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Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) Callback
draft-ietf-ecrit-psap-callback-04

The information below is for an old version of the document.
Document Type Expired Internet-Draft (ecrit WG)
Authors Henning Schulzrinne , Hannes Tschofenig , Christer Holmberg , Milan Patel
Last updated 2012-09-12 (Latest revision 2012-03-11)
Replaces draft-schulzrinne-ecrit-psap-callback
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This Internet-Draft is no longer active. A copy of the expired Internet-Draft can be found at:
https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-ecrit-psap-callback-04.txt

Abstract

After an emergency call is completed (either prematurely terminated by the emergency caller or normally by the call taker) it is possible that the call taker feels the need for further communication. For example, the call may have been dropped by accident without the call taker having sufficient information about the current situation of a wounded person. A call taker may trigger a callback towards the emergency caller using the contact information provided with the initial emergency call. This callback could, under certain circumstances, be treated like any other call and as a consequence it may get blocked by authorization policies or may get forwarded to an answering machine. The IETF emergency services architecture specification already offers a solution approach for allowing PSAP callbacks to bypass authorization policies to reach the caller without unnecessary delays. Unfortunately, the specified mechanism only supports limited scenarios. This document discusses shortcomings of the current mechanisms and illustrates additional scenarios where better-than- normal call treatment behavior would be desirable. Note that this version of the document does not yet specify a solution due to the lack of the working group participants agreeing on the requirements.

Authors

Henning Schulzrinne
Hannes Tschofenig
Christer Holmberg
Milan Patel

(Note: The e-mail addresses provided for the authors of this Internet-Draft may no longer be valid.)