FCC First Report & Order Rules Requires CMSP to provide a CMSP Gateway –must provide secure, redundant, and reliable connections to receive Alert Messages from the Federal alert gateway –Support CMSP profile on Federal Alert Gateway –support the defined CMAS C interface and associated protocols Defined three classes of alerts: –Presidential –Imminent Threat –Child Abduction Emergency CMAS Alert is 90 English Characters containing: –Event Type; Area Affected; Recommended Action; Expiration Time (with time zone); and Sending Agency –Embedding a phone number or URL is prohibited CMSP is not required to perform any formatting, reformatting, or translation of an Alert Message –except for transcoding a text, audio, video, or multimedia file into the format supported by mobile devices Multilanguage  English only required Support while Roaming –If roaming agreement in place and CMSP and mobile device supports CMAS Pre-emption of calls in progress –CMAS shall not pre-empt an active voice or data session Standardized Audio Attention Signal and Vibration Cadence on mobile devices Geo-targeting to the county level is minimum requirement Delivery technology Reference Points D and E protocols are defined and controlled by each Participating CMS Provider 7th SDO Emergency Services Workshop (ESW7) May 2010 21
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