In this session, experts will brief you on standards related to public warning and on solutions developed within EU projects that could be used by emergency services in case of disaster.

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Public Warning System
Standard Solution
Peter Sanders EENA Conference

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Agenda
EECC directive article 110
Recital 294
Standardized Solution
FCC
PWS around the world
PWS in EECC
Agenda

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Article 110 of the EECC Directive
Public Warning System
European Electronic Communications Code
Effective from 20 December 2018
Article 110 – Public Warning System
By 21 June 2022, Member States shall ensure that, ……, public warnings are
transmitted by providers of mobile number-based interpersonal communications
services to the end-users concerned.
…..
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Recital 294 of the EECC Directive
Recitals are clarifications how the articles of the Directive should be understood.
(294):
…….. In its review of the implementation of this Directive, the Commission could also
assess whether it is possible in accordance with Union law, and feasible to set up a
single Union-wide public warning system in order to alert the public in the event of an
imminent or developing disaster or major state of emergency across different Member
States.

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Standardized
solutions
ETSI – 3GPP

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Standards Development Organizations
When the European Commission issues a mandate for which standards
effort is needed, the Commission can only mandate a recognized
European Standards Organization with this task:
CEN
CENELEC
ETSI

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European Telecommunications Standards Institute

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EU-Alert in the EU
NL-Alert in the Netherlands
RO-Alert in Romania
Mass Alert in Lithuania is compliant with EU-Alert
PWS in Greece is not yet live and is compliant with EU-Alert
BE-Alert in Belgium is not compliant with EU-Alert

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3GPP – Global Standards
Partners Partnership

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3GPP – Specifications for Public Warning

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Cell Broadcast
With Cell Broadcast it is possible to send a text message to
millions of subscribers,
including visitors from other countries,
in near real-time,
with location specific information,
in their desired language,
without being affected by network congestion
Supported on all devices
Specific ring-tone
Opt-out features
CB can only be issued by auhorized parties
CB is anonymous, so no privacy issues

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PWS around the world
PWS: a globally standardized 3GPP solution
Deployed in:
Netherlands, Lithuania, Romania, Greece
US, Canada, Chile
Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, New Zealand, India
United Arab Emirates, Oman
China (included in current 5-year plan; trials ongoing)
EU-Alert supported on Android and iOS
EU-Alert is compatible with WEA/CMAS

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FCC
Regulations
Wireless Emergency Alert

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FCC Report and Orders
FCC 08-99 First Report and Order in the matter of CMAS
Introduced CMAS (WEA 1.0) as ordered under the WARN Act
FCC 08-164 Second Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Introduced the Required Monthly Test (RMT)
FCC 16-127 Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Introduced WEA 2.0
Go-live date May 1, 2019
FCC 17-143 First Report and Order on Reconsideration
Embedded references allowed
FCC 18-4 Second Report and Order and Second Order on Reconsideration
Introduced WEA 3.0
Narrowing of geo-targeting requirements
Go-live date November 1, 2019

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WEA 3.0 – geo-fencing
Device-based geo-fencing
Standards work in ATIS and in 3GPP completed
Target area specification (e.g. polygon) is to be send to the mobile
device
Feature is backwards compatible
Device shall not display the message when it can determine it is
outside the polygon
Inaccuracy less than 150 m

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PWS in EECC

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Recital 293
Recitals are clarifications how the articles of the Directive should be
understood.
(293):
…….. End-users concerned should be deemed to be those end-users
who are located in the geographic areas potentially being affected by
imminent or developing major emergencies and disasters during the
warning period, as determined by the competent authorities.
Seems that geo-fencing is actually required
Services that send the message to everyone in the coverage area of a cell also
reach users who are located outside the geographic area.

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Pan-European PWS
Conclusions:
Standards for a pan-European PWS are already available!
Standardized PWS continues to improve over time

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Contact Details
Peter Sanders
peter.sanders@one2many.eu
Thank you!