**PUBLIC NOTICE**![](media/image1.png){width="0.6541666666666667in"
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**Federal Communications Commission**

**445 12th St., S.W.**

**Washington, D.C. 20554**

DA 99-1243

> June 23, 1999
>
> **COMMISSION ANNOUNCES DETAILS OF TECHNICAL ROUNDTABLE ON
> IMPLEMENTATION OF AUTOMATIC LOCATION IDENTIFICATION**

**FOR ENHANCED 911 TECHNOLOGIES**

**CC Docket No. 94-102**

> In a recent Public Notice (DA 99-1141, released June 9, 1999), the
> Commission\'s Office of Engineering and Technology, in cooperation
> with the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, announced that it will
> host a roundtable discussion of technical issues involved in
> implementing the performance and accuracy standards for Enhanced 911
> ("E911") Phase II Automatic Location Identification (\"ALI\")
> technologies on June 28, 1999. As announced previously, the roundtable
> will take place on June 28, 1999, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the
> Commission meeting room, 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. In
> this Notice, we describe the agenda and list the scheduled
> participants in the roundtable, which are subject to changes.
>
> The roundtable will begin with an overview of ALI technologies by Mark
> Birchler of Motorola and will be followed by brief presentations of
> individual ALI technologies by:
>
> Walter Bell, Vice President of Engineering, SnapTrack, Inc.
>
> Beth Frasco, RF Planning Manager, Aerial Communications, Inc.
>
> Dr. Oliver Hilsenrath, President and Chief Executive Officer, U.S.
> Wireless Corporation
>
> John Maloney, Vice President and Chief Scientist, KSI Inc.

Sandy Mayer, Vice President of Technology, SigmaOne Communications

> Dan A. Preston, Chief Technology Officer, Integrated Data
> Communications (IDC)
>
> Lou Stilp, Executive Vice President, TruePosition, Inc.
>
> Following the presentations by the panelists, representatives of
> interested entities will join the panelists in a question and answer
> session moderated by Dale Hatfield, Chief of the Commission\'s Office
> of Engineering and Technology:
>
> Mats Cedervall, Location Technology Researcher, Ericsson Inc.
>
> Anthony Chadney, Principal Engineer, Network Engineering & Planning,
> AirTouch
>
> Communications, Inc.
>
> Capt. Joe Hanna, President-Elect, Association of Public-Safety
> Communications Officials
>
> International, Inc. (APCO)

S. Robert Miller, Technical Issues Director, National Emergency Number
Association

(NENA)

Bob Montgomery, Senior Manager, Regulatory and Technology Department,
Nextel

Communications, Inc.

Jim Nixon, Manager, Public Safety Affairs, Omnipoint Communications,
Inc.

Eamon O\'Leary, Director - Intelligent Network Systems, Technology
Development Group,

AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.

Ron Rudokas, Executive Director, Performance Engineering and New
Technologies, Western

Wireless Corp.

Anna Sillantaa, Senior Standards Engineer for Location Technologies,
Nokia Inc.

Tony Smith, Director, Strategic Marketing, Wireless Solutions, Nortel
Networks

Samir Soliman, Vice President for Technology, QUALCOMM Inc.

Bhaskar Srinivasiah, Manager, Technology Support, GTE Wireless

The purpose of the roundtable is to develop a more complete record on
the technical issues involved in the implementation of the performance
and accuracy standards for Phase II ALI technologies. Among the
questions expected to be posed to the panelists are: the level of
accuracy and date of availability of particular ALI technologies; the
air interfaces for which the technologies are suitable; application of
the technologies to the embedded base of wireless phones; ability of the
technologies to meet public safety needs; significant technical
achievements or limitations associated with any technologies; and the
appropriateness of current FCC rules for accuracy measurement and
deployment schedules.

Roundtable participants and other interested parties are encouraged to
submit information concerning the topics raised during the roundtable,
including any information on additional ALI technologies, as *ex parte*
filings in the pending E911 rulemaking proceeding. These submissions
should be filed on or before July 2, 1999, consistent with the timetable
for filing reply comments on wireless E911 Phase II ALI requirements.
(*See* Public Notice, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Requests
Targeted Comment on Wireless E911 Phase II Automatic Location
Identification Requirements, DA 99-1049, rel. June 1, 1999; Public
Notice, Reply Comment Deadline Changed for Targeted Comment on Wireless
E911 Phase II Automatic Location Identification Requirements, DA
99-1135, rel. June 9, 1999.) Submissions should reference CC Docket No.
94-102. An original and five copies of all comments must be filed with
the Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th
Street, TW‑A325, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20554. One copy of each
submission should be sent to Mindy Littell, Policy Division, Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, S.W., 3-B103, Washington, DC
20554. One copy should also be sent to: International Transcription
Service, Inc. (ITS), CY‑B400, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554.

Attendance at this technical roundtable is open to the public. Seating
will be available on a first come, first-served basis. The real-time
audio portion of the roundtable will be available via the FCC Internet
Audio Broadcast Home Page. Instructions and information regarding the
equipment and software needed to access RealAudio are available on the
FCC Internet Audio Broadcast Home Page at *www.fcc.gov/realaudio*. The
audio will also be available in the Commission\'s RealAudio archives on
completion of the meeting, at the same Home Page. Audio and video tapes
of the roundtable may also be purchased from Infocus, 331 Victory Drive,
Herndon, VA 20170, by calling Infocus at (703) 834-0100 or by FAXing a
request to Infocus at (703) 834-0111.

For additional information contact: Charles Iseman, Office of
Engineering and Technology, Electromagnetic Compatibility Division, Room
7-A363, (202) 418-2444, ciseman@fcc.gov.

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