2022/08/02 by How-Hang Liu, Ronald Y. Chang, Liu, How-Hang +7
Engineering · Environmental Science · #FOS: Computer and information sciences #FOS: Electrical engineering #Fire Detection and Safety Systems #Fire effects on ecosystems #Flood Risk Assessment and Management #Information Theory (cs.IT) #Signal Processing (eess.SP) #Systems and Control (eess.SY) #electronic engineering #information engineering
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2208.01632
openalex publication_date 2022/08/02 · openalex created_date 2022/08/04 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Climate change has been identified as one of the most critical threats to human civilization and sustainability. Wildfires, which produce huge amounts of carbon emission, are both drivers and results of climate change. An early and timely wildfire detection system can constrain fires to short and small ones and yield significant carbon reduction. In this paper, we propose to use ground sensor deployment and satellite Internet of Things (IoT) technologies for wildfire detection by taking advantage of satellites' ubiquitous global coverage. We first develop an optimal IoT sensor placement strategy based on fire ignition and detection models. Then, we analyze the uplink satellite communication budget and the bandwidth required for wildfire detection under the narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) radio interface. Finally, we conduct simulations on the California wildfire database and quantify the potential economical benefits by factoring in carbon emission reductions and sensor/bandwidth costs.