Suggestions for Parlay 4.0 Requirements on Emergency Telecom Services (ETS) An SAIC Company Ravi Jain September 10, 2001 Copyright ©2001 Telcordia Technologies. All Rights Reserved.

Ravi Jain / 26-Apr-01/ 2 Copyright ©2001 Telcordia Technologies. All Rights Reserved. What is Emergency Telecom Service (ETS)? Telecommunication services to support emergency operations Ensure effective communications to support emergency operations through severely congested and impaired resources during times of man-made or natural disasters – e.g. terrorism, earthquakes, hurricanes, etc Authorized users – e.g. medical services, fire brigades, police, utilities, government and industry recovery teams

Ravi Jain / 26-Apr-01/ 3 Copyright ©2001 Telcordia Technologies. All Rights Reserved. ETS: Basic Requirements Ability to communicate anytime, anywhere through readily available public telecommunication resources Priority identification Priority access Authentication Exemption from network management controls Enhanced routing Multi precedence levels Optional pre-emption

Ravi Jain / 26-Apr-01/ 4 Copyright ©2001 Telcordia Technologies. All Rights Reserved. International Recognition and Standardization Description of the International Emergency Preference Scheme (IEPS) ITU-T Recommendation E.106, Mar 00 ETSI TIPHON TD 116, Mar 00 IETF Drafts, July 01 Applies to PSTN and ISDN services Sponsored by Germany, USA, Canada, Denmark, etc.

Ravi Jain / 26-Apr-01/ 5 Copyright ©2001 Telcordia Technologies. All Rights Reserved. Moving Forward NEW ITU-T RECOMMENDATION F.706 – Consent 6/8/01 INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY MULTIMEDIA SERVICE (IEMS) Expands IEPS with multimedia services provided by next- generation, packet- based networks

Ravi Jain / 26-Apr-01/ 6 Copyright ©2001 Telcordia Technologies. All Rights Reserved. IEPS/IEMS Evolution FUTURE OF IEPS/IEMS COMMUNICATIONS Transition with circuit/packet interworking and open APIs Fully integrated global services for IEPS/IEMS operations Today’s PSTN/ISDN

Ravi Jain / 26-Apr-01/ 7 Copyright ©2001 Telcordia Technologies. All Rights Reserved. Emergency Telecommunications Services (ETS)  Need to extend A/IN-based and switch-based priority services defined for ETS calls to NGN and open APIs  Several countries have sponsored programs over the past 15 years to ensure standards and implementation programs for ETS –Canada: Line Load Control to deliver priority dialtone –USA: GETS –Japan: “I Am Alive” via web site registration  Details: –Vernon Mosley’s presentation to the Parlay group at San Diego, 5/23/01  See –Calling_Party_Category parameter for call control –See also IETF Drafts and Recommendation E106 at

Ravi Jain / 26-Apr-01/ 8 Copyright ©2001 Telcordia Technologies. All Rights Reserved. Impact of ETS on NGN APIs  Need to handle new types of communication (data, , video, multimedia), new types of networks (wireless, packet) and technology (protocols, architectures)  These requirements impact Call Control and Policy Management  Also likely to impact Mobility, PAM, Charging and Framework (e.g. for location-based service, accounting bypass, security, etc.)  Proposal: a focus group to generate initial requirements survey and feed into Parlay 4 Requirements process and working groups  Web site:  exploder set up

Ravi Jain / 26-Apr-01/ 9 Copyright ©2001 Telcordia Technologies. All Rights Reserved Access -Exempt from NMC -Trunk Queuing -Set HPC -Alternate Carrier Routing Routing-Enhanced Alternate Carrier Alternate Carrier Routing Routing -Default Routing -Calling Party Number Number ACCESS EGRESS CPE LOCAL LOOP CPE TRANSPORT IXC NETWORKS AT&T Worldcom SPRINT Residence Phone Office Phone PBX Payphone Residence Phone Office Phone Access Tandem Access Tandem End Office End Office PBX Priority Dial Tone -Access Control -Exempt from NMC NMC-Enhanced Routing Routing -Trunk Queuing -Set HPC -Recognize HPC -Trunk Queuing -Exemption from NMC NMC -Evoke CLASS CLASS GETS PIN db Payphone CPECustomer Premise Equipment HPCHigh Probability of Completion NMCNetwork Management Controls PBXPrivate Branch Exchange PINPersonal Identification Number Mobile Switching Center Mobile Switching Center (UNENHANCED) Current ETS PSTN Enhancements

Ravi Jain / 26-Apr-01/ 10 Copyright ©2001 Telcordia Technologies. All Rights Reserved. The Future  Provide New ETS Capabilities as PSTN Evolves to NGN  Open APIs will Enable Enhanced ETS Features in the NGN INFORMATIONINFORMATION SHARESHARE 0% Voice Non-Voice , Video, Instant Messaging etc. 100% NGN ETSPSTN ETS Timeline Basic ETS Features Enhanced ETS Features

Ravi Jain / 26-Apr-01/ 11 Copyright ©2001 Telcordia Technologies. All Rights Reserved. Example detailed requirements  Can Parlay 4 APIs provide specific support for –User Authentication –Service Authentication –Identify Priority Call/Session (voice, data) –Exemption from Network Management Controls –Signaling Priority –Application Trigger –Alternate Carrier Routing –Specialized Billing –Fraud detection  Scope of functional requirements –Compatible with existing service –Policy-level control of service features –Mobile/fixed, wired/wireless users –Independent of network and session type