Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 1328 - STANDARDS OF SERVICE APPLICABLE TO WIRELESS 9-1-1 EMERGENCY SYSTEMS › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 1328.105 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"9-1-1 Authority" means the ETSB or qualified governmental entity
				  that provides for the management and operation of a 9-1-1 system within the scope of
				  those duties and powers prescribed by the Emergency Telephone System Act (ETSA) [50
				  ILSC 750].
"9-1-1 System" means the geographic area that has been granted an
				  order of authority by the Administrator to use "9-1-1" as the primary emergency
				  telephone number.
"9-1-1 System Provider" means any person, corporation, limited
				  liability company, partnership, sole proprietorship, or entity of any description
				  that acts as a 9-1-1 system provider within the meaning of ETSA Section 2 by
				  contracting to provide 9-1-1 network and database services and that has been
				  certified by the Commission pursuant to Section 13-900 of the Public Utilities Act
				  [220
				  ILCS 5/13-900 ].
"Act" or "ETSA" means the Emergency Telephone System Act [50 ILCS
				  750 ].
"Administrator" means the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator.
"Advisory Board" means the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board.
"Authorized Wireless 9-1-1 Answering Point" means an ETSB or
				  qualified governmental entity that has been authorized by the Commission or the
				  Department to take wireless 9-1-1 calls.
"Automatic Location Identification" or "ALI" means the automatic
				  display at the PSAP of the caller's telephone number, the address/location of the
				  telephone, and supplementary emergency services information.
"Automatic Number Identification" or "ANI" means the automatic
				  display of the telephone number associated with the access line from which a call
				  originates on the PSAP monitor.
"Cell Sector" means one face of a cell antenna (typically three
				  sided) that operates independently of the other sectors.
"Central Office" means the site where switching equipment is
				  located. A local central office, also called an end office, is the switching office
				  where individual subscriber's access lines appear. It houses the equipment that
				  receives calls transmitted on the local loop and routes the call over the switched
				  network either directly to the person called, if the call is placed to a location
				  served by the same local central office, or to another central office, if the call
				  is placed to a customer served by a different central office.
"Commission" means the Illinois Commerce Commission.
"Default Routing" means a feature that allows emergency calls to
				  be routed to a designated default PSAP when the incoming 9-1-1 call cannot be
				  selectively routed due to ANI failure, garbled digits, or other causes that prevent
				  selective routing.
"Department" means the Department of State Police.
"Director" means the Director of the Department of State
				  Police.
"Diverse Routing" means the practice of routing circuits along
				  different physical paths in order to prevent total loss of 9-1-1 service in the
				  event of a facility failure.
"Emergency Call" means any type of request for emergency
				  assistance through a 9-1-1 network, not limited to voice. This may include a session
				  established by signaling with two-way, real-time media and involves a human making a
				  request for help.
"Emergency Telephone System Board" or "ETSB" means a board
				  appointed by the corporate authorities of any county or municipality that provides
				  for the management and operation of a 9-1-1 system within the scope of the duties
				  and powers prescribed by ETSA. The corporate authorities shall provide for the
				  manner of appointment, provided that members of the board meet the requirements of
				  the statute.
"Enhanced 9-1-1" or "E9-1-1" means an emergency telephone system
				  that includes dedicated network, selective routing, database, ALI, ANI, selective
				  transfer, fixed transfer, and a call back number.
"Local Number Portability" means the ability for a customer to
				  change its telephone company while still keeping the same telephone number.
"Mobile Switching Office" or "MSO" means the wireless equivalent
				  of a central office that provides switching functions for wireless calls.
"NG9-1-1" or "Next Generation 9-1-1 Service" means a system
				  comprised of managed IP-based networks, gateways, functional elements and databases
				  that augment or replicate present day E9-1-1 features and functions and provide new
				  capabilities. NG9-1-1 is designed to provide access to emergency services from all
				  sources, and to provide multimedia data capabilities for PSAPs and other emergency
				  service organizations.
"NPA" means numbering plan area or area code.
"NXX" means the first three digits of a local seven digit
				  telephone number that identify the specific telephone company's central office
				  serving that number.
"Number Pooling" means distributing numbers in one NXX code to
				  more than one carrier and other strategies for optimizing the use of telephone
				  numbers in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) in the United States.
"Order of Authority" means a formal order of the Administrator
				  that authorizes public agencies or public safety agencies to provide 9-1-1 service
				  in a geographical area.
"Public Safety Answering Point" or "PSAP" means the initial
				  answering location of an emergency call.
"Pseudo Automatic Number Identification" or "pANI" means a
				  telephone number used to support routing of wireless 9-1-1 calls. It may identify a
				  wireless cell, cell sector or PSAP to which the call should be routed, also known as
				  routing number.
"Qualified Governmental Entity" means a unit of local government
				  authorized to provide 9-1-1 services pursuant to ETSA when no ETSB exists.
"Secondary Answering Point" or "SAP" means a location, other than
				  a PSAP, that is able to receive the voice, data and call back number of an E9-1-1 or
				  NG9-1-1 emergency call transferred from a PSAP and completes the call taking process
				  by dispatching police, medical, fire or other emergency responders.
"Selective Routing" means a switching system that automatically
				  routes calls to predetermined PSAPs, based on the location of the calling telephone
				  number.
"Trunk" means a transmission path between switching units,
				  switching centers and/or toll centers.
"Wireless Carrier" means a provider of two-way cellular, broadband
				  personal communications service (PCS), geographic area 800 MHz and 900 MHz
				  Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS), Wireless Communications Service (WCS), or
				  other Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS), as defined by the Federal
				  Communications Commission, offering radio communications that may provide fixed,
				  mobile, radio location, or satellite communication services to individuals or
				  businesses within its assigned spectrum block and geographical area or that offers
				  real-time, two-way voice service that is interconnected with the public switched
				  network, including a reseller of the service.