<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In this paper we propose the design of a wearable embedded system<sup>1</sup> for wirelessly delimiting an hazardous area during emergency, alerting the rescue operators when entering in it and measuring the consequent exposition time. (The dangerous area is previously identified, e.g., through suitable instrumentation). The suggested approach, which is identically effective in indoor and outdoor environments, significantly extends existing solutions by not requiring any absolute position information for delimiting the hazardous area or fixed infrastructure as requested instead by GPS and UWB solutions. The proposed low-power system can be easily retrieved after use and ready to be deployed in a new environment.</p></abstract>

In this paper we propose the design of a wearable embedded system1 for wirelessly delimiting an hazardous area during emergency, alerting the rescue operators when entering in it and measuring the consequent exposition time. (The dangerous area is previously identified, e.g., through suitable instrumentation). The suggested approach, which is identically effective in indoor and outdoor environments, significantly extends existing solutions by not requiring any absolute position information for delimiting the hazardous area or fixed infrastructure as requested instead by GPS and UWB solutions. The proposed low-power system can be easily retrieved after use and ready to be deployed in a new environment.

An Embedded Wireless System For Estimating The Exposition Risk In First Emergency Management

International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems

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In this paper we propose the design of a wearable embedded system1 for wirelessly delimiting an hazardous area during emergency, alerting the rescue operators...

An Embedded Wireless System For Estimating The Exposition Risk In First Emergency Management

Online veröffentlicht: 13. Dez. 2017

Seitenbereich: 592 - 612

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2017-309

Schlüsselwörter
Wireless sensor networks, Relative localisation systems, Civil Protection, Emergency Management

© 2008 Cesare Alippi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

An Embedded Wireless System For Estimating The Exposition Risk In First Emergency Management

Online veröffentlicht: 13. Dez. 2017

Seitenbereich: 592 - 612

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2017-309

SchlüsselwörterWireless sensor networks, Relative localisation systems, Civil Protection, Emergency Management

© 2008 Cesare Alippi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Schlüsselwörter
Wireless sensor networks, Relative localisation systems, Civil Protection, Emergency Management