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E711 - A public emergency wireless phone system
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Technology for public safety, Wireless communication network, Emergency SMS phone service, Congestion managementAbstract
This paper introduces the conceptual design of a new information technology integrating wireless telephony and Internet services to assist in locating lost or displaced people in a moment of crisis. This public safety service is based on a novel text messaging mobile-phone emergency service called "E711" which informs that the caller is safe and well. The proposed E711 messages are delivered as guaranteed SMS packets to a centralized web emergency registry operated by a public safety organization. Finding the whereabouts of a victim could be done by consulting the entries of this registry. The public could access the emergency database in a variety of ways including Internet searches and phone calls. Optionally, non-guarantee E711 SMS messages are forwarded to family and friends. We provide an algorithm to automatically recognize critical flow changes of E711 packets and dynamically adapt congested network gateways for optimum delivery. We argue that in case of high network traffic, the E711 system has a better chance of success than voice services such as E911 or person-to-person communication.
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[2] Congress of the United States of America. Uniting And Strengthening America By Providing Appropriate Tools Required Intercepting And Obstructing Terrorism(USA Patriot Act) Act Of 2001. Public Law 107–56. OCT. 26, 2001.
[3] Department of Homeland Security. The National Plan for Research and Development In Support of Critical Infrastructure Protection – 2004. Available at www.dhs.gov. Accessed October 2006.
[4] Department of Homeland Security. Threats and Protection Advisory System. Available at http://www.dhs.gov. Accessed October 2006.
[5] Enck W., Traynor P., McDaniel P., La Porta T. Exploiting Open Functionality in SMS-Capable Cellular Networks. CCS2005 - 12th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Alexandria, Virginia,USA. November 2005
[6] Global System for Mobile Communications. Web site at www.gsmworld.com. Accessed October 2006.
[7] Gonzalez-Prieto, A. et al. Policy-Based Congestion Management for an SMS Gateway. Proceedings of the Fifth IEEE International Workshop on Polices for Distributed Systems and Networks, 2004.
[8] Gonzalez-Prieto, A., Stadler, R.. Evaluating a Congestion Management Architecture for SMS Gateways. 9th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management Nice, France, 2005.
[9] Gwenaël Le Bodic, Vodafone. Mobile Messaging SMS, EMS and MMS, 2nd Edition (Wiley & Sons, 2005).
[10] Lowestein, M. Preparing for the ‘Next Katrina’ . Wireless Week - Online Edition. Nov. 1, 2005. Available at: www.wirelessweek.com. Accessed October 2006.
[11] Martin, C. Dianne and Elaine Yale Weltz (1998). From Awareness to Action: Integrating Ethics and Social Responsibility across the Computer Science Curriculum. Third Report from the Project ImpactCS Steering Committee. Available at http://www.seas.gwu.edu/~impactcs/paper3/ toc.html. Accessed October 2006.
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[13] Patterson, David. Rescuing Our Families, Our Neighbors, and Ourselves. Communications of the ACM, 48(11), 2005.
[14] U.S. House of Representatives. A Failure of Initiative - Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina. Available at ww.gpoacess.gov/congress/index.html. Accessed February 15, 2006.
[15] Verna, D., Simplifying Network Administration Using Policy-Based Management, IEEE Network,16(2), 2002. 20-26.
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2009-04-01
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“E711 - A public emergency wireless phone system”, JCS&T, vol. 9, no. 01, pp. p. 10–16, Apr. 2009, Accessed: Feb. 07, 2026. [Online]. Available: https://journal.info.unlp.edu.ar/JCST/article/view/736
