9-1-1 industry experts come together to test next generation 9-1-1 systems & services

The interactive event focused on the testing of end-to-end NG9-1-1 system functionality, interaction between vendor elements, and interoperability.

In order to ensure the introduction of NG9-1-1 goes smoothly, it is imperative that vendors work together. Through the ICE program, NENA provides these stakeholders with a venue for collaboration that can facilitate the building of reliable, secure, interoperable networks and NG9-1-1 services.

“I am thrilled to see so many of our 9-1-1 industry partners working together at this event for the benefit of public safety,” said NENA President Christy Williams, ENP. “I appreciate the time, talent, and energy committed by all for this important endeavor.”

Frequentis participated in the National Emergency Number Association’s (NENA’s) ICE 6 Industry Collaboration Event and demonstrated interoperability of its Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) Solutions including the Emergency Services Routing Proxy (ESRP) and PSAP Premises Software Client. The ESRP is the call routing engine and is the closest thing to a Selective Router (SR) in the NG9-1-1 architecture. “Developing standards-based systems that are interoperable with other vendors is a core goal of our product development,” said Vince Campanella, Vice President and Public Safety Business Unit Lead at Frequentis USA. “Industry collaboration events are an excellent opportunity to ensure standards are followed consistently among the public safety vendor community.” Campanella added “Promoting industry collaboration is not only good for the Public Safety end user community; it is good for the public. All participating vendors in ICE testing have made a commitment to being a part of this very important step towards NG9-1-1 realization.”

Frequentis was an active participant in both bilateral and multi-vendor “end to end” test cases where they initiated and received calls from their PSAP call taker positions and routed calls between other vendors through the County and Public ESRP elements. In addition Frequentis provided NENA standard logging events to the multiple Recorder vendors.

“It has been exciting to watch successful end-to-end NG9-1-1 system testing,” Williams continued. “We thank the Illinois Institute of Technology for hosting this critical event and INdigital Telecom for assisting in establishing the network connectivity between participants.”