Direct Access to 9-1-1 during the Transition to Next Generation

Judy Harkins

Index of Slides

  1. Direct Access to 9-1-1 during the Transition to Next Generation
  2. What is Direct Access?
  3. FCC needs to be involved in defining interoperable text communication
  4. Mobile 9-1-1 Now
  5. We need a standard form of text conversation that can be used in all media.
  6. The Phone Side of Handhelds
  7. 1. Build TTY into the device so you can type to 9-1-1 (fairly short term if feasible)
  8. 1. continued
  9. 2. SMS to 9-1-1? (uses the “phone side”)
  10. The Internet/data side
  11. E-mail, text messaging, interactive text?
  12. 9-1-1 Community Working Toward Automatic Location Identification for Internet
  13. Wireless Internet to 9-1-1 (IM and/or real-time text)
  14. 4. Wireless Internet to relay
  15. 4. continued

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