DOCUMENT #: GSC13-PLEN-58 FOR: Presentation SOURCE: ETSI AGENDA ITEM: 6.2 CONTACT(S): KenMottBAPCO@aol.com ETSI Emergency Communications Ken Mott ETSI TC EMTEL Chairman Presenter: Mike Sharpe Submission Date: June 27, 2008 ETSI EMTEL- New Chairmanship and key documents • A new EMTEL Chairman was elected end of 2007: Ken Mott from BAPCO, KenMottBAPCO@aol.com • EMTEL deliverables on users’ requirements for scenarios covering: – Communication of individuals with authorities – Communication from authorities to individuals – Communication between authorities – Communication amongst individuals were all published. • TR 102 476 on Emergency calls and VoIP: possible short and long term solutions and standardisation activities. TB approved, should be published in July 2008. • TR 102 758 on Study on unauthenticated and unregistered access to emergency services. Currently under drafting. 2 ETSI EMTEL- Liaisons • EMTEL has liaisons with other groups and mainly: – other ETSI TBs e.g. eHealth, RRS, TETRA, SES, MESA, TISPAN, MSG – 3GPP groups e.g. SA1 and CT1 – ITU-T – IETF-ECRIT – CoCom EGEA (Expert Group on Emergency Access) – Etc … • EMTEL is more and more requested to participate to 112 events, European Projects on Emergency (on broadband, interoperability), Global Organisations on Emergency (e.g. TIEMS) 3 Planned topics for EMTEL • A new work item will be created on Gap analysis for 112 issues. Depending on the result the EMTEL ToRs may be revised. • A Liaison Statement will be sent to ERM regarding the request for the allocation of a Broadband spectrum Emergency Communication independent from any technology • Satellites and emergencies – Satellites can play an important role in the infrastructure, replacing terrestrial networks during outages or whilst unavailable (this is addressed within ETSI TC SES/SatEC) – ETSI TC SES/SatEC (Satellite Emergency Communications) deals in particular with wideband communications via satellite dedicated to emergency related services 4 ETSI EMTEL strategy and long term • EMTEL is thinking about how to improve the knowledge of the EMTEL work: – EMTEL has contacts in different groups but its activities may be not regularly reported – Although the industry works on documents the users community are not generally aware of them • EMTEL would like to promote its deliverables as references for Public agencies in Europe to help develop coordinated and interoperable systems and deliver a high quality service 5