You won’t find too much sympathy in the IETF for not wanting to upgrade. We’re talking about computing devices, not too many deployed that don’t require upgrades. I believe the black-jack game on my iPhone has been upgraded at least 4 times in the 8 month life of the phone (and the OS at least 3 times).
OBO is, IMO, from an end-user pov, a privacy disaster waiting to happen. But, with proper authentication and authorization it might be doable within the constraints of GeoPriv.
-Marc-
On 9/17/09 12:05 PM, "Ray.Bellis@nominet.org.uk" <Ray.Bellis@nominet.org.uk> wrote:
> I'm also not sure that NENA is asking for third-party/OBO, I believe it's
> SPs asking for it. NENA simply wants location included with call setup.
Getting location included with call setup requires software and/or firmware updates to every (mobile) SIP device on the planet.
NICC therefore wants OBO, because in the short-to-medium term it's the only way to get location without requiring those device updates.
OBO can work now, with the only pre-requisite being deployment of LIS's on each IP access network. Those LIS's will be required for first party queries anyway, for those devices that don't have GPS capablity.
Ray
