1. Home
  2. Innovations
  3. Smart cities
  4. European Standards in Cooperative ITS for Road Users

  5. Another standard for emergency calls: the eCall system

Quizzed article | REF: TRP1007 V2

European Standards in Cooperative ITS for Road Users

Author: Michelle WETTERWALD

Publication date: January 10, 2020, Review date: March 11, 2021 | Lire en français

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!

Automatically translated using artificial intelligence technology (Note that only the original version is binding) > find out more.

    A  |  A

    8. Another standard for emergency calls: the eCall system

    8.1 Operating principle

    eCall is a European initiative, based on action plan COM/2008/0886, designed to speed up assistance to motorists in the event of a collision anywhere in the European Union. It is an emergency service based on cellular communications. Vehicles are equipped with a geolocated eCall device fitted with a GSM SIM card. As soon as the device detects an impact (figure 22 ), the vehicle's on-board system automatically transmits a call to the nearest emergency services (112 emergency call center, or PSAP Public Service Answering Point). The call received in less than 4 seconds (under optimum communication conditions) by the emergency services is associated with a transmission...

    You do not have access to this resource.

    Exclusive to subscribers. 97% yet to be discovered!

    You do not have access to this resource.
    Click here to request your free trial access!

    Already subscribed? Log in!

    The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference

    A Comprehensive Knowledge Base, with over 1,200 authors and 100 scientific advisors
    + More than 10,000 articles and 1,000 how-to sheets, over 800 new or updated articles every year
    From design to prototyping, right through to industrialization, the reference for securing the development of your industrial projects

    This article is included in

    Smart cities

    This offer includes:

    Knowledge Base

    Updated and enriched with articles validated by our scientific committees

    Services

    A set of exclusive tools to complement the resources

    Practical Path

    Operational and didactic, to guarantee the acquisition of transversal skills

    Doc & Quiz

    Interactive articles with quizzes, for constructive reading

    Subscribe now!

    Ongoing reading
    Another standard for emergency calls: the eCall system
    Outline