ATIS Task Force Reports on IP Transition Challenges to Public Safety Applications

The Association for Telecommunications Industry Solutions released task force findings on the challenges facing public safety applications as communications systems migrate to IP-based networks, an ATIS release said Tuesday. "Today, there are a broad range of critical public safety-related applications provisioned on legacy copper networks," ATIS said. "These include alarm circuits to local fire and police departments, circuits to airport towers and alarms, circuits monitoring railroad crossings, as well as those for sensors at gas and power company locations. The ATIS findings offer insight into the solutions needed to advance the all-IP transition for these technologies." A PowerPoint presentation detailing the task force's findings is available here.