Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Euro Med Telco Conference (EMTC), 2014
Conference_Location :
Naples
Print_ISBN :
978-8-8872-3721-4
DOI :
10.1109/EMTC.2014.6996662
