eCall++

An enhanced emergency call system for improved road safety
Author(s)
Blancou, J.; Almeida, J.; Fernandes, B.; Silva, L.; Alam, M.; Fonseca, J.; Ferreira, J.
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This paper presents an enhanced emergency Call (eCall) system that combines the native eCall services with the benefits provided by vehicular communications networks. The proposed solution, named eCall++, consists of a mobile application that automatically detects an accident and disseminates the alert notification, both via eCall and vehicular communications
standards (IEEE WAVE / ETSI ITS-G5). In this work, two additional services are introduced: a passenger detection algorithm that informs the emergency services about the number of people inside the car during the crash; and a video streaming mechanism that enables vehicles in the vicinity of the accident to send a live record of the accident scene. These features are
developed and implemented on an Android device connected to a custom vehicular communications system (the IT2S platform). The experimentally obtained results validate the proposed system and provide viable evidence to add additional features to the conventional eCall architecture.

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Pages
[8]
Published in
2016 IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference (VNC)
Conference city
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Date conference
8-10 December 2016
Library number
20220241 ST [electronic version only]

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