International Emergency Preference Scheme (IEPS) for disaster relief operations SERIES E: OVERALL NETWORK OPERATION TELEPHONE SERVICE SERVICE OPERATION AND HUMAN FACTORS International operation General provisions concerning Administrations Study Group 2
The IEPS enables the use of public telecommunications by national authorities for emergency and disaster relief operations. It allows users, authorized by national authorities, to have access to the International Telephone Service, as described in ITU-T Rec. E.105 [1], while this service is restricted either due to damage, congestion or faults, or any combination of these. This Recommendation describes the functional requirements, features, access and the operational management of the IEPS.