Fostering worldwide interoperabilityGeneva, 13-16 July 2009

Emergency Communications in ETSI (SC EMTEL)

Presenter: Mike Sharpe, VP ETSI ESPSource: Ken Mott, Chairman SC EMTEL

Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) 14

DOCUMENT #: GSC14-PLEN-028

FOR: Presentation

SOURCE: ETSI

AGENDA ITEM: PLEN 6.2

CONTACT(S): Ken Mott

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Study into unauthenticated and unregistered access to the emergency services (TR 102 758):

To help tackle the problem of emergency calls made from handsets without a SIM card, where the details of the caller are unavailableAs 3GPP and other groups (such as IETF) are also working on this subject EMTEL will check if additional work is still needed in this area 

Highlight of Current Activities (1)

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Special Report on call forwarding and the referral of emergency calls is being compiled (SR 002 776):

In some countries, emergency calls have to be redialled if more than one service is requiredEMTEL is looking at ways in which the call can be forwarded, to save crucial time and increase efficiency

Special Report on test verification for emergency calls (SR 002 777):

looking at the possibility of standardising procedures

Highlight of Current Activities (2)

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Revision of TS 102 182 on “Requirements for communications from authorities/organisations to the citizens during emergencies”:

to add parameterisation of the requirements and any additional requirements discovered e.g. issue of message identifiers, European view on warning systems

Highlight of Current Activities (3)

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EMTEL has regular liaisons with other groups such as:

other ETSI TBs3GPP groupsITU-TIETF-ECRITCoCom EGEA (Expert Group on Emergency Access)BAPCO (British Association of Public Safety Communications Officers)NENA, PSE (Public Safety Europe) Forum

Highlight of Current Activities (4)

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Particular efforts to involve the public safety community more closely in its work and in the standardisation process generally:

Members of the Committee have made a number of presentations at relevant conferences Enhancement of the current EMTEL website to provide a forum for the publication of documents, the dissemination of information and for consultation among the wider public safety community.

Strategic Direction

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Improve promotion of EMTEL documents to users and other groups (e.g. other TBs and 3GPP groups, other SDOs, European projects)Continuous effort to get users’ requirements from public safety users (e.g. fire and rescue services, ambulances, police, Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP etc)) involved in the EMTEL work. Promote global harmonisation of public safety spectrum to enable cross border cooperation and provision of broadband data and such spectrum to be a publicly owned asset for public safety use only.

Challenges

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A small group in EMTEL will:Identify how to better promote the EMTEL work done up to nowOrganise a promotional strategy plan for the future

Ideas for that:Review EMTEL web siteHold regular workshops (not only to promote EMTEL deliverables but also to involve more users in the consultation process)

A Liaison Statement will be sent to ERM regarding the future harmonisation and broadband spectrum requirements.

Next Steps/Actions