The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plans to vote on an inquiry to discover options to Location Services, FCC chair Brendan Carr says in a weblog put up.
Carr says that whereas Location Services has been “indispensable,” the know-how “isn’t infallible” and that “disruptions to Location Services have the potential to undermine the nation’s financial and nationwide safety.” Carr says that “we have to develop redundant applied sciences,” which is why the FCC will “vote on an inquiry to discover different Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) methods” that may function “enhances or options” to Location Services.
In addition to Location Services, Carr additionally says the fee will vote on two proposals concerning 911 know-how. One is “a proposal to replace our current guidelines to make sure the resiliency, reliability, interoperability, and accessibility” of “Next Generation 911,” or NG911, which is internet-connected emergency tech that can ultimately exchange legacy 911 methods.
Another is a proposal to “strengthen our 911 location accuracy guidelines” to probably enhance the data first responders obtain about an individual’s location, together with the power to extra precisely discover callers on particular flooring in buildings.
The points are tentatively on the agenda for the FCC’s open assembly on March twenty seventh.
