Skyhook Wireless Blog Emergency Positioning Requirements in Europe

In Europe the need for accurate location for emergency calls has resulted in the creation of AML (Advanced Mobile Location) which uses handset-based location solution using GPS, cellular, and Wi-Fi sensors. The solution can be supported across a variety of mobile OS, including low-cost devices not running iOS or Android with GMS services. The AML started in Europe and is strongly supported by EENA (European Emergency Number Association) and has been adopted in many countries outside Europe, like in the UAE and Australia. The AML solution allows flexibility when determining emergency numbers depending on the country (for example 112 but also 999, 100, or 101). The other major difference in this solution is that emergency fix is typically reported over user plane (SMS or HTTPs) to the operator network instead of control plane.