1 | CMAS Work TR-45.5 | January 2008

WARN ACT and Commercial Mobile Alert Service (CMAS)

Initial Work Activity for TIA TR-45.5

Orlett W. Pearson TR-45.5 Chair January 2008

2 | CMAS Work TR-45.5 | January 2008

WARN ACT

The “Warning, Alert, and Response Network” Act

• Signed into law on October 13, 2006

• Sets in motion the planning for “Commercial Mobile Service” Providers to “voluntarily” send emergency alerts to their subscribers

“Commercial Mobile Service Providers” are considered to be cellular and paging companies.

Only the service is discussed – technology choices are not specified

Thus Sub-Committees that are developing this standard have the option of choosing a specific technology

This work is Regional and will only be done in TR-45.5.

3 | CMAS Work TR-45.5 | January 2008

Joint CMAS

The Joint TIA/ATIS Commercial Mobile Alert Service (CMAS) Kick-off meeting will be held next week in san Diego, CA (January 22-23, 2008)

Joint meeting will cover the common requirements and specifications for CDMA, GSM and UMTS

TR-45.5 will work on CMAS-related requirements unique to cdma2000 and other Air-Interface technologies

This contribution is being presented for discussion and approval. Once approved it will be presented next week in an effort to provide input for discussion into the CMAS meeting.

Obtain information during the CMAS Kick-off meeting (i.e., requirements).

Representatives from TR-45.5, TR-45.2 and ATIS will participate.

Orlett W. Pearson will give the presentation for TR-45.5.

4 | CMAS Work TR-45.5 | January 2008

TIA TR-45.5 Specific CMAS Work

TR-45.5 proposes to meet face-to-face on a monthly basis to progress CMAS work. Anticipate liaisons and possible face-to-face time with TR-45.2.

Once the requirements have officially been remanded, the Sub-Committee proposes the following:

Review requirements to see which working groups and documents are impacted.

Prepare Stage 1/2 document based on the FCC Requirements

Focal point for discussion and development would pertain to Reference Point E (Interface between the Infrastructure and the Mobile Station).

Examine which SMS Parameters are needed for CMAS Broadcast

Consider Broadcast SMS, noting impacts to battery life

5 | CMAS Work TR-45.5 | January 2008

TIA TR-45.5 Specific CMAS Work

Determine if impacts to base CDMA Specification: if so, ascertain whether TSG-C should be requested to make modifications to maintain commonality amongst base Specifications

Determine specific technologies that are to be targeted within the CDMA Air-Interface (1x, EV-DO, UMB)

Specify whether Minimum Performance and Test Specifications are required. If it is determined that they are required,

Sub-Committee would propose a separate timeline for this activity

Documents are developed once core specifications are complete

Began Stage 3 development

Approve Baseline, Ballot and Publication text

Proposed Publication target is August 2008

6 | CMAS Work TR-45.5 | January 2008

Thank You!