1. Emergency Communications
Contributions from ATIS, ETSI, TIA
Highlights
The GSC Task Force on Emergency Communications was established at GSC-16. All GSC SDOs participated and contributed to the Task Force coordinated by ETSI. An overview of the output report was presented during the GSC-17 Task Force Reports in agenda item 8.1.
Other areas highlighted included SMS text to standards, Next Generation System (NG911), Project 25, Multimedia Emergency Services, Commercial Mobile Alert Service (CMAS), Satellite Emergency Communications, TETRA, Digital Mobile Radio, Global Maritime Safety Systems, and more
Regional regulatory requirements and mandates in coordination with global directions.
Next Steps
Continue cross-organizational coordination, collaboration, and liaisons
Continue to seek users’ requirements for emergency communications
Strive for global harmonization of public safety standards
Promote public safety spectrum needs
Recommendations
Reaffirm the existing Resolution GSC-16/02
Retain HIS for GSC-18
Standards for Shared ICT