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May 28, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nationwide
Contact: Amanda Romaine, GeoComm
GeoComm Participates in Second NG9-1-1 Industry Collaboration
Event
St. Cloud, MN: GeoComm recently tested their GeoLynx Spatial Router at
the second NG9-1-1 Industry Collaboration Event (ICE2) which was held
May 24-28 in Irving, Texas. ICE2 focused on NG9-1-1 transitional
elements, allowing vendors to test interoperability between legacy and
NG9-1-1 system components.
GeoLynx Spatial Router provides the core location based routing element
for NG9-1-1 networks, as well as the primary GIS based civic location
validation mechanism for NG9-1-1. GeoLynx Spatial Router is an IETF RFC
5222 compliant Location to Service Translation (LoST) server that fulfills the
NENA i3 functional elements of Emergency Call Routing Function (ECRF)
and Location Validation Function (LVF). In addition to being fully compliant
with existing NENA i3 detailed and functional interface specifications for
Next Generation 9-1-1 and IETF RFC 5222 and related RFCs, GeoLynx
Spatial Router can provide enhanced geographic intelligence to SIP routing
proxies, such as spatial call cluster detection in the network to create
innovative spatially enabled Policy Routing Functions (PRFs).
“ICE2 was another great industry collaboration event. This time around
GeoComm accomplished successful bilateral testing of our ECRF (LoST
Server) with several additional vendors. Also new at ICE2 was the
introduction of civic location profiles in 9-1-1 call routing requests. We are
looking forward to future NENA ICE events to test interop with more
complex LoST scenarios including recursion and redirection, as well as the
full complement of geodetic location types,” said John Brosowsky, Product
Development Director, GeoComm. “The first two NENA ICE events have
been an invaluable opportunity to connect our NG9-1-1 equipment to other
vendor systems to validate that the emerging standards are working, and
that everybody is interpreting them in the same way.”
This multi-day event was the second event in a series of events NENA has
planned to address different aspects of NG9-1-1 development and
readiness. Nineteen companies participated in this event; thirteen of them
also participated in the first ICE event which was held in November 2009.
These nineteen companies, through the ICE activities, are working towards
a goal of providing public safety entities with components that deliver the
openness and interoperability envisioned in the NG9-1-1 environment.
For more information on GeoLynx Spatial Router visit:
http://www.geo-comm.com/egeolynxng.html
About GeoComm: GeoComm, an integrated GIS and public safety
consulting firm, creates systems for 9-1-1. These systems originate from
three dedicated angles: accurate map development, highly functional
mapping software, and comprehensive consulting services ranging from
wireless Phase I and II planning to two-way radio and networking to CPE,
RFP and PSAP consolidation studies. Over the past 15 years, GeoComm
has successfully deployed over 8,000 licenses of public safety and law
enforcement focused GIS software applications in different sites throughout
42 states.
GeoComm’s Family of Products provides the tools necessary to speed and
enhance emergency response. These tools reduce response times,
improve data accuracy and quality, accelerate communications, and
provide mission critical GIS-based decision support.