Australian researchers prove the world’s cutting -edge detection technology

With the floods now a danger that is still present for communities in Australia and in the world, Australian researchers have demonstrated the efficiency of the global level of water level and precipitation detection technology using existing mobile networks.

In a project supported by the New South Wales State Emergency Service (NSW SA) and the Southern South Wales Government, researchers from the University of Technology of Sydney (UTS) working with the TAP Partner Telom Surveillance and Prediction.

The technology was presented during an official demonstration on June 16 in Iron Cove on the Parramatta River in Sydney.

Southern South Wales Emergency Minister Jihad DIB said that the intelligent flood and storm intelligence project could help communities access information on storms and floods more quickly.

“This technology has the potential to improve the response to disasters, mitigate loss of life and improve community resilience across New South Wales.”

The commissioner of the NSW State Emergency Emergency Service (SES), Mike Wasing, ASFM, said that collaboration with UTS on the Smart Flood and Sensing Intelligence project has enlightened the technology of open possibilities for operational intelligence and improved response coordination.

“This technology has the potential to provide SSE NSW with higher level capabilities, such as precise information in real time and predictive information that could help to better clarify our warnings and responses,” said Commissioner Wasing.

“Although there are more tests to do, this could revolutionize our command centers, an accelerated intelligence, better inform operational posture and save lives in the future.”

The UTS vice-chancellor, Professor Andrew Parfitt, said that although the search for network detection is explored worldwide, the UTS has been a pioneer on the field for almost a decade.

“By collaborating with NSW SES and TPG Telecom, we have become the first to translate research into practice, demonstrating that technology works in the real world in the field trials which were carried out on the Rivers Parramatta and Georges.

“The work is continuing in the TPG-UTS network detection laboratory, where researchers are growing the next step in research and development which will support the large-scale deployment of technology, for which UTS and TPG have patent.”

TPG Telecom CTO Giovanni Chiarelli said that TPG Telecom is proud to be the partner of UTS with pioneering network detection technology for flood management.

“The success of the Smart Flood and Storm Intelligence Project has provided us with a solid basis to ripen technology in our commercial networks. Thanks to the TPG-UTS network detection laboratory, we are now in a world’s leading position to trigger the potential power of Mobile telephony networks To feel the world, manage the risks caused by climate change and improve the resilience of our societies. “”

Distinguished professor UTS, Jay Guo, director of the Global Big Data Technologies Center and project manager, said the proven capacity of network infrastructure To feel what’s going on in the physical environment provided both a very precise and sustainable solution for the surveillance of the floods and the early alert.

“Nothing new should be built, no sensor dedicated to this purpose should be deployed,” said Professor Guo.

“We have proven that the rebound in the signals of mobile phone towers on water bodies can detect changes and that this data, when analyzed and visualized using artificial intelligence, can predict the risks for infrastructure and communities, opening the way to rapid and targeted alerts to the affected communities.

“The next step is to advance the reliability and adaptability of 5G compatible flood Detection systems, ensuring coherent performance in sparse data and degraded network environments thanks to the design of the adaptive system and resilient architecture.

“The factory to which will extend collaboration with NSW space services and potentially other main providers of mobile network, providing sufficient space data, complete 5G coverage and long -term scalability of the detection system.”