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API Description

The “Device Reachability Status” API

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With this API, developers can [describe the key functionalities and data provided], offering insights based on [key metrics or parameters].

These estimations/data points are derived from [data sources], ensuring accuracy while maintaining privacy and security.

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Disclaimer: Remove this information once the API description has been completed. This information only serves as an example.

Example

API Description

The API Population Density Data, provides population density estimations for a specified area and time interval.

With this API, developers can retrieve population density data per km², offering insights at different time intervals based on three key values: (1) Minimum Population, (2) Average Population, and (3) Maximum Population.

These estimations are derived from anonymized historical data of network-connected devices in the requested area, ensuring accuracy while maintaining privacy.

Use Cases

  • Drones – Compliance with Regulations: Provides population density data for SORA assessments, ensuring compliance with European regulations and improving accuracy in risk assessments.

  • Drones – Optimizing Flight Routes: Helps drone operators select safer routes by identifying high-risk zones and optimal flight times.

  • Data-Driven Marketing: Enables marketing teams to target populated areas effectively, maximizing campaign impact and conversion rates.

  • Effective Emergency Responses: Supports authorities in assessing emergency severity and allocating resources based on population density.

Benefits

  • Regulatory Compliance: Facilitates adherence to European drone regulations with dynamic population data, ensuring accurate risk assessments and smoother approval processes for flight authorizations.

  • Safety Optimization: Drone operators can optimize flight routes by considering the number of people and time, while also assessing whether ground risk is acceptable for the time of the flight or if an alternative time should be considered to lower the risk.

  • Higher Marketing Efficiency: Enhances campaign effectiveness by targeting high-density areas, allowing marketing companies to optimize resource allocation and improve outreach impact.

  • Improved Crisis Management: Facilitates faster and more informed emergency responses, enhancing efficiency and mitigating the impact of disasters.

Additional Information

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Sub Project Wiki: PopulationDensityData

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API Wiki: https://lf-camaraproject.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CAM/pages/14549980/population-density-data+v0.1.1?atl_f=PAGETREE

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API Repository: https://github.com/camaraproject/PopulationDensityData/

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API Repository Status: Sandbox

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allows API consumers to query the connectivity status of a device on a mobile network. The API reveals whether the device is reachable via SMS, data (mobile internet), or both, enabling better communication or service management decisions based on real-time device availability.

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Use Cases

  • Emergency Services: An emergency application queries the reachability status of a critical response team member. If the device is reachable via SMS, the system triggers an SMS alert, ensuring that the responder receives the message despite possible data connectivity issues.

  • Customer Support Platforms: A customer support platform checks the reachability of customers through SMS before attempting to send a message or support ticket. If the device is reachable via SMS but not data, they ensure that only SMS-based communication is attempted.

  • IoT Devices: A fleet management system queries the reachability status of IoT devices in vehicles. If a device is reachable via data, the system can proceed with real-time monitoring. If it’s reachable only via SMS, the system may reduce the frequency of data updates or switch to less data-intensive communication methods.

Benefits

  • Real-time Connectivity Status:

    • Benefit: The Device Reachability Status API provides real-time information on whether a device is reachable via SMS and/or Data.

    • Value: This allows for quick diagnostics, making it easy to determine if a device is available for communication, which is crucial for troubleshooting and ensuring reliable communication.

  • Enhanced User Experience with Accurate Reachability Information:

    • Benefit: The API ensures that businesses know whether a device is reachable via SMS or data before attempting communication.

    • Value: This enhances customer satisfaction by allowing businesses to adjust communication methods (SMS or data) to ensure messages are delivered successfully.

  • Efficient Network Utilization:

    • Benefit: By providing precise reachability details, the API optimizes network resource usage, ensuring that messages or data packets are sent only when the device is reachable.

    • Value: This minimizes failed connections, reduces unnecessary retries, and helps manage network resources more effectively, improving overall efficiency for service providers.

API Portfolio: Device Information

SubProject Wiki: Device Status
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API Wiki: Device Reachability Status

API Repository: Device Reachability Status

API Repository Status: Incubating candidate

API Status: Stable

API Version(s) and Release Date(s):

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  • (10.04.2024)

API availability: Information which APIs are available in which country and network, and how to get access can be found on the GSMA public launch status page.