Location and Navigation Support for Emergency Responders: A Survey

Fischer, Carl; Gellersen, Hans

doi:10.1109/mprv.2009.91

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“…A general survey of techniques employing time, angle, and signal strength measurements is presented in [11], [14]- [17]. Brief reviews on enabling wireless technologies for localization are available in [15], [18], and an overview of localization methods is presented in [11], [14], [16], [19]. Theoretical analysis on principles of time-based localization and Non-Line-of-Sight (NLoS) mitigation algorithms for different wireless systems including but not limited to cellular networks was conducted in [16].…”

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A Survey of Enabling Technologies for Network Localization, Tracking, and Navigation

Laoudias¹,

Moreira

Kim

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IEEE Commun. Surv. Tutorials

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Abstract-Location information for events, assets, and individuals, mostly focusing on two dimensions so far, has triggered a multitude of applications across different verticals, such as consumer, networking, industrial, health care, public safety, and emergency response use cases. To fully exploit the potential of location awareness and enable new advanced location-based services, localization algorithms need to be combined with complementary technologies including accurate height estimation, i.e., three dimensional location, reliable user mobility classification, and efficient indoor mapping solutions. This survey provides a comprehensive review of such enabling technologies. In particular, we present cellular localization systems including recent results on 5G localization, and solutions based on Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN), highlighting those that are capable of computing 3D location in multi-floor indoor environments. We overview range-free localization schemes, which have been traditionally explored in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) and are nowadays gaining attention for several envisioned Internet of Things (IoT) applications. We also present user mobility estimation techniques, particularly those applicable in cellular networks, that can improve localization and tracking accuracy. Regarding the mapping of physical space inside buildings for aiding tracking and navigation applications, we study recent advances and focus on smartphone-based indoor Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) approaches.The survey concludes with service availability and system scalability considerations, as well as security and privacy concerns in location architectures, discusses the technology roadmap, and identifies future research directions.

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A Survey of Enabling Technologies for Network Localization, Tracking, and Navigation

Laoudias¹,

Moreira

Kim

et al. 2018

IEEE Commun. Surv. Tutorials

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“…In this regard, there are studies on the use of wearable technology during disasters. Several studies on wearable applications that help response to urgent situations of people who work in dangerous and hostile environments appropriately and monitor their safety status have been published [63][64][65]. The typical accomplishment of the related studies is the development of wearable devices and clothing for emergency disaster relief personnel such as firefighters through wearable sensor networks and body-area network technologies used to monitor individual physiological status and the statuses of surrounding environments.…”

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Sustainable Wearables: Wearable Technology for Enhancing the Quality of Human Life

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This paper aims to elicit insights about sustainable wearables by investigating recent advancements in wearable technology and their applications. Wearable technology has advanced considerably from a technical perspective, but it has stagnated due to barriers without penetrating wider society despite early positive expectations. This situation is the motivation behind the focus on studies by many research groups in recent years into wearable applications that can provide the best value from a human-oriented perspective. The expectation is that a new means to resolve the issue can be found from a viewpoint of sustainability; this is the main point of this paper. This paper first focuses on the trend of wearable technology like bodily status monitoring, multi-wearable device control, and smart networking between wearable sensors. Second, the development intention of such technology is investigated. Finally, this paper discusses about the applications of current wearable technology from the sustainable perspective, rather than detailed description of the component technologies employed in wearables. In this paper, the definition of sustainable wearables is discussed in the context of improving the quality of individual life, social impact, and social public interest; those wearable applications include the areas of wellness, healthcare, assistance for the visually impaired, disaster relief, and public safety. In the future, wearables will not be simple data trackers or fun accessories but will gain extended objectives and meanings that play a valuable role for individuals and societies. Successful and sustainable wearables will lead to positive changes for both individuals and societies overall.

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“…Various research have focused on new approaches to facilitate indoor emergency operations. Indoor navigation systems are becoming more advanced in locating and tracking people in indoor environments, however they still have limitations when used by emergency responders due to the challenging situations they confront during emergencies (Fischer and Gellersen, 2010). Virtual reality training of fire fighters has shown to aid rescuers in performing the rescue tasks quicker (Bliss et al, 1997) and most recently serious game platforms with BIM representations and fire simulations have been proposed for training experts on hazards they may confront on the fire scene (Diez et al, 2016).…”

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Facilitating the 3d Indoor Search and Rescue Problem: An Overview of the Problem and an Ant Colony Solution Approach

Tashakkori¹,

Rajabifard²,

Kalantari³

2016

ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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ABSTRACT:Search and rescue procedures for indoor environments are quite complicated due to the fact that much of the indoor information is unavailable to rescuers before physical entrance to the incident scene. Thus, decision making regarding the number of crew required and the way they should be dispatched in the building considering the various access points and complexities in the buildings in order to cover the search area in minimum time is dependent on prior knowledge and experience of the emergency commanders. Hence, this paper introduces the Search and Rescue Problem (SRP) which aims at finding best search and rescue routes that minimize the overall search time in the buildings. 3D BIM-oriented indoor GIS is integrated in the indoor route graph to find accurate routes based on the building geometric and semantic information. An Ant Colony Based Algorithm is presented that finds the number of first responders required and their individual routes to search all rooms and points of interest inside the building to minimize the overall time spent by all rescuers inside the disaster area. The evaluation of the proposed model for a case study building shows a significant improve in search and rescue time which will lead to a higher chance of saving lives and less exposure of emergency crew to danger.

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Location and Navigation Support for Emergency Responders: A Survey

Cited by 181 publications

References 19 publications

A Survey of Enabling Technologies for Network Localization, Tracking, and Navigation

A Survey of Enabling Technologies for Network Localization, Tracking, and Navigation

Sustainable Wearables: Wearable Technology for Enhancing the Quality of Human Life

Facilitating the 3d Indoor Search and Rescue Problem: An Overview of the Problem and an Ant Colony Solution Approach

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