scope:

This document identifies items that will potentially impact government-managed emergency services, such as Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS), Wireless Priority Service (WPS), and Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP) when telecommunications facilities in the Next Generation Network (NGN) are consolidated and newer technologies (e.g., IP, fiber, Ethernet) are implemented.

This document describes the effects of adoption of NGN National Security and Emergency Preparedness (NS/EP) priority services. Included in the document are descriptions regarding enhanced overload performance precedence in Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) networks, Universal Mobile Telecommunications Standard (UMTS) handover to Global System for Mobile (GSM), and the transition to Next Generation 9-1-1 emergency services.

Purpose

The purpose of this document is to communicate to the industry the effects of transitioning emergency services from circuit switched to NGN.