scope:

Contextual understanding and careful thought is required to address the unique challenges faced by emergency telecommunications. This Recommendation presents an overview of the basic requirements, features, and concepts for emergency telecommunications that evolving telecommunication networks are capable of providing. This Recommendation provides guidance to telecommunication network operators on network requirements and capabilities to support emergency telecommunications offerings and to provide responders (users) with useful information for (acquisitions) request of such capabilities.

NOTE - This Recommendation defines requirements for networks which when implemented should help support emergency telecommunication services and facilitate the application of [ITU-T E.106] and [ITU-T E.107] if needed.