Title :
Disaster and Emergency Warning Network (DEWN): Harnessing Cellular Technologies for Early Warning Dissemination
Author :
Wijesinghe, Lanka ; Siriwardena, Prasanga ; Wijeratne, Sameera ; Purasinghe, Harsha ; Dias, Dileeka
fDate :
Oct. 30 2011-Nov. 1 2011
Abstract :
The Disaster and Emergency Warning Network (DEWN) is a last-mile disaster early warning system based on a suite of mobile technologies. It alerts citizens of impending disasters through SMS/Cell Broadcast activated remote-alarm devices, cell broadcasting to handsets and multi-lingual SMS.
Keywords :
emergency services; mobile handsets; SMS-Cell Broadcast; cell broadcasting; cellular technology; disaster and emergency warning network; early warning dissemination; mobile technology; multilingual SMS; short messaging service; Disaster management; Hazards; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Mobile handsets; Protocols; Reliability; CAP; cellular; disaster early warning; last mile;
Conference_Titel :
Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-634-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-4595-0
DOI :
10.1109/GHTC.2011.52
