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Design and Implementation of LoRa-based Emergency Exit Guide System (LoRa 기반 피난 유도 체계의 설계 및 구현)

  • Shin, Jaejun;Eun, Seongbae;So, Sun-Sup;Kim, Byungho
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.569-574
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    • 2018
  • This paper proposes and implements a LoRa-based emergency exit guide system which can direct the optimal refuge path accounting for the real state of the fires. Each 4-way emergency exit guide sign presents a right direction through one of four LED signs toward the possible exit dynamically calculated by the shortest path algorithm. We constructed a simulation environment with 8 spots of the emergency exit guide signs and 2 exits, which can simulate variant cases of fire accidents, and showed that the proposed algorithm can presents the right guidance for each emergency exit guide sign. We also evaluated the performances of LoRa-based wireless communications using a self developed communication module in the various indoor and outdoor environments. The proposed system can be applied to small and medium sized buildings as well as larger ones in terms of cost efficiency, in which there's no needs to invest for the complex equipments except only sensors and emergency exit guide signs.

An Authentication Scheme for Emergency Vehicle Priority Transit Service in VANET (VANET 기반의 긴급 차량 우선통과 서비스를 위한 인증 기법)

  • Yoon, Young-Kyun;Jung, Sou-Hwan
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.33 no.10C
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    • pp.749-757
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    • 2008
  • In this paper, we propose an authentication scheme for EVPT (Emergency Vehicle Priority Transit) service in Vehiclar Ad-hoc Networks (VANET) enable a variety of vehicle comfort services, traffic management applications, and infotainment services. These are the basis for a new generation of preventive and active safety functions. By intelligently controlling signalling at intersections, providing additional information to the driver and warning the driver in critical situations. we therefore focus on vehicle-to-infrastructure communication for the authentication between emergency vehicles and traffic lights system. This authentication process should identify the vehicle, and provide privacy protection.

HC-06 Bluetooth based driver module for emergency LED Multi-Directional Indicator

  • Jung, Joonseok;Kwon, Jongman;Mfitumukiza, Joseph;Jung, Soonho;Lee, Minwoo;Cha, Jaesang
    • Journal of Satellite, Information and Communications
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.114-119
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    • 2017
  • In this paper we present the search on HC-06 Bluetooth based driver module for emergency LED Multi-Directional Indicator. Nowadays, a growing trends in which electronic displays such as LED, LCD or plasma monitors are being installed in public places like bars, stores, entertainment areas, restaurants, lobbies, etc. In this paper, the study is curried out on efficiency of HC-06 Bluetooth module based controller driver that relates generally to the field of emergency signage management systems for displaying various indicator contents remotely on electronic displays in public and privates venues. It allows user smart devices interaction remotely with digital signage by providing content for displaying on at least one display in a venue. Depending on the emergency case, HC-06 Bluetooth based driver module proves the high efficiency as well as good performance of processing and communicating remotely the indicator based message that is displayed from a venue management control system by using smart devices. The system combines smart device that linked to HC-06 Bluetooth module with ATmega168/328 embedded micro controller which result by switching the displayer containing the digital signage indicator based message.

A Survey on Supporting Emergency Service in WiBro Networks (와이브로 망에서 긴급 통화 서비스)

  • Lee, yesang;Jung, Ok-Jo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2009.10a
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    • pp.789-792
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    • 2009
  • Providing emergency services in WiBro networks is very important. This paper briefly introduces the emergency services, and explains the emergency service supporing framework which the WMF have proposed. And then several research conducted on location determination in WiBro networks are examined to explore the state-of-the-art in this field. Lastly, the status, on this matter, of current WiBro networks in service is mentioned, and we outlooks the remaining works.

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A Collaborative Technology of Intelligent Mobile Robots for Reliable Emergency Alert Broadcast (신뢰성 있는 재난경보 방송을 위한 지능형 이동 로봇의 협업 기법)

  • Chang, Sekchin;Lee, Yong-Tae
    • Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.395-400
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    • 2019
  • The CBS and the AEAS functionalities are defined in cellular systems and T-DMB systems, respectively. In the case that communication facilities are disabled in indoor environments, it is impossible for the residents to receive the emergency messages. In this paper, a novel collaborative technology of intelligent mobile robots is proposed, which relies on cooperative communications among the intelligent mobile robots. In order to improve the performance, the intelligent mobile robots exploit their location information. Simulation results confirm that the proposed method is very suitable for reliable emergency alert broadcast.

iPEC: Design and Implementation of intelligent Personal Emergency Call System (iPEC: 지능형 개인 응급 호출 시스템 설계 및 구현)

  • Jung, Kyung Kwon;Kim, Joo Woong;Son, Dong Seol;Eom, Ki Hwan
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2009.10a
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    • pp.1049-1052
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    • 2009
  • This paper develop a intelligent personal emergency call system using the wireless sensor network to resolve that a portable problem of established emergency call system. The proposed system is composed of a transmitter nodes for individuals, routing nodes for multihop communications, and a server part. The transmitters for patients are monitored for both low battery and operational status. The transmitters provide location of the person activating an emergency call using RSSI. The efficacy of the proposed system is verified by means of experiments. Experimental results are presented that show the effectiveness.

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A Study on Additional Data Transmission Scheme Based on T-DMB System for Emergency Broadcasting Service (재난방송 서비스를 위한 T-DMB 시스템 기반의 부가정보 전송 기법 연구)

  • Cha, Jae-Sang;Bae, Jung-Nam;Lee, Kyong-Gun;Kim, Geon;Lee, Yong-Tae
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.35 no.12A
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    • pp.1207-1213
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    • 2010
  • In this paper, we proposed analysis additional data transmission scheme based on T-DMB system with watermarking technique for emergency broadcasting service. By applying the proposed scheme to T-DMB system, it allows additional data transmission and improves spectral efficiency of data transmission through watermarking spreading code. In the emergency situation, we can react the emergency situation using the emergency information that generated by proposed scheme. We are certified availability of our proposed technology by using various simulation. The performance is evaluated in terms of bit error rate (BER). From the simulation result, we confirmed the performance of T-DMB system embedded watermarking scheme and it is shown that system performance is affected the watermarking level. The results of the paper can be applied to wireless multimedia digital broadcasting system.

Looking Back over a Decade "Final Decision Call after the Accidents of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant"

  • Nakajima, Isao;Kurokawa, Kiyoshi
    • Journal of Multimedia Information System
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.147-156
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    • 2020
  • The author Nakajima was involved in the field of disaster communications and emergency medical care as guest research scientist at the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission established by the National Diet of Japan and reviewer of the Commission's report, and Kurokawa was the chairman of this Commission. Looking back over a decade, we are on the liability issue of bureaucrats and telecom operators, so it's becoming clear what was hidden at the time. The battery of NTT DoCoMo's mobile phone repeaters had a capacity of only about 24 hours, and communication failures increased after one day. The Government also failed to issue an announcement of "Vent from reactor" under the Telecommunications Act Article No. 129. This mistake lost the opportunity to use the third-party telecommunications (e.g. taxi radios). Furthermore, as a result of LASCOM (telecommunications satellite network for local governments via GEO) and a variety of unexpected communication failures, the evacuation order "Escape!" could not be notified to the general public well. As a result, the general public was exposed to unnecessary radiation exposure. Such bureaucratic slow action in emergencies is common in the response to the 2020 coronavirus.

A Display Method of Image Information and URL Using the Message Structures of Emergency Alert Broadcasts for 5G Cellular Communications (5G 이동통신 용 재난경보 방송의 메시지 구조를 이용한 이미지 정보 및 URL 표출기법)

  • Chang, Sekchin
    • Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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    • v.26 no.5
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    • pp.592-598
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    • 2021
  • Current cellular systems rely on a CBS protocol for emergency alert broadcast services. However, the CBS protocol just specifies the delivery of a limited text message. Therefore, foreigners, who are unfamiliar with local characters, may have some difficulties in understanding the received CBS text message. The CBS protocol also reveals a distinct restriction in delivering abundant information because of a limited number of text characters. In order to overcome the weak points of the current CBS protocol, we propose a display method of image information and URL on the screens of mobile terminals for the received CBS text message in this paper. The presented approach effectively utilizes the message structure of CBS for 5G cellular systems.

Random Backoff Scheme of Emergency Warning Message for Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications (차량 간 통신에서 충돌을 완화하기 위한 랜덤 백오프 방안)

  • Byun, Jae-Uk;Kwon, Sung-Oh
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.37 no.3B
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    • pp.165-173
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    • 2012
  • In this paper, we propose a random backoff scheme for Emergency Warning Messages (EWMs) in the vehicle-to-vehicle environment. The EWMs are disseminated from a vehicle that detects an emergency situation to other vehicles in a multi-hop fashion. Since the vehicle-to-vehicle communication based on IEEE 802.11 adapts CSMA/CA, the density of vehicles increase the probability of collisions between transmissions. Moreover, in the presence of background traffic, the EWM should have a higher priority than that of other messages in neighboring vehicles. To that end, we propose the Distant-Dependent Adaptive Backoff (DDAB) scheme, which set a different contention window for random backoff depending on the distance from the sender to the receiver. In the case when a vehicle is expected to located in the outskirts of the communication boundary, the proposed scheme makes the contention window size small in order to compete the background traffic transmission. Otherwise the contention window is set to a large number to reduce the collision possibility among the EWM transmissions. Via simulations, we show that the proposed scheme performs better than the previous schemes for EWM.