Yazici A., Ever E., Nguyen H., Le T.
Newton Programı Destekli Proje, Newton Fonu, Diğer Projeler, 2016 - 2018
This collaboration is for development of a location-based system that
provides safety supports to mobile users and assists emergency situations in an
event of disaster. In particular, the proposed system will support monitoring,
alerts and rescue services by utilising the latest device-to-device (D2D) and
relay technologies working over the long-term evolution (LTE) networks.
Our main target is the emergency situations in Turkey and its region during
or after disasters such as earthquakes and mining disasters where unsafe areas
are often found. Other safety issues will also be addressed, such as flooding,
avalanche and the dangers in unsafe areas at remote campsites, snowy walking
trails and large national parks, where conventional communication means of
cellular networks (using base stations) may be limited or only partially
available. A prototype demonstrating system will be built to test the alerting
services. D2D technology allows us to exploit the nature proximity of
communicating devices, leading to multiple performance benefits, while relaying
technology allows the users in potential danger to be reachable by the control
centre when safety issues arise. The expected
outcomes of the project will provide significant economic benefits (to wireless
industry and government), social and environmental benefits (to health/safety
sectors and general public).