Natural Disaster Attention

NATURAL DISASTER PREVENTION, BASED ON NETWORK MONITORING

Prevenci´on de desastres naturales, basado en la monitorizaci´on de la red

GRANADOS PINO MAURICIO. PALACIOS C´ARCAMO CARLOS ARTURO.

REDES Y TELECOMUNICACIONES I 01/ 2012. Escuela de Sistemas. Facultad de Minas.

Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

Abstract-this paper deals with a na- tural disaster management system ba- sed on location aware distributed sen- sor networks. Using a 5 step process, we propose a method to prevent and, if the case is, act in the shortest time possible to save the most quantity of lives possi- ble. Resumen-´Este art´ıculo se refiere a un sistema de de manejo de desastres natu- rales basado en reconocimiento de ubi- caci´on de redes de sensores distribuidos. El uso de un proceso de 5 pasos, se pro- pone un m´etodo para prevenir y, si es el caso, actuar en el menor tiempo posible para salvar la mayor cantidad de vidas posibles Key Words-Zoning;database study;GPS localization,network;real-time action;devices. Palabras Clave-Zonificaci´on;Estudio de bases de datos;Localizaci´on GPS;Red;Acci´on en tiempo real;Equipos. I. Introducci´on Natural Disasters can occur at any time, but quick reaction can save several lives, with this and by monitoring the most high-risk zo- nes, the reaction can be quicker, and also we need a good evaluation of the situation, for the rescue and the decision-making stage. The de- velopment of the information technology pro- vides people with many new methods to mo- nitor and evaluate the situation of a disas-

ter, which includes Database technology (DT), Early Warning System, Remote Sensing(RS), GPS technology, Networks and Actions. One of the major advances in the field of surveillan- ce technology is the deployment of distributed sensor networks. This has provided a means to monitor areas which are either unreachable or hostile to human existence and as a wat to comeback the early warning systems are crea- ted and aplicated to alert the relevant changes that could unchain a natural disaster.

II. Estado del arte.

This proposal could resemble a work do- ne by FY-1 Meteorological Satellite of China, and NOAA series of meteorological satellites of US. And EOS / MODIS Satellite of US are currently used for forest fire monitoring [refe- rencia a un articulo]. In our case, with a ima- ge recognition software, the disasters could be viewed in real time, and this could make the difference between live and dead.

III. Soluci´on propuesta

As we saw on different articles, the inter- net or the networks can?t work alone in order to prevent disasters, it?s a part of a whole in- frastructure of devices combined. This work can be done by multiple devices, starting with a deep database study, searching for the high- risk areas and the extremely dangerous areas, then, if it?s possible, create some kind of de- vice integrated with 4lte technology, which can do a monitoring job in the areas detected

as the most dangerous ones by the database study, preventing the disasters, and sending constant informs that contains detailed infor- mation of various parameters associated with natural disasters, like the velocity of the wind, in case of hurricanes or cyclones, the latitude, the longitude, the elevation, the humidity, the temperature if the case could be a forest fire and so on. Also, establish a method between the devices to communicate themselves and, if one of them does not pin it would mean that something could be wrong. But in the action process the networks can do a good job infor- ming the respective authorities.

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