Smart City Surveillance Through Low-Cost Fiber Sensors in Metropolitan Optical Networks |
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Authors: | Michail Bourmpos Apostolos Argyris Dimitris Syvridis |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece mmpour@di.uoa.gr;3. Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece |
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Abstract: | AbstractA continuously growing number of municipalities has optical fiber networks supporting communications at their disposal. These fiber installations can also be utilized to convey low data optical signals from a large number of deployed sensing elements, usually positioned in critical infrastructure locations, providing a variety of useful information. Such information can be used in the context of a “smart city” to provide citizens with higher-level services or even to proactively ensure public security and safety. This work demonstrates a fiber sensing network based on low-cost fiber Bragg grating sensors that are able to appropriately oversee diverse monitoring parameters. |
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Keywords: | fast optical interrogation fiber Bragg grating optical sensors optical monitoring public infrastructure smart cities |
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