Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!bellcore!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: westmark!dave@rutgers.edu (Dave Levenson) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Cellular Phone & E911 Message-ID: Date: 31 May 89 12:44:32 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: Westmark, Inc., Warren, NJ, USA Lines: 21 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 182, message 5 of 7 In article , jjjs@cbnewsc.att.com (james.j.sowa) writes: ... > It is an open item today as what to transmit to a PSAP from > a cellular phone and how much information is needed at the PSAP ... > Besides, if the DN to address translation is done at the > PSAP from their database, how could they have all the > mobile DNs from all over their area translated into their > database. (much less updated.) How would they translate roamers? The mobile number is probably less useful than the approximate current location of a mobile telephone. If I see an emergency situation while driving, I'd like to be able to report it to the local authorities, not the PSAP who handles the home address associated with the mobile number (which may be hudreds of miles away!) -- Dave Levenson (the man in the mooney) {uunet | rutgers | att}!westmark!dave