FCC seeks comment on Indoor Location Accuracy "Roadmap"

By this Public Notice, the Federal Communications Commission’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau seeks comment on the “Roadmap for Improving E911 Location Accuracy” (Roadmap), filed in the E911 Location Accuracy proceeding (PS Docket No. 07-114) by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO), the National Emergency Number Association (NENA), AT&T Mobility, Sprint, T-Mobile USA, and Verizon (Parties).

The Parties assert that the Roadmap “marks a new course using indoor technologies to deliver a ‘dispatchable location’ for indoor 9-1-1 calls” and that it “contrasts with current and proposed outdoor technologies that provide estimates of location and face challenges with indoor location accuracy.” The Parties further state that “the Roadmap commits to meaningful improvements and FCC-enforceable timeframes to deliver effective location solutions.” The FCC notes that some public safety organizations have submitted ex parte filings critical of the Roadmap and supportive of the original proposals in the FCC’s Third Further Notice.


FCC seeks comment on Indoor Location Accuracy "Roadmap"