EENA2019: Track3 session2 Mobile public warning project roll-out strategies_Thierry Darras

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DIRECTIVE (EU) 2018/1972

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EU DIRECTIVE 2018/1972 KICKS IN
December 11, 2018
EU DIRECTIVE 2018/1972
Came Into Force

DIRECTIVE ARTICLE 110 - 1
▪ 1.By 21 June 2022, Member States shall ensure that, when
public warning systems regarding imminent or developing
major emergencies and disasters are in place, public
warnings are transmitted by providers of mobile number-
based interpersonal communications services to the end-
users concerned.

DIRECTIVE ARTICLE 110 - 2
▪ 2.Notwithstanding paragraph 1, Member States may
determine that public warnings be transmitted through
publicly available electronic communications services other
than those referred to in paragraph 1, and other than
broadcasting services, or through a mobile application relying
on an internet access service, provided that the effectiveness
of the public warning system is equivalent in terms of
coverage and capacity to reach end-users, including those
only temporarily present in the area concerned, taking
utmost account of BEREC guidelines. Public warnings shall be
easy for end-users to receive.

REQUIREMENTS FOR EFFICIENT PUBLIC WARNING
In short, Public Warnings shall:
▪ … be transmitted by/via mobile operators
▪ … to all end-users concerned
▪ … located in the geographic areas being affected
▪ … independently of their place of residence
▪ … as determined by the competent authorities
Inform end-users entering a Member State of the
existence of such a public warning system (SMS)

WHAT ARE THE TECHNICAL OPTIONS?
Communication in case of emergency
Source: ETSI: TS 102 182, Emergency Communications (EMTEL)

WHAT ARE THE TECHNICAL OPTIONS?
▪ TV?
▪ Radio?
▪ Pager?
▪ Civil Defense Sirens?
▪ Voice?
▪ SMS?
▪ Mobile App?
▪ Cell Broadcast?

LIMITATIONS OF TECHNICAL OPTIONS
▪ TV, Radio, Pager, Sirens?
Not via mobile operators, unavailable, unclear..
▪ Voice, SMS?
Inappropriate (location unavailable, network congestions…)
▪ Mobile App?
Must be installed; Data enabled; What about roamers?

CELL BROADCAST!
▪ Cell Broadcast is a mobile technology that allows messages to
be broadcasted to all mobile devices based in, or entering a
designated geographical area.
▪ Messages are very similar to flash SMS (1395 characters,
default character set)
▪ Area could be a single radio cell, a group of cells or even the
whole network
▪ Not a new technology! First demonstrated in Paris in 1997

CELL BROADCAST vs SMS
CELL BROADCAST SMS
Point to Area Point to Point
Dependant of Location Independant of Location
No need for Mobile ID Need for Mobile ID
Repetition No Repetition
Independant of Congestion Dependant/Increases Congestion
Specific User Experience Regular User Experience
Strong Security Poor Security

CELL BROADCAST - Efficiency
▪ CB messages are sent to the radio infrastructure, bypassing
the core, directed to Cells
▪ Millions of mobile users can be notified in few seconds
Cell Broadcast
Radio infra:
BSC/RNC/MME
Location A
Location B
Location C
Agency

CELL BROADCAST – Service Flows example
5-a. Broadcast
Information
1. Registration and Security Procedures
6. User
Alerting
2. Information
CBE
5-b. Paging
5-c. Primary Notification
with Security
SGSN NodeB UEiCBC
3. Write - Replace
7. Report - Success
8. Ack.
RNC
4. Broadcast
Request
Warning message delivery procedure in UTRAN (3G)

CELL BROADCAST - Activation
Activation for Android devices

CELL BROADCAST - Activation
Activation for iPhone

CELL BROADCAST – User Experience
Example of an Amber Alert
(Missing Persons)

Case Study: RO ALERT

Romania – General Overview:
▪ Population: 20 million (2018)
▪ Mobile subscribers: 28 million (2018)
▪ Area: 235,000 square km.
▪ GDP: $27,653 (PPP, 2019 est.)
▪ Mobile networks:
▪ Orange (2G,3G,4G)
▪ Vodafone (2G,3G,4G)
▪ T-Mobile (2G,3G,4G)
▪ Digi Mobil (3G,4G)

▪ Romanian Government Initiative: RO ALERT
▪ Owned by the Special Telecommunications Service (STS) Agency,
providing special telecommunications services to public authorities:
▪ The Romanian Parliament
▪ The Presidential Administration
▪ The Romanian Government
▪ National Security, Law Enforcement, National Defense Agencies
▪ Judicial Authority
▪ National & Single European 112 Emergency Number Service
▪ Others

▪ Romanian Government Initiative: RO ALERT for national Cell
Broadcast-based Early Warning System
▪ RO ALERT deployed on 2G, 3G, 4G networks of Orange,
Vodafone, T-Mobile and Digi Mobil
▪ Integrated with 300+ radio nodes (BSC, RNC, MME) and
250K+ cells
▪ BSC, RNC, MME from Huawei, Ericsson, Nokia and ZTE
▪ Ready for Live service in April 2018 (4/5 months project)

Iu-BC
CAPv1.2
CBE CBC
Geographical
Redundant CBE
Geographical
Redundant CBC
CAPv1.2 Iu-BC
CBC-BSC
CBC-BSC
S-BC
S-BC
STS
UMTS-RNC
MME-LTE
GSM-BSC
NodeB
eNodeB
BTS

Screenshot taken during a
national test of the system.
Message translation:
This is a test message from
the RO-ALERT systems.
There is no need to take
any protective/safety
measures. Romania’s
Department for Emergency
Situations.
Alert to Local Subscriber

Same alert received by a
Bulgarian roamer in
Romania.
The message title is in the
phone’s default language –
in this case Bulgarian.
Alert to Roaming Subscriber

Same alert received directly on a
Smartwatch with a SIM card.
Alert on Smartwatch

The moment the alert is received (short video)

▪ 16.11.2018 RO-Alert text:
Incendiu fabrica de mobilă cu
degajări mari de fum. Pentru
asigurarea protecţiei, ramâneţi în
incinte, închideţi geamurile şi nu
vă expuneţi la fum. Respectaţi
recomandările pompierilor!

Populaţia este sfătuită să rămână
în case şi să evite zona. În plus,
oamenii sunt rugaţi să nu se
expună la fum şi să elibereze
coloarele de trecere pentru
maşinile de intervenţie.

Atenție, urs observat liber în zona
strada Turnului. Evitați zona.

Pentru evitarea suprasolicitarii
sistemului de apel 112, rugam
populatia din Bucuresti si Ilfov, sa
evite apelurile repetate la 112 care
vizeaza degajarea copacilor sau
alte situatii similare, cu exceptia
celor cu victime sau care pun in
pericol imediat viata.

Norul de fum şi-a schimbat direcţia
şi se îndreaptă şi spre municipiul
Alba Iulia. Pentru asigurarea
protecţiei, rămâneţi în incinte,
închideţi geamurile şi nu vă
expuneţi la fum. Respectaţi
recomandările pompierilor.

Incendiu depozit Remat în comuna
Afumaţi/Ilfov cu degajări mari de
fum. Norul de fum se îndreaptă
către municipiul Bucureşti. Pentru
asigurarea protecţiei, rămâneţi pe
cât posibil într-o incintă, închideţi
geamurile şi nu vă expuneţi la
fum. Respectaţi recomandările
pompierilor DSU-IGSU.

Pentru asigurarea protecției,
rămâneți pe cât posibil în incinte,
închideți geamurile și nu vă
expuneți la fum. Respectați
recomandările pompierilor

Incendiu la un depozit de materiale de
constructii, comuna Sascut, sat
Sascut. Incendiul se manifesta cu
degajari mari de fum. Norul de fum se
indreapta pe directia Sascut – Adjud.
Pentru asigurarea protectiei ramaneti
pe cat posibil in incinte, inchideti
geamurile si nu va expuneti la fum.
Respectati recomandarile pompierilo

Atenţie! Urs observat în zona
Lunca Oltului! Evitaţi zona!
Inspectoratul pentru Situaţii de
Urgenţă ”Mihai Viteazul” al
judeţului Covasna

Cell Broadcast – Project
▪ Key points for project organisation:
Who is platform owner?
Who is operation owner?
How is maintenance organized?
…

Cell Broadcast – Next Phases
▪ Extend to other channels:
▪ SMS for VIP list, etc.
▪ 5G
▪ Collect information from:
▪ Number of devices attached on zones
▪ Nationalities detected
▪ Collect MSISDNs for post campaign, identification
▪ Etc.

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Thank You!
Public Warning &
Cell Broadcast
Thierry DARRAS
thierry.darras@opencode.com

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