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EMTEL activities in ETSI

EMTEL related standardization work takes place across ETSI’s technical committees, projects and partnership projects. Emergency telecommunications have always been part of overall telecommunication services. Over the past years, EMTEL activities in ETSI have been covered by:

  • TC TETRA: Mobile narrowband and wideband communications for public safety applications.
  • Project MESA: Mobile broadband communications for public safety applications.
  • 3GPP: Priority services and Location services for GSM and W-CDMA systems.
  • TC SPAN (closed): International emergency preference schemes, multimedia services and EMTEL specific protocols.
  • EP TIPHON (closed): Emergency telecommunications services in IP based networks.
  • TC TISPAN: EMTEL specific architecture and protocol description for VoIP and multimedia networks.
  • TC SES: Satellite communications; equipment for terrestrial and maritime coverage.
  • JTC Broadcast: Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) and Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) standards define features associated with emergency announcements.  
  • TC ERM: Radio equipment, spectrum and compatibility.
  • TC AT: Requirements for the implementation of EMTEL features in terminals for the 'smart' home.
  • TC DECT: Call procedure for DECT devices.
  • EP SCP: 'Smart cards' for mobile telecommunications.

With the creation of OCG EMTEL, the Operational Co-ordination Group's ad-hoc group on Emergency Telecommunications, more areas have been addressed across the ETSI Technical Bodies. In February 2005 the ETSI Board approved the change of status from OCG EMTEL to Special Committee (SC) EMTEL.

The EMTEL group has been created to prevent the overlapping of EMTEL related activities within the ETSI Technical Organization and to ensure the consistency of the work. SC EMTEL also liaises with other technical bodies in other standards developing organizations, the European Commission, and other organizations related to EMTEL. It creates an opportunity for administrations, industry and users to network at meetings and workshops, or via electronic working.

To view the EMTEL Terms of Reference click here, and for contact details click here.
A status report of high focus EMTEL activities is available here. The ETSI work programme contains many other items related to emergency communications - click here to view the complete list.

 

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