Standards initiatives for Emergency Telecommunications Service (ETS)

Author

Folts, Hal

Author_Institution

Nat. Commun. Syst., USA

Volume

40

Issue

7

fYear

2002

fDate

7/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

102

Lastpage

107

Abstract

This article presents the functional requirements, features, and objectives for the Emergency Telecommunications Service (ETS) in newly emerging telecommunication networks. The ETS is an extension of the International Emergency Preference Scheme (IEPS) of ITU-T Recommendation E.106 and includes additional provisions for multimedia services through a packet-based telecommunications environment. Efforts are underway in the national standards bodies and International organizations to identify, establish, and apply a comprehensive family of ETS standards for the next generation of telecommunication services, which are expected to be a blend of new packet technology with traditional circuit-based infrastructure

Keywords

circuit switching; emergency services; multimedia communication; packet switching; telecommunication standards; ETS standards; Emergency Telecommunications Service; IEPS; ITU-T Recommendation E.106; International Emergency Preference Scheme; circuit-based infrastructure; functional requirements; international organizations; multimedia services; national standards bodies; packet technology; packet-based telecommunications; standards initiatives; telecommunication networks; telecommunication services; Circuits; Government; IP networks; Internet telephony; Protection; Standards organizations; Telecommunication services; Telecommunication standards; Terrorism; Web and internet services;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2002.1018014

Filename

1018014