VoIP emergency calling
Subtitle: foundations and practice
By: Karl Heinz Wolf, Richard Barnes
Contributors: Barnes, Richard, 1982-
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780470665947
Subjects: Internet telephony; Emergency reporting systems; Telephone
Description: In this book, the authors provide a treatment of the VoIP emergency calling process that is both comprehensive, looking at all aspects of emergency calling, and practical, providing technical details on how such functions can be implemented. In addition, the authors describe the standardization efforts of the Internet Engineering Task Force who are currently working to improve the situation for VoIP emergency calls. The book provides an overview of emergency calling with a particular focus on the ECRIT emergency calling architecture, and discusses considerations related to implementation, deployment, and regulation of next-generation emergency calling. It also takes a look at practical aspects of emergency calling, with a set of exercises to help the reader get familiar with the technologies involved.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.