Indoor Location Accuracy NPRM FCC Third Further Notice

Indoor Location Accuracy NPRM • FCC Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Wireless E 911 Location Accuracy, PS Docket 07 -114 – Released February 21, 2014 – Published in Federal Register March 28, 2014 – Comments due May 12, 2014; Replies due June 11, 2014 • NPRM Proposes Near-Term and Long-Term Indoor Location Accuracy Metrics – 50 meter horizontal axis accuracy for 67% of 911 indoor calls within 2 years of rule adoption, increasing to 80% at 5 years – 3 meter vertical axis accuracy for 67% of 911 indoor calls within 2 years of rule adoption, increasing to 80% at 5 years – Comments also sought on speed to generate location fix, reporting requirements, complaint process, etc. NPSTC is a federation of organizations whose mission is to improve public safety communications and interoperability through collaborative leadership. 1

Indoor Location Accuracy NPRM • Propose that NPSTC Develop Comments which: – Note potential application of indoor location technology also in locating firefighters, law enforcement and EMS personnel; – Support the inclusion of vertical axis as well as horizontal axis location metrics; and – Encourage continued FCC focus on, and industry development of, technology that improves location accuracy NPSTC is a federation of organizations whose mission is to improve public safety communications and interoperability through collaborative leadership. 2