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ROUTING INFORMATION PROTOCOL [3 records]

Record 1 2025-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Applications of Automation
  • Emergency Management
  • Physical Geography (General)
  • Telephone Switching
CONT

Emergency call routing function(ECRF) : A functional element in an ESInet [emergency services Internet Protocol network], which is a LoST [Location-to-Service Translation] protocol server where location information(either civic address or geo-coordinates) serves as input to a mapping function that returns information used to route an emergency call toward the appropriate PSAP [public safety answering point] for the caller's location or towards a responder agency.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Automatisation et applications
  • Gestion des urgences
  • Géographie physique (Généralités)
  • Commutation téléphonique
CONT

Les fonctions d'acheminement des appels d'urgence sont un élément fonctionnel d'un [réseau IP des services d'urgence].

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Automatización y aplicaciones
  • Gestión de emergencias
  • Geografía física (Generalidades)
  • Conmutación telefónica
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Record 2 2023-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Cartography
  • Emergency Management
  • Telecommunications
CONT

The Location to Service Translation(LoST) Protocol is a service discovery protocol, which uses location information to map service Uniform Resource Identifiers(URI). The LoST Protocol was developed to support the routing process of IP-based emergency calls...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Cartographie
  • Gestion des urgences
  • Télécommunications

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
DEF

A protocol used by routers to forward information between each other or changes in the network.

OBS

One of the first routing protocols, still found today in many inter-LAN systems. It was developed in the early 1980s and uses distant-vector logic.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
OBS

L'un des premiers protocoles de routage mis en œuvre au début des années 80 pour interconnecter des réseaux locaux.

Key term(s)
  • Routing Information Protocol

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
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