WiMAX for Emergency Services: An Empirical Evaluation

Authors:
Pedro Neves;Paulo Simoes;Alvaro Gomes;Luis Mario;Susana Sargento;Francisco Fontes;Edmundo Monteiro;Thomas Bohnert
Affiliations:
Portugal Telecom Inovacao;University of Coimbra;Portugal Telecom Inovacao;University of Coimbra;University of Aveiro;Portugal Telecom Inovacao;University of Coimbra;University of Coimbra
Venue:
NGMAST '07 Proceedings of the The 2007 International Conference on Next Generation Mobile Applications, Services and Technologies
Year:
2007

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Abstract

WiMAX, as a Broadband Wireless Access technology for Metropolitan Area Networks, supporting fixed and mobile terminals, is very promising for Next Generation Networks. Emergency Services can also strongly benefit from WiMAX features, allowing the exploitation of novel application scenarios and business models. This paper presents a set of scenarios, such as Environmental Monitoring, Telemedicine and Fire Prevention, defined and implemented in several European testbeds, interconnected by the European research network GEANT 2, in the framework of the WEIRD project1. In particular, we focus our attention on the scenario implemented in the Portuguese testbed Fire Preventionproviding a detailed description about the testbed planning, implementation and evaluation.