9-1-1 Network Survivability

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

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

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FCC Telecommunications Service Priority
SummitApplicable Circuits for TSP
( 9-1-1 InterTandem )
Admin Lines
ILEC CLEC MSC
EOC
Selective Routing Switch
Originating Switch
PSAP
CAD
Cell

Radio Systems NCIC, etc
SR DB Server
ALI DB Servers
MPC
DB System
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Applicable for TSP treatment

• Message Circuits (EM)CO to SR
• Emergency Service Circuits (ES)SR to PSAP
• ALI Data Links PSAP and ALI
• PSAP to CAD links
• Intertandem (if applicable)

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Applicable for TSP treatment

• Administrative Lines
• Radio Circuits
• Wireless and Wireline interfaces
• Ex Cell to MSC, MSC to MPC, MPC to ALI
• EOC Facilities
• Special Circuits Other Critical Links

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Reasons for lack of implementation

• TSP Costs
• No cost for sponsorship if procedures simple
  enough
• Service Provider Tariff Costs need for cost
  consistency
• Decision on all or representative circuits
• Belief that TSP is not necessary
• E9-1-1 and general service providers will take
  care
• of critical public safety circuits
• But if large scale outages, higher TSP level
  circuits will prevail
• 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
• Lack of implementation coordination need
  national project plan

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Key factors for implementation

• TSP Costs
• No cost for sponsorship if procedures simple
  enough
• Service Provider Tariff Costs need for cost
  consistency
• Decision on all or representative circuits
• Belief that TSP is not necessary
• E9-1-1 and general service providers will take
  care
• of critical public safety circuits
• But if large scale outages, higher TSP level
  circuits will prevail
• 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
• Lack of implementation coordination need
  national project plan

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• Roger Hixson
• Technical Issues Director
• National Emegency Number Association (NENA)
• 614-442-9110
• rhixson_at_nena.org