[VoiceOps] Ray Baum's act and all-softphone deployments

[Mark Lindsey]

In the top 25 cellular market areas, nationwide cell phone providers are already required to provide Z-axis (elevation) data within 3 meters for 80% of calls [for compatible devices].  The requirements increase each year; by 2026, all cellular providers are required to provide z-axis precision for dispatchable location of +/- 3 meters everywhere in the US. 

This is all in addition to providing +/- 50 meter horizontal (x, y axis, also known as latitude and longitude) precision for 911 calls.

https://www.fcc.gov/public-safety-and-homeland-security/policy-and-licensing-division/911-services/general/location-accuracy-indoor-benchmarks


Mark R Lindsey, SMTS | +1-229-316-0013 | mark at ecg.co | https://ecg.co/lindsey/ <https://ecg.co/lindsey/>







> On Sep 27, 2021, at 4:07 PM, Carlos Alvarez <caalvarez at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> They probably don't, and I don't think they are covered by the same law/requirements.  Also, they have far more schills(COUGH) I mean lobbyists in congress.
> 
> FLOOR could be determined by AP lists, probably.  Maybe.  Specific office seems impossible currently.
> 
> 
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 1:05 PM Alex Balashov via VoiceOps <voiceops at voiceops.org <mailto:voiceops at voiceops.org>> wrote:
> And how do the cell phone operators know what floor you’re on?
> 
> —
> Sent from mobile, with due apologies for brevity and errors.
> 
>> On Sep 27, 2021, at 3:49 PM, Carlos Alvarez <caalvarez at gmail.com <mailto:caalvarez at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> It used to be, then the whole Ray Baum thing, and now it's not.  Short story:  911 call failed to identify the specific floor/office, person died.  Now you have to provide enough info for a first responder to reach a person without help, which also means opening main doors if needed.  There's simply no way that a laptop will give that specificity.  Will it be sufficient to say that they are near the AP on the third floor southwest corner?  The letter of the law seems to say "no."
>> 
>> 
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>> On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 12:40 PM Alex Balashov via VoiceOps <voiceops at voiceops.org <mailto:voiceops at voiceops.org>> wrote:
>> I wonder if doing GeoIP via a commercial database like MaxMind—and we all know how perfect a location mechanism that is—could be construed as a sufficient “best effort” in this case.
>> 
>> > On Sep 27, 2021, at 3:28 PM, Carlos Alvarez <caalvarez at gmail.com <mailto:caalvarez at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> > 
>> > Ours doesn't, but that's a good idea to share with the vendor.  But in most cases, people are using the softphone on a laptop and there's no native phone app, nor a GPS, nor any other location info other than proximate wi-fi networks.
>> > 
>> > I can see no feasible way to meet the letter of the law, and hate to be depending on the good graces of a bureaucrat to know that it's an impossible task.
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