The National 911 Program Next Generation 911 (NG911) Standards Identification and Review A compilation of existing and planned standards for NG911 systems Washington, DC April 2018 Next Generation 911 (NG911) Standards Identification and Review DOCUMENT CHANGE HISTORY The table below details the change history of this Standards Identification and Review document. Version Publication Date Description 1.0 September 21, 2011 Initial Release 2.0 September 7, 2012 Updated Standards 3.0 January 8, 2014 Routine Revision / Updated Standards 4.0 March 4, 2015 Routine Revision / Updated Standards 5.0 March 2016 Routine Revision / Updated Standards 6.0 March 2017 Routine Revision / Updated Standards 7.0 April 2018 Routine Revision / Updated Standards Page i Next Generation 911 (NG911) Standards Identification and Review Table of Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 1 What Is a Standard? ...................................................................................................................................... 2 What Are Best Practices? .............................................................................................................................. 3 Stakeholders ................................................................................................................................................. 3 Standards Organizations ............................................................................................................................... 4 How Are Standards Developed? ................................................................................................................... 4 What Is Standards Accreditation? ................................................................................................................ 5 Types of Standards ........................................................................................................................................ 6 The Need for Standards in NG911 ................................................................................................................ 6 Standards Affecting NG911 ........................................................................................................................... 7 What’s New in Standards .............................................................................................................................. 7 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) .............................................................................................. 7 Association of Public-Safety Communication Officials (APCO) ................................................................. 8 Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) ..................................................................... 9 Department of Commerce (DOC) ............................................................................................................. 9 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ............................................................................................ 9 Information Sharing and Analysis Organization (ISAO) ............................................................................ 9 National Emergency Number Association (NENA) .................................................................................... 9 USTelecom .............................................................................................................................................. 10 Standards and Best Practices Organizations ............................................................................................... 10 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) ............................................................................................ 11 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2) ....................................................................................... 14 American National Standards Institute (ANSI) ........................................................................................ 16 Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) ............................................................. 18 Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) ................................................................... 22 Broadband Forum (BBF) .......................................................................................................................... 28 Building Industries Consulting Service International (BICSI)................................................................... 30 CableLabs ................................................................................................................................................ 33 Page ii Next Generation 911 (NG911) Standards Identification and Review Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) ................................................. 35 Department of Commerce (DOC) ........................................................................................................... 36 Department of Energy (DOE) .................................................................................................................. 39 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ............................................................................................... 41 Department of Justice (DOJ) ................................................................................................................... 44 Department of Transportation (USDOT) ................................................................................................. 45 European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) ..................................................................... 47 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) .......................................................................................... 49 Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) ......................................................................................... 55 Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) ........................................................................................................ 56 Information Security Forum (ISF) ............................................................................................................ 57 Information Sharing and Analysis Organization (ISAO) .......................................................................... 59 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) ........................................................................... 61 Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) ................................................................................................... 64 International Academies of Emergency Dispatch (IAED) ........................................................................ 69 International Organization of Standardization (ISO) .............................................................................. 70 International Telecommunication Union (ITU) ....................................................................................... 73 ISACA® ..................................................................................................................................................... 75 National Emergency Number Association (NENA) .................................................................................. 79 National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) .......................................................................................... 84 National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) ....................................................................................... 85 North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)......................................................................... 87 Object Management Group® (OMG®) .................................................................................................... 88 Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) ................................ 90 Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) ..................................................................................................... 91 Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) .................................................................................................................. 93 Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) ........................................................................ 95 Standards Coordinating Council (SCC) .................................................................................................... 97 Telcordia................................................................................................................................................ 100 Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) ................................................................................... 102 USTelecom ............................................................................................................................................ 106 Page iii Next Generation 911 (NG911) Standards Identification and Review Wi-Fi Alliance ........................................................................................................................................ 107 WiMAX Forum ....................................................................................................................................... 108 Moving Forward