FCC Mandated Requirements for E911 Call Location

Polaris products comply fully with FCC requirements for E911.

Network-based solutions

  • Accuracy requirement : Within 100m for 67% of cases, within 300m for 95% of cases
  • Deployment timeline : Respond to PSAP Phase II requests with 50% coverage of the area or population within six months. Tier I carriers must cover the remaining 50% within the next six months. Tier II and Tier III carriers have a full year to comply for the remaining 50%.

Handset-based solutions

  • Accuracy requirement : Within 50m for 67% of cases, within 150m for 95% of cases
  • Deployment timeline : 95% of the carrier's customer base must have handsets equipped with the selected location technology by Dec. 31, 2005

Customer testimonial

 
Proven Performance
Polaris WLS™ products consistently deliver industry-leading performance. In customer deployments, exhaustive competitive trials, service provider evaluations and field tests, Polaris meets compliance requirements and accurately determines handset location.

Polaris WLS™ software-only products are a network-based solution. The Public Safety product complies with E911 Phase II requirements in accordance with FCC guidelines for wireless networks (see sidebar).


Deployed and Compliance Tested in Live Networks
Triton PCS deployed the Polaris WLS™ Public Safety product after extensive competitive evaluations, including live compliance testing in 2003 according to FCC guidelines. Test results from 60 sites with 150 cell sectors demonstrated that Polaris technology is in compliance with the FCC's E911 Phase II accuracy requirements with 100% yield, even in light suburban environments.


Top Performance in Vodafone Competitive Trials
The Polaris Location-based Services product was tested as part of Vodafone's 18-month evaluation of E-CGI* from eight leading U.S. and European location technology providers. These trials are widely considered as the most comprehensive for E-CGI in the industry.
( * E-CGI is another name for Wireless Location Signatures technology. )

Vodafone evaluated eight technology vendors in two mobile networks covering rural, suburban, urban and dense urban environments. In all scenarios Vodafone ranked Polaris among the leading group of technology vendors in terms of accuracy and in many scenarios Polaris demonstrated the highest accuracy out of all vendors. In addition, Polaris demonstrated close alignment with performance requirements specified by Vodafone for E-CGI in the context of commercial location-based services.

Contact Vodafone's leading position location expert, Brendan Ludden, for more information.

Extensively Field Tested
During 2002 and 2003, Polaris conducted comprehensive field tests and carrier evaluations in light urban, dense urban, suburban and rural environments for wireless GSM and IS-136 TDMA networks. Click here for a summary of field trial results.