A emergency call service mechanism on SIP Internet telephony system

Author

Park, Sun Ok ; Han, Jae Cheon ; Hyun, Wook ; Huh, Mi-Young ; Kang, Shin Gak

Author_Institution

Protocol Eng. Center, Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Taejon

Volume

3

fYear

2006

fDate

20-22 Feb. 2006

Lastpage

2083

Abstract

Today the world is undergoing a massive shift from the traditional PSTN to all-IP-based Internet telephony, implying an eventual replacement of the PSTN with VoIP sooner or later. However FCC\´s decision to "require VoIP service providers to supply E911 capabilities to their customers" imposes legal controls. Internet telephony users have an expectation to be able to initiate a request for help in case of an emergency. Unfortunately, the existing mechanisms to support emergency calls that have evolved within the PSTN, are not appropriate to handle evolving IP-based telephony service. In this paper, we suggest mechanism for emergency calls placed by the public using SIP-based VoIP system

Keywords

Internet telephony; SIP Internet telephony system; VoIP service providers; emergency call service mechanism; Electronic mail; FCC; IP networks; Internet telephony; Jupiter; Law; Protocols; Standardization; Sun; Web and internet services; 911; E911; Emergency; GEOPRIV; Location Information; SIP; VoIP; XCAP;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Communication Technology, 2006. ICACT 2006. The 8th International Conference

Conference_Location

Phoenix Park

Print_ISBN

89-5519-129-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICACT.2006.206407

Filename

1626012