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The subscribers of participating CMSPs may opt out of receiving Imminent Threat and Child<br />
Abduction/AMBER alerts, but cannot opt out from Presidential Alerts.<br />
The following figure shows the CMAS Reference Architecture as defined in the FCC CMAS First Report<br />
and Order:<br />
Figure B.1. CMAS Reference Architecture. 138<br />
Reference Point C is the secure interface between the Federal Alert GW and the Commercial Mobile<br />
Service Provider (CMSP) GW. The Reference Point C interface supports delivery of new, updated or<br />
canceled wireless alert messages, and supports periodic testing of the interface. This interface is defined<br />
in the J-STD-101, the Joint ATIS/TIA CMAS Federal Alert GW to CMSP GW Interface Specification. 139<br />
J-STD-101 defines the interface between the Federal Alert GW and the Commercial Mobile Service<br />
Provider (CMSP) GW for CMAS alerts. This standard is applicable to CMSPs and to the Federal<br />
Government entity (i.e. FEMA) responsible for the administration of the Federal Alert GW. FEMA will<br />
perform the function of aggregating all state, local, and federal alerts and will provide one logical interface<br />
to each CMSP who elects to support CMAS alerts.<br />
For GSM and UMTS systems, wireless alert messages that are received by CMSP GWs will be<br />
transmitted to targeted coverage areas using GSM-UMTS Cell Broadcast Service (CBS). The CMAS<br />
functionality does not require modifications to the 3GPP-defined CBS.<br />
The ATIS WTSC-G3GSN Subcommittee is developing the CMAS via GSM-UMTS Cell Broadcast Service<br />
(CBS) Specification. 140 The purpose of this standard is to describe the use of the GSM-UMTS Cell<br />
138 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, In the Matter of The Commercial Mobile Alert System, FCC 07-214, 14 December 2007.<br />
139 J-STD-101, Joint ATIS/TIA CMAS Federal Alert Gateway to CMSP Gateway Interface Specification, Alliance for<br />
Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS), October 2009, .<br />
140 ATIS-0700006, ATIS CMAS via GSM/UMTS Cell Broadcast Service Specification.<br />
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