ieprep User Objectives Draft-ietf-ieprep-requirements-01.txt OBJECTIVES to be considered in provision of telecommunication services to support emergency and disaster relief operations Using IP Technology Hal Folts

Purpose O bjectives to be considered in developing technical capabilities using IP technology for supporting communications to assist emergency and disaster relief operations organize and coordinate recovery efforts from serious natural and man-made disasters

Premise It may not be possible to fulfill all of these objectives immediately within existing standards or RFCs, Internet features, and applications. Let’s see what is possible and practical to facilitate preferential treatment of emergency traffic during severe crises.

Objectives – 1 1. Use of public telecommunication resources (PSTN and Internet) any place and time 2. For use of capabilities by pre- authorized users – should be authenticated when requesting service

Objectives – 2 3. If network traffic reaches saturation, emergency communications should be provided preferential treatment to facilitate success 4. A communication session should be maintained to completion – even if quality is degraded

Objectives – 3 5. Interworking of emergency services between different networks and nations should be provided to provide maximum area of coverage possible. 6. Continuation of 5 recognizing use of Service Level Agreement

Objectives – 4 7. Support for a variety of communication applications – voice, video, data, message, telemetry, conference, IAA, etc. 8. Security protection of emergency traffic from intrusion and interference

Objectives – 5 9. User option of protection of certain traffic from eavesdropping and some without observable identification of source/destination 10. Use of services with degraded quality when no alternative is available

What’s Next? How can we move this work forward in the IETF constructively to seek practical and effective solutions for supporting critical communications during serious disaster events???

Backup Slides Additional information

Sources of Material Working meetings with industry members of President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) Extensive discussions in ITU-T with members (gov’t and industry) Extensive discussions in European Telecommunications Standards Institute (gov’t and industry representatives) Discussions with government representatives of Japan, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia Discussions with industry representatives worldwide.