On the performance of SIP-based next generation emergency services

The fifth generation of mobile networks is rapidly gaining momentum as the new paradigm of broadband communications. Mature pilots are already being implemented and tested across Europe. The plethora of applications and services supported by such novel networking architectures are characterized by high reliability, ultra-low delay and high throughput across heterogeneous access technologies and diverse user equipment. In this context, emergency services and emergency service operators are required to adapt rapidly by firstly adopting IP based architectures and secondly incorporate cloud-based and edge-based computing prototypes. This paper focuses on SIP based emergency architectures that are capable of exchanging added value services and data over legacy All-IP infrastructures. Moreover, the proposed emergency services architecture is studied as a multi-edge computing scenario and several useful observation are made for its applicability in today’s emergency services. The performance evaluation is based on a set of key performance indicators, which reveal that next generation SIPbased emergency services architectures could be easily be adopted and integrated into the legacy systems.