Emergency messaging

A communication device for generating an emergency notification, the communication device comprising:

• at least one processor;
• at least one memory including computer program code;
• the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the communication device to perform:
• generate, in response to a detection of a request to generate the emergency notification, an attach request to a network management entity, the attach request carrying information indicating that an attachment is requested to a communication channel implementing Non-IP Data Delivery functionality and information representing that the attachment is requested for delivering an emergency notification,
• receive a response to the attach request,
• in response to a detection that the response to the attach request indicates an acceptance of the attachment generate the emergency notification, and
• transmit the generated emergency notification over the communication channel implementing Non-IP Data Delivery functionality.

A method for generating a signal indicating an emergency situation by a network management entity, the method comprises:

• receiving an attach request from a communication device,
• in response to a detection that the attach request carries information indicating that an attachment is requested to a communication channel implementing Non-IP Data Delivery functionality and information representing that the attachment is requested for delivering an emergency notification allocating a network node controlling the communication channel implementing Non-IP Data Delivery functionality to the attach request,
• in response to an allocation of the network node generating a response to the communication device indicating an acceptance of an attachment,
• receiving an emergency notification over the communication channel implementing Non-IP Data Delivery functionality, and
• generating a signal indicating the emergency situation to the network node allocated to the attach request to be delivered to an emergency service center.

A network management entity for generating a signal indicating an emergency situation, the network management entity comprises:

• at least one processor;
• at least one memory including computer program code;
• the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the network management entity to perform:
• receive an attach request from a communication device,
• in response to a detection that the attach request carries information indicating that an attachment is requested to a communication channel implementing Non-IP Data Delivery functionality and information representing that the attachment is requested for delivering an emergency notification allocate a network node controlling the communication channel implementing Non-IP Data Delivery functionality to the attach request,
• in response to an allocation of the network node generate a response to the communication device indicating an acceptance of an attachment,
• receive an emergency notification over the communication channel implementing Non-IP Data Delivery functionality, and
• generate a signal indicating the emergency situation to the network node allocated to the attach request to be delivered to an emergency service center.