FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nationwide
Contact: Michael Custer - Stancil Corporation
Date: Nov 2011
Stancil Corporation Participates in NENA’s Industry Collaboration Event 4
Santa Ana. Ca: Stancil Logging Recorder was tested during the week long NENA Industry Collaboration Event
(ICE) 4.
NENA held the Industry Collaboration Event #4 (ICE 4) in Irving, Texas at the AT&T Center for Learning the week
of 11/14/11. The focus of the event was emergency call routing based on the LoST hierarchy. This is the core
function required to assure reliable and predictable emergency call routing and location validation regardless
of the media type or device being used to place a call. The largest and most complex ICE event ever
undertaken, it culminated in a successful multi-vendor testing process, resulting in heightened awareness and
recognition of the requirements necessary for interoperable call routing. The twenty-two companies involved
evaluated multi-vendor interaction between Emergency Call Routing Functions and also included the
following functional entities:
- Emergency Services Routing Proxies
- Location Validation Functions
- Location Information Servers
- Legacy Network Gateways
- Call logging and recording
- NG9-1-1 PSAP CPE
- SIP User Agents
The testing explored a greater detail of specification called for in the requirements in a variety of different
“real world” situations focusing on call routing. Specifically, the following interactions and protocols were
evaluated:
- Recursive and iterative LoST queries
- Multi-Hop routing cases involving a combination of a forest guide, state-level ECRF, and regional or
local "leaf node" ECRF’s
- Default routing and error handling at the ECRF and ESRP level
- LIS based location validation utilizing an LVF in a variety of different scenarios
- Call logging and recording interaction
NENA held the Industry Collaboration Event #4 (ICE 4) in Irving, Texas at the AT&T Center for Learning the week
of 11/14/11. The focus of the event was emergency call routing based on the LoST hierarchy. This is the core
function required to assure reliable and predictable emergency call routing and location validation regardless
of the media type or device being used to place a call. The largest and most complex ICE event ever
undertaken, it culminated in a successful multi-vendor testing process, resulting in heightened awareness and
recognition of the requirements necessary for interoperable call routing. The twenty-two companies involved
evaluated multi-vendor interaction between Emergency Call Routing Functions and also included the
following functional entities:
• Emergency Services Routing Proxies
• Location Validation Functions
• Location Information Servers
• Legacy Network Gateways
• Call logging and recording
• NG9-1-1 PSAP CPE
• SIP User Agents
The testing explored a greater detail of specification called for in the requirements in a variety of different
“real world” situations focusing on call routing. Specifically, the following interactions and protocols were
evaluated:
• Recursive and iterative LoST queries
• Multi-Hop routing cases involving a combination of a forest guide, state-level ECRF, and regional or local
"leaf node" ECRF’s
• Default routing and error handling at the ECRF and ESRP level
• LIS based location validation utilizing an LVF in a variety of different scenarios
• Call logging and recording interaction
“With active participation in the NENA ICE events, Stancil Corporation continues its long term involvement
with NENA and other Public Safety Vendors to ensure we are ready for next-generation 9-1-1 environment”
stated Simon Farrow, Stancil’s Director of Engineering.
More information on ICE4 can be found at http://www.nena.org/news/77473/NENA-Sponsors-Successful-
Multi-Vendo r-Next-Generation-9-1-1-Interoperability-Testing-Event.htm or by contacting: Delaine Arnold -
NENA Industry Collaboration Event (ICE) Testing Coordination Manager - 813.960.1698; Roger Hixson - NENA
Technical Issues Director - 614.442.9110; Rick Jones - NENA Operations Issues Director - 815.519.7841
About Stancil Corporation: Stancil Corporation was founded in 1946 and still is a leading manufacturer of
Logging and Recording products. It has made significant investment in NG-9-1-1 to ensure its customers have a
successful migration to this new technology.
