SALICE - Systems of location and communication assisted by satellite for emergency services
Overview
Background & policy context:
The project SALICE aimed at identifying innovative solutions that can be integrated in a reconfigurable NAV/COM (navigation/communication) device and studying their feasibility in a realistic scenario.
SALICE also sought to contribute to current research activities carried out by the scientific community at national and international level. To this aim, the project made use of the recommendations and terminology made the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).
Objectives:
The main objective of SALICE was the definition of basic scenarios and system architectures allowing the design of new and effective integrated communications and localisation solutions, i.e. NAV / COM devices based on Software Defined Radio (SDR) and Cognitive Radio (CR) technologies, integration of satellites and stratospheric stations for rescue services and heterogeneous solutions in intervention areas (IAN, network in accident areas).
The concept of “cooperative localisation” of emergency units (teams and physical elements) is of outmost importance for the coordination, organisation and management of emergency situations (localisation and rescue of victims, secure damaged areas, etc.)
Exactly locating and following emergency units in both outdoor and indoor environments, thanks to the integration with proper cooperative infrastructures and communication systems, is currently the most relevant technological advancement in emergency response strategies. Cooperative localisation can in fact properly support emergency situations when Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) services are out of order or only partially available.
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