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Results for area 15.1 Basic eCall terms

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automatic crash notification
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automatic system to provide data notification to public-safety answering points, by means of any available wireless communications media, that a vehicle has crashed, and to provide coordinates and other relevant information in a message of standardized data concepts, not limited in length

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pan-European eCall
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eCall sent directly using, in the case of GSM/UMTS circuit switched networks circuit switched networks, ETSI defined Teleservice 12 over mobile telephone networks designed to work throughout European Union Member States

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emergency management central system
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centre system that allows an entity to manage and respond to crashes, events, disasters, evacuation orders and other incidents

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emergency call response centre
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term used in ITS Implementation Directive to mean Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP)

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public safety answering point (PSAP)
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‘first level’ responder to whom an emergency call/eCall is directed physical location working on behalf of the national authorities where emergency calls are first received under the responsibility of a public authority or a private organisation recognised by the national government

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emergency control centre
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unit which deals with emergency calls and which has the capacity to consider professionally the need for response, and which has the provision to mobilise the needed resources to deal with the emergency in question

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vehicle occupant(s)
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person(s) inside the vehicle

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E164
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ITU-T recommendation that defines the international public telecommunication numbering plan used in the PSTN and some other data networks and also defines the format of telephone number

NOTE 1 to entry E.164 numbers can have a maximum of fifteen digits and are usually written with a + prefix.

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eSafety
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safety systems using electronics and or wireless communications

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minimum set of data (MSD)
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direct, timely data content of an eCall message to the PSAP operator receiving the emergency call containing information about the location of the incident, providing detail characterising the vehicle, and potentially sometimes also providing additional data that is deemed relevant

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location area
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area in which a mobile station may move freely without updating the VLR

NOTE 1 to entry A location area includes one or several GERAN/UTRAN cells.

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third party eCall supportive services
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emergency and other support services operated by third party service providers that are complementary to or different from eCall

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third party service provider (TPSP)
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Third Party Service Provider organisation, recognised by the national rescue authorities as being allowed to transmit TPS-eCall to them, and compliant with the requirements of EN 16102

NOTE The TPSP has two roles, TPS-eCall responder and TPS-eCall notifier.

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eCall
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emergency call generated either automatically via activation of in-vehicle sensors or manually by the vehicle occupants; when activated it provides notification and relevant location information to the most appropriate ‘Public Safety Answering Point’, by means of mobile wireless communications networks, carries a defined standardized ‘Minimum Set of Data’ notifying that there has been an incident that requires response from the emergency services, and establishes an audio channel between the occupants of the vehicle and the most appropriate ‘Public Safety Answering Point’

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third party services supported eCall (TPS-eCall)
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eCall variant as described and defined in EN 16102

NOTE In summary, it includes the transmission of the ‘IVS dataset’ (plus possibly additional data) from the vehicle to a TPSP, and the establishment of a voice call with this TPSP. In the event of an emergency situation likely to require assistance from the emergency services, the TPSP establishes a voice connection with the most appropriate PSAP. The TPSP also forwards all relevant information concerning the event, including the information specified as mandatory by the MSD standard (EN 15722) as a minimum, to this most appropriate PSAP. The TPSP also provides voice communication between the PSAP and the vehicle occupants, at least by setting up a conference call, if this is required by any of the parties involved.

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prime medium
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wireless medium defined in an ETSI Standard to be suitable for transmission of an 'eCall' transaction

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E112
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emergency communications service using the single European emergency call number, 112, which is enhanced with location information of the calling user

NOTE 1 to entry The number is not actually used directly in the communication but sets indicators in the IMS call header that identifies the call as an emergency call of type ‘eCall’ to the MNO.

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eCall service
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end-to-end emergency service to connect occupants of an affected vehicle to the most appropriate PSAP via an audio link across a PLMN together with the transfer of a minimum set of data to the PSAP

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eCall+
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provision of eCall service plus availability of wireless communication network to undertake other application services

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TPS-eCall service
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capability of a vehicle to be a TPS-eCall generator, triggering of a TPS-eCall transaction, intent of a TPSP to be a TPS-eCall responder and provision of that response including where necessary a TPS-eCall notification

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eCall in-vehicle systems (eCall IVS)
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in-vehicle equipment together with the means to trigger, manage and effect the eCall transaction

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112
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single European emergency call number supporting Teleservice 12

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routing area
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area in which a mobile station, in certain operation modes, may move freely without updating the SGSN

NOTE 1 to entry A routing area includes one or several GERAN/UTRAN cells and is always contained within a location area.

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