Baumgärtner, Lars ; Höchst, Jonas ; Lampe, Patrick ; Mogk, Ragnar ; Sterz, Artur ; Weisenburger, Pascal ; Mezini, Mira ; Freisleben, Bernd (2019):
Smart Street Lights and Mobile Citizen Apps for Resilient Communication in a Digital City.
2019 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC 2019), Seattle, USA, 17.-20.10., [Conference or Workshop Item]
Abstract
Currently, nearly four billion people live in urban areas. Since this trend is increasing, natural disasters or terrorist attacks in such areas affect an increasing number of people. While information and communication technology is crucial for the operation of urban infrastructures and the well-being of its inhabitants, current technology is quite vulnerable to disruptions of various kinds. In future smart cities, a more resilient urban infrastructure is imperative to handle the increasing number of hazardous situations. We present a novel resilient communication approach based on smart street lights as part of the public infrastructure. It supports people in their everyday life and adapts its functionality to the challenges of emergency situations. Our approach relies on various environmental sensors and in-situ processing for automatic situation assessment, and a range of communication mechanisms (e.g., public WiFi hotspot functionality and mesh networking) for maintaining a communication network. Furthermore, resilience is not only achieved based on infrastructure deployed by a digital city's municipality, but also based on integrating citizens through software that runs on their mobile devices (e.g., smartphones and tablets). Web-based zero-installation and platform-agnostic apps can switch to device-to-device communication to continue benefiting people even during a disaster situation. Our approach, featuring a covert channel for professional responders and the zero-installation app, is evaluated through a prototype implementation based on a commercially available street light.
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Conference or Workshop Item
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Erschienen: |
2019 |
Creators: |
Baumgärtner, Lars ; Höchst, Jonas ; Lampe, Patrick ; Mogk, Ragnar ; Sterz, Artur ; Weisenburger, Pascal ; Mezini, Mira ; Freisleben, Bernd |
Title: |
Smart Street Lights and Mobile Citizen Apps for Resilient Communication in a Digital City |
Language: |
English |
Abstract: |
Currently, nearly four billion people live in urban areas. Since this trend is increasing, natural disasters or terrorist attacks in such areas affect an increasing number of people. While information and communication technology is crucial for the operation of urban infrastructures and the well-being of its inhabitants, current technology is quite vulnerable to disruptions of various kinds. In future smart cities, a more resilient urban infrastructure is imperative to handle the increasing number of hazardous situations. We present a novel resilient communication approach based on smart street lights as part of the public infrastructure. It supports people in their everyday life and adapts its functionality to the challenges of emergency situations. Our approach relies on various environmental sensors and in-situ processing for automatic situation assessment, and a range of communication mechanisms (e.g., public WiFi hotspot functionality and mesh networking) for maintaining a communication network. Furthermore, resilience is not only achieved based on infrastructure deployed by a digital city's municipality, but also based on integrating citizens through software that runs on their mobile devices (e.g., smartphones and tablets). Web-based zero-installation and platform-agnostic apps can switch to device-to-device communication to continue benefiting people even during a disaster situation. Our approach, featuring a covert channel for professional responders and the zero-installation app, is evaluated through a prototype implementation based on a commercially available street light. |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
emergenCITY_INF |
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18 Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology 18 Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology > Institute of Computer Engineering 18 Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology > Institute of Computer Engineering > Multimedia Communications 20 Department of Computer Science 20 Department of Computer Science > Software Technology DFG-Collaborative Research Centres (incl. Transregio) DFG-Collaborative Research Centres (incl. Transregio) > Collaborative Research Centres LOEWE LOEWE > LOEWE-Zentren LOEWE > LOEWE-Zentren > emergenCITY DFG-Collaborative Research Centres (incl. Transregio) > Collaborative Research Centres > CRC 1053: MAKI – Multi-Mechanisms Adaptation for the Future Internet DFG-Collaborative Research Centres (incl. Transregio) > Collaborative Research Centres > CRC 1053: MAKI – Multi-Mechanisms Adaptation for the Future Internet > A: Construction Methodology DFG-Collaborative Research Centres (incl. Transregio) > Collaborative Research Centres > CRC 1053: MAKI – Multi-Mechanisms Adaptation for the Future Internet > A: Construction Methodology > Subproject A3: Migration DFG-Collaborative Research Centres (incl. Transregio) > Collaborative Research Centres > CRC 1053: MAKI – Multi-Mechanisms Adaptation for the Future Internet > B: Adaptation Mechanisms DFG-Collaborative Research Centres (incl. Transregio) > Collaborative Research Centres > CRC 1053: MAKI – Multi-Mechanisms Adaptation for the Future Internet > B: Adaptation Mechanisms > Subproject B3: Economics of Adaption DFG-Collaborative Research Centres (incl. Transregio) > Collaborative Research Centres > CRC 1053: MAKI – Multi-Mechanisms Adaptation for the Future Internet > C: Communication Mechanisms DFG-Collaborative Research Centres (incl. Transregio) > Collaborative Research Centres > CRC 1053: MAKI – Multi-Mechanisms Adaptation for the Future Internet > C: Communication Mechanisms > Subproject C2: Information-centred perspective DFG-Collaborative Research Centres (incl. Transregio) > Collaborative Research Centres > CRC 1053: MAKI – Multi-Mechanisms Adaptation for the Future Internet > C: Communication Mechanisms > Subproject C5: Context-Centered Perspective |
TU-Projects: |
HMWK|III L6-519/03/05.001-(0016)|emergenCity TP Bock |
Event Title: |
2019 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC 2019) |
Event Location: |
Seattle, USA |
Event Dates: |
17.-20.10. |
Date Deposited: |
13 Sep 2019 09:08 |
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