DRAFT Art Prest

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DRAFTArt Prest

• Vice PresidentRFB Cellular, Inc.

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Key Rural Wireless Carrier Issues

• Achieving FCC E-911 Phase II Accuracy
  Requirements
• On-Going State Cost Recovery
• FCCs December 31, 2005 95 Rule for Carriers
  Using a Phase II Handset Solution

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Achieving E-911 Phase II Accuracy Requirements

• Network Based Triangulation
• Works for CDMA/TDMA/ GSM/Analog Phones
• 100 meters accuracy requirement
• Accuracy in rural environments problematic
• GPS Satellite Based Triangulation
• Only available for CDMA IDEN Phones
• 50 meter accuracy requirement
• Works well in rural environments

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Achieving E-911 Phase II Accuracy Requirements

• Quantify Accuracy Issues
• Collect Analyze Accuracy Results
• In Urban, Suburban, Rural
• For Handset Based Network Based Solutions
• Stimulate Development Deployment of More
  Accurate Solutions for Rural Areas
• Assisted GPS Phone for GSM?
• Lower Cost Ancillary Network Based Location
  Sites?
• Government Incentives for New Technologies?

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Public Safety, Wireless Carriers, the Vendor
Community Must Work Hand-in-Hand to Solve the
Rural Problem!