Title : 
A emergency call service mechanism on SIP Internet telephony system
         
        
            Author : 
Park, Sun Ok ; Han, Jae Cheon ; Hyun, Wook ; Huh, Mi-Young ; Kang, Shin Gak
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Protocol Eng. Center, Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Taejon
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Today the world is undergoing a massive shift from the traditional PSTN to all-IP-based Internet telephony, implying an eventual replacement of the PSTN with VoIP sooner or later. However FCC\´s decision to "require VoIP service providers to supply E911 capabilities to their customers" imposes legal controls. Internet telephony users have an expectation to be able to initiate a request for help in case of an emergency. Unfortunately, the existing mechanisms to support emergency calls that have evolved within the PSTN, are not appropriate to handle evolving IP-based telephony service. In this paper, we suggest mechanism for emergency calls placed by the public using SIP-based VoIP system
         
        
            Keywords : 
Internet telephony; SIP Internet telephony system; VoIP service providers; emergency call service mechanism; Electronic mail; FCC; IP networks; Internet telephony; Jupiter; Law; Protocols; Standardization; Sun; Web and internet services; 911; E911; Emergency; GEOPRIV; Location Information; SIP; VoIP; XCAP;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Advanced Communication Technology, 2006. ICACT 2006. The 8th International Conference
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Phoenix Park
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
89-5519-129-4
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ICACT.2006.206407