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2004 Symposium on Applications and the Internet-Workshops (SAINT 2004 Workshops)   p. 236
Lifeline Communication System in the Internet
Takahiro Kikuchi, Telecommunications Advancement Organization of Japan
Masaaki Noro, Telecommunications Advancement Organization of Japan
Katsuyuki Yamazaki, Telecommunications Advancement Organization of Japan and KDDI R&D Laboratories
Hideki Sunahara, Telecommunications Advancement Organization of Japan and Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Shinji Shimojo, Telecommunications Advancement Organization of Japan and Osaka University

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Abstract
The spread of the Internet has made it important as a potential means of lifeline communication. The Internet can fulfill a role in the everyday life of citizens by offering lifeline communication services such as the police, ambulance, gas, electricity, water service when an emergency occurs. In these lifeline communications, a caller needs to be able to communicate with the nearby lifeline service agency the same as on PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Networks) without being consciously aware of the path the caller’s message is taking. Moreover, the lifeline service agency must be able to acquire the caller’s location and identity. However, it is very difficult to transfer these essential functions from the PSTN to the Internet without making significant changes because of the large differences between the PSTN and the Internet. In this paper, we discuss how to obtain these functions for lifeline communications in the Internet. We further propose a model and implement a lifeline communication system on the Internet.
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Citation:  Takahiro Kikuchi, Masaaki Noro, Katsuyuki Yamazaki, Hideki Sunahara, Shinji Shimojo, "Lifeline Communication System in the Internet," saint-w, p. 236,  2004 Symposium on Applications and the Internet-Workshops (SAINT 2004 Workshops),  2004