EAGER: US Ignite: Network Slicing for Emergency Communications

美国人依靠现有的紧急通信系统（ECS）来挽救生命，要么通过拨打911呼叫救护车、警察和消防服务，要么通过广播紧急警报系统。由于语音和视频服务向基于互联网的技术迁移，现有的应急通信系统（ECS）基础设施正变得越来越过时。应急通信网络切片（NSEC）是美国Ignite示范项目的一个原型，它将利用GENI切片创建一个强大、可靠、可扩展的示范系统，以替代现有的ECS。该演示将使用网络切片来提供优先级和专用带宽以及云服务，以简化操作、创建可持续性和保持可扩展性。GENI切片框架还将提供对拒绝服务攻击的隔离。爱达荷州的阿蒙市（邦纳维尔县）、阿尔比恩电话公司（ATC），一家位于爱达荷州南部和犹他州北部地区的本地交换运营商（ILEC），以及犹他州电信开放基础设施局（UTOPIA），将为这项工作提供支持。这项提议的工作将记录技术和组织问题，作为可行性的初步演示，并为下一代ECS的开放标准实现提供初始构建块。该项目解决紧急通信方面的关键需求，这是一个国家优先问题；为希望解决当前ECS缺陷的社区和机构提供了一条前进的道路，并为现场演示提供了一个小规模的可运输系统；并建立一个可扩展的开源ECS，能够在不影响当前应急通信系统运行的情况下支持持续的研究和开发。

Americans depend on the existing Emergency Communications Systems (ECS) to save lives, either via 911 calls to ambulance, police and fire services or via the broadcast Emergency Alert System. The existing Emergency Communications Systems (ECS) infrastructure is becoming increasingly outdated due to the migration of voice and video services to Internet-based technologies. The Network Slicing for Emergency Communications (NSEC) is a prototype US Ignite demonstration project that will utilize GENI slices to create a demonstration system of a robust, reliable, and scalable alternative to existing ECS. This demonstration will use network slicing to provide priority and dedicated bandwidth and cloud services to simplify operations, create sustainability and maintain extensibility. The GENI slicing framework will also provide isolation from Denial of Service attacks. The City of Ammon (Bonneville County), Idaho, Albion Telephone Company (ATC), an Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC) with territories located in Southern Idaho and Northern Utah, and Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency (UTOPIA) with serving territories throughout Utah will support this effort. This proposed effort will document technical and organizational issues, serve as the initial demonstration of the feasibility, and provide the initial building blocks for an open standard implementation of a next generation ECS. The project addresses critical needs in emergency communications, a national priority issue; provides a path forward for communities and agencies desiring to address current ECS deficiencies, and provides a small scale transportable system for on-location demonstrations; and establishes an extensible open source ECS capable of supporting continued research and development without affecting current emergency communications systems operations.