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FCC 10.350
Revised as of October 2, 2015
Goto Year:2014 |
2016
§ 10.350 WEA Testing requirements.
This section specifies the testing that will be required, no later than the
date of deployment of the WEA, of WEA components.
(a) Required monthly tests. Testing of the WEA from the Federal Alert
Gateway to each Participating CMS Provider's infrastructure shall be
conducted monthly.
(1) A Participating CMS Provider's Gateway shall support the ability to
receive a required monthly test (RMT) message initiated by the Federal Alert
Gateway Administrator.
(2) Participating CMS Providers shall schedule the distribution of the RMT
to their WEA coverage area over a 24 hour period commencing upon receipt of
the RMT at the CMS Provider Gateway. Participating CMS Providers shall
determine the method to distribute the RMTs, and may schedule over the 24
hour period the delivery of RMTs over geographic subsets of their coverage
area to manage traffic loads and to accommodate maintenance windows.
(3) A Participating CMS Provider may forego an RMT if the RMT is pre-empted
by actual alert traffic or if an unforeseen condition in the CMS Provider
infrastructure precludes distribution of the RMT. A Participating CMS
Provider Gateway shall indicate such an unforeseen condition by a response
code to the Federal Alert Gateway.
(4) The RMT shall be initiated only by the Federal Alert Gateway
Administrator using a defined test message. Real event codes or alert
messages shall not be used for the WEA RMT message.
(5) A Participating CMS Provider shall distribute an RMT within its WEA
coverage area within 24 hours of receipt by the CMS Provider Gateway unless
pre-empted by actual alert traffic or unable due to an unforeseen condition.
(6) A Participating CMS Provider may provide mobile devices with the
capability of receiving RMT messages.
(7) A Participating CMS Provider must retain an automated log of RMT
messages received by the CMS Provider Gateway from the Federal Alert
Gateway.
(b) Periodic C interface testing. In addition to the required monthly tests,
a Participating CMS Provider must participate in periodic testing of the
interface between the Federal Alert Gateway and its CMS Provider Gateway.
This periodic interface testing is not intended to test the CMS Provider's
infrastructure nor the mobile devices but rather is required to ensure the
availability/viability of both gateway functions. Each CMS Provider Gateway
shall send an acknowledgement to the Federal Alert Gateway upon receipt of
such an interface test message. Real event codes or alert messages shall not
be used for this periodic interface testing.
[ 73 FR 47558 , Aug. 14, 2008, as amended at 78 FR 16808 , Mar. 19, 2013]
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