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pulver.com Petitions The FCC to Consider E911 Phase III Initiative to Improve In-Building Mobile Users' Coverage
URL(s): www.pulver.com
MELVILLE, N.Y., Sept. 25, 2001--On September 20, 2001, pulver.com filed a petition with the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC), requesting the Commission to consider issuing a E911 Phase III directive aimed
at reducing the response time for wireless emergency 911 calls in large buildings and similarly structured interiors.
Improving emergency response time in these environments would entail new accuracy requirements for locating mobile
phones in indoors settings. The complete petition is posted under "pulver.com Research" at
http://slides.pulver.com/slides/login.asp.
The location solutions that will be put into place after the FCC's E911 Phase II deadline of October 1, 2001, will be very
effective in pinpointing the location of 911 callers on the road in open environments where high location accuracy can be
achieved. However, only poor accuracy is to be expected for emergency calls coming from the interior of large buildings,
subway stations and other large steel and concrete structures. Sadly, the need for improved indoors tracking was clearly
demonstrated during the tragic events of September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center.
"In the coming years, as wireless communications matures, people will expect their wireless appliances to provide them with
emergency services at all locations including multi-story buildings and subway stations" said Jeff Pulver, the CEO and President
of pulver.com. "The technologies that will be deployed to meet the E911 Phase II mandate will not offer the accuracy required
to cover these difficult areas", notes Pulver. "A new FCC initiative is needed to address this problem."
Throughout 2001, pulver.com's monthly Location Based Services Report has provided analysis and information on the
progress of the wireless carriers in implementing the FCC's E911 Phase II mandate. In recent months, the Report has regularly
highlighted the difficulties associated with in-building tracking. Subscription to the Location Based Services Report is free of
charge and is available at http://www.pulver.com/lbsreport/subscribe.html. The pulver.com Fall 2001 Location Based Services
Summit, scheduled for October 29-30, 2001 in Santa Clara, California, also will focus on indoors positioning. pulver.com
intends to continue its education efforts on this topic in future reports and conferences. More details on the Summit are
available at http://www.pulver.com/lbs.
About pulver.com:
Jeff Pulver founded pulver.com at the end of 1994. In addition to producing the highly successful VON conferences,
pulver.com is engaged in many activities that promote the growth of communication technology. The pulver.com website
(http://pulver.com) is a key source of information for those in the IP Communication industry and The Pulver Report
(http://pulver.com/reports) is a widely read information source on the latest developments in emerging net technologies.
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