3rd International ICST Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks

Research Article

Global interoperability of national security and emergency preparedness (NS/EP) telecommunications services

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/SECCOM.2007.4550360,
        author={ Frank  J. Suraci and  Arye  R. Ephrath and  John R. Wullert II},
        title={Global interoperability of national security and emergency preparedness (NS/EP) telecommunications services},
        proceedings={3rd International ICST Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={SECURECOMM},
        year={2008},
        month={6},
        keywords={Circuits  IP networks  Internet telephony  National security  Next generation networking  Personnel  Prototypes  Telecommunication services  Testing  US Government},
        doi={10.1109/SECCOM.2007.4550360}
    }
    
  • Frank J. Suraci
    Arye R. Ephrath
    John R. Wullert II
    Year: 2008
    Global interoperability of national security and emergency preparedness (NS/EP) telecommunications services
    SECURECOMM
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/SECCOM.2007.4550360
Frank J. Suraci1, Arye R. Ephrath2, John R. Wullert II3
  • 1: National Communications System, Arlington, VA 2220
  • 2: Mythology, Inc. Clifton, VA 2012
  • 3: Telcordia Technologies, Piscataway, NJ 0885

Abstract

Emergency telecommunications services, which provide priority access to public telephony for those responding to emergency situations, have previously been offered in the U.S. and other countries around the world in the public switched telephone network and more recently in cellular telephone networks. This paper describes the implementation of these national security and emergency preparedness (NS/EP) services in a next-generation network (NGN) Internet-Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) environment. The implementation was tested during a global interoperability event. The tests’ results, and implications of the analysis of the test data to future developments, are discussed.