Verizon Updates FCC on Wireless 911 Indoor Location Accuracy Plans
Verizon will soon submit its three-year progress report on its implementation plan for meeting FCC indoor location accuracy requirements, it said in a filing posted Monday in docket 07-114. “Verizon has exceeded the Commission’s compliance milestones for 50 meter accuracy…
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thus far, and remains active in the development and implementation of the National Emergency Address Database scheduled for launch later this year,” it said. “Verizon’s plan also has several other methods for improving the accuracy of the x, y coordinate information delivered to [911 call centers], including so-called ‘device-based hybrid’ or ‘DBH’ solutions in which the wireless handset uses both satellite information and Wi-Fi based information to generate a highly accurate x, y coordinate.” The carrier said it wanted to update the FCC before filing the report later this summer.