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Using Sensors for Cellular Population Modeling

ORNL’s wireless sensor network provides researchers with an accurate index of population density in half-hour increments.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

A technology being developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory could be a valuable tool for urban planning, emergency management and understanding where people are and how they move. Researchers are developing a wireless sensor network that uses signals from cell towers to examine population density in real time, which is important to understand accessibility and livability in urban areas.   “Our system works by passively capturing cell tower signals with a radio frequency antenna tuned to spec...

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