenges

• Working at the nexus where law, regulation, technology, and standards come together

• Delivering standards to satisfy aggressive regulatory mandate target dates such that reliable implementations can be deployed (per target dates)

• Regarding E911, the NG911 standards can get far ahead of deployments given that there are 6,000+ PSAPs and there are generally different deployment timeframes

• Regarding CMAS, mass deployment issues and possible resulting impacts on standards (i.e., alert aggregation, system upgrades, testing, human behavior, etc.)

• Regarding ETS, providing priority routing/processing for data services (e.g., messaging, email, etc.)

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Next Steps/Actions

• Complete currently defined work program• Continue appropriate changes to current standards suite• Continue to proactively support Public Safety stakeholder

needs • Respond (at appropriate time) to additional FCC regulations

(e.g., regarding NG911)• Continue with cross-organizational coordination and

collaboration• Continue with Emergency Services Coordination Workshops

(Citizen-to-Authority)

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Proposed Resolution

• N/A

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Supplemental Slides

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Overview of Emergency Communications Work in ATIS

ATIS committee work is in support of initiatives by: • FCC/Federal government• Regional/State governments and• Local governments

ATIS committees also act as a feeder group to the ITU-T in support of international general emergency communication services

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ATIS Involvement with FCC – CMAS

• Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commercial Mobile Service Alert Advisory Committee (CMSAAC)– ATIS is a member of the FCC advisory committee, which held its first

meeting in December 2006– Mission is to develop recommendations on technical standards and

protocols to facilitate the ability of commercial mobile service providers to voluntarily transmit emergency alerts to their subscribers

– ATIS is also a member of the CMSAAC Alerting Gateway Group (AGG) and an observer on the Communications Technology Group (CTG)

• Recent ATIS Filing with the FCC regarding CMAS:– Ex Parte presentation to the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland

Security Bureau discussing the ATIS-led standards development work related to implementing a commercial mobile alert system

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Committee/Forum Mission/Scope

• Emergency Services Interconnection Forum (ESIF): The mission of ESIF is to provide a forum to facilitate the identification and resolution of technical and/or operational issues related to the interconnection of wireline, wireless, cable, satellites, Internet and emergency services networks. – http://www.atis.org/esif

• Industry Numbering Committee (INC): INC is a standing committee of the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) that provides an open forum to address and resolve industry-wide issues associated with planning, administration, allocation, assignment and use of the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) numbering resources within the NANP area.– http://www.atis.org/inc/index.asp

• IPTV Interoperability Forum (IIF): The IIF enables the interoperability, interconnection, and implementation of IPTV systems/services by developing ATIS standards and facilitating related technical activities. This forum will place an emphasis on North American and ATIS Member Company needs in coordination with other regional and international standards development organizations.– http://www.atis.org/iif/index.asp

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Committee/Forum Mission/Scope

• Network Interconnection Interoperability Forum (NIIF): NIIF provides an open forum to encourage the discussion and resolution, on a voluntary basis, of industry-wide issues associated with telecommunications network interconnection and interoperability which involve network architecture, management, testing and operations and facilitates the exchange of information concerning these topics.– http://www.atis.org/niif/index.asp

• Network Performance, Reliability, & QoS Committee (PRQC): PRQC Develops and recommends standards related to the performance, reliability, and associated security aspects of communications networks, as well as the processing of voice, audio, data, image, and video signals, and their multimedia integration. – http://www.atis.org/0010/index.asp

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Committee/Forum Mission/Scope

• Packet Technologies and Systems Committee (PTSC): Mission - Develops and recommends standards related to services, architectures, and signaling, in addition to related subjects under consideration in other North American and international standards bodies.– http://www.atis.org/0191/index.asp

• Telecom Management and Operations Committee (TMOC): TMOC develops operations, administration, maintenance and provisioning standards, and other documentation related to Operations Support System (OSS) and Network Element (NE) functions and interfaces for communications networks - with an emphasis on standards development related to U.S.A. communication networks in coordination with the development of international standards.– http://www.atis.org/0130/index.asp

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Committee/Forum Mission/Scope

• Wireless Technologies and Systems Committee (WTSC): WTSC develops and recommends standards and technical reports related to wireless and/or mobile services and systems, including service descriptions and wireless technologies. WTSC develops and recommends positions on related subjects under consideration in other North American, regional and international standards bodies. – http://www.atis.org/0160/index.asp

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ATIS Emergency Communications Standards (recent deliverables)

• ESIF Standards:– Location Acquisition For Internet Access Networks in

Support of Emergency Services (ATIS-0500012; 2007)– Emergency Services Network Interfaces Suite:

• Emergency Services Network Interfaces (ESNI) Framework, (ATIS-0500008; 2006)

• Emergency Services Messaging Interface (ESMI), (ATIS-0500002.2008; American National Standard (ANS))

• Emergency Information Services Interface (EISI) Automatic Location Information (ALI) Service, (ATIS-0500006.2008; American National Standard (ANS))

• Emergency Information Services Interface (EISI) Implemented with Web Services, (ATIS-0500007.2008; American National Standard (ANS))

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ATIS Emergency Communications Standards (recent deliverables)

• IIF Standards– IPTV Emergency Alert System Provisioning

Specifications, (ATIS-0800010, April 2008)– IPTV Emergency Alert System Metadata Specification,

(ATIS-0800012, June 2008)

• NIIF Standards:– NIIF Reference Document Part VI- Attachment A-

Emergency SS7 Restoration Operations Planning Considerations, (ATIS-0300027, March 2008)

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ATIS Emergency Communications Standards (recent deliverables)

• PTSC Standards:– ETS Packet Priority for IP NNI Interfaces – Requirements

for a Separate Expedited Forwarding Mechanism, (ATIS-1000020, October 2007)

• WTSC Standards:– Enhanced Wireless 9-1-1 Phase II

(ANSI/J-STD-036-B; 2007 – Jointly developed with TIA)

• Link to ATIS Document Center: https://www.atis.org/docstore/default.aspx

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Issue Listing by Committee

• Active ESIF Issues:– Issue 49: Initial Stage 2/3 NG9-1-1 Standard; Based on NGN/IMS

– Issue 52: Alternate Routing Options

– Issue 58: Standardization of Location Parameter; Conveyance Architecture and Protocols

• ESIF Issues: http://www.atis.org/esif/issues.asp

• Active IIF Issues:– Issue 51: IPTV EAS Update and Maintenance

• IIF Issues: http://www.atis.org/iif/issues.asp

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Issue Listing by Committee

• Active NIIF Issues:– Issue #0258, NS/EP calls may encounter difficulties when some portion of the

call is served by VoIP technology

– Issue #0278, Interoperability and Services Restoration Guidelines for Telecommunications Disaster Recovery

– Issue #0281R1, Need for Emergency Notification Best Practices

– Issue #0286, Lack of SS7 Transfer Controlled (TFC) support will degrade the probability of completion for NS/EP calls

– Issue #0291, Removal of LERG15 (E911 tandem/county data)

– Issue #0294, ENS Survey Questions while interfacing with the telecommunication network

• NIIF Issues: http://www.atis.org/niif/issues.asp

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Issue Listing by Committee

• Active PRQC Issues:– Issue A0019: Requirements for ETS Authentication in Multiple IP-based

Service Domains• PRQC Issues: http://www.atis.org/0010/issues.asp

• Active PTSC Issues:– Issue S0038: NGN “9-1-1” Service – Issue S0041: Support of Emergency Telecommunication Services

(ETS) in IP Networks – Phase 2– Issue S0043: ETS Phase 1 Network Element Requirements– Issue S0045: Service Requirements for ETS in NGN– Issue S0063: ATIS ETS Authentication

• PTSC Issues: http://www.atis.org/0191/issues.asp

• Active WTSC Issues:– Issue A0018: Proposed Joint ATIS/TIA Standards on Commercial Mobile

Alerts Service (CMAS)– Issue A0019: ATIS Standard on Commercial Mobile Alerts Service (CMAS)

Air Interface Specification for GSM/UMTS• WTSC Issues: http://www.atis.org/0160/issues.asp