From cellular networks to the garden hose: Advances in rainfall monitoring via cellular power measurements

Hagit Messer; Lior Gazit

doi:10.1109/GlobalSIP.2016.7905994

From cellular networks to the garden hose: Advances in rainfall monitoring via cellular power measurements

Hagit Messer, Lior Gazit

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Abstract

Real-time rainfall monitoring has always presented great benefits but faced practical challenges. The last decade presented key advancements, the major part of which revolves around employing the effects of precipitation on wireless electromagnetic waves, and in particular, communication signals. Here we present developments in rainfall monitoring involving wireless communication networks. In particular, we discuss the use of existing physical measurements taken by commercial cellular networks as proxies for rainfall. Each microwave-link, representing the channel between two base-stations in a cellular network, can serve as a rain-sensor since the attenuation of the signal along the link is proportional to rain rates. We discuss the opportunities and challenges in using these Opportunistic Sensors (OS) and demonstrate how improvements in coverage, accuracy, and resolution of rainfall measurements can be achieved with no hardware costs. In particular, we discuss the challenge of relating the available links' geometry to the feasible precision and resolution of the reconstructed rainfall map.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing, GlobalSIP 2016 - Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1012-1016
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509045457
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/GlobalSIP.2016.7905994
State	Published - 19 Apr 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	2016 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing, GlobalSIP 2016 - Washington, United States Duration: 7 Dec 2016 → 9 Dec 2016

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Name	2016 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing, GlobalSIP 2016 - Proceedings

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Conference	2016 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing, GlobalSIP 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Washington
Period	7/12/16 → 9/12/16

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Keywords

Microwave links
Rain field estimation
Rainfall mapping
Sparsity

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Messer, H., & Gazit, L. (2017). From cellular networks to the garden hose: Advances in rainfall monitoring via cellular power measurements. In 2016 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing, GlobalSIP 2016 - Proceedings (pp. 1012-1016). Article 7905994 (2016 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing, GlobalSIP 2016 - Proceedings). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/GlobalSIP.2016.7905994

Messer, Hagit ; Gazit, Lior. / From cellular networks to the garden hose : Advances in rainfall monitoring via cellular power measurements. 2016 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing, GlobalSIP 2016 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. pp. 1012-1016 (2016 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing, GlobalSIP 2016 - Proceedings).

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Messer, H & Gazit, L 2017, From cellular networks to the garden hose: Advances in rainfall monitoring via cellular power measurements. in 2016 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing, GlobalSIP 2016 - Proceedings., 7905994, 2016 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing, GlobalSIP 2016 - Proceedings, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1012-1016, 2016 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing, GlobalSIP 2016, Washington, United States, 7/12/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/GlobalSIP.2016.7905994

From cellular networks to the garden hose: Advances in rainfall monitoring via cellular power measurements. / Messer, Hagit; Gazit, Lior.
2016 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing, GlobalSIP 2016 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. p. 1012-1016 7905994 (2016 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing, GlobalSIP 2016 - Proceedings).

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From cellular networks to the garden hose: Advances in rainfall monitoring via cellular power measurements

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