The FCC’s recent E911 phase-II location accuracy workshop...
The FCC’s recent E911 phase-II location accuracy workshop demonstrated the commission should move forward with a rulemaking adopting requirements for indoor and vertical location accuracy, NextNav said in an FCC filing Tuesday (http://bit.ly/IjEUb1). The workshop “revealed a substantial level of…
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consensus among stakeholders regarding the critical gating issues that must be addressed to ensure that emergency first responders have access to highly accurate indoor location information for wireless callers to E911 emergency services,” the filing said, though specifying that not everything discussed should go into an NPRM. NextNav pointed to several “highly technical” issues raised that the FCC’s Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council should look into. The workshop also raised policy questions “that may necessitate a balancing between the critical and immediate needs of public safety and the potential costs of deploying new technologies that can better ensure the welfare and safety of the public,” which the FCC should help resolve by seeking input from stakeholders via a notice-and-comments process, NextNav said. The NPRM should include “requirements for time-to-first-fix, yield, confidence, and accuracy in the X, Y, and Z axes,” the company said. It requested a “phased approach” with “initial implementation within two years and a suitable phase-in period and coverage beginning in urban core areas."