Utilizing an NG 9-1-1 Test Lab to Validate Standards Compliance

When implementing a state-wide NG 9-1-1 system, how do you ensure standards compliance? Which standards are relevant? How would you establish a lab environment to test NG 9-1-1 interoperability? The objective of this article is to examine these questions and others. To answer these questions, we established an NG 9-1-1 test lab, developed test scenarios and tested against a subset of NG 9-1-1 functional requirements.