Glossary of Terms

Understand basic Public Safety definitions and terms.

AOA

Definition:

1) Data sent from the Location Finding Equipment (LFE) to the Location Finding Controller (LFC). 2) A technique for determining the caller’s location using specialized radio location‐finding equipment. AOA computes a transmitter's location based on the angle at which the transmitter's radio signal strikes multiple receivers.

Location by-value

In the context of location information to support IP based emergency services, a PIDF‐LO containing the location of an IP end‐point that can be...

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LRF

Location Retrieval Function. May retrieve location information and/or analyze the information. Provides Phase I and Phase II when location is...

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LVF

Location Validation Function. The NENA i3 element that validates location information via LoST transactions. The LVF ensures that a civic address...

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LRF

Location Retrieval Function. May retrieve location information and/or analyze the information. Provides Phase I and Phase II when location is...

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