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RFC 6881: Best Current Practice for Communications Services in Support of Emergency Calling

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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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Document ID
RFC6881
Published
March 2013
Authors
B. Rosen; J. Polk
Status
BEST CURRENT PRACTICE
Stream
IETF
Area
art
Pages
28
Also known as
BCP181
Updated by:
RFC 7840, RFC 7852

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