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8. Another standard for emergency calls: the eCall system
8.1 Operating principle
eCall is a European initiative, based on action plan COM/2008/0886, designed to speed up assistance to motorists in the event of a collision anywhere in the European Union. It is an emergency service based on cellular communications. Vehicles are equipped with a geolocated eCall device fitted with a GSM SIM card. As soon as the device detects an impact (figure 22 ), the vehicle's on-board system automatically transmits a call to the nearest emergency services (112 emergency call center, or PSAP Public Service Answering Point). The call received in less than 4 seconds (under optimum communication conditions) by the emergency services is associated with a transmission...
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Standards and norms
3GPP
- Technical Specification Group Services and System Aspects ; Feasibility study for Proximity Services (ProSe) - TR 22.803 -
- Study on LTE support for Vehicle to Everything (V2X) services - TR 22.885 -
- Study on LTE-based V2X services - TR 36.885 -
- Technical Specification Group Services and System Aspects ; Service aspects ; Service principles...
Regulations
Decision ECC (08)01, ECC Decision of 14 March 2008 on the harmonised use of the 5 875-5 925 MHz frequency band for Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), amended on 3 July 2015, (CEPT).
Recommendation ECC (08)01, ECC recommendation of 21 febroary 2008 on the use of the band 5 855-5 875 MHz for Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), amended on 3 July 2015, (CEPT).
Commission Decision...
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