TIA J-STD-101

The scope of this Standard is the definition of the interface between the Federal Alert Gateway and the Commercial Mobile Service Provider (CMSP) Gateway for CMAS alerts. Any processing in either the Federal network or the CMSP network which is not related to this interface is beyond the scope of this Standard.

Purpose

This Standard is based upon the three Reports & Orders issued to date by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in regards to the Commercial Mobile Alert System [Refs 9, 22, & 24]. Modifications to this Standard may be required as future relevant Reports & Orders are released by the FCC.

The Federal government will perform the function of aggregating all state, local, and Federal alerts and will provide one logical interface to each Commercial Mobile Service Provider (CMSP) who elects to support CMAS alerts.

The purpose of this Standard is to define the interface between the Federal Alert Gateway and the Commercial Mobile Service Provider (CMSP) Gateway for CMAS alerts.

Application

This Standard is applicable to Commercial Mobile Service Providers and to the Federal government entity responsible for the administration of the Federal Alert Gateway.