Best Current Practice for Communications Services in Support of Emergency Calling
RFC 6881, “Best Current Practice for Communications Services in Support of Emergency Calling”, is a Best Current Practice document published in March 2013 by B. Rosen, J. Polk. It has since been updated by RFC 7840, RFC 7852. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
The IETF and other standards organizations have efforts targeted at standardizing various aspects of placing emergency calls on IP networks. This memo describes best current practice on how devices, networks, and services using IETF protocols should use such standards to make emergency calls.
What “Best Current Practice” means
Documents the IETF community's recommended operational or procedural practice rather than a protocol specification.
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