Smart Street Lights and Mobile Citizen Apps for Resilient Communication in a Digital City
Lars Baumg\"artner, Jonas H\"ochst, Patrick Lampe, Ragnar Mogk, Artur, Sterz, Pascal Weisenburger, Mira Mezini, Bernd Freisleben

TL;DR
This paper proposes a resilient urban communication system using smart street lights and mobile citizen apps, enhancing disaster response and everyday connectivity in digital cities.
Contribution
It introduces a novel approach combining smart street lights with citizen mobile apps for resilient communication during emergencies.
Findings
Prototype implementation demonstrates effective communication resilience.
Environmental sensors enable automatic situation assessment.
Mobile apps provide platform-agnostic, zero-installation disaster communication.
Abstract
Currently, nearly four billion people live in urban areas. Since this trend is increasing, natural disasters or terrorist attacks in such areas affect an increasing number of people. While information and communication technology is crucial for the operation of urban infrastructures and the well-being of its inhabitants, current technology is quite vulnerable to disruptions of various kinds. In future smart cities, a more resilient urban infrastructure is imperative to handle the increasing number of hazardous situations. We present a novel resilient communication approach based on smart street lights as part of the public infrastructure. It supports people in their everyday life and adapts its functionality to the challenges of emergency situations. Our approach relies on various environmental sensors and in-situ processing for automatic situation assessment, and a range of…
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