RFC 6881 · BEST CURRENT PRACTICE · 2013

Best Current Practice for Communications Services in Support of Emergency Calling

Overview

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.

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What “Best Current Practice” means

Documents the IETF community's recommended operational or procedural practice rather than a protocol specification.

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Relationships to other RFCs
Updated by
RFC 7840 RFC 7852
Other RFCs from 2013

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