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Volume 2, Issue 3
September 2016Multi-Sourcing Systems
Integrators Explained
CSEC, ACC Pilot Project
Pilot Project (cont.)
Production Test Lab (cont.)Production Test Lab Up and Running
2
mThe Texas Commission on State
Emergency Communications (CSEC)
4 has established a new production
test laboratory at the Texas Department of
Information Resources (DIR) facility in
Austin, and testing of various components
of the CSEC State-Level Emergency Service
Internet Protocol (IP) Network (ESInet) is
scheduled to beginA complete end-to-end NG9-1-1 environ-
ment has been created in the production
test lab. The initial phase of testing will
focus on call-routing elements such as the
Emergency Call-Routing Function (ECRF),
the Border Control Function (BCF), and the
Emergency Services Routing Proxy (ESRP).333 Guadalupe St.,
Suite 2-212,
Austin, Texas 78701
Telephone: 512.305.6911
Email: csecinfo@csec.texas.gov
Web: csec.texas.gov
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The first wave of
testing was conduct-
ed successfully at the
Texas A&M University
(TAMU) Internet2
Technology Evalua-
tion Center (ITEC).
Logistics were a
factor in making the
move, according to
Kevin Rohrer, CSEC's
chief technical officer.
"The DIR facility, CSEC Equipment in CSEC's racks at the Texas DIR facility in Austin.and CapGemini, which is supporting the
testing program, all are located in Austin,
while TAMU is in College Station, about 90
minutes away," Rohrer said. "Relocating the
lab will enable us to move faster and become
lighter on our feet."
Another important reason for the transition
is that the lab located at the DIR facilities
provides a production environment
compared with an academic environment.
"It takes a lot to pull together a Next
Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) system be-
cause there are so many moving parts, and
the TAMU testing gave us a chance to see
how it all will work," Rohrer said.
"In theory, the DIR lab will be testing actual
NG9-1-1 core components. It will give us a
boots-on-the-ground perspective.""Each will be evaluated not only to
understand their capabilities, but also to
determine how well they align with
industry standards," said Ryan Chandler,
manager, state and local government for
CapGemini.
Eventually the production-environment
NG9-1-1 system's call-handling and call-
delivery capabilities will be assessed,
Chandler added.
"We'll be able to see whether the calls
appear properly on the map display, with
all of the associated data," he said.
CSEC plans to keep the production test
laboratory up and running even after its
State-level ESInet goes live.
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