Method and apparatus for emergency call routing using an end node
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1. A method for routing an emergency call wherein the call sequentially traverses two or more nodes in a transmission path of the call, the method comprising:
- providing a data base in which respective, unique node identifiers for the two or more nodes in the transmission path may be mapped to a public safety answering point (PSAP) established to serve calls arriving at the mapped node, wherein ones of the two or more nodes operate to embed in the call the respective, unique identifiers for the traversed nodes;
receiving an emergency call;
sequentially evaluating the node identifiers, beginning with the identifier for the node most proximate to an originator of the emergency call until a node identifier is found having a mapping in the data base to a PSAP;
selecting the node having a mapping to a PSAP as an end node for the call; and
routing the emergency call to the public safety answering point associated with the selected end node.
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Abstract
A method is provided for routing an emergency call. The method comprises receiving an emergency call and identifying an end node associated with the call. The end node may be a communications device involved in establishing the emergency call that is geographically near the originator of the emergency call. A look-up table is then accessed to identify the appropriate public safety answering point (PSAP) associated with the end node, and the emergency call is routed to the identified PSAP.
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1. A method for routing an emergency call wherein the call sequentially traverses two or more nodes in a transmission path of the call, the method comprising:
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providing a data base in which respective, unique node identifiers for the two or more nodes in the transmission path may be mapped to a public safety answering point (PSAP) established to serve calls arriving at the mapped node, wherein ones of the two or more nodes operate to embed in the call the respective, unique identifiers for the traversed nodes; receiving an emergency call; sequentially evaluating the node identifiers, beginning with the identifier for the node most proximate to an originator of the emergency call until a node identifier is found having a mapping in the data base to a PSAP; selecting the node having a mapping to a PSAP as an end node for the call; and routing the emergency call to the public safety answering point associated with the selected end node. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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