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NRIC VII Council Charter The Council has been tasked to report on ways to improve emergency communications networks and related network architectures This means ensuring that emergency communications networks are reliable, survivable and secure. It also means that emergency communications networks (including E911 ) can be accessed with currently available technologies as well as with new technologies. http://www.nric.org/

Focus Groups 1A Emergency Networks – Near Term Address Current Issues – Location Accuracy and Reporting 1B Emergency Networks – Long Term Network by 2010 1C Emergency Networks – Network Outages and Best Practices Recommendations on Reporting 1D Emergency Networks – PSAP/Emergency Communications Recommendations for PSAP/First Responders 2A Homeland Security – Infrastructure Best Practices Recommendations 2B Homeland Security – Cyber Security

Focus Groups (Cont) 3A Network Reliability –Wireless Wireless Best Practices 3B Network Reliability – Public Data Data Networks Best Practices 4 Broadband Network Architecture Reference Models Internet Access

NRIC Council – VII Charters of (1b) & (1d) Groups 9-1-1 Caller 1st Responders NRIC VII - (1d) group Communication Issues for Emergency Communications Beyond E9-1-1 PSAP to 1st Responder network focus NRIC VII - (1b) group Long Term Issues for Emergency/E9-1-1 Services 9-1-1 network focus PSAP Homeland Security Created June 2, 2004 Draft 1

9-1-1 Call Value Chain NRIC VII – (1b) Group NRIC VII – (1d) Group Caller Providers 9-1-1 Network PSAP Air Interface Network 1st Responder CURRENT Wireline Wireless VoIP FUTURE Satellite Radio Pager Other ILEC CLEC Wireless Carrier VoIP Provider BellSouth Qwest Verizon SBC Other Many (1000s) 800 Mhz CDPD GPRS GSM CDMA 802.11x Others (?) Police Fire EMS Roadside Assist Emer Comm Hazmat Poison Control Animal Control USFS BLM Created June 2, 2004 Draft 1