1. 9-1-1 Network Survivability and Disaster Recovery Feb 17, 2005 Roger Hixson NENA Technical Issues Director FCC Telecommunications Service Priority Summit

2. FCC Telecommunications Service Priority Summit CATEGORY 3- Public Health, Safety, and CATEGORY 3- Public Health, Safety, and Maintenance of Law and Order Maintenance of Law and Order Minimum number of services necessary for giving Minimum number of services necessary for giving civil alert, maintaining law and order and the health civil alert, maintaining law and order and the health and safety of the U.S. population and safety of the U.S. population

3. FCC Telecommunications Service Priority Summit Applicable Circuits for TSP Originating Switch Selective Routing Switch PSAP CAD Cell MPC ALI DB Servers SR DB Server DB System EOC Radio Systems NCIC, etc Admin Lines ( 9-1-1 InterTandem ) ILEC CLEC MSC

4. FCC Telecommunications Service Priority Summit Applicable for TSP treatment Message Circuits (EM)—CO to SR Message Circuits (EM)—CO to SR Emergency Service Circuits (ES)—SR to PSAP Emergency Service Circuits (ES)—SR to PSAP ALI Data Links – PSAP and ALI ALI Data Links – PSAP and ALI PSAP to CAD links PSAP to CAD links Intertandem (if applicable) Intertandem (if applicable)

5. FCC Telecommunications Service Priority Summit Applicable for TSP treatment Administrative Lines Administrative Lines Radio Circuits Radio Circuits Wireless and Wireline interfaces Wireless and Wireline interfaces Ex: Cell to MSC, MSC to MPC, MPC to ALI Ex: Cell to MSC, MSC to MPC, MPC to ALI EOC Facilities EOC Facilities Special Circuits & Other Critical Links Special Circuits & Other Critical Links

6. FCC Telecommunications Service Priority Summit Reasons for lack of implementation TSP Costs TSP Costs No cost for sponsorship – if procedures simple enough No cost for sponsorship – if procedures simple enough Service Provider Tariff Costs – need for cost consistency Service Provider Tariff Costs – need for cost consistency Decision on all or `representative’ circuits Decision on all or `representative’ circuits Belief that TSP is not necessary Belief that TSP is not necessary E9-1-1 and general service providers will `take care E9-1-1 and general service providers will `take care of critical public safety circuits’ of critical public safety circuits’ But – if large scale outages, higher TSP level circuits will prevail But – if large scale outages, higher TSP level circuits will prevail Consistent education of all parties needed Consistent education of all parties needed Belief that Public Safety can just order it done in cases of major catastrophes – but will be too late at that point Belief that Public Safety can just order it done in cases of major catastrophes – but will be too late at that point Lack of implementation coordination – need national project plan Lack of implementation coordination – need national project plan

7. FCC Telecommunications Service Priority Summit Key factors for implementation TSP Costs TSP Costs No cost for sponsorship – if procedures simple enough No cost for sponsorship – if procedures simple enough Service Provider Tariff Costs – need for cost consistency Service Provider Tariff Costs – need for cost consistency Decision on all or `representative’ circuits Decision on all or `representative’ circuits Belief that TSP is not necessary Belief that TSP is not necessary E9-1-1 and general service providers will `take care E9-1-1 and general service providers will `take care of critical public safety circuits’ of critical public safety circuits’ But – if large scale outages, higher TSP level circuits will prevail But – if large scale outages, higher TSP level circuits will prevail Consistent education of all parties needed Consistent education of all parties needed Belief that Public Safety can just order it done in cases of major catastrophes – but will be too late at that point Belief that Public Safety can just order it done in cases of major catastrophes – but will be too late at that point Lack of implementation coordination – need national project plan Lack of implementation coordination – need national project plan

8. FCC Telecommunications Service Priority Summit Roger Hixson Technical Issues Director National Emegency Number Association (NENA) 614-442-9110rhixson@nena.org