Giving industry time to develop solution is critical if the FCC imposes location accuracy rules
Giving industry time to develop a solution is critical if the FCC imposes location accuracy rules for wireless calls made indoors, said Chris Pearson, president of 4G Americas, in a meeting with Commissioner Mike O’Rielly. “Otherwise, the industry will waste…
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resources on mandates for narrowed search radii that may not serve the public’s interest,” Pearson said, according to an ex parte filing posted Monday in docket 07-114 (http://bit.ly/1CL9jnS). Small cells may have the most promise for providing readily dispatchable addresses to public safety, but much work remains, 4G Americas said. “Stakeholders must undertake development of the appropriate database methodology to ensure the information is accessible and useable by carriers, as well as develop a means of ensuring such addresses are updated and validated as necessary,” the group said. “And of course, the small cells themselves must be deployed and provisioned by premises owners, potentially in partnership with local government and public safety involvement.” Meanwhile, SouthernLINC Wireless executives told FCC staff “adoption of new location accuracy standards at this time would be premature,” said an ex parte filing (http://bit.ly/1wrcuRR). The FCC approved an NPRM in February seeking comment on how the agency can ensure that wireless calls to 911 forward accurate location information to dispatchers (see 1402210038).