Proximity emergency wireless networks: the PENforCEC EU Project

Author

Loreti, Pierpaolo ; Mazzenga, Franco ; Giuliano, Romeo

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Ing. Elettron., Univ. di Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

fYear

2014

fDate

12-15 Nov. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Linguistic problems due to simultaneous presence of people from different countries in crisis area can seriously impair emergency operation management. The study of communication strategies to overcome linguistic obstacles and the development of a communication infrastructure to broadcast people contextual multimedia messages have been the main goals of the EU PENforCEC project. The main activities and achievements of PENforCEC are described in this paper. The PENforCEC project provides a practical realization of an emergency notification system to people for homeland security scenarios.

Keywords

emergency management; linguistics; multimedia communication; national security; PENforCEC EU Project; contextual multimedia messages; emergency notification system; emergency operation management; homeland security scenarios; linguistic obstacles; linguistic problems; proximity emergency wireless networks; Bluetooth; Broadcasting; Coordinate measuring machines; Databases; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Land mobile radio; Protocols;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Euro Med Telco Conference (EMTC), 2014

Conference_Location

Naples

Print_ISBN

978-8-8872-3721-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMTC.2014.6996662

Filename

6996662